Acts of the General Assembly of the State of Georgia Georgia Law, Georgia Georgia. Acts and resolutions of the General Assembly of the State of Georgia ATLANTA: CHAS. P. BYRD 19130000 English

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ACTS AND RESOLUTIONS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA 1913 19130000 COMPILED AND PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY OF THE STATE ATLANTA, GA. CHAS. P. BYRD, STATE PRINTER. 1913.

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TABLE OF TITLES PART I.PUBLIC LAWS TITLE I.APPROPRIATIONS TITLE II.AMENDMENTS TO CONSTITUTION TITLE III.CODE AMENDMENTS TITLE IV.SUPERIOR COURTS TITLE V.MISCELLANEOUS PART II.LOCAL LAWS TITLE I.CITY, COUNTY AND MUNICIPAL COURTS TITLE II.MISCELLANEOUS PART III.CORPORATIONS TITLE I.MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS PART IV.RESOLUTIONS

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STATUTES OF GEORGIA PASSED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF 1913 PART I.PUBLIC LAWS TITLE I.APPROPRIATIONS TITLE II.AMENDMENTS TO CONSTITUTION TITLE III.CODE AMENDMENTS TITLE IV.SUPERIOR COURTS TITLE V.MISCELLANEOUS

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TITLE I. APPROPRIATIONS. ACTS. For Expenses of the Government for 1914 and 1915. For Agricultural Department, Chemical Department. For Repair of Capitol Building and Executive Mansion. For State Board of Entomology. For Salaries of Pure Food and Drugs Department. APPROPRIATIONS FOR EXPENSES OF THE GOVERNMENT. No. 264. An Act to make appropriations for the ordinary expenses of the Executive, Legislative and Judicial Departments of the Government; for the payment of the public debt and interest thereon; to pay pensions; to provide for

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the support of the Public Institutions and the Educational interests of the State for each of the fiscal years, 1914 and 1915, and for other purposes. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That the following sums of money be and the same are hereby appropriated on account of and for the support of the Executive Department of the State Government for each of the fiscal years 1914 and 1915, to the persons and for the purposes respectively hereinafter mentioned and set forth to-wit: Appropriations for Executive Department. For the salary of the Governor, five thousand dollars. For the salary of the Secretary of State, two thousand dollars. For the salary of the State Treasurer, two thousand dollars. For the salary of the Comptroller-General, two thousand dollars. For the salary of the Attorney-General, three thousand dollars. For the salary of Commissioner of Commerce and Labor, twenty-four hundred dollars. For the salary of Assistant Commissioner of Commerce and Labor, eighteen hundred dollars. For the salaries of the Secretaries and Clerks of the Executive Department, six thousand dollars. For the salary of the Clerk of the Secretary of State, one thousand dollars. For the salary of the Clerk of the State Treasurer, one thousand six hundred dollars. For the salaries of the Clerks of the Comptroller-General's Office, including the Insurance Clerk and the Clerks in the Wild Land Office, four thousand six hundred dollars; six hundred dollars of this amount to be paid out of fees of said department. Sec. 1a. Be it further enacted, That the following sums of money be and they are hereby appropriated. For the payment

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of salaries of the Insurance Commissioner, the sum of three thousand dollars; for the Deputy Insurance Commissioner, the sum of three thousand dollars; and for the Insurance Clerk, the sum of fifteen hundred dollars, as provided in the Act approved August 19th, 1912, for the appointment of said officers. For the salary of the Clerk of the Attorney-General, one thousand eight hundred dollars. For the salary of the Stenographer of the State Bank Examiner, the sum of eighteen hundred dollars per annum. For the salary of the Stenographer of the Commissioner of Commerce and Labor, the sum of nine hundred dollars per annum. For the Contingent Fund to be expended by the Governor according to law, the sum of twenty-five thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be needed, and the further sum of ten thousand dollars for the year of 1913 in addition to what has already been appropriated. Contingent fund. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the following sums of money be and the same are hereby appropriated on account of and for the support of the Judicial Department of the State Government for each of the fiscal years 1914 and 1915: For Judicial Department. For the salaries of the Judges of the Supreme Court, each, four thousand dollars; for the salaries of the Judges of the Court of Appeals, each, four thousand dollars; for the salaries of the Judges of the Superior Courts, each, three thousand dollars; for the salaries of the Solicitors-General, each, two hundred and fifty dollars; for the salaries of the Supreme Court Stenographers, each, one thousand five hundred dollars; for the salaries of the Supreme Court Reporters, each, two thousand dollars; for the salary of the Sheriff of the Supreme Court, one thousand dollars; for the salaries of the Court of Appeals Reporters, each, one thousand dollars; for the salaries of the Court of Appeals Stenographers, each, fifteen hundred dollars; for the salary of the Sheriff of the Court of Appeals, one thousand dollars; to pay the fees of the Solicitors-General in criminal

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cases before the Supreme Court, such amounts as may be due them under the fee bill provided by law; to pay the Clerk of the Supreme Court his salary, if the costs in the Supreme Court do not amount to the sum allowed by law for compensation of the Clerk, an amount equal to the difference between the amount due said clerk and said costs as provided by Section 6126 of the Code of 1910; to pay the Clerk of the Court of Appeals his salary, if the costs in the Court of Appeals do not amount to the sum allowed by law for the compensation of said clerk, an amount equal to the differences of the amount due said clerk and said costs as provided by law; for the contingent fund of the Supreme Court to pay for necessary printing, stationery, record books, binding the opinions of the court, hiring a porter, etc., the sum of twelve hundred dollars or so much thereof as may be needed; to pay the Clerk of the Court of Appeals the costs due him in pauper criminal cases returned to said court, such a sum as shall be reported by said clerk to the Governor under the seal of said court before receiving compensation therefor, as provided by law; for the contingent fund of the Court of Appeals to pay for the necessary printing, stationery, record books, binding the opinions of the court, hiring a porter, etc., the sum of one thousand dollars or so much thereof as may be needed. Contingent fund Supreme Court. Costs in pauper cases in Court of Appeals. Contingent fund Court of Appeals. SEC. 3. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the following sums of money be, and the same are, hereby appropriated for and on account of the Legislative Department of the State Government, for each of the fiscal years 1914 and 1915, to the persons and for the purposes hereinafter mentioned, to-wit: For Legislative Department. For compensation of the President of the Senate and Speaker of the House of Representatives, the sum of seven dollars per diem, each, during the sessions of the General Assembly and mileage at the rate of ten cents per mile by the nearest practical route in going to and returning from the Capitol. For compensation of the members of the General Assembly, four dollars per diem, each, and mileage at the

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rate of ten cents per mile by the nearest practical route in going to and returning from the Capitol. For compensation of the Secretary of the Senate, the sum of sixty dollars per diem, out of which he shall pay the entire clerical expenses of the Senate as provided by the Act of October the 8th, 1879. For compensation of the Clerk of the House of Representatives, the sum of seventy dollars per diem, out of which he shall pay the entire clerical expenses of the House of Representatives as provided by the Act of October 8th, 1879. For compensation of the Door Keeper of the Senate and Door Keeper of the House of Representatives and Messenger of the Senate and Messenger of the House of Representatives, four dollars per diem, each, and the same mileage as allowed the members of the General Assembly. For compensation of the Postmistress of the House of Representatives for the session of 1914 and 1915, four dollars per diem and the same mileage as is allowed members of the General Assembly. For compensation of the Gallery Keeper of the Senate and one for the House of Representatives for the sessions of 1914 and 1915, four dollars per diem, each; for one assistant Door Keeper for the floor of the Senate (also assistant to Messenger) for the sessions of 1914 and 1915, four dollars per diem. For compensation of two Assistant Door Keepers for the Senate and five for the House of Representatives for the sessions of 1914 and 1915, four dollars per diem each. For compensation of the Chaplain of the Senate and for the Chaplain of the House of Representatives for the sessions of 1914 and 1915, four dollars per diem each. For compensation of four porters for the Senate and eight for the House of Representatives for the sessions of 1914 and 1915, two dollars per diem each. For compensation of the head Porter of the Senate and head Porter of the House of Representatives for the sessions of 1914 and 1915, the sum of three dollars per diem each.

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For compensation of five pages for the Senate to be appointed by the President of the Senate, and six pages for the House of Representatives and one additional special page for the Speaker of the House and one special page for the Postmistress, to be appointed by the Speaker, two dollars per diem each for the sessions of 1914 and 1915; provided no page shall be appointed for less than 25 days. For compensation of one Elevator Operator to be appointed by the Keeper of Public Buildings for the years 1914 and 1915, the sum of fifty dollars per month. For compensation of one attendant each for the toilet rooms of the Senate and House of Representatives, to be appointed by the Secretary of the Senate and Clerk of the House of Representatives, two dollars per diem each, during the sessions of 1914 and 1915. For compensation of the several Committeemen of the Senate and House of Representatives, visiting by appointment the various public institutions of the State, the sum of five thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be needed, to be paid only upon itemized accounts, showing the actual necessary expenses paid in cash by each Committeeman making such visits and in no case to exceed the actual amount expended. To pay the incidental expenses of the General Assembly, to be paid on itemized account, accompanied by properly receipted vouchers for the payments made and presented to the Governor by the Secretary of the Senate and Clerk of the House of Representatives, seventy-five dollars for the House of Representatives and fifty dollars for the Senate, or so much thereof respectively, as may be needed. To pay the accounts for the purchase of stationery furnished the General Assembly, seven hundred dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary to be paid on itemized account supported by properly receipted vouchers and presented to the Governor before warrants are drawn therefor. To pay for indexing the Journal of the Senate and the Journal of the House of Representatives, each, seventy-five dollars, to be paid to the Journal Clerks of the Senate

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and House of Representatives, respectively, upon completion of the work. To pay for the binding of Journals of the Senate and House of Representatives as provided by the Acts of 1899, the sum of five hundred and fifty dollars or so much thereof as may be needed. SEC. 4. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the following sums of money be, and they are hereby appropriated for and on account of the hereinafter designated public institutions of the State for each of the fiscal years 1914 and 1915, to-wit: For public institutions. For the support and maintenance of the Academy for the Blind and for the salaries of its officers and attaches the sum of $30,000 for each of the years 1914 and 1915 or so much thereof as may be needed. The Governor shall require of the Superintendent of the Academy an itemized monthly statement of all expenditures, which statements shall be submitted to the Board of Trustees and approved by it. For the support and maintenance of the Georgia School for the Deaf and for the pay of its officers and attaches, the sum of $45,000.00 or so much thereof as may be needed, and the further sum of $450.00 is hereby appropriated to the said School for the Deaf for the payment of the insurance on said school property, which sum is now due. The Governor shall require of the Superintendent of the school an itemized monthly statement of all expenditures, which statement shall be submitted to the board of trustees and approved by it. For the support and maintenance of the Georgia State Sanitarium and for the salaries of its officers and attaches, including twenty-five hundred dollars each year for the salary of the resident physician, the sum of $540,000 (five hundred and forty thousand dollars) for the year 1914, and the sum of $550,000.00 (five hundred and fifty thousand dollars) for the year 1915, or so much thereof as may be needed, to be expended only when directed by the Board of Trustees. Academy for the Blind. Georgia School for Deaf and Dumb. Georgia State Sanitarium. The Governor is authorized to make monthly an advance to cover the cost of supplies and incidental expenses of the said Sanitarium. The Governor shall require the

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Superintendent and resident physician to make an itemized statement monthly of all expenditures, which statement shall be approved by a quorum of the Board of Trustees. The ordinary repairs to the building and property of the Sanitarium shall be paid for from this appropriation at such times and in such amounts as may be approved by the Board of Trustees in regular session. For the salaries of the Trustees of the Georgia State Sanitarium, the sum of $150.00 each and their actual railroad expenses in going and returning from the Sanitarium as provided by law, shall be paid out of the above appropriation. For the support and maintenance of the Soldier's Home of Georgia and for the pay of its officers and attaches under the Act approved December 19th, 1900, the sum of $30,000.00 or so much thereof as may be needed. The Governor shall pay said sum to the Treasurer of the said home in monthly installments; shall require of said Treasurer an itemized statement of all expenditures, and of the Superintendent of the Home an itemized statement of all goods received during the past month at said home, both of which statements shall be submitted and approved by the Board of Trustees. For the support and maintenance of Georgia State Sanitarium, for the treatment of consumptive patients, located at Alto, the sum of $20,000.00 for the year 1914, and the sum of $20,000.00 for the year 1915, or as much thereof as may be necessary to be expended only when directed by the Board of Trustees. The Governor is authorized to make monthly an advance to cover the cost of supplies and incidental expenses of said sanitarium, requiring the Trustees and other persons in charge of the management of said institution to make an itemized statement monthly of all expenditures, which statement shall be approved by a quorum of the Board of Trustees. Soldiers' Home. Georgia State Sanitarium, Treatment of consumptives. SEC. 5. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the following sums of money be, and they are hereby, appropriated for and on account of the following public institutions of the State, for the salaries of the State Superintendent of Schools office and for the common schools

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of the State for each of the fiscal years 1914 and 1915, towit: For the State University of Georgia at Athens, for the support and maintenance of the same, the sum of $52,500.00 to be expended under the direction of the Board of Trustees. For the University of Georgia, for the payment of the interest on what is known as the Land Script Fund, the sum of $6,314.14. For payment of the annual interest on the debt due by the State to the University of Georgia, $8,000.00. For the University of Georgia, for the maintenance of the Summer School at Athens, for the white teachers of the State, as provided by the Act of December 22d, 1898, the sum of $5,000.00. To pay the Trustees of the State University, as provided by the Act of 1899, the sum of four dollars per diem, each, for expenses at the meeting of the Board of Trustees, and actual railroad fares to be paid to and from the place of meeting; said sums to be paid out of the foregoing appropriation for the support and maintenance of the State University at Athens. For the University of Georgia for the support and maintenance of the School of Technology at Atlanta, the sum of $80,000.00, the report required of the Chairman of the Local Board of Trustees to be made to the Governor, shall be submitted to the General Assembly at the opening of the session thereof. Before the appropriation herein made is available, it shall be the duty of the Local Board of Trustees to establish a rule allowing free tuition to only fifteen students from any one county in the State, and fixing the tuition to be paid by those in excess of this number from any such county. For the University of Georgia, for the support and maintenance of the Georgia Normal and Industrial College at Milledgeville, the sum of $52,500.00. The Chairman of the Board of Trustees shall report annually to the General Assembly the number of pay pupils, tuition charged, and an itemized statement of all receipts and expenditures. For the University of Georgia for the support and maintenance of the North Georgia Agricultural College at Dahlonega, the sum of $21,500.00; provided, that under no pretext whatever, whether as tuition or matriculation fee, shall

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such college charge exceeding ten dollars per annum or five dollars per term for each pupil, and any charge in excess of such sums shall work a forfeiture of this appropriation. The Chairman of the Board of Trustees shall report annually to the General Assembly the number of pupils, teachers, salaries paid teachers, from whom and how much is collected in tuition fees and an itemized statement of all receipts and expenditures; provided, further, that no part of this appropriation shall be used to pay salaries to any members of the Board of Trustees of said college for his services as said trustee, or otherwise, and if this provision is violated, it shall work a forfeiture of said appropriation. For the University of Georgia, for the support and maintenance of the State Normal School at Athens, the sum of $47,500.00, provided the Chairman of the Board of Trustees shall report annually to the General Assembly the names and numbers of persons attending said school and from whom and how much is collected, tuition fees, the names and number of teachers, the salaries paid each and an itemized statement of all receipts and expenditures. State University. School of Technology. Georgia Normal and Industrial College. Georgia Agricultural College. State Normal School. For the University of Georgia for the support and maintenance of the State College of Agriculture at Athens, the sum of $100,000; provided, that $40,000 of said amount so appropriated shall be used exclusively for extension work to be expended under the direction of the Board of Trustees for said college; provided, further, that $15,000 of said $40,000 be used exclusively for Corn Club purposes. The Chairman of the Board of Trustees shall report annually to the General Assembly an itemized statement of all receipts and expenditures and a detailed statement of the affairs of said college. For the University of Georgia, for the support and maintenance of the South Georgia Normal College at Valdosta, the sum of $25,000, said sum so appropriated to be expended under the direction of the Board of Trustees of said college. The Chairman of the Board of Trustees shall report annually to the General Assembly an itemized statement of all receipts and expenditures and detailed statement of the affairs of said college. For the University of Georgia for the support and maintenance

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of the School for Colored People at Savannah, under the Act appropriated December 19th, 1900, the sum of $8,000.00. The Chairman of the Board of Trustees shall report annually to the General Assembly the names, number and residence of persons attending said school; from whom and how much received in tuition fees; the names and number of teachers and the salaries paid each, and an itemized statement of all receipts and expenditures. For the University of Georgia for the support and maintenance of the State Medical College at Augusta, the sum of $30,000.00, said amount so appropriated shall be used exclusively for maintenance and extension work to be expended under the direction of the Board of Trustees of said college. The Chairman of the Board of Trustees shall report annually to the General Assembly an itemized statement of all receipts and expenditures and a detailed statement of the affairs of said college. For the University of Georgia, for the support and maintenance of the Agricultural and Mechanical Schools, established in pursuance of the Act approved August 18th, 1906, the sum of ten thousand ($10,000) dollars, each, from the sources therein provided. For the salary of the State Superintendent of Schools, the sum of two thousand dollars. For the salary of the Clerk of the State Superintendent of Schools, the sum of twelve hundred dollars. For the support and maintenance of the common schools of the State, the sum of two million, five hundred and fifty thousand ($2,550,000) dollars, for each of the years 1914 and 1915; said sum including poll tax, one-half the rental of the Western and Atlantic Railroad, show taxes, dividends from Georgia Railroads, stocks and funds realized from the taxation of dogs and other funds set aside by law to the common school fund. Provided, further, that the poll tax, one-half the rental of the Western and Atlantic Railroad, show taxes, dividends from Georgia Railroad stock and funds realized from taxation of dogs and other funds set aside shall not be expended or used for any other purpose, than for the support of the common schools of the State. State College of Agriculture. South Georgia Normal College. School for Colored People at Savannah. State Medical College at Augusta. Agricultural and Mechanical Schools. State Superintendent of Schools. Common schools.

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SEC. 6. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid that the following sums of money be, and the same are hereby, appropriated to pay the recognized valid debts of the State as follows, to-wit: One hundred thousand dollars on bonds maturing January 1st, 1914, and one hundred thousand dollars on bonds maturing January 1st, 1915, to be paid out of the sinking fund. To pay the interest on the recognized valid debt of the State maturing in 1914, the sum of $278,945.00. To pay the interest on the recognized valid debt of the State maturing in 1915, the sum of $274,445.00 or as much thereof as may be necessary; provided, that if this amount should be found to be inadequate, then the Governor is authorized to draw his warrant on the treasury for whatever amount may be actually needed to pay the accrued interest on such bonds as fall due in 1915, which necessary amount may be taken from any funds available. Public debts. SEC. 7. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the following sums of money be, and they are hereby appropriated to and for the following departments of the State Government, for each of the fiscal years 1914 and 1915, to-wit: For Departments of State. (1) The Department of Agriculture. For the salary of the Commissioner of Agriculture, three thousand dollars. For the salary of the Clerk of the Commissioner of Agriculture, eighteen hundred dollars. For the salary of the Chief Oil Inspector, twelve hundred dollars and necessary travelling expenses as allowed by Code 1910, Section 1814. For the salary of the Chemist of the Agricultural Department, the sum of three thousand dollars, as provided in Paragraph 1557 of the Code of 1895. For the salaries of the two Assistant Chemists as provided in the Act of 1891, the sum of one thousand dollars each. For replenishing chemicals and apparatus used by the State Chemist and his assistants, the sum of one thousand dollars or as much thereof as may be needed, and the further sum of five thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary for additional assistants, maintenance of laboratories, purchase of chemicals and all other necessary expenses in connection

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with the analysis of fertilizers and feed stuffs. For the maintenance of the Department of Agriculture, the sum of ten thousand dollars as provided by Paragraph 2084 of the Code of 1910. Also the further sum of ten thousand dollars for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of the Pure Food and Drug Act of Georgia approved August 21st, 1906, same to be audited by Commissioner of Agriculture. For the salary of the State Veterinarian the sum of twenty-five hundred dollars and actual expenses while travelling in the service of the State in the regular discharge of his duty, same to be audited by the Commissioner of Agriculture. Also five thousand dollars for the purpose of carrying out the provisions relating to the protection of the live stock of the State of Georgia from contagious and infectious diseases and for cattle tick eradication as contained in the Act approved August 16th, 1909, same to be audited by the Commissioner of Agriculture. Also the further sum of fifteen thousand dollars for each of the years 1914 and 1915, is hereby appropriated out of any funds in the treasury not otherwise appropriated for the purpose of exterminating the cattle tick and developing the live stock industry of the State of Georgia. And the further sum of six thousand dollars for the manufacture of hog cholera serum and its distribution as provided by Act No. 601, 1912; provided, however, that the funds therein appropriated shall be paid out and itemized statements made when vouchers are issued, showing the amounts and for what purpose the monies were expended and this provision shall apply to travelling expenses, protection of live stock, cattle tick eradication and developing the live stock industry, and such itemized statement shall be preserved in the office of the Commissioner and shall be embodied in his annual report. Commissioner of Agriculture. Clerk. Oil Inspector. Chemist. Assistant Chemists. Laboratories. Department of Agriculture. Pure Food and Drugs. State Veterinarian. Protection of live stock. For extermination of cattle tick. Hog cholera serum. (2) For the Department of Horticulture and Entomology. For the salary of the State Entomologist, the sum of twelve thousand dollars. For the employment of the assistant Entomologist, whose compensation shall be fixed by the State Board of Entomology for the payment of travelling expenses, equipment and maintenance of laboratory, publication of bulletins and other reports, for defraying all

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other expenses in carrying out the provisions of the Act of December 21, 1900, creating and establishing the department and the Acts amendatory thereof, the sum of twenty thousand dollars or so much thereof as may be necessary. Horticulture and Entomology. (3) For the maintenance of the Geological Department of the State, the sum of ten thousand dollars as provided by the Act of 1889, provided that the State Geologist shall require the acting chemist of the department to assay any ores and analyze any specimens of clay, kaolin or cement that may be sent by any citizen of the State with a view to ascertaining the commercial value of such ores, clay, kaolin or cement. The State Geologist shall furnish any citizen a statement, giving the result of such assay or analysis. For the printing fund of the Geological Department the sum of twenty-five hundred dollars, or so much thereof as may be needed. Geological Department. (4) For the Prison Department. For the Salaries of the Prison Commissioners, each two thousand dollars. For the salary of the Clerk of the Prison Commission, the sum of eighteen hundred dollars. For the support and maintenance of the Prison Department, the sum of eighty thousand dollars for the year 1914, or so much thereof as may be needed; itemized statement of which shall be furnished the Governor at the time requisitions are made on this appropriation. For the support and maintenance of the Prison Department the sum of eighty thousand dollars for the year 1915, or so much thereof as may be needed; itemized statement of which shall be furnished the Governor at the time requisitions are made on this appropriation. This amount shall be for the support of the Prison Commission, including the Prison Farm and Reformatory for youthful criminals. The proceeds of the sale of all the farm products shall be turned into the State Treasury. Prison Department. (5) For the Railroad Commission. For the salary of the Chairman of the Railroad Commission, four thousand dollars. For the salaries of the remaining Railroad Commissioners, each, twenty-five hundred dollars. For the salaries of one or more rate experts, four thousand dollars. For the salary of special attorney to the Railroad Commission,

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twenty-five hundred dollars. For the salary of the Secretary to the Railroad Commission, two thousand dollars. For the salary of the Stenographer of the Railroad Commission, twelve hundred dollars. For the printing fund of the Railroad Commission, the sum of two thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be needed to pay for such printing and advertising and publishing as the Commission may deem necessary and required by law. For the contingent expense funds of the Railroad Commission, the sum of three thousand dollars or so much thereof as may be necessary to be paid out of the treasury on the order of the Governor. Railroad Commission. (6) For the Department of Pensions. For the salary of the Pension Commissioner, the sum of three thousand dollars. For clerical help in the Pension Department, the sum of twenty-four hundred dollars. For the payment of pensions to maimed and disabled Confederate Soldiers, as provided by law, the sum of seventy-five thousand dollars or so much thereof as may be needed. For the payment of Pensions to aged and indigent Confederate Soldiers, as provided by the Act of 1894, the sum of four hundred thousand ($400,000) dollars or so much thereof as may be needed. For the payment of Pensions to the widows of the ex-Confederate Soldiers who are indigent and by reason of age and poverty, infirmity and poverty or blindness and poverty, are unable to provide for themselves, the sum of one hundred and thirty thousand dollars or so much thereof as may be needed as provided in the Acts of December 19th, 1900. For the payment of Pensions to the widows of such Confederate Soldiers as may have died in the service or since from wounds received therein or disease contracted in the service of the Confederate States, the sum of eighty thousand dollars or so much thereof as may be needed. For the payment of Pensions to ex-Confederate Soldiers and to the widows of ex-Confederate Soldiers (married prior to the first day of January, 1870) not worth over fifteen hundred dollars, as provided by the Act approved July 8th, 1910, the sum of three hundred and eighty-five thousand dollars or so much thereof as may be needed. Should there

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be a surplus in the treasury of money appropriated under this Act to pay a particular class of pensioners, and in another class the appropriation is insufficient, the Treasurer is authorized and directed hereby to transfer the surplus fund to that class where the appropriation has proven insufficient. After paying all claims of pensioners, if there still shall be a surplus of funds appropriated for pensioners for either of said years, the same shall, by the Treasurer, be transferred to the general fund on July 1st, of each of such years. Department of Pensions. (7) For the State Library. For the salary of the State Librarian, the sum of one thousand eight hundred dollars. For the salary of the Assistant State Librarian, the sum of $1,200. For the State Library, to be expended by the Librarian in employing an additional assistant, one thousand dollars. For the State Library, for the purchasing of books, etc., and for such articles and supplies as may be needed by the Supreme Court in the conduct of its business, for which provision is not elsewhere made, the sum of three thousand dollars or so much thereof as may be needed to be expended as the Judges of the Supreme Court may direct. For the State Library for printing new volumes of the Supreme Court and Court of Appeals Reports, the sum of seventy-five hundred dollars or so much thereof as may be needed. For the State Library, for the purchase of such books, articles and supplies as may be needed by the Court of Appeals in the conduct of its business for which provision is not elsewhere made, the sum of one thousand dollars to be expended as the Court of Appeals may direct. For reprinting the Earlier Georgia reports, where the copy-rights on same have expired, such sum as may be needed to be paid for only out of the funds received into the State treasury during the years 1914 and 1915 from the sales of Georgia reports, the State Codes and Acts. For compiling and publishing under the direction of the Governor, the Colonial, Revolutionary and Confederate Records of Georgia and records for intermediate periods, such sum as may be needed to pay the contract price for such work and publishing, to be paid for out of the money received

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into the State Treasury during the years 1914 and 1915 from the sales of Georgia Reports, Codes and Acts, and Colonial, Revolutionary and Confederate Records; provided, the expense incurred in annotating Georgia Reports shall be paid for only out of the funds received from the sale of those reports which have been annotated and actually sold. State Library. (8) For the State Board of Health. For the salary of the Secretary of the State Board of Health, the sum of two thousand dollars. For the salary of the Clerk and Stenographer of the State Board of Health, the sum of one thousand dollars. For travelling expenses and per diem of the members of the State Board of Health for the laboratory, bacteriological work, yellow fever work, the dissemination of information concerning small pox, typhoid fever, hook worm diseases, tuberculosis, and other infectious diseases and the examination of water from towns and cities of the State; for the furnishing of vaccine points and other information improving the public health, for the manufacture and transportation of both attenuated virus, for treating and preventing rabies or hydrophobia and for the manufacture and distribution of diphtheria antitoxin, both of which shall be supplied when necessary free of charge to the people of Georgia, the sum of twenty-seven thousand five hundred dollars or so much thereof as may be needed, provided, that not exceeding one thousand dollars of said sum shall be expended for all travelling expenses, and to be paid only on itemized accounts to be approved by the Chairman of the Board, and, provided, further, that said board shall submit through its Chairman to the Governor itemized accounts of all expenditures. State Board of Health. (9) For the Military Department. For the Military Fund of the State, for necessary expenses in maintaining the Militia forces of the State of Georgia, the sum of twenty-five thousand dollars or so much thereof as may be needed to be expended for the purpose of organizing, arming and equipping, clothing, drilling and training the National Guard of Georgia, for paying said troops when in actual service, for encampments of said troops, for the payment of

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armory rents and for the administration of Military Departments of the State, including necessary clerical assistance under the direction of the Governor. Military Department. SEC. 8. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the following sums of money be and they are hereby appropriated for each of the fiscal years 1914 and 1915 for the following purposes, necessary for the support of the State Government, to-wit: For the payment of the actual expenses of the Directors of the Georgia Experiment Station, to be paid only upon presentation to the Governor of properly certified vouchers, the sum of $800.00, or so much thereof as may be necessary. For ordinary repairs of public buildings; to purchase coal, wood, lights, furniture for the Executive Mansion, and the various departments of the State Government; to pay the hire of engineers, guards, watchmen, servants at the Mansion and such porters for the various departments as the Governor may employ, and for general expenses incident to the keeping in proper condition the public buildings and grounds and to hire such other labor as may be necessary, the sum of $26,800.00; out of this appropriation the sum of $1,800.00 per annum shall be paid to the Keeper of Public Buildings and Grounds, as his salary, and also out of this appropriation the sum of $1,500 or so much thereof as may be necessary, which sum shall be expended by the Secretary of State in the providing additional furniture, filing cases and other equipment for the office of the Secretary of State, for the proper classification, filing and preservation of the maps and public records of said office and for postage and incidental expenses not otherwise provided for. The Governor shall require itemized accounts of all payments out of this fund before drawing warrants therefor. For the general printing fund, the sum of $35,000, or so much thereof as may be needed. The Governor shall require itemized accounts of all payments out of this fund before drawing warrants therefor. For insurance on public buildings, the sum of $1,000.00, or so much thereof as may be necessary. For the reward fund for the payment of rewards earned for the arrest of fugitives from justice after executive proclamations offering

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such reward, the sum of $3,000.00, or so much thereof as may be needed. To continue the work of the Roster Commission, in their compiling of the Confederate Roster Rolls, the sum of $3,500.00. Georgia Experiment Station. Public buildings, etc. Printing fund. Insurance. Rewards. Confederate Roster Rolls. SEC. 9. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the sum of three million, six hundred and seventy-nine thousand ($3,679,000.00) dollars, be and the same is hereby appropriated for the purpose of paying the bonds of the State, which mature in 1915, the same to be paid out of funds provided by law for that purpose. State bonds SEC. 10. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That in making the appropriations hereinbefore mentioned, when said appropriations are to be paid to persons, or for particular objects, the same shall be paid from the funds arising from the sources now provided by law. SEC. 11. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the respective amounts appropriated by this Act for the salaries of the various State House Officers and clerical expenses of the various departments, shall be held and considered in full payment thereof, and such amounts shall not be increased directly or indirectly, by payments of additional funds from the contingent funds or any other funds to such officers, their clerks, or any other person by way of extra compensation or for extra service or for extra assistance rendered to such officers in any department of said government, and should extra service or assistance become necessary to said officers in said departments, the same shall be paid for out of the amounts respectively appropriated by this Act for salaries of the various State House Officers and for the clerical expenses of the said office; nor shall any money be paid from any fund to any officer or person as a salary or otherwise, unless the same is authorized by law, audited by the Comptroller-General and the money duly appropriated therefor. Extra Compensation. SEC. 12. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act, be and the same are hereby repealed. Approved August 19, 1913.

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AGRICULTURAL DEPARTMENT, APPROPRIATION FOR CHEMICAL DEPARTMENT. No. 233. An Act to appropriate the sum of seven thousand, five hundred dollars ($7,500.00), for the Department of Agriculture for the Chemical Department and for other purposes. SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That the sum of seven thousand, five hundred dollars ($7,500.00), or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated to the Department of Agriculture for the employment of additional assistants to the State Chemist, for maintenance of laboratory, purchase of chemicals, and all other necessary expenses in connection with the analyses of fertilizers, feeding stuffs, foods and drugs, and all experimental work which may be conducted, and all other expenses incidental to the inspection and analyses of fertilizers, feeding stuffs, foods and drugs. This appropriation to be in addition to the sums now appropriated for maintenance of the Chemical Department of the Department of Agriculture. Appropriation for Chemical Department. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed and that this Act take effect from and after its passage. Approved August 19, 1913. APPROPRIATION FOR REPAIR OF CAPITOL BUILDING AND EXECUTIVE MANSION. No. 254. An Act to appropriate the sum of ten thousand dollars ($10,000.00) to pay for work already done on the State

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Capitol and Executive Mansion and to pay for work necessary to be done on the State Capitol and Executive Mansion, according to the estimate contained in the report of the Keeper of Public Buildings and Grounds, made to the Governor, August 4, 1913, and the sum of ninety-six dollars ($96.00) to pay for electric fans in the Senate Chamber. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia and the same is hereby enacted by authority of the same, That the sum of ten thousand dollars ($10,000) be and the same is hereby appropriated for the purpose of paying for work actually done on the State Capitol and the Executive Mansion, for cleaning, painting and replastering the said State Capitol and Executive Mansion, and to meet the necessary expense for completing and continuing this work on the State Capitol and Executive Mansion, according to the estimate of the Keeper of Public Buildings and Grounds, or so much thereof as may be necessary for the purposes aforesaid. Said sum to be paid on the warrant of the Governor approved by the Comptroller-General on statement of expenses furnished to the Governor by the Keeper of Public Buildings and Grounds. Capitol Building. Executive Mansion. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That the sum of $96.00 be and the same is hereby appropriated to pay for electric fans for the Senate Chamber of the Capitol to be paid by warrant on the treasury. Electric fans. SEC. 3. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid. That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act, be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved August 19, 1913. APPROPRIATION FOR STATE BOARD OF ENTOMOLOGY. No. 254. An Act to appropriate $15,000 to the State Board of Entomology, $5,000 to become immediately available, to be

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expended on work of Board on Cotton Wilt or blackroot, Mexican Cotton Boll Weevil and other seriously injurious insects and diseases of cotton and other plants. Whereas, the State Board of Entomology has demonstrated that it is possible to eradicate cotton wilt or blackroot from the cotton fields of Georgia and has developed types of cotton that planters can grow under boll weevil conditions, and Whereas, the work of the State Board of Entomology should be conducted on a more extensive scale in order to guarantee protection to cotton and other crops of this State: SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia and it is hereby enacted by authority of same, That the sum of $15,000 be, and the same is hereby, appropriated to the State Board of Entomology to be used in work on cotton wilt or black root, experimental work the board is now conducting in the development and perfection of types of cotton that can be grown in spite of boll weevil and work on other seriously injurious insects and plant diseases. Cotton Wilt or Black Root. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That the sum of $5,000 of the said appropriation, and the same hereby becomes immediately available upon the passage of this Act. SEC. 3. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved August 19, 1913. APPROPRIATION TO PAY SALARIES OF PURE FOOD AND DRUGS DEPARTMENT. No. 256. An Act to appropriate a sufficient sum, not to exceed the total amount received from the sale of inspection tax stamps on concentrated commercial feeding stuffs, for the purpose of paying the salaries of the Chief Food Inspector,

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the Chief Drug Inspector, the traveling expenses of such officials and their assistants, and cost of obtaining samples, express, freight, drayage and other expenses incident to such inspection and expenses incurred in the inspection of slaughter houses and dairies, including the compensation and expenses of veterinarians for that purpose, to be paid out of the fund derived from the sale of inspection tax stamps on concentrated commercial feeding stuffs, and for other purposes. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of same, That a sum, not to exceed the total amount received from the sale of inspection tax stamps on concentrated commercial feeding stuffs, is hereby appropriated annually for the purpose of paying the salaries of the Chief Food Inspector, and the Chief Drug Inspector, the traveling expenses of such officials and their assistants, including the cost of obtaining samples, express, freight, drayage and other expenses incident to such inspection, and expenses incurred in the inspection of slaughter houses and dairies, including the compensation of veterinarians for that purpose, to be paid out of the funds derived from the sale of inspection tax stamps on concentrated commercial feeding stuffs. Chief Food Inspector, Chief Drug Inspector, Salaries and expenses of. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the Governor shall draw warrants upon the treasury against such funds from time to time to pay the salaries and expenses herein provided for, upon requisition of the Commissioner of Agriculture. SEC. 3. Be it further enacted by authority aforesaid, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act, be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved August 19, 1913.

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TITLE II. AMENDMENT TO CONSTITUTION. ACT Salary of Judge of Superior Court of Bibb County. SALARY OF JUDGE OF SUPERIOR COURT OF BIBB COUNTY. No. 141. An Act to amend Paragraph 1, of Section 13, of Article 6 of the Constitution of the State of Georgia, regulating the salaries of the Judges of the Supreme and Superior Courts by providing for the payment from the County Treasury of Bibb County to the Judge of the Superior Court of the Circuit of which said county is a part of additional compensation. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, That Paragraph 1, of Section 13, of Article 6 of the Constitution of the State of Georgia, as amended by the Act of the General Assembly, approved August 3rd, 1910, and duly ratified by the people according to law, be and the same is hereby amended by inserting the word Bibb in the proviso contained in said amendment, between the words the Counties of and the word Chatham so that said proviso so amended by this amendment shall read as follows: Provided, however, That the Counties of Bibb, Chatham, Fulton and Richmond, shall pay from their respective county treasuries to the Superior Court Judges of the Circuit

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of which they are a part, and the County of Fulton to the Judge of the Stone Mountain Circuit, or the Judge of such other circuit as may hereafter be required to regularly preside therein for additional services rendered in the Superior Court of Fulton County, such sums as will with the salaries paid each judge from the State Treasury, make a salary of $5,000.00 per annum to each judge; and said payments are declared to be a part of the court expenses of such counties, such payments to be made to the judges now in office as well as their successors. Salary of Judge of Superior Court of Bibb County. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That if this Constitutional amendment shall be agreed to by two-thirds of the members of the General Assembly of each House, the same shall be entered on each Journal, with the ayes and nays taken thereon, and the Governor shall cause the amendment to be published in one or more of the newspapers in each Congressional District for two months, immediately preceding the next general election, and the voters thereat shall have written or printed on their ticket For ratification of Amendment to Paragraph 1, Section 13, Article 6 of the Constitution (providing for additional compensation of the Superior Court Judge in Bibb Superior Court) or Against ratification of Amendment to Paragraph 1, Section 13, Article 6 of the Constitution (Against providing additional compensation for the Superior Court Judge in Bibb Superior Court) as they may choose, and if a majority of the electors qualified to vote for members of the next General Assembly voting, shall vote in favor of ratification, then said amendment shall become a part of Article 6, Section 13, Paragraph 1 of the Constitution of this State, and the Governor shall make proclamation thereof. Ratification of proposed amendment. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act, be, and the same are repealed. Approved August 16, 1913.

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TITLE III. CODE AMENDMENTCODE OF 1895. ACTS. Volume 2, Section 2166, as Amended by Act Approved August 10, 1910, Railroads, Extension of Charters. CODE AMENDMENTSCODE OF 1910. ACTS. Volume 1, Section 950, Occupation Tax Required of Corporations. Volume 1, Section 951, Foreign Corporations, Occupation on License Tax. Volume 1, Section 964, Taxation of Bottling Plants. Volume 1, Section 1079, Taxation of Property, Contests Between Counties. Volume 1, Section 1249, Boston, State Depository in. Volume 1, Section 1249, Cochran, State Depository in. Volume 1, Section 1795, Commissioner of Agriculture, Duty of as to Inspection Fees. Volume 1, Section 1811, General Oil Inspector, Salary of. Volume 1, Section 2104, Food and Drugs, Pure. Volume 1, Sections 2135 and 2136, Quarantine Against Boll Weevil. Volume 1, Section 2201, Corporations, Change of Name, Capital Stock or Place of Business. Volume 1, Section 2571, Navigation Companies, Directors of. Volume 1, Section 2584, Railroads, Forfeiture of Powers. Volume 1, Section 2878, Building and Loan Associations and Savings and Loan Companies. Volume 1, Section 5645, Verification of Petition or Answer Beyond Limits of State. Volume 2, Section 414, Trains, Freight, Running of on Sunday. Volume 2, Section 887, Children's Courts, Presiding Officers. RAILROADS, EXTENSION OF CHARTERS. No. 246. An Act to amend an Act of the General Assembly approved August 10th, 1910, Acts of 1910, Pages 109, 110, 111, 112, amending Section 2166, of the Code of 1895, as

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amended by the Act of August 17th, 1903, so as to extend the power of the Secretary of State to grant two extensions instead of one to a railroad company whose charters are about to expire for want of compliance with the provisions of Section 2166 of the Code of 1895, as amended by the Act of August 17th, 1903 and for other purposes. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same, That the Act of the General Assembly of the State of Georgia approved August 10th, 1910, Acts of 1910, Pages 109, 110, 111 and 112, be and the same is hereby amended as follows: Strike the word one after the word only in the seventh line from the bottom of Page 111, of said Act of 1910, and insert in lieu thereof the word two. Add the letter S to the word extension after the word such in said seventh line of said Act, so that the expression in said line shall read, only two such extensions instead of only one such extension as it now stands, so that the amendment to said Act when amended, shall read as follows: All the powers and privileges and said certificate of incorporation of said railroad company shall cease and determine at the expiration of three years from the date of said certificate, if at the expiration of said three years said company has not constructed, equipped, and are not operating the same for at least fifteen miles of said road, or the entire road, if the same be of less length than fifteen miles, provided the Secretary of State for cause shown, may relieve any forfeiture above provided for and extend the time of construction, equipping and operating said fifteen miles of road or the entire road, if the same be of less length than fifteen miles, of any such railroad company, which has come within the provision of the above clause, for a period of three years. Only two such extensions shall be granted in favor of railroad corporations which have become subject to such forfeiture during the past three years. Such relief may be granted in favor of railroad corporations which have become subject to such forfeiture during the last past three years. Such relief

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shall not be granted unless applied for within one year after cause for forfeiture has arisen; provided, the rights, powers and privileges granted said corporation shall not continue for a longer period than 101 years, unless the same be continued by the laws of force at the expiration of 101 years. Two extensions granted. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That this amendment apply to and take effect upon the certificate of incorporation heretofore granted under said original Act, and said amendment thereto of August 17th, 1903, which are still of force under the extension provided for in said amendment of August 17th, 1903. Application and effect of amendment. SEC. 3. Be it further enacted, That all laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved August 19, 1913. OCCUPATION TAX REQUIRED OF DOMESTIC CORPORATIONS. No. 232. An Act to amend Section 950, of Volume 1, of the Code of 1910 so as to provide the occupation tax for corporations and beginning 1914, and for other purposes: Be it enacted, That Section 950 of the first Volume of Code 1910 be amended by substituting for the figures $5.00 the figures $10.00; for the figures $10.00, the figures $20.00; for the figures $15.00 the figures $30.00; for the figures $25.00 the figures $50.00; for the figures $50.00 the figures $100.00; for the figures $75.00 the figures $150.00; for the figures $100.00 the figures $200.00, so that said section will read as follows: Corporations. All corporations incorporated under the laws of Georgia shall, except those that neither charge nor contemplate charging the public for services rendered, in addition to all other taxes now required of them by law,

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be and they are hereby required to pay each year an annual license or occupation tax as specified in the following scale: Occupation tax required of corporations. Corporations with capital not exceeding $10,000, $10,00; corporations with capital over $10,000 and not over $25,000, $20.00; corporations with capital over $25,000 and not over 100,000, $30.00; corporations with capital not over $100,000 and not over $300,000, $50.00; corporations with capital over $300,000 and not over $500,000, $100.00; corporations with capital over $500,000 and not over $1,000,000, $150.00; corporations with capital over $1,000,000, $200.00. The tax required by this section to be paid to the tax collector of the county where such corporation has its home office or place of business. And the payment of this tax will relieve such corporation from the payment of said tax in any other county in which it does business. And to that end the tax collector shall furnish such duplicate receipts as may be needed for authorized agents of the corporation in other counties in this State. Where paid. Be it further enacted, That this Act shall go into effect the first day of January, 1914. Effective January 1, 1914. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are hereby repealed. Approved August 19, 1913. FOREIGN CORPORATIONS, OCCUPATION OR LICENSE TAX. No. 231. An Act to amend Section 951 of the Civil Code of 1910, so as to provide that the occupation tax, provided in Section 950 of the first Volume of Code of 1910, either as now existing or hereafter may be created, shall apply to foreign corporations, and for other purposes. Be it enacted, That Section 951 of the first Volume of the Code of 1910, be amended by inserting after the words set

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forth, in the ninth line thereof, the following: The annual license or occupation tax, fixed by this section, shall be the same as that specified in the preceding section, as now existing or as such preceding section may be amended, so that said section shall read as follows: Upon every agent or representative of any foreign or non-resident corporations, said agent or representative having a place of business or office in this State, in addition to all other taxes now required by law, an annual license or occupation tax fixed in accordance with the capital stock of the corporations represented by them, as specified in the preceding section (wherein is fixed the license or occupation tax required of corporations chartered under the laws of Georgia), per schedule or scale therein set forth. The annual license or occupation tax, fixed by this section, shall be the same as that specified in the preceding section, as now existing or as such preceding section may be amended; provided, that if such foreign or non-resident corporations shall pay to the Comptroller-General of this State the amount of the occupation or license tax prescribed as per said schedule for resident corporations, then such agents of foreign or non-resident corporations shall be relieved from said occupation tax. And to this end said foreign corporations shall register their names, capital stock and the names of their agents with the Comptroller General at the beginning of each year, and upon said license or occupation tax being paid, it shall be the duty of the Comptroller-General to furnish said corporation a certificate or duplicate receipt for each agent that said tax has been paid, and the presentation of such certificate or duplicate receipts by such agent to the tax collector of his county shall be sufficient evidence of such payment and authorize the agent to be relieved of said tax. The payment of this tax shall not be construed so as to relieve the corporation or agent of any other license or occupation tax whatever. Provided, that this and the preceding section shall not apply to insurance companies or sewing machine companies which are separately taxed in other sections of this article. Provided, further, that all returns by corporations, resident or non-resident, must be

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made under oath, and when any corporation paying this license or occupation tax requires or demands more than two duplicate certificates for agents, then such corporation shall be required to pay an additional fee of one dollar for each duplicate certificate, or receipt, over and above the first two required. Occupation or license tax charged agents or representatives of foreign corporations. Agents relieved when foreign corporations pay occupation tax to Comptroller General. Not applicable to insurance or sewing machine companies. Returns under oath. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved August 19, 1913. TAXATION OF BOTTLING PLANTS. No. 157. An Act to amend Section 964 of the Civil Code of Georgia of 1910 relative to persons, firms or corporations engaged in bottling of beverages of any kind, and fixing the occupation tax to be paid by such persons, firms or corporations operating in this State, and for other purposes. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same, That Section 964 of the Civil Code of Georgia of 1910, be and the same is hereby amended by striking the entire section and substituting in lieu thereof, the following: Section 964. Bottling Beverages. On every bottling plant, bottling soft drinks or beverages of any character whatever, which said plant operates a machine for filling, capping, corking or sealing bottles of any style or character, the sum of twenty-five ($25.00) dollars per year for each of such machines having one filling head; seventy-five ($75.00) dollars for each of such machines having two filling heads; one hundred and twenty-five ($125.00) dollars for each of such machines having three filling heads and fifty ($50.00) dollars for each additional filling head on such machines as may have more than three heads. Occupation tax required of bottling plants.

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SEC. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved August 16, 1913. TAXATION OF PROPERTY, CONTESTS BETWEEN COUNTIES. No. 245. An Act to amend Section 1079, of Volume 1, of the Code of 1910, of the State of Georgia and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same, That Section 1079, of Volume 1, of the Code of 1910, of the State of Georgia, providing where the return of propery for taxation is to be determined when disputes arise between counties where return of property is made to receivers of tax returns, be amended by adding thereto the following Section a: If a county claims to be entitled to the return and taxation of any property returned or about to be returned in another county by any person, firm, partnership, association or corporation to the Comptroller-General, the county disputing and traversing said return may apply to the Superior Court of the county in which the tax payer has located the property in the return to the Comptroller-General, for relief direction and judgment as to which county under the law is entitled to such return and taxes; and all the counties claiming said taxes, the tax payer and the Comptroller-General shall be made parties in said cause. The proceedings hereunder being in all respects the same as in other suits in equity except that such petition shall be for final trial at the first term of the Court and shall as in other cases of injunction, be reviewed by a fast bill of exceptions to the Supreme Court of Georgia; provided, that this section here amended shall not be construed as affecting the law relative to returns to be made to the Comptroller-General by the class herein named, other than providing a

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situs for determining a dispute on tax rights as herein set forth; providing, further, that if any officer of the county suing having charge of the fiscal affairs of said county can make the affidavit under Section 5337, of the Code of 1910, the Judge of the Superior Court before whom the petition for relief is brought, shall change the venue to an adjoining county; provided further, that the losing county in the contest shall pay all costs; providing, further, that the taxes due the State and the undisputed taxes due the counties contesting shall not be held up and the restraint shall only apply to the taxes in dispute under the issue to be plainly set forth in the petition; provided, further, that all laws and parts of laws in conflict herewith be and the same are hereby repealed so that said section when amended shall read as follows: SECTION 1079. Where returnable law determined. If a county claims to be entitled to the return and taxation of any property returned or about to be returned in another county, such county may apply to the Superior Court of such latter county in a petition to which the tax payer and all the counties claiming such taxes shall be made parties for direction and judgment as to which county is under the law, entitled to such return and taxes, the proceedings being in all respects the same as other suits in equity, except that such petition shall be for final trial at the first term of the court, and shall, in cases of injunctions, be reviewed by fast bill of exceptions to the Supreme Court. Return and taxation of property contests between counties. SECTION (a). If a county claims to be entitled to the return and taxation of any property returned or about to be returned in another county by any person, firm, partnership, association or corporation to the Comptroller-General, the county disputing and traversing said return may apply to the Superior Court of the county in which the tax payer has located the property in the return to the Comptroller-General, for relief, direction and judgment as to which county under the law is entitled to such return and taxes; and all the counties claiming said taxes, the tax payer and the Comptroller-General shall be made parties in said cause.

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The proceedings hereunder being in all respects the same as in other suits in equity except that such petition shall be for final trial at the first term of the court and shall as in other cases of injunction be reviewed by a fast bill of exception to the Supreme Court of Georgia. Provided, that this section here amended shall not be construed as affecting the law relative to return to be made to the Comptroller-General by the class herein named other than providing a situs for determining a dispute on tax rights as herein set forth; provided, further, that if any officer of the county suing having charge of the fiscal affairs of said county can make the affidavit under Section 5337 of the Code of 1910, the Judge of the Superior Court before whom the petition for relief is brought shall change the venue to an adjoining county; provided, further, that the losing county in contest shall pay all costs; providing, further, that the taxes due the State and the undisputed taxes due the counties contesting shall not be held up and the restraint shall only apply to the taxes in dispute under the issue to be plainly set forth in the petition; Provided further, that all laws and parts of laws in conflict herewith be and the same are hereby repealed. Claims, how tried. Parties. Procedure. Reviewed by fast bill of exceptions. Section construed. Change of venue. Costs. Undisputed taxes due not held up. Approved August 19, 1913. BOSTON, STATE DEPOSITORY IN. No. 188. An Act to amend Section 1249 of the Political Code of 1910, providing for the selection by the Governor of banks in certain cities and towns therein named as State Depositories, so as to add the City of Boston in the County of Thomas and State of Georgia, to the list of said cities and towns. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same, That Section 1249 of the Political Code of 1910, providing for the selection by the Governor of banks in certain

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cities and towns, therein named, as State Depositories be, and the same is, hereby amended so as to add the City of Boston in the County of Thomas and State of Georgia, to the list of duly authorized cities and towns. State depository in Boston. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be and the same are hereby repealed. Approved August 18, 1913. COCHRAN, STATE DEPOSITORY IN. No. 127. An Act to amend Section 1249, of Volume 1, of the Code of Georgia of 1910, providing for the selection by the Governor of banks in certain cities therein named as State Depositories, and the several Acts amendatory thereof, so as to add the town of Cochran, in Bleckley County, State of Georgia, to the lists of such cities and towns and for other purposes. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same, That Section 1249, of Volume 1, of the Code of Georgia of 1910, providing for the selection by the Governor of banks in certain cities and towns therein named as State Depositories, and the several Acts of the General Assembly amendatory thereof be, and the same are, hereby amended so as to add the town of Cochran, in Bleckley County, to the list of such cities and towns. State depository in Cochran. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved August 16, 1913.

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COMMISSIONER OF AGRICULTURE, DUTY OF AS TO INSPECTION FEES. No. 151. An Act to amend Section 1795, Volume 1, of the Code of Georgia 1910, as amended by Acts of 1912, Pages 56 to 59, inclusive, by striking from said section as amended the following: Provided this expense of said materials for making inspections and records of said inspections, and for postage in sending out bulletins of said fertilizers shall not exceed the sum of five hundred dollars per annum, and for other purposes. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of same, That Section 1795, of Volume 1, of the Code of 1910, as amended by Acts of the General Assembly of 1912, Pages 56 to 59, inclusive, be and the same is hereby amended by striking therefrom the following words: Provided this expense of said materials for making inspections and records of such inspections, and for postage in sending out bulletins of said fertilizers shall not exceed the sum of five hundred dollars per annum, so that said section when so amended shall read as follows: Section 1795. Commissioner's Duty as to Collections. It shall be the duty of the Commissioner of Agriculture to keep a correct account of money received from the inspection of fertilizers and pay same into treasury from day to day as received, and the Commissioner of Agriculture shall draw warrants on the treasury against said funds from time to time for expenses and salaries of inspectors and for tags and bottles used in making such inspections, and the materials used in recording same, and for postage and sending out bulletins pertaining to fertilizers, and other expenses incident to the inspection of fertilizers. The treasurer shall honor all warrants drawn by the Commissioner of Agriculture for salaries and expenses above mentioned, and all warrants drawn by the Governor for the payment

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of money due the several district Agricultural and Industrial Schools, as provided by law, and charge the same against the funds derived from the inspection of fertilizers and sale of tags. A sufficient sum, not to exceed the total amount received from the inspection of fertilizers and sale of tags, is hereby appropriated annually for the purpose of paying salaries herein mentioned and the amounts due the District Agricultural Schools, as provided by law. Inspection fees. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved August 16, 1913. OIL INSPECTOR, GENERAL, SALARY OF. No. 255. An Act to amend Section 1811, Volume 1, of the Code of Georgia of 1910, providing for the compensation of the General Oil Inspector, by striking out the words one hundred dollars per month, after the word exceed in the second line thereof, and inserting in lieu thereof the words Eighteen hundred dollars per Annum which shall include all clerk hire in said office. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same, That Section 1811, of Volume 1, of the Code of Georgia of 1910, be, and the same is hereby amended, by striking out the words one hundred dollars per month after the word exceed, in the second line thereof, and inserting in lieu thereof the words Eighteen hundred dollars per annum, which shall include all clerk hire in said office so that when said section is so amended, it shall read as follows: Section 1811. Salary of General Inspector. The General Inspector shall be paid a salary not to exceed eighteen hundred dollars per annum including all clerk hire in said office and actual and necessary travelling expenses while in

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the discharge of his duties and said salary and travelling expenses shall be paid out of the fees collected from oil inspection, provided, however, that this shall not be in conflict with other sections of the Code providing for the appointment and compensation of local oil inspectors. Salary of General Oil Inspector. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That from and after the passage of this Act, all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved August 19, 1913. FOOD AND DRUGS, PURE, ACT AMENDED. No. 167. An Act amendatory of, and to more thoroughly carry into effect the provisions of an Act entitled An Act to prevent the adulteration, misbranding and imitation of food for man and beast, of beverages, candies and condiments of medicines, drugs and liquors, or the manufacture and sale thereof in the State of Georgia, prescribing a penalty for the violation hereof, providing for the inspection and analysis of the articles described by the Georgia State Department of Agriculture; charging the State's solicitors with the enforcement hereof, and providing means therefor, and repealing all laws and parts of laws in conflict herewith, approved August 21, 1906, by amending that part of Section 5 relating to the misbranding of drugs, and by amending that part of Section 5 relating to the misbranding of food as to weight and measure, and for other purposes connected therewith. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same that from and after the passage of this Act that that part of Section 5 of the food and drug Act of August 21, 1906 defining what shall be misbranding in the case of drugs be, and the same is hereby amended by adding

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thereto a third paragraph to read as follows: If its package or label shall bear or contain any statement, design or device regarding the curative or therapeutic effect of such article or any of the ingredients or substances contained therein, which is false and fraudulent. So that said part of Section 5 shall read as follows: Be it enacted that the term `Misbranded,' as used herein, shall apply to all drugs, or articles of food, or articles which enter into composition of foods, the package or label of which shall bear any statement, design or device regarding such articles, or the ingredients or substances contained therein which shall be false or misleading in any particular, and to any food or drug product which is falsely branded as to the State, territory, or county in which it is manufactured or produced. That for the purpose of this Act an article shall also be deemed to be misbranded. Misbranding, what shall be deemed. In case of drugs: First, if it be an imitation of, or offered for sale under the name of another article. Second, if the contents of the package as originally put up shall have been removed in whole or in part and other contents shall have been placed in such package, or if the package fail to bear a statement on the label in as conspicuous letters as is or may be prescribed by the United States law or rules and regulations of the quantity of proportion of any alcohol, morphine, opium, cocaine, heroim, alpha or beta eucaine, chloroform, cannabis indica, chloral, hydrate, or acetanilide, or any derivative or preparation of any such substances contained therein; provided, that nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to apply to the filling of written prescriptions, furnished by regular licensed practicing physicians, and kept on file by druggists as required by law, or as to such preparation as are specified and recognized by the United States Pharmacopoeia or National Formulary. Third, if its package or label shall bear or contain any statements, design, or device regarding the curative or therapeutic effect of such article or any of the ingredients

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or substances contained therein, which is false and fraudulent. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That Section 5 of the food and drugs Act of August 21, 1906, be amended by striking out the words Third, if in package form and the contents are stated in terms of weight or measure, they are not plainly and correctly stated on the outside of the package and inserting in lieu thereof the following: Third, if in package form, the quantity of the contents be not plainly and conspicuously marked on the outside of the package in terms of weight, measure, or numerical count; provided, however, that reasonable variations shall be permitted, and tolerances and also exemptions as to small packages shall be established by rules and regulations made in accordance with the provisions of Section twenty-one of the food and drugs Act. Approved August 21, 1906. Marking of contents of packages. SEC. 3. Be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage; provided, however, that Section two relating to labeling of packages of food products as to weight, measure and numerical count shall not take effect until September 1st, 1914. SEC. 4. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed Approved August 16, 1913. QUARANTINE AGAINST BOLL WEEVIL. No. 230. An Act to amend Section 2135-2136 in reference to quarantine on shipments of certain articles from territory infested with Mexican Cotton Boll Weevil, by striking therefrom certain words and inserting in lieu thereof certain other words so as to authorize State Board of Entomology to enact rules and regulations governing shipments liable to contain Mexican Cotton Boll Weevil.

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SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia and it is hereby enacted by authority of same, That Section 2135 of the Civil Code be amended by striking all of the following words, No cotton seed, seed cotton, cotton seed hulls or cotton lint in bales or loose, shall be brought into this State from any points in the States of Texas and Louisiana, or from any point in any other State or country wherein the Mexican Boll Weevil is known to exist, without having attached thereto in a prominent and conspicuous manner, a certificate signed by duly authorized State or Government Entomologist, stating that such cotton seed, seed cotton, cotton seed hulls or cotton lint, was grown in, and that the shipment of the same originated in a locality where, by actual inspection by said official or his agent, the Mexican Boll Weevil was not found to exist, and inserting in lieu thereof the following words: No articles from section of country known to be infested with Mexican Cotton Boll Weevil shall be brought into this State except in accordance with rules and regulations enacted by State Board of Entomology, and when State of Georgia becomes infested with Mexican Cotton Boll Weevil, no articles liable to contain boll weevils shall be carried from infested to non-infested area except under rules and regulations enacted by said board. It shall be the duty of the State Board of Entomology to define what articles are liable to contain boll weevils and to make rules and regulations concerning the shipments of such articles and to notify transportation companies of such rules and regulations. Section 2135 shall be further amended by striking the following words beginning in line 14, above mentioned without the specified certificates attached and inserting in lieu thereof the following, without complying with the rules and regulations enacted by State Board of Entomology, so that said section as amended shall read as follows: Sec. 2135. Cotton products from places where boll weevil exists. No articles from sections of country known to be infested with Mexican cotton boll weevil shall be brought into this State except in accordance with rules and regulations enacted by State Board of Entomology, and when State of

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Georgia becomes infested with Mexican cotton boll weevil, no articles liable to contain boll weevils shall be carried from infested to non-infested areas except under rules and regulations enacted by said Board. It shall be the duty of the State Board of Entomology to define what articles are liable to contain boll weevils and to make rules and regulations concerning the shipments of such articles and to notify transportation companies of such rules and regulations. Any steamship, railroad or express company or other common carrier or any firm, person or corporation bringing into this State any of the articles without complying with the rules and regulations enacted by State Board of Entomology, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor. In case any common carrier enumerated violates this section, then the general manager of such common carrier, or the captain of such offending vessel, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. Quarantine rules enacted by State Board of Entomology. Penalty for violation of quarantine rules. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That Section 2136 of the Civil Code be amended by striking all of the following words beginning in line 4: Cotton lint, cotton seed, cotton seed hulls, seed cotton and cotton seed sacks, or corn in the shuck, shall be shipped into this State from points in Texas and Louisiana or any other State or county in which the Mexican cotton boll weevil is known to exist without having attached thereto in a prominent and conspicuous manner, the certificates provided for in the preceding section, and inserting in lieu thereof the following: Any materials or articles which are liable to contain Mexican cotton boll weevils shall be shipped from territory known to be infested with this insect or from an infested to a non-infested part of the State, when the boll weevil appears in Georgia, except in accordance with rules and regulations enacted by State Board of Entomology. So that said section as amended shall read as follows: Sec. 2136. Certain other importations prohibited. No corn in the shuck or shipments of household goods, furniture, machinery, glass-ware or supplies of any description which are packed or partially packed in or with any materials or articles which are liable to contain Mexican cotton boll

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weevils shall be shipped from territory known to be infested with this insect or from an infested to a non-infested part of the State, when the boll weevil appears in Georgia, except in accordance with rules and regulations enacted by State Board of Entomology. Shipment of articles liable to contain boll weevil. SEC. 3. Be it further enacted by authority aforesaid, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved August 19, 1913. CORPORATIONS, CHANGE OF NAME, CAPITAL STOCK OR PLACE OF BUSINESS. No. 248. An Act to amend Section Twenty-Two Hundred and One (2201) of the Code of Georgia. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the House of Representatives, the Senate concurring, That Section 2201 of the new Code of Georgia be amended by striking from the thirty-first and thirty-second lines of Section 2201 of the Code of Georgia, the words the unanimous vote of the stockholders present at the meeting held for such purposes and inserting in lieu thereof the words two-thirds vote of the entire capital stock of said company so that Section 2201 of the Code will read as follows: Change of name or capital stock or place of business. Any banking, railroad, insurance, express, telegraph, canal or navigation company in this State, whether incorporated by special act of the General Assembly or by the Secretary of State under the general law, may have its corporate name or its principal office, or the face value of each share of its capital stock, or the number of its board of directors, or the amount of its capital stock changed in the following manner, to-wit: The company desiring to have its name, or its principal office, or the face value of each share of its capital stock, or the number of its board of directors, or

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the amount of its capital stock changed, shall file in the office of the Secretary of State, a petition signed with the corporate name, stating the name and character of the corporation, the State of its original charter and all amendments thereto, that it desires an amendment to its charter changing its corporate name, or its principal office, or the face value of each share of its capital stock, or the number of its board of directors, or the amount of its capital stock, any or all, as the case may be, and paying to the Secretary of State a fee of $25.00 to be covered by him into the treasury of the State; and also file with such petition a certified abstract from the minutes of the board of directors, showing that the application for the proposed amendment has been authorized by the vote of a majority in amount of the entire capital stock at a meeting of the stockholders called for the purpose, by resolution of the board of directors, notice of which meeting shall be mailed to each stockholder, or, in case of death, to his legal representatives or heirs at law, addressed to his last known residence, at least ten days previously to the day of said meeting; provided, however, if the petition is to change the principal office of any of such companies, then the certified abstract from the minutes shall show that the amendment was authorized by a two-thirds vote of the entire capital stock of said company. Affidavit made and signed in due form at law by the president or secretary shall be attached to said petition, showing that it has been published once a week for four weeks in that newspaper in which is published the sheriff's sales of the county in which the principal office of said corporation is located. Petition to change. Fee charged. Amendments, how authorized. Affidavit as to publication. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are hereby repealed. Approved August 19, 1913.

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NAVIGATION COMPANIES, DIRECTORS OF. No. 170. An Act to amend Section 2571 of the Code of 1910 by decreasing the minimum and increasing the maximum limits on the number of directors of navigation companies, and for other purposes. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia, That the second sentence of Section 2571 of the Code adopted August 15th, 1910, which now reads at said meeting at which a majority of the stock subscribed shall constitute a quorum, there shall be elected a board of directors of not less than five nor more than seven to manage the affairs of said company, each share of stock to be entitled to one vote, and a plurality of votes cast being necessary to elect, be amended by striking out the word five and inserting in its place the word three, and by striking out the word seven and inserting in its place the word fifteen, so that said section as amended shall read as follows: When the amount of capital stock has been subscribed, the persons named in the said certificate of incorporation, or a majority of them, are authorized to call a meeting of the stockholders for the purpose of organization, which meeting shall be held in the city or town or place where the principal office of said company shall be located, and of which meeting notice shall be given as herein provided. At said meeting, at which a majority of stock subscribed shall constitute a quorum, there shall be elected a board of directors of not less than three nor more than fifteen to manage the affairs of said company, each share of stock to be entitled to one vote, and a plurality of votes cast being necessary to elect. The persons so elected shall continue in office until relieved by their successors. No person shall be a director in said company unless he be a stockholder and a majority of the directors must be citizens of this State. The board of directors shall select from their number a president, and may elect one or more vice-presidents, and may appoint a

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secretary, treasurer and such other officers, agents and servants as they may deem necessary. The regular election of directors shall be held annually at the principal office of said company. Vacancies caused by death, resignation or otherwise shall be filled in such manner as shall be provided by the by-laws of the company. Organization. Election of directors. Qualification of directors. Officers. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That the Board of Directors of navigation companies organized under or adopting the provisions of Article 5, Chapter 2, of Title second of the Code of 1910, and any amendments thereto, shall consist of not less than three nor more than fifteen directors, as may from time to time be provided by the by-laws of the company. Number of directors. SEC. 3. Be it further enacted, That all laws in conflict herewith, are hereby repealed. Approved August 16, 1913. RAILROADS, FORFEITURE OF POWERS. No. 238. To amend Section 2584 of the Code, as the same stands amended by the Act approved August 10, 1910 entitled an Act to amend Section 2166 of the Code, as the same stands amended by the Act of 1903, etc., so as to provide that the forfeitures of said section shall not be applicable to a company heretofore, or hereafter incorporated to build a road to run for its entire length in one county only, with a terminus in a city of more than eighty-nine thousand (89,000) population by any census heretofore or hereafter taken, if such railroad was placed in a receiver's hands before completion, and for other purposes. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia, That Section 2584, of the Code, as amended by the above recited Act, be, and the same is, further amended by adding at the end of said section the following words, to-wit:

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Provided, that the forfeitures of said section shall not be applicable to a company heretofore or hereafter incorporated to build a road to run for its entire length in one county only, with a terminus in a city of more than eighty-nine thousand (89,000) population by any census heretofore or hereafter taken; if such railroad was placed in a receiver's hands before completion so that said section, when amended, shall read as follows: All the powers and privileges and said certificate of incorporation of said railroad company shall cease and determine at the expiration of three years from the date of said certificate, if at the expiration of said three years said company has not constructed, equipped, and are not operating the same for at least 15 miles of said road, or the entire road if the same be of less length than 15 miles; provided, the Secretary of State, for cause shown, may relieve any forfeiture above provided for and extend the time of construction, equipping and operating said 15 miles of road, or the entire road if the same be of less length than 15 miles of any such railroad company which has come within the provisions of the above clause for a period of three years, only one such extension shall be granted in favor of railroad corporations which have become subject to such ferfeiture during the past three years. Such relief may be granted in favor of railroad corporations which have become subject to such forfeiture during the last past three years. Such relief shall not be granted unless applied for within one year after cause for forfeiture has arisen; provided, the rights, powers and privileges granted said corporation shall not continue for a longer period than 101 years, unless the same be continued by law of force at the expiration of 101 years. Powers, how forfeited. Provided, That the forfeitures of said section shall not be applicable to a company heretofore or hereafter incorporated to build a road to run for its entire length in one county only, with a terminus in a city of more than eightynine thousand (89,000) population by any census heretofore or hereafter taken, if such railroad was placed in a receiver's hands before completion. Exceptions.

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SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved August 19, 1913. BUILDING AND LOAN ASSOCIATIONS AND SAVINGS AND LOAN CORPORATIONS. No. 172. An Act to amend Section 2878 of the Code of 1910 to define the term other like associations therein referred to; to authorize the associations therein and herein described to lend their funds for stated intervals not exceeding twelve months upon personal endorsement or choses in action, or both, which choses in action may consist in whole or in part of their own paid up stock or stock payable on the installment plan, or paid up or installment certificates of indebtedness which may or may not bear interest while the loan is of force; to authorize such institutions to deduct interest in advance on said loans, not to exceed eight per cent discount; to declare said loans so made to be lawful, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same, That Section 2878 of the Code of 1910 be, and it is hereby amended in the following respects: By inserting between the word State and the word are in line two of said section, the following words: And the term other like associations shall include a corporation organized to do a general savings and loan business, and among other things lending its funds to members of the industrial and working classes, or others, and secured in whole or in part by personal endorsements and its own fully paid or installment stock, or its own fully paid or installment certificates of indebtedness, or other personal property; and further amended by adding after the word located in the last line of said section, the following: Provided however, and nevertheless, the associations

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referred to and as defined herein shall not be compelled to lend their funds exlusively in the manner herein-before specified, but shall in addition thereto also have authority to make loans to members of the industrial and working classes and to all other persons, due at fixed intervals not exceeding twelve months, and secured in whole or in part by personal endorsements, and by its own fully paid stock, or stock payable on the installment plan, certificates of indebtedness fully paid or payable on the installment plan, or both endorsement and such securities, or other personal security and choses in action, and on such loans so made and secured as aforesaid it shall be lawful to deduct interest in advance, but not to exceed eight per cent discount, and the installment payments, if any, made on such hypothecated stock or certificates of indebtedness during the time the loan is of force, may or may not bear interest at the option of the said association, and the taking of said installment payments on said hypothecated stock, certificates of indebtedness, choses in action, or other evidences of indebtedness shall not be deemed usurious; so that said Section 2878, as amended, shall read as follows: All building and loan associations, and other like associations doing business in this State and the term other like associations shall include a corporation organized to do a general savings and Ioan business, and among other things lending its funds to members of the industrial and working classes, or others, and secured in whole or in part by personal endorsements and its own fully paid or installment stock, or its own fully paid or installment certificates of indebtedness, or other personal property, are authorized to lend money to persons not members thereof, nor shareholders therein at eight per cent or less, and to aggregate the principal and interest at the date of the loan for the entire period of the loan, and to divide the sum of the principal and the interest for the entire period of the loan into monthly or other installments, and to take security by mortgage with waiver of exemption, or title, or both, upon and to real estate situated in the county in which said building and loan association may be located; provided, however, and

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nevertheless, the associations referred to and as defined herein shall not be compelled to lend their funds exclusively in the manner hereinbefore specified, but in addition thereto also have authority to make loans to members of the industrial and working classes and to all other persons, due at fixed intervals not exceeding welve months, and secured in whole or in part by personal endorsements and by its own fully paid stock, or stock payable on the installment plan, certificates of indebtedness, fully paid or payable on the installment plan, or both endorsements and such securities, or other personal security and choses in action, and on such loans so made and secured as aforesaid, it shall be lawful to deduct interest in advance, but not to exceed eight per cent discount, and the installment payments, if any, made on such hypothecated stock or certificates of indebtedness during the time the loan is of force may or may not bear interest, at the option of the association and the taking of said installment payments on said hypothecated stock, certificates of indebtedness, choses in action, or other evidences of indebtedness shall not be deemed usurious. Like associations defined. Loans, how made. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict herewith, be and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved August 16, 1913. PETITION OR ANSWER, VERIFICATION OF, BEYOND LIMITS OF STATE. No. 260. An Act to amend Section 5645 of the Code of 1910, relating to the manner of verifying a petition or answer, by parties residing beyond the limits of the State, by providing that such petition or answer may be verified by, among other officers, a notary public, or justice of the peace, and further providing, how the official character of the attesting officer shall be evidenced, and also that pleadings may be so verified, not only by non-residents, but by residents

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temporarily beyond the limits of the State, and for other purposes. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, That Section 5645 of the Code of 1910 of Georgia, be amended by inserting in the third line, after the word reside, the words, or is temporarily, and by inserting, at the end of the sixth line thereof, the following words: Or before a Notary Public or Justice of the Peace of the State and County where the oath is made, and by adding to said section the following: The official attestation of the officer, before whom the oath or affidavit shall be made, shall be prima facie evidence of the official character of such officer and that he be authorized by law to administer oath, so that said section when amended, shall read as follows: 5645. (5062). Verification by Non-Resident. When a petition, or answer, or other proceeding is required to be verified by a petitioner or defendant who resides or is temporarily beyond the limits of the State, an affidavit made before any Commissioner of this State, or any Commissioner, or Master, or Chancellor of a court of equity, authorized to administer an oath, or before a Notary Public or Justice of the peace of the State and county where the oath is made, shall be a sufficient verification. The official attestation of the officer, before whom the oath or affidavit shall be made, shall be prima facie evidence of the official character of such officer and that he was authorized by law to administer oaths. Verification of petition or answer beyond limits of State. SEC. 2. Be it enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict herewith, be and the same are hereby repealed. Approved August 19, 1913. TRAINS, FREIGHT, RUNNING OF ON SUNDAY. No. 247. An Act to amend Section 414 of the Penal Code of Georgia, adopted August 15, 1910, prohibiting the running of

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freight trains on the Sabbath, except as therein permitted, by adding thereto an additional paragraph numbered (5) so as to permit the running of solid through trains destined to points beyond the State, and the handling thereon of cars loaded or empties used for the transportation of perishables, live stock and ice. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia, That from and after the passage of this Act, Section 414 of the Penal Code of Georgia, adopted August 15, 1910, which prohibits the running of freight trains on the Sabbath day in the State, except as especially provided therein, shall be amended by an additional paragraph numbered (5) which shall read as follows: (5) To solid trains made up of through freight cars, or cars loaded with perishables, live stock or ice or empties for the transportation of same, reaching on Sunday any point upon a railroad in the State of Georgia, destined to points within and without the State, such trains may continue as solid through trains along line of said railroad through the State of Georgia, and may stop for the purpose of delivering such cars loaded with perishables, live stock or ice or empties for transportation of same, at any station to which destined in this State, and may also stop and pick up at any station, cars loaded with perishables, live stock or ice destined to points within or without the State; said trains may stop also for the purpose of changing engines and crews, taking on fuel and water and to receive train orders, but they shall not stop for any other purpose than those enumerated in this paragraph. What trains may run on Sunday. SEC. 2. All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed. Approved August 19, 1913. CHILDREN'S COURT, PRESIDING OFFICERS. No. 249. An Act to amend Section 887, Volume 2, of the Code of Georgia adopted August 15th, 1910, by adding just after

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Children's Court in the fifth line, and just before with all the powers in the sixth line, the words or when the probation officer, in the opinion of the Judge of the Superior Court exercising the duties of Section 898, possesses the necessary qualifications, training and experience, such probation officer, if the said Judge of the Superior Court so orders, shall regularly act as Judge of the Children's Court till such order is revoked by the same authority. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is enacted by the authority of the same, That from and after the passage of this Act, Section 887, Volume 2, of the Code of Georgia adopted August 15th, 1910, be, and the same is hereby amended by adding to that section just after children's court in the fifth line, and just before with all the powers in the sixth line the words or when the probation officer, in the opinion of the Judge of the Superior Court exercising the duties of Section 898, possesses the necessary qualifications, training, and experience, such probation officer, if the said Judge of the Superior Court so orders, shall regularly act as Judge of the Children's Court, till such order is revoked by the same authority. So that, when amended, said Section 887 shall read: The judge of any superior court may preside over such court. Whenever he is absent from the county or the business of the Superior Court shall, in the opinion of the judge need his attention in preference to the Children's Court, the judge of any city court of the county may preside in the Children's Court, or when the probation officer, in the opinion of the Judge of the Superior Court exercising the duties of Section 898, possesses the necessary qualifications, training and experience, such probation officer, if the Judge of the Superior Court so orders, shall regularly act as Judge of the Children's Court, till such order is revoked by the same authority, with all the powers and rights of the Judge of the Superior Court under this article. Who may preside over Children's Court.

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SEC. 2. Be it enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved August 19, 1913.

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TITLE IV. SUPERIOR COURTS. ACTS. Franklin Superior Court, Election to Change, Terms of. Hart Superior Court, Terms of. Irwin Superior Court, Terms of. Jenkins County Transferred from Middle to Augusta Circuit. Johnson Superior Court, Terms of. Madison Superior Court, Terms of. Oglethorpe Superior Court, Terms of. Paulding Superior Court, Terms of. Pulaski Superior Court, Terms of. Walker Superior Court, Terms of. Wilcox Superior Court, Terms of. FRANKLIN COUNTY, SUPERIOR COURT OF, ELECTION TO CHANGE, TERMS OF. No. 162. An Act to provide for holding four terms a year of the Superior Court of Franklin County, to prescribe the time for holding the same, and for other purposes. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That from and after January 1st, 1914, there shall be held in each year, four terms of the Superior Court in and for the County of Franklin in the Northern Judicial Circuit. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That the terms of said Superior Court of Franklin County shall be held on the third Monday in January, the fourth Monday in March, the third Monday in July and the fourth Monday in September, in each and every year. Franklin Superior Court, Terms of.

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SEC. 3. Be it further enacted that the Grand Jury shall not be required to meet at the January and July terms of said courts, but shall be drawn and shall serve at the March and October terms of said court; provided, however, the right of the Judge to summon a Grand Jury specially shall not hereby be changed; provided, there shall be only 24 traverse jurors drawn to serve at the January and July terms. Grand and Traverse Juries. SEC. 4. Be it further enacted, That a special election shall be held in the County of Franklin on the first Wednesday in December, 1913. The expense of said election to be paid out of the general fund. At which election the provisions of this Act shall be submitted to the voters of said county. If a majority of the votes cast at said election shall be in favor of the ratification of this Act, then the provisions of this Act shall become of full force and effect. Special election for ratification. SEC. 5. Be it further enacted, That ballots shall be prepared for said election having written or printed on them the words for four terms per year of the Superior Court and against four terms per year of the Superior Court, and if a majority of the voters voting at said election shall cast their vote in favor of said four terms per year of the Superior Court, then this Act shall be of full force and effect. If a majority of the voters voting at said election cast their vote against four terms per year of the Superior Court, then this Act shall be null and void. Election, how held. SEC. 6. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved August 16, 1913. HART COUNTY, SUPERIOR COURT OF, TERMS OF. No. 214. An Act to change the time of holding the Superior Court in and for the County of Hart, from the second Mondays

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in April and October of each year to the fourth Mondays in February and August of each year and for other purposes. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted, That from and after January 1st, 1914, the time of holding the Superior Courts in and for the County of Hart be, and are, hereby changed from the second Mondays in April and October of each year to the fourth Mondays in February and August of each year. Hart Superior Court, Terms of. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That all proceedings, bills, writs and summons, subpoenas, bail bonds, mesne and final processes and other proceedings of whatsoever kind, now returnable, and pending in said courts as the terms are now provided, shall hold good and relate to the terms of said court as provided for in this Act. Pending business. SEC. 3. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved August 18, 1913. IRWIN COUNTY, SUPERIOR COURT OF, TERMS OF. No. 29. An Act to change the time of holding the Superior Court in the County of Irwin, in the Cordele Circuit and the State of Georgia, and for other purposes. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That from and after the passage of this Act the Superior Court of Irwin County, State of Georgia, shall be held on the third and fourth Mondays in October and April of each year. Irwin Superior Court, Terms of. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That all writs, orders, summons, subpoenas, bails, bonds, and all processes and

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proceedings of every kind and character to said court and pending therein shall hold good and relate to the term of the court as changed and fixed as provided by this Act, and that all persons who may be summoned and who have already been summoned to attend said court at the time now fixed by law shall be required to attend the corresponding terms as changed and fixed as provided in this Act. Pending business. SEC. 3. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved August 5, 1913. JENKINS COUNTY TRANSFERRED FROM MIDDLE TO AUGUSTA JUDICIAL CIRCUIT. No. 152. An Act to rearrange the middle and Augusta Judicial Circuit by taking from the Middle Circuit the County of Jenkins and adding said county to the Augusta Circuit, and for other purposes. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That from and after the passage of this Act the County of Jenkins shall become a part of the Augusta Judicial Circuit, and shall cease to be a part of the Middle Judicial Circuit; provided, this Act does not affect the rights of the Solicitor-General of the Middle Circuit during the present term of office, and he is still authorized to discharge the duties of said office during said term as though this Act had not been passed. Jenkins County transferred, Middle to Augusta Judicial Circuit. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the time for holding the Superior Court of said County of Jenkins shall be the same as that now fixed by law. Terms of Court not changed.

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SEC. 3. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act, be and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved August 16, 1913. JOHNSON COUNTY, SUPERIOR COURT OF, TERMS OF. No. 44. An Act to change the time of holding Superior Court in Johnson County, Georgia, in the Dublin Judicial Circuit, to change the number of terms of said court to be held each year, and for other purposes. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by the authority aforesaid, That from and after the passage of this Act, the number of terms of the Superior Court is hereby decreased and changed from three terms to two terms a year, and the time of holding Superior Court in said Johnson County changed so that after the passage of this Act, the terms of the Superior Court of said county shall commence on the third Monday in March and the third Monday in September of each year. Johnson Superior Court, terms of. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all business and all cases pending in said Superior Court, shall be and stand for trial in their order as now provided by law at the terms of said Court as above provided and required. Pending business. SEC. 3. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That any and all laws, or parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are hereby repealed. Approved August 6, 1913.

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MADISON COUNTY, SUPERIOR COURT OF, TERMS OF. No. 217. An Act to provide for holding four terms of the Superior Court of Madison County, in the Northern Judicial Circuit and to prescribe the time for holding the same, and for other purposes. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia, That from and after the passage of this Act that there shall be held in each year four terms of the Superior Court in and for the County of Madison, said State, in the Northern Judicial Circuit. Madison Superior Court, four terms of. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted that the terms of said Court shall be held on the second Monday in January, and the first Monday in March, and fourth Monday in July and the first Monday in September in each year. When held. SEC. 3. Be it further enacted, That the Judge of said court shall only draw a Grand Jury for the March and September terms of said court; provided, that the presiding Judge in his discretion may require the attendance of said Grand Jury at the succeeding January or July term, as the case may be, if the business of the court should require it, but they shall not be required to perform any other service at said terms other than that with which they shall be by the presiding Judge especially charged. Grand Juries drawn when. SEC. 4. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be and the same are hereby repealed. Approved August 18, 1913. OGLETHORPE COUNTY, SUPERIOR COURT OF, TERMS OF. No. 148. An Act to change the time of holding the Superior Court of Oglethorpe County, in and for the Northern Circuit

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of Georgia, so as to provide that the spring term of said court shall be held on the third Monday in March and the fall term thereof on the third Monday in September instead of the third Mondays in April and October, respectively, and for other purposes. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same, That from and after the passage of this Act the spring term of the Superior Court of Oglethorpe County, in and for the Northern Circuit shall be held on the third Monday in March and the fall term thereof on the third Monday in September of each and every year instead of the third Mondays in April and October, respectively, as is now provided by statute. Oglethorpe Superior Court, terms of. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That all writs, processes and summons, bail bonds and all other processes, orders and proceedings of all kinds, returnable to court as heretofore authorized by law, shall be held and considered returnable to the regular spring and fall terms, respectively, as prescribed by this Act. Return of cases. SEC. 3. Be it further enacted, That this Act shall not take effect till the first day of January, 1914, and that the first term of said Superior Court under this Act shall be held on the third Monday in March, 1914. Effective, when. SEC. 4. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved August 16, 1913. PAULDING COUNTY, SUPERIOR COURT OF, TERMS OF. No. 223. An Act to increase the number of terms of the Superior Court of Paulding County, Georgia, and for other purposes.

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SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same, That from and after the first day of January next, the number of terms of Paulding Superior Court is hereby increased from two to four terms, so that thereafter said terms shall commence and said Superior Court shall be held on the second Monday in February, the first Monday in May, the first Monday in August and the first Monday in November of each year. Paulding Superior Court, terms of. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all causes which have been or shall be brought to the February 1914 term of said Court, which are not by law triable at said term, shall stand for trial at the May, 1914, term thereof, except as otherwise provided by law. All cases shall be triable at the second term; as said terms exist under this Act. Return and trial of cases. SEC. 3. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That Grand Jurors shall be drawn and serve in said court at the February and August terms only, but the right of the Judge to summon a Grand Jury specially shall not be changed hereby. Grand Juries. SEC. 4. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all laws and parts of laws conflicting with this Act, be and the same are hereby repealed. Approved August 18, 1913. PULASKI COUNTY, SUPERIOR COURT OF, TERMS OF. No. 59. An Act to provide for holding four terms a year of the Superior Court of Pulaski County, to prescribe the time for holding the same and for other purposes. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by the

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authority of the same, that there shall be held in each year four terms of the Superior Court in and for the County of Pulaski, said State, in the Oconee Judicial Circuit. Pulaski Superior Court, four terms of. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the terms of said court shall be held on the second Monday in March, on the second Monday in June, on the second Monday in September, and on the second Monday in December of each year. When held SEC. 3. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the Judge of said court shall draw a Grand Jury for the March and September terms only of said court; provided, that the presiding judge in his discretion might require the attendance of a Grand Jury at the June and December terms, or either of them, if in his judgment the business of the court should require it. Grand Juries. SEC. 4. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That this law shall not become effective in any event, before the first day of January, 1914, and shall not be effective at all unless the bill to abolish the City Court of Pulaski County, which bill shall be introduced, passed and approved at the 1913 session of the General Assembly of Georgia, shall be ratified as in said bill provided by a majority of the qualified voters of Pulaski County at the special election called for the purpose of voting for determining the question of ratifying or rejecting the said bill. When effective. SEC. 5. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, that all laws or parts of law in conflict with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved August 11, 1913. WALKER COUNTY, SUPERIOR COURT OF, TERMS OF. No. 160. An Act to provide for quarterly terms of the Superior Court of the County of Walker, and for other purposes.

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SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That from and after the first day of January 1914, the Superior Court of the County of Walker shall be held quarterly as follows: Third Mondays in February, May, August and November; provided, however, that there shall be no Grand Jury for the May and November terms of said court, unless the presiding Judge shall deem them necessary. Walker Superior Court, terms of SEC. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved August 16, 1913. WILCOX COUNTY, SUPERIOR COURT OF, TERMS OF. No. 78. An Act to provide for the holding of four terms of the Superior Court of Wilcox County each year and to fix the time for the holding of said terms and for other purposes. SECTION 1. Be it further enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same, That from and after the time when this Act shall go into effect there shall be held each year four terms of the Superior Court in and for the County of Wilcox, State of Georgia, in the Cordele Judicial Circuit; provided, this Act shall not go into effect until the first day of January, 1914. Wilcox Superior Court, four terms of. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the Superior Court of Wilcox County shall be held on the third Monday in March, on the third Monday in June, on the third Monday in September and on the third Monday in December of each year from and after the time when this Act becomes effective. When held.

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SEC. 3. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That a Grand Jury shall be drawn only for the terms of said court convening in March and September of each year; provided, however, the presiding Judge may in his discretion require the attendance of the Grand Jury at the June and December terms of said Court or either of them, if in his opinion, the business of the court shall so require. Grand Juries. SEC. 4. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved August 11, 1913.

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TITLE V. MISCELLANEOUS. ACTS. Atlanta Judicial Circuit, Additional Judge for. Automobiles, etc., Use of Regulated. Bridges and Causeways, Maintenance of Between Counties. Clerks Superior Courts, Recordation of Maps, etc. County Police, Appointment of. Department of Commerce and Labor, Act Creating Amended. Drainage Law Amended. Fire Insurance Companies, Foreign, Withdrawal from State. Georgia Training School for Girls Established. Inheritance Tax Provided for. Insurance Companies, Regulation and Control of. Judges Authorized to Grant Charters in Vacation. Medical Examiners, State Board of, Established. Minor Children, Custody of. Oil Inspection, Schedule of Fees Amended. Probation of Offenders in Certain Cases. Railroads Required to Erect Signboards. Registration of Voters, Permanent. Provided for. Stocks, Bonds, etc., Regulation of Sale of. Taxation, Certain Farm Products Exempt from. Taxation, System of Equalization Provided for. United States Senator, Special Election for. United States Senators, Election of. Western Atlantic Railroad, Lease Commission Appointed. ATLANTA JUDICIAL CIRCUIT, ADDITIONAL JUDGE FOR. No. 60. An Act to add an additional Judge of the Superior Court for the Atlanta Circuit; to regulate the manner in which the Judges of said Atlanta Circuit shall dispose of the business thereof; to fix the time at which said additional judge shall begin his term, and to authorize the Judges of said Atlanta Circuit to formulate, promulgate and enforce rules of procedure in said Circuit and for other purposes.

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SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same, That an additional Judge of the Superior Court of the Atlanta Circuit, as authorized under an amendment of the Constitution of this State, approved August 22d, 1905, and duly ratified, is hereby provided for, and said additional judge shall be appointed by His Excellency, the Governor, for a term of office commencing on the date of his qualification under said appointment and continuing until the first day of January, 1915, and until his successor shall have been duly elected and qualified in the manner now provided by law for the election of Judges of the Superior Court. Additional Judge for Atlanta Circuit. Appointment. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the successor of said additional Judge of the Superior Court of the Atlanta Circuit shall be elected in the manner now provided by law for the election of Judges of the Superior Courts of this State at the general election for members of the General Assembly, to be held on the first Wednesday in October, 1914, for a term of four years, beginning on the first day of January, 1915, and until his successor shall have been elected and qualified. All future elections for such judge shall be for a term of four years, and shall be held and conducted as is now or may hereafter be provided by law for the election of Judges of the Superior Courts of this State. Election of Judge. SEC. 3. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the qualifications of such additional judge shall be the same as are now provided by law for all other Superior Court Judges, and his compensation shall be the same as that of the present Judges of the Superior Court of said Atlanta Circuit and all laws now of force relating to the compensation of Judges of the Superior Court of the Atlanta Circuit, shall apply to said additional judge; provided, that the salary of said judge or his successor or successors, to be paid out of the State Treasury, shall not exceed the amount paid from that source to other Judges of the Superior Courts of this State. But this proviso shall not [Illegible Text]

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the additional salary provided for by the amendment to the Constitution approved August 3d, 1910, and Acts relating to the salaries of Judges of Superior Courts of Circuits having therein a city with a population of not less than 34,000 inhabitants, according to the United States census of 1900, are made applicable to the judge provided for by this Act. Qualifications. Salary of Judge. SEC. 4. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That said additional Judge of the Superior Court of said Atlanta Circuit, shall have all the powers, jurisdiction, duties and dignity of the present Judges of the Superior Court of the Atlanta Circuit, and of all other Judges of the Superior Courts of said State. Powers, jurisdiction, etc. SEC. 5. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the provisions of the Act No. 1, Page 60, published laws for the session of 1907 of the General Assembly, approved July 23d, 1907, contained in Sections 5 to 11 of said Act, both inclusive, are hereby re-enacted and continued of force and applied to the conditions which will exist when said Atlanta Circuit shall have four judges instead of three as now existing. Provisions of Act approved July 23, 1907, re-enacted. SEC. 6. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That said Judges of the Superior Court of the Atlanta Circuit or a majority of them, may adopt, promulgate and enforce such rules of practice and procedure relative to calling cases on the dockets of said court, making up trial calendars thereof, providing for publication of notice as to calendars and assignments of cases, and for the appointment of calendar clerks and deputies, and the calling of appearance dockets by the clerks instead of the judges and the publication thereof, and providing for the dismissal of cases for want of prosecution or failure of counsel by notice under said rules to bring forward to the trial calendar, and for the assignment of appeal and claim cases and special orders, and for checking cases pending other engagements, and providing for holding cases pending sickness of counsel and general rules and regulations for the efficient, prompt and convenient dispatch of the business of said court, as in

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their discretion may be necessary, judicious and proper, and may alter, modify and change said rules or practice and procedure in said circuit from time to time as may be necessary and proper. Rules of practice and procedure. SEC. 7. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with the provisions of this Act be, and the same are hereby repealed. Approved August 11, 1913. AUTOMOBILES, ETC., USE OF REGULATED. No. 262. An Act to amend the Act approved August 13th, 1910, being Act No. 478 of the Acts of the General Assembly of 1910, regulating the running of automobiles, and other vehicles and conveyances, propelled by steam, gas, gasoline, electricity or other power other than muscular power upon the public and private roads of the State of Georgia, provide registration and numbering of the same, etc.; to provide that any municipality of the State shall have the right to pass ordinances requiring registration of the State license number with a municipal officer, etc.; and for other purposes, by changing and increasing the registration fee and providing for an annual registration fee, and for other purposes. SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That Section 2 of the Act approved August 13, 1910, being Act No. 478 of the Acts of the General Assembly of 1910, be, and the same is hereby amended by striking all of said section two after and including the words and figures two dollars ($2.00) and inserting in lieu thereof the following: Five dollars ($5.00) per annum for each machine registered, which said registration fee shall be paid on or before March 1st, of each year, hereafter. The Secretary

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of State shall thereupon file such statement in his office, register such machine in a book or index to be kept for that purpose, and assign it a distinctive number showing the year for which said registration fee is paid, and shall forthwith on such registration issue and deliver to the owner of such machine a seal of aluminum or other suitable metal, circular in form, and approximately two inches in diameter, having stamped thereon Registered Motor Vehicle No...... Ga., Motor Vehicle Law Year..... with the registration number inserted therein, and the year of issue inserted therein, which seal shall at all times be conspicuously displayed on said machine,so that said section as amended shall read as follows: Section 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That every person now owning or hereafter acquiring any such machine shall, for every machine owned by him, file in the office of the Secretary of State, a statement of his name and address with a brief description of the machine to be registered including the name of the maker, factory number, style of machine and motor power on a blank to be prepared and furnished for that purpose, and he shall at the same time pay to the Secretary of State the sum of five dollars ($5.00) per annum for each machine registered, which said registration fee shall be paid on or before March 1st of each year, hereafter. The Secretary of State shall thereupon file such statement in his office, register such machine in a book or index to be kept for that purpose and assign it a distinctive number, showing the year for which said registration fee is paid and shall forthwith, on such registration, issue and deliver to the owner of such machine a seal of aluminum or other suitable metal, circular in form and approximately two inches in diameter, having stamped thereon Registered Motor Vehicle No......, Ga., Motor Vehicle Law, Year..... with the registration number inserted therein and the year of issue inserted therein, which seal shall at all times be conspicuously displayed on said machine. Registration of automobiles. Registration fee. Registration book kept by Secretary of State. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That Section three of said Act be amended by striking after the figure 2 in line four of said Section three all that follows, and substituting

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in lieu thereof the following: A number plate bearing the same number and year as the seal together with the letters Ga. and of the same material as the seal, the number to be in Arabic numerals not less than three inches in height and each stroke not less than one-half inch in width, the date of the year for which said registration number is issued, to be conspicuously displayed upon said number plate, which shall at all times be displayed on the rear of the machine in such manner as to be plainly visible, so that said section when so amended shall read as follows: Section 3. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the Secretary of State shall also furnish to each owner in addition to the circular seal mentioned in section 2 a number plate bearing the same number and year of the seal together with the letters Ga. and of the same material as the seal, the number to be in Arabic numerals not less than three inches in height and each stroke not less than one-half inch in width, the date of the year for which said registration number is issued to be conspicuously displayed upon said number plate, which shall at all times be displayed on the rear of the machine in such manner as to be plainly visible. Number plate. SEC. 3. Be it further enacted, That Section 14 of said Act be amended by striking the word two in the second line of said section, and inserting in lieu thereof the word five, so that said section when so amended will read as follows: Section 14. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That of the five dollars to be paid for the certificate a sufficient amount thereof shall be used in providing these certificates, and the remainder thereof shall be paid into the State Treasury. The funds raised under this Act shall be known as a State Road Fund and the same shall be apportioned among the several counties of the State by the State Treasurer in proportion to the number of miles of rural route roads in the several counties, the same to be determined upon United States Government reports. Disposition of registration fees.

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SEC. 4. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That section 12 of the Act approved August 13th, 1910, be and the same is hereby amended by adding at the end of said section the following: And provided further that any municipality of this State shall have the right to pass ordinances requiring every person, firm or corporation residing in such municipality for a period as long as thirty days, and owning or operating any of the machines or vehicles mentioned in this Act, to register the State license number with the Clerk of Council of said municipality or such other municipal officer as said municipality may direct, together with a brief description of said machine or vehicle, and to provide a penalty in such ordinances for failure to comply therewith. So that when said Section 12 is amended, it will read as follows: Section 12. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That nothing contained in this Act shall be construed as changing or interfering with any regulation or ordinance which has heretofore or hereafter may be adopted by any municipality of this State regulating the running and operation of the machines described in this Act, provided such regulation or ordinance is not in conflict with the provisions of this Act and provided, further, that any municipality of this State shall have the right to pass ordinances requiring every person, firm or corporation residing in such municipality for a period as long as thirty days, and owning or operating any of the machines or vehicles mentioned in this Act, to register the State license number with the Clerk of Council of said municipality or such other municipal officer as said municipality may direct, together with a brief description of said machine or vehicle, and to provide a penalty in such ordinances for failure to comply therewith. Municipal regulation. SEC. 5. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are hereby repealed. Approved August 19, 1913.

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BRIDGES AND CAUSEWAYS, MAINTENANCE OF BETWEEN COUNTIES. No. 240. An Act to provide for maintaining in proper condition, Causeways and other approaches to public Bridges between counties in this State, and to provide a remedy when any county refuses or fails to do so. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, That when bridges between different counties in this State have been established by the co-operative action of the proper county authorities of adjacent counties, it shall be the duty of each county to maintain constantly the causeways and other approaches to such bridges within its limits in such repair as to keep them open for the safe, free and uninterrupted travel of the public, at all times, over such causeways and other approaches, and to build up such causeways and approaches as often as may be necessary to do so to accomplish such purposes. Causeways and approaches to public bridges, how maintained between counties. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That if any such county refuses or fails so to do after reasonable notice, the other county may repair or build up the causeways and other approaches, either by contract or by the use of its convicts, as to such other county may seem best, and compel by suit, if necessary, the delinquent county to reimburse it for the actual cost to it of so doing. Remedy on default of one county. SEC. 3. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict herewith are hereby repealed. Approved August 19, 1913. CLERKS SUPERIOR COURTS, RECORDATION OF MAPS, ETC. No. 156. An Act to provide that in all counties of this State, now or hereafter having a population of not less than 75,000 and not more than 125,000, the Clerks of the Superior

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Court thereof shall keep suitable books for the recordation of maps, plans, surveys, subdivisions, and drawings of land, lot subdivision and surveys, to provide means therefor, to make same books of public record and notice, and for other purposes. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same, that from and after the passage of this Act in all counties of this State now or hereafter having a population of not less than 75,000 and not more than 125,000, the Clerks of the Superior Court thereof shall keep suitable books for the recordation of maps, plans, surveys, subdivisions and drawings of land, lot subdivisions and surveys, which books shall be kept in his custody as are other public county records and shall be held and deemed public notice of the records therein kept. Recordation of maps, etc., by Clerks of Superior Courts. Record notice to public. SEC. 2. The Clerk shall index such maps, plans, drawings, surveys, or subdivisions by reference thereto on the original deed book in which the deeds or conveyances referring to the same are recorded and in case there be no deed making such reference, then by proper index on the general index for the recording of all instruments of the county. The record of all deeds, mortgages or other instruments to which maps, plans, drawings, specifications or surveys are attached shall upon a margin of such record indicate the book and page of record of such map, plan, drawing or survey and the record in accordance with this Act of all maps, plans, drawings, subdivisions or surveys attached to deeds, mortgages or other instruments, shall upon the margin of such record, indicate the volume and folio of the record of such deeds. Indexes. Deed record must show where attached map, etc., recorded. SEC. 3. When such maps, plans, drawings, specifications or surveys shall thus be recorded, copies thereof certified in the same manner as copies of deeds are now certified, may be introduced in evidence in the courts of this State in the same manner as recorded deeds are now admissible in evidence. Certified copies ad. missible in evidence in same manner as deeds.

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SEC. 4. The proper county officials of each county shall furnish the clerk suitable map books at the expense of the county. Books furnished at expense of county. SEC. 5. The Clerk of the Superior Court shall be authorized to charge for filing, indexing and recording each map, plan, drawing or survey, the sum of 50c. Recording fee. SEC. 6. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act, be and the same are hereby repealed. Approved August 16, 1913. COUNTY POLICE, APPOINTMENT OF. No. 158. An Act to authorize the county authorities of certain counties in this State to appoint County Police for those counties, and to provide for the payment of such police and for other purposes. SECTION 1. Be it and it is hereby enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, That from and after the passage and approval of this Act, the Commissioners of Roads and Revenues or other authority or authorities having charge of county affairs, in all counties in this State in which there are or may be hereafter established, public resorts or settlements of people either permanent or temporary, which resorts or settlements are or may be outside of the limits of a municipal corporation, shall have the power to appoint and employ County Police for the purpose of preventing and suppressing all violations of law in such resorts or settlements, and all such police shall have all the powers as to making arrests and preserving order as are at present or as may be hereafter conferred on sheriffs or other officers of this State County police, appointment of. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That said county authority or authorities shall have

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the power to pay such County Police out of the county funds, and to make a tax levy for such purposes along with the other purposes provided by law. Compensation. SEC. 3. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed. Approved August 16, 1913. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE AND LABOR, ACT CREATING AMENDED. No. 177. An Act to amend an Act of the General Assembly, approved August 21, 1911, creating the Department of Commerce and Labor so as to change the title of stenographer to that of Chief Clerk and Stenographer; to fix the compensation of said Chief Clerk and Stenographer at $1,500.00 per annum, and providing that said department shall receive a contingent fund of $1,800.00 per annum, and for other purposes. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That Section 1 of the above described Act be amended by striking out the word and after the word Labor in the seventh line of said section, and by striking out the word who after the word Assistant in the seventh line of said section and inserting in lieu thereof the following words: And Chief Clerk, who shall be a stenographer. Said Assistant and said Chief Clerk so that said section when amended will read as follows: Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That a Department of Commerce and Labor is hereby created and established, the duties of which department shall be exercised and discharged by a commissioner, who shall be designated as Commissioner of Commerce and

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Labor, by an assistant, and by a Chief Clerk who shall be a stenographer. Said assistant and said Chief Clerk shall be appointed by the commissioner. Said Commissioner of Commerce and Labor shall be elected by persons qualified to vote for members of the General Assembly, at the same time, in the same manner and under the same rules and regulations as the Governor and State House Officers; and shall hold his office for two years and until his successor is elected and qualified, unless removed in the manner now prescribed by law for the removal of officials of the State Government. In case of a vacancy in the office of Commissioner of Commerce and Labor from any cause, such vacancy shall be filled by appointment by the Governor, which appointee shall hold office until his successor is elected and qualified. The first election for Commissioner of Commerce and Labor shall take place at the special election which shall be ordered and held for Governor to fill the unexpired term of the present Governor, and such commissioner shall hold office until his successor shall have been elected at the next general election for State House Officers and until his successor shall qualify. The office of said department shall be kept in the capitol and shall be furnished and provided for as are other departmental offices of the State. Said commissioner and his assistant shall devote their whole time to the duties of their office and shall not hold any other office during their terms of office. Chief Clerk and Stenographer. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That Section 2, of the above described Act shall be amended by adding after the word Assistant Commissioner in the first line of said section the following and Chief Clerk so that said section as amended will read as follows: Section 2. The Commissioner, aided by the Assistant Commissioner and Chief Clerk, shall collect and collate information and statistics concerning labor and its relation to capital, showing labor conditions throughout the State; the hours of labor; the earnings of labor, and their educational, moral and financial condition, and the best means of promoting their mental, moral and material welfare; shall also collect and collate information and statistics concerning

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the location, capacity of mills, factories, workshops and other industries, and actual output of manufactured products, and also the character and amount of labor employed, the kind and quantity of raw material annually used by them, and the capital invested therein; shall also collect and collate information and statistics concerning the location, estimated and actual horsepower and condition of valuable water powers, developed and undeveloped in this State; also of timber lands, and such other information and statistics concerning the industrial welfare of the citizens of this State as he may deem to be of interest and benefit to the public; and by the dissemination of such data to advertise the various industrial and natural resources of Georgia, in order to attract and bring capital into this State; provided, that whenever the information and statistics herein mentioned as to water powers and timber lands are collected and collated by some other departments of the State Government the Department of Commerce and Labor shall be relieved of the requirement to collect such statistics; provided, that nothing in this Act shall be construed to apply to farm or agricultural labor, and that this Act shall not apply to saw mill and turpentine laborers. Duties of Commissioner, Assistant Commissioner and Chief Clerk. SEC. 3. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That Section 7, of said above described Act shall be amended by placing before the word stenographer in the third line of said section, the words Chief Clerk and and by striking out the word nine following the word Stenographer in the fourth line of said section and substituting therefor the word fifteen and by striking out the word nine after the word and in the fourth line of said section and substituting the word eighteen and by striking out the word and between the word commissioner and assistant in the 7th line of said section and substituting a comma and adding after the word assistant in the 7th line of said section and Chief Clerk so that said section when amended will read as follows: Section 7. The Commissioner shall receive a salary of twenty-four hundred dollars per annum, the Assistant Commissioner eighteen hundred dollars per annum, and the Chief Clerk and Stenographer

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fifteen hundred dollars per annum; and eighteen hundred dollars per annum shall be allowed for the incidental expenses of said department, including the actual traveling expenses of said Commissioner, Assistant and Chief Clerk, while traveling for the purpose of collecting information and statistics as provided in this Act. Salary of Chief Clerk and Stenographer. SEC. 4. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are hereby repealed. Approved August 18, 1913. DRAINAGE LAW AMENDED. No. 169. An Act to amend an Act providing for a system of draining and reclaiming the wet, swamp, and overflowed thorizing a higher rate of interest on bonds in certain cases; authorizing and requiring the validation of bonds, issued under said Act in all cases requiring the cost of building new bridges thereunder to be paid for by the county, and for other purposes. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same, That an Act providing a system for draining and reclaiming the wet, swamp and overflowed lands of the State, approved August 19, 1911, be so amended that where bonds heretofore and hereafter issued thereunder do not in any case exceed the sum of twenty thousand dollars, that the rate of interest thereof may be fixed by the Board of Drainage Commission at not more than eight per cent per annum. Drainage bonds, rate of interest. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That said Act be also amended so that whenever bonds heretofore and hereafter issued thereunder in any case, that the same shall be validated as other bonds are now required to be validated under the provisions of existing laws of this State. Bonds, how validated.

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SEC. 3. Be it further enacted, That said Act be also further amended so that the cost of building all new bridges thereunder shall be borne and paid for by the county. SEC. 4. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are hereby repealed. Approved August 16, 1913. FIRE INSURANCE COMPANIES, FOREIGN, WITHDRAWAL FROM STATE. No. 42. An Act providing upon what conditions, and how and in what manner a foreign fire insurance company or association doing business in this State, which reinsures all its policies and contracts in force in this State, may retire and withdraw from the State including any and all securities on deposit with State Officials, and for other purposes. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That from and after the passage of this Act, that any foreign fire insurance company or association doing business in this State and desiring to retire from this State before the maturity or expiration of its policies or contracts, may, upon filing with the Insurance Commissioner a written notice of such intention to withdraw, together with a sworn statement of its outstanding liabilities or obligations under all such policies or contracts, so retire or withdraw, including any and all securities on deposit with the State Official designated by law for the protection of the beneficiaries of such policies or contracts, provided such company or companies, as a condition precedent to such withdrawal, reinsure all such policies or contracts, in some other company or companies authorized to do business in this State, and shall file with said Insurance Commissioner

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a list showing the name or names of such company or companies in which such outstanding policies, contracts or obligations have been so reinsured; and provided further, that the securities on deposit as aforesaid, shall not be so withdrawn from the custody, control and possession of said State Official until after such proof as may be required by said Commissioner has first been furnished him that there are, at the time of such withdrawal, no unsettled claim, claims or losses outstanding against said company or companies so desiring to withdraw; and provided further, that said reinsurance shall be approved by the Insurance Commissioner. Fire insurance companies may withdraw from State, how. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict herewith, be, and the same are hereby repealed. Approved August 6, 1913. GEORGIA TRAINING SCHOOL FOR GIRLS ESTABLISHED. No. 257. An Act to establish an institution to be known as the Georgia Training School for Girls, to provide funds, the erection, remodeling and furnishing of buildings, and the payment of operating expenses, to provide for the appointment of a board of managers and fix their terms of office and prescribe their powers and duties and the powers and duties of the employees of said institution with reference to the girls committed thereto or paroled or discharged therefrom, to authorize the Judges of City and Superior Courts to commit girls of certain classes to said institution, and for other purposes. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia and it is hereby enacted by the authority of same, That there shall be established in the State

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of Georgia an institution to be known as the Georgia Training School for Girls. Georgia Training School for Girls established. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That said institution shall be located on the lands owned by the State at Milledgeville and at such place there as the Prison Commission may designate, and for the purpose of erecting or remodeling necessary buildings, including the cost of plans and specifications and superintending construction, the purchasing of furniture and other articles required, there is appropriated out of any money in the State Treasury, not otherwise appropriated, the sum of ($10,000.00) ten thousand dollars; provided, however, that should the Board of Managers hereinafter created, deem it to the best interests of said institution to accept a site with or without buildings located thereon, donated by any city, town, county or person, to induce the location of said institution, then and in that event said institution shall be located upon such site instead of being located at Milledgeville; provided, further, that for the purpose of maintaining said institution, paying the current operating expenses of the same for one year, beginning from the time said institution is made ready for the reception of inmates and so declared to be by the Governor, there is appropriated out of any money in the State Treasury not otherwise appropriated the sum of $10,000.00 ten thousand dollars or so much thereof as may be necessary. Location, equipment and maintenance. SEC. 3. Be it further enacted, That on the passage of this Act the Governor shall appoint a board consisting of five persons, two of whom shall be women, who shall be known as Board of Managers of the Georgia Training School for Girls and shall fix a time and place for their first meeting not to exceed thirty days from the date of the appointment. The first two named, one of whom shall be a man and the other a woman, shall hold office until June 30, 1915, and the last three shall hold office until June 30, 1916. Thereafter their terms of office shall be for three years. The Governor shall have power to fill all vacancies in said Board of Managers which may occur by death, resignation, failure or refusal to act, or from any other cause whatsoever. Board of Managers. Vacancies, how filled.

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SEC. 4. Be it further enacted, That said Board of Managers shall receive no compensation for their services, and that they shall qualify on said board, taking and subscribing to an oath faithfully and impartially to discharge their duties and entering into bond in such sums and in such securities as shall be prescribed by the Governor, conditioned on the faithful performance of all duties required of them in this Act. No com. pensation. Oath and bond of managers. The Actual and necessary expenses of this Board of Managers incurred in the discharge of their official duties, together with the expense of making said bonds herein provided, shall be paid out of the general appropriation for said institution. Said Board of Managers shall organize by electing one of their members as Chairman and another as Secretary of said board, and when it may be deemed advisable, said board shall appoint a competent woman as Superintendent of said institution, at a salary of not more than fifteen hundred dollars ($1500) per annum and shall appoint such other employees as may be necessary to carry on the work of said institution, prescribing the duties of both the superintendent and all other employees; provided, the salary of said superintendent and said employees as well as the expenses of the Board of Managers shall be paid out of the maintenance fund, appropriated by Section 2 of this Act. The superintendent and all other employees shall be subject to removal from office at any time by said board. It shall be the duty of said Board of Managers to meet once every three months for the purpose of attending to such matters as may come before them in the management of said institution. Special meetings may be called by the chairman. Absence from any three meetings, unless excused by the majority of the other members present, shall be treated by the Governor as a resignation from office. Expenses, how paid. Officers of Board. Superintendent. Salary. Board meetings. Special meetings. Absence from meetings. SEC. 5. Be it further enacted, That should said Board of Managers select a location for said institution, which is donated for the purpose, an abstract of title, approved by the Attorney General, showing a good and sufficient title in the person or persons donating the same, shall be filed with the report of the Board of Managers. Abstract of title.

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SEC. 6. Be it further enacted, That the Board of Managers shall prepare and adopt a system of government for said institution embracing such rules and regulations as may be deemed necessary for preserving order and enforcing discipline, for imparting instruction and preserving health, for the proper intellectual and moral training of the inmates, including a thorough domestic training and education, and for the operation and management of said institution. Government of institution. SEC. 7. Be it further enacted, That the Judges of the City and Superior Courts, may in their discretion commit to the Georgia Training School for Girls any girl under eighteen years of age, who has committed any offense against the laws of this State, not punishable by death or life imprisonment, or who habitually associates with vicious or immoral people, or who is incorrigible to such an extent that she cannot be controlled by parent or guardian, there to be held until such girl reaches the age of twenty-one, unless sooner discharged, bound out, or paroled under the rules and regulations of said Board of Managers; provided, however, that no girl who is insane or an idiot or afflicted with an incurable disease shall be sentenced or committed to said institution. The Judges of the City and Superior Courts may hear and determine such cases presiding in court or in chambers; provided, that any girl brought before court shall have a right to demand trial by jury, and may appeal from the judgment of said court as provided by law. The fees that are now allowed by law for carrying persons to the penitentiary shall be allowed to the sheriffs of the various counties of the State for services in taking such girls as may be committed by the several courts to the Georgia Training School for Girls Who may be committed and how. Fees for carrying persons to school. SEC. 8. Be it further enacted, That the Superintendent in charge of said institution be, and with the consent of the Chairman of the Board of Managers, shall be authorized and empowered to return whence she came any girl who shall be found to be an improper subject for admission, and who shall thereupon be dealt with by the court or judge

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committing her as would have been legal in the first instance, had not said girl been committed to the said Georgia Training School for Girls, and provided, that said Board of Managers may liberate conditionally on parole any inmate of said institution, or may bind her out to some suitable person, or may return any inmate to her parent or guardian under such rules and regulations and upon such terms as said Board of Managers may deem in the best interests of the inmates. Improper subjects returned. Subjects returned how dealt with. Parole. SEC. 9. Be it further enacted, That the Board of Managers keep or cause to be kept regular books of account and said Board shall, on or before the first of June in each year report to the Governor, giving in detail the receipts and disbursements of monies by said board, and such statistical information as may be of value and interest, with such recommendations as said board may deem necessary to the welfare of the Georgia Training School for Girls. Books of account. SEC. 10. All laws and parts of laws in conflict with the foregoing shall be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved August 19, 1913. INHERITANCE TAX PROVIDED FOR. No. 259. An Act to create, provide for and require the payment of taxes whenever property passes by the laws of inheritance or succession, by will, or by deed, grant or gift intended to take effect in possession or enjoyment after the death of the grantor or donor, to fix the rates of said tax, to provide for the lien of said tax, the payment of said tax, the appraisal of the property subject to said tax, and the persons who shall be liable for said tax, to provide for the appointment of administrators and the enforcement of said tax in instances where no will is probated, and no administration is applied for, to provide fees for the Ordinary in matters relating to

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said tax, and fees for the tax collector in collecting said tax, and for other purposes. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same, That from and after the passage of this Act, all property within the jurisdiction of this State, real and personal, and every estate and interest therein, whether belonging to the inhabitants of this State, or not, which shall pass on the death of a decedent by will or by the laws regulating descents and distributions, or by deed, grant, or gift, except in cases of a bona fide purchase for a full consideration, made, or intended to take effect in possession or enjoyment, after the death of the grantor or donor, to any person or persons, bodies politic or corporate, in trust or otherwise, shall be subject to taxes, and shall pay the following tax to this State: Tax on inheritances provided. (1) Upon a transfer taxable under this Act of property or any beneficial interest therein, of an amount in excess of the value of five thousand ($5,000) dollars, to any father, mother, husband, wife, child, brother, sister, wife or widow of a son, or any child or children adopted as such, in conformity with the laws of this State, of the decedent, grantor, donor or vendor, or to any lineal descendent of such decedent, grantor, donor or vendor, born in lawful wedlock, the tax shall be at the rate of 1 per cent. on any amount in excess of five thousand ($5,000) dollars. On transfers to heirs one per cent on excess of $5,000. (2) Upon a transfer taxable under this Act, of property or any beneficial interest therein, of any amount to any person or corporation, or association other than those enumerated in Paragraph one, of this section, the tax shall be at the rate of 5 per cent. Other transfers 5 per cent on excess of $5,000. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That if any section of this Act or any part of any section of this Act be hereafter declared invalid, the remainder of said Act shall stand. If any section declared valid remainder stands. SEC. 3. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, that the taxes imposed by this Act shall be and remain a lien upon the property subject to said tax from the death of the decedent, and that all taxes imposed by this Act

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unless otherwise herein provided for, shall be due and payable at the death of the decedent. Tax a lien upon the property subject. SEC. 4. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That if the property passing as aforesaid shall be divided into two or more estates, as an estate for years or for life and a remainder, then said tax shall be levied on every estate and interest separately, according to the value of the same at the death of the decedent, that the value of the remainder in said property so limited shall be ascertained by deducting the value of the life estate, term of years or period of limitation from the fair market value of the property so limited and the tax on the several estate or estates, remainder or remainders or interest shall be immediately due and payable to the Tax Collector of the proper county and said tax shall accrue as provided in Section three of this Act; that the value of estates for years, estates for life, remainders and annuities shall be fixed and determined upon mortality tables using the interest rate or income rate of six per cent. Tax, how levied on estates less than fee. SEC. 5. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That if such property subject to the taxation imposed by this Act be in the form of money, the executor, administrator or trustee shall deduct the amount of the tax therefrom before paying it to the party entitled thereto, that if it be not in the form of money he shall withhold the property until the payment by such party of the amount of the tax in any case the person to whom the property is transferred, the executors, administrators or trustees shall be personally liable for the amount of the taxes and shall have the right in case of neglect or refusal, after due notice, of the party entitled to the property, to pay such amount, to sell said property, real or personal or so much thereof as may be necessary, in the same manner as he might by law be entitled to do for the payment of the debts of the testator or intestate; that out of the sum realized on such sale the executor, administrator or trustee shall deduct the amount of the tax and the expense of the sale, and shall pay the balance to the party entitled thereto. Tax deducted by representative of estate, or estate withheld until payment.

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SEC. 6. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That whenever any legacy subject to said tax shall be charged upon or payable out of real estate, the heir or devisee, before paying the legacy, shall deduct the amount of the tax therefrom and pay the amount so deducted to the executor, administrator or trustee; that the amount of the tax shall remain a charge on such real estate until paid and the payment thereof shall be enforced by the executor or trustee in the same manner as the payment of the legacy itself could be enforced. Legacy out of real estate tax, how collected. SEC. 7. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That every executor, administrator or trustee of the estate of the decedent leaving property subject to taxation under this Act, whother such property passes by will or by the laws of descent or otherwise, shall, within three months after his appointment, make and file an inventory thereof in the Court of Ordinary in the county having jurisdiction in the estate of the decedent; that any executor, administrator or trustee refusing or neglecting to comply with the provisions of this section shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding $1,000.00 to be recovered in an action brought in behalf of the State by the Solicitor-General of the circuit in which such county having jurisdiction of the estate is located upon notice from the ordinary of said county. Representative of estate must file inventory. Penalty for failure to file inventory. SEC. 8. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That if upon the death of any person leaving an estate subject to a tax under the provisions of this Act, a will disposing of such estate shall not be offered for probate or an application for administration is not made within three months from the time of such decease, the Comptroller-General of the State or the Tax Collector of the County in which the Court of Ordinary is located, having jurisdiction of the administration of such estate, may, at any time thereafter, make application to the proper Court of Ordinary, setting forth such fact and praying that an administrator may be appointed and thereupon such Court of Ordinary after citation and due advertisement thereof, if no person entitled by law to said administration shall apply therefor,

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shall appoint the public administrator of the county, or if there be none such, then the clerk of the Superior Court to administer upon such estate. Procedure upon failure to probate will. SEC. 9. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That if for any reason administration of the estate of a decedent leaving property subject to taxation under this Act shall not be necessary in this State except in order to carry out the provisions of this Act it shall be in the discretion of the Ordinary upon the filing of a satisfactory inventory of the taxable property of such estate by the heirs or persons entitled to inherit the same to dispense with the appointment of an administrator; that upon the filing of such inventory the appraisement and other proceedings required by this Act shall be had as in other cases. Administration dispensed with, when. SEC. 10. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That when property subject to this tax is transferred or limited in trust or otherwise, and the rights, interest or estates of the transferrees or beneficiaries are dependent upon contingencies or conditions where by each may be wholly or in part created, defeated, extended or abridged, the tax so imposed on such property shall be due and payable forthwith by the executor or trustee out of the property transferred; that where an estate for life or for years can be divested by the Act or omission of the legatee or devisee, it shall be taxed as if there were no possibility of such divesting. Limited estates, how taxed. SEC. 11. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the Ordinary of the County having jurisdiction of the administration of the estate of the decedent, shall, on application of any interested party or upon his own motion, and whenever occasion may require, appoint three disinterested persons as appraisers to fix the value of property subject to said tax; that the appraisers, being first sworn, shall give notice to all persons known to have a claim in the property appraised including the executor, administrator or trustee, and the Tax Collector of the county of the time and place when they will appraise the same, such notice being given by advertisement in some

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newspaper having general circulation in the county which has jurisdiction of the administration of the estate, that at such time and place they shall appraise such property at its actual or market value at the time of the death of the decedent and shall thereupon make report thereof in writing to said Ordinary; that when property is located in more than one county, the appraisers appointed in the county in which the estate is being administered shall appraise the whole estate; that each appraiser shall be paid on the certificate of the Ordinary $5.00 for every day employed in such appraisal together with his actual necessary expenses incurred therein and the fees of such appraisers shall be taxable as a part of the costs of the administration of said estate by the Ordinary and said fees shall be paid by the executor, administrator or trustee or by the heirs at law to whom such property descends in case there is no administration; provided, however, upon the agreement of the parties interested to dispense with the appointment of appraisers, the Ordinary himself shall appraise the property and make and file a report thereof; that for his services in connection with the appointment of appraisers for any estate, the Ordinary shall receive a fee of $5.00 and for the appraisement of any estate by himself the Ordinary shall receive a fee of $20.00, which fees shall be taxable as a part of the costs of the administration of the estate. Appraisements. Compensation of appraisers. Ordinary may appraise, when. Ordinary's fees. SEC. 12. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That immediately upon the filing of the report of the appraisement the Ordinary shall calculate and determine the amount of tax due on such property under this Act, and shall in writing certify such amount to the Tax Collector, to the executor, administrator or trustee, and to the person to whom, or for whose use, the property passes; and that for such calculation and for certifying said amount to the Tax Collector, the Ordinary shall receive a fee of $3.00, which shall be taxable as a part of the costs of administering said estate; that said tax shall be a lien upon such property from the death of the decedent until paid and shall bear interest from such death until paid, unless payment shall

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be made within twelve months after such death, in which case no interest shall be charged. Amount of tax certified by Ordinary to Tax Collector and others. Fee for certifying. SEC. 13. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all taxes received under this Act by any executor, administrator or trustee, shall be paid by him within thirty days thereafter to the Tax Collector of the county whose Court of Ordinary has jurisdiction of the estate of the decedent; that upon such payment the Tax Collector shall make duplicate receipts thereof; that he shall deliver one to the party making payment, the other he shall send to the Comptroller-General of the State, who shall charge the Tax Collector with the amount thereof, and shall countersign such receipt and transmit same to the party making payment. Taxes paid to Tax Collector. SEC. 14. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the Tax Collector of each county shall, on or before the 15th day of each month, pay to the Comptroller-General all taxes received by him under this Act before the first day of that month, deducting therefrom his fees which shall be the same as his fees on other tax monies received by him. Report of Tax Collectors. SEC. 15. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That no final account of an executor, administrator or trustee shall be allowed by the Court of Ordinary unless such account shows and the Ordinary so finds, that all taxes imposed under this Act on any property or interest passing through his hands as such have been paid; that the receipt of the Tax Collector for such taxes shall be the proper voucher for such payment. No final account allowed representative of estate until tax paid. SEC. 16. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That when the taxes imposed by this Act have not been paid within twelve months from the date of the filing of the amount of said tax by the Ordinary in the office of the Tax Collector to whom said tax is payable. The said Tax Collector shall issue executions against the persons, and property liable for said tax and proceed in every way for the enforcement and payment of said tax in like manner

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that he may now proceed by execution, and for the enforcement and payment of direct taxes on property against delinquent tax payers. Enforcement by execution. SEC. 17. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict herewith be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved August 19, 1913. INSURANCE COMPANIES, REGULATION AND CONTROL OF. No. 239. An Act to better regulate and control the organization and operation of corporations (foreign and domestic) doing an industrial, health, life or accident insurance business in the State of Georgia, and to provide penalties and for other purposes. SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted, That no insurance company or association doing business in this State, and no officer, director or agent thereof shall knowingly issue, circulate, or cause to be issued or circulated any estimate, illustration, circular or statement of any sort misrepresenting the terms of any policy issued by it, or the benefits or advantages promised thereby, or dividends or shares of surplus to be received thereon, or shall use any name or title of any policy or class of policies which misrepresent the true nature thereof. Provided nothing contained in this section nor in this Act shall apply to any company or corporation except to companies or corporations doing an industrial, life, health or accident insurance business; nor shall it apply to any policy, membership or beneficial certificate except it be an industrial, health, life or accident insurance policy membership or certificate. False representations in regard to policies prohibited. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That from and after the passage of this Act no agent,

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director or officer shall knowingly and wilfully receive any premium or assessment on behalf of any insurance company or association or fraternal organization, knowing at the time of receipt of said premium or assessment that said company or association is insolvent according to the laws of the State of the organiation of said company without giving notice thereof to the person paying the said premium or assessment. That no officer, director, agent, physician or other person shall knowingly issue or cause to be issued a policy or benefit certificate, nor aid in the issuing of any policy or benefit certificate, nor aid in the reinstating in membership or policy standing of any infirm or unhealthy person not at the time of such reinstatement or insurance in an insurable condition, with the intent to defraud, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. No premium shall be received after insolvency without giving notice. Fraudulent reinstatement prohibited. Penalty. SEC. 3. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That no person shall knowingly or wilfully make or aid in making of any false or fradulent statement or representation of any material fact or thing in any written statement or certificate for the purpose of procuring or attempting to procure the payment of any false or fraudulent claim against any such insurance company or fraternal or benefit association, and no person shall make any false or fraudulent statement or aid in the making of any false or fraudulent statement in any application for insurance, or as to the death or disability of the policy or certificate holder for the purpose of fraudulently obtaining any money or benefit from any such insurance company or fraternal or benefit association licensed to do business in this State. Fraudulent statements and claims prohibited. SEC. 4. Be it further enacted, That no person shall act as agent or solicitor for any insurance company, benefit association or fraternal organization in this State without having first procured a license therefor from the Insurance Department of this State as required by the law. Agent or solicitor required to procure license. SEC. 5. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That any person who violates this Act shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be punished as provided by Section 1065 of the Code of Georgia of 1910. Punishment for violation of Act.

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SEC. 6. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the Insurance Commissioner or Deputy Insurance Commissioner of this State shall have full power to issue subpoenas and process requiring the presence of witnesses and the production of books and papers before him at the place where any investigation is being had by him, or either of them; and in the event any person who is served with such subpoena fails to comply therewith, he shall be punished as for a contempt by the Superior Court of the county in which the hearing is being had, and the Superior Courts of this State are fully empowered hereunto, including the power to issue attachments or other processes or notice, to the end that the person so subpoenaed may have his proper notice and his day in court. Powers of Insurance Commissioner or Deputy. SEC. 7. Be it further enacted, That any laws or parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved August 19, 1913. JUDGES AUTHORIZED TO GRANT CHARTERS IN VACATION. No. 242. An Act to authorize and empower the Judges of the Superior Courts of this State to grant charters to private companies in vacation, and for other purposes. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia that from and after the passage of this Act the Judges of the Superior Courts of this State shall be authorized and empowered to grant charters to private companies in vacation at chambers in the same manner and subject to the same restrictions as now provided by law for granting charters in term time, and the applicants for such charters shall comply with all the provisions of law so far as the same may be applicable as provided in Section 2823 of the Civil Code of 1910, and companies so chartered

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in vacation shall be subject to all the privileges, powers, conditions and liabilities as provided in said section. Judges of Superior Courts authorized to grant charters in vacation. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted that all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act, be and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved August 19, 1913. MEDICAL EXAMINERS, STATE BOARD OF, ESTABLISHED. No. 229. An Act to abolish the present State Board of Medical Examiners and to establish a composite Board of Medical Examiners for the State of Georgia; to define its duties and powers; to protect the people from illegal and unqualified practitioners of medicine and surgery; to define the standing of a medical college; to regulate the issuing and recording of licenses; to define what is considered the practice of medicine; to fix fee for license; to provide for the revocation of license; to require a standard of preliminary education of applicants; to prescribe the penalties for the violation of this Act, and for other purposes. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia that from and after the passage of this Act, Sections 1687, 1688, 1689, 1690, 1691, 1692, 1693, 1694, 1695, 1696, 1697 of Volume 1 of Code of 1910, creating a Board of Medical Examiners and defining their powers and duties, be and the same are, hereby repealed in their entirety. Sections 1687 to 1697, Civil Code 1910, repealed. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That a board is hereby established to be known by the name and style of the State Board of Medical Examiners, said board shall be composed of ten practicing physicians of integrity and ability, who shall be residents of, and have been duly licensed to practice medicine in this State and who shall have graduated from

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reputable medical schools and have been engaged in the active practice of their profession within this State for at least a period of five years, but none of them shall be connected in any way with any medical college. Said board shall perform such duties and possess and exercise such powers, relative to the protection of the public health, and the control and regulation of the practice of medicine in the State as shall be in this Act prescribed and conferred upon it. State Board of Medical Examiners established. Qualifications. SEC. 3. Be it further enacted, That the Governor shall within thirty days after the passage of this Act, appoint ten physicians, who shall possess the qualifications specified in Section 1 of this Act, to constitute the members of this Board, five members of this Board shall be regular physicians, three shall be eclectic physicians, and two shall be homeopathic physicians, all to be appointed by the Governor. The successor of each member shall be an appointee in the same manner; said members shall be so classified by the Governor that the term of office of two shall expire in one, three in two, two in three and three in four years from the date of appointment. Annually thereafter the Governor shall appoint two members each of whom shall serve for a term of four years; and these appointments shall be made so as to preserve the original ratio of Regulars, Eclectics and Homeopaths respectively. The Governor shall have power to remove from office any member of the board for neglect of duty required by this Act, for incompetency or for unprofessional conduct. Any vacancy that may occur in said board in consequence of death, resignation, removal from the State or from other cause shall be filled for the unexpired term by the Governor in the same manner. A majority of the Board shall constitute a quorum. Appointment of Board by Governor. Successors, how appointed. Power of removal by Governor. Vacancy, how filled. Quorum. SEC. 4. Be it further enacted, That immediately and before entering upon the duties of said office, the members of said Board shall take the Constitutional oath of office, and shall file the same in the office of the Governor of the State, who, upon receiving the said oath of office, shall issue to each member a certificate of appointment. Oath of office.

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SEC. 5. Be it further enacted, That immediately after the appointment and qualification of said members, said board shall meet and organize. Said board shall elect president, a vice-president and a secretary-treasurer from its membership whose salaries shall be fixed and paid by the board. All expenses of the board shall be paid out of funds collected by the board, the remainder to be divided equally among the members of the board. Said board shall hold two regular meetings in each year. One meeting shall be held in May or June, at such time as suits the convenience of graduates of medical colleges in Atlanta and Augusta; the other meeting shall be held on the second Tuesday in October in the State Capitol. Call meetings may be held at the discretion of the President. The regular meetings shall be held at the Capitol building in Atlanta and in Augusta. Said board shall adopt a seal, which must be affixed to all licenses issued by it. The board shall, from time to time, adopt such rules and regulations as it may deem necessary for the performance of its duties, and shall examine and pass upon the qualifications of applicants for the practice of medicine in this State, as herein prescribed. Officers. Expenses, how paid. Regular meetings. Call meetings. Rules and regulations. Examination of applicants. SEC. 6. Be it further enacted, That any person wishing to obtain the right to practice medicine in this State, who has not heretofore been registered or licensed so to do, shall, before it shall be lawful for him to practice medicine in this State, make application to the board through the secretary-treasurer thereof, upon such form and in such manner as shall be adopted and prescribed by the board, and obtain from the board a license so to do. Unless such person shall have obtained a license as aforesaid, it shall be unlawful for him to practice in this State, and if he shall practice medicine in this State without first having obtained such a license, he shall be deemed to have violated the provisions of this Act. All applicants for a license to practice medicine, or for a renewal of any such license which has been revoked, shall furnish the Board with evidence of good moral character. Applications from candidates to practice medicine or surgery in any of its branches shall be accompanied with proof that the applicant is a graduate of a

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legally incorporated medical college or institution in good standing with the board; the board shall have the power to revoke the certificate granted to any applicant who makes any misstatement of any material fact in his application for examination. Each applicant shall name in his application the system of practice he proposes to follow, and no person shall use the name of any system unless he holds a certificate from the board. License to practice medicine, how obtained. Unlawful to practice without license. SEC. 7. Be it further enacted, That before any person who obtains a certificate from said board may lawfully practice medicine and surgery in this State, he shall cause the said certificate to be recorded in the office of the Clerk of the Superior Court of the county in which he resides. The certificate shall be recorded by the Clerk in a book kept for that purpose. It shall be indexed in the name of the person to whom the certificate is granted. The Clerk's fee for recording the certificate shall be the same as for recording a deed. The Clerk shall make a report to the Secretary of the Board on the 31st of December of each year of all certificates registered with him. Each applicant receiving a certificate from the Board shall cause the same to be registered within thirty days. Recording of certificate. SEC. 8. Be it further enacted, That said board shall be empowered by this Act to pass upon the good standing and reputability of any medical college. Only such medical colleges will be considered in good standing as possess a full and complete faculty for the teaching of medicine, surgery and obstetrics in all their branches, afford their students adequate clinical and hospital facilities, require attendance upon at least 80 per cent of each course of instruction, give four graded courses of instruction, the aggregate of which amounts to at least 120 weeks, exclusive of holidays, of at least forty hours each week; that require at least forty-two months to have elapsed between the beginning of the student's first course of medical lectures and the date of his graduation, each session composed of twenty-nine weeks of actual instruction, with at least forty per cent, of laboratory instruction in the first and second years and a minimum

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of thirty-five per cent of clinical work in the third and fourth years; that require an average grade in each course of instruction of at least seventy-five per cent. in examination as a condition of graduation; that fulfill all their published promises, requirements and other claims respecting advantages to their students and the course of instruction; that enact a preliminary educational requirement equal to that specified by this Act; that require students to furnish testimonials of good moral standing; and that give advanced standing only on cards from accredited medical colleges. Students must have attended at least eighty per cent. of the course in the last year of the college from which diploma is presented. In determining the reputability of the medical college, the right to investigate and make a personal inspection of the same is hereby authorized. Power of Board over medical colleges. SEC. 9. Be it further enacted, That beginning with the session 1913-14, each medical school or college in good standing with the board shall have a minimum preliminary educational requirement of fourteen Carnegie units. Evidence of such preliminary education shall be a certificate furnished by the professor of secondary education in the State University on the basis of the rating of the high schools in this State or on the basis of an examination conducted by him or by some person designated by him. A fee of two dollars shall accompany each application for a certificate and a like amount shall be paid by the applicant for each separate subject upon which he may be required to be examined. Preliminary educational requirement. Application fee for certificate. SEC. 10. Be it further enacted, That in the discretion of the Secretary-Treasurer of said board with the approval of the President, he may issue temporary license to an applicant which shall have the same force and effect of a permanent license until the next regular meeting of the board when said license shall become void. Said license shall not be recorded. Temporary license. SEC. 11. Be it further enacted, That examination of applicants for license to practice medicine shall be made by

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said board according to the methods deemed by it to be the most practical and expeditious to test the applicant's qualifications. The board shall require the examination to be in writing, each applicant shall be designated by a number instead of his name, so that his identity shall not be disclosed to the members of the board until after the examination papers are graded. Examination shall be on the following subjects: Anatomy Physicology, Chemistry Hygienes, Surgery, Obstetrics, Gynecology, Pathology and Diagnosis. Examination of applicants. SEC. 12. Be it further enacted, That there shall be paid to the Secretary-Treasurer of said Board by each applicant for a license by examination, a fee of twenty dollars, which shall accompany the application. The same fee shall be charged for issuing a temporary license, which includes fee for examination for permanent license; and a fee of fifty dollars shall be charged for issuing a license by reciprocity. The board of examiners may grant a license without examination to licentiates of boards from other States requiring equal or higher qualifications, upon the same basis as such States reciprocate with the State of Georgia. No part of any fee is returnable under any circumstances; nor shall this Act be construed as affecting or changing in any way laws in reference to license tax to be paid by physicians and surgeons. License fees. SEC. 13. Be it further enacted, That said board shall have authority to administer oaths, to summon witnesses and take testimony in all matters relating to its duties. Said Board shall issue license to practice medicine to all persons who shall furnish satisfactory evidence of attainments and qualifications under the provisions of this Act and the rules and regulations under the provisions of this Act, and the rules and regulations of the board. Such license shall be signed by the President and attested by the Secretary-Treasurer of the board under its adopted seal, and it shall give absolute authority to the person to whom it is issued to practice medicine in this State. It shall be the duty of the Secretary-Treasurer under the direction of the

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board, personally or by deputy to aid the Solicitors of the State in the enforcement of this Act and in the prosecution of all persons charged with violation of its provisions. Issuance of licenses. Duty of Secretary and Treasurer. SEC. 14. Be it further enacted, That said board may refuse to grant a license to practice medicine in this State or may cause a licentiate's name to be removed from the records in the office of any Clerk of Court in this State, on the following grounds to-wit. The employment of fraud or deception in applying for license or in passing the examination provided for in this Act; conviction of crime involving moral turpitude; the practice of medicine under a false or assumed name or the impersonation of another practitioner of a like or different name; habitual intemperance in the use of ardent spirits, narcotics, or stimulants to such an extent as to incapacitate him for the performance of professional duties; the procuring or aiding or abetting in procuring a criminal abortion; the obtaining of a fee on representation that a manifestly incurable disease can be permanently cured; causing the publication and circulation of an advertisement of any medicine by means whereby the monthly periods of women can be regulated, or the menses, if suppressed can be reestablished, causing the publication and circulation of an advertisement relative to any disease of the sexual organs; said board may upon satisfactory proof made that any licentiate has been guilty of any of the offenses above enumerated suspend said licentate from the practice of medicine and call in the license of said licentiate upon a majority vote of said board; provided, however, that said suspended physician shall have a right to appeal to a jury in the Superior Court of the county of his residence and it shall be the duty of said board to prefer in writing the charge or charges against said physician which shall be tried by a jury regularly empaneled and sworn. Said physician, the defendant in said proceedings, shall be entitled to an appeal to the Supreme Court. In the event of conviction by the jury of any of the charges preferred the license of said physician shall be revoked. However at any time after six months from date of said conviction said board may by a majority vote issue a new license

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or grant a license to the person affected, restoring or conferring all the rights and privileges of and pertaining to the practice of medicine as defined and regulated by this Act. Any person to whom such rights and privileges have been so restored shall pay to the Secretary-Treasurer a fee of twenty dollars on the issuance of a new license. Refusal of licenses and suspensions. Right of appeal. Revocation of license. New license. SEC. 15. Be it further enacted, That the terms practice of medicine to practice medicine practicing medicine and practice medicine as used in this Act, are hereby defined to mean holding one's self out to the public as being engaged within this State in the diagnosis or treatment of disease, defects or injuries of human beings, or the suggestion, recommendation, or prescribing of any form of treatment for the intended palliation, relief or cure of any physical, mental or functional ailment or defect of any person with the intention of receiving therefor, either directly or indirectly any fee, gift or compensation whatsoever or the maintenance of an office for the reception, examination and treatment of any person suffering from disease, defect or injury of body or mind or attaching the title M. D., Oph., D., Dop., Surgeon, Doctor, either alone or in connection with other words, or any other words or abbreviation to his name, indicative that such person is engaged in the treatment or diagnosis of disease, defects or injuries of human beings. If any person shall hold himself out to the public as being engaged within this State in the diagnosis or treatment of disease or injuries of human beings or shall suggest, recommend or prescribe any form of treatment for the palliation, relief or cure of any physical or mental ailment of any person with the intention of receiving therefor either directly or indirectly any fee, gift or compensation whatsoever, or shall maintain an office for the reception, examination or treatment of diseased or injured human beings; or shall attach the title M. D., Oph. D., Dop., Surgeon, Doctor, either alone or in connection with other words or any other word or abbreviation to his name indicative that he is engaged within this State in the treatment of diseased, defective or injured human beings and shall not in any of these cases then possess in full force

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and virtue a valid license to practice medicine under the laws of this State, he shall be deemed to be practicing medicine without complying with the provisions of this Act and in violation thereof. Nothing in this Act shall be construed to prohibit gratuitous service in the cases of emergency nor the practice of the religious tenets or general beliefs of any church whatsoever, nor to osteopaths not prescribing medicines or administering drugs nor to permanently located opticians at their established places of business not prescribing or using drugs or medicines, nor requiring a fee for examination or attaching to their names titles indicative that any such person is engaged in the practice of medicine as defined in this Act, nor shall it apply to Commissioned Surgeons of the United States army, navy or public health service while so engaged, nor to regularly licensed physicians called in consultation from other States or Territories to attend to special cases in this State, nor to the practice of dentistry nor to midwives or nurses. Term practice of medicine, etc., defined. Practice without license prohibited. Exceptions. SEC. 16. Be it further enacted, That any person guilty of practicing medicine in this State without complying with the provisions of this Act, or any person who shall violate the provisions of this Act shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be punished as for a misdemeanor according to Section 1065 of the Penal Code of Georgia, Volume II. Any person presenting or attempting to file as his own the diploma or certificate or credentials of another, or who shall give false or forged evidence of any kind to the board or any member thereof in connection with an application for a license to practice medicine or shall practice medicine under a false or assumed name or shall falsely impersonate another practitioner of a like or different name shall be deemed guilty of a felony and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine of not less than $500.00 or more than $1,000.00 or by a term of from two to five years in the penitentiary of this State subject to the provisions of Section 1062 of the Penal Code of Georgia. Penalty for violations of this Act.

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SEC. 17. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act, be and the same are hereby repealed. Approved August 18, 1913. MINOR CHILDREN, CUSTODY OF. No. 103. An Act to define the duties, rights and powers of the courts of this State in all cases affecting the custody of minor children, and for other purposes. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly, That from and after the passage of this Act, in all cases where the custody of any minor child or children is involved between the parents, there shall be no prima facie right to the custody of such child or children in the father, but the court hearing such issue of custody may exercise its sound discretion, taking into consideration all the circumstances of the case, as to whose custody such child or children shall be awarded, the duty of the court being in all such cases in exercising such discretion to look to and determine solely what is for the best interest of the child or children, and what will best promote their welfare and happiness, and make award accordingly. Custody of minor children, no prima facie right in father. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved August 15, 1913. OIL INSPECTION, SCHEDULE OF FEES AMENDED. No. 258. An Act to amend an Act entitled An Act to prescribe for the inspection of gasolines, benzines, and napthas, providing

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for the fees, tests, and for other purposes, approved August 19, 1912, by adding a new section to follow Section 4, and to be numbered Section 4a, and for other purposes. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same, That the Act approved August 19, 1912, entitled An Act to prescribe for the inspection of gasolines, benzines and napthas, providing for the fees, tests, and for other purposes, appearing in the published Acts of the General Assembly of 1912, on Pages 149-152, inclusive, be amended by inserting after Section 4 a new section to be known as Section 4a, as follows, to-wit: Section 4a. The provisions of this Act shall apply not only to gasolines, benzines and napthas sold or offered for sale in the State of Georgia, but likewise to all such commodities that may be sold elsewhere and brought into the State of Georgia, for consumption or use. Where such commodities or any of them may be purchased within the State, or without the State and brought into the State, by any person, firm or corporation, not for the purpose of selling or offering the same for sale, but for the purpose of use or consumption by the purchaser in manufacturing or other lawful uses, either as fuel or otherwise, the inspections herein prescribed shall be made, and the fees above fixed shall be paid therefor, except that no such purchaser shall be required to pay more than twelve hundred dollars per year for the inspection of all such commodities used or consumed by him as aforesaid, and such payments may, in the discretion of the Commissioner of Agriculture, be divided into equal monthly payments of one hundred dollars each. Fees for all inspection. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That this Act shall become effective upon the first day of the month succeeding its passage and approval. SEC. 3. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict herewith be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved August 19, 1913.

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PROBATION OF OFFENDERS IN CERTAIN CASES. No. 171. An Act to give all courts having jurisdiction in felony and misdemeanor cases in the State of Georgia authority in certain cases, so to mold their sentences as to allow defendants, upon a rendition of a verdict or judgment of guilty, to serve same outside the confines of the chaingang, jail or other place of detention, under the supervision of the court, to prescribe conditions which the court may impose upon such persons, herein known as probationers; to provide for the appointment of probation officers; to prescribe the duties of probationers and the action the court may take, when same are violated, and for other purposes. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the authority of the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of same, that in all prosecutions for crime except as hereinafter provided, where the defendant has been convicted either upon a trial or upon his plea, where the court has power to sentence such defendant to the chaingang, jail or other place of detention in this State, where it appears to the satisfaction of the court that the circumstances of the case and the public good does not demand or require the defendant's incarceration, said court may mold its sentence so as to allow the defendant to serve same outside the confines of the chaingang, jail or other place of detention, under the supervision of the court, and in such manner and on such conditions as it may see fit, giving the reasons therefor, which shall be made part of the record. Nothing in this Act shall in any manner affect the laws providing the method of dealing with delinquent, wayward or dependent children, in those counties which may establish children's courts. Probation of offenders. No person shall have the benefit of this Act, except those convicted of misdemeanors or felonies which have been reduced to misdemeanors either by the court upon its own motion or upon recommendation of the jury. Who shall have benefit.

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SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the court molding the sentence, in those counties which do not provide a regular salaried probation officer, to secure the written consent of some responsible person in the community, who will agree to be a volunteer probation officer for the person whose sentence is molded. It shall be the duty of each volunteer probation officer to aid the probationer in abiding by the terms of his or her probation as set forth by the judge at the time of molding the sentence, and to report to the court when such conditions are not faithfully observed. After the passage of this Act, the grand jury of any county may recommend to the Judge of its Superior court that he appoint a County Probation Officer, and such assistants as may be deemed necessary, who shall have supervision and oversight of all probationers from the several courts of criminal jurisdiction in the county, and it shall be the duty of the judge to appoint such person or persons as seem best qualified for the duties devolving upon a probation officer, to serve during the pleasure of the court making the appointment, and to fix the salary, which shall be paid out of the County Treasury, as part of the court expenses; provided, the judge may require of said officer a bond in such sum, with security, as the court may determine. Men or women are eligible as volunteer or assistant probation officers; provided, they are not members of a county or municipal police force. Voluntary probation officers. County probation officers. SEC. 3. Be it further enacted, That the duties of the County Probation Officer shall be: First, to investigate, in his discretion, the case of any person brought before the court, to ascertain the history and previous conduct of the person arrested, and such other facts as may show whether he or she may properly be released as a probationer under the provisions of this Act, and to accomplish this, the probation officer shall have opportunity to confer with the accused. Duties of county proation officers. Second, to preserve complete records of all cases investigated, including descriptions sufficient for identification with the findings of the court, its action in the case, the subsequent history of the probationer in such form as may be

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prescribed under the provisions of this Act. Such records shall be a part of the records of the courts, and shall at all times be open to the inspection of all officers of the courts. Third, to take charge of all persons placed on probation under this Act, to instruct probationers in their duty under the orders of court, enforce the terms and conditions of same, keep regular books of accounts showing any receipts and disbursements of money received by him under the terms of said orders of court. In so far as necessary to the performance of their official duties, probation officers shall have all the powers of police officers. SEC. 4. Be it further enacted, That every person placed on probation under the provisions of this Act shall, during the term of his release without the confines of the chaingang, jail or other place of detention, observe all rules prescribed for his conduct by the court, report to the probation officer as directed, and maintain a correct life. In case of failure to meet any of these requirements, and at any time prior to the final disposition of the case of any probationer in the custody of a probation officer, the officer may bring him without warrant before the court or the court may issue a warrant directing that he be arrested and brought before it. When such person is brought before the court, the court after due examination may revoke its leave to the probationer to serve his sentence outside the confines of the chaingang, jail or other place of detention. Delinquent probationers. SEC. 5. All laws and parts of laws in conflict with the provisions of this Act are hereby repealed. Approved August 16, 1913. RAILROADS REQUIRED TO ERECT SIGNBOARDS. No. 244. An Act requiring all persons or corporations operating railroads in the State to erect sign boards at certain points along the rights-of-way of such railroads and for other purposes.

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SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same, That from and after January 1st, 1914, every person, firm or corporation operating a railroad in this State, shall be required to erect and maintain a sign board at least four feet and six inches in height at a point on such right-of-way not less than one-half mile nor more than one mile on each side of every station at which there is a switch, not less than one-half mile nor more than one mile on each side of every draw bridge; and not less than one-half mile nor more than one mile on each side of every railroad crossing at grade; the said boards, to be where they can be plainly seen by persons operating locomotives, and to be on the right hand side of the track approaching such station, draw bridge or railroad grade crossing. Erection of sign boards required. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That any railroad company failing to comply with Section 1 of this Act, shall be liable to indictment as for a misdemeanor in any county in which such violation is committed, and on conviction shall be punished by a fine of one hundred dollars for each and every offense. Penalty for failure to observe law. SEC. 3. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved August 19, 1913. REGISTRATION OF VOTERS, PERMANENT, PROVIDED FOR. No. 251. An Act to create a permanent qualification book for the qualified voters of this State, and to provide for the registration of such qualified voters, upon paying taxes as required at least six months before the election. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by authority

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of the same, That from and after the passage of this Act the Tax Collectors of the several counties of this State are required to keep a book to be called the permanent qualification book, upon which all persons desiring to qualify as electors, shall be required to qualify as now required by the Constitution and laws of the State. Such electors upon qualification shall sign their names in alphabetical order, and shall be subject to examination by the Board of Registrars as now provided by law. Such Board of Registrars shall have the right, and shall be charged with the duty of examining each two years the qualification of each elector entered thereon, and shall not be limited or stopped by the action taken at any prior time. Permanent qualification book. Examination of book by Board of Registrars. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That each year the Tax Collectors of the several counties shall make up the registration lists for the year as now provided by law by putting on such registration list the names of such electors as appear on such permanent qualification book who have duly paid all taxes due and required of them at least six months prior to the election for which the registration list is made up. Registration lists, how made up. SEC. 3. Be it further enacted, That the electors who have qualified and have signed the Permanent Qualification Book, shall not thereafter be required to register or further qualify, except as may be required by the Boards of Registrars. And such electors shall in all cases be entitled to receive the same notice and shall have the same rights as now given by law; provided, that no person shall remain registered longer than he retains the qualification under which he registered. Qualified electors. SEC. 4. Be it further enacted, That the Tax Collector shall furnish to the Board of Registrars the list of persons that he registers for each year as now provided by law for furnishing registration lists to such Board of Registrars. And the said board shall proceed as now provided to determine whether the list furnished contains the names of all and only the voters or electors qualified and entitled to vote at such election. Revision of lists by Board of Registrars.

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SEC. 5. Be it further enacted, That when any person desires to vote he may be challenged and required to take, in addition to the oath now required, the following oath in writing: I do solemnly swear that I am (here insert name, the same as on registration list). That I duly qualified as a permanent elector, and at the time gave my address as (here give address given in registration book); that I have for the last six months resided at the following addresses (here give detailed addresses during last six months with such particularity that the same can be readily verified or disproved), that I have resided at such places under the name of (here insert any name or alias used). Challenge of voter. Such written oath shall be filed with the manager of the election and preserved. SEC. 6. Be it further provided, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed. Approved August 19, 1913. STOCKS, BONDS, ETC., REGULATION OF SALE OF. No. 263. An Act to Regulate the sale of Stocks, Bonds, Debentures and other securities; to provide for the filing of information concerning same; to punish violations of the Act; and for other purposes. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by authority of same, That from and after January 1, 1914, no dealer in stocks, bonds, debentures, certificates of participation, or other securities, shall in this State sell, offer for sale, invite offers for or inquiries about, such securities, by personal solicitation, letters or circulars (except to other dealers or banks) or by advertising in any newspaper, magazine or other periodical published in this State, until such dealer has filed with the Secretary of State:

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(a) A statement under oath showing the name and principal place of business of such dealer, and the names, residences and business addresses of all persons interested in such securities as principals, officers, directors or trustees, including the name, residence and business address of an agent residing in this State, if any. Information required of dealers in stocks, bonds, etc. (b) If such dealer is non-resident, a designation or power of attorney filed with the Secretary of State, duly signed and sealed, appointing and authorizing some person who shall be a resident of this State, to acknowledge or receive service of process, and upon whom process may be served for and in behalf of such dealer, in all proceedings that may be instituted against such dealer in any court of this State or in any court of the United States, in this State, and consenting that service of process upon any agent or attorney appointed under the provisions of this section shall be taken and held to be as valid as if served upon the dealer; and such instrument shall further provide that the authority of such attorney shall continue until revocation of his appointment is made by such dealer by filing a similar instrument with the Secretary of State, whereby another person shall be appointed as such attorney: Provided, however, that the provisions of this section shall not be construed to alter or amend the laws now in force in this State, relative to bringing suits and serving process on foreign corporations doing business in this State. If any attorney so appointed shall absent himself from this State or his usual place of business or abode, or shall secrete himself, so that process may not be served upon him, or shall have become disqualified from any cause whatever, or shall die, the Secretary of State shall immediately appoint an attorney for service for such dealer, of which appointment notice in writing shall be immediately given by said Secretary of State to such appointee, and shall also be sent to said dealer by mail, which appointment shall be as valid as if made by said dealer, and shall continue in force until such absent agent or attorney shall return and give to said Secretary of State written notice thereof, or until the dealer shall have made another appointment in the manner

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above subscribed. Service of process as aforesaid, issued by any such court, as aforesaid, upon any such attorney appointed by the dealer or by the Secretary of State, shall be valid and binding and shall be deemed personal service upon such dealer, so long as he or it shall have any obligations or liabilities outstanding in this State, although such dealer may have withdrawn, been excluded from or ceased to do business in this State. If any dealer shall fail, neglect or refuse to appoint and maintain within this State such attorney or agent, it shall forfeit the right to do or continue business in this State. Resident agent or attorney for service required of non-resident dealer. Secretary of State appoints attorney for service when. Failure to appoint forfeits right to do business in State. SEC. 2. In this Act, the term dealer shall mean any individual, partnership, association or corporation engaging in this State in the occupation of selling stocks, bonds, debentures, certificates of participation or other securities, whether as principal or as broker or as agent. Term dealer defined. An individual, corporation or association, offering its own securities generally for sale by circular, advertising or through brokers or agents, to others than its own shareholders or members, or to others than the dealers or banks or by such means inviting offers for or inquiries about its securities, shall be considered a dealer under the terms of this Act. SEC. 3. By an order directed to any such dealer, the Secretary of State may require such dealer, whenever he shall offer any securities in his State, except to other dealers or banks, to file with him a statement showing the security or securities so offered, and the Secretary of State may by such order, require such dealer to mail to him as soon as any copies are so mailed, or shown, to any prospective purchaser in this State, a copy of all printed or otherwise reduplicated circulars of any security or securities the dealer shall offer for sale in this State, including a copy of all advertisements thereof, inserted in any newspaper, magazine or other periodical published or exhibited in this State. The Secretary of State may limit such an order to securities of any particular class or character on which he may deem such information necessary. Information concerning securities may be required.

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SEC. 4. The Secretary of State may at any time order a dealer to file with him evidence, including an official statement of assets and earnings, copy of dealer's contract showing his compensation, or other information in relation to any security the dealer is offering for sale or inviting offers for, except to other dealers or banks, or is advertising in newspapers, magazines or other periodicals published or exhibited in this State, sufficient to show that the offering or invitation has been and is being made honestly and in good faith, and with disclosure of pertinent facts sufficient to enable intending purchasers to form a reasonable and accurate judgment of the value of the security. For every such report so filed, the Secretary of State shall be paid a fee of five ($5.00) dollars by the dealer at the time of the filing of same. Unless such evidence is filed and is sufficient, as stated, the Secretary of State may order a dealer not to offer the security for sale or otherwise advertise it in publications or circularize it in this State. Filing of reports. Fee for filing report. SEC. 5. On ordering a dealer not to sell, offer for sale, circularize or advertise in such publications in this State any security, the Secretary of State must send notice to the dealer by registered mail, addressed to the dealer's principal place of business, stated as required under Section 1 of this Act or to such address as the dealer may designate for that purpose, stating the reasons therefor. Upon receipt of such order from the Secretary of State the dealer may apply to a Judge of the Superior Court of the Atlanta Circuit for an order addressed to the Secretary of State to show cause why said order should not be revoked and upon such application the decision or determination of the Secretary of State as to any matters or things involved in such order may be reviewed by such Judges and he may suspend the order issued by the Secretary of State pending the determination of the application, and may make such other provisions as justice may require for the summary hearing and determination thereof. Order to cease doing business.

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SEC. 6. A fee of $25.00 shall be paid to the Secretary of State with the filing of the initial statement required by Section 1 of this Act, and a receipt shall be furnished showing that such dealer has filed the statement required by this Act; and a fee of $1.00 shall be paid for each duplicate receipt furnished said dealer by the Secretary of State. Fees paid Secretary of State. SEC. 7. Any dealer or agent of a dealer wilfully violating the provisions of this Act, upon conviction thereof, shall be charged guilty of a misdemeanor and be punished in accordance with Section 1065 Criminal Code of Georgia 1910. Penalty for violation of this Act. SEC. 8. Every sale or contract of sale in violation of Section 1 or of any order issued under Section 3 of this Act, shall be void and may be rescinded by the purchaser within one year, but not thereafter. Rescision. SEC. 9. The provisions of this Act shall not apply to the following classes of securities; bonds or other evidences of indebtedness of the United States, of any foreign government, of any state or territory of the United States or of any foreign government, of any county, city, township, village, district or other political or taxing sub-division of any state or territory of the United States or of any foreign government: Excepted securities. Commercial paper or evidences of indebtedness running not more than twelve months from date thereof: Bonds, stocks or other securities of any insurance company or quasi-public corporations, the issue of whose securities is regulated by a public service commission or board of any state or territory of the United States or any foreign government, or insurance commissioner, or which are approved as legal investment for savings banks under the laws of any state of the United States; first mortgages or other liens secured by first lien on real estate located within this State. SEC. 10. If a dealer shall sell, offer for sale, invite offers for or inquiries about any securities mentioned in Section 9 with intent to defraud, he shall be deemed guilty of violating this Act and subject to all the penalties hereof. Penalty for violation.

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SEC. 11. This Act is not intended and shall not operate to repeal any existing statutes for the regulation of any corporations, associations, individuals or dealers engaged wholly or partly in the issuance, sale or otherwise dealing in stocks, bonds, debentures, certificates or participation or other securities, but all existing remedies, regulations and restrictions relating thereto are expressly reserved by the terms of this Act, and this Act shall be cumulative thereof. This Act cumulative. SEC. 12. Be it further enacted, That with the exception stated in Section 11, all laws in conflict with this Act be and are hereby repealed. Approved August 19, 1913. TAXATION, CERTAIN FARM PRODUCTS EXEMPT FROM. No. 241. An Act to put in force the Constitutional amendment ratified at the November election in 1912, of Article 7, Section 2, Paragraph two of the Constitution of this State, authorizing the General Assembly 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, and for other purposes. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That from and after the passage of this Act, all 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 shall be exempt from taxation. Certain farm products exempt from taxation. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved August 19, 1913.

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TAXATION, SYSTEM OF EQUALIZATION PROVIDED FOR. No. 102. An Act to regulate the return and assessment of property for taxation in this State, to fix the time for the annual opening and closing of the Tax Digests in the several counties in this State; to create and provide for County Boards of Tax Assessors in each county; to fix their qualifications and compensation; to provide for their appointment and removal and term of office, and to define their duties and powers, and oath of office; to provide for just and adequate returns of property for taxation and secure the equitable valuation thereof and provide a method of arbitration for the adjustment of differences, and fix the powers and compensation of said arbitrators; to create the office of State Tax Commissioner and provide for his appointment, qualification and term and oath of office; to fix his compensation and provide for his clerical and other necessary expenses; to define his powers and duties; to provide for the supervision, regulation and correction by him of the County Tax Digests, and for other purposes. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That the several Tax Receivers of this State shall open their books for returns of taxes on the first day of February and shall close the same on the first day of May of each year, and within ten days thereafter it shall be the duty of the Tax Receiver of each county to present the tax returns of the county for the current year to the County Board of Tax Assessors created by this Act, for the purposes herein contemplated and provided. The Tax Receiver shall not transmit copies of his Tax Digest to the Tax Collector and Ordinary of the county until after the same shall have been finally received and corrected to conform to the final findings of the State Tax Commissioner

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under the provisions of Section 14 of this Act. When the tax returns of any county are finally adjusted and fixed as provided by said Section 14 of this Act, the Tax Receiver shall forthwith send one copy of the revised and corrected County Tax Digest to the Comptroller-General and one copy each to the Tax Collector and ordinary of the county as now provided by law. The individual returns made by tax-payers to the Tax Receiver, shall be for property held and subject to taxation on the first day of January, previously. Duties of Tax Receivers. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That there shall be and is hereby established in each of the several counties of this State, a Board of County Tax Assessors. Said County Board shall consist of three members to be appointed by the Board of County Commissioners, or by a majority thereof, or by the ordinary in counties which have no Board of County Commissioners. The order making such appointment shall be regularly entered upon the record of the Superior Court of the county, and a certificate from the Clerk of the Superior Court reciting said order, and that such person has taken the oath required by law, shall constitute the commission of the members of such County Boards of Tax Assessors and no other or further form of commission shall be required. Board of County Tax Assessors. SEC. 3. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the members of said County Board of Tax Assessors shall be appointed for a term of six years and to continue until their successors are duly appointed and qualified, provided that the first appointment under this Act shall be of one member for two years, one member for four years and one member for six years, and thereafter the members shall be appointed for a term of six years except in cases of an appointment to fill an existing vacancy. In case of a vacancy in said County Board at any time, caused by death, resignation, removal or otherwise, the vacancy shall be filled and the appointment shall be made for the remainder of the unexpired term in the same manner as herein provided for the appointment of the members of the

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said County Board. The first appointment of the members of said board in the several counties, shall be as soon as practicable after the passage of this Act and they shall be appointed for terms of office respectively, beginning on the first day of January, 1914. Appointment of Assessors and terms thereof. SEC. 4. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That no person shall be qualified to serve as a member of said County Board of Tax Assessors who is not a free-holder and a resident of the county; and if any member of said board at any time ceases to possess these qualifications it shall operate to vacate his office, and the vacancy shall be filled in the manner hereinbefore provided. The members of said board shall take an oath before the Judge or the Clerk of the Superior Court of the county to faithfully and impartially perform the duties imposed upon them by this Act, and also the oath required of all civil officers. The members of said board during the time they hold their office and for one year thereafter, shall be ineligible to hold any State, county or municipal office, but they may be re-appointed to succeed themselves as members of said board. They shall be paid as compensation for their services such an amount as may be fixed from time to time by the Board of County Commissioners, or Ordinary, as the affairs of the county may be under the jurisdiction of the one or the other, provided, that the compensation to be paid said members, shall not be less than three ($3.00) dollars per day each, for the time they are in actual discharge of the duties required of them under the Act. The compensation of the members of said board, and such other expenses as may be necessary to be incurred in the performance of the duties of the board under this Act, shall be paid from the County Treasury in the same manner as other payments by the county are made. Upon petition to the Judge of the Superior Court in term time or at chambers, by ten or more free-holders of the county that any one or more members of the Board of County Tax Assessors are disqualified under this section, or are not properly and impartially discharging their duties under this Act, or are discriminating in favor

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of certain citizens or classes of citizens and against others, the said judge shall cite the members of said Board of Tax Assessors so complained of, to appear before him at a time and place in the county to be fixed in said citation, not less than twenty nor more than forty days from the date of the presentation of said petition, to appear and make answer to said petition. A copy of said petition shall be attached to said citation and service thereof may be made by any Sheriff, Deputy Sheriff or Constable of this State. The officer making the service shall serve copies and return the original petition and citation to the Clerk of the Court as other process is now returned. At the time and place fixed in said citation, unless postponed for reasonable cause, the judge shall hear and determine the matter without the intervention of a jury and shall render such judgment and order either dismissing the petition or removing the offending member or members of said County Board of Tax Assessors from office and declaring a vacancy therein as may be right and proper. If either party to the controversy is dissatisfied with said judgment and order, such party may take the same to the Supreme Court by fast bill of exceptions in the manner provided by Section 5540 of the Code of 1910. Qualifications. Oath. Ineligible to hold other office. Compensation. Removal from office. SEC. 5. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That said County Boards of Tax Assessors shall elect one of their number as chairman for such term as they shall fix but not to be less than two (2) years. The said board shall have authority to employ a competent person to serve as Secretary of said board. He shall keep a record of the proceedings of said board, and shall receive for his services in this capacity, the sum of three ($3.00) dollars per day, while actually attending sessions of said board; the same to be paid out of the County Treasury in the same manner in which other county payments are made. The said board shall have authority to employ an agent to seek out all unreturned property in the county and bring it to the attention of the board, and for such services they may allow said agent a commission of ten per cent of the amount of

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the tax arising to the county from such unreturned property so discovered and placed on the books by his efforts. The commission allowed said agent, shall be paid from the County Treasury as a part of the expenses of said board. Chairman. Secretary. Agent to seek out unreturned property. SEC. 6. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the said Board of County Tax Assessors in each county shall meet each year within ten days from the date of the closing of the tax returns for the current year, to receive and inspect the tax returns to be laid before them by the Tax Receiver as hereinbefore provided. It shall be the duty of said board to examine all the returns of both real and personal property of each tax payer, and if in the opinion of the board any tax payer has omitted from his returns any property that should be returned or has failed to return any of his property at a just and fair valuation, the said board shall correct such returns and shall assess and fix the just and fair valuation to be placed on said property and shall make a note thereof and attach the same to such returns. It shall be the duty of said board to see that all taxable property within the county is assessed and returned at its just and fair valuation and that valuations as between the individual tax payers are fairly and justly equalized so that each tax payer shall pay as near as may be, only his proportionate share of taxes. When any such corrections, changes and equalizations shall have been made by said board, it shall be the duty of the board to immediately give notice to any tax payer of any changes made in his returns, either personally or by leaving same at his residence or place of business, or, in case of non-residents of the county, by sending said notice through the United States mails to his last known place of address. Meeting of Board. Duties of Board. If any tax payer is dissatisfied with the action of said board, he may within ten days from the giving of said notice in case of residents, and within twenty days in case of non-residents of the county, give notice to said board that he demands an arbitration giving at the same time the name of his arbitrator: the board shall name its arbitrator within three (3) days thereafter and these two shall select

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a third, a majority of whom shall fix the assessments and the property on which said tax payer shall pay taxes, and said decision shall be final, except so far as the same may be affected by the findings and orders of the State Tax Commissioner as hereinafter provided. The said arbitrators shall be free-holders of the county and shall render their decision within ten days from the date of the naming of the arbitrator by said board, else the decision of said board shall stand affirmed and shall be binding in the premises. Said arbitration shall be had and the said arbitrator shall be compensated in the same manner as is now provided for the arbitration of individual tax returns, except in so far as the existing law may be modified by the provisions of this section. Arbitration. Before entering upon a hearing, the said arbitrators shall take an oath before the Tax Receiver that they will faithfully and impartially make a true and just assessment of the tax returns and property in question and will determine the matters submitted to them, according to law and the justice and equity of the case. Oath of arbitrators. SEC. 7. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That it shall be the duty of the County Board of Tax Assessors to diligently investigate and inquire into the property owned in the county for the purpose of ascertaining what property, real and personal, is subject to taxation in the county and to require its proper returns for taxation. Duties and powers of Board. The said Board shall have authority to issue subpoenas for the attendance of witnesses and to require the production by any person of all his books, papers and documents which may throw any light upon the question of the existence or liabilty of property of any class for taxation. If any witness, so subpoenaed, shall fail or refuse to answer questions propounded or shall fail or refuse to produce any such books, papers or documents, such person shall be cited by said board to appear before the ordinary of the county, who shall hear, in a summary way, the reasons or excuses of such person for such failure or refusal, and the ordinary shall have authority to impose such punishment as for a

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contempt, as he may see proper, not to exceed a fine of one hundred ($100.00) dollars or imprisonment not to exceed ten days or both, in the discretion of the court. SEC. 8. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the County Board of Tax Assessors, may, by rule or regulation, provide the manner of ascertaining the value for taxation of any property, real or personal, not appearing in the digest of the preceding year, and in cases where there has been a change of ownership from any cause; it being the purpose and intent of this Act to confer upon the said board full power and authority to have placed upon the digest of the current year an assessment or valuation of all property of every character in the county that is subject to taxation; provided, that nothing contained in this Act shall apply to those persons, firms or corporations who are required by existing laws to make their returns to the Comptroller-General. Valuation of property. SEC. 9. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That whenever under the provisions of this Act, any notice, subpoenas or writings are required to be given or served, the same may be served by any sheriff of this State or his deputy, or by any lawful constable of this State except as otherwise herein provided; and such officer shall be paid for his services the same fees as are paid officers for serving similar process in civil suits; and the same shall be paid from the County Treasury in the same manner as other payments by the county are made. Service of papers by Sheriff. Fees. SEC. 10. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That said County Boards of Tax Assessors shall complete their revision and assessment of the returns of tax payers in their respective counties by July 1st of each year. The Tax Receiver shall then immediately forward one copy of the completed digest to the Comptroller-General of this State for examination and approval by the State Tax Commissioner. Revision and assessment completed, when. Digest to Comptroller General. SEC. 11. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the office of State Tax Commissioner is hereby

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created. He shall be appointed by the Governor by and with the approval of the Senate and shall hold office for and during the term of six years and until his successor is appointed and qualified. No person shall be appointed or be qualified to hold said office who is not a citizen and free-holder of this State. The said State Tax Commissioner shall be commissioned by the Governor and before entering upon the discharge of his duties, shall take and subscribe before the Governor an oath to faithfully discharge the duties of the office, and to faithfully and impartially equalize the tax valuations of the several counties of this State. The State Tax Commissioner shall be paid a salary of twenty-five hundred dolars per annum. He shall have his office at the State Capitol in connection with that of the Comptroller-General and shall devote his entire time to the duties of his office, and in addition to the duties imposed upon him by this Act, he shall also act as assistant to the Comptroller-General. He shall be provided with a clerk at a salary of not over fifteen hundred dollars per annum and a stenographer at a salary of not over one thousand ($1,000) dollars per annum to be employed by the Comptroller-General The compensation of said State Tax Commissioner and the other salaries herein provided for, shall be paid from the State Treasury out of funds not otherwise appropriated, and shall be hereafter included and provided for in the general appropriation bill with the other expenses of the State Government. Tax Commissioner. Appointment. Qualifications. Commission. Oath. Salary. Office. Duties. Clerk and salary. Stenographer and salary. Salaries, how paid. SEC. 12. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the State Tax Commissioner shall investigate all matters of taxation and recommend to the General Assembly through the Comptroller-General from time to time, such changes and alterations in the tax laws of the State as, in his judgment he may deem best to bring about a more perfect, adequate and thorough system of taxation and valuation of property for State and county taxation. Duties of Commissioner. SEC. 13. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That it shall be the duty of the State Tax Commissioner to carefully examine the Tax Digests of the several

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counties of this State, filed in the office of the Comptroller-General, and to compare said digests for the purpose of ascertaining whether the tax valuation of the various classes of property as made in the respective counties of the State, is reasonably uniform as between the respective counties. It is the purpose and intent of this Act to bring about as far as practicable, an equalization throughout the State of the values of the various classes of property subject to be taxed, so that the values fixed in one county shall not be out of due proportion to the values fixed in other counties on the same classes of property. If it shall appear to said commissioner that in any one or more of the counties of this State the taxable values fixed upon any one or more classes of property are not reasonably uniform with the values fixed upon the same classes of property in other counties, the said Commissioner shall investigate and inquire as to the reason therefor, and, after making such investigation and comparison, shall have authority to adjust and equalize the same, either by adding a fixed per centum to the county valuation of any class of property in any county, if he finds the county valuation was too low, or by deducting a fixed per centum from the county valuation if he finds the county valuation was too high, as may appear to be just and right between the counties; and the said State Tax Commissioner shall thereupon notify by United States mail the chairman of the County Board of Tax Assessors of the county affected that the county valuations upon the classes of property specified in said notice shall be raised or lowered by the per centum fixed by said State Tax Commissioner and the Comptroller-General thereupon return to said county its tax digest for correction accordingly. Equalization of taxes. SEC. 14. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That upon the giving of any such notice by the State Tax Commissioner of changes or corrections to be made in the County Tax Digest, it shall be the duty of the chairman of the County Board of Tax Assessors of the county affected, to call immediately a meeting of said County Board, and at said meeting the said County Board shall correct the county valuation upon the class or classes of property specified

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by the State Tax Commissioner, so as to make the same conform to the findings of said commissioner by applying uniformly to the specified class or classes of property the fixed per centum of increase or of decrease specificed by said commissioner and by raising or lowering all the individual returns of all the tax payers of the county upon the specified class or classes of property accordingly. Changes or corrections by County Board of Assessors. If the County Board of Tax Assessors is dissatisfied with the changes and corrections thus ordered to be made by the State Tax Commissioner, the chairman of the County Board may, within ten days from the giving of said notice, notify the State Tax Commissioner that arbitration is demanded on behalf of the county and shall, at the same time give the name and postoffice address of the arbitrator so chosen by said County Board. The State Tax Commissioner shall name an arbitrator on behalf of the State within three days from the receipt of such demand for arbitration and the two thus named shall select a third within ten days and if they fail to agree upon a third arbitrator within that time, he shall be named and appointed by the Comptroller-General. A majority of the board of arbitration thus formed shall have authority to render an award in the premises. No person shall be named as arbitrator by the State Tax Commissioner and no person shall be selected or appointed as the third arbitrator who is a citizen of or a property owner in the county affected by the arbitration. The said arbitrators shall meet at the county seat of the county demanding the arbitration and shall have all the power to require the attendance of witnesses and the production of books, papers and documents as are conferred upon the County Board of Tax Assessors within the provisions of Section 7 of this Act, and to enforce obedience to the same by citation before the ordinary of the county in the same manner as is therein provided. The session of said arbitrators shall be limited to three days and they shall meet and render their decision within twenty days from the date of the selection or appointment of the third arbitrator or otherwise the decision of the State Tax Commissioner in the matter, shall stand affirmed and be final. The decision

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of the arbitrators when made, shall be final, and upon the rendering of their decision or upon their failure to make a decision within the time herein limited it shall be the duty of the County Board of Tax Assessors to immediately revise and correct the county valuations in the manner hereinbefore in this section contemplated and provided. The revised and corrected property valuation thus made, shall be the fixed and legal valuations of property for the payment of taxes and it shall be the duty of the tax payer to pay his taxes thereon accordingly. The compensation of said arbitrators shall be seven dollars per day for the time they are actually in session, and they shall be allowed mileage at the rate of five cents per mile for the distance traveled in going from and returning to their homes by the nearest practicable route. The compensation and mileage of said arbitrators shall be paid one-half by the county and one-half by the State. Arbitration in case of dissatisfaction. Arbitrators. Procedure in case of arbitration. Decision final. Compensation of arbitrators. Before entering upon a hearing, the said arbitrators shall take before the ordinary of the county the same oath as is provided by Section 6 of this Act, to be taken in cases of arbitrations of the findings of County Boards of Tax Assessors. Oath of arbitrators. SEC. 15. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That it shall be the duty of the State Tax Commissioner to visit annually, the several counties of the State for the purpose of familiarizing himself with the character and values of the several classes of taxable property therein, of investigating the works, and methods adopted by the Boards of County Tax Assessors and to ascertain wherein existing laws are defective or are improperly or negligently administered and to report the results of his investigation and the facts ascertained to the Governor through the Comptroller-General from time to time when required by him. The actual expenses of said commissioner incurred in complying with the requirements of this section shall be paid by the State Treasury from funds not otherwise appropriated. Annual visit to each county by Commissioner. Expenses, how paid.

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SEC. 16. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved August 14, 1913. UNITED STATES SENATOR, SPECIAL ELECTION FOR. No. 1. An Act to provide for the holding of a special election for Senator of the United States from the State of Georgia for the term beginning March 4th, 1913, and ending March 3d, 1919, and to declare the result thereof, and for other purposes. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That it shall be the duty of the Governor immediately upon the passage of this Act to issue his proclamation ordering a special election to choose a United States Senator to serve as a Senator from Georgia for the term beginning on the fourth day of March, 1913, and ending on the third day of March, 1919. Special election for United States Senator ordered. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That the said election shall be held on the fifteenth day of July, nineteen hundred and thirteen at the same places and in the same manner and with the same requirements as to the returns thereof, as are now prescribed by law for the election of Governor; and the electors in said election shall have the qualifications requisite for electors of the members of the House of Representatives of this State. Election, when and how held. SEC. 3. Be it further enacted, That so soon as the said election shall have been held, the members of the Senate and House of Representatives, shall convene in joint assembly and receive the returns and declare the result therof. Receipt of returns and declaration of result by Senate and House of Representatives. SEC. 4. Be it further enacted, That the person receiving the majority of all the votes cast at said election shall be

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declared the duly elected Senator of the United States for the term aforesaid. Duly elected Senator. SEC. 5. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved July 1, 1913. UNITED STATES SENATORS, ELECTION OF. No. 168. An Act to provide for the election of United States Senators by the people and for the filling of vacancies in the United State Senate, as provided by the amendment to the Constitution of the United States, and for other purposes. Whereas, by appropriate action the Constitution of the United States has been amended as follows: The Senate of the United States shall be composed of two Senators from each State elected by the people thereof, for six years; and each Senator shall have one vote. The electors in each State shall have the qualifications requisite for electors of the most numerous branch of the State Legislature. Preamble. When vacancies happen in the representation of any State in the Senate, the executive authority of such State shall issue writs of election to fill such vacancies; provided, that the Legislature of any State may empower the Executive thereof to make temporary appointments until the people fill the vacancies by election as the Legislature may direct. This amendment shall not be construed as to affect the election or term of any Senator chosen before it becomes valid as part of the Constitution. And whereas, it is necessary that appropriate action be taken to provide for the election of United States Senators and to provide for vacancies that may occur in representation

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of the State of Georgia in the Senate of the United States, in accordance with the aforesaid amendment. Therefore, be it enacted, That there shall be an election for a Senator to represent the State of Georgia in the Senate of the United States, which shall be held on the Tuesday next after the first Monday in November next preceding the expiration of the time for any Senator who has been elected to represent the State in Congress, and that said election shall be held by the duly qualified voters in the State entitled to vote for members of the House of Representatives of the State Legislature. Election for United States Senator. Be it further enacted, That the said election shall be held at the same places and in the same manner as are now prescribed by law for the election of Governor, excepting the vote shall be convassed by the Governor, the Secretary of State and the Comptroller General, who shall declare the result of the election. The Governor shall issue an appropriate commission to the person declared by the majority of the said Board of Canvassers to have been elected. Election, how held. Be it further enacted, That in every case where a vacancy shall occur by death, resignation or otherwise, the Governor of the State shall make temporary appointment of a Senator to serve until the people fill the vacancy by election as herein prescribed. Vacancy, how filled. And the Governor, in the event of a vacancy, shall by proclamation order a special election to be held to fill such vacancy upon the date of the next regular election to be held in the State of Georgia for the Federal House of Representatives. Special election to all vacancy. Be it further enacted, That in every case the person receiving the largest number of votes cast at said election for any one person shall be declared the duly elected Senator of the United States for the term aforesaid. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with the above are hereby repealed. Approved August 16, 1913.

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WESTERN ATLANTIC RAILROAD, LEASE COMMISSION APPOINTED. No. 250. An Act to provide for the appointment of a Commission to receive bids for the re-lease of the Western and Atlantic Railroad; to provide for the compensation and expenses of said commission, and for other purposes. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same, That a Commission to be known as the Western and Atlantic Railroad Commission be and the same is hereby created, to investigate and report to the next session of the General Assembly upon the following matters: Western Atlantic Railroad Commission appointed. (a) Upon what terms the said road can be re-leased for terms of thirty, fifty or one hundred years, including the property at the Terminii of said road, and along its line, not necessary to the operation of said road; and also upon what terms it can be re-leased, excluding said property, and further, what disposition can be made of said property not necessary to the operation of the road by lease or otherwise. Duties. (b) Upon what terms said road can be re-leased for said periods, together with an agreement by the lessee to double track said road. (c) Upon what terms said road can be re-leased upon a sliding scale of rental rates, increasing with the life of the lease. (d) Whether any property in Chattanooga or along the line of said road now held adversely to the State is really the property of the State. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That said commission shall consist of ten members, three from the Senate to be appointed by the President, five from the House of Representatives, to be appointed by the Speaker, and two to be appointed by the Governor. The

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members of said commission shall receive the usual per diem of members of the General Assembly for the time actually spent in said work, and their actual travelling and other expenses. They shall have authority to employ such stenographic and clerical assistance as they may deem necessary and to pay therefor a reasonable compensation, and may also, in like manner secure the assistance of experts, should they deem it necessary in the performance of their duties. Members and their appointment. Expenses allowed. The per diem of members of the commission and expenses of members and of the commission as a whole shall be paid by warrant of the Governor, upon itemized statements approved by the Chairman of the Commission. Said commission shall meet in vacation at the call of the Governor for the purpose of organization and shall as early as practicable begin the discharge of their duties. Expenses, how paid. SEC. 3. Be it further enacted, That the sum of five thousand dollars or so much thereof as may be necessary, be and the same is hereby appropriated to cover the per diem and expenses of said commission. SEC. 4. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved August 19, 1913.

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PART II.LOCAL LAWS TITLE I.CITY, COUNTY AND MUNICIPAL COURTS TITLE II.MISCELLANEOUS

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TITLE I. CITY, COUNTY AND MUNICIPAL COURTS. ACTS. Abbeville, City Court of, Abolished. Athens, City Court of, Act Creating Amended. Atlanta, City of, Municipal Court Established. Bryan County, County Court of, Established. Camilla, City Court of, Act Creating Amended. Dublin, City Court of, Costs in. Dublin, City Court of, Act Creating Amended. Fitzgerald, City Court of, Act Creating Amended. Flovilla, City Court of, Abolished. Gray, City Court of, Established. Hazlehurst, City Court of Established. Houston County, City Court of, Act Creating Amended. Irwin County, City Court of, Established. Jackson, City Court of, Election to Abolish. Jeff Davis County, County Court of, Abolished. Jefferson, City Court of, Act Creating Amended. Jefferson, City Court of, Act Creating Amended. Jones County, County Court of, Abolished. LaGrange, City Court of, Act Creating Amended. Lexington, City Court of, Act Creating Amended. Macon, City of, Municipal Court Established. Madison, City Court, Act Creating Amended. Miller County, City Court of, Act Creating Amended. Monroe, City Court of, Act Creating Amended. Ocilla, City Court of, Abolished. Oglethorpe, City Court of, Act Creating Amended. Pelham, City Court of, Act Creating Amended. Pembroke, City Court of, Abolished. Pulaski County, City Court of, Election to Abolish. Putnam County, Election of Solicitor of County Court. Springfield, City Court of, Act Creating Amended. Statesboro, City Court of, Act Creating Amended. Sylvania, City Court of, Act Creating Amended. Valdosta, City Court of, Act Creating Amended. Vienna, City Court of, Abolished. ABBEVILLE, CITY COURT OF, ABOLISHED. No. 130. An Act to repeal an Act entitled An Act to establish the City Court of Abbeville in the City of Abbeville, Wilcox

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County, Georgia; to define its jurisdiction and powers; to provide for the election of a Judge and Solicitor thereof; to define their powers and duties, and fix their compensation; to provide for a Clerk and Sheriff thereof and prescribe their duties and fees; to provide for pleading and practice in said court; to provide for new trials therein, and for the carrying of cases therefrom to the Supreme Court direct by bill of exception or writ of error; to provide that no party prosecuted in said court for a criminal offense shall have a right to demand an indictment by the Grand Jury of Wilcox County; to provide for the transfer of all misdemeanor indictments not disposed of at the term of court at which they are found from the Superior Court of Wilcox County to the said City Court of Abbeville; to provide for the transfer of all cases, civil and criminal, pending in the County Court of Wilcox County to said City Court of Abbeville and for other purposes. Approved August 15th, 1906; together with all Acts amendatory thereto and transfer all cases pending therein to Wilcox Superior Court. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same that the certain Act to establish the City Court of Abbeville, approved August 15th, 1906 and the Act amendatory thereof, approved August 27th, 1907, and the Act amendatory thereof, approved August 16th, 1909, and the Act amendatory thereof, approved August 17th, 1911, be and the same are hereby repealed; provided, however, this repealing Act shall not become effective until the first day of January, 1914. Abbeville, City Court of abolished. Effective when. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all cases pending in said City Court of Abbeville at the time this Act goes into effect, whether civil or criminal, shall be and the same are hereby transferred to the Superior Court of Wilcox County and the same shall be in order for trial at the first term of said court, convening after this Act shall go into effect. Business Transferred to Superior Court.

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SEC. 3. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That from and after the time when this Act shall become effective all the dockets, minutes, court papers, and all other books and papers of the said City Court of Abbeville, whether pertaining to civil or criminal cases, shall be transferred to the Superior Court of Wilcox County and shall be held by the Clerk of said Superior Court as a part of the records of said Superior Court, and the Clerk of Wilcox Superior Court is authorized to certify to any portion of said records as a part of the records of said Superior Court. Records, etc., trans. ferred to Superior Court. SEC. 4. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all claims or other issues that may be made in any way after this Act becomes effective upon any decree, execution, order, or other paper issued by said City Court of Abbeville shall be returned to Wilcox Superior Court for determination. Determination of claims, etc., arising from City Court judgments, etc. SEC. 5. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all judgments, executions or other final process, issued from said City Court of Abbeville, prior to the date when this Act shall become effective, shall remain alive, of full force and vigor just as though the said City Court of Abbeville had not been abolished. City Court judgments, etc. SEC. 6. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved August 16th, 1913. ATHENS, CITY COURT OF, ACT CREATING AMENDED. No. 97. An Act to amend an Act, entitled An Act to establish a City Court in the County of Clarke, and to provide for the appointment of a Judge and Solicitor thereof, approved September 9, 1897, and to amend the various

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Acts amendatory thereof, so as to fix the salary of the Judge of said court; to provide for the payment of a salary to the Solicitor of said court in lieu of the fees now received by him; to provide that all the fees now allowed by law to the Solicitor of said court shall be collected and paid into the Treasury of Clarke County; to provide that Clarke County shall take the place of the Solicitor of said court in all future insolvent costs and shall share as such in all fines, forfeitures and for other purposes. Approved August 19, 1911, and for other purposes. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same, That from and after the passage of this Act, Section 1, of an Act approved August 19, 1911, entitled An Act to establish a City Court in the County of Clarke, and to provide for the appointment of a Judge and Solicitor thereof, approved September 9, 1897, and to amend the various acts amendatory thereof, so as to fix the salary of the Judge of said court; to provide for the payment of a salary to the Solicitor of said court in lieu of the fees now received by him; to provide that all the fees now allowed by law to the Solicitor of said court shall be collected and paid into the Treasury of Clarke County; to provide that Clarke County shall take the place of the Solicitor of said court in all future insolvent costs and shall share as such in all fines, forfeitures, and for other purposes, be amended by striking the words two thousand in the fourth line of said section and inserting in lieu thereof the words twenty-seven hundred, so that said section of said Act when so amended shall read as follows: Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same, That from and after the passage of this Act, the salary of the Judge of said court shall be twenty-seven hundred dollars per annum, payable as now provided by law, and this salary shall not be changed except by after Act of the General Assembly. Athens, City Court of, Salary of Judge.

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SEC. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That Section 2 of said above recited Act approved August 19, 1911, be amended by striking the words fifteen hundred in the second line of said section, and inserting in lieu thereof the words two thousand, so that said section of said Act when so amended shall read as follows: Be it further enacted, etc., That the Solicitor of said court shall receive a salary of two thousand dollars per annum, which shall be paid monthly out of the Treasury of Clarke County, out of any fund not otherwise specifically appropriated by some general law, and it shall be the duty of the Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for Clarke County, or other proper officers, to make provision, annually in levying taxes for this purpose, said salary shall be in lieu of the fees now received by said Solicitor, and shall be in full compensation for all services of whatever kind rendered by said Solicitor in said City Court; for every case argued in the Court of Appeals or the Supreme Court, said Solicitor shall be paid the fee now allowed by law to be paid in the manner now provided by law. In the absence, inability or disqualification of said Solicitor to act or to perform the duties of his office, the Judge of said court shall have authority to appoint a Solicitor pro tem, who shall receive for his services such sum as the Judge may fix, not to exceed fifteen dollars in each case represented by him, said amount to be paid in the same manner as the Solicitor's salary is paid. Salary of Solicitor. SEC. 3. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved August 14, 1913. ATLANTA, CITY OF, MUNICIPAL COURT ESTABLISHED. No. 276. An Act to carry into effect in the City of Atlanta the provisions of the amendment to Paragraph 1, of Section 7,

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of Article 6 of the Constitution of the State of Georgia, ratified October 2d, 1912, relating to the abolition of Justice Courts and the office of Justice of the Peace and of Notary Public Ex-Officio Justice of the Peace, in certain cities and the establishment in lieu thereof of such court or courts, or system of courts, as the General Assembly may deem necessary; and in pursuance thereof, to abolish all Justice Courts and the Office of Justice of the Peace in the City of Atlanta, Georgia, and to establish in lieu thereof the Municipal Court of Atlanta, in the City of Atlanta; to define its jurisdiction and powers; to provide for the appointment, qualifications, duties, powers, and compensation of the judges and other officers thereof; to provide for pleading and practice and rules of procedure and new trials therein and appeals and writs of error therefrom; to abolish the office of Constable in said city; to provide for separate sections of said court; to define the territorial jurisdiction of each section, and the jurisdiction of said sections as to amount and subject matter; and for other purposes. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That, effective January first, 1914, all Justices Courts and the office of Justice of the Peace and of Notary Public Ex-Officio Justice of the Peace in the City of Atlanta, Georgia, be and the same are hereby abolished, and in lieu thereof, the Municipal Court of Atlanta is hereby created and established, with the civil and criminal jurisdiction hereinafter provided. The territorial jurisdiction of said court shall be co-extensive with the corporate limits of the City of Atlanta as the same now are, or may hereafter be, defined by law; but there shall be separate sections of said court; one section for that part of the City of Atlanta within the County of Fulton, and one section for that part of said city within the County of DeKalb. Justice Courts in City of Atlanta abolished. Effective January 1, 1914. Municipal Court of Atlanta established. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That effective January first, 1914, the office of Constable

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in the City of Atlanta be and the same is hereby abolished. Constable, office of, abolished. SEC. 3. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That Justice Courts and Justices of the Peace whose districts at the time this Act goes into effect lie partly within and partly without the corporate limits of the City of Atlanta, shall continue as such within their respective districts outside the corporate limits of the City of Atlanta; provided, that said courts shall be without jurisdiction to try any civil or criminal case pending therein on January first, 1914, against any resident of the City of Atlanta unless the offense charged in said criminal case was committed without the territorial limits of the City of Atlanta. Justice Courts, partly within and partly without city, jurisdiction of. SEC. 4. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That effective January first, 1914, there is hereby created a section of the Municipal Court of Atlanta to be known as the DeKalb Section of the Municipal Court of Atlanta, which section shall have jurisdiction over that portion of the City of Atlanta which is in the County of DeKalb, and which section shall be a part of the system of Municipal Courts in the City of Atlanta. DeKalb Section of the Municipal Court of Atlanta. Part of system. SEC. 5. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That there shall be two Judges of the DeKalb Section of the Municipal Court of Atlanta, who shall have concurrent jurisdiction over all that territory within the City of Atlanta, which is within the County of DeKalb and who shall hold their courts monthly at such times and places in said territory as may be from time to time fixed by the Chief Judge of the Municipal Court of Atlanta. DeKalb Section, two Judges for. Courts monthly. SEC. 6. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That any citizen of the County of DeKalb resident within that part of DeKalb County contained in the City of Atlanta, who would be eligible to hold the office of Justice of the Peace, shall be eligible to hold office as Judge of the DeKalb Section of the Municipal Court of Atlanta, and nothing herein contained shall prevent said judges from practicing as attorneys at law or engaging in any other business;

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provided, however, that neither of said judges shall, while holding office as Judge of said section of said court, practice as an attorney at law in the DeKalb Section of the Municipal Court of Atlanta. Eligibility of Judges of DeKalb Section. Judges may practice law. May not practice in DeKalb Section. SEC. 7. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the Judges of the DeKalb Section of the Municipal Court of Atlanta, shall serve for four years each and shall be nominated by the Judge of the Superior Court of DeKalb County, and appointed and commissioned by the Governor of the State of Georgia, and their successors shall be nominated and appointed in like manner and shall hold for like terms. Terms of office of Judges in DeKalb Section. Appointment. SEC. 8. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That each of said Judges of the DeKalb Section of said Municipal Court of Atlanta shall have the right to appoint a Marshal of said court and such Deputy Marshals for said section as in the discretion of said judges may be necessary; said Marshals and said deputies to hold office during the pleasure of the appointing judge. The Marshals and the Deputy Marshals of the DeKalb Section of said court shall have the same powers, duties, and authority within that portion of the City of Atlanta, which is in DeKalb County, as Constables of Justices Courts have under the laws of said State. Said Marshals and Deputy Marshals shall not have the authority to serve or execute any warrant, suit, process or writ within that portion of the City of Atlanta, which is in the County of Fulton. Marshals and Deputies in DeKalb Section, their appointment, duties and powers. SEC. 9. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the DeKalb Section of the Municipal Court of Atlanta shall have the same jurisdiction as to amount and subject matter and shall follow the same procedure and practice as that of Justices of the Peace under the laws of the State of Georgia, and said Judges and the Marshals of said DeKalb Section of said Court shall receive the same fees in cases brought and tried before them as are now received by Justices of the Peace and Constables in the State of Georgia. Jurisdiction of DeKalb Section. Procedure and practice. Compensation of Judges.

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SEC. 10. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That effective January first, 1914, there is hereby created a section of said court to be known as the Fulton Section of the Municipal Court of Atlanta, which section shall be a part of the system of Municipal Courts in the City of Atlanta. The jurisdiction of said Fulton Section of said Court as to amount and subject matter shall be as in this Act hereinafter defined. So long as the DeKalb Section of said Court exists, the territorial jurisdiction of said Fulton Section shall be over that portion of the City of Atlanta which is or may be in Fulton County, but should the DeKalb Section of said Court be abolished, voided or discontinued by legislative Act or otherwise for any reason, the territorial jurisdiction of said Fulton Section of said court shall thereupon extend throughout the territorial limits of the City of Atlanta. The succeeding sections of this Act from 11 to 49, inclusive, shall be held to refer only to the Fulton Section of said court and whenever in said sections of this Act the words Municipal Court of Atlanta or the words said court are used, they shall be held to refer only to the Fulton Section of the Municipal Court of Atlanta. Fulton Section of the Municipal Court of Atlanta. Territorial jurisdiction. SEC. 11. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That there shall be a Chief Judge and four Associate Judges of said court. Chief Judge and four Associate Judges. SEC. 12. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That any attorney at law who is a qualified elector and resident of the County of Fulton or the County of DeKalb and who has practiced law continuously for three or more years shall be eligible to hold office as Judge of said court. No such Judge shall hold any other public office of honor, trust or profit, or practice as an attorney or counsellor at law in any court in this State; but each such Judge shall devote his whole time and capacity, so far as public interests demand to the duties of his office. Eligibility of Judges. May not practice law. SEC. 13. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That upon the passage of this Act, or so soon thereafter as practicable, each of the five Judges thereof shall be

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nominated by a majority of the Judges of the Superior Court of the Atlanta Circuit and appointed by the Governor. The Chief Judge and two of the Associate Judges, to be designated in the order of appointment, shall serve for four years. The two remaining Associate Judges shall serve for two years. Thereafter, the successors of said Judges shall be nominated and appointed in like manner excepting as aforesaid, the term of office of said Judges shall be four years; provided, however, that in the event the said Judges of the Superior Court of the Atlanta Circuit shall be evenly divided on the selection of any of said Judges, the decision of the Judge of the Superior Court of the Atlanta Circuit oldest in point of service, shall prevail. And, provided, further, that all of the Judges of said Municipal Court of Atlanta shall be eligible to succeed themselves. Terms of office of Judges. Nomination and appointment. SEC. 14. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That any Judge of said court may be suspended from office by order of any Judge of the Superior Court of the Atlanta Circuit, for incompetency, inefficiency, neglect of duty, or any misconduct in or out of office, which, in the opinion of such Judge of the Superior Court, tends to lower the dignity of such official or render him unfit to fill such office. The order suspending such Judge shall state the ground, or grounds, upon which the order of suspension is granted and a copy thereof shall be served by the Sheriff of Fulton County, or his deputy, upon such suspended Judge forthwith, and the officer serving such copy shall return the original order, with his entry of service thereon, into the office of the Clerk of the Superior Court of Fulton County as soon as possible after service thereof has been made. Within ten days from the service of the order of suspension, the Judge so suspended may file with the Clerk of the Superior Court his written demand for a hearing before all of the Judges of the Superior Court of the Atlanta Circuit upon the cause of his suspension. Should such suspended Judge not file his written demand for a hearing upon the order suspending him within ten days of the service thereof, he shall be held to have admitted the charges

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contained in said order of suspension and the Judge who signed the order of suspension shall have the authority, and it shall be his duty, to pass an order removing such suspended Judge from office, and, thereupon, his term of office shall expire and such order of removal shall be final. Should the suspended Judge file his written demand for a hearing on the order suspending him, as hereinbefore provided, it shall be the duty of the Clerk of the Superior Court, immediately upon the filing of such demand, to notify all of the Judges of the Superior Court of the Atlanta Circuit of the filing of such demand and said Judges shall appoint a date for a hearing upon such charges, said date to be not less than five days after the filing of such written demand, nor more than fifteen days thereafter; and give the suspended Judge five days notice of the date set for a hearing of such charges, and it shall be the duty of all of said Judges of the Superior Court to attend at said hearing. If, for any reason, the hearing should, in the opinion of said Judges, not proceed at the time so stated, a majority of said Judges may postpone the hearing to another day. If, upon a hearing had on the order of suspension, a majority of the said Judges of the Superior Court are of the opinion that said charges are not sustained, said order of suspension shall be revoked and such suspended Judge shall, thereby, be restored to his office; but, if such suspended Judge shall, at the filing of his written demand fail to attend upon the hearing and make answer to said charges; or, if, after a hearing of said charge, a majority of said Judges of the Superior Court shall be of the opinion that the charges are sustained, said Judges of the Superior Court, or a majority of them, shall issue their order declaring such suspended Judge removed from office, and, thereupon his term of office shall expire and such order of removal shall be final; provided, that in all cases of alleged incompetency, inefficiency, neglect of duty or misconduct in or out of office, on the part of any Judge of said Municipal Court of Atlanta, the Judge of the Superior Court to whose attention the matter is brought may, in his discretion, without the grant of any order of suspension, issue a rule requiring such Judge of said

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Municipal Court of Atlanta to show cause, within ten days from the date of such order, why he should not be dismissed or removed from office. Upon the grant of such rule to show cause, a copy thereof, together with a copy of the charges shall be served by the Sheriff of Fulton County, or his deputy, forthwith upon the Judge of said Municipal Court of Atlanta whose conduct is complained of, with a return of the original and entry of service thereon into the office of the Clerk of the Superior Court, and upon the day and hour named in the order and rule to show cause, all of the Judges of the Superior Court shall sit and hear the charges. If for any reason, the hearing should in the opinion of said Judges of the Superior Court not proceed at the time so stated, then a majority of said Judges may postpone the hearing until another date. In all other respects, the proceedings to be had after the grant of rule to show cause shall be governed by the provisions of this section as hereinbefore set out, covering the case where an order of suspension is granted in the first instance. Suspension of Judges. Procedure. After the service of an order upon any Judge suspending him from office, as hereinbefore provided, such Judge shall be without authority to perform any of the functions or duties of his office and his salary shall cease until the order of suspension is revoked. In case of the suspension of any Judge of said court, the Judges of the Superior Court, in their discretion, may appoint any qualified attorney to serve in his stead until the charges made against him are finally disposed of, the Judge so serving temporarily to be paid the salary of the suspended Judge. Vacancies occurring by death, resignation or removal from office shall be filled in the manner hereinbefore provided. Ad interim Judge. SEC. 15. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That whenever it may be necessary, by reason of the disqualification of any Judge, or Judges, of said court in any case pending therein, any Judge of the Superior Court of Fulton County may appoint a qualified attorney, or attorneys at law, to act as Judge, or Judges, pro hac vice, who shall exercise all the functions of a Judge in that case. Judge pro hac vice.

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SEC. 16. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues of Fulton County shall fix the annual salary of each of the Judges of said court, and said salaries, with the salaries of the other officers of said court hereinafter provided for, shall be paid in monthly installments upon warrants approved by the Chairman of said board, and drawn upon the County Treasurer of Fulton County; provided, the annual salary of the Chief Judge of said court shall not be less than thirty-six hundred dollars, and the annual salary of each of the Associate Judges of said Court shall not be less than three thousand dollars; provided, further, that no Judge or other official of said court, shall receive to his own use any fees or perquisites of office. Salaries of Judges. SEC. 17. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That before entering upon the discharge of the duties of the office, each of the Judges of said court shall take and subscribe an oath in substance the same as that now provided for Judges of the Superior Courts of this State. Said oath shall be taken before one of the Judges of the Superior Court of Fulton County, and thereafter, filed in the office of the Clerk of said court. Oath of Judges. SEC. 18. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the Chief Judge of said court, in addition to the exercise of all the other powers of a Judge of said court, shall have the general superintendence of the business of said court, and shall preside at all meetings of the Judges. He shall, from time to time, determine the number of parts into which said court shall be divided and how many shall be devoted to criminal and how many to civil business, and shall assign the Associate Judges to duty in the several divisions of said court, from time to time, as he may deem necessary for the prompt disposition of the business thereof. He shall prescribe the hour for the opening of the various divisions of the court and for the attendance of the Judges, Clerks and Marshals thereat. It shall be the duty of each Associate Judge to attend and sit at any division of the court to which he may be assigned by the Chief Judge

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and at the time prescribed by the Chief Judge. The Chief Judge shall also superinted the preparation of the calendars of cases for trial in such court and shall make such classification and distribution of the same upon different calendars as he shall deem proper and expedient. The Chief Judge shall establish and supervise a system for keeping the records of said court, and shall give his attention faithfully to the discharge of the duties especially pertaining to his office and to the performance of such additional judicial work as he may be able to perform; provided, in case of the illness or absence of the Chief Judge, the other Judges of the court may designate one of their number to act as Chief Judge pro tempore, who shall have all of the powers and authority herein given the Chief Judge, during the incapacity or absence of such Chief Judge. Chief Judge, his powers and duties. Chief Judge pro tempore. SEC. 19. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the Judges of said court immediately upon its organization shall meet and prepare and promulgate such rules of procedure and practice, not inconsistent with the laws of this State, as may be necessary to carry on and facilitate the business of said court. Said rules may be modified or changed from time to time, and shall be binding upon the officers of said court, the attorneys practicing, parties litigating, and witnesses attending therein. All such rules shall be printed within a reasonable time after their adoption and furnished, upon application, to the members of the bar and the public generally; the expense of printing such rules to be borne by the County of Fulton. Rules of procedure and practice. SEC. 20. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues of Fulton County shall designate the places for holding the several divisions of said court in Fulton County, and shall provide suitable rooms and the necessary furniture, blanks, blank books and stationery for the use of said court, and shall provide for the payment of the salaries of the Judges, Clerks, Marshals and other employees; provided, however, that the several divisions of said court shall be held in the County Courthouse of said County of Fulton. Court rooms, supplies, etc.

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SEC. 21. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, that one or more additional Judges may be appointed as Associate Judges for said court upon the certificate of the Chief Judge of said court, that, in his opinion, the business thereof is such as to require an increase in the number of Associate Judges thereof; provided, that a majority of the Judges of the Superior Court of the Atlanta Circuit, upon investigation, shall certify that such additional Judge, or Judges, shall be appointed; said appointment to be made in the same manner as hereinbefore provided, and such appointee shall hold office for the term of four years, and receive the same compensation provided for Associate Judges of said court; provided, further, that the first term of office of such appointee may be for less than four years, in order to conform to the plan provided in Section thirteen of this Act. Additional Judges, appointment of. SEC. 22. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That there shall be a Clerk of said court and one Deputy Clerk. The Clerk of said court shall be appointed by the Judges of said court; and in event said Judges are evenly divided as to said appointment, the nominee of the Chief Judge shall be selected. The Deputy Clerk shall be appointed by the Clerk, subject to the approval of the Chief Judge, and the Clerk shall be responsible for the acts of the Deputy Clerk, and may remove him at pleasure. The term of office of such Clerk and Deputy Clerk shall be four years, and the Deputy Clerk shall continue to hold office, notwithstanding a vacancy may exist in the office of Clerk, until a successor to the Clerk is appointed and qualified; provided, that the commissioners of Roads and Revenues of Fulton County may authorize, in their discretion, the appointment of one or more additional Deputy Clerks to hold office under the terms and conditions prescribed for the Deputy Clerk herein authorized and may provide for such clerical assistants in the Clerk's office as may be necessary, at such salaries as, in their discretion, may be reasonable and proper. Clerk and Deputy. Appointment. Term of office. Additional Deputy Clerks. SEC. 23. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the Clerk of said court shall perform in said

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court the same duties that are by law required of the Clerk of the Superior Court of said county, so far as the same are applicable to and not inconsistent with the provisions of this Act, and such other duties as may be prescribed, from time to time, by the Judges of said court in the rules of the court. In addition, the Clerk of said court shall collect all fees and costs charged or collectible under this Act, and shall keep a careful statement of the same properly indexed, and accessible at all times to the public, and, not less than once a week, shall pay over to the Treasurer of Fulton County all sums so collected, furnishing said Treasurer with an itemized statement of the same. The Deputy Clerk, or Clerks, of said court, shall have the same powers and authority herein prescribed for the Clerk thereof, subject as aforesaid to the direction and control of said Clerk. For his services, the Clerk of said court shall receive a salary of twenty-four hundred dollars per annum, payable two hundred dollars monthly. Each Deputy Clerk, for his services, shall receive a salary of fifteen hundred dollars per year, payable one hundred and twenty-five dollars per month. The Clerk of said court shall execute a bond, payable to the Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues of Fulton County, Georgia, in the sum of five thousand dollars, conditioned for the faithful discharge of the duties of his office by himself and his deputies, said bond to be approved by the Chief Judge of said court and filed in the office of the Clerk of the Superior Court of Fulton County, Georgia. All purely ministerial duties which, under the laws of this State, are performable by a Justice of the Peace or a Notary Public Ex-Officio Justice of the Peace, and any such duties prescribed by the rules of said court, shall be performable by the Clerk, or his deputies. The Clerk and Deputy Clerks of said court may administer oaths and take affidavits, but shall not have the power to attest deeds and similar instruments. The Clerk of said court and each Deputy Clerks of said court may administer oaths and take his duties, shall take an oath to faithfully and impartially, and without fear, favor or affection, discharge his duties as Clerk or Deputy Clerk. Clerk's duties. Deputy Clerk's. powers and duties. Salary of Clerk. Salary of Deputy Clerk. Clerk's bond. Duties and powers of Clerk and Deputy. Oath of Clerk and Deputies.

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SEC. 24. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That there shall be a Marshal of said court and four Deputy Marshals; provided, however, that the Commissioners of Roads and Revenues of Fulton County may, in their discretion, authorize the appointment of additional Deputy Marshals. The Marshal and Deputy Marshals of said court shall be selected from the qualified electors and residents of the City of Atlanta and shall be appointed by the Judges of said court, and in event said Judges are evenly divided as to any appointment, the nominee of the Chief Judge shall be selected. Their term of office shall be four years. The Marshal of said court shall be paid eighteen hundred dollars per annum, payable one hundred and fifty dollars per month. Each Deputy Marshal shall be paid fifteen hundred dollars per year, payable one hundred and twenty-five dollars per month. The Chief Marshal and each Deputy Marshal of said court shall execute a bond with good security, to be approved by the Chief Judge of said court, payable to the Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues of Fulton County, Georgia, in the sum of twenty-five hundred dollars for the faithful discharge of the duties of his office. The duties, powers, rights, authority and liabilities of said Marshal, and each of said deputies, shall be the same as those prescribed for Constables elected or appointed, and serving in Justice Courts of this State, and in addition the same as those prescribed by law for the Sheriffs of the several counties so far as the same are consistent with the terms of this Act, and such other duties as may be prescribed from time to time by the Judges of said court in the rules of court. The Clerk, the Deputy Clerk, the Marshal and Deputy Marshal of said court shall be subject to rule before the Chief Judge of said court for the like causes and in the like manner as the Sheriffs and Clerks of the Superior Court and Constables of this State may be ruled by the Superior Court. Marshal and Deputy Marshals. Appointment of Marshal and Deputies. Term of office and salaries. Bonds. Duties, powers, etc. Officers subject to rule. SEC. 25. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the Clerk of said court, or any Deputy Clerk thereof, the Marshal of said court, or any Deputy Marshal thereof, may be suspended from office by order of the Chief

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Judge of said court, on the ground of any misconduct in or out of office, which, in the opinion of the Chief Judge, tends to lower the dignity of such official or unfit him in any way to fill such position. Within ten days from the date of the order of suspension, the officer so suspended may enter his appeal in writing to the court as a whole, and thereupon, a copy of the charges against such official shall be furnished him and the Judges of said court sitting in banc shall hear the same. If the charges are sustained to the satisfaction of a majority of said Judges, such official shall be removed forthwith from office. In the case the Judges are evenly divided, the vote of the Chief Judge shall control. In the event the officer so suspended fails to enter his appeal in writing within ten days of the date of the order by the Chief Judge suspending such officer, unless further time be allowed by order of court, then it shall be the duty of the Chief Judge to pass an order declaring such officer permanently removed from office. Suspension of officers. SEC. 26. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the Municipal Court of Atlanta shall have all the jurisdiction as to subject matter which, at the time of the adoption of said Constitutional amendment, was exercised by Justices Courts and Justices of the Peace under the Constitution and laws of this State, and, in addition, shall have jurisdiction to try and dispose of all civil cases of whatever nature, except injuries to the person or the reputation, concurrent with the Superior Courts, including not only such suits as are begun by petition and process or summons, but also all other kinds of suits or proceedings which now or hereafter may be in use in the Superior Courts of this State, or the Justices Courts, either under the common law or by statute, including, among others, attachment and garnishment proceedings, illegalities, counter affidavits to any proceedings from said court, statutory awards, proceedings against intruders and tenants holding over, partition of personalty, trover and bail, distress warrants and issues thereon, foreclosures of all liens and mortgages on personal property, possessory warrants and other like proceedings and processes wherein the principal

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sum sworn to, sued for or claimed to be due, exclusive of interest, costs and attorney's fees, or the value of the property sued for does not exceed $500.00, and of which jurisdiction is not vested exclusively in other courts by the Constitution of the State of Georgia, and except extraordinary remedies as defined in Sections 5440 to 5505, inclusive, of the Code of 1910. Jurisdiction of Court. SEC. 27. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That garnishment proceedings in said court shall be conformable to the laws of the State on that subject in the Superior Courts, and all laws upon the subject of attachments and garnishments as to any matter whatever in the Superior Courts of this State shall apply to said Municipal Court of Atlanta, as if named with the Superior Court, so far as the nature of the court hereby created will admit, except as it may be otherwise provided in this Act. Attachments in said court, or returnable to said court, shall be directed to the Marshal of said court, or his deputies, and all and singular the Sheriffs and Constables of said State, and any Justice of the Peace or Notary Public Ex-Officio Justice of the Peace may issue attachments returnable to said court under the same laws that govern the issuing of attachments returnable to the Superior Courts. Garnishments. Attachments. SEC. 28. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That affidavits for attachment and garnishment may be made before any officer authorized by law to administer oaths, including commercial notaries public; but all bonds in such proceedings issuing out of said court shall be approved by the Clerk of said court, or his deputies, and all attachments and summons of garnishment shall be issued by said Clerk or his deputies, and bear test in the name of the Chief Judge of said court. Affidavits and bonds for attachments and garnishments. SEC. 29. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, that said court shall have jurisdiction to foreclose all liens of laborers, contractors, material men and other liens of a similar nature on real estate as well as on personal property, provided the amount claimed does not exceed the sum of five hundred dollars. The manner of foreclosing

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such liens and of foreclosing mortgages on personal property shall be as provided by law for such foreclosures in the Superior Courts. Distress warrants, etc. Foreclosure of liens and mortgages. SEC. 30. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That possessory warrants, distress warrants, warrants for the ejection of intruders, warrants for the dispossession of tenants and other like summary processes shall be issued by the Clerk of said court, or any deputy of said Clerk upon like affidavit and under the same conditions as are or may be provided by law for the issue of such processes by Justices of the Peace. Such processes shall bear test in the name of the Chief Judge of said court and be directed to the Marshal or his deputies, or all and singular the Sheriffs and Constables of said State. When such processes are arrested by the filing of counter affidavits, the issues thereon shall be assigned to the Judges of said court and tried under the same rules applicable to the trial of other issues in said court, and such rules of court as may be adopted under the authority of this Act, not inconsistent with the rules of law governing the trial of such issues. Summary processes, issuance of. SEC. 31. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That said court shall have jurisdiction of all claim cases where personal property is levied on under executions or other processes from said court, where the value of the property levied on is not more than $500.00. The manner of making such claims in said court, and all proceedings thereon, shall be conformable to the law as to such claim in the Superior Court, except that the issues formed thereon shall be tried as other issues are tried in the said Municipal Court of Atlanta. Claim cases. SEC. 32. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all claims to real property levied on under execution or other process from said court, shall be returnable to the Superior Court of the county where such property is situated, and shall there proceed as other claims in the Superior Courts. Claims to real property, returnable to Superior Court. SEC. 33. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That scire facias to make parties and revive judgment

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in any cause in said court shall be had as in the Superior Court, but such scire ficias shall run throughout the State and may be served within the City of Atlanta by the Marshal of said court, or his deputies, or, elsewhere, by any Sheriff or Deputy Sheriff of said State. Scire facias. SEC. 34. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the Judges and Clerks of said court shall have power to administer oaths and take affidavits. Power of Judges and Clerks to administer oaths, etc. SEC. 35. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the criminal jurisdiction of said court shall be as follows: (a) Any Judge of said court shall have power to issue a warrant for the arrest of any offender against the penal laws, based either on his own knowledge or on the information of others given to him under oath. Criminal jurisdiction. (b) With the exception of the Recorder's or Mayor's Court of Atlanta, and the Judges of the Superior Courts, it shall have exclusive jurisdiction to sit as a court of inquiry as to persons arrested on warrants within the corporate limits of the City of Atlanta, unless the warrant which issued for the arrest of such persons issued from some authority outside of the counties of Fulton and DeKalb; provided, however, that where the crime alleged to have been committed is committed without the limits of the City of Atlanta, the defendant shall have the right to be tried in the district from which the warrant issued; in the event of such election the defendant shall be delivered to the Sheriff or a Constable of the county in which crime is claimed to have been committed. Said Municipal Court of Atlanta shall have jurisdiction coextensive with such other courts as may now have jurisdiction to sit as a court of inquiry to examine into an accusation against any person legally arrested and brought before the said court. Court of inquiry. (c) In sitting as a court of inquiry, said court shall consist of that Judge who shall be nominated for the purpose by the Chief Judge. The Chief Judge may himself sit, or he may nominate any other Judge of said court to preside for a particular criminal trial, or for all criminal trials

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during a definite time; provided, however, that should the Judge so nominated by the Chief Judge be absent or disqualified, and the Chief Judge not be present to nominate another Judge, any other Judge shall then be authorized to preside. Who shall sit as a Court of inquiry. (d) All of the provisions of Sections 933 to 950, inclusive, of the State Penal Code of 1910, which prior to this Act were applicable to Justices Courts within the City of Atlanta, shall be applicable to the Municipal Court of Atlanta. Penal Code sections applicable to the Municipal Court. (e) No criminal warrant issued by any Judge of said court and no criminal warrant against any persons arrested within the City limits of Atlanta on warrant issued within the counties of Fulton and DeKalb, shall be settled or dismissed without the approval of the Chief Judge; or in his absence from the county, or in the event of his being unable to Act by reason of illness, without the approval of the other Judges of said court. In the event of any such approval, the Judge so approving shall enter upon the warrant, a statement of his reasons for his approval of such settlement or dismissal; provided, that this section shall not apply to those cases where the warrant was issued by an officer in Fulton or DeKalb County and the defendant elects to have his commitment trial before the officer issuing the warrant as provided by sub-Section (b) of this section. Settlement or dismissal of criminal warrants. SEC. 36. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the terms of said court shall commence on the first and third Mondays of each month, and each term shall continue from day to day, so far as may be necessary, but not to run beyond the Saturday preceding the commencement of the succeeding term. All actions in said court shall be commenced by summons as now provided for in Justice of the Peace Courts. Each action shall be filed and summons issued thereon not less than twelve days prior to the first day of the particular term to which the same is brought and summons thereon shall be served not less than eight days prior to the first day of the particular term to which such action is brought; provided, that service effected too

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late for a particular term shall be good for the next succeeding term thereafter. Terms of Court. Commencement of actions. Service. The case shall be entered on a filing docket, together with the address of the plaintiff, or his attorney, and it shall be the duty of the Clerk to issue a summons directed to the defendant, commanding him to appear and defend on the first day of the term to which said action is brought, which summons shall state the names of the parties, the day on which the claim was filed, and it shall be signed by the Clerk or his deputy, and shall have attached thereto a copy of the note, account or cause of action sued on, and shall have plainly printed thereon a succinct statement of the provisions of this Act and of any rule of court adopted in pursuance thereof, concerning the time, place and manner of making defense, and of demanding a trial by jury in said court, in such form and substance as may be prescribed by the rules of said court. Such summons and copy shall be served by the Marshal, or his deputy, by delivering a copy thereof to the defendant, or by leaving such copy with some person more than eighteen years old domiciled at the residence of the defendant; and the Marshal, or his deputy, as the case may be, shall make return of service, stating the method thereof; and, where personal service is not made, the Marshal, or his deputy, as the case may be, shall state the place where summons was left, with a brief description of the person with whom it was left, giving the name of such person if possible. Each return of service of a summons shall show the date of such service. When such return is made, the Clerk shall enter the fact, the date and the manner thereof, upon his filing docket, and it shall be the duty of the defendant, or his attorneys, to file answer or enter appearance by having the fact stated by the Clerk on said docket on or before the first day of the term to which such action is brought, and the Clerk shall also enter on said docket the post office address of the defendant, or his attorney. Summons. Service of summons. Return of service. Entry of service. Answer of appearance. SEC. 37. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That suits in this court, except as herein provided, or as may be provided by rules of the court, shall proceed as

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suits or actions in Justices Courts, under the practice thereof existing under the laws relating thereto, and shall be triable at the first term. Procedure. (a) No demurrer shall be necessary, but every defense in point of law or fact, whether for misjoinder, nonjoinder or insufficiency of fact to constitute a valid cause of action, which might ordinarily be made by demurrer or plea, may be made by motion to dismiss or in the answer and such motion and answer may be made on the trial orally or in writing, the defendant having, on the return day, entered an appearance, as hereinbefore provided; provided, if the plaintiff shall have verified his account or claim, or if the suit is an unconditional contract in writing, a written answer shall be filed setting up the defense, and such answer must be verified under oath. Pleading. (b) No cross action shall be necessary and all affirmative relief appropriate to the facts shall be granted on any claim set up by written answer; provided, that where matter seeking set off, or other affirmative relief, is pleaded, a copy of the answer shall be deposited with the Clerk, accompanied by a stamped envelope, and by said Clerk mailed to the plaintiff, or his attorney, and at the address given on the filing docket. The defendant or his attorney, shall make affidavit on such answer that a copy has been deposited as aforesaid. (c) The Trial Judge shall, at any time, in the furtherance of justice, upon such terms as may be just, permit any claim, suit, process, proceeding, pleading or record to be amended, in form or in substance, or material supplemental matter to be set forth in an amended or supplemental oral claim or pleading. The Judge, at every stage of the proceeding, must disregard any error or defect in the proceeding which does not affect the substantial rights of the parties, and amendments changing the cause of action, or presenting a new cause of action, arising out of the same transaction or subject matter, shall be allowed, providing, however, for time to the opposite party, where, in the discretion of the court, it is deemed necessary to meet the new matter claimed by the amendment. Amendments.

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(d) Continuances or postponements shall be granted to either party at the first term to which a cause is returnable, where, in the opinion of the Judge in charge of that division of the Court to which said case is assigned, said party has not had a reasonable time in which to prepare for trial, as well as upon the grounds upon which continuances or postponements may be granted by the Superior Courts of the State of Georgia; provided, that after the first term, continuances and postponements shall be granted only upon the rules applicable to continuances of postponements in the Superior Courts. Continuances or postponements. (e) The court shall, in making rules, as in this Act provided, supplement this section in a way to expedite the trial of cases and to eliminate expense, and to that end, it may make all necessary rules relating to matters of procedure. The Trial Judge, in his discretion may at any time order either party to a cause pending to reduce his pleadings to writing. Expeditious rules. SEC. 38. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the trial of any civil action in the Municipal Court of Atlanta, the mode of conducting the trial, the rules of evidence and the examination and swearing of the jury, where a jury is used, shall be the same as now prevails in the Superior Courts of this State. Trial of civil actions. SEC. 39. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That upon the filing of any civil action in said court, the plaintiff, or his attorney of record, may file with the original action a written demand for a trial by jury in said court, and in the absence of such demand, said plaintiff shall be held to have waived a trial by jury. The defendant in such action may file a written demand for a trial by jury on or before the day upon which he is required to appear in court in response to said proceeding and upon such defendant's failure thereupon to demand a trial by jury, he will be held to have waived the same; provided, however, where neither party demands a jury trial, the Chief Judge of said court shall have the right on his own motion and in his discretion, to refer any cause involving an issue of fact

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to a jury for trial for a general verdict in said case, or may refer any issue of fact to a jury for the rendering of a special verdict on such issue; said jury to be had in all other respects as if demanded by a party to said cause; provided, further, where a defense is filed on or before answer day, the plaintiff in any cause of action shall have the right to demand a trial by jury on said answer day or on the following day. A jury trial, once demanded by either party, shall not be waived except by written consent of the opposite party. Trial by jury, when. SEC. 40. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That it shall be the duty of the Clerk of said court to prepare and file in his office from the lists of the traverse jurors of the Superior Court of Fulton County, as provided from time to time for such Superior Courts, a list of the traverse jurors appearing thereon who are residents of the City of Atlanta. From the list so made, jurors for said court shall be drawn in the following manner: The Clerk of said court shall write upon separate tickets the name of each juror, and shall number the same and place the same in a box to be prepared for the purpose, from which shall be drawn by the Chief Judge of said court twelve jurors in the manner as required by law in the Superior Courts, for each division of said court trying jury business. As many divisions of said court as may be necessary may sit for the trial of jury business at the same time, and a jury shall be drawn in the manner aforesaid, for each division of said court sitting for the trial of jury business. All laws with reference to the drawing and selecting of traverse and tales traverse jurors in the Superior Courts, not inconsistent with the provision of this Act, shall apply to said Municipal Court. The jurors so drawn shall be summoned by the Marshal of said court, or other lawful officers, at least five days before the court at which they are called upon to serve. From the twelve jurors drawn and summoned, as above provided, there shall be empanelled in all cases to be tried by jury in said court, a jury of nine, and in each case each side shall have two strikes, and the five remaining shall constitute a jury for

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the trial of such case. If there should be any deficiency of jurors, to make a panel of nine from cause or absence, the Marshal, by directions of the court, shall complete the jury by talesman to nine. Each juror shall receive the sum of two dollars per day while serving as a juror in said court, the same to be paid under the rules governing the payment of Superior Court jurors. All laws of force with reference to qualifications, oaths, exemptions and fining of jurors in the Superior Courts of this State shall, when not inconsistent with the provisions of this Act, apply to and be observed in said Municipal Court. Jury lists. Juries, how drawn. Summons of jurors. Panel. Panels, how filled. Compensation of jurors. Qualifications, etc. SEC. 41. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That there shall be an appellate division of said court for the re-hearing of matters arising in civil causes therein, and with power to grant or refuse new trials in cases brought to said appellate division, as hereinafter provided. Said appellate division shall consist of three Judges, one of whom shall be the Chief Judge, unless such Judge had presided on the trial of the case appealed; said division to sit as often as may be necessary to dispose of all cases appealed thereto; and the Judges to sit in said division to be designated by the Chief Judge. Appellate Division of Court. SEC. 42. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That new trials may be granted in said court upon the same grounds upon which new trials may be granted in the Superior Courts of this State, and according to the same method of procedure, except as it may be hereinafter provided. New trials. (a) In all cases tried in said court by a Judge without a jury, the judgment of the court shall be rendered and publicly announced in open court, and, if the judgment shall not be rendered at the conclusion of the trial, the Judge shall cause the parties to the case, or their counsel, to be notified of the time when judgment will be rendered. Upon the rendition of a verdict of a jury in said court or upon the announcement of judgment by the court in a case tried without a jury, any party to said cause, or his counsel, may make an oral motion for a new trial in the said court and

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unless an oral motion for a new trial shall be made upon the rendition of judgment or the finding of a verdict, the parties shall be held to have waived their right to move for a new trial, except upon the grounds upon which extraordinary motions for new trial may be made. Upon the making of such motion, the court may hear the parties, or their counsel, instanta or at such time as the court, in its discretion, may set for a hearing of said motion, and no brief of the evidence shall be necessary. Should the court grant said motion upon any ground, there shall be no appeal from such judgment granting a new trial and the case shall stand for new trial, de novo. Oral motions for new trial. No brief of evidence necessary. No appeal from first grant of new trial. (b) Should the Judge decline to grant said motion for a new trial, he shall pass an order to that effect, and an appeal shall lie therefrom to the Appellate Division of said court upon any ground of new trial which would be a ground for new trial in the Superior Courts, except upon the ground: (1) That the verdict found or the judgment rendered is contrary to the evidence and the principles of equity; and (2) That said verdict or judgment is decidedly and strongly against the weight of the evidence, which excepted grounds for new trial shall not be otherwise urged than in an oral motion made at the time of the finding of the verdict or the rendition of a judgment by the court, as hereinbefore provided, and as to which excepted grounds the order denying such motion for new trial shall be conclusive, and such grounds shall not be urged upon appeal from such order, nor by writ of error. Appeals to Appellate Division, when. No appeal allowed, when. (c) Should the movant desire to enter an appeal to the Appellate Division of said court from the order denying a new trial, he shall, within ten days from the order overruling the oral motion for new trial, file a written statement of the grounds of his motion, and the errors of which he complains, together with a written brief of so much of the evidence adduced on the trial of the cause as may be necessary to a clear understanding of the errors complained of, the brief of evidence and the grounds of said motion to be certified as true by the trial Judge before the same shall be filed, unless further time is granted by the trial

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Judge for the perfection and approval of the brief of evidence, in which case, the trial Judge shall order the brief filed, subject to correction and approval at such time as he shall fix. Appeals, how made. (d) Should it be made to appear that the brief filed by the appealing or moving party does not represent a bona fide effort on his part to prepare a proper brief of all of the evidence necessary to a clear understanding of the errors complained of, the trial Judge may, in his discretion, dismiss the motion for new trial at the cost of the moving party. Dismissal of appeal for want of proper brief. (e) When the brief of evidence shall be approved, the Clerk shall forthwith enter said case upon the docket of the Appellate Division of said court and said case shall, thereupon, be ripe for a hearing by said Appellate Division. Hearing of appeal. (f) Upon the hearing before the Appellate Division, the Chief Judge shall pass an order sustaining or over-ruling said motion and, if the Judges disagree as to such order, the judgment of the majority shall control and constitute the judgment of said Appellate Division. Order sustaining or overruling motion. (g) From the judgment of the Appellate Division of said court, an appeal shall lie by writ of error to the Court of Appeals of Georgia upon the same record upon which the case was heard before said Appellate Division of said Municipal Court, a bill of exceptions being tendered, certified, served and filed under the same rules as apply to bills of exceptions from the Superior to the Supreme Court, except that said bills of exceptions shall be tendered within ten days from the decision complained of, certified by the Chief Judge, and served and filed within ten additional days; provided, however, that no case shall be taken to the Court of Appeals upon an assignment that error has been committed in the first grant of a new trial by the Appellate Division of said court. Writ of error to Court of Appeals. (h) From any grant of a new trial after the first new trial, either party may appeal to the Appellate Division of said court by motion; and to the Court of Appeals by writ of error, according to the same rules as are hereinbefore provided for appeals in cases where new trials are refused. Appeal after first grant of a new trial.

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SEC. 43. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That any case pending in the Superior Court of Fulton County or the City Court of Atlanta, on January 1, 1914, or thereafter brought in said courts, in which the subject matter and amount involved are within the jurisdiction of the Municipal Court of Atlanta as herein defined, may be transferred, by written consent of the parties thereto, to the Municipal Court of Atlanta, and tried therein, as if originally brought in said court; provided, that all costs accrued or properly chargeable in the court from which such case is removed shall be first paid. Thereupon, it shall be the duty of the Clerk of such court to transmit to the Clerk of the Municipal Court of Atlanta all papers and documents relating to the case transferred. Transfer of cases from Superior or City Court by consent. SEC. 44. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That each party filing a suit or proceeding of any character in said Municipal Court shall deposit with the Clerk of said court at the time of filing or commencing such proceeding the sum of $2.00 as costs of suit; provided, however, that such deposit shall not be required of any person who shall subscribe an affidavit to the effect that from poverty he is unable to pay the same, and provided, further, that if the party making such deposit finally prevails in such proceeding, the amount of such deposit shall be taxed as part of the costs against the losing party, and, if recovered, shall be refunded to the party depositing the same, after all costs have been paid. Cost deposit required. Pauper's affidavit. Recovered back, when. SEC. 45. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That judgments of the Municipal Court of Atlanta shall be enforced by executions issued by the Clerk, after four days from the rendition of such judgments, and directed to the Marshal of said court, or any Deputy Marshal thereof; to all and singular the Sheriffs of this State and their lawful deputies, and to any lawful Constable of said State; provided, however, the pendency of a motion for new trial made as herein provided, before the Judge trying the case or before the Appellate Division, shall suspend the issuance of an execution until a disposition thereof by said

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Judge or said division, but the lien of such judgment shall date from the date of the original judgment, and it shall bear legal interest from said date, unless a different rate of interest be specified therein. Enforcement of judgment. Lien of judgment. SEC. 46. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That in all cases of default, the Chief Judge of said court, or any other Judge acting therefor, may enter judgment without any call of the docket on or after the Monday on which the action in default is returnable; provided, that any party against whom a judgment by default shall be rendered and who shall file with the Clerk of said court an affidavit that he has, as he is advised and believes, a good defense, and that he is not seeking to open the default for delay only, may, as a matter of right, have said default opened, and the judgment rendered thereon set aside at any time within five days from the rendition of such judgment; provided, further, that if upon the hearing, the court shall determine that said default was opened for delay only, the judgment shall be entered against such party for double the regular costs. Defaults, Judgments. Opening of defaults. Double costs when default opened for delay. SEC. 47. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That in any case provided by this Act where a party shall make oath that, from his poverty, he is unable to pay costs or give bond, any other party at interest, or his agent or attorney, may contest the truth of such pauper's affidavit by verifying affirmatively under oath that the same is untrue. The issue thereby formed shall be heard and determined by the court under the rules of the court, and, if the charge be sustained, judgment shall be rendered as if no affidavit had been made or bond given. If said charge be not sustained, the costs of such hearing shall be taxed against the party complaining. The judgment of the court on all issues of fact touching the ability of a party to pay costs or give bond shall be final. Contest of pauper's affidavit. SEC. 48. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the Judges of the Municipal Court of Atlanta shall have the same power and authority to enforce their orders, to preserve order and to punish for contempt, and

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to enforce all of their judgments or orders as is now or may hereafter be vested by law in the Judges of the Superior Courts of this State. Power of Judges. SEC. 49. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That costs shall be charged and collected by the Clerk of said court as follows: Cost fees. (1) For filing and docketing each suit $1.00 (2) For summons and copying each suit for service; this charge not to apply where plaintiff furnishes a copy of his suit for service on each defendant, per hundred words .10 (3) For each summons and copy suit after first copy .50 (4) For entering up each judgment .50 (5) For trial of each litigated case .50 (6) For issuing each fi fa .50 (7) For each appeal to Appellate Division of said Court 2.00 (8) For serving each summons or attachment .50 (9) For serving each witness .50 (10) For levying each fi fa and advertisement .50 (11) For each settlement when property not sold .50 (12) For each search and return of nulla bona .50 In all cases not herein provided for, where the amount or subject matter involved is within the jurisdiction of Justice Courts as now defined, the items of cost prescribed in Sections 6003 and 6006 of the Code of Georgia of 1910, shall be charged and collected; in all other cases, the items of cost prescribed in Sections 5995 and 5997 of the Code of Georgia of 1910 shall be charged and collected. The costs in criminal matters in said court and before the Judges thereof, shall be the same as now provided by law in criminal matters in the Justices Courts and before Justices of the Peace. SEC. 50. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That on and after January 1, 1914, no Justice Court or Notary Public and Ex-Officio Justice Court, whose district is partly within and partly without the limits of the City of Atlanta as now defined, or whose districts may be partly

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within and partly without said limits as hereafter defined, shall have or exercise any jurisdiction of any kind whatsoever within the limits of the City of Atlanta; except as herein provided as to criminal warrants; and no Constable or officer of such court shall serve or execute any suit, paper, process or writ of any kind or character within said limits of the City of Atlanta, except criminal warrants as hereinbefore provided. No suit, paper, process or writ of any kind from any other Justice Court of this State shall be served or executed by any such Constable, but all suits, papers, processes and writs of every kind and character from such courts which, under the law as it now exists, could be forwarded therefrom to Justice Courts holding jurisdiction within the City of Atlanta, shall be forwarded to the Municipal Court of Atlanta and served or executed by the Marshal or deputies thereof. Districts partly within and partly without city; Justice's Courts have no jurisdiction within city. Constables of such courts have no powers, except as to criminal warrants herein provided. Papers from such courts, how served. SEC. 51. Be it further enacted, That notice requiring the production of books, papers, and other written evidence, etc., to be used as evidence in the trial of civil causes pending therein shall be served upon the opposite party or his counsel as is now provided by law and in accordance with the terms of the law as applicable to Justice Courts. Notice to produce. SEC. 52. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all executions, warrants or summary processes of any kind issued from this court shall, in that portion of the City of Atlanta which is in the County of Fulton, be levied, served or executed by the Marshal of the Fulton Section of said court or one of his deputies, and outside of the City of Atlanta, by any Sheriff or Deputy Sheriff of the State of Georgia or by any lawful Constable of said State under the rules now provided by law for like proceedings from the Superior Courts of this State. Executions, warrants, etc., how levied, served or executed in city lying in Fulton. All executions, warrants or summary processes of any kind issued from this court shall in that portion of the City of Atlanta which is in the County of DeKalb, be levied, served or executed by the Marshal or a Deputy Marshal of the DeKalb Section of the said court or by the Sheriff or a Deputy Sheriff of the County of DeKalb. Executions, etc., how levied, etc., in DeKalb Section.

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SEC. 53. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all sales of personal property levied upon under processes from this court in that portion of Fulton County which is in the City of Atlanta, shall take place before the Court House door of Fulton County; all of said sales to be held between ten o'clock A. M. and four o'clock P. M., at public outcry on the Monday next following ten days' advertisement by notice posted at the Court House door, describing the property to be sold, the place and hour of sale, the name and residence of the owner of such property, if known to the levying officer, the style of the case in which the execution is issued and the location of the place where the property was seized. Sales of personal property in Fulton Section. All sales of personal property levied upon under processes from this court in that portion of the City of Atlanta which is in DeKalb County, shall take place at the place of holding the DeKalb Section of the Municipal Court of Atlanta, said sales to be held under the rules governing constable sales under the laws of this State. Where the property so levied on under such process is without the City of Atlanta, it shall be sold under the same rules and regulations as are now provided by law for sales under fi. fas. from Justices Courts. The names and addresses of every purchaser at any sale conducted by an officer of this court shall be furnished in writing by such officer to the Clerk thereof and kept by him in some proper record accessible to the public. Any sale may be conducted by the Marshal making the levy or by any other Marshal of said court, or Sheriff or Deputy Sheriff of Fulton County; provided, that in all cases where execution or other processes from this court are levied upon real estate, said real estate shall be advertised and sold in the manner and form, and at the time and under the conditions now prescribed by law. Sales of perishable property and sales on the premises may be made under the rules relating to such sales in the Superior Courts of this State. Sales of personal property in DeKalb Section. Sales of property levied on without the City of Atlanta. Sales, how conducted. Sales of real estate. Sales of perishable property. SEC. 54. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all records, papers, books, suits of whatever nature and kind, mesne and final processes of whatever

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nature and all criminal matters that may be pending in the courts abolished by this Act on the first day of January, 1914, at the time this Act goes into effect as aforesaid, be and the same are hereby transferred to the said Municipal Court of Atlanta, and the said Municipal Court of Atlanta shall have jurisdiction of all matters so transferred for trial and disposition under the rules and regulations of said Municipal Court and the provisions of this Act. Transfer of records, etc., from abolished courts. Trial of transferred cases. SEC. 55. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all records, papers, books and suits of whatever nature and kind, mesne and final processes of whatever nature, and all criminal matters that may be pending on the first day of January 1914 in Justice Courts and in Notary Public and Ex-Officio Justice Courts whose districts at said time be partly within and partly without the limits of the City of Atlanta, and now exercise jurisdiction throughout the City of Atlanta, where such courts are not abolished by this Act, but continue as such within their respective districts outside the limits of the City of Atlanta, be retained by such courts and all such matters be tried and disposed of therein as provided by the laws of this State relating to such courts; provided, that said courts shall be without jurisdiction to try any civil or criminal case pending therein on January 1, 1914, against any resident of the City of Atlanta; provided, further, that all cases of every kind and character pending in such courts on January 1, 1914, against residents of the City of Atlanta shall be transferred to and tried in the Municipal Court of Atlanta; provided, further, that it shall be the duty of said justices to transmit forthwith to the Clerk of the Municipal Court of Atlanta, all such suits and actions, and all papers and documents relating thereto. Any justice who shall fail to transmit such papers, suits or documents within three days after written demand for such transfer, has been made by any party at interest, or his agent or attorney, shall be considered in contempt of the Municipal Court of Atlanta, and may be punished therefor as provided in cases of contempt. Pending matters in districts partly within and partly without limits of city.

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SEC. 56. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all fi.fas. in the courts abolished by this Act and all fi. fas. against residents of the City of Atlanta, in courts whose jurisdiction over the City of Atlanta is terminated by this Act, shall be levied or collected only by the Marshal of the Municipal Court of Atlanta, or his deputies. All costs collected on such fi. fas. and belonging to the officials of the courts abolished or losing jurisdiction, shall be refunded to such officials under the rules of said court. Fi. fas. from abolished courts, how collected. Costs, to whom paid. SEC. 57. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the Marshals of said court and their deputies, within their respective sections of said court, shall have the power to serve, levy or otherwise execute attachments, garnishments or other processes within the City of Atlanta, issued by any Justice of the Peace or Notary Public Ex-Officio Justice of the Peace outside of the City of Atlanta in all such cases as the same might have been served by lawful Constables within the City of Atlanta if this Act abolishing justice courts in said city had not been adopted. Power of Marshals and their Deputies. SEC. 58. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That any Constable of any Justice Court of the State of Georgia, exercising or attempting to exercise jurisdiction within the limits of the City of Atlanta, as now or hereafter defined, on or after January 1, 1914, or serving or executing or attempting to serve or execute any suit, paper, process or writ, of any kind or character within said City limits of Atlanta, except as herein provided, shall be considered in contempt of the Municipal Court of Atlanta, and may be punished therefor as provided in cases of contempt; provided, that in any given case the maximum punishment shall be a fine of five hundred dollars, or three months in jail, or both, in the discretion of the court. Constables in contempt, when. Punishment. SEC. 59. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the laws of this State relating to the dignity and lien of judgments from Justices Courts, the issuance and record of executions therefrom, and the staying of executions, as set forth in the Code of Georgia of 1910 and amendments thereto, are expressly made applicable to

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judgments and executions from the Municipal Court of Atlanta. Judgments, executions, etc. SEC. 60. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the manner of collecting costs in all cases tried or disposed of in said court shall be the same as now provided by law in Sections 5992, 5993 and 5994 of the Code of 1910, except that all executions for costs heretofore issued for the use of officers of court shall issue from the Municipal Court of Atlanta, for the use of the County of Fulton. Costs. SEC. 61. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That on or after November 1, 1913, in the discretion of the Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues of Fulton County, the Chief Judge and the Chief Clerk of said court may begin active preparations for the opening of said court, by securing the necessary books, dockets, blanks, forms and equipment, same to be bought upon approval of, and paid for by said Board, and by taking such other steps in the premises as may be necessary to the same end; the salaries of said officers to be paid pro rata for the time they may be so engaged. Preparations for the opening of the Municipal Court. SEC. 62. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That a complete set of the published reports of the Supreme Court and the Court of Appeals of Georgia and the Acts of the General Assembly of Georgia, commencing with the Acts of 1910, and seven copies of the Code of Georgia, shall be furnished by the State Librarian for the use of the Fulton Section of said court. Court reports and acts furnished by State Librarian. SEC. 63. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That wherever in this Act the words Justices Courts are used, they shall be held to include Notary Public and Ex-Officio Justice of the Peace Courts; and wherever the words Justice of the Peace are used, they shall be held to include Notaries Public and Ex-Officio Justices of the Peace. Justices Courts and Justice of the Peace include what. SEC. 64. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all laws or parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved August 20, 1913.

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BRYAN COUNTY, COUNTY COURT OF, ESTABLISHED. No. 100. An Act to establish a County Court in Bryan County; to provide for a Judge and Solicitor of said court; to fix the compensation for each and for other purposes. SEC 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That from and after the passage of this Act, a county court shall be created and established in and for the County of Bryan, with all the jurisdiction and powers as provided by law for county courts and in all other matters pertaining to said Court it shall be governed by the same rules as provided by law with reference to county courts. Bryan County, County Court of, established. Jurisdiction and powers. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That there shall be a Judge of said court whose salary shall be fixed by the Grand Jury of said county for the trial and disposition of criminal cases in said court; that in civil matters in said court the Judge shall receive the same fees as provided by law in like cases in county courts. Judge and his compensation. SEC. 3. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That there shall be a Solicitor of said court, who shall receive the same fees for his services in said court as does the Solicitor General receive for like services in the same class of cases in the Superior Court. Solicitor and his compensation. SEC. 4. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all fines, forfeitures and convict hire arising from cases in said court, shall first be applied to the payment of the Solicitor and Bailiffs costs in the particular case and the Justice and Constable if the case originated in a Justice Court, secondly to the payment of approved insolvent cost bills of the Solicitor, Bailiff and Justices and Constables in said court, third to the County Treasury of said county, there to be used by the county authorities as provided by law. Fines and forfeitures.

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SEC. 5. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That in all cases transferred from the Superior Court of said county to the county court, the Solicitor General, Sheriff and Clerk of the Superior Court, shall be entitled to their costs accruing to the time of the transfer of said case from said Superior Court and if the case originated in a Justice Court the Justice and Constable shall be entitled to their costs, in the particular case, in the event the defendant is convicted. Costs in transferred cases. SEC. 6. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the term of office of the Judge and Solicitor of said county court shall be four years, to begin June 23rd, 1914, and to serve until their successors are appointed and confirmed by the Senate and qualified. That upon the approval of this Act, the Governor shall appoint a Judge and Solicitor of said county court who shall serve until the appointment and qualification of their successors. Judge and Solicitor, terms of office. Appointment. SEC. 7. Be it further enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by the authority aforesaid, That from and after the passage of this Act, that all defendants in the County Court of Bryan County, who are arrested on warrants charging misdemeanor offenses shall not have the right to demand indictment or presentment by the Grand Jury of Bryan County but shall go to trial in the County Court upon a written accusation based upon the warrant against the defendant. Trial of misdemeanors. SEC. 8. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid and it is hereby enacted by the authority aforesaid, That from and after the passage of this Act, the terms of the County Court of Bryan County shall be as follows, towit: The quarterly terms of said court shall convene on the first Monday in January, April, July and October in each year and the monthly terms of said Court, shall be held on the first Monday of February, March, May, June, August, September, November and December of each year. year. Terms of court.

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SEC. 9. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed. Approved August 14, 1913. CAMILLA, CITY COURT OF, ACT CREATING AMENDED. No. 111. An Act to amend an Act entitled an Act to establish the City Court of Camilla, in the City of Camilla, in and for the County of Mitchell; to define its jurisdiction and powers; to provide for the appointment of a Judge and Solicitor and other officers thereof; to define their powers and duties and for other purposes, approved August 17, 1905, and amended by an Act amendatory thereof, approved August 21, 1906, so as to provide for the election of the Judge and Solicitor of said City Court of Camilla, by the people for other purposes, and amended by an Act amendatory, thereof, approved August 22, 1907, also providing for the election of the Judge and solicitor of the City Court of Camilla, by the people; and fixing the salary of the solicitor and for other purposes; so as to change the salary of the Judge of the City Court of Camilla; to change the manner of payment of the Solicitor of the City Court of Camilla; to change the right of demand for an indictment by the Grand Jury; to provide for a change in the time of holding the terms of said court; to allow the Judge to increase the number of Jurors, in his discretion, and for other purposes. SECTION 1. Be it enacted that the Act entitled An Act to establish the City Court of Camilla, in the City of Camilla, in and for the County of Mitchell, to define its jurisdiction and powers; to provide for the appointment of a Judge and Solicitor and other officers thereof; to define their duties and for other purposes, approved August 17,

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1905, as amended by an Act amendatory thereof, approved August 21, 1906, and as amended by an Act amendatory thereof, approved August 22, 1907, be and the same is hereby amended as follows: SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That Section 4 of said Act approved August 17, 1905, be and the same is hereby amended by striking out the words eighty-three and one-third ($83[frac13]) dollars, between the word of at the end of the 17th line of said Section, and the word per in the 18th line of said Section 4, and by inserting in lieu thereof, the following words: One hundred and twenty-five ($125.00) dollars, so that when said section is so amended and as previously amended by an Act amendatory thereof, approved August 22, 1906, and by an Act amendatory thereof approved August 22, 1907, it will read as follows: Section 4. Be it further enacted, That the Judge of the City Court of Camilla, and the Solicitor for the first short term and the first full term, hereinafter mentioned, shall be appointed by the Governor by and with the advice of the Senate. The term of office of said Judge and Solicitor shall be four years; provided, that the first term under this Act shall expire February 1, 1906, on and after which said date the regular term of four years shall begin. The Governor shall immediately upon approval of this Act, appoint a Judge and Solicitor of said City Court for the short term, to-wit: term to expire February 1, 1906. At the regular general election for county officers to be held in Mitchell County on the first Wednesday in October, 1908, and at the corresponding elections quadrennially thereafter, there shall be elected by the voters of Mitchell County, qualified to vote in said election, a Judge of said court and a Solicitor thereof, for a term of four years, beginning at the expiration of the terms of such officers in office at the time of such election, respectively. In case of a vacancy in the office of Judge or Solicitor, the same shall be filled by the qualified voters of the County of Mitchell, at an election to be ordered by the Ordinary of said county, within thirty days from the time such vacancy occurs, to be held in the same manner as elections for the election of members of the General

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Assembly of the State of Georgia are held, who shall hold office for the unexpired term and until his successor is elected and qualified, said judge of the City Court of Camilla shall receive a salary of one hundred and twenty-five ($125.00) dollars per month, and shall be paid monthly out of the treasury of Mitchell County by the Treasurer of said county. Camilla, City Court of. Salary of Solicitor. SEC. 3. Be it further enacted, That Section 6 of an Act approved August 17, 1905, as amended by an Act approved August 22, 1907, be and the same is hereby amended by striking out the following words in lines 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14 and 15: Provided that said Solicitor after the expiration of the term of the Solicitor now in office, shall be paid the salary of one thousand ($1,000.00) dollars per annum, which shall be paid out of the Treasury of Mitchell County, by the treasurer of said county. Said salary shall be in full compensation for all services of whatever kind or nature rendered by said solicitor in said City Court of Camilla, and the City Court of Pelham, and in lieu of such fees as are allowed him by law, and by striking from said Section 6, after the word service in the 23rd line thereof, the following words: Said sum as the judge may fix, not to exceed, however, $15.00 in each case represented by him, said amount where the solicitor is disqualified, to be paid in the same manner as the solicitor's salary is paid, and by inserting in lieu thereof the following words: The same compensation as is allowed to the Solicitor of said court, so that said section when amended shall read as follows: Section 6. Be it further enacted, That the Solicitor of the City Court of Camilla shall receive the same fees as are now allowed by law to the Solicitor-General of this State, for similar services in the Superior Courts of this State; provided, said solicitor shall have the same fee for drawing the accusation hereinafter provided for, as are now allowed by law to Solicitors-General in the Superior Court for drawing bills or indictments; provided, however, that for representing the State in each case carried to the Court of Appeals of Georgia from the City Court of Camilla, or from the City Court of Pelham, said Solicitor shall receive a fee

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of $15.00, to be paid out of the treasury of the State in the same manner as the Solicitors-General fees for like services are paid. In the absence, inability or disqualification of said solicitor, to act or perform the duties of said office, the Judge of said courts shall have authority to appoint a Solicitor pro tem., who shall receive for his services the same compensation as is allowed to the Solicitor of said Court. Fees of Solicitors. SEC. 4. Be it further enacted, That Section 27 of an Act approved August 17, 1905, as amended by an Act amendatory thereof approved August 21, 1906, and as amended by an Act amendatory thereof approved August 22, 1907, be and the same is hereby amended by striking out the words found in lines 16, 17, 18, 19 and 20 of said section, to-wit: The defendant shall in all cases be allowed to demand indictment by the Grand Jury as a condition precedent to trial, and it shall be the duty of the judge of said court to commit the defendant for his appearance before the Grand Jury and transmit all papers in the case to the Grand Jury for action thereon, and by inserting in lieu thereof the following words: The defendant shall not be allowed to demand indictment by the Grand Jury as a condition precedent to trial, except that in the discretion of the presiding Judge, such demand may be allowed, and such Judge may, upon his own motion, commit the defendant for his appearance before the grand jury, and transmit all papers in the case to the grand jury for action thereof, as in the case of a demand for indictment in the county courts of this State, so that said section when so amended shall read as follows: Section 27. Be it further enacted, That defendants in criminal cases in said court shall be tried on written accusation setting forth plainly the offense charged and founded on affidavit made by the prosecutor, and said accusation being drawn and signed by the prosecuting officers of said court. Upon such accusation being filed in the Clerk's office of said court the defendant shall be asked by the judge whether he waives trial by jury. If he answers yes, the Judge shall proceed to try the case. If the defendant shall announce no, or stand mute, he shall then

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be put upon trial before the Jury of said court, if such Jury be present, and if not, the Judge shall commit him for trial at the earliest time when such Jury may be in attendance on said court, in all cases allowing bail to the defendant to be fixed by the Judge, and allowing such postponement and continuances as the rules of the Superior Court require. The defendant shall not be allowed to demand indictment by the Grand Jury as a condition precedent to trial, except that, in the discretion of the presiding Judge such demand may be allowed, and such Judge may upon his own motion, commit the defendant for his appearance before the Grand Jury and transfer all papers in the case to the Grand Jury for action thereon, as in case of a demand for indictment in the county court of this State. In all cases transferred to the Superior Court of Mitchell County from said City Court upon demand for indictment in which demands are found by the Grand Jury, it shall be the duty of the Judge of said Superior Court to immediately transfer all such cases back to the City Court of Camilla, to be there disposed of. Indictment, when. SEC. 5. Be it further enacted, That Section 24 of an Act approved August 17, 1905, establishing the City Court of Camilla (Acts 1905 page 189) be and the same is hereby amended by adding at the end of said Section 24 the following words: If from any cause said panel shall be reduced below 18, the Judge of said court shall have the power to fill it by causing talesmen to be summoned instanta. The Judge of the court may at any time in his discretion increase the panel of 18 Jurors to 30, either summoning said additional Jurors as talesmen, or drawing them out of the Jury box, so that when said Section is so amended it shall read as follows: Sec. 24. Be it further enacted that the clerk of said court shall prepare and file in his office a complete list of those persons liable to service as traverse Jurors in the Superior Court of Mitchell County, as provided from time to time for such Superior Court. From said list so made, traverse jurors for said City Court shall be drawn in the following manner: The Clerk of said City Court shall write upon separate tickets the name of each traverse Juror and place the same in a box for that purpose, and the

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Judge of said City Court, together with the Clerk and Sheriff, at the close of each term or at any time thereafter, shall draw 18 jurors from said box, who shall serve as traverse jurors in said City Court at its next regular term; that from said panel of 18 jurors so drawn and summoned a jury of 12 shall be selected as follows: In all civil cases the plaintiff and defendant shall be entitled to three peremptory challenges each, and in all criminal cases the State and the defendant shall be entitled to three peremptory challenges each. If from any cause said panel should be reduced below 18, the Judge of said court shall have the power to fill it by causing talesmen to be summoned instanta. The Judge of the court may at any time, in his discretion, increase the panel of 18 Jurors to 30, either summoning said additional jurors as talesmen, or drawing them out of the jury box. Jury Panel, how filled. SEC. 6. Be it further enacted, That Section 11 of the Acts of 1905, establishing the City Court of Camilla, approved August 17, 1905, (Acts 1905, page 186) be and the same is hereby amended by adding at the end of said Section 11, the following words: Provided, that the Judge of said court may change the time for holding said terms of said Court, as in his judgment may seem best for the disposition of the business of said Court, notice of which said change of the time for holding said terms of said court shall be given 30 days before any change of said terms by advertisement one time in the newspaper where the Sheriff's sales for the County of Mitchell are published, so that when said section is so amended, it shall read as follows: Section 11. Be it further enacted, That the terms of the City Court of Camilla shall be held quarterly, beginning the first Monday in August 1905 and quarterly thereafter on the first Mondays in November, February, May and August. The Judge of said City Court shall have the power to hold said court in session from day to day for a period not longer than one week from the beginning of each term, and he may adjourn the same to any day designated by him. Said Judge shall also have power to call special terms of said court at any time for the disposal of criminal business, by

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an order for that purpose, entered upon the minutes of said court and said judge is hereby empowered to draw a special jury to serve at special term; provided, said court shall be open at any time for criminal business when the jury is waived; provided, that the judge of said court may change the time for holding said terms of said court as in his judgment may seem best, notice of which said change of the time for holding said terms of said court shall be given 30 days before any change of said terms by advertisement one time in the newspaper where Sheriff's sales for the County of Mitchell are published. Change of time of holding terms of court. SEC. 7. Be it further enacted, That all the foregoing amendments are to take effect on and after February 1, 1914. Effective, when. SEC. 8. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict herewith be and the same are hereby repealed. Approved August 16, 1913. DUBLIN, CITY COURT OF, COSTS IN. No. 227. An Act to prescribe the amount of costs in cases involving $100.00 or less in the City Court of Dublin, and for other purposes. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That in suits filed in the City Court of Dublin on and after the passage of this Act, when the principal sum in controversy does not exceed one hundred ($100.00) dollars, the amount of costs to be allowed, taxed or charged in favor of any officer of court for any service therein rendered shall be the same amount as would be allowed, taxed or charged for similar services if the case were brought in a Justice's Court; but this shall not apply to cases the

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subject matter of which would not be within the jurisdiction of a Justice's Court. Dublin, City Court of, costs in. SEC. 2. All laws and parts of laws in conflict herewith are repealed so far as they conflict herewith. Approved August 18, 1913. DUBLIN, CITY COURT OF, ACT CREATING AMENDED. No. 183. An Act to amend an Act entitled An Act to establish the City Court of Dublin, in and for the County of Laurens, to define its jurisdiction and powers; to provide for the appointment of a Judge and other officers thereof; to define their powers and duties and to abolish the City Court of Laurens County, and for other purposes, approved December 6, 1900, and all Acts amendatory thereof, so as to provide that all money or moneys, collected from fines, forfeitures and costs in said City Court of Dublin, in both civil and criminal cases, shall be paid into the Treasury of Laurens County, Georgia, and shall not be applied on back insolvent costs of the present or any other ex-officers of said court, except that the Sheriff of the City Court of Dublin is permitted to retain out of the fines and forfeitures collected, a sufficient amount to pay him for his costs arising in criminal cases since January 1, 1913; and neither the Sheriff nor any other officer shall be permitted to appropriate to his use any part of the fines, forfeitures and costs, collected since January 1, 1913, except as provided for the Sheriff collecting for his costs accruing from the first day of January, 1913; this Act shall not prevent the Sheriff from collecting his costs in any civil case, and for other purposes. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same, That from and after the passage of this Act, all money

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or moneys collected from fines, forfeitures and costs in said City Court of Dublin, in both civil and criminal cases, shall be paid into the Treasury of Laurens County, Georgia, and shall not be applied on back insolvent costs of the present or any other ex-officials of said court, except that the Sheriff of the City Court of Dublin is permitted to retain out of the fines and forfeitures collected, a sufficient amount to pay him for his costs arising in criminal cases since January 1, 1913, only. And neither the Sheriff nor any other officer of said City Court of Dublin shall be permitted to appropriate to his use any part of the fines, forfeitures and costs collected since January 1, 1913, except as above provided for the Sheriff collecting for his costs accruing from the first day of January, 1913. Nothing in this Act shall be construed to prevent the Sheriff of said City Court of Dublin from collecting his costs in any civil case. Dublin, City Court of, Fines, forfeitures and costs. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are hereby, repealed. Approved August 18, 1913. FITZGERALD, CITY COURT OF, ACT CREATING AMENDED. No. 51. An Act to amend an Act entitled An Act to establish the City Court of Fitzgerald, in the City of Fitzgerald, in and for the County of Ben Hill; to define its jurisdiction and powers; to provide for the appointment of a Judge and other officers thereof; to define the powers and duties of the Judge and other officers thereof; and for other purposes so as to provide for the compensation of Court Stenographer in criminal cases, and for other purposes. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same, That the Act creating the City Court of Fitzgerald,

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approved August 22, 1907, and published in the Georgia Laws for 1907, Pages 157 to 171, inclusive, be and the same is hereby amended by striking therefrom the last sentence of Section 48 of said Act, which sentence is in tho following words: And in all criminal cases tried in said City Court the defendant shall, upon request, have the right to enforce the collection of said fees as do the Stenographers in the Superior Courts of said State, and by inserting in lieu of said stricken portion the following: It shall be the duty of the said Stenographer to report all criminal cases tried in said court before a jury, and his compensation for taking down testimony in the trial of such cases shall be the sum of five ($5.00) dollars per day, which sum shall be paid to the Stenographer by the same officers of Ben Hill County whose duty it is to pay the per diem of the other court officers, which payment shall be made out of the same funds and in like manner as the per diem of other officers in said court is paid. For transcribing the evidence in such cases the said Stenographer shall be paid by the party ordering the record at the same rate as the Stenographers of the Superior Courts are now paid. In cases of conviction the cost of reporting the case shall be entered up against the defendant and collected out of him by judgment, and when collected disposed of in the same manner as such costs are entered up and judgment rendered and moneys disposed of in case of conviction in the Superior Court. Fitzgerald, City Court of, duty of Stenographer to report criminal cases and his compensation. Cost in case of conviction. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved August 7, 1913. FLOVILLA, CITY COURT OF, ABOLISHED. No. 99. An Act to repeal an Act entitled An Act to establish the City Court of Flovilla, in the City of Flovilla, in the

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County of Butts; to define its jurisdiction and powers; to regulate proceedings therein; to provided for the election and qualification of its officers, and for other purposes, approved August 22, 1907; to provide for the disposition of all business pending therein, the transfer of all cases pending to the Superior Court of Butts County, the disposition of all papers, records, fl. fas., motions, judgments and decrees, and for other purposes. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same, That an Act entitled An Act to establish the City Court of Flovilla, in the City of Flovilla, in the County of Butts; to define its jurisdiction and powers; to regulate proceedings therein; to provide for the election and qualification of its officers, and for other purposes, approved August 22, 1907, be and the same is hereby repealed and said City Court is hereby abolished. Flovilla, City Court of, abolished. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That all cases pending in said City Court at the time this Act shall go into effect, whether civil or criminal, shall be transferred to the Superior Court of Butts County, and said cases shall be tried by the Superior Court of said county, and all illegalities, claims, answers, and all proceedings or defenses of every nature shall be tried out in the Superior Court as if the same was originally brought in the Superior Court of Butts County, and all witnesses subpoenaed to said City Court shall answer to same in the Superior Court of Butts County as if they were originally served in said Superior Court, and the costs in said transferred cases shall be the same as is provided in the Act creating the City Court of Flovilla. Cases transferred to and tried by Superior Court. SEC. 3. Be it further enacted, That all cases transferred to the Superior Court from said City Court, shall stand for trial at the next regular term of Butts Superior Court, unless continued by the Judge of the said Superior Court, as in other cases. Cases transferred stand for trial at next term. SEC. 4. Be it further enacted, That on the trial of any of such transferred cases the dockets, minutes and other

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records of the City Court of Flovilla shall be used as original records in any of said cases, and shall be admissible as original evidence, and should said records be required in other counties or jurisdiction the Clerk of the Superior Court of Butts County shall be authorized and required to certify the same. Dockets, etc., of City Court used as original records. SEC. 5. Be it further enacted, That the provisions of this Act shall go into force and effect upon the passage and approval hereof. Effective upon approval. SEC. 6. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved August 14, 1913. GRAY, CITY COURT OF, ESTABLISHED. No. 140. An Act to create the City Court of Gray, for the County of Jones, to prescribe its jurisdiction and the powers and duties thereof; to provide for the qualifications for the offices thereof; the manner of their selection and terms of office; to provide for pleading and practice, and new trials and writs of error therefrom, and for other purposes. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That the City Court of Gray, to be located at Gray, Ga., in the County of Jones, is hereby established and created with civil and criminal jurisdiction over the whole County of Jones, concurrent with the Superior Court to try and dispose of all civil cases of whatever nature, except those of which the Constitution of this State has given the Superior Court exclusive jurisdiction, and with criminal jurisdiction to try and dispose of all offenses below the grade of felony committed in the County of Jones. That the jurisdiction herein conferred shall include not only the

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ordinary suits by petition and process, but also the other kind of suits and proceedings which now or may hereafter be in use in the Superior Court, either under the common law or statutes, including among others, attachment and garnishment proceedings, claims to personalty, illegalities, counter affidavits, to any proceedings from said Court, statutory awards, proceedings against intruders, and tenants holding over, partitions of personalty, issues upon distress warrants, foreclosure of all liens and mortgages on personalty, and habeas corpus proceedings. The Judges of said City Court shall have power to issue writs of habeas corpus, and to hear and dispose of the same in the same way and with the same power as the Judge of the Superior Court. Gray, City Court of, established. Jurisdiction. SEC. 2. The Judge of the present County Court of Jones County shall be the Judge of said City Court of Gray until his term of office as said County Judge would have expired had not said County Court been abolished. The Judge of said City Court may practice law in any other court except his own. No one shall be eligible to the office of said Judgeship unless he shall be at the time of his qualification at least 28 years of age, a resident of Jones County for four years immediately preceding his appointment or election, and must have been a practicing attorney at law for four years before said appointment or election; he shall, before entering upon the duties of his office, take and subscribe the following oath: I do solemnly swear that I will administer justice without respect to person, and do equal rights to the poor and rich, and that I will faithfully and impartially perform and discharge all duties which may be required of me as Judge of the City Court of Gray, and of said State, according to the best of my ability and understanding, agreeable to the laws and Constitution of the State and Constitution of the United States, so help me God, which oath shall be filed in the Executive Department. Judge. Eligibility of Judge. Oath. SEC. 3. An election shall be held at the time other county officers are elected in the year 1916 for the term of

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Judge of the City Court of Gray, commencing January 1st, 1917, and said term shall be four years. In case of a vacancy in the office of Judge, the Governor of the State shall, by appointment, fill said vacancy till the next regular election thereafter and the appointee shall hold for the unexpired term of his predecessor. The Judge of said City Court shall receive a salary of twelve hundred dollars ($1,200.00) per annum which shall be paid monthly by the Treasurer of the County of Jones, and it shall be the duty of the Commissioner or Commissioners of Roads and Revenues of said county or other proper officer to make provision annually in levying taxes for this purpose. Election of Judge. Vacancy, how filled. Salary of Judge. SEC. 4. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That there shall be a solicitor of said City Court who shall be selected in the same manner as the Judge of said City Court whose term of office shall be four years, and whose duty shall be to prosecute all offenses cognizable before said City Court, in both said City Court and in the Court of Appeals, on writ of error from said City Court. Said Solicitor must be at least twenty-six years of age and a resident of Jones County for three years next after assuming the office of Solicitor and a practicing attorney and before entering upon the duties of the office shall take and prescribe the same oath required of Solicitors-General of the State and give bond with security in the sum of two thousand dollars. All vacancies in said office shall be filled in the same manner as prescribed in this Act for filling vacancies in the office of Judge of said Court. He shall receive the same fees as are now allowed Solicitors-General of this State for similar services. It shall be the duty of proper authority to pay to said solicitor as well as the Sheriff and Clerk of said court, in case defendant is sentenced and confined and worked on the chaingang, the actual cost of said case. In the absence or disqualification of the Solicitor of said court, the City Court Judge shall appoint a Solicitor pro tem., whose compensation shall be the same as the Solicitor of said court. The Solicitor of the County Court of Jones County shall be the Solicitor of said City Court of Gray until his term of office as said County

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Solicitor would have expired had not said County Court been abolished. Solicitor, his selection and duties. Qualifications of Solicitor. Oath and bond. Vacancies, how filled. Compensation. Solicitor pro tem. SEC. 5. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the Clerk and his deputies of the Superior Court of Jones County shall be ex-officio Clerk and Deputies of said City Court. Said Clerk shall before entering upon the duties in his office take and subscribe an oath to faithfully and impartially discharge the duties thereof, which oath shall be entered upon the minutes of said City Court and in addition shall give a bond in the sum of $1,000 for the faithful discharge of the duties of said office. Clerk and Deputies of Superior Court of Jones County, ex-officio Clerk. SEC. 6. Be it further enacted, That the Judges of said City Court shall have the right to appoint a Sheriff of said court who shall take and subscribe an oath to faithfully and impartially discharge the duties thereof which oath shall be entered upon the minutes of said court by the Clerk. He shall also give a bond in the sum of one thousand dollars for the faithful discharge of the duties of said office. Said Sheriff may appoint a Deputy Sheriff as provided in the Code for the appointment of Deputy Sheriffs. Sheriff. Oath. Bond. Deputy Sheriff. SEC. 7. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the Clerk and Sheriff of said City Court and their deputies shall unless otherwise specified in this Act receive for all services the same fees as are allowed by law for like services in the Superior Court, except in civil actions where the principal sum involved does not exceed $100, in which case the costs shall be the same as now allowed the Sheriff of the County Court, and in criminal cases transferred from the Superior Court to said City Court. The Clerk's costs shall be one-half of that allowed him for like service in the Superior Court; said Clerk and Sheriff shall be amenable in said court to the same processes and penalties as they are now amenable to as officers in the Superior Court and they shall be entitled to the same remedies to enforce the collection of their fees and costs in said City Court as they are now entitled to in said Superior Court. Fees of Clerk and Sheriff.

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SEC. 8. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That suits in said City Court shall in all respects be conformable to the mode of proceeding in the Superior Court except as hereinafter provided; the process to writs shall be annexed by the Clerk of said City Court, be tested in the name of the Judge thereof and be directed to and served as provided for processes for the Superior Court. Procedure. SEC. 9. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That in all matters pertaining to service, pleading and practice the law governing the Superior Court, where not inconsistent with this Act and unless otherwise specially provided, by this Act, shall be applicable to said City Court. Service, pleading and practice. SEC. 10. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the Judge of said City Court shall have the power and authority to hear and determine without a jury all civil cases of which said court has jurisdiction and to give judgment therein; provided, a jury may be demanded in writing by either party at or before the call of the case for trial in all cases where a party is entitled to a trial by jury under the Constitution and laws of this State. Trial by Judge. Trial by jury. SEC. 11. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all judgments obtained in said court shall be a lien on the property of defendant or defendants throughout the State in the same manner as judgments of the Superior Court are, but property exempt from levy and sale under the laws of this State shall be exempt from levy and sale under process from said court. Lien of judgments. SEC. 12. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, that claims to real estate levied on under execution or other process from said City Court shall be returnable to the Superior Court of the County where such real property is situated, and shall then proceed as other claims in the Superior Court. Claims to realty. SEC. 13. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all laws upon the subject of attachments and garnishments as to any manner whatever in the Superior Courts of this State shall apply to said City Court as if

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named with the Superior Court so far as the nature of said City Court will admit. The Judge of said City Court may or any Justice of the Peace or Notary Public and ex-officio Justice of the Peace may issue attachments returnable to said City Court under the same laws governing the issuing of attachments returnable to the Superior Court. Attachments and garnish. ments. SEC. 14. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the Judge of said City Court may at the appearance term enter judgment against any defendant in any case in default in like manner as he could at the trial term, except as hereafter set out and any case in which any answer or defense has been filed may be tried at the appearance term if all parties announce ready, but no party shall be forced to trial at the appearance term without his consent except that there shall be no appearance term where the amount involved does not exceed two hundred dollars, subject to the provisions of Section 35 hereafter shown. Default judgments. SEC. 15. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the Judge of said City Court shall have power to cause testimony to be taken and used de bene esse and for the purpose of perpetuating testimony within his jurisdiction in all cases according to the general law of the State; and the Judge and all other officers of said City Court shall have power respectively to administer all oaths pertaining to their office as the Judge and other officers of the Superior Court may in like cases do; and said Judge shall have power to attest deeds and other papers and administer affidavits in all cases anywhere in this State in which by existing laws deeds and papers may be attested and affidavits administered by Justices of the Peace of this State, and the Judge of said City Court shall have all the powers and authority throughout his jurisdiction as Judges of the Superior Court, and all laws relating to and governing Judges of the Superior Court shall apply to the Judge of said City Court so far as the same may be applicable, except as herein provided. Powers of Judge and other officers of court.

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SEC. 16. Be it further enacted by authority aforesaid, That it shall be the duty of the Clerk of said City Court to prepare and file in his office a complete copy of jury lists of the Superior Court of Jones County as provided from time to time from said Superior Court. From said copy so made, jurors in said City Court shall be drawn in the following manner; the Clerk of said City Court shall write upon separate tickets the name of each juror and shall number the same and place the same in a box to be prepared for the purpose from which shall be drawn eighteen jurors, in the manner now required by law in the Superior Courts; provided, however, that the defendant in any criminal case and either party in any civil case may waive demand for a full panel and demand a panel of twelve from which shall be selected a jury of six as hereinafter provided. All laws with reference to the drawing and summoning traverse and tales jurors in the Superior Court shall apply to the City Court except that the Sheriff shall be paid two dollars for summoning said jurors. Jurors, how listed and drawn. SEC. 17. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all laws in reference to qualifications, relations, impanelling, fining and challenging jurors now in force in this State or hereafter enacted by the General Assembly regulating the same in the Superior Court shall apply to and be observed in said City Court, except when inconsistent with provisions of this Act. Juries, how empanelled. SEC. 18. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the eighteen jurors drawn and summoned as above provided shall constitute three panels, from two of which panels six jurors are to be selected to try all cases where jury trial has been demanded, selection to be made as follows: In civil cases the plaintiff and defendant are to have three strikes each, in criminal cases the defendant is to have four strikes and the State to have two strikes; provided, however, that where a full panel has been waived as provided in Section 16, and a panel of twelve has been summoned the strikes shall be proportionately the same as when eighteen jurors are summoned and the jury in either civil or criminal cases shall consist of six jurors. Panels and strikes.

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SEC. 19. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, that the Sheriff of said court by and with the approval of the Judge is authorized to appoint at each term of said court, a bailiff as officer of said court, who shall receive for his services two dollars per day. Bailiff. SEC. 20. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all criminal cases in said City Court may be tried by the Judge thereof without a jury when the accused in writing shall waive a demand for jury trial. All criminal cases in said City Court may be tried upon an accusation drawn by the Solicitor of said court, or the Solicitor pro tem., when the Solicitor is absent. If the accusation is quashed for insufficiency it shall be in the discretion of the court to proceed at once on a new accusation or to postpone the case. Criminal cases, how tried. SEC. 21. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all accusations in criminal cases shall be founded upon the affidavit of the prosecutor and signed by the Solicitor or Solicitor pro tem., of said City Court. All proceedings after accusation or indictment shall conform to the rules governing like cases in the Superior Court except that the defendant may waive trial by jury as hereinbefore provided. The accusation or indictment shall describe the offense charged with the same particularity both as to matter of form and substance as is required by the laws and rules of criminal pleadings to be observed in bills of indictment in the Superior Court. The right to demand an indictment shall not be allowed in said court. Accusations. Proceedings after accusation or indictment. SEC. 22. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the Judge of the Superior Court shall send down from the Superior Court of Jones County to said City Court for trial and final disposition all presentments and indictments for misdemeanors which may be undisposed of at the close of each term of the Superior Court and the order transmitting such cases shall be entered on the minutes of both said courts, which order may be passed in term time or vacation; provided, that in all transferred cases the Solicitor General of the Ocmulgee Circuit shall

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be entitled to his accrued costs to be collected as provided by law. Transfer of misdemeanor cases from Superior Court. SEC. 23. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That it shall be the duty of all Justices of the Peace of Jones County, Mayors of incorporated cities in Jones County, Notaries Public and ex-officio Justices of the Peace of Jones County, to bind over to said City Court all persons charged with offenses committed within the limit of Jones County, over which said City Court has jurisdiction, there to answer said offenses. Commitments. SEC. 24. Be it further enacted by the authority, aforesaid, That a writ of error shall lie from said City Court to the Court of Appeals or to the Supreme Court of this State upon a bill of exceptions filed under the same rules and regulations as govern and control the issue of writs of error and filing of bills of exceptions in the Supreme Courts of this State. Writs of error. SEC. 25. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That in all cases in said City Court the same power and right of party as to waivers, pleadings or procedure or other matters pertaining to the same shall be allowed and upheld as by the law and rules to parties in Superior Court. Practice. SEC. 26. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the Judge of said City Court shall have power to grant a new trial in any case, civil or criminal, in his court, under the same terms and conditions and under the same laws and regulations in every respect governing the granting of new trials in the Superior Court. All rules of pleading, practice, and procedure governing motions, rules nisi, and other proceedings in new trials in the Superior Courts shall apply to and govern same in said City Court. New trials. When a criminal case is heard at a special session of said City Court and the defendant desires to move for a new trial, such motion must be made and passed upon by the Judge of said City Court within twenty days of the rendition of the judgment complained of, and not after wards, unless for good causes; further time may, by order,

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be granted in the discretion of the Judge of said Court; in other respects such motions shall be governed by the ordinary rules aforesaid. New trials in criminal cases heard at special sessions. SEC. 27. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all suits against joint obligors, joint promissors, co-partners or joint trespassers in which any one or more reside in the County of Jones may be brought in said court within its jurisdiction as already stated under the same rules and regulations governing such cases in the Superior Courts as to copies, second original, returns and other matters connected with said suits. Suits against joint obligors, etc. SEC. 28. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all civil cases in which the principal sum does not exceed five hundred dollars shall be tried at the term to which the same are returned and there shall be no appearance term in said court in such cases except as hereinafter set forth. All civil cases involving more than five hundred dollars principal sum, shall be in every respect as to filings, return, pleas, answer, demurrer, continuance, trial and execution conformable to the law now or hereafter to be applicable to suits in the Superior Courts of this State; the term to which said suits shall be returned shall be the appearance term and the second term the trial term, subject to the foregoing provisions except as hereinafter set forth in Section 35. Appearance and trial terms. SEC. 29. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, that whenever the Judge of said City Court is from any cause disqualified from presiding and has failed to get another City Court or Superior Court Judge to preside in his place, then upon the consent of the parties or upon their refusal or failure to agree, said cause shall be tried by a Judge pro hac vice selected in the same manner as now provided for in the Superior Courts. Judge pro hac vice. SEC. 30. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That in the case of the absence of the Judge of said City Court at any term thereof, the Sheriff or Clerk of said Court may adjourn it to such time as the Judge may in

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writing direct, or if no direction be given the court shall be adjourned to the next regular term. Adjournment of court in absence of Judge. SEC. 31. Be it further enacted, That all fines and forfeitures arising from cases in said City Court except as hereinafter provided, shall be applied to the payment of the fees and costs of the Solicitor and Clerk and Sheriff of said City Court accruing in said court excepting in civil cases, and including their insolvent cost therein, the same to be distributed pro rata thereon under the same rules and regulations governing the distribution of fines and forfeitures to officers in the Superior Court, provided, however, that in cases transferred from the Superior Court of Jones County to said City Court, the Solicitor-General, Clerk and Sheriff of the Superior Court shall be entitled to their costs which shall have accrued to the date of transfer on the bill of indictment or special presentment bringing the money into Court; that in cases originating in Justices Court and sent up to said City Court the Justice and constable shall be entitled to their costs in the particular case in the event the defendant therein is convicted and pays the fine and costs in the case. In each criminal case settled, three dollars shall be collected and paid into the county treasury and where fine is imposed and collected or collection on forfeited recognizance is made, twenty per cent. of same shall be paid into county treasury for county purposes. Fines and forfeitures. SEC. 32. Be it further enacted, That in each case in said City Court in which the defendant is sentenced by the Judge of said City Court to the county chaingang, the county commissioners of Jones County shall pay to the officers of said City Court and the Justice Court, if any, their costs in the particular case; said costs to be due and payable upon the receipt of said convict by said authority of said county. Costs in criminal cases. SEC. 33. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid that said City Court shall be held at the court house of Jones County, and the Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues of Jones shall provide the Judge and Solicitor of said court with an office in said court house, and necessary

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supplies and books for keeping the docket, minutes and records of said City Court. Court room and records. SEC. 34. Be it further enacted, That when this Act takes effect all cases, civil and criminal, pending and undisposed of in the County Court of Jones County shall be and are, hereby transferred to the City Court of Gray and the same shall be placed upon the proper dockets of said City Court. All final and other processes now in the hands of the Sheriff, Bailiffs or other officers which are made returnable to the County Court shall be by them returned to said City Court instead of said County Court. The Judge and other officers of said City Court shall have powers and authority to enforce in the name of said court any and all processes in any case from the County Court necessary to the final disposition of same, which from any cause, have not been issued and enforced by the officers of the County Court; all records, books and papers disposed of and of file in said court shall be filed and deposited with the Clerk of the City Court; and all final and other processes not satisfied in the hands of the Sheriff of said county shall be levied and enforced by the Sheriff of said City Court and returns therefor made in said City Court; and said Clerk of said City Court as the custodian and keeper of such books and records, shall, whenever he may be requested so to do, and upon payment to him of the fees prescribed by law, make and certify copy of anything appearing on such county books or records and such certified copy shall stand upon the same basis as evidence, shall be given the same faith and credit now given similar acts of the Clerks of said county court. Pending cases and unfinished business in the County Court of Jones County, disposition of. SEC. 35. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That there shall be monthly terms of said City Court for disposal of both civil and criminal cases, and special terms at any time for the trial and disposal of criminal cases in said court, except that jurors in said court may be summoned at any monthly terms as set out hereinafter. The monthly terms of said City Court shall be on the second Monday in each month and the jurisdiction of said

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court at such monthly terms shall be not exceeding two hundred dollars, principal sum, and suits to the monthly term shall be by the Clerk filed fifteen days before the said term, and the sheriff or other officer of said court shall serve the defendant or defendants not less than ten days prior to the term to which said suit is filed; there shall be no appearance term, except as hereinafter set forth in Section 14 thereof and judgment shall be entered up as now allowed in the County Court for monthly term suits; should the plaintiff or defendant, on or before the call of said case demand a trial by jury, then said cause shall be tried by a jury at the said first term of said City Court wherein a jury has been summoned and empanelled; the Sheriff and Clerk of said City Court shall, in civil cases, be paid the following costs: In suits involving not exceeding $100 the Clerk shall be paid for his services the sum of two dollars and the Sheriff one dollar; for suits involving not exceeding $200 the Clerk shall be paid for his services the sum of $3 and the Sheriff $1.50; suits involving an amount of principal exceeding $200 and not exceeding $400, the Clerk shall receive as cost the sum of $4.00 and the Sheriff $2.00; in suits involving more than $400 and not exceeding $500 in amount (principal sum) the Clerk shall receive as costs the sum of $5.00 and the Sheriff $2.00; if the amount involved exceeds $500 in principal sum involved, then the costs of the Clerk and Sheriff shall be the same as now allowed for similar services in the Superior Court. Monthly term for disposal of certain business. Jurisdiction at monthly terms. Jury trials, when. Costs of officers of court. This fee bill shall apply not only to ordinary suits commencing by petition but to distress warrants, foreclosures of mortgages, other lien forclosure and similar matters wherein the County Court Judge has been allowed to charge as costs the sum of $3.00. The other terms of said City Court shall be quarterly for the trial and disposition of civil and criminal business and shall be held on the second Mondays in February, May, August and November of each year; provided, that the Judge of said court, may in his sound legal discretion, call special terms of said court under the same rules and provisions as now or may hereafter exist for calling extra sessions of the Superior Court of this State

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by the Judges thereof; the jurisdiction at such quarterly term shall be in an amount of principal excluding interest and attorneys fees exceeding $200; and at such quarterly term to which said suit is filed, provided the amount does not exceed the sum of one thousand dollars, the plaintiff may be permitted to enter up a verdict or judgment where no defense is filed to said suit, or said case may be tried, if answer filed at said term, if both parties are ready, and there shall be no appearance term in said court in such cases unless a jury is demanded, except as hereinbefore set forth, and if for any reason a jury is not summoned and empanelled at such term, in suits involving an amount of principal exceeding one thousand dollars then the first term shall be the appearance term, and the next quarterly term after shall be the trial term, as now regulated by practice in the Superior Court. Suits filed to the quarterly term shall be by the Clerk filed twenty days before the sitting of said quarterly session and service perfected upon the defendant or defendants fifteen days prior thereto in like manner as suits are filed and service perfected in the Superior Court. Quarterly terms. Special terms. Jurisdiction at quarterly terms. Trials. Filing and service of suits to quarterly term. SEC. 36. Be it further enacted that the terms of said court shall be held at the court house at Gray, Georgia, in the County of Jones, for which when necessary juries shall be drawn as herein before directed and shall last until the business is disposed of, unless sooner adjourned for good cause. The Judge of said court shall in his discretion hold his court at the same place at any other time that the regular term for the transaction of criminal business which does not require a jury as speedily possible, consistent with the interest of the State and the accused, and may also hold adjourned terms of the regular terms of said City Court for which he may draw juries, or may require the attendance of the same jury as in his sound legal discretion may seem best; said City Court Judge may also in his discretion set cases for trial at convenient times and the same may then be tried as if the term whether court has been held from day to day until said time or not. It shall be the duty of the judge to keep the jail as clear of misdemeanors as possible and try said defendants in jail, especially, as

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speedy as consistent with justice and the interests of the State and the accused. The Sheriff shall report to the Judge immediately any defendant placed in jail and after two days notice, if said case can be tried, a hearing of said case may be had. Court house, terms of court and trial of cases. Section 37. Be it further enacted that all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be and the same are hereby repealed. Approved August 16, 1913. HAZLEHURST, CITY COURT OF, ESTABLISHED. No. 275. An Act to establish the City Court of Hazlehurst, in and for the County of Jeff Davis, in the State of Georgia; to define its jurisdiction and powers; to provide for the appointment and election of a Judge, Solicitor, and other officers thereof; the appointment of a stenographer therefor; and to define their powers and duties; to provide for pleading and practice therein, and for other purposes. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same, That the City Court of Hazlehurst is hereby established in the City of Hazlehurst, Jeff Davis County, Georgia, and created with civil and criminal jurisdiction over the entire county of Jeff Davis. Hazlehurst, City Court of, established. Territorial jurisdiction. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted that said City Court of Hazlehurst shall have jurisdiction to try and dispose of all civil cases of whatever nature wherein the amount claimed, exclusive of interest, or the value of the property sued for is as much as one hundred ($100) dollars except those of which the Constitution of the State has given to the Superior Court exclusive jurisdiction, and shall also have jurisdiction over cases when the amount involved, or the value of the property claimed, is less than one hundred

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($100), dollars when the subject matter of the suit is not within the jurisdiction of the Justice Court, and with criminal jurisdiction to try and dispose of all offenses against the penal laws of this State below the grade of felony committed within the County of Jeff Davis, or on the county lines thereof. That the jurisdiction herein conferred shall include not only the ordinary suits by petition and process, but also all other kinds of suits, actions, or proceedings, which are now or hereafter may be in use in the Superior Courts of this State, either under the common law or statute, except in those cases over which exclusive jurisdiction is vested in the Superior Courts by the Constitution of the State of Georgia; that said City Court shall have jurisdiction of all claim cases where personal property is levied on under execution, or other processes issued from said court, and such claim cases shall be tried in the same manner as claims in the Superior Courts except that the execution, attachment, or other process, and the levy together with the claim affidavit, shall form the issue to be tried, and there shall be no requirement to join issue as now provided by law in the Superior Court. Jurisdiction to try cases. SEC. 3. Be it further enacted, That there shall be a Judge of the said City Court of Hazlehurst, who shall be elected by the qualified voters of Jeff Davis County at the same time that other officers for said county are elected, whose term of office shall be two years, and until his successor is elected and qualified; and all vacancies in the office of Judge of said court shall be filled by appointment of the Governor for the residue of the unexpired term, such appointments being subject to the approval of the Senate, and if the Senate be not in session at the time of such appointment then subject to the approval of the Senate at its next session thereafter. The judge of said City Court of Hazlehurst shall receive a salary of eight hundred ($800) dollars per annum which shall not be increased or diminished during his term of office, except to apply to a subsequent term, and shall be paid monthly out of the treasury of the County of Jeff Davis by the Treasurer of said county

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upon warrant drawn therefor by the Ordinary of Jeff Davis County. Judge, election, etc. Vacancies, how filled. Salary of Judge. SEC. 4. Be it further enacted that any person who shall be elected judge of the City Court of Hazlehurst must at the time of his election be at least twenty-five (25) years of age; he must have resided in Jeff Davis County for at least twelve (12) months next preceding his election; and must have practiced law for at least three years. The Judge of said City Court shall before entering upon the discharge of the duties of his office take and subscribe the following oath: I do solemnly swear that I will administer justice without respect to persons and do equally right to the poor and the rich, and that I will faithfully and impartially discharge and perform all the duties which may be required of me as Judge of the City Court of Hazlehurst, of this State, according to the best of my ability and understanding, agreeable to the Constitution and laws of the State and the Constitution of the United States, so help me God. And said oath shall immediately thereafter be filed with the Governor and remain with the executive department. He shall not be allowed to practice law in the City Court of Hazlehurst, but he shall not be deprived of the privilege of practicing in the other courts of this State, except in such cases as may conflict with his duties as Judge of the said City Court of Hazlehurst. Qualifications and oath of Judge. May practice law in other courts. SEC. 5. Be it further enacted, That there shall be a Solicitor of said City Court of Hazlehurst, who shall be elected at the same time and in the same manner as the Judge of said court is elected, whose term of office shall be two years, and until his successor is elected and qualified, and all vacancies shall be filled in the same manner as vacancies in the office of Judge of said court. He shall prosecute all offenses cognizable before said court and shall represent the State in the cases carried to the Supreme Court or the Court of Appeals from said City Court. The fees of the Solicitor in said court shall be the same as fees of the Solicitors-General of the Superior Courts of said State for services in like cases in the Superior Courts, except that in all cases of prosecutions for the violation of

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any laws prohibiting or regulating the sale of whiskey, wines, beers, or other intoxicating drinks, he shall receive the same fees as are allowed and provided in cases of larceny from the house or gaming. For representing the State in the cases carried to the Supreme Court or the Court of Appeals from said city court his fee shall be the same as the fees of the Solicitors-General for services in like cases. For services for which this section does not provide he shall receive the same fees as are allowed the Solicitors-General of the Superior Courts of this State for similar services. In the absence or disqualification of the Solicitor the Judge of said City Court shall appoint a Solicitor pro tem., who shall receive the same fees as are allowed the regularly elected Solicitor of this court. Solicitor, election, etc. Duties of Solicitor. Fees of Solicitor. Solicitor pro tem. SEC. 6. Be it further enacted, That the Solicitor of said City Court shall for his services in the Supreme Court or the Court of Appeals be paid out of the treasury of this State in the same manner as the Solicitor-General of the Superior Court is paid for like services rendered in the Supreme Court or Court of Appeals. Fees for representing cases in Supreme Court or Court of Appeals. SEC. 7. Be it further enacted, That any person who shall be elected Solicitor of the City Court of Hazlehurst must at the time of his election be at least twenty-one years of age, must have resided in Jeff Davis County for at least twelve months next preceding his election, and must have practiced law for at least one year. The Solicitor of said City Court shall before entering upon the discharge of the duties of his office, take and subscribe to the following oath: I do solemnly swear that I will support and maintain the Constitution of the State of Georgia, and that I will faithfully and impartially without fear, favor or affection, discharge my duties as solicitor of the City Court of Hazlehurst, so help me God, which oath shall be filed with the Governor and remain with the executive department. Qualifications of Solicitor. Oath. SEC. 8. Be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the Governor of Georgia immediately on the passage and approval of this Act to appoint a Judge and Solicitor of the City Court of Hazlehurst, whose term of office shall expire

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on the first of January, 1915, or until their successors have been elected and qualified, said appointment to be made subject to ratification by the Senate. Appointment of Judge and Solicitor. SEC. 9. Be it further enacted, That the Judge and Solicitor of said City Court of Hazlehurst shall be elected for the first time by the qualified voters of Jeff Davis at the general election to be held on the day of October, 1914, for the term of two years from January 1, 1915, and until their respective successors are elected and qualified, after which they shall be elected every two years as prescribed in Section 3, of this Act. Election of Judge and Solicitor. SEC. 10. Be it further enacted, That the Clerk of the Superior Court of Jeff Davis County shall by virtue of his office be Clerk of said City Court, and shall perform in said City Court the same duties that are by law required of him as an officer of the Superior Court so far as the same will not conflict with the provisions of this Act. He shall before entering upon his duties as clerk of said City Court execute a bond in the sum of one thousand ($1,000) dollars, payable to the Governor, conditioned upon the faithful discharge of the duties of his office, and entered on the minutes of said court and approved by the Judge thereof, and which bond may be sued upon by any person interested. In the event the Clerk of the Superior Court shall fail to qualify as Clerk of said City Court the Judge shall appoint a Clerk of said court. Clerk, his duties, etc. SEC. 11. Be it further enacted, That the Sheriff of Jeff Davis County shall by virtue of his office be sheriff of said City Court. Before entering on the discharge of the duties of his office he shall execute a bond with good security payable to the Governor in the sum of two thousand five hundred ($2,500) dollars, conditioned for the faithful discharge of the duties of his office, which bond shall be approved by the Judge of the said City Court, and entered on the minutes thereof, and which bond may be sued upon by any person interested. The Sheriff of said City Court shall have the power to appoint such deputies as the business of said court may require, who shall give such bonds as are

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required of other deputy Sheriffs. In the event the Sheriff of Jeff Davis County should fail to qualify as Sheriff of said City Court the Judge thereof shall appoint a Sheriff of said court. Sheriff. Bond. Deputies. SEC. 12. Be it further enacted, That the Clerk and Sheriff of said City Court shall receive in all civil business transacted in said court the same fees as are now allowed or that may hereafter be allowed by law for similar services rendered by the Clerk and Sheriff of the Superior Court except as hereinafter provided. They shall be amenable to the same process and penalties as they are now amenable to as officers of the Superior Court, and they shall be entitled to the same remedies to enforce the collection of their fees and costs in said City Court as they are now entitled to in the Superior Court. The fees of the Clerk and Sheriff of said court in criminal cases shall be the same as are now or that may hereafter be allowed by law to the Clerk of the Superior Court and the Sheriff of the County of Jeff Davis. Said Clerk and Sheriff shall receive the same fees for issuing and serving subpoenas as are paid to them in the Superior Courts of this State. For their services in attending each days session of said court the Sheriff and Clerk shall receive the sum of two ($2.00) dollars, to be paid as is now paid for similar services in the Superior Court; provided, That the Sheriff of said City Court shall receive for his services in summoning jury the sum of five ($5.00) dollars for each term of said court. Fees of Clerk and Sheriff. SEC. 13. Be it further enacted, That the judge of the City Court of Hazlehurst shall have the authority to issue criminal warrants, to dispossess tenants holding over and intruders, to issue distress warrants, to issue atachments and garnishments directed to the Sheriff of said court and Constables of said county, to attest deeds and other papers and to take affidavits, and to issue any other writs, warrants, orders, and process, the power of which is not given exclusively to some other court, judge or officer, by the Constitution of this State, and said Judge, Solicitor, Clerk and Sheriff and deputies, shall have the power

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to administer all oaths and do all other official acts pertaining to their offices respectively, as the Judge and other officers in the Superior Courts may in like cases do. Said Judge shall also have the power to issue writs of habeas corpus and hear and determine the same as Judges of the Superior Courts may do, to cause testimony to be taken to be used in de bene esse, and for the purpose of perpetuating testimony within his jurisdiction, and generally to do all acts which the Judges of the County Courts of this State are authorized to do, unless otherwise provided in this Act, and the said Judge of the City Court of Hazlehurst shall have all the power and authority throughout his jurisdiction of the Judges of the Superior Courts of this State, except where by the Constitution exclusive power and authority are vested in the Judges of the Superior Courts, or laws relating to and governing the Judges of the Superior Court shall apply to the Judge of said City Court so far as the same may be applicable, except as hereinafter provided. Said Judge shall also have the power to enforce his orders, preserve order, punish for contempt, and to enforce all his judgments in the same manner as the Judges of the Superior Courts of this State, and shall have the same jurisdiction in matters of contempt as the Judges of the Superior Courts of this State. Powers of Judge and other officers. SEC. 14. Be it further enacted, That whenever the Judge of said City Court of Hazlehurst is from any cause disqualified in any case pending therein any Judge of the Superior Court or any Judge of any City Court in this State may preside therein; and in case no qualified Judge is present to preside in such case then upon consent of parties, or upon their failure or refusal to agree, said case shall be tried by a judge pro hac vice selected in the same manner as is provided in the Superior Court. Judge pro hac vice. SEC. 15. Be it further enacted, That in said City Court the same rules of procedure, practice, and pleading, and service shall be obtained as are now of force or that may hereafter be provided in the Superior Courts of this State, except where the same conflicts with this Act, or is otherwise

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herein provided. The process to writs shall be annexed by the Clerk of said City Court, shall be attested in the name of the Judge thereof, and be directed to and served by the Sheriff of said City Court of Hazlehurst, or his deputies, and all executions issuing from said City Court shall be attested in the name of the Judge and signed by the Clerk and directed to the Sheriff or his deputies of the City Court of Hazlehurst, and to all and singular the Sheriffs and their deputies of the State of Georgia. Procedure, Practice, pleading and service. SEC. 16. Be it further enacted, That the first term to which a case is brought shall be the appearance term and the next term thereafter shall be the judgment or trial term, and all laws, rules and practice in the Superior Courts of this State with reference to the terms thereof shall be applied to the City Court of Hazlehurst. All exceptions to declarations and pleas, motions to distress, and dilatory pleas, shall be passed upon at such appearance term of the court unless the same shall be by consent of the parties and the court continued until the trial term. Appearance and trial terms. SEC. 17. Be it further enacted, That the Judge of said City Court shall have the power and authority to hear and determine all civil cases in which said court has jurisdiction and to give judgment therein without the intervention of a jury; provided, that either party in any criminal or civil case pending in said court shall upon demand be entitled to a trial by jury. In all cases which such parties may be entitled to a trial by jury under the Constitution and the laws of this State; provided, that such party shall file with the Clerk of said court his written demand for such jury trial at least ten days before the convening of the term of court at which the same is right for trial; and provided, further, that the judge of said court may upon his own motion submit the issue in any case to a jury in said court. Trial by Judge. Trial by jury. SEC. 18. Be it further enacted, That all judgments obtained in said City Court shall be a lien upon all the property belonging to the defendant or defendants throughout

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the State in the same manner as judgments of the Superior Courts are. Lien of judgments. SEC. 19. Be it further enacted, That the said City Court of Hazlehurst shall be a court of record and shall have a seal, and the minutes, records, orders, and other books and files that are required by law, and rules to be kept for the Superior Court, and shall be kept at the court house where said City Court shall be held, and the duties of the Clerk and Sheriff thereof shall be the same as required in the Superior Courts except as herein provided. Court of record. SEC. 20. Be it further enacted, That all persons liable to serve as grand or petit jurors in the Superior Court of said county shall be liable to serve as petit jurors in said City Court, and it shall be the duty of the Clerk of said City Court to copy into a book the list of all names of persons liable to serve as grand or petit jurors in the said Superior Court, and to make a new list as often as said Superior Court Jury lists are revised, and to conform to, such revision, which said book containing the list of persons so liable to serve as jurors in said City Court shall be alphabetically arranged and shall be kept in the office of the said Clerk of the said City Court. The said clerk shall also make out tickets equally in number to the number of names in said list and write upon each ticket the name of one of such persons and deposit the same in a box, numbered one, until there shall be a ticket in said box bearing the name of each person on said list. Jurors and jury lists. SEC. 21. Be it further enacted, That during each session of said court actually held the Judge of said court shall draw from said box numbered one in open court twentyfour (24) names of persons to serve as jurors at the next term of said City Court to be actually held, and shall cause the Clerk to record the names of jurors so drawn and then place them in another box numbered two. The judge of said City Court for the first term held under this Act may draw a jury in the same manner herein provided as soon as he is elected and qualified and have them served five days before said term of court, but this shall not apply to another

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term of court. The boxes containing the names of the jurors shall be kept under lock and seal, and shall not be opened by any one except the judge of said City Court, or the judge of the Superior Court when presiding in his place, or such other Judge of a City Court as may be lawfully presiding in said City Court for the purpose of drawing jurors, in open court, except in cases where from failure to draw a jury at term time or from another cause it may be necessary to draw a jury in vacation. Should it be necessary to draw jury in vacation the Judge of said City Court may at any time ten days before the holding of the next term of said court proceed to draw juries in the same manner as above prescribed. The clerk shall keep the boxes containing the names of the jurors in his office. Juries, how drawn. SECTION 22. Be it further enacted, That all laws with reference to the disqualification, empanelling, challenging, fining, summoning of tales jurors, or in any wise relating to jurors, now in force or hereafter to be enacted regulating the same in the Superior Courts shall apply to and be observed in said City Court, except when inconsistent with this Act. In all cases where there is an issue to be tried the party shall be entitled to twenty-four (24) jurors from which to strike. In all civil cases each party shall be entitled to six (6) peremptory challenges, and in criminal cases the defendant shall be entitled to seven (7) peremptory challenges, and the State five (5). Juries, how empanelled, etc. SEC. 23. Be it further enacted that jurors in said City Court of Hazlehurst shall each receive for their actual attendance and service upon said court the sum of two dollars ($2.00) per day, to be paid in the same manner as in the Superior Court of Jeff Davis County. Compensation of jurors. SEC. 24. Be it further enacted, That defendants in criminal cases in said City Court of Hazlehurst shall be tried on written accusation setting forth plainly the offense charged, founded upon affidavit of the prosecutor and signed by the solicitor of said City Court. In all cases within the jurisdiction of said court there shall be no right to demand an indictment by the Grand Jury of Jeff Davis

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County before the trial. All proceedings as to accusations shall conform to the rules governing like cases in the Superior Court. Upon accusation being filed or upon affidavit of the prosecutor the Judge shall issue a bench warrant in the same way and to the same effect as is done by the Judges of the Superior Courts upon indictments being filed. Accusations. SEC. 25. Be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of all the Justices of the Peace and Notaries Public who are ex-officio Justices of the Peace of Jeff Davis County, and all Mayors of incorporated towns and cities in said county to bind over to said City Court all persons for offenses committed within the limits of Jeff Davis County over which said Court has jurisdiction to answer for said offense. Commitments. SEC. 26. Be it further enacted, That the judge presiding at each term of the Superior Court of Jeff Davis County shall transfer from said Superior Court to said City Court such presentments and bills of indictment for misdemeanors that are untried in said Superior Court as he may think proper. Such order of transfer to be granted either at term time or in vacation, and to be entered on the minutes of both courts. Transfer of misdemeanor cases. SEC. 27. Be it further enacted, That if after the hearing of the evidence on any trial it shall appear to the court that the offense is beyond the jurisdiction thereof the trial shall be discontinued and the accused committed or bound over to the next Superior Court according to the law of bail and commitment, and the proceedings shall be transmitted to the Superior Court. Commitment and ball in cases beyond jurisdiction of court. SEC. 28. Be it further enacted, That in all criminal trials in said court the defendant shall not be allowed to demand commitment hearing or preliminary trial before going to trial in said City Court. No demand for commitment allowed. SEC. 29. Be it further enacted, That the Judge of said City Court shall have the power and authority to convene said City Court without a jury at any time for the purpose of trying criminal cases; provided, however, that the defendants

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in such criminal cases shall waive their rights to jury trial. Trial by Judge in criminal cases, when. SEC. 30. Be it further enacted, That the Judge of said City Court shall have power to grant or refuse a new trial in any case, civil or criminal, in his court upon the same terms and conditions in every respect governing the grant or refusal of new trials in the Superior Courts. All rules of practice, pleading and procedure governing motions, amendments thereto, rules nisi, briefs of evidence and the charge of the court, if any, and all other proceedings in new trials in the Superior Courts shall apply and govern in said City Court. New trials. SEC. 31. Be it further enacted, That a writ of error shall lie from said City Court to the Court of Appeals and Supreme Court of this State upon a bill of exceptions filed under the same rule and regulation as govern and control the issues of writs of error and filing of bills of exceptions in the Superior Courts of this State. Writ of error. Section 32. Be it further enacted, That the solicitor of said City Court shall be the collecting officer of the same and shall receive all fines and forfeitures, and that the same shall be paid directly to him as provided by statute for Soicitors-General of the Superior Courts; that at the close of each term of the court and from time to time during vacation as occasion may require said Solicitor shall distribute the fines and forfeitures arising from the cases tried in said court as follows: All bills due to the Solicitor of said City Court, the Sheriff and Clerk thereof, the justices of the peace and notaries public who are ex-officio Justices of the Peace, Constables, and Bailiffs, shall be approved by the Judge of said Court and entered upon the minutes and shall be a lien on all fines and forfeitures raised in the Court superior to all other claims for insolvent and other cost; and the Judge of said City Court shall after each term of said court give to the Solicitor, Sheriff and Clerk thereof, an order on the funds so arising, and the Solicitor shall pay the same out of the funds in hand. Solicitor collecting officer for court. Distribution of fines and forfeitures.

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SEC. 33. Be it further enacted, That all fines and forfeitures arising in said court shall be applied first to the payment of the insolvent orders of the officers of said City Court of Hazlehurst and the residue, if any, after paying said insolvent orders of said officers shall be applied to the payment of the insolvent orders of the Solicitor, Sheriff and Clerk of the County Court of Jeff Davis County. Application of fines and forfeitures. SEC. 34. Be it further enacted, That the Judge of the City Court of Hazlehurst shall have the power and authority to appoint a stenographer or stenographic reporter for the City Court of Hazlehurst to hold office during the same term as the Judge and Solicitor unless otherwise ordered; and all civil cases in said court shall be reported at the request of the parties or upon order of the court. The fees for reporting and transcribing the testimony in each case shall be such an amount per hundred words as may be contracted by the Judge and stenographer of said court, such contract to be entered on the minutes of the court. Said fees to be paid by the plaintiff and defendant equally, and in final disposition to be taxed against the losing party as other cost. Said stenographer shall have the right to enforce the payment of his fees as in the Superior Courts. Said stenographer shall also report the testimony together with the charge of the court in all criminal cases tried in said court when directed by the Judge thereof. His fee in thus reporting criminal cases shall be the same as is allowed the official stenographic reporter of the Superior Courts of this State, and in case any defendant on motion for a new trial or bill of exceptions may desire a transcript of the evidence and charge of the court in any criminal case so reported then it shall be the duty of said official stenographer to furnish the same upon payment or tender of the fee therefor. It shall be the duty of said official stenographer to attend each session of the court or furnish therefor a competent deputy to perform his duties and services. Court Stenographer. Report of cases, and fees. Duty of Stenographer. SEC. 35. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the terms of the City Court of Hazlehurst shall be held quarterly beginning on the second Monday in

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January, April, July and October of each year. The term of each session of said City Court of Hazlehurst shall be one week, but that the Judge of said court shall have the power to hold said court in session at each term thereof as long over the week provided for as the business of said court demands and to adjourn said court over from day to day; provided, however, that the first term of said court shall be held on the second Monday in October, 1913. Terms of court. SEC. 36. Be it further enacted, That the Ordinary of Jeff Davis County shall at the same time he levies taxes for Jeff Davis County levy a sufficient sum to cover the salary of the Judge of said City Court, the per diem of the Jurors therein, non resident witness fees, and the fees of the officers of said court, as herein provided, and such other or further expense as said court may require. Court expenses, how paid. SEC. 37. Be it further enacted, That all laws, rules and regulations as to the payment of fees to non resident witnesses in the Superior Courts of this State shall apply to the City Court of Hazlehurst. Witness fees of nonresident witnesses. SEC. 38. Be it further enacted, That all cases of whatsoever nature pending in the County Court of Jeff Davis County shall be transferred to said City Court of Hazlehurst, and all civil cases shall stand for trial in said City Court in the order in which they stood for trial in said County Court, unless otherwise provided in this Act. All criminal cases shall be transferred to said City Court, and shall be tried upon the accusation filed in the County Court of Jeff Davis County, the same as if it had been originally filed in the said City Court. Transfer of cases from County Court. SEC. 39. Be it further enacted, That the same laws and rules governing the disposition of misdemeanor convicts that are now or may hereafter obtain and govern in Superior Courts of Jeff Davis County shall obtain and govern as to convicts from the City Court of Hazlehurst. Misdemeanor convicts. SEC. 40. Be it further enacted, That this Act shall become operative from approval of the same.

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SEC. 41. Be it further enacted that all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be and the same are hereby repealed. Approved August 20, 1913. HOUSTON COUNTY, CITY COURT OF, ACT CREATING AMENDED. No. 123. An Act to amend Section 1, 2, 15 and 30, respectively, of an Act approved August 8th, 1908, entitled An Act to establish a City Court in and for the County of Houston; to define its powers, jurisdiction, procedure and practice; to provide for the appointment of a Judge and other officers thereof; to define the powers of the Judge and other officers thereof; so as to change the jurisdiction of said court; to change the times of holding said court; to deny to persons charged with misdemeanor the right to demand indictments by the Grand Jury of Houston County, and for other purposes. SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same, That Section 1 of the above recited Act to establish the City Court of Houston in and for the County of Houston, be, and the same is hereby amended by striking after the word nature in the ninth line thereof, the following words: Wherein the amount involved or claimed, inclusive of interest, is as much as fifty dollars, so that said section when so amended shall read as follows: Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same, That the City Court of Houston County, be and the same is, hereby created and established, to be organized, located and held in the City of Perry, Houston County, Georgia, with civil and criminal jurisdiction over the whole county of Houston, concurrent with the Superior Court, to try and dispose of all civil cases of whatever nature, except those of which the Constitution

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of this State has given the Superior Court exclusive jurisdiction, and with criminal jurisdiction to try and dispose of all offenses below the grade of felony committed in the County of Houston; that the jurisdiction herein conferred shall include not only the ordinance suits by petition and process, but also all other kinds of suits and proceedings which may now or hereafter be in use in the Superior Courts, either under the common law or statute, including, among others, attachment and garnishment proceedings, illegalities, counter-affidavit to any proceedings from said court, statutory awards, proceedings against intruders and tenants holding over, partitions of personalty, issue upon distress warrants, foreclosure of all lines and mortgages and quo warrantos. Houston County, City Court of, jurisdiction changed. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That Section 2 of said above recited Act be, and it is hereby amended by striking after the word suits in the second line of said section the following words, regardless of the amount involved or claimed therein, and by striking after the word personalty in the fourth line thereof the following words: And any and all provisions of this Act, limiting the jurisdiction of said court in civil cases as involve not less than fifty dollars shall not affect or apply to suits brought to recover personal property, or involving the title to personalty, so that said section when so amended shall read as follows: Section 2. Be it further enacted, That said City Court of Houston shall have jurisdiction of all suits brought to recover personal property or involving the title to personalty. Jurisdiction. SEC. 3. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That section 15 of the said above recited Act be, and it is, hereby amended by striking after the word January in the third line thereof the word April and substituting in lieu thereof the word May, and by striking after the word and in the fourth line of said section the word October and substituting in lieu thereof the word November, so that when so amended as aforesaid the said section shall read as follows: Section 15. Be it further

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enacted, That the regular term of the said City Court of Houston County shall be held quarterly, beginning on the third Monday in January, May, July and November of each year. The Judge of said court shall have the power to hold said court in session so long as in his judgment the same may be necessary and to adjourn the same from one day to another as he may see proper. Terms of court. SEC. 4. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That Section 30 of the above recited Act be, and the same is, hereby amended by striking after the word court in the fifth line of said section the following words and any person charged with an offense within the jurisdiction of said City Court shall have the right to demand indictment by the Grand Jury of Houston County before trial; provided, said right has not been waived in writing, so that said section when so amended shall read as follows: Section 30. Be it further enacted, That defendants in criminal cases in said City Court of Houston may be tried on written accusation founded on affidavit, which accusation shall be signed by the prosecuting officer of said court. Accusations. SEC. 5. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved August 16, 1913. IRWIN COUNTY, CITY COURT OF, ESTABLISHED. No. 180. An Act to establish the City Court of Irwin County; to define its jurisdiction and powers; to provide for the election of a Judge and Solicitor; to provide for the appointment of Judge and Solicitor; to fill vacancies; to provide for election of other officers thereof; to define their powers and duties, and fix their salaries; to provide for pleading and practice therein; writs of error therefrom and for other purposes.

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SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same that the City Court of Irwin County is hereby established and created with civil and criminal jurisdiction over the whole County of Irwin. Irwin County, City Court of. Territorial jurisdiction. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That the City Court of Irwin County shall have jurisdiction to try and dispose of all civil cases, of whatever nature, wherein the amount claimed, inclusive of interest, or the value of whole of the property sued for is as much as fifty dollars, except those cases of which the Constitution of the State has given to the Superior Court exclusive jurisdiction, and shall also have jurisdiction over cases when the amount involved or the value of the property claimed is less than fifty dollars, when the subject matter of the suit is not within the jurisdiction of the Justice Courts, to try and dispose of all offenses against the laws of the State, below the grade of felony, committed within the County of Irwin, or on the county lines thereof; that the jurisdiction herein conferred shall include not only the ordinary suits by petition and process, but also all other kinds of suits, actions or proceedings which are now or which hereafter may be in use in the Superior Courts of this State, either under the common law or statutes except in those cases over which exclusive jurisdiction is vested in the Superior Court, by the Constitution of the State of Georgia. Jurisdiction to try cases. SEC. 3. Be it further enacted, by the authority aforesaid, That Philip Newbern, the present Judge of the City Court of Ocilla, shall be the first Judge of the City Court of Irwin County to hold said office until January 1st, 1915, when his successor shall be elected as hereinafter provided. The successor to said first Judge shall be elected by the qualified voters of Irwin County at the election held for members of General Assembly at the October election, 1914, who shall hold his office for the term of four years from the first day of January, 1915, and until his succssor is elected and qualified. His successor shall be elected at the general election for members of the General Assembly every four

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years thereafter, and go into office on the first day of January after he is elected. First Judge, who shall be. Election of Judge. Term of office. All vacancies in the office of Judge of the City Court shall be filled by appointment of the Governor for the residue of the unexpired term or until the next succeeding election for members of the General Assembly. The Judge of the City Court of Irwin County shall receive a salary of $1,000 dollars per annum and shall be paid monthly out of the Treasury of the County of Irwin by the person or persons authorized by law to pay out funds upon warrants issued by County Commissioners of said county. He shall not be permitted to practice law in his own court or any other court where the City Court is likely to have final jurisdiction of the matter. Vacancies, how filled. Salary of Judge. Judge shall not practice law, where. SEC. 4. Be it further enacted, That any person who shall be appointed Judge of said City Court must at the time of his election or appointment be at least twenty-five years of age; he must have been a resident of Irwin County at least two years immediately preceding his election or appointment; he must have been a regular practicing attorney for at least three years preceding his election or appointment, and shall, before entering upon the discharge of his duties, take and subscribe the following oath: I do solemnly swear that I will administer justice without respect to person, and do equal rights to the poor and the rich and that I will faithfully and impartially discharge all the duties which may be required of me as Judge of the City Court of Irwin County, of this State, according to the best of my ability and understanding, agreeable to the laws and Constitution of the State, so help me God. And said oath shall immediately thereafter be filed with the ordinary and by him entered upon the minutes of said Ordinary's Court. He shall have authority to issue criminal warrants, warrants to dispossess intruders and tenants holding over, distress warrants, and generally to do all acts which the Judges of the County Courts of this State are authorized to do, unless otherwise provided in this Act, and shall be allowed the same fees for said service as is now allowed Justices of Peace for similar service. Qualifications of Judge. Oath. Authority.

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In all civil cases filed in said court where the amount involved is less than one hundred dollars it shall be the duty of the Clerk to tax as a part of the cost, the sum of one dollar; and in cases where the amount involved is more than one hundred dollars and less than five hundred dollars it shall be the duty of the Clerk to tax as cost the sum of two dollars, and in cases where the amount involved is more than five hundred dollars it shall be the duty of the Clerk to tax as cost the sum of three dollars; said cost to be known as jury fee, the same to be collected as other cost from the party cast in the suit. It shall be the duty of the Clerk to keep an accurate account of all cost so collected and to pay the same to the County Treasurer of said county, the same to be used by him solely for the purpose of paying the salaries of the officers of said City Court upon warrants drawn for said purpose by the County Commissioners. Costs of Court. SEC. 5. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That there shall be a Solicitor General of said City Court of Irwin County, that H. J. Quincey, the present Solicitor of the City Court of Ocilla, shall be the first Solicitor-General of the City Court of Irwin County, to hold said office until January first, 1915, when his successor shall be elected as hereinafter provided. The successor to said first Solicitor-General shall be elected by the qualified voters of Irwin County at the election held for members of the General Assembly at the October election, 1914, who shall hold his office for the term of four years from the first day of January, 1915, and until his successor is elected and qualified. His successor shall be elected at the general election for members of the General Assembly, every four years thereafter and go into office on the first day of January after he is elected. First Solicitor-General. Election of Solicitor-General. Term of office. All vacancies in the office of Solicitor-General of the said City Court shall be filled by appointment of the Governor for the residue of the unexpired term, or until the next succeeding election for members of the general Assembly. Vacancies, how filled. The Solicitor General of the City Court of Irwin County shall receive a salary of twelve hundred dollars per annum, and shall be paid monthly out of the treasury of Irwin

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County upon warrant issued by County Commissioner of said county. He must at the time of his appointment be at least twenty-five years of age; he must have been a resident of Irwin County at least two years preceding his appointment; and he must also have been a regular practicing attorney at law for at least three years before his appointment, and he shall before entering upon the discharge of the duties of his office, take and subscribe the following oath: I do solemnly swear that I will faithfully discharge the duties imposed upon me by law, as Solicitor-General of the City Court of Irwin County, so help me God. Which oath shall be spread upon the minutes of the court of Ordinary and the original filed in his office. He shall give bond in the sum of one thousand dollars for the faithful performance of the duties of his office. Such bond to be made payable to the Governor of Georgia approved by the Judge of said court and entered upon the minutes. He shall prosecute all offense cognizable before the said court and shall represent the State in each case carried to the Court of Appeals, from said City Court. Salary of Solicitor-General. Qualifications. Oath. Bond. In the absence or disqualification of the Solicitor-General, the Judge of said City Court shall appoint a Solicitor pro tem., who shall receive the same compensation as allowed the regular Solicitor-General of this court, the same to be paid by the county authorities and the amount deducted from the salary of Solicitor. Solicitor pro tem. SEC. 6. Be it further enacted, That the Solicitor-General of said City Court of Irwin County, shall for his services in the Court of Appeals, be paid out of the treasury of the State in the same manner and the same amount as the Solicitor General of the Superior Court is paid for like services rendered in the Supreme Court. Fees for services in Court of Appeals. SEC. 7. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the Sheriff of Irwin County shall be ex-officio sheriff of said City Court of Irwin County, and in his official connection with said City Court shall be known as the Sheriff of the City Court of Irwin County. Said Sheriff shall not be required to give an additional bond for the

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faithful discharge of his duties, but all the liabilities attached to the office of Sheriff of said county shall attach to the office of Sheriff of Sheriff of the City Court of Irwin County, and the official bond given by him as Sheriff of Irwin County shall be held liable for the faithful performance of his duties as Sheriff of the City Court of Irwin County. He shall have authority to appoint deputies as is provided in the Superior Court for the appointment of Deputy Sheriffs and he shall be held liable on his official bond for their acts as such deputies. He shall receive a per diem of two dollars per day for each day of actual service or attendance upon said court when it is in actual session and when his deputy or deputies are required to be in attendance upon said court, they shall receive the regular pay of Bailiffs of the Superior Court. Sheriff. Bond. Deputies. Per diem for court attendance. SEC. 8. Be it further enacted, That the Clerk of the Superior Court of Irwin County shall be ex-officio Clerk of the City Court of Irwin County, and in his official connection with said court shall be known as the Clerk of the City Court of Irwin County. He shall have power to appoint a deputy or deputies who when so appointed may perform all duties herein prescribed for said Clerk. All duties and liabilities attached to the office of Clerk of the Superior Court of Irwin County are hereby attached to the office of Clerk of the City Court of Irwin County. He shall not be required to give bond in addition to that given as Clerk of the Superior Court, but the bond given as Clerk of the Superior Court shall be held liable for the faithful performance of his duties as Clerk of said City Court and of his deputies. Clerk. Deputy. Duties of Clerk. Bond. SEC. 9. Be it further enacted, That if the Sheriff or Clerk of said City Court shall be disqualified from performing the duties of his office or shall fail and refuse to perform the same in that event, it shall be within the power of the Judge of said court to appoint some fit and proper person to act as Bailiff of said court or Clerk of said court, and to perform all the duties of the Sheriff or Clerk thereof so long as the Sheriff or Clerk is disqualified or refuses to act. Bailiff or Clerk. Said Bailiff or Clerk shall take an oath to faithfully perform

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the duties of his office and shall give bond in a sum to be fixed by the Judge in the order appointing him. Said order of appointment shall be entered upon the minutes of the court and said bond to be approved by the Ordinary and entered upon the minutes of his court together with the oath of office and the originals in said Ordinary's office. Oath and bond. SEC. 10. Be it further enacted, That all ministerial duties hereby given to either the Judge or Clerk of said City Court of Irwin County, the issuance of all mesne or final processes, summons, foreclosures, of liens or mortgages, attachments or garnishments or other like processes may be done either by the Judge in his own name or by the Clerk or his deputy, the same bearing test in the name of the Judge of said City Court; provided, however, that nothing herein contained shall authorize said Clerk or his deputy to issue any criminal warrant, writ of habeas corpus, quo warranto, or to perform any other duty of a judicial nature. Ministerial duties of Judge or Clerk. SEC. 11. Be it further enacted, That the Sheriff of said City Court shall be paid for his services as Sheriff in all criminal matters a salary of $500.00 per annum out of the County Treasury. He to be allowed to collect no fees for his own use for any service rendered in connection with any criminal matter. In all civil cases, where the amount involved exceeds one hundred dollars, he shall receive the same fees as are allowed the Sheriff of the Superior Court. Where the amount claimed or involved is less than one hundred dollars, the Sheriff shall receive for his services onehalf the fee allowed for the same services in the Superior Courts. Salary of Sheriff. SEC. 12. Be it further enacted, That the Clerk of said City Court shall be paid for his services as Clerk of said court, for his services in all criminal matters in said court, a salary of three hundred and fifty dollars per annum, the same to be paid upon warrant drawn by County Commissioners upon the funds in the County Treasury. The salary of the Clerk and Sheriff shall be paid monthly. In all civil cases where the amount involved does not exceed one hundred dollars the Clerk of said court shall receive as a total

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cost in said cases, the sum of two dollars; where the amount involved is more than one hundred dollars and does not exceed five hundred dollars, the Clerk shall receive for his services three dollars, total cost. In all proceedings where the amount claimed or involved exceeds the sum of five hundred dollars the Clerk shall receive as his fees the same fees as are now, or may hereafter be, allowed the Clerk of the Superior Court for like services in the Superior Court. Salary of Clerk. Fees. SEC. 13. Be it further enacted, That the Judge of said City Court shall have power to issue writs of habeas corpus and to hear and dispose of them in the same way and with the same power as Judges of the Superior Court. Habeas corpus. SEC. 14. Be it further enacted, That whenever the Judge of said City Court is from any cause disqualified in any case pending therein, any Judge of the Superior Court, or of any Constitutional City Court in this State may preside therein, and in case no qualified Judge is present to preside in the case, then upon consent of parties or of their failure or refusal to agree said case shall be tried by a pro hac vice selected in the same manner as is provided in the Superior Court. Judge pro hac vice. SEC. 15. Be it further enacted, That the regular terms of said City Court shall be held quarterly, beginning on the first Monday in October, 1913, and on the first Mondays in January, April, July, October and January thereafter, but may be changed at any time in the discretion of the court by an order entered on the minutes of said court, providing for such change after the publication thereof, once a week for four weeks, in the official Gazette of Irwin County. The Judge of said court shall have power to hold the same in session from day to day or adjourn the same over to such time as in his discretion the exigencies of the business require for the trial of criminal or civil business or both. The Judge shall have the power to hold special sessions as the exigencies of the business may require for the trial of criminal business without jury, first giving the Solicitor-General and the defendant reasonable notice thereof and reasonable time to prepare for trial. The Judge to have

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power and it shall be his duty to convene his court at any time to allow a defendant to enter plea of guilty to any indictment or accusation pending in said court against him, to assess fine or term of imprisonment, or to be tried before said Judge without a jury. Terms of Court. Sessions. Special sessions. Power to convene court. SEC. 16. Be it further enacted, That in the City Court of Irwin County, the same rules, of procedure, practice, pleading and service shall obtain as are now of force, or that may hereafter be provided in the Superior Courts of this State except where the same conflicts with this Act, or is otherwise herein provided. The processes to writs shall be annexed by the Clerk of said court, be attested in the name of the Judge thereof and be directed to and served by the Sheriff of the City Court of Irwin County, his deputies or the Bailiffs of said City Court. Procedure, practice, etc. SEC. 17. Be it further enacted, That at each term of said City Court actually held, it shall be the duty of the presiding Judge to call the appearance docket on a day to be named on the first day of the term, at which time, in all cases founded upon unconditional contracts in writing where there has been legal service perfected on the defendant and no issuable defense is filed in writing thereto, or if filed, is adjudged to be insufficient in law either in form or substance, and is stricken, then judgment shall be entered by the court at such appearance term without the intervention of a jury. In all cases where suit is brought for a liquidated demand or on account, which is positively verified under oath by the plaintiff, his or her, or its duly authorized agent or officer and there has been legal service of such declaration together with such verification and no defense is filed thereto under oath, or if such defense is filed and stricken or adjudged to be insufficient in law, either in form or substance, it shall be the duty of the court at such term to give judgment thereon without the intervention of a jury. Appearance docket. Judgments without intervention of jury, when. All exceptions to declarations and pleas, motions to dismiss, and dilatory pleas shall be passed upon at such appearance term of the court, unless the same shall be by the court continued until the trial term, and when all such preliminary

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questions and dilatory pleas and motions of, if the case is otherwise ripe for trial and there is no issue of fact left among the pleadings, then in like manner the court shall give judgment at such appearance term without the intervention of a jury. All other cases shall be governed as to the trial term thereof by the rule of procedure and practice prevailing in the Superior Courts of this State at the time of the trial. In all cases other than those specially referred to in this section of this Act a jury trial may be had therein under the following rules: First, if the plaintiff shall, at the time of filing his suit, in writing so demand; second, if the defendant at the time of filing his plea in writing so demand; third, either party at the call of the appearance docket shall have the right to demand that the issues of fact, if any, be submitted to a jury. When a jury is demanded by either party the same shall not be withdrawn without the consent of the adverse party. Procedure and practice. SEC. 18. Be it further enacted, That all judgments obtained in said City Court shall be lien upon all property belongings to the defendant, or defendants throughout this State in the same manner as judgments of the Superior Courts are and all executions issued from said City Court shall be attested in the name of the Judge thereof, signed by the Clerk or his deputies, and directed to the Sheriff and his deputies or to Bailiff of the City Court of Irwin County and to all and singular the Sheriffs or their deputies, of the State of Georgia. Lien of judgments. SEC. 19. Be it further enacted, That said City Court shall have jurisdiction of all claim cases when personal property is levied on under executions or other processes issued from said City Court and such claim shall be tried in the same manner as claims in the Superior Court, except that the execution, attachment or other process and the levy together with the claim affidavit, shall form the issue to be tried and there shall be no requirement to join issue as now provided by law in the Superior Court. Trial of claims. SEC. 20. Be it further enacted, That claims to realty levied on under executions or other processes from said City

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Court shall be returnable to the Superior Court of the county where such property is situated and then shall proceed as other claims in the Superior Court. Claims to realty. SEC. 21. Be it further enacted, That all laws upon the subject of attachment and garnishment as to any matter whatever in the Superior Courts of this State except as herein provided, shall apply to said City Court so far as the nature of the said City Court will permit. Attachments in said City Court shall be directed to the Sheriff, his deputies, or the Bailiff of the City Court of Irwin County, and to all and singular the Sheriffs and Constables of this State, and the Judge of the City Court or, Justices of the Peace may issue attachments returnable to said City Court under the same laws that govern the issuing of attachments returnable to the Superior Courts. Attachments and garnishments. SEC. 22. Be it further enacted, That garnishment proceedings in said City Court shall be conformable to the laws of the State on the subject of garnishment in the Superior Court; except as herein provided. When any garnishment proceeding commenced under Section 4715, or 4716, and 4717 of the Code of Georgia of 1895, Volume 2, based upon suits pending in said City Court, or judgment obtained in said City Court, the person served with summons of garnishment residing in a different county from the County of Irwin shall be required to answer in the Superior Court of the county of his residence in the same manner provided in the said section aforesaid. Garnishment proceedings. SEC. 23. Be it further enacted, That scire facias to make parties in any case in said City Court shall be had as in the Superior Court but such scire facias shall run throughout the State and may be served by any Sheriff or his deputy in any county thereof. Parties, how made. SEC. 24. Be it further enacted, That the Judge of said City Court shall have the power to have testimony to be taken and to be used de bene esse and for the purpose of perpetuating testimony within his jurisdiction in all cases according to the general laws of this State. He shall have

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power to appoint, from time to time a regular commissioner to take testimony under the same rules and regulations as provided in the Superior Courts of this State and the Judge and all other officers of said City Court shall have power to administer oaths pertaining to their offices as the Judge and other officers of the Superior Court may do in like cases, and said Judge shall also have the power to attest deeds and other papers and administer affidavits in all cases any where in this State in which, by existing laws, such papers may be attested and affidavits administered by judges of the Superior Courts or Justices of the Peace of this State, and the Judge of the said City Court shall have all the power and authority throughout his jurisdiction of Judges of the Superior Court, except where by laws exclusive jurisdiction, power and authority are vested in the Judges of the Superior Courts, and all laws regulating or governing Judges of the Superior Courts shall apply to the Judge of the said City Court so far as the same may be applicable except as herein provided. Powers of Judge. SEC. 25. Be it further enacted, That said City Court of Irwin County shall be a court of record, and shall have a seal and the minutes, records, orders and other books and files that are required by law and rules to be kept by the Superior Courts shall be kept in and for said City Court and in the same manner, and all laws applicable to the duties of Clerk and Sheriff in said Superior Courts shall apply to them in said City Court except where they conflict with provisions of this Act. Court of record. SEC. 26. Be it further enacted, That all laws regulating the enforcements of judgments of the Superior Courts, whether civil or criminal, shall apply to said City Court, and executions shall issue and be levied and sales be had thereunder under the same rules and laws regulating the same in Superior Courts, and the Judge of said City Court shall have power and authority to order sales of perishable property and of property likely to deteriorate in value from keeping of the same, in all cases where the same has been levied on under process issuing from said court and is not

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replevied, under the same rules and regulations as are now provided by law or otherwise, in his discretion under special order of court. Judgments, how enforced. SEC. 27. Be it further enacted, That all persons liable to serve as petit or grand jurors in the Superior Court of said county, shall be liable to serve as petit jurors in said City Court, and it shall be the duty of the Clerk of said City Court together with the Judge and Sheriff of said City Court to copy into a book or list all the names of persons liable to jury service in Superior Court of Irwin County as a petit jury list for said City Court, and to make a new list as often as the said Superior Court jury list is revised, to conform to such revision, and said book or list containing the list of persons so liable to serve as jurors in said City Court as above described, shall be alphabetically arranged and shall be kept in the office of the Clerk of said City Court. Jurors and jury list. The said Clerk shall also make out tickets equal in number to the number of names on said City Court jury list, and write upon each ticket the name of one of such persons, and deposit the same in a box to be provided by the authorities of Irwin County, at public expense, and numbered One, until there shall be a ticket in said box bearing the name of each person on said list of City Court jurors. SEC. 28. Be it further enacted, That during each session of court held by the said City Court, beginning with the first session herein provided, to be held on the first Monday in October, 1913, if the business of said court, in the opinion of the Judge, or if jury trial or trials have been demanded, he shall, in open court in the presence of the Clerk and Sheriff of said court, draw from said jury box number One, eighteen names of persons to serve as jurors at the next term of said court to be actually held, and shall cause the Clerk to record the names of jurors so drawn, and then place them in another box, to be provided as above stated, numbered Two. These boxes above mentioned shall be constructed so as to be kept locked and sealed, and shall not be opened by any one, except the Judge of said

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court, or the Judge of the Superior Court when presiding in his stead, or such other Judge of a City Court as may be lawfully presiding in said City Court, except in cases where from failure to draw a jury at term time, or from any cause it may be necessary to draw a jury in vacation. Should it be necessary to draw a jury in vacation the said Judge of the City Court, or the Judge of the Superior Court of Irwin County may at any time ten days before the next term of said court proceed to draw jurors in the same manner as described above. The Clerk shall keep said jury boxes and the Sheriff of the City Court shall keep the key. Juries, how drawn. SEC. 29. Be it further enacted, That the Clerk shall make out a precept containing the names of the persons so drawn as above directed and summons for each juror and deliver the same to the Sheriff of the said City Court ten days before the next term of said court, who shall notify each of said persons at least five days before the next term of said City Court at which he is required to attend. Summons of jurors. SEC. 30. Be it further enacted, That eighteen jurors shall be drawn summoned and empanelled and if by reason of non-attendance, disqualification, legal excuse, or discharge by the court of any regular panel the same is not full, the presiding Judge shall direct the same to be filled by tales jurors in the same manner as done in the Superior Court. Juries, how empanelled. All cases, either civil or criminal, not tried before the Judge without a jury, shall be tried in said court before a jury of six; provided, however, that in any civil case either the plaintiff or the defendant shall have the right to demand a jury of twelve, which right may be waived. In all criminal cases either the defendant or the State shall have the right to demand a trial by a jury of twelve. In any case either civil or criminal where a jury of twelve is not demanded the right to trial by twelve jurors shall be held to have been waived and the case shall be tried by six jurors. Jury trials. In all civil cases where a jury of twelve is demanded, the plaintiff and defendant shall each be entitled to three strikes from a panel of eighteen, and in criminal cases where

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a jury of twelve is demanded the defendant shall be entitled to four strikes, the State to two strikes, from a panel of eighteen. In all civil or criminal cases where a trial by jury is demanded but a jury of twelve is not demanded the issue shall be tried before a jury of six to be selected from a panel of twelve jurors. In civil cases if the issue is tried before a jury of six, each side shall be entitled to three strikes. In criminal cases if the issue is tried before a jury of six the defendant shall be entitled to four strikes, the State to two strikes. If in the conduct of the business of said court more than eighteen jurors are by the Judge thereof deemed to be necessary he may in his discretion draw from the jury box the names of a sufficient number of jurors to proceed with the business of the court; or he may direct the Sheriff to summons sufficient number of tales jurors to fill the necessary panels. The Sheriff shall be allowed a fee of five dollars for summoning the said City Court jury for each term of court, the same to be paid in the same manner as the Sheriff of the Superior Court is paid for similar services. Sheriff's fee for summoning jury. SEC. 31. Be it further enacted, That defendants in criminal cases in said City Court of Irwin County shall be tried on written accusations setting forth plainly the offense charged, founded upon affidavit of the prosecutor, and signed by the Solicitor-General of said City Court in all cases within jurisdiction of said City Court, except in cases where indictments have been transferred from the Superior Court and that there shall be no right to demand indictment by the Grand Jury of Irwin County except in those cases where the law forbids the trial until indictment is had by the Grand Jury. Accusations. SEC. 32. Be it further enacted, That the Judge of the Superior Court of Irwin County shall send down from said Superior Court all presentments and bills of indictment for misdemeanors that are untried in said Superior Court for trial. Such order of transfer to be granted either in

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term time or vacation and to be entered upon the minutes of both said courts. Transfer of misdemeanors from Superior Court SEC. 33. Be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of all Justices of the Peace and Notaries Public who are ex-officio Justices of the Peace of Irwin County and all Mayors and Recorders of incorporated towns and cities in said county to bind over to said City Court all persons for offenses committed within the limits of Irwin County over which said court has jurisdiction, to answer for said offense. Commitments. SEC. 34. Be it further enacted, That before the arraignment of the defendant either on indictment, presentment or accusation, the Judge of said City Court shall inquire of him or his counsel whether he demands a trial by jury and the response of the defendant shall be entered on the back of the accusation, indictment or presentment and signed by the prosecuting officer of said City Court. If the defendant demands a trial by jury, the same shall be granted him or her, and if the court is not sitting at a regular term so that a jury trial can be had, then the Judge shall admit the defendant to bail, to appear at the next regular term or on the defendant's failure to give bond, shall commit him to jail until the next regular term of court, unless there be sooner an adjourned term, at which a jury can be empanelled. If the defendant waives trial by jury then the Judge shall proceed to try him, hearing and determining such criminal case conformably to the law governing the Superior Court, as the same may be applicable, unless the Judge should upon the demand of the Solicitor-General refer the same to a jury trial. If upon the trial of any criminal case it should appear to the Judge that the evidence makes the case a felony against the accused, he shall thereupon suspend trial and commit the defendant to the next term of the Superior Court as in preliminary examinations; provided, always that reasonable time shall be granted to the defendant and the State to procure witnesses. Jury trials in criminal cases when demanded. Appearance bond. Trial by Judge without a jury, when. SEC. 35. Be it further enacted, That in all cases in said City Court the same powers and the same rights of parties

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as to waiver in pleadings and procedure or other matters pertaining to the same shall be allowed and upheld as in the Superior Courts of this State. Waiver. SEC. 36. Be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of all Justices of the Peace, Notary Public, and ex-officio Justices of the Peace and other committing officers when any person is bound over for any offense to said City Court for trial at once to transmit to the Clerk of said City Court an itemized bill of cost due the officers of said committing court in said case, which cost bill must be duly sworn to. Upon the final disposition of said case, if the defendant is found guilty of said offense, said Clerk shall transmit the said cost bill of said committal court to County Commissioners, who shall draw his warrant upon County Treasurer in payment of same; provided, said fine and cost in said case have been paid over to the Treasurer of Irwin County or the defendant has been delivered to the chaingang of Irwin County. Duty of committing officers to transmit bill of costs. Payment of cost bill. SEC. 37. Be it further enacted, That there shall be assessed as costs in all criminal cases disposed of in said City Court where the defendant pleads guilty, judgment of guilty, or verdict of guilty is returned, the sum of three dollars cost of City Court Judge, also the same cost now allowed by law to Solicitor-General in cases of like character in Superior Court as Solicitor's cost, also the same cost allowed Sheriffs in case of like character in the Superior Court, and also the same cost allowed Clerk Superior Court in similar cases in Superior Court as Clerk's cost, also the cost of committing court officers and also all jail fees, nonresident witness fees, and other fees paid by the county which amount shall be ascertained by the Clerk from the County Commissioner. Costs in criminal cases. It shall be the duty of the Clerk of said City Court in all cases to collect the amount of the fine and cost and pay the same over to the Treasurer of Irwin County within ten days of said conviction, taking his receipt therefor. Duty of Clerk as to costs. It shall be the duty of said Clerk to turn over to the County Commissioners, the receipt of the treasurer for

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said fine and cost, taking his receipt therefor. He shall also furnish said County Commissioners with itemized statement of cost collected, fine assessed and collected, giving name of party defendant, the offense charged, which statement must be properly sworn to. It shall be the duty of Clerk of said City Court to furnish said County Commissioners with the names of all parties tried and convicted in said City Court monthly, plainly stating party defendant, offense charged, which statement must be properly sworn to. It shall be the duty of Clerk of said City Court to furnish said County Commissioner with the names of all parties tried and convicted in said City Court monthly, plainly stating party defendant, offense charged, amount of fine, amount of costs, total amount collected, length of sentence, date fine paid, date paid over the County Treasurer, and designating those who were sent to chaingang. The clerk of said City Court shall keep in a book for that purpose an account showing amount of money received by him on account of fines and forfeitures and jury fees in civil cases in said court, also showing amount and date of disbursement to County Treasurer. He shall preserve and file in regular order the receipts of County Commissioner for receipts of County Treasurer for funds turned over to him. Duties of Clerk. SEC. 38. Be it further enacted, That all funds collected as fines and forfeitures and jury fees arising in said City Court shall be used for paying the salaries of the Judge of the City Court, Solicitor, Sheriff and Clerk as well as cost of committal court officers and if at the end of the fiscal year there remains any of said funds in the treasury the same shall be placed to the credit of chaingang or road funds of Irwin County, to be used to maintain the chaingang of said county or for road improvement. Fines and forfeitures. SEC. 39. Be it further enacted, That the County Commissioner is authorized when he levies tax for county purposes if he deems it necessary to levy a sum to cover any deficit there might be in funds collected from the City Court to pay the salaries of the officers of said court as herein referred to. Tax levy to pay salaries of officers.

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SEC. 40. Be it further enacted, That the Judge of said City Court shall have power to grant or refuse a new trial in any case, civil or criminal, in his court upon the same terms and conditions, in every respect, governing the granting or refusing new trials in the Superior Court. All rules of practice, pleading, and procedure of evidence and the charge of the court of any and all other proceedings in new trials in the Superior Courts shall apply and govern in said city. New trial. SEC. 41. Be it further enacted, That a writ of error shall lie from said City Court to the Court of Appeals, of this State, upon a bill of exceptions filed, under the same rules and regulations as govern and control the issue of writs of error and filing of bills of exceptions in the Superior Courts of this State. Writ of error. SEC. 42. Be it further enacted, That all cases, civil or criminal, pending and undisposed of in the City Court of Ocilla at the time this Act goes into effect and the City Court of Irwin County is organized and ready for the transaction of business, including all civil cases, filed in said City Court, whether the parties have been served or not, shall be and are hereby transferred to the City Court of Irwin County, created and to be organized by this Act and the same including claims and illegalities hereafter filed shall be placed upon the proper docket in the said City Court, created and to be organized by this Act to be there disposed of as if originally filed in said court. Transfer of cases pending in City Court of Ocilla. All fi fas and other processes now in the hands of the Sheriff, Bailiffs or other officers or that may hereafter come into their hands, which are made returnable to the City Court of Ocilla, shall be by them returned to the City Court of Irwin County, created and to be organized by this Act when the same is organized and ready for business. The Judge and officers of said City Court created and to be organized by this Act, shall have power and authority to issue and enforce in the name of said City Court of Irwin County, any and all processes in any case from the City Court of Ocilla of said County. All records, books and papers disposed of and of file in City Court of Ocilla shall

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be filed and deposited with the Clerk of the City Court of Irwin County. Processes returnable to City Court of Ocillia, how disposed of. Records, books, etc. SEC. 43. Be it further enacted, That all jurors in said City Court of Irwin County shall each receive the same pay for their actual attendance and service in said court, and the same shall be paid in the same manner, as in the Superior Court of Irwin County. Pay of jurors. SEC. 44. Be it further enacted, That all suits against joint obligors, joint promissors, co-partners, or joint trespassers in which any one or more reside in the County of Irwin, may be brought in said City Court if within its jurisdiction as already stated, under the same rules and regulations governing such cases in the Superior Courts, mutatis mutandis, as to copies, second originals, returns and other matters connected with the suits. Suits against joint obligors, etc. SEC. 45. Be it further enacted, That all rules of the Superior Court regulating continuances, motions, pleas, and practices except as herein specified, shall be applicable to said City Court and shall obtain therein; provided, that the Judge of said City Court shall have power to adopt and enforce rules limiting argument in cases of Justice or City Court jurisdiction. Practice. SEC. 46. Be it further enacted, That the same laws and rules governing hire or misdemeanor convicts that now or may hereafter obtain and govern in the Superior Court of Irwin County, shall obtain and govern as to convicts from the City Court of Irwin County, unless herein otherwise directed. Money arising from the hire of convicts from said City Court shall be paid to County Treasurer of Irwin County. Hire of convicts. SEC. 47. Be it further enacted, That in the event that the convicts from said City Court shall hereafter be taken charge of by the Ordinary or other county authorities, of Irwin County and by them put to work on the roads of said county or other public works of any kind, it shall be their duty and they are hereby directed to pay the amounts due the Justices of Peace, Notaries Public, who are ex-officio

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Justices of Peace, Constables and Bailiffs what they may be entitled to in each case. Costs of officers, when paid. SEC. 48. Be it further enacted, That there may be an official stenographer of said City Court of Irwin County appointed by the Judge thereof to hold office during the pleasure of the court and all civil cases in said court shall be reported at the request of the parties or upon order of the court; the fees for reporting and transcribing the testimony in each case shall be such an amount per hundred words as may be contracted by the parties to the cause, but in no case will the stenographer be allowed greater fees than for similar services in the Superior Court of Irwin County, same to be paid by the defendant and plaintiff equally and in final disposition to be taxed against the losing party as other cost. Said stenographer shall have the same right to enforce the payment of his fees as in the Superior Court. It shall be his duty to attend each session of the City Court or to furnish a competent deputy to perform his duties. Court Stenographer, his duties and compensation. SEC. 49. Be it further enacted, That said City Court shall be held at the Court House of Irwin County in the City of Ocilla, or at such place as the regular terms of Irwin Superior Court are held, and the proper authorities of said county shall provide the necessary books, and files for keeping the dockets, minutes, records and papers belonging to said City Court. Court house and supplies. SEC. 50. Be it further enacted, That this Act shall not go into effect until the Act creating the City Court of Ocilla is repealed, and courts held thereunder as provided in Section Fourteen hereof. Effective, when. SEC. 51. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved August 19, 1913.

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JACKSON, CITY COURT OF, ELECTION TO ABOLISH. No. 98. An Act to amend an Act entitled An Act to establish the City Court of Jackson, in and for the County of Butts; to define its jurisdiction and powers; to provide for the election of a Judge and Solicitor and other officers thereof; to define their powers and duties; to provide for pleadings and practice and new trials therein, and writs of error therefrom, and for other purposes, approved August 1, 1911, as amended by an Act entitled An Act to amend an Act entitled `An Act to establish the City Court of Jackson, in and for the County of Butts; to define its jurisdiction and powers; to provide for the election of a Judge and Solicitor and other officers thereof, and to define their duties; to provide for pleadings and practice and new trials therein, and for writs of error therefrom, and for other purposes,' approved August 1, 1911, so that the Solicitor of said City Court shall receive fees for his services instead of a salary, and for the repealing of Sections forty-seven (47), forty-eight (48), forty-nine (49) and fifty (50) of said Act, and to provide for the disposition of fines and forfeitures coming into said court, approved August 6, 1912, by providing that the Solicitor of said City Court shall receive a salary for his services instead of fees; to provide for the disposition of the fines and forfeitures coming into said court, and to provide for the submitting the question of abolishing said court to the qualified voters of said county, and to provide for transferring to the Superior Court of Butts County, and the disposition of same, by said Superior Court, all cases, both civil and criminal, pending in said court, together with all records, papers, suits, mesne and final processes of whatever nature that may be pending in said City Court of Jackson, and for other purposes. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by the authority

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of the same, That an Act entitled An Act to establish the City Court of Jackson, in and for the County of Butts; to define its jurisdiction and powers; to provide for the election of a Judge and Solicitor and other officers, and to define their powers and duties; to provide for pleading and practice and new trials therein, and for writs of error therefrom, and for other purposes, approved August 1, 1911, as amended by an Act entitled An Act to establish a City Court of Jackson, in and for the County of Butts; to define its jurisdiction and powers; to provide for the election of a Judge and Solicitor and officers thereof, and to define their duties; to provide for pleadings and practice and new trials therein, and from writs of error therefrom, approved August 1, 1911, so that the Solicitor of the said City Court shall receive fees for his services instead of a salary, and for the repealing of Sections forty-seven (47), forty-eight (48), forty-nine (49), and fifty (50) of said Act, and to provide for the disposition of fines and forfeitures coming into said court, approved August 6th, 1912, be, and the same is hereby amended as follows: By repealing Section one(1) of said amending Act. City Court, Jackson, Section 1 of Amending Act of 1912 repealed. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That after the passage of this Act the Solicitor of said court shall receive for his services as Solicitor of the City Court of Jackson, one thousand ($1,000.00) dollars per annum, to be collected out of the fines and forfeitures arising in said court, the remainder, if any, to be paid on the first day of September of each year, into the County Treasury of Butts County to be used for general purposes. Salary of Solicitor. SEC. 3. Be it further enacted, That immediately upon the signing of this Act by the Governor of this State, the Ordinary of the County of Butts, shall call an election to be held in said county within twenty days from the date of the publication of said call in the two newspapers of said county, to determine whether such court shall be abolished or not, at which election the qualified voters of said county voting for the court shall vote a ballot containing the words For the City Court of Jackson, and those voting against

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the continuance of the court shall vote a ballot containing the words Against the City Court of Jackson. Election to abolish City Court. (The court was abolished at an election held for the purpose.) The Ordinary shall consolidate and declare the result of said election, and if a majority of the voters voting in this election shall vote against the City Court of Jackson, then the said court shall be, and the same is hereby abolished, and it shall be the duty of the Ordinary to so declare; otherwise said court shall stand, and continue as amended in this Act. SEC. 4. Be it further enacted, That in the event said court is abolished as provided in Section three (3) hereof, all cases pending in said City Court, at the time this Act shall go into effect, whether civil or criminal, shall be transferred to the Superior Court of Butts County, and said cases shall be tried in the Superior Court of Butts County; and all illegalities, claims and answers to any garnishment proceeding, and all the proceedings growing out of any execution, decree or judgment, or process or writ, or any order of said City Court, shall be returned to said Superior Court of Butts County for trial; and all witnesses subpoenaed in cases in said City Court shall attend the Superior Court of Butts County from term to term, until said cases so transferred shall be disposed of, and in all of said transferred cases, whether civil or criminal, the costs in such cases shall be taxed and be the same as are fixed and prescribed by the Act creating the City Court of Jackson. Transfer of cases to Superior Court. SEC. 5. Be it further enacted, That all records, papers, books of every nature belonging to said City Court of Jackson shall be turned over to the Superior Court of Butts County and be deposited in the office of the Clerk of said Court. Transfer of records. SEC. 6. Be it further enacted, That on the trial of any of such transferred cases, the dockets, minutes, and other records of the City Court of Jackson shall be used as original records in any of said cases, and shall be admissible as original evidence; and should said records be required in other counties or jurisdictions, the Clerk of the Superior

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Court of Butts County shall be authorized and required to certify to the same. Records as evidence. SEC. 7. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved August 14, 1913. JEFF DAVIS COUNTY, COUNTY COURT OF, ABOLISHED. No. 110. An Act to abolish the County Court of Jeff Davis County; to provide for the disposition of matters and all litigation therein pending, and all papers, fi fas and other papers and all records connected with the County Court of Jeff Davis County. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by authority of same, That from and after the passage of this Act, the County Court of Jeff Davis County shall be and the same is hereby abolished. Jeff Davis County, County Court of, abolished. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That all mesne and final process from the County Court of Jeff Davis County which has not been executed and disposed of at the time of the passage of this Act, shall be transferred and made returnable as follows: All civil proceedings and suits of whatever character pending in said County Court charging or claiming one hundred ($100.00) dollars or more and all criminal matters pending in said court shall be and the same is hereby transferred to the City Court of Hazelhurst created by Act of the General Assembly, 1913, and all civil proceedings suits and records now pending in said County Court of Jeff Davis County charging and claiming any amount less than one hundred ($100.00) dollars shall be transferred to the several Justice's Courts in said Jeff Davis County which has jurisdiction of the person and subject matter contained in said suit. Transfer of business.

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SEC. 3. Be it further enacted, That all dockets, minutes, and records and papers now on file in the County Court of Jeff Davis County shall be transferred and returned to the said several courts including the City Court of Hazelhurst established at the present term of the General Assembly as well as the several Justice's Courts in Jeff Davis County as the jurisdiction of said papers and records may appear. Transfer of records. SEC. 4. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved August 16, 1913. JEFFERSON, CITY COURT OF, ACT CREATING AMENDED. No. 3. An Act to amend the Act creating the City Court of Jefferson, approved July 16, 1903, so as to change the time of holding the sessions of the said court; to provide for the payment of the costs due Justices of the Peace and Constables under Section 1115 of the Criminal Code of 1910; to provide that the terms of the Judge, Solicitor and Clerk shall expire with the terms of the Ordinary of Jackson County and for other purposes. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That the Act approved on July 16, 1903, creating the City Court of Jefferson be amended by striking from said original Act all of Section ten and substituting in lieu thereof the following, to-wit: Be it further enacted, That the terms of the said City Court of Jefferson, shall be held quarterly, beginning on the second Mondays in March, June, September and December of each year, respectively. The Judge of said court in his discretion shall have power to hold such special terms as the exigencies may require for the trial and disposition of business in said

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court, either civil or criminal, or to adjourn the court from day to day or to hold the court in session. Reasonable notice shall be given of the call of any special term. Jefferson, City Court of, terms of. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That when any costs may be due the Justices of the Peace or Constables of said county of Jackson under the provisions of Section 1115 of the Criminal Code of 1910, arising from misdemeanor cases, the same shall be paid upon the order of the Judge of the City Court of Jefferson, approving the bill of such officer and when said bill is approved by said Judge it shall be spread upon the minutes of the City Court of Jefferson and the approved bill shall be paid by the Clerk of the City Court of Jefferson out of funds arising from fines and forfeitures and the paid approved bill shall be a good and valid voucher for the said Clerk of the City Court of Jefferson in making settlements of his accounts with the Treasurer of Jackson County. Justices of the Peace or Constables, costs of, how paid. SEC. 3. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the terms of the Judge, Solicitor and Clerk, respectively, of said City Court of Jefferson shall expire with the term of the Ordinary of Jackson County, on December 31st, 1916, instead of on July 16, 1915, so as to conform to the terms of the Ordinary of said county and that all future like officers shall enter upon their terms at the same time as the Ordinary of said county on January 1st, and hold office during the same term as the Ordinary. The present incumbents, to-wit: G. A. Johns as Judge, P. Cooley as Solicitor and E. L. Williamson as Clerk, respectively, shall continue in office until the expiration of December 31, 1916, unless earlier removed by law, and the next election for filling said offices shall be held in the regular election of county officers in 1916; provided, further, should any one of said officers become a non-resident of Jackson County in any manner, the office now filled by such officer shall upon that contingency become vacant and shall then be filled as now provided by law, the new incumbent to serve during the unexpired term only. Terms of officers.

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SEC. 4. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict herewith be, and the same hereby are, repealed. Approved July 30, 1913. JEFFERSON, CITY COURT OF, ACT CREATING AMENDED. No. 5. An Act to amend the Act creating the City Court of Jefferson, approved July 16, 1903, so as to provide an official stenographer for said court, but at no expense to the County of Jackson, and for other purposes. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That the Act creating the City Court of Jefferson, approved July 16, 1903, be amended by adding thereto the following: There shall be an official Stenographer of the City Court of Jefferson, to be appointed by the Judge of the City Court of Jefferson, who shall hold the appointment during the term of the Judge appointing said Stenographer unless removed by said Judge and such Stenographer shall report all civil cases under the rules governing the reporting of civil cases in the Superior Courts of this State and for such services he shall be paid in the same manner as Stenographers are paid in the Superior Courts of this State and such Stenographer of the City Court of Jefferson shall have the same right to enforce the payment of the fees due as is provided by law for the enforcement of the fees of the Stenographer of the Superior Courts. It shall also be the duty of the said Stenographer of the City Court of Jefferson to report all criminal cases tried in said City Court of Jefferson and to transcribe the evidence so reported and the charge of the court when requested so to do by counsel for the defendant after conviction and sentence and for the whole service rendered in each case, including the transcription of the record said

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Stenographer shall be paid the fee of five dollars, which said sum shall be taxed against the defendant as other costs in the case and shall be paid as other costs; but in no event shall the County of Jackson. be liable for any costs due the said Stenographer for reporting cases in which the defendant is acquitted or fails to pay the fine and costs including Stenographer's fee. Jefferson, City Court of, Stenographer, his duties and compensation. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with the provisions of this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved July 30, 1913. JONES COUNTY, COUNTY COURT OF, ABOLISHED. No. 153. An Act to repeal an Act to create a County Court in each county in the State of Georgia, except certain counties therein mentioned, approved January 19, 1872, and all Acts amendatory thereto, so far as the same applies to the County of Jones and to provide for the business therein pending, and for other purposes. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That the above recited Act and all Acts amendatory thereof, as now embodied in the Code of 1895, from Section 4170 to 4217, inclusive, be, and the same are, hereby repealed, so far as they apply to the County of Jones, and the County Court of the County of Jones is hereby abolished. Jones County, County Court of, abolished. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all books, papers, suits, mesne and final process of whatever nature, and all criminal cases and business of whatever kind now pending in the County Court of Jones County be, and the same are, hereby transferred to the City Court of Gray for trial and final disposition; provided, that this Act shall not go into effect until the passage and

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approval of an Act creating the City Court of Gray in the said County of Jones. Transfer of business. SEC. 3. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved August 16, 1913. LAGRANGE, CITY COURT OF, ACT CREATING AMENDED. No. 194. An Act to amend the Act approved December 19th, 1899, establishing the City Court of LaGrange, in Troupe County, by amending Section XXX of said above recited Act establishing said City Court so as to include Justice of the Peace and Bailiffs in paying insolvent costs, etc., and for other purposes. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That the Act establishing the City Court of LaGrange in Troupe County, to define its jurisdiction and power and for other purposes, approved December 19th, 1899, be and the same is hereby amended by adding after the words, Sheriff, Clerk and Solicitor of said City Court in the 11th line of Section XXX thereof as printed in the Acts of 1889, the following words: Justice of the Peace and Bailiffs bring the money into Court, so that said Section XXX of said Act as hereby amended, shall read as follows, to-wit: Section XXX. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all money arising from fines, forfeiture, forfeited recognizances and convict hire, arising in said City Court, shall be distributed and disposed of as follows: First, all cost due the Solicitor of said City Court, the Clerk, the Sheriff, Justice of the Peace, Bailiffs, and in cases transferred from the Superior Court, the Solicitor-General of the Superior Court, shall be paid; or if there is not enough money to pay said cost in full, then to be prorated

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among said officers. Second, after paying the cost in the case bringing the money into court as above described, if there is any money left, it shall be prorated between the Sheriff, Clerk and Solicitor of said City Court, Justice of the Peace and Bailiff bringing the money into court, according to their insolvent cost list in said court. In cases transferred from the Superior Court, the Solicitor General of the Superior Court shall have one-third of said fund. If at any time there shall be a surplus after paying the insolvent cost, it shall be paid into Treasury of Troupe County. No officer shall receive any money on his insolvent cost bill unless it has first been approved by the Judge of said City Court and has been placed on the minutes thereof. And said insolvent bills shall be a lien on said funds superior to any other liens. LaGrange, City Court of, insolvent costs paid Justices of the Peace and Bailiffs, when. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all laws and parts of laws that are in conflict with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved August 18, 1913. LEXINGTON, CITY COURT OF, ACT CREATING AMENDED. No. 114. An Act to amend An Act to establish the City Court of Lexington, in and for the County of Oglethorpe; to define its jurisdiction and powers; to provide for the appointment of a Judge, Solicitor and other officers thereof, and to define their powers and duties; to provide for pleading and practice and new trials therein and writs of error therefrom to the Supreme Court, and for other purposes, approved December 13th, 1899, as amended by an Act approved August 18th, 1905, to change the time of holding the monthly and quarterly terms of said City Court, and for other purposes. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same,

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That from and after the passage of this Act, monthly terms of said court shall be held on the third Monday in each month, instead of the first Monday in each month, and the quarterly terms of said court shall be held on the third Mondays in February, May, August and November of each and every year instead of the first Mondays in February, May, August and November, as is now provided by said Act creating said City Court of Lexington. Lexington, City Court of, terms of. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That all writs, processes and summons, subpoenas, bail bonds and all other processes, orders and proceedings of all kinds returnable to said City Court as heretofore authorized by law, shall be held and considered returnable to the monthly and quarterly terms, respectively, as prescribed by this Act. Writs, etc., how returnable. SEC. 3. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved August 16, 1913. MACON, CITY OF, MUNICIPAL COURT ESTABLISHED. No. 142. An Act to abolish Justice Courts and the office of Justice of the Peace and Notary Public; ex-officio Justice of the Peace and the office of Constable in the City of Macon; to establish and create in lieu thereof a Municipal Court in and for the City of Macon; to define its jurisdiction and powers; to provide for the election of a Judge and the appointment of the other officers thereof; to define their powers and duties and to fix their compensation; to provide for rules of procedure and new trials in said court and writs of error therefrom, and for other purposes. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by authority

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of the same, That a Municipal Court of the City of Macon is hereby established and created, and that from and after the election and qualification of the officers of said Municipal Court no Justice Court, or Justice of the Peace or Notary Public ex-officio Justice of the Peace, or Constable shall have or exercise any jurisdiction, Civil or criminal, within the incorporate limits of the City of Macon as they now are or may be hereafter defined. Macon, City of, Municipal Court established. Justice's Court abolished. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That said Municipal Court of Macon shall have jurisdiction within the incorporate limits of the City of Macon, as aforesaid, concurrent with the Superior Court to try and dispose of all Civil Causes or proceedings of whatever nature, whether arising ex contractu or ex delicto, under the common law or by statute, in which the principal sum sworn to or claimed to be due, or the value of the property in dispute, does not exceed five hundred dollars, and of which jurisdiction is not vested by the Constitution and laws of the State of Georgia exclusively in other courts. The criminal jurisdiction of said Municipal Court shall not exceed the jurisdiction now or hereafter vested by law in the Justice Courts of this State. Jurisdiction. SEC. 3. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That there shall be a judge of said Municipal Court, whose term of office shall be four years, and who shall be elected by the qualified voters of the County of Bibb quadrennially at the regular State election for the election of State House officers and members of the General Assembly; provided, that the Judge of said court first elected under the terms of this Act shall be elected on the third Wednesday in September, 1913, at the election to be held for Water Commissioner of the City of Macon; provided, further, that all qualified voters of the county resident outside of the City of Macon shall be permitted to vote in said election at the Court House precinct, and it shall be the duty of the County registrars to furnish the managers of said election at said precinct a list of the registered voters living outside of said city qualified to participate in said election. Judge, his term of office and election.

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SEC. 4. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That it shall be the duty of the managers of said municipal election so first held to consolidate the vote cast for said Judge in said election, and to make a certified return thereof as returns of election of county officers are made. The Judge of said Municipal Court shall be commissioned by the Governor, and before entering upon the duties of his office shall take the same oath required by law of Superior Court Judges. Return of election. Commissioned, how. Oath. SEC. 5. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That there shall be a Clerk and Sheriff of said Municipal Court, whose terms of office shall each be four years, and who shall be appointed by the Judge of said court; provided, however, That the Judge of said Municipal Court shall have the power to remove from office at any time any officer of said court. Clerk and Sheriff. SEC. 6. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the officers of said Municipal Court first chosen as herein provided shall hold office from January 1, 1914, to January 1, 1915 and until their successors have been duly selected and qualified. Terms of officers. SEC. 7. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That any person who shall be elected Judge of said Municipal Court, must at the time of his said election have been a resident of Bibb County and a practicing attorney-at-law at least five years immediately preceding his election, and must also be at least twenty-five years of age; that the Judge of said court shall be subject to the same restrictions as are imposed by law upon Superior Court Judges. Qualifications of Judge. SEC. 8. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That any person who shall be appointed Clerk or Sheriff of said Municipal Court must at the time of his appointment be a qualified voter of Bibb County. Qualification of Clerk. SEC. 9. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That every vacancy in the office of Judge of said Municipal Court occasioned by death, resignation or other cause, shall be filled by appointment of the Governor until

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the first day of January after the regular State election held in and for the County of Bibb next after the expiration of thirty days from the time said vacancy occurs, at which election a successor for the unexpired term shall be elected. Vacancy, how filled. SEC. 10. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the salary of the Judge of said Municipal Court shall be three thousand dollars per annum; the salary of the Clerk of said Court shall be fifteen hundred dollars per annum, and the salary of the Sheriff of said court shall be twelve hundred dollars per annum; that the Sheriff of said court shall have power, by and with the consent of the Judge thereof, to appoint a deputy or deputies, and a Bailiff or Bailiffs, as the business of said court may demand. The salary of the said deputies and Bailiffs shall not exceed $2.50 per diem. The compensation of all officers of said Municipal Court shall be paid monthly out of the treasury of Bibb County upon the warrant of the Judge of said court by the officer or officers charged by law with paying out the moneys of said County. Salaries of officers. Sheriffs, Deputies of Bailiffs. SEC. 11. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the Judge of said Municipal Court is hereby clothed with the same powers and authority as is conferred by the Constitution and laws of this State upon a Justice of the Peace, and with such additional rights, powers and jurisdiction as is provided by the terms of this Act; that said Judge of said Municipal Court shall have the power and authority under the limitations set out in this Act to hear, determine and dispose of all cases or actions, civil or criminal, of which said court has jurisdiction and to give Judgment and execution therein; to hold court from day to day continuously, if necessary to the dispatch of the business of said court. The Judge of said court shall have the same power to preserve order, to compel obedience to his orders, to inflict summary punishment for contempt, to enforce the judgment of his Court as is given by law to the Judge of the Superior Courts of this State; provided, however, that said Judge shall have no power to impose punishment for contempt exceeding a fine of twenty-five dollars or three days in the county jail. The Judge of

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said Municipal Court shall have in addition to the powers enumerated in this Section, all of the powers, prerogatives and authority in matters whereof the subject matter and the amount involved are not beyond the jurisdiction of said Court, of the Judges of the Superior Courts. All laws relating to and governing Judges of the Superior Courts shall apply to the Judge of said Municipal Court so far as the same may be applicable, unless inconsistent with the provisions of this Act. Powers of Judge. SEC. 12. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That in the event the Judge of said Municipal Court is from providential causes unable to discharge the duties of his office, or from any cause is disqualified from presiding, the Judge of Bibb Superior Court shall have the power to appoint some competent attorney resident in Bibb County to preside in said court in his stead, and the attorney so appointed, when the appointment is entered upon the minutes of said court, shall exercise all of the functions of the Judge thereof. The compensation of said attorney for actual service as presiding Judge shall be ten dollars per diem, to be paid as the other officers of said court are paid. Attorney appointed to preside in place of Judge, when. SEC. 13. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all of the requirements and duties, powers and authority imposed by law upon, and conferred upon the Clerk of Bibb Superior Court and the Sheriff of Bibb County shall be obligatory upon and shall be vested in the Clerk of said Municipal Court and the Sheriff of said Municipal Court, respectively, except where inconsistent with or limited by the provisions of this Act defining the Jurisdiction of said court; provided, however, that the amount of the bond of the clerk of said Municipal Court shall be three thousand dollars, and the amount of the bond of the Sheriff of said Municipal Court shall be one thousand dollars. Clerk and Sheriff, their duties and powers. SEC. 14. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the Clerk of said Municipal Court shall have complete power and authority, co-existent and co-ordinate with the power of the Judge of said Court, under the provisions

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of this Act, to issue any and all warrants, civil or criminal, summary processes and writs which are issuable as a matter of right, to accept and approve bonds, and to discharge any and all other functions, ministerial in character, which under the laws of this State are performable by a Justice of the Peace. The Clerk of said Municipal Court shall have power, by and with the consent of the Judge thereof, to appoint one or more Deputy Clerks, provided the business of said court renders the services of such deputy or deputies indispensible. The said Deputy Clerk, if and when so appointed, shall exercise all the functions and be subject to all the responsibilities and requirements of the Clerk of said Court. The compensation of said Deputy Clerk shall be nine hundred dollars per annum. Powers of Clerk. Deputy Clerks, their powers and compensation. SEC. 15. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all warrants, summary processes and writs issuing out of said Municipal Court, in which the principal sum claimed to be due or the value of the property in dispute does not exceed five hundred dollars, ($500.00), shall be returnable to said Municipal Court in the same manner and under the same rules as such writs are required to be returned to the Superior Courts or the Justice Courts of this State as the case may be. Returns of warrants, summary processes and writs. SEC. 16. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, that with the exception of the Recorder's Court of the City of Macon and the Judge of Bibb Superior Court, the said Municipal Court shall have exclusive jurisdiction to sit as a Court of Inquiry to examine into accusations against residents of the City of Macon arrested on warrants for offenses committed within the corporate limits of said city. Court of inquiry. SEC. 17. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That said Municipal Court shall be a court of record, and shall have a seal, and the minutes, records and other books and files that are required by law to be kept for the Superior Court shall in the same manner, so far as the jurisdiction of said Municipal Court may render necessary, be

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kept in and for said Municipal Court; provided, that the Clerk of said Municipal Court shall not be required to keep a book of final records, but shall preserve in suitable files all original papers in each case, which shall not be removed from said Clerk's office. Court of record. SEC. 18. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the general laws of this State in regard to the commencement of actions in the Superior Courts, and defenses thereto, of whatever nature, the pleadings, the method of procedure and practice therein, and in regard to the examination of parties to suits or witnesses, by interrogatories or under subpoena, witnesses and their attendance, continuances, charge of the court, granting of new trials and other matters of a judicial nature within the jurisdiction of said Municipal Court, shall be applicable to said Municipal Court, except as may be otherwise provided in this Act. Pleading and practice. SEC. 19. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That suits in said Municipal Court shall in all respects be conformable to the mode of procedure in the Superior Courts save as in this Act excepted; process to suit shall be annexed by the Clerk of said court, bear test in the name of the Judge thereof, and be directed to and served by the Sheriff of said court or his lawful deputies. All executions, warrants, writs and summary processes of any kind issuing from said Municipal Court shall be issued in the name of the Judge thereof, signed by the Clerk of said Court, and be directed to the Sheriff and his lawful deputies of said Municipal Court and to all and singular the Sheriffs and Deputy Sheriffs and lawful Constables of this State, and shall in the City of Macon be executed by the Sheriff or his deputies of said Municipal Court and outside of said City by any Sheriff, Deputy Sheriff or lawful Constable as now provided by law for such proceedings from the Superior Courts of this State. Procedure. SEC. 20. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the terms of said Municipal Court shall be held monthly on the third Monday in each month, beginning the

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third Monday in January, 1914; that suits shall be filed in in the Clerk's office of said Court at least fifteen days before the first day of the term to which it is returnable, and shall be served at least ten days before the first day of said term. The Judge of said court shall call the appearance docket on the first Wednesday in each term, and in all cases in which no answer has been filed before twelve o'clock M. on the first day of said term, the Judge on the call of the appearance docket, shall mark the same In Default, and all cases so marked shall thereby be ripe for trial and judgment. After rendition of final judgment in a case so marked In Default, the right of opening such default shall terminate, unless by order of the Court or by consent of parties or counsel of record evidenced by a written stipulation filed with the Clerk of said Court. Terms of Court. Filing and service of suits. Call of appearance docket. Default judgments. (b) In all cases in said Court in which the principal sum claimed, or the value of the property in controversy does not exceed twenty-five dollars the rules of pleading as provided in Section 18, hereof shall not be required of parties prosecuting or defending any such action therein, and it shall not be necessary to paragraph either petition or answer, but no suit or proceeding, or answer thereto, shall be accepted or filed by the Clerk of said Court unless a substantial statement of the cause of action, or matters of defense, of whatsoever character, be first reduced to writing. No demurrer or special plea shall be required, but every defense in point of law or of fact may be taken advantage of in the answer; provided, that if the plaintiff shall verify his claim, or if a suit is brought on an unconditional contract in writing, the defendant shall be required to verify his answer. In the furtherance of justice the Judge of said Court shall permit any claim, suit, process, pleading or record to be amended in form or in substance, or material supplemental matter to be set forth in an amended written pleading, and shall disregard any error or defect which does not effect the substantial rights of the parties, but no amendment presenting a new and distinct cause of action or new party shall be allowed. Pleading.

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SEC. 21. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That on the call of the appearance docket as hereinbefore provided, all cases shall be assigned for trial by the Judge of said Court on a day within the term to which they are brought, unless continued for good cause shown. If a case so placed on the trial calendar is not disposed of within ninety days from the first day of the term to which it is brought, it may be dismissed by the Judge in the exercise of a sound discretion without prejudice to a new one and costs taxed against the delinquent party. Trial of cases. SEC. 22. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That it shall be the duty of the Clerk of said Municipal Court to prepare and file in his office from the list of the traverse jury of the Superior Court of Bibb County as provided from time to time for such Superior Court a list of the traverse jurors appearing thereon who are residents of the City of Macon. From said list so prepared traverse jurors in said Municipal Court shall be drawn in the following manner: The Clerk of said Municipal Court shall write upon separate tickets the names of such traverse jurors, and shall number the same and place in a box prepared for that purpose. From it shall be drawn twelve traverse jurors in the manner prescribed by law in the Superior Courts; all laws with reference to the drawing, selecting and summoning of traverse jurors in the Superior Court shall apply to said municipal Court under the limitation provided by the terms of this Act. Jury list. Juries, how drawn. SEC. 23. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all laws with reference to the qualification, relation impanelling, challenging and compensation of jurors now of force in this State shall apply to and be observed in said Municipal Court, except as where in conflict with the terms of this Act. Juries, law applicable to. SEC. 24. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all jury trials in said court shall be by a jury of six, and from said panel of twelve traverse jurors drawn and summoned by the provisions of this Act, the Judge of said Municipal Court shall cause to be made up two juries

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and all cases and issues to be tried by jury at such term of said Municipal Court shall be tried by one of these juries, or by a jury stricken from both, plaintiff and defendant each being entitled to three peremtory challenges. In the event said panel should be reduced below twelve from any cause, the Judge of said Court shall have power to fill it out by causing talesmen to be summoned instanter; provided, however, that it shall be in the power of the Judge of said Court to cause to be drawn a panel of eighteen jurors, from which panel three juries shall be made up, if in his discretion the business of the court justifies an additional jury. Jury trials. SEC. 25. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That every case in said Municipal Court shall be tried by the Judge thereof without a jury unless a written demand for trial by jury is filed in said Court by the plaintiff or his attorney or by any other party seeking affirmative relief at the time such action or proceeding is instituted, and by the defendant or his attorney on or before the day upon which he is required to appear in court in response to the proceedings against him; upon the failure of a party to demand a trial by jury, he shall be held to have waived such right. Trial by Judge without a jury, when. SEC. 26. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That, (a) In all cases in said Court wherein the principal sum claimed or the value of the property in controversy does not exceed twenty-five dollars, tried by the Judge thereof without a jury, the judgment of said Court shall be final and conclusive and no appeal and no review by writ of certiorari shall be allowed. No appeal or review in certain cases. (b) In all cases in said Court tried by the Judge thereof without a jury in which the principal sum claimed or the value of the property in controversy exceeds twenty-five dollars, and in all cases tried before a jury, upon announcement of judgment by the Court or upon rendition of the verdict of the jury, any party or his counsel may make an oral motion for a new trial before judgment is entered in said case. Unless said motion for new trial is made

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as herein provided the parties shall be held to have waived their right to move for a new trial except upon the grounds on which extraordinary motions for new trial may be made. Said motion shall be heard at such time as the Court in its discretion may set for a hearing and no brief of the evidence shall be required; provided, that the Judge of said court shall have power to grant but one new trial in each case, and from the judgment granting a new trial there shall be no appeal or review, the case standing for retrial de novo. New trials. (c) In all cases not embraced by Paragraph (a) of this Section, and in which the principal sum claimed, or the value of the property in controversy, does not exceed one hundred dollars ($100.00) from the judgment of said Court making final disposition of said case, an appeal shall lie by writ of error to the Superior Court of Bibb County, and a bill of exceptions shall be tendered, certified and filed under the same rules as apply to bills of exceptions from the Superior Courts of this State; provided, however, that said bills of exceptions shall be tendered within ten days from the judgment complained of, and served and filed within ten additional days, and the judgment of said Superior Court making disposition of said case shall be final, and shall not be subject to review by an Appellate Court. Writ of error to Superior Court of Bibb County, when. (d) From the judgment of said Municipal Court refusing to grant a new trial, or making final disposition of any case in which the principal sum claimed, or the value of the property in controversy exceeds one hundred dollars, ($100.00), an appeal shall lie by writ of error to the Court of Appeals of Georgia, and a bill of exceptions shall be tendered, certified and filed under the same rules as apply to bills of exceptions from the Superior Courts of this State; provided, however, that the bill of exceptions shall be tendered within ten days from the judgment complained of and served and filed within ten additional days. Writ of error to Court of Appeals, when. SEC. 27. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all judgments obtained in said court shall be liens upon property belonging to the defendant or defendants to

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the same extent and upon the same conditions as judgments of the Superior Courts of this State. Lien of judgments. SEC. 28. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all sales of personal property levied upon in the County of Bibb under process from said Municipal Court shall take place before the Court House door during the legal hours of sale, at public outcry, on the Monday next following ten days advertisement by notice posted before the Court House door describing the property to be sold, the place and hour of sale, the name and residence of the owner of the property, and the style of the case in which the execution issued. Such sales to be conducted by the Sheriff of said court or his deputy; provided, that sales of perishable property and sales on the premises may be made as provided by law, and provided, further, that in all cases where real estate is levied upon under a process from said court, the subsequent proceedings shall conform to the laws governing the sale of real estate. Sheriff's sales. SEC. 29. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That in all cases of proceedings in which the principal sum does not exceed one hundred dollars, the same fees which are allowed by law to Justices' of the Peace and Constables shall be assessed and collected by the officers of said Municipal Court, and that said fees shall be paid by the Clerk of said court monthly into the treasury of Bibb County, accompanied by the Clerk's sworn statement thereof and placed to the credit of said Municipal Court to be use for defraying the expenses of said court. Fees in certain cases. SEC. 30. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That in all cases or proceedings in which the principal sum exceeds one hundred dollars, the provisions of section twenty-nine of this Act in reference to the collection of fees, payment into the county treasury, shall apply, with the exception that the fees collected shall be the same as those allowed by law to the Clerk of Bibb Superior Court and the Sheriff of Bibb County. Fees in other cases. SEC. 31. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That it shall be the duty of the Judge of said Court

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to see to it that the officers of his court are diligent in the collection of costs, and to this end he shall call the execution docket of his court on some fixed day in each term, and shall adopt such other measures and rules as will insure the payment of costs by the party or parties liable therefor. Diligence in collection of costs required. SEC. 32. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That on and after January 1, 1914, no officer of any Justice Court whose district lies in whole or in part without the limits of the City of Macon shall have authority to serve or execute any paper, process or writ of any character, except a criminal warrant, within the corporate limits of the City of Macon without regard to the location of the court from which such paper or process issued. Officers of Justice's Courts. SEC. 33. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That in the event any Justice of the Peace whose district adjoins the City of Macon is disqualified from presiding in a particular case or refuses to serve in such case or if such Justice of the Peace is sued and there is no other Justice in his district who is qualified to Act, said Municipal Court of Macon shall have jurisdiction of such case concurrent with Justice Courts in other adjoining districts. Court has concurrent jurisdiction, when. SEC. 34. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the Justice Courts or Justices of the Peace whose districts at the time this Act goes into effect lie partly within and partly without the incorporate limits of the City of Macon, and who exercise jurisdiction throughout the City of Macon, shall continue as such within their respective districts outside of the incorporate limits of the City of Macon; provided, that said courts shall be without jurisdiction to try any civil or criminal cases pending therein on January 1, 1914, against any resident of the City of Macon. Jurisdiction of Justice's Courts partly within and partly without City of Macon. SEC. 35. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all cases, civil or criminal, pending and undisposed of on the first day of January, 1914, in Justice Courts

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lying wholly within the City of Macon shall be and they are hereby transferred to said Municipal Court for trial and disposition therein. All final and other processes in the hands of officers of said Justice Courts shall be by them returned to said Municipal Court, and the Judge and other officers of said Municipal court shall have power and authority to issue and enforce in the name of said Municipal Court any and all processes in any case from said Justice Courts necessary to the final disposition of the same, which from any cause have not been issued and enforced by the officers of said Justice Courts. All fifas and final processes not satisfied in the hands of the officers of said Justice Courts on the first day of January, 1914, shall be levied by the officers of said Municipal Court. All records, books and papers in cases disposed of and of file in said Justice Courts shall be filed and deposited with the Clerk of said Municipal Court, and all property of parties to actions in said Justice Courts in the legal custody of the said courts shall be delivered to the Sheriff of said Municipal Court. It is hereby made the duty of said Justices of the Peace to comply with the provisions of this section and any Justice of the Peace who shall fail to transmit such suits, papers and documents or to return such final or other processes, or to deliver the books and records or property in the custody of the courts within three days after written demand for such transmission or delivery has been made by the Clerk of said Municipal Court or any party at interest shall be held in contempt of said Municipal Court and be punished as provided in cases of contempt. The officers of said Justice Courts in this section referred to shall be entitled to all uncollected costs which may have accrued in the cases in their respective courts so transferred up to the first day of January, 1914, upon the collection of the same by the officers of said Municipal Court. Transfer of cases, business and records from Justice Courts to Municipal Court. SEC. 36. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the provisions of Section 35 shall apply to the Justices of the Peace and Justice Courts whose districts are partly within and partly without the corporate limits of the City of Macon in all cases, civil or criminal, jurisdiction

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of which will devolve upon said Municipal Court, pending and undisposed of on the first day of January, 1914, and none other. Justice Courts partly within and partly without city, Section 35 applies, when. SEC. 37. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the Board of County Commissioners of Bibb County shall provide a suitable and convenient place for the holding of said Municipal Court of Macon; and shall provide all necessary books, stationery and filing cases for keeping the dockets, files and records of said court. Court room and supplies. SEC. 38. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That a complete set of the published reports of the Supreme Court and the Court of Appeals of Georgia, and the Acts of the General Assembly of Georgia, commencing with the Acts of 1910, and the Code of 1910, shall be furnished by the State Librarian to the Clerk of said court for the use of said court. Court reports and certain Acts, how punished. SEC. 39. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved August 16, 1913. MACON, CITY COURT OF, SALARY OF JUDGE. No. 49. An Act to increase the salary of the Judge of the City Court of Macon, in and for Bibb County, and for other purposes. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same, That from and after the passage of this Act, the Judge of the City Court of Macon in and for the County of Bibb, shall receive a salary of five thousand dollars per annum and that said salary shall be paid in monthly installments out of the Treasury of the County of Bibb by the person or persons charged by law with paying out the moneys of said county. Macon, City Court of, salary of Judge.

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SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That all laws or parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved August 6, 1913. MADISON, CITY COURT OF, ACT CREATING AMENDED. No. 182. An Act to amend an Act approved August 15th, 1910, to establish the City Court of Madison, in the City of Madison, County of Morgan, to define its jurisdiction and powers; to provide for the election of a Judge and other officials thereof, etc., so as to make the Judge and Solicitor of said court appointed by the Governor and not elective as now provided, and for other purposes. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same, That the Act approved August 15th, 1910, creating the City Court of Madison in the City of Madison, Morgan County, etc., be and the same is hereby amended, by striking all of Section two and inserting the following: Madison, City Court of, Act creating amended. Section 2. Be it further enacted, That there shall be a Judge of said court whose term shall be for four years or until his successor shall be appointed and qualified as herein provided; said Judge to be appointed by the Governor and confirmed by the Senate. Appointment of Judge. The Judge of said court shall receive a salary of fifteen hundred dollars per annum, to be paid monthly by the Treasurer of Morgan County, and no other compensation. He may practice law in all courts except the City Court of Madison. Salary of Judge. In case of a vacancy in said office the same shall be filled by appointment of the Governor by and with the approval of the Senate and when such appointment is made, when the Senate is not in session, the same shall only be until the Senate meets and is in position to act on the same. Vacancy, how filled.

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SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That said Act be further amended by striking the word action where the same appears in the fourth line of Section four of said Act, and inserting in lieu thereof the word appointment. Section 4 of Act establishing amended. SEC. 3. Be it further enacted, That the above amendments shall not affect the term of the present Judge and Solicitor of said court. SEC. 4. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved August 18, 1913. MILLER COUNTY, CITY COURT OF, ACT CREATING AMENDED. No. 26. An Act to amend an Act creating and establishing the City Court of Miller County, approved August 6, 1909, and for other purposes. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That an Act entitled an Act to amend an Act approved August 6, 1909, be and the same is hereby amended by striking out all of Section 1 of said Act and inserting in lieu thereof the following: Be it further enacted, That for his services in said court, the fees of the Solicitor shall be as follows: For every case finally disposed of in said court, founded upon accusation, ten dollars; for every indictment or special presentment, finally disposed of in said court, ten dollars, and for all services for which this section does not provide, he shall receive the same fees as are allowed by law to Solicitors-General for same services in the Superior Court; provided, however, that said Solicitor shall receive no fee at all unless there is a plea of guilty or conviction. The foregoing fees are to be paid out of the funds arising from fines and forfeitures

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in said court with the exception that the County Commissioners of said county shall pay all court costs for the conviction of convicts delivered to them by said court to be worked upon the roads of Miller County. In the absence or disqualification of said Solicitor, the City Court Judge shall appoint a Solicitor pro tem, who shall receive the same fees as are allowed the Solicitor of said court. Miller County, City Court of, Act creating amended. Fees of Solicitor. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That Section three on Page 276 of said Act, be amended by striking out the word No in said section on line twelve, so that when amended, said section will read: Any person charged with an offense within the jurisdiction of said City Court, shall have the right to demand indictment by the Grand Jury of said county before trial. Indictment, right to demand. SEC. 3. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved August 5, 1913. MONROE, CITY COURT OF, ACT CREATING AMENDED. No. 19. An Act to amend, alter, modify, repeal and change certain portions of an Act of the General Assembly of Georgia, approved August 17th, 1905, Acts 1905, Pages 303 to 314, inclusive, establishing the City Court of Monroe, in Walton County, Georgia, as amended by an Act of the General Assembly of 1906, found in Acts of 1906, Pages 270 to 272, inclusive, so as to change time of holding the quarterly terms of said court; fix salaries for the Judge and Solicitor thereof; to authorize judgments to be entered at the first or appearance term in certain cases; to extend the jurisdiction of the court in trover and other cases; to require the Judge of the Superior Court to transfer misdemeanor cases to said City Court; to limit practice of the Judge of said City Court; to provide

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for an official Stenographer; to change provision of the law as to number of jurors that may be drawn in said court; to provide for publication of docket notice, and for other purposes. SECTION 1. Be, and it is hereby enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, That the Act establishing the City Court of Monroe, in Walton County, Acts of 1905, Pages 303 to 314, inclusive, as amended by Acts of 1906, Pages 270 to 272, inclusive, be amended, altered, modified, repealed as to certain portions thereof and changed as hereinafter stated. Monroe, City Court of, Act creating amended. SEC. 2. Be, and it is hereby enacted, That Section 1, Acts of 1905, on Page 303, be amended by adding in line 8 after word dollars the following words, to-wit: And in all trover cases, and such other cases in which the Justices' Courts have not jurisdiction regardless of the amount involved, so that when said section is amended it will read as follows: Section 1. Be, and it is hereby enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same, That the City Court of Monroe, to be located in the City of Monroe, in the County of Walton, is hereby established and created with civil and criminal jurisdiction over the whole County of Walton, concurrent with the Superior Court to try and dispose of all civil cases of whatever nature, wherein the amount claimed or involved, inclusive of interest, is as much as $50.00; and in all trover cases, and such other cases in which the Justices' Courts have not jurisdiction, regardless of the amount involved, except those of which the Constitution of this State has given to the Superior Court exclusive jurisdiction, and with criminal jurisdiction to try and dispose of all offenses below the grade of felony committed in the County of Walton; that the jurisdiction herein conferred shall include not only the ordinary suits by petition and process, but also all other kinds of suits and proceedings which now or hereafter may be in use in the Superior Courts, either under the common law or statute, including among others, attachment and garnishment proceedings, illegalities, counter-affidavits to any proceedings

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from said court, statutory awards, proceedings against intruders and tenants holding over, partition to personalty, issues upon distress warrants, foreclosures of all liens and mortgages and quo-warranto. Jurisdiction. SEC. 3. Be and it is further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That Section 10, of the Acts of 1905, Page 306, be amended by striking therefrom the word first where it appears in line 6 of said Act, and inserting in lieu thereof the word third, and that the Act of 1906, Page 270 be amended by striking from line 19, in Section 1, on said Page 270, the word first and inserting in lieu thereof the word third so that the time of holding the quarterly terms of the City Court of Monroe, will be changed and held on the third Mondays in January, April, July, and October, and when said law is so changed Section 10, beginning with the word and where it appears in line 4 and ending with the word October will read as follows: And the quarterly terms for the trial and disposition of either or both criminal and civil business to be held on the third Mondays in January, April, July and October. And so that portion of Section 1, Page 270, beginning with the word and where it appears in line 18 thereof, will read: And the quarterly terms for the trial and disposition of either or both criminal and civil business, to be held on the third Mondays in January, April, July and October. Terms of court. SEC. 4. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That Section 39, on Page 313, Acts of 1905, be and the same is hereby amended by adding to and at the end of said section the following words, to-wit: Provided, however, the court may enter judgment at the first or appearance term of any quarterly session of said court, in any civil case where no defense is filed, or where a plea is filed and is stricken on demurrer or is withdrawn, so that when amended, said section will read as follows: Section 39. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the first term of said court to which a civil case is brought shall be the appearance or return term, the second shall be the trial or judgment term, and all the laws, rules and practices in said court with reference to the terms thereof and

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to the continuance, pleadings and trial of causes therein, shall be the same as in the Superior Court unless otherwise provided in this Act; provided, however, the court may enter judgment at the first or appearance term of any quarterly session of said court, in any civil case where no defense is filed, or where a plea is filed and is stricken on demurrer, or is withdrawn. Judgment entered at appearance term, when. SEC. 5. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That Section 6, Page 305, Acts of 1905, be amended by adding to and at the end of said section the following words, to-wit: Provided, further, that the Deputy Sheriff appointed by such Sheriff to serve with him as provided by law, shall likewise be the Deputy Sheriffs of said court to execute and serve all papers and processes returnable to, issuing out of, or of said court, so that said section when so amended will read as follows: Section 6. That the Sheriff of Walton County shall be ex-officio Sheriff of said City Court of Monroe, and in his official connection with said court shall be known as the Sheriff of said City Court of Monroe. Said Sheriff shall not be required to give an additional bond for the faithful discharge of his duties, but all the liabilities attached to the Sheriff of the Superior Court shall attach to the office of Sheriff of the City Court of Monroe, and the official bond given by him as the Sheriff of Walton County, shall be held liable for the faithful performance of his duties as Sheriff of the City Court of Monroe; provided, further, that the Deputy Sheriffs appointed by such Sheriff to serve with him as provided by law shall likewise be the Deputy Sheriffs of said court to execute and serve all papers and processes returnable to, issuing out of, or of said court. Deputy Sheriffs. SEC. 6. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That Section 2, of the Act of 1905, Page 304, fixing the salary of the Judge, be ameneded by striking from said section, all the words beginning with the words One Thousand Dollars in the first line on Page 304 of said Act and ending with the word served in the sixth line of said Act, and inserting in lieu thereof the words Twelve Hundred Dollars per Annum, so that when said section is so amended

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it will read as follows: Section 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That there shall be a Judge of said court who shall be appointed by the Governor, by and with the consent and advice of the Senate, who shall hold his office for the term of four years, and all vacancies in the office of Judge shall be filled by appointment by the Governor for the residue of the unexpired term, but should a vacancy occur when the Senate is not in session, the Governor shall make appointment to fill such vacancy and submit such appointment to the Senate which shall next thereafter convene. The Judge of said City Court shall receive a salary of twelve hundred dollars per annum, which salary shall be paid monthly by the Treasurer of the County of Walton, and it shall be the duty of the Ordinary of said county, or other proper officer, to make provision annually in levying the taxes for this purpose. The said Judge shall receive no other compensation, but may practice law in any court except his own. And that said section be further amended by adding the following words, to-wit: Except he shall not be qualified to practice in any way, in any case pending in, or being brought to his court, or in any misdemeanor case brought by warrant in a Justice's Court, or indictment by the Grand Jury in said County of Walton. Salary of Judge. SEC. 7. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all of Section 4, on Page 304, Acts of 1905, embraced in the eight last lines of said section, beginning with the words, The Solicitor in the eleventh line of said section, be and the same is hereby amended and repealed and the following words substituted therefor, to-wit: The Solicitor shall charge the same fees for each written accusation that are allowed the Solicitor-General for each indictment in the Superior Court, and for all other services rendered by him, the same fees as are allowed the Solicitor General of the Superior Court; and said fees, together with one-half the amount of all forfeitures and fines imposed by the Judge in each case tried in said City Court of Monroe, shall be by him received and turned into the Treasury of Walton County and he shall render a report of same, with such other matters as may be material information, to the

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Grand Jury of the Superior Court at each session of said court. And the Solicitor of said City Court of Monroe shall receive for his services a salary of twelve hundred dollars per annum, payable monthly by the Treasurer of Walton County, and it shall be the duty of the Ordinary of said county, or other proper officer to make provision annually in levying the taxes for this purpose; provided, there are not sufficient funds in the treasury arising from fines and costs in the City Court to pay the same. In the absence or disqualification of the Solicitor of the City Court, the Judge of said City Court shall appoint a Solicitor pro tem from the members of the bar, who shall receive for his services such sums as may be agreed upon by him and the Solicitor, or upon failure to agree such compensation shall be fixed by the Judge on a basis of the value of the services actually performed as related to the salary of said Solicitor, and when said compensation is agreed upon or fixed it shall be deducted from the salary of said Solicitor. Fees of Solicitor. Salary of Solicitor. Solicitor pro tem. SEC. 8. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That Section 27, on Page 310, of the Acts of 1905, in regard to trial by jury, be and the same is hereby repealed and the following substituted therefor, to-wit: Section 27. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the Judge of said court shall draw as provided in Section 26 of said Act, not less than twenty-four, nor over thirty-six jurors and have them summoned for the trial of cases. That twenty-four jurors shall be impanelled and qualified for the trial, of any civil or criminal case, when a trial by jury is demanded, and in civil cases each side shall have six strikes, and in criminal cases the defendant shall be entitled to seven peremptory challenges, and the State five; thus twelve shall constitute a jury for the trial of any case in the said court. When a jury of twelve shall have retired for the purpose of considering a case, the remaining jurors, together with any talesmen which the Judge of said court may summon at any time to complete panels, shall be used in the trial of cases, or if more than one jury is out considering cases the remaining twelve may be used by the parties agreeing to the same, and this shall constitute a legal

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jury. The jurors, those drawn on the regular panel, and likewise the talesmen which the Judge of said court is hereby empowered to have summoned instanter at any term of said court when ever necessary to complete panel, shall each receive the sum of two dollars per day, while serving as jurors of said court, to be paid under the rules governing the payment of Superior Court jurors. Juries, how drawn, impanelled, etc. SEC. 9. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That said Act of 1905, establishing the City Court of Monroe, on Pages 303 to 314, inclusive, as amended by Acts of 1906, Pages 270 to 272, inclusive, be and the same is hereby amended by adding to the same a new provision and section as follows: That the Judge of said City Court of Monroe shall have the right to appoint an official Stenographer for said court, for the purpose of taking down and transcribing the testimony and charge of the court in civil cases tried therein, under the same rules and regulations that obtain in the Superior Court, without cost to the county, but to be compensated only under said rule. Court Stenographer. SEC. 10. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That said Act of 1905, establishing the City Court of Monroe, on Pages 303 to 314, inclusive, as amended by Acts of 1906, Pages 270 to 272, inclusive, be and the same is hereby amended by adding to said Act a new provision and section as follows: That the Judge of said City Court shall before each quarterly term thereof, publish in the official Gazette of said county, once a week for two weeks just prior to said term of court, a notice stating the day during said term of court that he will begin to call for trial the civil docket, and the day on which he will begin to call for trial the criminal docket, and said dockets shall be so called for trial and the cases thereon be disposed of in the order so named in said notice. Publication of call of criminal docket. Approved August 1, 1913.

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OCILLA, CITY COURT OF, ABOLISHED. No. 72. An Act to repeal an Act approved August 6th, 1909, to establish the City Court of Ocilla, in and for the County of Irwin, to define its jurisdiction and powers; to provide for the appointment of a Judge, Solicitor-General and other officers thereof, and to define their powers and duties; to provide for pleading and practice therein, writs of error therefrom, and for other purposes; to dispose of the business pending therein, also provided where said Act shall take effect, and for other purposes. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same, That from and after the passage of this Act that the Act approved August 6th, 1909, to establish the City Court of Ocilla, in and for the County of Irwin, to define its jurisdiction and powers, to provide for the appointment of a Judge, Solicitor-General and other officers thereof, and to define their powers and duties; to provide for pleading and practice therein, writs of error therefrom and for other purposes, is hereby repealed and said City Court of Ocilla abolished. Ocilla, City Court of, abolished. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That all business now pending in said City Court of Ocilla shall be and is hereby transferred to the City Court of Irwin County, in and for the County of Irwin, and all books, papers and all processes and records of whatever kind, either civil or criminal, belonging or connected with said City Court of Ocilla shall be turned over to the Clerk of the City Court of Irwin County, to be disposed of by said Clerk as provided for in the Act establishing said City Court of Irwin County. Transfer of business. SEC. 3. Be it further enacted, That this Act shall not take effect until the Act establishing the City Court of Irwin County shall become a law. Act effective, when.

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SEC. 4. Be it further enacted, That all laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved August 11, 1913. OGLETHORPE, CITY COURT OF, ACT CREATING AMENDED. No. 225. An Act to amend an Act establishing the City Court of Oglethorpe, as to the salary of the Judge, the number of jurors for trial of cases and for other purposes. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same, That Section one (1) of an Act approved August 14, 1908, amendatory of an Act establishing the City Court of Oglethorpe in Macon County, approved August 22nd, 1907, be and the same is, hereby amended by striking from the forty-seventh line thereof the word twelve and inserting in lieu thereof the word fifteen so that Section four (4) of said Act approved August 22, 1907, as amended by the Act of August 14th, 1908, when so amended will read as follows: Section 4. Be it further enacted, That there shall be a Judge of said City Court of Oglethorpe who shall be chosen and commissioned in the following manner. There shall be held a Special election in Macon County on the first Wednesday in October, 1907, at which a Judge of said City Court shall be elected by the qualified voters of said County; said election to be held under the same rules and regulations as elections for members for the General Assembly are held, the returns of said election to be made to the Governor who shall issue a Commission to the person elected as such Judge at said election; said person so elected to be so commissioned for and to hold said office under such commission until the first day of January, 1909, and until his successor is elected and qualified; all the laws now of force in this State with reference to the registration and qualification of voters for said election shall apply to the said election as

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they apply to the other special elections. At the next regular election for county officers of said County of Macon to be held on the first Wednesday in October, 1908, there shall be elected a Judge of said City Court for a term of four years from said first day of January, 1909, and until his successor is elected and qualified, and thereafter the term of office of said Judge shall be four years and he shall be elected by the qualified voters of Macon County at the same time and in the same manner as other county officers by said County of Macon are elected; and he shall be commissioned by the Governor as such other officers are Commissioned, except that he shall be so commissioned for a term of four years instead of two. In case of vacancy in said office of City Court Judge from death, resignation, removal or otherwise, the Governor shall fill said vacancy by appointment of some fit and proper person to hold said office for the unexpired term. The Judge of said City Court of Oglethorpe shall receive a salary of fifteen hundred dollars per annum which shall be paid monthly out of the treasury of said County of Macon. Oglethorpe, City of, Act creating amended. Salary of Judge. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be and the same are hereby repealed. Approved August 18, 1913. PELHAM, CITY COURT OF, ACT CREATING AMENDED. No. 146. An Act to amend an Act entitled An Act to establish a City Court in the town of Pelham, in the County of Mitchell; to define its jurisdiction and powers; to regulate proceedings therein, and for other purposes, approved August 22nd, 1905, and amended by an Act amendatory thereof, approved August 22nd, 1907, providing for the salary for the Solicitor of the City Court of Pelham, and the manner in which he shall be paid;

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providing for the right of demand for indictment by the Grand Jury; and for other purposes; so as to change the manner of payment of the Solicitor of the City Court of Pelham; to change the right of demand for an indictment by the Grand Jury; to provide for a change in the time for the holding of said court; to allow the Judge to increase the number of Jurors in his discretion, and for other purposes. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same, that an Act entitled An Act to establish a City Court in the town of Pelham, in the County of Mitchell; to define its jurisdiction and powers; to regulate proceedings therein, and for other purposes, approved August 22nd, 1905, and amended by an Act amendatory thereof, approved August 22nd, 1907, be, and the same is hereby, amended as follows: Pelham, City Court of, Act creating amended. SEC. 2. By striking out all of said Section 1 of said Act of 1907 (Acts of 1907, P. 228), after the word applicable in the 11th line of said Act, which reads as follows: And said Solicitor to have no extra salary, costs, or other compensation for acts done in connection with said City Court of Pelham other than allowed his for the performance of his duties as Solicitor of said City Court of Camilla, and substituting, in lieu thereof, the following: And the Solicitor of said City Court of Pelham shall receive the same fees as are now allowed by law to the Solicitors-General of this State, for similar services in the Superior Courts of this State; provided, said Solicitor shall have the same fee for drawing the accusations in said court as are now allowed by law to Solicitors-General in the Superior Court for drawing bills of indictment; provided, however, that for representing the State in each case carried to the Court of Appeals of Georgia from said City Court of Pelham said Solicitor shall receive a fee of $15.00, to be paid out of the treasury of the State in the same manner as the Solicitors-General's fees for like services are paid. In the absence, inability, or disqualification of said solicitor to act or perform the duties of said office the judge of said court shall have authority

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to appoint a solicitor pro. tem., who shall receive for his services the same compensation as is allowed to the Solicitor of said court. Fees of Solicitor. SEC. 3. By striking out all of said Section 2 of said Act of 1907, after the word the, near the end of the 29th line of said Act, which reads as follows: Next regular or special term of said court. In all cases allowing bail to the defendant, to be fixed by the Judge, but the defendant shall be allowed to demand indictment by the Grand Jury as a condition precedent to trial, and substituting, in lieu thereof, the following: earliest time when such jury may be in attendance on said court, in all cases allowing bail to the defendant, to be fixed by the judge, and allowing such postponements and continuances as the rules of the Superior Court require, the defendant shall not be allowed to demand indictment by the Grand Jury as a condition precedent to trial, except that, in the discretion of the presiding judge, such demand may be allowed, and such judge may, upon his own motion, commit the defendant for his appearance before the Grand Jury and transfer all papers in the case to the Grand Jury for action thereof, as in case of a demand for indictment in the county courts of this State. In all cases transferred to the Superior Court of Mitchell County from said City Court in which indictments are found by the Grand Jury it shall be the duty of the Judge of said Superior Court to immediately transfer all such cases back to said City Court of Pelham to be there disposed of. Criminal trials. SEC. 4. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That Section 24 of an Act approved August 22nd, 1905, establishing the City Court of Pelham, (Acts of 1905, p. 330), be, and the same is, hereby amended by adding at the end of said Section 24, the following words: If from any cause said panels shall be reduced below 18, the Judge of said court shall have the power to fill it by causing talesmen to be summoned instanter. The judge of the court may, at any time, in his discretion, increase the panel of 18 jurors to 30, either summoning said additional jurors as talesmen or drawing them out of the jury box. Jury panels.

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SEC. 5. Be it further enacted, That Section 10 of an Act approved August 22nd, 1905, establishing said City Court of Pelham (Acts of 1905, p, 327), be, and the same is, hereby amended by adding at the end of said Section 10 the following words: Provided, that the Judge of said court may change the time for holding said terms of said court, as in his judgment may seem best for the disposition of the business of said court, notice of which said change of the time for holding said terms of said court shall be given 30 days before any change of said terms by advertisement one time in the newspaper where the Sheriff's sales for the County of Mitchell are published. Time of holding court, how changed. SEC. 6. Be it further enacted, by the authority aforesaid, That all of the foregoing amendments are to take effect on and after February 1, 1914. Amendments, when effective. SEC. 7. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict herewith be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved August 16, 1913. PEMBROKE, CITY COURT OF, ABOLISHED. No. 101. An Act to repeal an Act to establish the City Court of Pembroke, approved August 22nd, 1911, Acts 1911, and to provide for the disposition of all suits, fi fas, all papers and all other matters pending in said City Court of Pembroke; to abolish the office of Judge and Solicitor of said court, and for other purposes. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That the Act to establish the City Court of Pembroke in Bryan County, approved August 22nd, 1911, Acts 1911, be, and the same is, hereby repealed, and the said City Court of Pembroke is hereby abolished. Pembroke, City Court of, abolished.

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SEC. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all suits pending in said Court at the time of the approval of this Act, shall be by the Clerk of the Superior Court transferred to the County Court of said County, should said County Court have jurisdiction of the same, if not then to be transferred to the Superior Court of said county, and all fi fas, and papers and matters of every kind shall be by the Clerk of the Superior Court transferred to the County and Superior Courts, first to the County Court, provided the County Court has jurisdiction of the subject matter. Transfer of business and records. SEC. 3. That the Clerk of the Superior Court shall transfer all criminal cases pending in said court at the time the same is abolished to the County Court of said County. Criminal cases pending transfer of to County Court. SEC. 4. That the office of Judge and Solicitor of the City Court and the same is hereby abolished with the Court. Office of Judge and Solicitor abolished. SEC. 5. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act, be and the same are hereby repealed. Approved August 14, 1913. PULASKI COUNTY, CITY COURT OF, ELECTION TO ABOLISH. No. 149. An Act to abolish the City Court of Pulaski, established upon the recommendation of the Grand Jury of said County; to provide for the disposition of all books, papers, records, dockets, suits pending therein and all matters pertaining thereto, and for other purposes; and further to provide that this Act shall not go into effect or become operative when approved, unless at an election that shall be held by the voters of Pulaski County, a majority of the qualified voters in said county, voting in said election, shall have voted to ratify this Act.

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SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That the City Court of Pulaski County, established by recommendation of Grand Jury of said county, is hereby abolished. Pulaski County, City Court of, abolished. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That all suits pending in said City Court of Pulaski County shall be immediately transferred to the Superior Court of Pulaski County Georgia, that all judgments and executions rendered in and by said City Court of Pulaski County, are hereby kept alive and are of full force and effect, and that all such executions and all mesne and final process of said City Court which have not been executed, shall be returnable to the Superior Court of Pulaski County, and all claims, illegalities, and other issues, arising from the execution of such processes, and fi. fas. shall be returnable and determinable as though the same had issued from the Superior Court of Pulaski County. Transfer of business. SEC. 3. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all criminal cases, founded upon indictment, pending in said City Court shall, in case this Act becomes effective, be transferred to the Superior Court of Pulaski County who shall have jurisdiction to try and determine the same; and as to all cases founded upon accusations therein, the Clerk of the Superior Court of Pulaski County shall lay the same before a Grand Jury at its next regular session, for its appropriate action thereon; provided, that where the accused has been legally bound over under a warrant to said City Court, or has given bond for his appearance in said City Court, such bonds shall be considered valid and effective to secure his presence at the next term of Superior Court of said county. Transfer of criminal cases. SEC. 4. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all dockets, writs, records, books and papers of the said City Court shall be held by the Clerk of the Superior Court in said county as a part of the records of said Superior Court. Records.

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SEC. 5. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That this Act shall go into effect December 31st, 1913; provided, that its provisions shall not become of force and effect unless ratified by a majority of votes cast by the qualified voters of Pulaski County at an election, which is hereby called to be held on the first Tuesday in October, 1913, for the purpose of submitting the provisions of this Act to the qualified voters for their approval or rejection, which election shall be held and the result thereof shall be consolidated and declared in the same manner as now provided by law for holding elections for members of the General Assembly. At said election voters who wish to cast ballots for the approval of this Act shall have written or printed thereon Against City Court and those who wish to cast ballots against this Act shall have written or printed thereon For City Court. At the court house in said county on the day succeeding said election at twelve o'clock noon, the result of said election shall be declared by the managers thereof to the Ordinary of said county, who shall under his hand and seal, certify the result thereof to the Secretary of State. Election for approval or rejection of this Act. SEC. 6. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That it is hereby made the duty of the Ordinary of Pulaski County to have published and printed at the expense of the said county, ballots, tally sheets, and blank returns for said election and he shall furnish same to the election managers; and that so soon as practicable after the approval of this Act the Ordinary of said county shall give notice of the election hereinbefore called by publication in three issues of the official gazette of the County of Pulaski. Ballots, tally sheets, etc., how furnished. Notice of election. SEC. 7. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all laws and all parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are hereby repealed upon ratification of this Act. Approved August 16, 1913.

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PUTNAM COUNTY, ELECTION OF SOLICITOR OF COUNTY COURT. No. 166. An Act to amend an Act entitled An Act to provide for electing the Solicitor of the County Court of Putnam County, by the qualified voters of said county; when such elections are to be held when the term of office of the Solicitor elected under the provisions of this Act shall begin; to provide also that said Solicitor shall be placed on a salary to be fixed by the Grand Jury of said county; to further provide when this Act shall go into effect and become operative, and for other purposes, approved August 13, 1910, so as to provide that the first general election for Solicitor of the County Court of Putnam County, after the special election as is provided in section two of said Act, shall be held on the first Wednesday in October, 1914, and every four years thereafter, and for other purposes. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That from and after the passage of this Act, an Act approved August 13, 1910, entitled An Act to provide for electing the Solicitor of the County Court of Putnam County, by the qualified voters of said county; when such elections are to be held, when the term of office of the Solicitor elected under the provisions of this Act shall begin; to provide also that said Solicitor shall be placed on a salary to be fixed by the Grand Jury of said county; to further provide when this Act shall go into effect and become operative and for other purposes, be, and the same is, hereby amended by striking from Section four of said Act all of the said section after the word That in the second line to the word any in the eighth line of said section and by inserting in lieu thereof the following to-wit: The first general election for Solicitor of the County Court of said county, after said special election as is provided in Section two of this Act, shall be held on the first Wednesday in October, 1914, and at the same time and

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place, and be conducted in the same manner and by the same superintendents and managers that conduct the general election for county officers, and that an election shall be held in the same manner every four years thereafter to elect a Solicitor of said County Court, provided that nothing in this Act shall be construed to alter or affect the term of office of any person elected under the provisions of this Act at either a special or general election, so that said Section four of said Act when so amended, shall read as follows: Sec. 4. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the first general election for Solicitor of the County Court of said county after said special election as is provided in Section two of this Act, shall be held on the first Wednesday in October, 1914, and at the same time and place and be conducted in the same manner and by the same superintendents and managers that conduct the general election for county officers, and that an election shall be held in the same manner every four years thereafter to elect a Solicitor of said County Court, provided that nothing in this Act shall be construed to alter or affect the term of office of any person elected under the provisions of this Act at either a special or general election. Any vacancy in said office occurring either by death, resignation or otherwise shall be filled by the Governor by appointment of a Solicitor to fill such vacancy, to hold office until the first day of January next succeeding a general election for county officers, at which general election a Solicitor shall be elected for the unexpired term, if any. Putnam County, election of Solicitor of County Court. Vacancy, how filled. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved August 16, 1913. SPRINGFIELD, CITY COURT OF, ACT CREATING AMENDED. No. 125. An Act to amend an Act entitled An Act to create the City Court of Springfield in and for the County of

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Effingham in Georgia; to prescribe the powers and duties thereof; to provide the officers thereof; to provide the compensation of said officers, and for other purposes, approved July 20th, 1908, so as to change the time of holding court from the third Monday to the second Monday in each month, and for other purposes. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That from and after the passage of this Act Section 12 of an Act entitled An Act to create the City Court of Springfield in and for the County of Effingham in Georgia, to prescribe the powers and duties thereof, to provide for the officers thereof, to provide the compensation of said officers, and for other purposes, approved July 20th, 1908, that Section 12 of said Act be, and the same is, hereby amended by striking from said Section 12 the word third where it occurs in the 5th and 6th lines of said Section 12 and inserting in lieu thereof the word second so that said section when so amended shall read as follows: Springfield, City Court of, Act creating amended. SECTION 12. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the terms of said City Court shall be monthly and quarterly for the trial and disposition of both civil and criminal business. That quarterly terms shall be held on the second Mondays in January, April, July, and October, and the monthly terms on the second Monday of each month of each year and said terms shall continue from day to day unless adjourned over to some other day in the discretion of the Judge until the business is disposed of; when the quarterly and monthly terms shall fall upon the same day the business of the monthly session shall be first disposed of and immediately upon the disposition of the monthly session the Judge shall convene the court in quarterly session. Suits for not exceeding five hundred dollars in principal and in all issues and proceedings when not over five hundred dollars in value is involved, shall be returned to the monthly session of said court and shall stand for trial at the first term. Ordinary suits brought to the monthly sessions of said court shall be file with the

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Clerk of said court at least fifteen days before the term to which they are returnable and shall be served at least ten days before said term. All other causes and proceedings must be brought to the quarterly term, in like manner as suits are now brought in the Superior Court, and the first term of said quarterly session shall be the appearance term: provided, that in all suits brought in said City Court final judgment may be entered by default at the first term to which the cause is returnable, unless a plea is filed under the terms governing the filing of pleas in the Superior Court on the call of the appearance docket in which event the second term shall be the trial term except the trial may be at the first term when both parties consent. Terms of court. The Judge of said City Court shall in his discretion hold his court at the same place at any other time than the regular term for the transaction of criminal business, which does not require a jury, as speedily as possible, consistent with the interests of the State and the accused, and may also hold adjourned term of the regular terms of said City Court for which he may draw new juries or require the attendance of the same jury as in his sound discretion may direct. Said City Court Judge may also in his discretion set cases for trial at convenient times and the same may then be tried as of the term whether court has been held from day to day until said time or not. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved August 16, 1913. STATESBORO, CITY COURT OF, ACT CREATING AMENDED. No. 55. An Act to amend an Act creating the City Court of Statesboro, approved August 10th, 1903, and the several Acts amendatory thereof by defining the jurisdiction of the

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monthly terms of said Court as being limited in Civil Cases to suits in which the principal sum claimed is not less than fifty dollars and by prescribing that service of suits in said court returnable to both monthly and quarterly terms shall be made by the Sheriff or his deputies at least ten days before the first day of the term to which they are returnable, and by fixing the compensation of the stenographer of said court at fifteen dollars per day while actually engaged in taking down the testimony and charge of the court in cases tried therein, and for other purposes. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same that Section 11 of the Act creating the City Court of Statesboro, approved August 10th, 1903, as amended by an Act, approved August 23rd, 1905, and as further amended by an Act approved August 18th, 1911, be and the same is hereby amended as follows: By adding the words is not less than fifty dollars and between the word, claimed and the word does both in the 21st line of Section 1 of the amendatory Act, approved August 23rd, 1905, and by adding the words above fifty dollars after the word amount in the 23rd line of said Section 1, so that said Section 11, of the aforesaid Act creating said City Court, when thus amended shall read as follows: Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid that the terms of said City Court shall be monthly and quarterly, the monthly terms for trial and disposition of criminal business and such civil business in which the principal sum claimed is not less than fifty dollars and the quarterly terms for trial and disposition of business and all civil business of whatever amount above fifty dollars; the time for holding the monthly terms of said court shall be the first Wednesday in each month, and the terms of said court held in January, April, July and October shall also be the quarterly terms of said court. The terms of such court shall be held at the Court House in the City of Statesboro in said county of Bullock, for which when necessary juries shall be drawn as hereinafter directed, and shall last until

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the business is disposed of, unless sooner adjourned for good cause. The Judge of said City Court shall, in his discretion, hold his court at the same place at any other time than the regular time for the transaction of criminal business which does not require a jury as speedily as possible consistent with the interests of the State and the accused, and may also hold adjourned terms of said City Court, for which he may draw new juries, or require the attendance of the same as in his sound legal discretion may seem best. Said City Court Judge may also, in his discretion, set cases for trial at convenient times and the same may be tried as of the term whether the court has been held from day to day until said time or not. Statesboro, City Court of, Act creating amended. Terms of court and jurisdiction. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That Section 2 of the aforesaid amendatory Act, approved August 18th, 1911, be and the same is hereby repealed. Section of amending Act repealed. SEC. 3. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That Section 12 of the said Act creating the said City Court of Statesboro, approved August 10th, 1903, be and the same is hereby amended as follows: By adding at the end of said Section 12 the following words: At least ten days before the first day of the term, so that said Section 12, when thus amended shall read as follows: Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That suits in said City Court shall, in all respects, be comformable to the mode of proceedings in the Superior Court, except as hereinafter provided. The process to writs shall be annexed by the Clerk of said City Court, be tested in the name of the Judge thereof, and be directed to and be served by the Sheriff of said City Court of Statesboro or his legal deputies at least ten days before the first day of the term to which the same is returnable. Service of suits. SEC. 4. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the Act creating said City Court of Statesboro, approved August 10th, 1903, and Act amendatory thereof, approved August 13, 1912, be and the same is, hereby amended as follows: By striking out the words sixty

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dollars per calendar month in line thirteen and fourteen of Section 1, of said amendatory Act, and inserting in lieu thereof the following words: Twelve and a half dollars per day so that said section one of said amendatory Act approved August 13, 1912, shall when so amended read as follows: There shall be a stenographer of the City Court of Statesboro approved by the Judge thereof, whose duty it shall be to take down the testimony and charge of the court in all criminal cases; and in all litigated civil cases tried in the said City Court and for this service he shall be paid the sum of twelve and a half dollars per day, while so engaged; this sum to be paid from the County treasury on a warrant or order drawn and signed by the Judge of said City Court; said stenographer shall be subject to removal by the Judge of said City Court; on the request of the Defendant or his Counsel in the criminal cases or of either plaintiff or defendant or other party in a civil case when a motion for a new trial has been made in said case, said stenographer shall furnish a typewritten transcript of the testimony and charge of the Court at the rate of seven cents per hundred words; to be paid for by the movant; said stenographer shall have the same right to enforce payment of his fees in civil cases as is provided by law for enforcement of fees for stenographers in the Superior Court. Compensation of Court Stenographer. SEC. 5. Be it further enacted that all laws or parts of laws in conflict herewith be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved August 7, 1913. SYLVANIA, CITY COURT OF, ACT CREATING AMENDED. No. 206. An Act to amend an Act to establish the City Court of Sylvania in and for the County of Screven, approved December 15, 1902, as found in Georgia Laws of 1909, commencing on Page 162 and ending on Page 174, and

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as amended by the several Acts thereafter as follows: An Act approved August 7, 1903, as found in Georgia Laws of 1903, commencing on Page 167 and ending on Page 169; An Act approved August 23, 1905, as found in Georgia Laws of 1905, commencing on Page 366, and ending on Page 368; An Act approved August 17, 1908, as found in Georgia Laws of 1908, commencing on Page 241 and ending on Page 243; an Act approved August 24, 1909, as found in Georgia Laws of 1909, commencing on Page 322 and ending on Page 329, and for other purposes. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia, That an Act to establish the City Court of Sylvania, in and for the County of Screven, approved August 7, 1904, as found in Georgia Laws of 1903, commencing on Page 167 and ending on Page 169, and as amended by the several Acts thereafter, as follows: An Act approved August 23, 1905, as found in Georgia Laws of 1905, commencing on Page 366 and ending on Page 368; an Act approved August 17, 1908, as found in Georgia Laws of 1908, commencing on Page 241 and ending on Page 243; and an Act approved August 24, 1909, as found in Georgia Laws of 1909, commencing on Page 322, and ending on Page 329, be, and is hereby, amended by striking from said Act, and as amended by all of the above recited Acts, everything appearing in said original Act and said amendatory Acts after the title and Section one of said original Act, and everything in the amended Acts, and inserting in lieu thereof other sections, commencing with Section two as hereinafter set out in the bill, as amended, so that said Act, when amendded, shall read as follows: An Act to establish the City Court of Sylvania, in and for the County of Screven; to define its jurisdiction and powers; to provide for the election or appointment of a Judge, Solicitor and other officers thereof, and to define their powers and duties; to provide for pleading, practicing and new trials therein; for the carrying of cases direct from said City Court to the Supreme Court by bill of exceptions or writ of error, and for other purposes. Sylvania, City Court of, Act creating amended.

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SEC. 2. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That the City Court of Sylvania, to be located in the City of Sylvania, in the County of Screven, is hereby established and created, with jurisdiction, civil and criminal, over the entire County of Screven. Location of court and territorial jurisdiction. SEC. 3. That the said City Court of Sylvania shall have jurisdiction to try and dispose of all cases of whatever nature, except those cases over which the Superior Court has exclusive jurisdiction, or over which exclusive jurisdiction is given by the Constitution of Georgia; that the jurisdiction herein conferred shall include not only the ordinary suits by petition and process, but also all other kinds of suits and proceedings which now, or hereafter, may be in use in the Superior Courts, either under the common law or statute, including, among others, attachment and garnishment proceedings, illegalities, counter-affidavits to any proceeding from said court, statutory awards, proceedings against intruders or tenants holding over, partitions of personalty, issues upon distress warrants, foreclosures of all liens and mortgages and quo warrantos. Civil jurisdiction. SEC. 4. That said City Court of Sylvania shall have jurisdiction to try and dispose of all criminal cases for all offenses below the grade of felony committed in the County of Screven. Criminal jurisdiction. SEC. 5. That there shall be a Judge and Solicitor of said City Court of Sylvania whose terms of office shall be four years, and said officers shall be elected by the Grand Jury of Screven County in the following manner: The Grand Jury last meeting before the expiration of the terms of said officers shall make such elections, but should any such Grand Jury so meeting fail to make such elections, any succeeding Grand Jury from term to term may do so until said officers are elected, qualified and begin to serve. Should any vacancy occur at any time in either of said offices, any Grand Jury meeting thereafter may make election to fill the unexpired term caused by such vacancy, and should any such vacancy occur at a time said Grand Jury is not in session,

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the Clerk of the Superior Court and Ordinary of Screven County may by appointment fill such vacancy until said Grand Jury may make election to fill same. The Judge of said City Court of Sylvania shall receive a salary of nine hundred dollars per annum, subject to the approval of the Grand Jury at the May term, 1903, of Screven Superior Court, which jury is hereby charged with the fixing of the salary of said Judge, not to exceed twelve hundred dollars per annum, and not to be less than six hundred dollars per annum, which salary shall not be thereafter increased or diminished during the term of office of said Judge; and provided, that should the Grand Jury at the May term, 1903, of Screven Superior Court fail or refuse to fix said salary of said Judge, then said salary shall be and remain as herein fixed at the sum of nine hundred dollars per annum, and said salary shall be paid monthly out of the Treasury of the County of Screven; provided, further, that while said salary, after being once fixed as above stated, can not be changed during the term of office of said Judge; that the Grand Jury of said county at the last meeting of said jury before the expiration of any term of office of said Judge shall fix the salary of said Judge for the next term, and should said Grand Jury fail or refuse to fix said salary for said next term, then said salary shall remain the same as it was for the term of office last preceding, and shall not thereafter be changed during said next term of office. It shall be the duty of the officers of Screven County charged with the duty of making provision annually for the levying of taxes, to provide for the paying of said Judge's salary. Judge and Solicitor, election of. Vacancies, how filled. Salary of Judge. SEC. 6. That no person shall be appointed to the judgeship of said City Court of Sylvania unless at the time of his appointment he is at least twenty-seven years of age, a resident of Screven County for the two years next preceding his appointment, and must have been actually and actively practicing law for the three years next preceding his appointment. He shall before entering upon the duties of his office swear and subscribe to the following oath: I solemnly swear that I will administer justice without respect to person, and do equal right to the poor and rich,

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and that I will faithfully and impartially discharge all duties that may be required of me as Judge of the City Court of Sylvania, of Screven County, of this State, according to the best of my ability and understanding, agreeably to the laws and Constitution of this State and the Constitution of the United States; so help me God, which oath shall be forwarded to the Governor and filed in the Executive Department. Qualifications of Judge. Oath. SEC. 7. That no person shall be appointed Solicitor of said City Court of Sylvania, unless at the time of his appointment he be at least twenty-one years of age, a resident of Screven County for the two years next preceding his appointment, and must have been actually and actively practicing law for the three years next preceding his appointment. In the absence or disqualification of said Solicitor of said City Court, the Judge of said court shall appoint a Solicitor pro tem. Said Solicitor, before entering upon his duties as such Solicitor, shall take and subscribe the following oath: I do solemnly swear that I will faithfully and impartially, without fear, favor or affection, discharge all my duties as Solicitor of the City Court of Sylvania; so help me God, which oath shall be forwarded to the Governor and filed in the Executive Department. Said Solicitor shall give bond with good and sufficient security in the sum of one thousand dollars, payable to the Governor and his successors in office, for the faithful discharge of his duties as Solicitor; said bond to be approved by the Judge of said court. The oath and bond of said Solicitor, and the oath of said Judge, shall be entered upon the minutes of said court. The Solicitor of the said City Court of Sylvania shall receive a salary of nine hundred ($900.00) dollars per annum subject to the approval of the Grand Jury at the November term, 1908, of the Superior Court of Screven County, Georgia, which said jury is hereby charged with the fixing of said salary, not to exceed twelve hundred ($1200) dollars per annum and not to be less than nine hundred ($900.00) dollars per annum, which salary shall not be thereafter increased nor diminished during the term of office of said Solicitor, and provided, that should the said

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Grand Jury at the November term, 1908, of said Superior Court of Screven County, Georgia, fail or refuse to fix said salary, then said salary shall be and remain as herein fixed at the sum of nine hundred ($900.00) dollars per annum; and said salary shall be paid monthly out of the Treasury of the County of Screven; and it shall be the duty of the officers of Screven County, charged with that duty, to make provision annually for the levying and collection of taxes, to provide for the payment of said Solicitor's salary. Whenever costs in any criminal case is assessed against the defendant, the Solicitor shall collect such costs as would be allowed the Solicitor for like services in the Superior Court, not to exceed fifteen ($15.00) dollars, and pay same in the County Treasury. Qualifications of Solicitor. Solicitor pro tem. Oath of Solicitor. Bond. Salary of Solicitor. SEC. 8. That there shall be a Clerk and Sheriff of said City Court, each of whom shall be at least twenty-one years of age and a qualified voter of the County of Screven, and each of whom, before entering upon the duties of his office, shall take oath to faithfully and impartially discharge the respective duties of Clerk and Sheriff of said court, which oaths shall be entered upon the minutes of said City Court, and each of whom shall give bond with good security in the sum of five hundred dollars, for the faithful discharge of his respective duties, which bonds shall be made payable to the Governor and his successors in office, and filed in the office of the Ordinary of said county. That all duties and liabilities attached to the office of Clerk of the Superior Court, and to the office of Sheriff, shall be attached to the office of Clerk of said City Court (and to the office of Sheriff of said City Court) of Sylvania, respectively, and the Judge of said City Court shall be empowered to enforce the same authority over the said Clerk and Sheriff of said City Court and their deputies as is exercised by the Judge of the Superior Court over the Clerks of the Superior Courts and the Sheriffs of the counties of Georgia; said Clerk and said Sheriff of said City Court being hereby authorized to appoint deputies to assist them whenever the business of their offices so demand; said Clerk and said Sheriff shall each hold their respective offices for a term of two years from

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their appointment, and shall be appointed by the Grand Jury of Screven County at the May term, 1903, of the Superior Court; provided, that the Governor, immediately upon the passage of this Act, and at the time of the appointment of the Judge and Solicitor of said City Court, shall also appoint a Clerk and Sheriff of said City Court to Act until said offices can be filled by appointment of the Grand Jury as aforesaid, at the May term, 1903, of the Superior Court of Screven County; and provided, further, that should the said Grand Jury fail or refuse to make such appointments, then the Clerk and Sheriff so appointed by the Governor, shall hold their offices for a term of two years from the date said Grand Jury should have made such appointments; and the Grand Jury of Screven County, meeting at the last fall term of Screven Superior Court next preceding the expiration of the terms of said officers, or meeting next preceding the expiration of any terms of office of said Clerk and Sheriff, shall make appointments to fill said offices for the next ensuing term; and said officers, at the end of their term of office, shall hold over until their successors have been appointed and qualified. Should any vacancy occur in either of the offices of said Clerk and Sheriff, the Judge of the said City Court shall fill such vacancy by appointment for the unexpired term of said office. Clerk and Sheriff. Qualifications. Oath. Bond. Duties of Clerk and Sheriff. Deputies. Appointment of officers. SEC. 9. That the fees of the Clerk of said court in all criminal cases and in all civil cases, where the principal amount involved exceeds $500.00, shall be the same as the fees allowed the Clerk of the Superior Court of Screven County for similar services; he shall also be allowed a per diem of $2.00 a day for attending court, to include such attendance upon such court from the time of the establishment thereof, and ten cents for each jury script and for each jury summons issued by him, which per diem and fees for jury scrips and jury summons shall be paid by the Treasurer of Screven County under orders from the Commissioners of Screven County. The fees of the said Clerk in civil cases, where the principal amount involved exceeds $100.00 and does not exceed the sum of $500.00, shall be as follows: For each copy and process after first copy, 50

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cents; for recording proceedings, whether of final records, minutes or otherwise, per 100 words 15 cents; for entering fi fa, on execution docket, 15 cents; for each subpoena issued, 15 cents; for exemplification of records, per 100 words, 15 cents; for every foreclosure of mortgage, claim, illegality, case, or rule vs. Sheriff or other officer exclusive of subpoenas for witnesses and final record, $1.50; for recording order on minutes, 50 cents; for all other services in civil cases where the principal amount involved exceeds $100.00 and does not exceed $500.00, said Clerk shall receive one-half the fees allowed the Clerk of the Superior Court of Screven County for similar services. In civil cases where the principal amount involved does not exceed $100.00, the fees of said Clerk shall be as follows: For each copy of petition and process after the first, 50 cents; for filing all pleas in each case, 25 cents; for recording proceedings, whether minutes, final records or otherwise, per one hundred words, 10 cents; for issuing of fi. fa., 25 cents; for entering each fi. fa. on execution docket, 10 cents; for each subpoena issued, 10 cents; for exemplification of record, per 100 words, 10 cents; for every foreclosure of mortgage, claim, illegality case, or rule vs. Sheriff or other officers exclusive of subpoenas for witnesses and final record, $1.00; for docketing each motion, 25 cents; for certificate and seal, each, 25 cents; for scire facias to make parties, 50 cents; for other services in civil cases, where the principal amount involved does not exceed $100.00, the fees of said Clerk shall be one-fourth of the fees of the Clerk of the Superior Court of Screven County for similar services. Fees of Clerk. SEC. 10. That the fees of the Sheriff of said City Court shall be as follows: In criminal cases the fee shall be the same as those allowed the Sheriff of the Superior Court for similar services, and, in civil cases, where the principal amount involved is more than one hundred dollars, the fee shall be the same as that allowed the Sheriff of the Superior Court; where the principal amount does not exceed one hundred dollars, the fee shall be one-half the amount allowed the Sheriff of the Superior Court for similar services. Said Sheriff shall also be entitled to a fee of two dollars

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per day for the time said Sheriff is in actual attendance upon said court, which fee shall be paid monthly by the Treasurer of Screven County, Georgia. Fees of Sheriff. SEC. 11. That the Judge of said City Court shall have the power to issue writs of habeas corpus and to hear and dispose of same in the same way and with the same power as the Judge of the Superior Court. Habeas corpus. SEC. 12. That there shall be six terms of said court per annum, which shall convene on the second Mondays in the months of February, April, June, August, October and December. At any term of said court it may hold from day to day until the business thereof be disposed of. Terms of court. SEC. 13. That suits in said City Court shall in all respects be conformable to the mode of proceedings in the Superior Court, except as herein provided; the process to writs shall be annexed by the Clerk of said City Court, be tested in the name of the Judge thereof, and be directed to and served by the Sheriff of the City Court of Sylvania, or his deputies thereof. The Sheriff of Screven County and his lawful deputies are authorized to serve any process or writ of said City Court of Sylvania that can be served by the Sheriff of said City Court of Sylvania. Sales under executions, distress warrants or other processes from said City Court of Sylvania, where the principal amount involved does not exceed $100.00, may be made by the officer executing said process by advertising said sale fifteen days before any regular sales day, by posting a copy of said advertisement at the Court House Door in Screven County and at two other public places in said county, and it shall not be necessary to advertise same in any other manner. In civil cases in said court where the principal amount involved is less than $50.00, and the amount of costs for which defendant is liable is less than the amount of costs that the other officers of said court are allowed to charge, the officers of said court may have judgment entered up against the plaintiff in said case for the difference in said cost, on which judgment execution may issue in behalf of said officers. Procedure.

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SEC. 14. That all matters pertaining to service, pleadings and practice, the laws governing the Superior Court, where not inconsistent with this Act, and unless otherwise specially provided by this Act, shall be applicable to said City Court. Service, pleading and practice. SEC. 15. That the Judge of said City Court shall have the power and authority to hear and determine without a jury all civil causes of which the said court has jurisdiction, and to give judgment and execution therein; provided, always, that either party in any cause shall be entitled to a trial by jury in said court upon entering a demand thereof by himself or his attorney in writing, on or before the call of the docket at the term to which the cause is returnable, in all cases where such party is entitled to a trial by jury under the Constitution and laws of this State. Trial of civil cases. SEC. 16. That all criminal cases in said City Court shall be tried by the Judge thereof without a jury, except when the accused shall demand trial by jury. A plea to the accusation or indictment shall be a waiver of the right to trial by jury, and the accused shall not thereafter have the right to recall such waiver. If, upon trial of any cases, it shall appear to the Judge that the evidence makes the case a felony against the accused, the Judge shall thereupon suspend trial and commit or bind over the defendant to the next term of the Superior Court, as in preliminary examinations. Trial of criminal cases. SEC. 17. That all judgments obtained in said court shall be a lien on all property of the defendant or defendants throughout the State in the manner as judgments of the Superior Courts are, but property exempt from levy and sale under laws of this State shall be exempt from levy and sale under process from said court, and all executions issuing from said court shall be tested in the name of the Judge and signed by the Clerk, and directed to the Sheriff or his deputies of the said City Court of Sylvania, and to all and singular the Sheriffs or their deputies of the State of Georgia. Lien of judgments.

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SEC. 18. That said court shall have jurisdiction of all claim cases where personal property is levied on under execution or other process from said court, and such claims shall be tried in the same manner as claims in the Superior Courts. Claims to personalty. SEC. 19. That claims to real property levied on under execution or other process from said City Court shall be returned to the Superior Court of the county where such real property is situated, and shall there proceed as other claims in the Superior Courts. Claims to realty. SEC. 20. That all laws upon subjects of attachments and garnishments as to any manner whatever in Superior Courts of this State shall apply to said City Court as if named with the Superior Court, so far as the nature of the City Court will admit. Attachments in said court returnable to said court shall be directed to the Sheriff or his deputies of the City Court of Sylvania, and to all and singular the Sheriffs and Constables of this State, and the Judge of said City Court may, or any Justice of the Peace or Notary Public may, issue attachments returnable to said City Court under the same laws that govern the issuing of attachments returnable to the Superior Courts. Attachments and garnishments. SEC. 21. That garnishments and attachment proceedings on distress warrants in said City Court shall be conformable to the laws of the State on the subject in the Superior Court. Procedure. SEC. 22. That scire facias to make parties in any cause in said City Court shall be had as in the Superior Court, but scire facias shall run throughout the State, and may be served by any Sheriff or his deputy thereof. Parties, how made. SEC. 23. That the general laws of this State, with regard to the commencement of suits in the Superior Courts, defenses, set-offs, affidavits, or illegality, arbitration, examination of parties to suits, or witnesses by interrogatories, or under subpoenas, witnesses and their attendance, continuance, or other matters of a judicial nature within the jurisdiction of said City Court, shall be applicable to said City Court. Pleading and practice.

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SEC. 24. That the Judge of said City Court shall have power to cause testimony to be taken and used de bene esse and for the purpose of perpetuating testimony within his jurisdiction in all cases according to the general laws of the State, and the Judge, and all other officers of said City Court, shall have power respectively to administer all oaths pertaining to their office as the Judge and other officers of the Superior Courts may in like cases do; and said Judge shall have power to attest deeds and other papers and administer affidavits by Justices of the Peace of this State; and the Judge of the City Court shall have all the power and authority throughout his jurisdiction of Judge of the Superior Courts, and all laws relating to and governing Judges of the Superior Court shall apply to the Judge of said City Court so far as the same may be applicable, except herein provided. Powers of Judge. SEC. 25. That said City Court of Sylvania shall be a court of record, and shall have a seal, and the minutes, records, order, and other books and files that are required by law, and rules, to be kept for the Superior Court, shall be kept in and for the said City Court, and in the same manner; and all laws applicable to the duties of the Clerk and Sheriff in said Superior Court shall apply to them in said City Court, except where they conflict with the provisions of this Act. Court of record. SEC. 26. That all laws regulating the enforcing of judgments of the Superior Courts, whether civil or criminal, shall apply to said City Court, and executions shall issue and be levied and sale be had thereunder under the same rules and laws regulating the same Superior Court. Judgments, how enforced. SEC. 27. That the Judge of said City Court shall have the power to enforce his orders; to preserve orders, punish for contempt, and to enforce all his judgments, as is vested by law in the Judges of the Superior Courts of this State. Power of Judge to enforce orders, etc. SEC. 28. That the Clerk of the City Court of Sylvania shall prepare and file in his office a copy of the traverse jury lists of the Superior Court of Screven County, as revised from time to time, and from said list a jury box shall

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be made up and revised from time to time, in the same manner as is provided for revising the jury box in the Superior Court. Drawing, summoning, empanelling, making lists, striking, number of strikes, selecting traverse juries, catching tales traverse juries, disqualification and exemption from jury duty in City Court of Sylvania shall be the same as in the Superior Courts, and as may be amended from time to time, except that the Sheriff shall be paid eight dollars for each jury summoned. Jury list. Drawing, summoning, empanelling, etc. SEC. 29. That whenever in the opinion of the Judge, it will not be necessary to have a jury for the next term of court, he need not have the jury summoned. Jury not summoned, when. SEC. 30. That whenever in the opinion of the Judge of said court, the business at the next term does not demand that thirty-six jurors be drawn and summoned, that said Judge may draw and have summoned such number of jurors, not less than twenty-four, as in the opinion of the Judge may be necessary for the proper and prompt trial of the business of said court at the next term. In any case, civil or criminal, by consent of both sides, a jury of less than twelve and not less than six may be selected to try said case, and the parties may waive all or any part of the strikes allotted them and in such case the jury may be selected from a list of less than twenty-four in accordance with such agreement. Number of jurors drawn. Jury of less than twelve, by consent. SEC. 31. That the Sheriff of said court, and with the approval of the Judge, is authorized to appoint at each term of said court, not exceeding one Bailiff, as officer of said court, who shall receive for his services one dollar and a half per day. Court Balliff. SEC. 32. That defendants in criminal cases in said City Court shall be tried on a written accusation, except in those cases transferred from the Superior Court, which accusation shall set forth plainly the offense charged, found upon an affidavit of the prosecutor and signed by the Solicitor of said City Court. That in all criminal cases within the jurisdiction of the City Court of Sylvania, the defendant shall not have the right to demand an indictment by the Grand

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Jury of Screven County, Georgia, but, if, at the first term after accustion shall have been found, and any criminal case shall have been called for trial, the defendant or his counsel should state in his place that a sufficient time has not been given to prepare such case for trial, it shall be the duty of the Judge presiding, as a matter of right to the defendant, to continue such criminal case until the next regular term of said court. Furthermore, should it appear to the court on the call of any criminal case for the first time after accusation has been found, that any defendant is without counsel, and unable to procure counsel, and a sufficient time has not been given the defendant to prepare his case for trial, it shall be the duty of the court to grant the continuance as in this section provided, after first appointing counsel for such defendant. All proceedings after accusations shall conform to the rules governing like cases in the Superior Courts. In all cases for trial, the accusation shall set forth the offense charged with the same particularity, both as to matter of form and substance, as is required by the laws and rules of criminal pleadings to be observed in bills of indictment in the Superior Courts of this State. Accusation. Continuances. Procedure. SEC. 33. That the Judge of the Superior Court shall send down from the Superior Court of Screven County to said City Court for trial and final disposition, all presentments and indictments for misdemeanors which may be undisposed of at the close of each term of the Superior Court, and the order transmitting such cases shall be entered on the minutes of both of the said courts; provided, that this section shall not apply to those presentments or indictments under which arrests have been made and the bond of the defendant forfeited; provided, that in all transfer cases the Solicitor General of the Middle Circuit shall be entitled to his accrued costs, to be collected as herein provided for costs of Solicitor of the City Court. Misdemeanor cases may be sent from Superior Court. SEC. 34. That it shall be the duty of all Justices of the Peace, Notary Publics of Screven County, to bind over to said City Court all persons charged with offenses committed

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within the limits of Screven County, over which said City Court has jurisdiction, there to answer for said offenses. Commitments. SEC. 35. That a writ of error shall be from said City Court to the Court of Appeals of this State upon a bill of exceptions filed under the same rules and regulations as govern and control the issue of writs of error and filing bills of exceptions in the Superior Courts of this State. Writ of error. SEC. 36. That in all cases in said City Court the same power and rights of parties as to waivers, pleadings or procedure or other matters pertaining to the same shall be allowed and upheld by the laws and rules to parties in said Superior Courts. Practice. SEC. 37. The Judge of said City Court shall have power to grant a new trial in any case, civil or criminal, in his court upon the same terms and conditions and under the same laws and regulations, in every respect governing the granting of new trials in the Superior Courts. All rules of pleading, practice and procedure governing motions, rules nisi, and other proceedings in new trials in the Superior Courts, shall apply to and govern the same in said City Court. When a criminal case is heard at a special session of said City Court, and the defendant desires to move for a new trial, such motion must be made and passed upon by the Judge of said court within ten days after the rendition of the judgment complained of, and not afterwards, unless for good cause; further time may, by order, be granted in the discretion of the Judge of said court. In other respects, such motion shall be governed by the ordinary rules aforesaid. New trials. SEC. 38. That all suits against joint-obligors, joint-promissors, copartners, or joint-trespassers, in which any one or more resides in the County of Screven, may be brought in said court, whether its jurisdiction has already been stated under the same rules and regulations governing such cases in the Superior Courts, mutatis mutandis, as to copies, second originals, returns and other matters connected with the suit. Joint obligors, etc., suits against.

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SEC. 39. That all rules of the Superior Court relating to continuance, motions, pleas and practice shall be applicable to said City Court and shall obtain therein. Practice. SEC. 40. That the first term of said court to which a civil case is brought shall be the appearance term; the second shall be the trial or judgment term, and all the laws, rules and practices in said court with reference to terms thereof and to the continuance, pleadings and trial of causes therein shall be the same as in the Superior Court, unless otherwise provided in this Act. Appearance and trial terms. SEC. 41. That whenever the Judge of said City Court is, from any cause, disqualified from presiding, and the Judge of the Superior Court cannot, from any cause, preside in said court, as provided for in the Constitution, then, upon the consent of the parties, or upon their failure or refusing to agree, said cause shall be tried by a Judge pro hac vice, selected in the same manner as now provided for in the Superior Courts. Judge pro hac vice. SEC. 42. That in case of the absence of the Judge of said City Court at any term thereof the Sheriff or Clerk of said City Court may adjourn it to such time as the Judge may, in writing, direct, or if no directions be given, the court shall be adjourned to the next regular term. Adjournment of court in absence of Judge. SEC. 43. That all fines and forfeitures arising from cases tried in said City Court shall be distributed upon the order of the Judge thereof, which order shall be entered upon the minutes of said City Court, as provided in Sections 1086, 1087 et seq., sections of the Penal Code of Georgia for 1895; and said fines for forfeitures shall be distributed by the Solicitor of said City Court, as provided in Section 1090 of the Penal Code of Georgia of 1895; and said funds shall be distributed pro rata among the following officers, towit: The Clerk of said City Court, various Magistrates and Constables of the County of Screven and the Solicitor of the Superior Court; provided, however, that the Solicitor of the Superior Court shall not participate in the distribution of the fines and forfeitures arising in said City Court

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except with that portion of his insolvent costs bill only that has accrued in those cases arising in the Superior Court and transferred to the said City Court of Sylvania to be disposed of. Fines and forfeitures. SEC. 44. That the Commissioners of Roads and Revenues of the County of Screven shall provide a suitable place in the Court House in the said City of Sylvania for holding of said court, and provide the necessary books for keeping the dockets, minutes and records of said City Court. Court room and supplies. SEC. 45. That in all civil cases brought to said court in which the principal amount claimed does not exceed one hundred dollars, and in which no plea is filed, or defense made, and same are marked in default, judgment may be entered thereon, or verdict taken and judgment entered thereon at the first term. Default judgments. SEC. 46. That all processes, writs and executions of said court may run throughout the State as similar processes, writs or executions from the Superior Courts, and where same are to be served or executed in any other county than Screven, same may be served and executed by the Sheriff of such county, or the Sheriff or Deputy Sheriff of any court in such county. Processes, writs, etc. SEC. 47. That since the distinction in the terms of said court is hereby abolished, that all processes, writs, judgments or executions heretofore issued from any term of said court, monthly or quarterly, shall be returnable to the regular terms of said court, created by this amendment, as if same had been issued since the passage of this amendment. In all cases now pending in said court where the appearance term has been held before the passage of this Act, the next term of said court convening shall be the trial term of such cases. In all cases now pending in said court where the trial term has not been held, the next term of said court shall be the appearance term of such cases. Return of processes, etc. SEC. 48. That there shall be a Stenographer for the City Court of Sylvania appointed by the Judge thereof, whose term shall be two years from the date of his appointment,

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and until his successor is appointed and qualified, and all civil cases in said court may be reported at the request of either plaintiff or defendant, or other party to any cause, and the fee for reporting such cases shall be at the rate of ten cents per hundred words for transcribing, the fee to be paid by the plaintiff and defendant equally. It shall be the duty of said Stenographer to take down the testimony and charge of the court in all criminal cases tried in said court, and for this service he shall be paid the sum of ten dollars per day while so engaged, this sum to be paid from the County Treasury on the warrant or order drawn by the Judge of said City Court, but no criminal case shall be reported except upon the request of the defendant or his counsel or State's counsel. When a motion for a new trial has been made in any case, civil or criminal, said Stenographer shall furnish a typewritten transcript of the testimony and charge of the court at the rate of ten cents per hundred words, to be paid for by the movant. Said Stenographer shall have the same right to enforce the payment of his fees in civil cases, and all other rights not inconsistent with this Act, as is provided by law for the Stenographers of the Superior Courts of this State. Court Stenographer, his duties and compensation, etc. SEC. 49. That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved August 18, 1913. VALDOSTA, CITY COURT OF, ACT CREATING AMENDED. No. 96. An Act to amend An Act establishing the City Court of Valdosta in and for the County of Lowndes; to define its jurisdiction and powers, and for other purposes, approved December 11, 1901, as amended by an Act approved August 15, 1905, so as to provide that the County of Lowndes shall not be required to pay the officers of said City Court, out of the general funds of said County,

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the sum of twenty dollars or any other sum for each convict from said court worked in the chaingang or on the public works or roads of said county and to further provide that the county shall receive the sum of three dollars for each criminal case disposed of in said court, to be paid by the defendant or from the fines and forfeiture funds arising in said court in the same way, as is provided for the officers of the court, and to further provide that the Judge of the court shall receive a salary of eighteen hundred dollars per annum, and to further provide that defendants in criminal cases in said court shall not have the right to demand indictment by the Grand Jury of the county, and for other purposes. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same. That the above recited Act, establishing the City Court of Valdosta in and for the County of Lowndes and defining its jurisdiction and powers approved December 11, 1901, and embodied in the Act of 1901, Pages 176 to 188, inclusive, as amended by an Act approved August 15, 1905, embodied in the Acts of 1905, Pages 395 to 398, inclusive, be, and the same, is hereby amended as follows: Valdosta, City Court of, Act creating amended. By striking from said original Act, all of Section 43, and all of Section 6 of the aforesaid amendatory Act and by inserting in lieu thereof and to be known as Section 43, the following, to-wit: Section 43. Be it further enacted, That in all criminal cases disposed of in said City Court by Judge, or by him and a jury, the county shall receive the sum of three dollars to be paid by the defendant, or from the fines and forfeiture funds arising in said court, in the same way as is provided for the officers of court. Costs in criminal cases. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That Section 4 of said original Act as amended by Section 7 of the aforesaid amendatory Act be, and the same is, hereby amended by striking the word twelve as it appears in the eleventh line of said Section 4 of the original Act and the word fifteen as inserted by the amendatory Act and inserting in

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lieu thereof the word eighteen, so that said Section 4, as amended by this Act shall read as follows: Section 4. Be it further enacted, That there shall be a Judge of said City Court of Valdosta, who shall be appointed by the Governor, by and with the advise and consent of the Senate, whose term of office shall be four years and until his successor is appointed and qualified, and all vacancies in the office of Judge shall be filled by appointment of the Governor for the residue of the unexpired term, such appointment being subject to the approval of the Senate, which may then be in session or if the Senate be not in session at the time of such appointment, then subject to the approval of the Senate at its next session thereafter. The Judge of said City Court of Valdosta shall receive a salary of eighteen hundred dollars per annum, which shall not be increased or diminished during his term of office except to apply to a subsequent term and shall be paid monthly out of the Treasury of the County of Lowndes by the person or persons charged by the law with the paying out of the money of Lowndes County. Salary of Judge. SEC. 3. Be it further enacted, That Section 30 of said original Act be amended by inserting immediately after the word Valdosta in the second line of said section and before the word May, the following words, to-wit: Shall not have the right to demand indictment by the Grand Jury but, and by striking all of said section after the word him in the seventh line and before the word whether in the twenty-first line, so that said section, when amended, shall read as follows: Section 30. Be it further enacted, That the defendants in criminal cases in said City Court of Valdosta shall not have the right to demand indictment by the Grand Jury, but may be tried on written accusation setting forth plainly the offense charged, founded on an affidavit by the prosecutor, and such affidavit shall be signed by the prosecutor and the prosecuting officer of said court. Before the arraignment of the defendant the said Judge shall inquire of him whether he demands a trial by jury and the response

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of the defendant shall be endorsed on said accusation and signed by the prosecuting officer in said court. If the defendant demands a trial by jury, the Judge of said court shall proceed with said cause, if at regular term of said court, according to the rules and laws of the Superior Court applicable to the trial of misdemeanors, but the jury shall be selected in the manner provided by this Act. If the defendant demands a trial by jury and the said court is not sitting at regular term, the Judge shall admit the defendant to bail, to appear at the next regular term, or on the defendant's failure to give bond, shall commit him to jail until the next regular term of said court. If the defendant waives trial by jury, then the said Judge shall proceed to hear and determine such criminal cases conformably to the law governing the Superior Courts, as the same may be applicable; provided, always, that a reasonable time be granted by the State for the defendant to procure witnesses. Indictment, no right to demand. SEC. 4. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws conflicting with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved August 12, 1913. VIENNA, CITY COURT OF, ABOLISHED. No. 52. An Act to repeal an Act entitled An Act to establish the City Court of Vienna, in and for the County of Dooly; to define its jurisdiction and its powers; to provide for the election of a Judge and a Solicitor, and other officers thereof; to define their powers and duties; to provide for pleadings and practice, and new trials in said Court, and writs of error therefrom to the Supreme Court, and for other purposes, approved December 16, 1901, and also to repeal all laws amendatory of or in relation to said Act, and to abolish said City Court, and to provide for the disposition of business pending in said City Court, and for other purposes.

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SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That from and after the passage of this Act, that the Act approved December 16, 1901, establishing the City Court of Vienna, in and for the County of Dooly, and all Acts amending said Acts heretofore referred to in above caption are hereby repealed. Vienna, City Court of, Act creating repealed. SEC. 2. Be it furthere enacted, That from and after the passage and approval of this Act, the said City Court of Vienna be, and the same is, hereby abolished. City Court of Vienna abolished. SEC. 3. Be it further enacted, That all suits pending in said City Court of Vienna are hereby transferred to the Superior Court of Dooly County and all judgments and executions heretofore rendered in and by said City Court of Vienna are hereby kept alive and of full force and vigor and that all such executions and all mesne and final processes of said City Court of Vienna, which have not been executed, shall be returnable to the Superior Court of the County of Dooly, and all claims, illegalities and other issues arising from the execution of such processes and fi. fas. shall be returnable and determinable as though same had issued from the Superior Court of Dooly County. Transfer of cases. Judgments and executions kept alive. Return of processes. SEC. 4. Be it further enacted, That all criminal cases founded upon indictment pending in the City Court of Vienna, when this Act shall become effective, shall be transferred to the Superior Court of Dooly County, and all criminal cases founded upon accusation pending therein, shall be at once heard by some Justice of the Peace of the County of Dooly, who shall have power to bind over the accused for his appearance at the next term of the Superior Court of said county, or to discharge in the same manner as if brought before him upon a warrant; provided, that where the accused has been regularly bound over upon a warrant to the City Court of Vienna, or has given bond for his appearance before said court, such committal or bond shall be considered valid to secure his presence at the next term of the Superior Court of Dooly County. Transfer of criminal cases and disposition thereof.

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SEC. 5. Be it further enacted, That such motions for new trial as may be pending in the City Court of Vienna, when this Act becomes effective, shall be heard by the Judge of the Superior Court of the Cordele Judicial Circuit, and that when after this Act becomes effective, judgment is rendered in the Supreme Court of Georgia, or the Court of Appeals of Georgia, in any case pending therein from the City Court of Vienna, the Clerk of the higher court shall send the remittitur in said case to the Clerk of the Superior Court of Dooly County where it shall be made the judgment of said court as having jurisdiction therein. Motions for new trial pending, how heard. SEC. 6. Be it further enacted, That all dockets, minutes, records, books and papers of the City Court of Vienna, shall be held by the Clerk of the Superior Court of Dooly County as part of the records of that court. SEC. 7. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved August 7, 1913.

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TITLE II. MISCELLANEOUS. ACTS. Appling County, Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues and Board of Road and Bridge Commissioners Abolished. Appling County, Board of Commissioners Created, Election to Ratify. Ben Hill County, Board of Commissioners, Act Creating Amended. Ben Hill County, Commissioners of, Election of. Bibb County, Pollution of Ocmulgee River Prohibited. Bibb County, Act Authorizing Bonds Repealed. Bibb County, Bonds of, How Issued. Bibb County, Appropriation for Macon Hospital. Bleckley County, Office of Commissioner Created. Bulloch County, Board of Commissioners, Act Creating Amended. Catoosa County, Road Tax Authorized. Charlton County, Board of Commissioners, Act Creating Amended. Chatham County, Commission, Act Creating Amended. Chatham County, Act to Assist Georgia Infirmary Repealed. Chattahoochee County, Board of Commissioners Created. Clarke County, Board of Commissioners Authorized to Adjust Certain Claims. Clarke County, Board of Commissioners, Act Creating Amended, Election to Ratify. Coffee County, Board of Commissioners Abolished. Coffee County, Board of Commissioners Created. Columbia County, Insolvent Criminal Costs. Dodge County, Commissioner, Office of, Act Creating Amended. Dooly County, Board of Commissioners, Act Creating Repealed. Dooly County, Board of Commissioners Created. Dougherty County, Commissioners of, Authorized to Make Contract with Albany Hospital Association. Early County, Board of Commissioners, Act Creating Amended. Elbert County, Board of Commissioners, Act Creating Amended. Forsyth County, Compensation of Ordinary. Franklin County, Board of Commissioners, Act Creating Amended. Gordon County, Board of Commissioners, Act Creating Amended. Gwinnett County, Commissioners of, Authorized to Pay Court Costs When. Heard County, Board of Commissioners, Election to Abolish. Heard County, Commissioner, Office of, Election to Create. Irwin County, Board of Commissioners, Act Creating Repealed. Irwin County, Commissioner, Office of, Created. Jones County, Board of Commissioners, Act Creating Repealed. Jones County, Commissioner, Office of, Created. Laurens County, Relief of T. B. Hicks. Lumpkin County, Right to Kill Squirrels in. Macon County, Work of Chaingang. McIntosh County, Board of Commissioners, Act Creating Amended. Miller County, Board of Commissioners, Act Creating Amended. Mitchell County, Board of Commissioners, Act Creating Amended. Murray County, County Site of Changed. Newton County, Commissioner, Office of, Created. Pulaski County, Commissioner, Office of, Abolished. Pulaski County, Board of Commissioners Created. Putnam County, Board of Commissioners, Act Creating Amended. Stewart County, Board of Commissioners, Sessions of. Sumter County, Work of Chaingang. Telfair County, Board of Commissioners Created. Terrell County, Board of Commissioners, Act Creating Amended. Tift County, Board of Commissioners, Act Creating Amended.

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Ware County, Board of Commissioners, Act Creating Amended. Washington County, Board of Commissioners Abolished. Washington County, Board of Commissioners Created. Wheeler County, Board of Commissioners Created. Wilkes County, Commissioner, Office of, Act Creating Amended. White County, Board of Commissioners, Act Creating Repealed. Methodist Church, Perry, Georgia, Sale of Real Estate by. APPLING COUNTY, BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OF ROADS AND REVENUES AND BOARD OF ROAD AND BRIDGE COMMISSIONERS ABOLISHED. No. 138. An Act to abolish the Board of Road and Bridge Commissioners for Appling County, to repeal an Act entitled, an Act to create a Board of Road and Bridge Commissioners for Appling County; define their powers and prescribe their duties, and for other purposes, approved July 16th, 1903, and all Acts amendatory thereto, and to repeal an Act entitled An Act to create a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for Appling County; prescribe their duties and powers, and for other purposes, approved August 11th, 1908, and all Acts amendatory thereof, and for other purposes. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of same, That the Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues, and Board of Road and Bridge Commissioners, be and the said boards are, hereby abolished. Appling County, Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues, and Board of Road and Bridge Commissioners abolished. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That an Act entitled An Act to create a Board of Road and Bridge Commissioners for the County of Appling, to define their powers and prescribe their duties, and for other purposes, approved July 16th, 1903, and all Acts amendatory thereof be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Board of, Road and Bridge Commissioners, Act creating repealed. SEC. 3. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That an Act entitled An Act to create a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for Appling County

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to prescribe their duties and powers, and for other purposes approved August 11th, 1908, and all Acts amendatory thereof be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Board of Commissioners, Act creating repealed. SEC. 4. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved August 16, 1913. APPLING COUNTY, BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS CREATED, ELECTION TO RATIFY. No. 205. An Act to create a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for Appling County; provide for their qualification and election, define their powers; prescribe their duties, and to fix their salaries; to provide for a Clerk of said board, and to provide for the management of county affairs, and for other purposes. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for the County of Appling, which shall be styled as Board of Commissioners is hereby created for the County of Appling and shall consist of three members, the Ordinary of said county, who is hereby made Chairman of said Board of Commissioners and two members to be elected at each general election as hereinafter provided. Appling County, Board of Commissioners created. Three members, Ordinary, Chairman. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That at each general election, held for the election of county officers there shall be elected by the qualified voters, two persons as members of said Board of Commissioners of said county, which said persons shall be freeholders of said county, at least thirty years old and shall have resided in said county at least four years and shall be otherwise qualified to hold a county office, and one of said persons

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shall be a resident of that portion of Appling County included in the Baxley, Melton, Tillman, Graham and Surrency Districts, and the other of such persons shall be elected from that portion of said county, which is not included in the above named districts. Commissioners, how elected. Qualifications. SEC. 3. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That said two Commissioners, elected as aforesaid, before entering upon the discharge of their duties, shall enter into a good and sufficient bond payable to the County of Appling in the sum of two thousand ($2,000.00) dollars each, conditioned for the faithful performance of their duties and the true accounting to the proper authorities for all properties, money and other effects coming into their hands as such Commissioners, and providing further, that any citizen of said county shall have the right and authority to institute action upon said bond in any court having jurisdiction for any breach thereof. Bond of Commissioners. SEC. 4. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That before said Commissioners shall enter upon the discharge of their duties, they shall take and subscribe the following oath: I do solemnly swear that I will well and truly perform any and all duties required of me as a member of the Board of Commissioners in and for said county; that I will make a just and true accounting of any and all moneys, properties and effects coming into my hands by virtue of my said office; that I am duly qualified under the laws of Georgia to hold said office, and that I am not the holder of any public funds unaccounted for. Sworn to and subscribed before me. Oath. SEC. 5. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That said County Commissioners shall hold their meetings at the court house in said county, at least monthly, at such time as they see fit and proper except that such meetings shall not conflict with the time of holding Ordinary's Court in said county. Meetings, when and where held. SEC. 6. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the Ordinary of said county is hereby made an

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ex-officio member of said board by virtue of his said office, shall attend upon the meetings of said board, shall preside at such meetings, shall preserve order, shall have the right and shall require the other two members of said board to attend all regular and special meetings of said board, shall assist in the deliberations of said board while in session, shall have the right to vote upon any matter coming before said board in case of a tie vote, or in case of the providential absence of either member of said board. He shall be specially charged with the duties of keeping the records and files of said office and see that any and all actions taken by said board are duly and properly recorded, and shall enter his approval when so directed by said board upon the minutes of said board. Ordinary ex-officio member. Duties and powers. SEC. 7. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That said board immediately upon its qualification shall prepare or cause to be prepared an accurate map of said county showing all public roads in said County and shall classify the same in conformity with the law now in force as first, second and third class roads. They shall have the power to create new roads, discontinue or change existing roads by advertising their intention so to do for at least thirty days in the public gazette of said county and otherwise complying with the law with reference to opening up, changing or establishing public roads. Duties of Commissioners. SEC. 8. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the said board shall have exclusive jurisdiction and control over the public roads, bridges and ferrys of said county, the building of new roads, repairing, changing or altering old roads, and over any and all other property owned by the County of Appling, with the authority and power to buy and sell any or all articles, such as machinery, implements, tools, wagons, stock, engines, or such other thing as they may deem expedient and necessary for the economical building, working and repairing of public roads and bridges in said county. Jurisdiction. SEC. 9. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the commissioners shall have authority to contract

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the building, working or repairing of public roads, and should they deem it best to build, work or repair any public road by contract, such contract shall be let to lowest and best bidder, at public outcry, before the court house door in said county, after the due and legal advertisement of a notice of intention to let said contract, in some public gazette, in which advertisement and contract shall be named and specified a minute specification of the work to be contracted; provided, however, that where the said work will not involve more than a contract price of $100.00, it shall not be necessary to advertise and let said contract by public outcry, but may be contracted as seems most expedient to said Board of Commissioners. Road build-and repairing. SEC. 10. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That said board shall have jurisdiction, power and authority, in all such county matters as is given to the Ordinary of said County by law and shall have the exclusive authority, in levying taxes, establishing and abolishing election precincts, creating, changing or abolishing militia districts, supervising the books of the Tax Collector and Tax Receiver, settling with the Tax Collector, allowing insolvent lists of said county, making rules and regulations for the support of the poor, maintaining and managing the pauper farm, electing all minor officers of said county, where their election is not otherwise provided for, such as Superintendents, Guards of Convicts, Janitors, Jailers, County Physicians and Health officers, County Attorney, Processioners for Militia Districts of said county, and generally to do and perform all such matters and things that was required of the Ordinary of said County, when sitting for County Matters, but not such things as is by law required to be done by Courts of Ordinary. County matters. SEC. 11. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That said Board of Commissioners shall have the exclusive power and authority of binding said county for the payment of money by contract or otherwise, which authority shall only be exercised by said Board while sitting in session, that said Board shall have exclusive authority to pay out and distribute any and all moneys belonging to

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said county, which authority shall be exercised by said board at their meetings, in which meetings they are required to make any and all contracts, purchases and sales for and in behalf of said county and to pay any and all just claims which they might have contracted so to pay, and all claims arising ex delicto against said county, and shall not pay any claim against said county for the purchase of any property which they did not authorize the purchase of before its said purchase; provided, however, that this section shall not apply to the payment of bills contracted by said two Commissioners elected by the voters as aforesaid in cases of emergency. Payment of money. SEC. 12. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That said board of Commissioners shall employ a Clerk, who shall be at least twenty-one years old, and a resident of said county and a qualified voter therein, who shall be paid a salary per month to be fixed by said Board, not to exceed Fifty Dollars per month, and who shall before entering upon his duties, make, execute and deliver his good and sufficient bond, payable to the Chairman of said Board and his successors in office in the sum of one thousand dollars, such bond to be approved by said Board and duly recorded upon the minutes of said Board conditioned for the faithful performance of his duties and the true accounting of all moneys received by him by virtue of his office. Clerk, his compensation. Bond. SEC. 13. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the said Clerk so elected, shall be chargeable with the duty of keeping a correct and accurate account of the public funds of said county as well as all other properties owned by said county, shall keep a true, correct and accurate minutes of all the proceedings of said board and a true, correct and accurate list of the insolvent tax fi. fas., and is charged with the special duty of reporting to said board of each meeting thereof, his efforts to enforce the collection of said fi. fas., and of all such fi. fas., so collected, and shall well and truly pay over to the proper authority any and all funds coming into his hands by virtue of said

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office and shall do and perform such other things as is required of him by said board not inconsistent with the provisions of this Act. Duties of Clerk. SEC. 14. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the said Board of Commissioners shall have the power and authority to discharge said Clerk or remove him from office at their discretion, with or without cause and shall have like authority to raise or diminish his salary, as provided by this Act, at any time they see fit. That neither of said three Commissioners shall be elegible to Act as said Clerk. Discharge of Clerk. Commissioners not eligible to Act as Clerk. SEC. 15. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the said Board of Commissioners may appoint and remove such Superintendents of roads in said county, to prescribe the road or roads subject to their supervision, and prescribe such duties as they shall perform in addition to the duties required of them by this Act. Such Superintendents, before entering upon the discharge of their duties shall give a good and sufficient bond, payable to the Chairman of said Board of Commissioners and his successor in office in the sum of one thousand dollars, such bond to be approved by said Board of Commissioners and conditioned for the faithful performance of the duties of such Superintendents, and the true accounting of all moneys, properties and effect coming into his hands by virtue of his said office, and shall receive a commission as such Superintendent from said board. That with fifteen days after the qualification of such Superintendent, he shall file a complete list with said board giving the name and color of all persons subject to road duty in the territory assigned to such Superintendent. Such Superintendent, when so directed, shall cause the hands of said road, under his supervision, to be summoned to work said roads and shall be chargeable with the collection of the taxes levied by virtue of this Act and order of said board from said persons subject to perform those duties and shall well and truly account to said board for all of his actions and doings, and subject to be removed by said board at their pleasure. Road Superintendents. Bond. Duties.

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SEC. 16. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That said Board of Commissioners may assess a tax on all real and personal property in said county, not to exceed two-tenths of one percentum, for road purposes and if said board deems it expedient they may levy and assess a tax upon all real and personal property in said county, not to exceed one-tenth of one per cent. for bridge purposes and the buying of road machinery. Road tax. SEC. 17. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, that said Board of Commissioners shall require all persons subject to road duty in said county to perform, under such Superintendents and upon such roads as said board shall see fit and proper, such number of days labor not more than are required by law, or in lieu thereof pay a tax not less than $1.00 per annum nor more than $3.00 per annum, payable at such times as may be fixed by said board, and such amounts as may be fixed by said board, provided, further, that said board shall have the right to excuse any of such persons from road duty upon the performance by such person of any task that may be assigned by such board for such person or persons to perform. SEC. 18. Be it further enacted, That the said Commissioners shall assess and levy and caused to be collected, from all persons, firms and corporations, whether resident or non-resident, who use said public roads in said county, for the purpose of transporting over them, logs, timbers, wood, lumber, guano and all other like heavy materials, the sum of $3.00 per annum, per team of not more than two animals and $1.00 each additional animal; provided, that this section shall not be applicable to persons who are subject to road tax, as provided in Section seventeen of this Act; and provided, further, that this section shall not apply to any person who is not subject to road duty, by reason of exemptions fixed by law. Commutation tax. SEC. 19. Be it further enacted that said Board of Commissioners shall assess and levy and cause to be collected a tax not more than fifty dollars nor less than twenty-five dollars from each person, firm or corporation for each

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traction engine, or other like machinery, used by such persons, firms or corporations upon the public roads of said county, which tax shall be collected annually. Tax from owners of traction engines, etc. SEC. 20. Be it further enacted, That the Commissioner in whose territory the convicts of said county are engaged at work, shall have supervision and direction of the work being performed by said convicts, shall provide the warden of said county with the tools and implements and machinery necessary to be used by said convicts and provide for the feeding of said convicts and shall have general charge of the roads in his territory and shall monthly make a report to said board of all the work performed by said convicts or otherwise upon the said roads in his territory and all work needed to be performed upon the roads and bridges in his territory. Commissioners, supervision of. SEC. 21. Be it further enacted, That said board shall cause to be published in some newspaper published in said county and having a general circulation therein at least, quarterly, a full and complete statement showing the amount of money received or paid into the treasury of said county the amounts withdrawn and for the purposes withdrawn from the treasury of said county and a minute statement of the work performed upon any road or bridge in said county or contracted to be done or performed upon any road or bridge in said county the name of the contractor and the amount paid or to be paid. Published statements. SEC. 22. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the residents of incorporated towns or cities in said county shall not be required to work the public roads of said county or pay the commutation tax, should they pay a similar tax in some incorporated town or city in said county. Commutation tax in towns or cities. SEC. 23. Be it further enacted, That in case any person fails or refuses to perform the work required by said Board or pay the commutation tax in lieu thereof, without good and sufficient cause, or shall fail and refuse to reasonably comply with the orders of the Superintendent while engaged in work upon said road, he shall be fined not less

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than $1.00 nor more than $5.00 or be imprisoned in the common jail of said county or sentenced to work upon the chaingang of said county not less than two nor more than thirty days. Defaulters. SEC. 24. Be it further enacted, That said Board of Commissioners, are hereby authorized and empowered to try defaulters, and the superintendents shall report the names of all defaulters to said board, immediately upon their default and prefer charges against such defaulters whereupon said board shall issue summons to said defaulter requiring him to appear before them at their next regular meeting, which summons shall be served upon said defaulter by any Superintendent or Constable of said county, when such defaulter shall appear before said board for a trial for the charges so preferred against him by such Superintendent, when such board shall try such defaulter, having the right to swear witnesses and hear evidence and shall render such judgment as they see fit and proper and in the event of the conviction of any such person as a defaulter, they shall issue their mandate to the Sheriff of said county, who shall be charged with the enforcement of the sentence so passed by said board. Trial of defaulters. SEC. 25. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the Superintendents appointed by said board, shall make a report to said board, as often as may be required by said board, giving the names of the persons, firms or corporations subject to taxation under Section eighteen and nineteen of this Act and said board shall issue to such persons their summons requiring them to be and appear at the next session or meeting of said board, to show cause, if any they can, why an execution should not be issued against them for such tax as the said board or Superintendent might claim that such person, firm or corporation is due said county under said sections of this Act and said board shall cause said summons to be served upon some person in said county, having in charge a part or the whole of said property of such person, firm or corporation; provided, however, that such summons shall be served as other processes; should such person, firm or corporation

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be a resident of said county, and that said board shall at said session stated in said summons proceed to determine the amount of tax due by such person, firm or corporation, under said sections and should it determine that such person, firm or corporation is subject to such taxes and such person, firm or corporation shall fail to tender the amount of such taxes determined by said board, then said board shall issue its execution against such person or persons, firm or corporation directed to the Sheriff or other levying officer of said county commanding of the goods and chattels, lands and tenements of such person, firm or corporation be cause to be made the sum of said tax, which execution shall bear text in the name of the Chairman and be signed by the Clerk of said board and shall be levied by the Sheriff or other levying officer of said county, and collected as other tax fi. fas., and are hereby given the same priority of lien as other tax fi. fas., are given by the General laws of Georgia. Superintendents' reports. Collection of taxes, delinquent taxes. SEC. 26. Be it enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the two members of said board elected by the people shall be commissioned in like manner as Justice's of the Peace and shall receive for the services rendered by them the sum of $2.00 per day for the services actually rendered by them for the benefit of said county under this Act and they shall fix the fees when not fixed by the General laws of Georgia, of all of the persons employed, appointed or elected by them by the terms of this Act. Members elected by people commissioned. Compensation. SEC. 27. Be it further enacted, That the Tax collector of Appling County shall collect the taxes assessed against all property in said county for road and bridge purposes at the same time and in the same manner as County and State taxes are collected and shall pay the same to the county Treasurer. The tax collector shall report to the said commissioners and the County Treasurer, the amount of road taxes collected for each Militia District and the said commissioners and Treasurer shall keep a record of the same, and the County Treasurer shall keep all moneys collected for road and bridge purposes separate from other funds of said county and shall keep an account of the funds

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of each district separate and pay out the said funds upon the proper vouchers of said board from the fund stated in said voucher. Road and bridge tax, collection of. SEC. 28. Be it further enacted that all funds received by said board or any Superintendent appointed thereby, shall be deposited with the County Treasurer, and paid over to said Treasurer such funds to the credit of the Militia District from which such commutation tax was collected. Funds deposited. SEC. 29. Be it further enacted, That the said Commissioners shall expend the funds arising from each Militia District as road funds in said district, provided, that in the event of the purchase of road machinery, tools, implements, stock and the building of bridges, each district shall share pro rata, according to the amount of taxes derived therefrom the payment of and for such property or bridges. Funds, how expended. SEC. 30. Be it further enacted, That the Grand Jury of said county, convening at its next regular October, 1913, term of the Superior Court of Appling County shall recommend to his Honor C. B. Conyers, Judge of the Superior Court, the appointment of two Commissioners, one from each territory herein provided for, from among the present Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues, and there-upon the said Judge of the Superior Court shall appoint the two persons so commended, who shall hold their offices for the term of one year from January 1st, 1914, when this Act shall become effective, and until their successors are duly elected at the next general election, held for election of county officers and qualified. Appointment of Commissioners. Term. SEC. 31. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That in case of death, resignation or other disqualification of any member of said board, the Judge of the Superior Court of said county shall appoint his successor, who shall hold until his successor is elected at the next general election and until the due qualification of such successor. Vacancy, how filled.

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SEC. 32. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the Ordinary of said County when presiding as Chairman, or while acting as a member of said Board shall be paid the sum of two dollars per day for the time actually engaged. Compensation of Ordinary as Chairman. SEC. 33. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That before the provisions of this Act shall become operative it shall be first submitted to the qualified voters of Appling County for ratification at an election to be called for that purpose by the Ordinary of said county at some date not later than October 10th, nor earlier than September 20th, 1913, and if a majority of the votes of said election are cast in favor of the ratification of the provisions of this Act the same shall become operative as therein provided. At said election those desiring to vote in favor of said Act shall have printed or written on their ballots, For ratification of Board of Commissioners and those desiring to vote against said Act shall have written or printed on their ballots against the ratification of Board of Commissioners. Said election shall be held as now provided by law for holding elections except that the returns thereof shall be made to the Ordinary of said county, and the said Ordinary shall declare the result of said election. Election for ratification of this Act. SEC. 34. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved August 18, 1913. BEN HILL COUNTY, BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS, ACT CREATING AMENDED. No. 8. An Act to amend an Act entitled An Act to prescribe the duties and powers of the Commissioners of Roads and Revenues in and for Ben Hill County; to fix their salaries and respective terms of office; to provide

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methods for the election of the successors of such officers and for other purposes, which was approved on August 22nd, 1907, and published in Georgia Laws for 1907. page et seq., as amended by the Act approved August 13, 1910, and published in Georgia Laws for the year 1910, pages 237 et sequeter, so as to limit the jurisdiction and authority of the commissioners provided for in said Acts; and further prescribe and define their duties and so as to provide for the creation of the office of Road Commissioner, to prescribe his duties and fix his compensation, and for other purposes. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That Section 4 of the Act to prescribe the duties and powers of the Commissioners of Roads and Revenues in and for Ben Hill County; to fix their salaries and respective terms of office; to provide for a method for the election of the successors of such officers, and for other purposes, which was approved August 22nd, 1907, and published in Georgia Laws for 1907, page 260 et sequeter, be amended by substituting after the word enactment occurring in the fourth line of said Section the following words, to-wit: with the limitations and restrictions hereinafter by this act imposed so that said section, when so amended shall read as follows: Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That said Board of County Commissioners and their successors are hereby empowered to exercise jurisdiction over all county matters, set forth by general enactment, with the limitations and restrictions hereinafter by this Act imposed, as well as all matters specially mentioned in this Act. The said Board of County Commissioners shall hold their regular meeting on the Monday in each month at the court house, or some other convenient place in the County of Ben Hill beginning on the Monday in August, 1907; provided, that the regular time of meeting may be changed to some other day of the month by order on their minutes, of which due notice shall be given by publication in the official newspaper of said county, and provided, further, said Commissioners may

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hold separate sessions at any time they may see fit and proper, or may be called together by the Chairman of said county board for county purposes. Ben Hill County, Board of Commissioners, jurisdiction, etc. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That Section 7 of said Act be amended by substituting at the end of the fifth line of said section the following words, to-wit: Except the roads and bridges of said county, which shall be built and controlled by the Road Commissioners as hereinafter provided, and by striking from the tenth line thereof the words public roads, bridges and, and by adding after the word Ben Hill in the fourteenth line of said Section the words: except as is otherwise provided hereinafter, so that said section when so amended shall read as follows, to-wit: Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, that said Board of Commissioners shall have exclusive jurisdiction when sitting for county purposes over the following subject matter, towit: In building and controlling all property of the county as they may deem expedient according to the law, except the roads and bridges of said county which shall be built and controlled by the Road Commissioner as hereinafter provided. Second: In levying a general tax for general purposes and special taxes for particular or special purposes, according to the provisions of the Code and special enactments of the General Assembly. Third: In establishing, altering, building and abolishing all ferries in the County of Ben Hill, in conformity to law. Fourth: In establishing and changing election precincts and lines of militia districts. Fifth: In examining, settling and allowing all claims against the County of Ben Hill except as is otherwise provided hereinafter. Sixth: In examining and auditing the accounts of all county officers who receive or pay out moneys of the County or State and concurrent jurisdiction in or renewing, either of themselves or their appointees, all records of all county officers as required to be kept by law. Seventh: In making such rules and examining, settling and allowing all claims against the county, of regulations for the support and maintenance of the poor of the County of Ben Hill, and for the promotion

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of health, as are permitted by law and to them may seem right and proper. Eighth: And to regulate peddling and fix the cost of license therefor, not in conflict with law. Roads and bridges, built and controlled by the Road Commissioners. SEC. 3. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That Section 8 of said Act be amended by substituting after the word State in the fifth line thereof the following words having no County Commissioners and by striking from the sixth line the words public roads, bridges and by substituting after the word buildings in the said sixth line the word and and by substituting after the word property the words except such public buildings and property as are by this Act made the subject matter of control of the Road Commissioner hereinafter provided for, and by striking from the sixth and seventh lines the words misdemeanor convicts, and by adding after the last word of said section the following words: except such authority and jurisdiction as is hereinafter delegated to the Commissioner of Road and Bridges. So that said section when so amended shall read as follows: Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, that said Commissioners shall furthermore have power to exercise exclusive and original jurisdiction and control in Ben Hill County over all county matters that are now vested by law in the Ordinaries of the various counties of the State having no County Commissioners, so far as relating to public buildings and property, management of the county jail and its fees, the control and maintenance of its paupers, assessing and collecting taxes, disbursing public money for county purposes, and the execution of all laws in reference thereto except such authority and jurisdiction as is hereinafter delegated to the Commissioner of Roads and Bridges. Power and jurisdiction of Commissioners. SEC. 4. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That Section 9 of said Act, empowering the Commissioners of Roads and Revenue to establish and maintain a county chaingang and to work convicts upon the same be, and the same is, hereby repealed. Section repealed. SEC. 5. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That Section 10 of said Act be and the same is hereby

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amended by substituting after the word court in the sixth line thereof the following words, to-wit: or City Court of Fitzgerald and by striking from the last line thereof the word he and substituting in lieu thereof the words such judge, so that said section when so amended shall read as follows: Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, that the Treasurer of said county shall not disburse or pay out any of the funds from the county treasury on any order, unless the same shall have been signed by the Chairman of said board and the Clerk; provided, this shall not apply to jury script, and such orders drawn by the Judge of the Superior Court or City Court of Fitzgerald in which such judge has exclusive jurisdiction. Disbursement of funds. SEC. 6. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That Section 15 of the said Act relating to the time of the election of Commissioners, the tenure of office and the like be and the same is hereby stricken and repealed. Section repealed. SEC. 7. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That Section 16 of said Act be, and the same is, hereby amended by striking from the third line thereof the words remaining Commissioners and substituting in lieu of such stricken words the following words ordinary of Ben Hill County, and by adding after the word revenue in the third line, the following words: or in the office of the Commissioner of Roads and Bridges, so that said section when so amended shall read as follows: Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, that all vacancies in said Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenue, or in the office of the Commissioner of Roads and Bridges shall be filled by the ordinary of Ben Hill County. Vacancies, how filled. SEC. 8. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That said Act be amended by adding thereto the following additional sections, to-wit: SEC. 9. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the term Commissioners of Roads and Revenues heretofore used in this Act, as in Section 1,

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Section 3 and other sections of said Act, shall be construed as giving the Commissioners no express or implied authority over the roads, bridges, convicts or chaingang of said county and said Commissioners of Roads and Revenues shall have no such authority, which is to say said Commissioners shall have no authority as a consequence of the name and style aforesaid. Name Commissioners of Roads and Revenues, does not imply authority over roads, etc. SEC. 10. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid that in addition to the Commissioners of Roads and Revenues hereinbefore provided for there shall be a Commissioner of Roads and Bridges for said County of Ben Hill, and the office of Commissioner of Roads and Bridges is hereby created. Such Commissioner of Roads and Bridges shall be commissioned by the Governor of the State as other county officers are commissioned, shall have power to exercise exclusive and original jurisdiction and control in Ben Hill County over all county matters involving public roads and bridges; he shall be empowered to establish and maintain a county chaingang and to work the convicts which the county is entitled to work upon the public roads and such other public works of the county as is authorized by law; when sitting for county purposes he shall have exclusive jurisdiction in establishing, altering, building and abolishing all public roads and bridges in the county of Ben Hill; and generally said Commissioner of Roads and Bridges shall have the same power and jurisdiction and control in Ben Hill County over the roads and bridges, chaingang and convicts that is vested by law in the Ordinaries of the various counties of the State which have no county commissioners. Commissioner of Roads and Bridges, office of, created. Jurisdiction and power. SEC. 11. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That said Commissioner of Roads and Bridges immediately after he is commissioned by the Governor as provided by law for other officers and immediately upon receipt of such commission and the assumption of the duties of his office shall be authorized and empowered to take charge of all matters of said county pertaining to the roads and bridges and the county chaingang and convicts. In such commissioner shall be vested the authority to hire

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wardens and guards, and to purchase all materials and supplies and other things to be used in connection with the operation of the county chain gang and with the establishment and maintenance of roads and bridges of said county. Said commissioner shall, when a debt is uncurred by him against the county with respect to matters over which he is herein given power and jurisdiction, certify to the correctness of an itemized bill for same and attach thereto his order on the Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for the payment of same and when such order, with itemized bill attached, is presented to said commissioners it shall be their duty to make immediate payment of the same. Power and authority of Road Commissioner. SEC. 12. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all books, papers, maps, charts, other writings and manuscripts now in control of the Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues of said county relating to the matters of the chaingang, roads, and bridges in said county, shall be turned over to and be subject to the exclusive control of the Commissioner of Roads and Bridges. Books, etc., disposition of. SEC. 13. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the Commissioner of Roads and Bridges shall sit once per month for county purposes at regular meeting, the particular day to be fixed by him by advertisement once per week for four weeks in the official organ of said county in which manner he also shall be allowed to change the date of such meeting. Said Commissioner of Roads and Bridges shall sit for county purposes in the court house in the office of the commissioners of Roads and Revenues, or such other office as he may choose, and shall when so sitting exercise exclusive and original jurisdiction over such county matters as are by this Act vested in him. The said commissioner shall be attended by the Sheriff or by some other person as is provided in Section 13 hereof with reference to the Commissioners of Roads and Revenues and in the same manner shall all of his purchases, orders, writs and notices be served and such Sheriff or other person shall be paid as is provided in Section 13 that they shall be paid

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for service rendered to the Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues, except that an itemized bill for his services shall be rendered by him to said Commissioner of Roads and Bridges, and when such Commissioner shall certify to its correctness attach it to an order on the Commissioner of Roads and Revenue for its payment and it shall be the duty of such Commissioner to pay same. Sittings of Road Commissioner. Sheriff, or other person, to attend Road Commissioner. Compensation. SEC. 14. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid that the Clerk of the Commissioners of Roads and Revenues shall also be Clerk of the Commissioner of Roads and Bridges, and shall in addition to the oath required of him by Section 12 take a further oath to well and truly do and perform the duties of his office as Clerk to the Commissioner of Roads and Bridges, and the bond now required of him shall likewise be conditioned upon satisfactory performance of his duties as the Clerk of the Commissioner of Roads and Bridges. It shall be the duty of the Commissioner of Roads and Bridges with the assistance of the said Clerk, working under his direction to prepare and have published in some newspaper having a general circulation in said county once each three months an abstracted statement of all expenditures made by him, which statement shall show the numbers of the orders drawn by him on the Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues, and the amount of each order and person in whose favor drawn together with the subject matter of all bills in payment of which such orders were drawn. Clerk of Road Commissioner. Oath. Bond. Statements of expenditures required published. SEC. 15. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That on or before the first Monday in August of each year the said Commissioner of Roads and Bridges shall make an estimate of the amount necessary to be expended by him in operating the county chaingang and defraying expenses of establishing, altering, building, repairing and abolishing public roads and bridges for the fiscal year thereafter which estimate shall by him be submitted to the Commissioners of Roads and Revenues and it shall then be the duty of the said Commissioners when making the regular tax levy for the year to include in such levy the

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amount of such estimate provided such estimate does not exceed 5 mills and said amount of taxes shall be collected and shall be kept by said Commissioners in a separate fund and used only for the purpose for which it was levied. Said Commissioner of Roads and Bridges shall have the same power and jurisdiction to incur indebtedness against the county with respect to matters over which he has jurisdiction as do Ordinaries of counties wherein there are no county Commissioners, and he is authorized to borrow money and to bind the county to pay the same as are such Ordinaries. All expenses incurred by him for advertising, for having writs, processes, notices and the like served; for hiring guards and wardens, for materials for the construction of bridges and roads, for tools, implements and the like, and all other bills which he is authorized to incur shall be paid by the Commissioners of Roads and Revenues in the manner hereinbefore provided in Section 21 hereof for bills therein referred to. Whenever an itemized bill against the county, incurred by said Commissioner, is regularly approved by him, and his order on the Commissioners of Roads and Revenues is regularly attached thereto and the same is presented to the said Commissioners for payment, it shall be the duty of said Commissioners immediately to issue in payment thereof a regular county warrant. Roads and bridges tax. Expenses, how paid. SEC. 16. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That George W. Rogers of said county is hereby made and constituted Commissioner of Roads and Bridges and as such he shall immediately after assuming the duties of his office be authorized and empowered to take charge of all matters of said county pertaining to roads, bridges, convicts, and county chaingang, and he shall hold said office until his successor is elected and qualified; his successor shall be elected at the regular general election in said county held for electing members of the General Assembly in October 1914 and under the same rules and regulations now prescribed for the election of members of the General Assembly of Georgia; and said successor shall begin his term of office January 1st, 1915. Said Commissioners of

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Roads and Bridges shall then hold office for a term of two years, and until their successors are elected and qualified, and one such Commissioner shall be elected at the general election every two years thereafter in same manner as the successor of said Rogers is elected and such commissioner shall begin his term of office on January 1st after his election. The salary of said Rogers and his successors in office shall be one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) per annum, payable monthly in equal monthly installments in same manner as are bills incurred by said Commissioner against the county and it shall be the duty of the commissioners of Roads and Revenues to issue a regular county warrant for such salary upon the presentation of certified bill by said commissioner and his order for payment. First Commissioner of Roads and Bridges. Election of successor. Term of office. Salary. SEC. 17. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That said Commissioner of Roads and Bridges before assuming the duties of his office shall take and subscribe to an oath before the Ordinary of said county to faithfully do and perform all of the duties of his office, which oath shall be filed in the office of the Clerk of the Superior Court of the said county of Ben Hill. Said Commissioner shall likewise, before assuming the duties of his office, shall enter into bond in the sum of two thousand dollars ($2,000.00) with good security, payable to said county of Ben Hill conditioned upon the faithful performance of his duties, which bond shall be approved by the Clerk of the Superior Court of Ben Hill County and recorded and kept of file in his office. Oath of Commissioner of Roads and Bridges. Bond. SEC. 18. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict herewith be, and the same are, herey repealed. Approved July 30, 1913. BEN HILL COUNTY, COMMISSIONERS OF, ELECTION OF. No. 10. An Act to amend an Act entitled an Act to amend an Act entitled an Act to prescribe the duties and powers of the

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Commissioners of Roads and Revenues in and for Ben Hill County; to fix their salaries and respective terms of office; to provide methods for the election of successors of such officers, and for other purposes, approved August 22, 1907, published in Georgia Laws, Page 260 et sequiter, so as to provide that the County of Ben Hill shall be divided into three commissioners district, and to provide further that one commissioner shall be elected from each district, and for other purposes, approved August 12, 1910, published in Georgia Laws, Page 237, et sequiter, by repealing the provision calling for three commissioners districts and to further amend section 15 of said Act by regulating the election and terms of office of commissioners, and for other purposes. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same, That from and after the passage of this Act amending an Act entitled An Act to amend an Act to prescribe the duties and powers of the Commissioners of Roads and Revenues in and for Ben Hill County, to fix their salaries and respective terms of office; to provide methods for the election of the successors of such officers, and for other purposes, approved August 22, 1907, published in Georgia Laws, Page 260, et sequiter, so as to provide that the County of Ben Hill shall be divided into three Commissioners Districts, and to provide further that one Commissioner shall be elected from each district, and for other purposes, approved August 12, 1910, be and the same is hereby amended by striking all of Section one of said amendatory Act and inserting in lieu thereof the following, to-wit: Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, that the present Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues of the County of Ben Hill, State of Georgia, shall continue in office until January 1st, 1915, and until their successors are elected and qualified, which successors shall be elected at the regular election held in said county for members of the General Assembly on the first Wednesday in October, 1914, and shall hold office for the term of two years, the successors

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of said Commissioners to be elected from the qualified voters of said county. Ben Hill County, Commissioners, election and terms of office. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved July 30, 1913. BIBB COUNTY, POLLUTION OF OCMULGEE RIVER PROHIBITED. No. 135. An Act to prevent the contamination or pollution of the waters of the Ocmulgee River in the County of Bibb, by the use of sewers, septic tanks, or other means, and to prohibit the use of the stream of the Ocmulgee River in the County of Bibb for private sewers, septic tanks, or other like means; to declare such use of said stream a nuisance; to provide for the restraining and enjoining of such use as a nuisance, or the abatement thereof, by appropriate proceedings for enforcing the provisions of this Act in the Superior Court of Bibb County, and for other purposes. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That from and after the passage of this Act, it shall be unlawful for any person, association of persons, firm or corporation to empty any sewer, or the contents of any septic tanks in the stream of the Ocmulgee River outside of the corporate limits of the City of Macon and above the present water plant of said city or below such plant at a point so near thereto as to contaminate the water of said stream taken in by said water plant for use in said city, such plant to be fixed by the Board of Health of the City of Macon, and it shall likewise be unlawful for any such person, firm or corporation to empty any sewer or contents of any septic tank in any creek, branch or other

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stream in the County of Bibb and through which stream sewage is conveyed to the stream of the Ocmulgee River; provided, said creek, branch or other stream empties into said river above the present water plant of the City of Macon or below said plant at a point so near thereto as to contaminate the water of said stream taken in by said plant for use in said city. And the waters of the Ocmulgee River shall not be polluted or contaminated by the use of sewers, septic tanks, or other like means, and the use, except as herein excepted, of the stream of said river for private sewers, septic tanks, or other like means is hereby prohibited. The purpose of this Act being to keep the waters of said stream, from which the water supply of the City of Macon and suburbs is received, free from pollution and contamination. Bibb County, pollution of Ocmulgee River and all streams tributary above water plant prohibited. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That any use of the waters of the Ocmulgee River in the said County of Bibb as an outlet for private sewers or septic tanks for any person, association of persons, firm or corporation is hereby declared a nuisance, and said nuisance may be restrained, enjoined or abated upon petition to the Superior Court of Bibb County, and such petition or proceeding for enforcing the provisions of this Act, may be instituted in the Superior Court of Bibb County, either by the Board of Health of the City of Macon, or by the Board of Water Commissioners of said City, or by the Mayor and Council of the City of Macon, or by the joint petition of said Boards and the Mayor and Council of the City of Macon. When said petition is filed, the Superior Court of said county is hereby vested with full power and authority to hear and determine the question, and to declare such use of said stream, as described in this Act, a nuisance, and to enjoin and restrain such use of said stream as a nuisance and to abate the same by appropriate judgment and decree of the court; provided, that nothing in this Act shall be construed to interfere in any manner with the Mayor and Council of the City of Macon in using said stream as an outlet for the sanitary sewer system of the municipality. Pollution of Ocmulgee River a nuisance, how abated.

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SEC. 3. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved August 16, 1913. BIBB COUNTY, ACT AUTHORIZING BONDS REPEALED. No. 37. An Act to repeal the Act authorizing the Board of County Commissioners of Bibb County to issue and sell County Bonds for certain specified purposes; to provide for an election or elections by the qualified voters of Bibb County to determine the question whether bonds should be issued; to provide for the retirement of said bonds, principal and interest. Approved August 15, 1910, Georgia Laws, Pages 239 to 242, inclusive. SECTION 1. The General Assembly of the State of Georgia does hereby enact, That the Act entitled an Act to authorize the County Board of Commissioners for Bibb County, to issue and sell County Bonds of said county for any and all of the following purposes, and in the amounts specified for each purpose, respectively, to-wit: For improving and enlarging the County Court House, not exceeding $75,000 of bonds; for building and repairing County Bridges, not exceeding $200,000 of bonds; for building and repairing the public roads of the county, not exceeding $100,000 of bonds; to provide for an election or elections by the qualified voters of said county to determine the question whether said bonds, or any part of them, shall be issued; to provide for the payment of principal and interest of said bonds, if issued, and for other purposes, approved August 15, 1910, Georgia Laws, 1910, Pages 239 to 242, inclusive, be and the same is hereby repealed. Bibb County, Act authorizing certain bonds repealed. SEC. 2. The General Assembly does further enact, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved August 5, 1913.

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BIBB COUNTY, BONDS OF, HOW ISSUED. No. 46. An Act to authorize the Board of County Commissioners for Bibb County, to issue and sell bonds of said county for one or both of the following purposes, and to the amount specified for each purpose, respectively, to-wit: For remodeling the present County Court House or building a new Court House, not exceeding five hundred thousand ($500,000.00) dollars of bonds, and for enlarging and constructing school houses for said county, not exceeding five hundred thousand dollars of bonds; to provide for calling an election by the qualified voters of said county to determine the question whether the said bonds for either or both of said purposes shall be issued; to provide for the payment of the principal and interest of said bonds and for other purposes. SECTION 1. The General Assembly of the State of Georgia does hereby enact, That the Board of County Commissioners of Bibb County be, and they are hereby, authorized and empowered to issue and sell in the name and behalf of said county, coupon bonds of said county for either or both of the following county purposes, and to the amounts herein specified for each purpose, respectively, to-wit: For remodeling the present County Court House or building a new Court House, bonds in an amount not to exceed five hundred thousand ($500,000) dollars; for enlarging and improving school buildings and constructing new school buildings in said county, bonds in an amount not to exceed five hundred thousand dollars; said bonds, if and when issued, to be designated as Court House Bonds, and School House Bonds, respectively. Bibb County, court house and school house bonds authorized. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That the said bonds or any part of them shall not be issued and sold until two-thirds of the qualified voters of said county have authorized and assented to the issuance of the same at an election to be called and held for that purpose, as provided in Sections

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440, 441 and 442 of Volume one of the Code of Georgia of 1910. Bonds, how issued. SEC. 3. Be it further enacted, That said bonds, if the issuance of the same be authorized at said election, shall not be sold for less than par, and said bonds shall all become due and payable, principal and interest, within thirty years from the date of their issue. The principal of said bonds shall mature annually in such amounts or installments as the Board of County Commissioners may in their discretion fix and determine. They shall bear interest at a rate not exceeding five per cent, per annum, payable semiannually covered by interest coupons attached thereto. Said bonds shall be payable, principal and interest, in gold coin of the United States of the present standard of weight and fineness. Bonds, their sale, maturity and payment. SEC. 4. Be it further enacted, That the said Board of County Commissioners shall have full power and authority to determine and fix at their discretion, the respective amounts, not to exceed the maximum amounts herein authorized, to be submitted to the qualified voters for ratification for each of said purposes; the denominations of said bonds; the manner in which said bonds, and the interest coupons attached thereto, shall be executed; at what time or times, and in what amounts and in what manner the said bonds shall be issued and sold; and the amount of the principal of said bonds which shall mature and be retired each year; when the principal so maturing each year, and the semi-annual interest accruing each year, shall be due and payable; the place and manner of payment of said bonds; how the said bonds may be registered; when they shall be fully paid off, and all other questions and details incident to the lawful issuance, sale, and payment of said bonds not in conflict with the provisions of this Act; provided, that the proceeds of the sale of the school bonds, if issued and sold shall be expended under the direction of the Board of Public education of Bibb County. Issuance, etc., of bonds. SEC. 5. Be it further enacted, That said County Board of Commissioners are hereby empowered to order and hold

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an election by the qualified voters of Bibb County to determine the question whether said bonds for either or both of said purposes shall be issued; and provision shall be made in said election for submission of the question in such manner that a separate vote upon each class of bonds may be had, so that the voters at such election may vote for or against either or both of the proposed bond issues. Election to determine issue. SEC. 6. Be it further enacted, That in the event the said bonds or any of them are issued and sold, said Board of County Commissioners shall at, or before, the time of issuing the same provide for the assessment and collection of an annual tax sufficient in amount to pay the principal and interest of said bonds within thirty years from the date of their issue. Sinking fund. SEC. 7. Be it further enacted, That all laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved August 6, 1913. BIBB COUNTY, APPROPRIATION FOR MACON HOSPITAL. No. 61. An Act to amend an Act entitled `An Act to amend an Act entitled `An Act to authorize and empower the Commissioners of Roads and Revenues of the County of Bibb, from the treasury of said county, to contribute toward the support and maintenance of the Hospital operated by the Macon Hospital Association, in the City of Macon, and for other purposes,' approved November 15, 1902, so as to authorize and empower said Commissioners to contribute the sum of five thousand dollars per annum towards the support and maintenance of said hospital, and for other purposes,' approved August 14, 1905, so as to authorize and empower the County Board of Commissioners for the County of Bibb, to appropriate from the treasury of said county, as much as twelve thousand

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($12,000.00) dollars per annum to the support and maintenance of the Macon Hospital, and for other purposes. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same, That the Act entitled An Act to amend an Act entitled `An Act to authorize and empower the Commissioners of Roads and Revenues of the County of Bibb from the treasury of said county, to contribute toward the support and maintenance of the hospital operated by the Macon Hospital Association, in the City of Macon, and for other purposes,' approved November 15, 1902, so as to authorize and empower said Commissioners to contribute the sum of five thousand ($5,000.00) dollars per annum towards the support and maintenance of said hospital, and for other purposes,' approved August 14, 1905, be, and the same is, hereby amended by striking from Section 1 of the above recited Act, the words Commissioners of Roads and Revenues of Bibb County, and inserting in lieu thereof the words County Board of Commissioners for the County of Bibb, and by striking in said Section 1, the words the Macon Hospital Association, and inserting in lieu thereof The Macon Hospital, and by striking in said Section 1, the word Association, and inserting in lieu thereof the word Hospital and by inserting in said Section 1, between the words Said Commissioners shall and the words Out of the Treasury the words be authorized and empowered and by striking at the end of said Section 1, the words the sum of five thousand dollars annually, and inserting in lieu thereof the words as much as twelve thousand ($12,000.00) dollars per annum, so that said Section 1, when amended shall reas as follows: Resolved, by the General Assembly, That the County Board of Commissioners for the County of Bibb be, and they are, hereby authorized and empowered to enter into a contract with said, The Macon Hospital, whereby the said hospital would undertake to treat free of charge such of the citizens of said county as may be seriously ill or wounded, and who are indigent and are, or are liable to become chargeable to the county; in consideration thereof, said

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Commissioners shall be authorized and empowered out of the treasury of said county to pay towards the support of said hospital as much as twelve thousands ($12,000.00) dollars per annum. Bibb County, Board of Commissioners authorized to make contract with Macon Hospital. Appropriation for hospital. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority of the same, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved August 11, 1913. BLECKLEY COUNTY, OFFICE OF COMMISSIONER CREATED. No. 199. An Act to create the office of Commissioner of Roads and Revenues for the County of Bleckley, this State; to provide for an appointment to fill said office until January 1, 1917, and to provide for an election to fill said office thereafter; to prescribe the qualifications, duties and powers of such officer; to fix his salary, and for other purposes. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, That from and after the passage of this Act, the office of Commissioner of Roads and Revenues for the County of Bleckley shall be, and is, hereby created. Bleckley County, office of Commissioner created. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That J. B. Hinsen, a citizen of said county, be and he is, hereby appointed the Commissioner of Roads and Revenues in and for said county, his term of office shall begin January 1, 1914, on and after the passage of this Act, and to continue until January 1, 1917, or until his successor in office shall be elected and qualified as hereinafter provided. That from the qualified voters of said county there shall be elected every two years a Commissioner of Roads and Revenues for said county, the first election for such officer to be held at the next general election held for the election of county officers for said county on the first Wednesday in

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October, 1916, and whose term of office shall begin on the first day of January, 1917, continue for two years and until his successor shall be elected and qualified. That the term of office for such officer shall be two years. First Commissioner. Election of successor. Term of office. SEC. 3. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That should there be a vacancy in said office at any time from death, resignation, removal from the county, or any other cause, the Ordinary of said county shall order an election to fill such vacancy for the unexpired term, notice of which election shall be given thirty days prior to the date set for the same to be held, in the newspaper wherein the Sheriff's advertisements are published, which election shall be held as elections for county officers, and until the vacancy is filled. Said Ordinary shall perform the duties of such Commissioner. Vacancy, how filled. SEC. 4. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That before entering upon the discharge of his duties, said Commissioner shall give bond and surety, same to be approved by the Ordinary of said county, payable to the Governor of Georgia and his successors in office, the sum or $10,000.00 conditioned for the faithful discharge of the duties of his office and to account for all monies that may come into his hands as such Commissioner, and must take and subscribe the oath required of all civil officers and also the following oath: I do solemnly swear, that I will well, truly and faithfully discharge the duties of Commissioner of Roads and Revenues for the County of Bleckley during my continuance in office, according to law, to the best of my knowledge and ability without favor or affection to any person, firm or corporation, so help me God. Bond of Commissioner. Oath. SEC. 5. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That said Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for the County of Bleckley shall have original and exclusive jurisdiction over all the subject matter mentioned and embraced in Section 4796 of the Civil Code of 1911; and over all such other county matters as by law have been placed under the jurisdiction of Ordinaries or other authorities having control of county matters; and over levying and collection

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of road taxes, commutation taxes, and the workings of public roads, and the building of bridges, and the appointment and employment of such persons for specific purposes appertaining to roads and bridges as are authorized by law, and over all such county matters as was held and exercised by the inferior court when sitting for county purposes prior to the adoption of the Constitution of 1868; provided, however, that such Commissioner of Roads and Revenues shall not purchase materials, supplies or other articles of necessity from any relative of his, either by blood or marriage within the fourth degree of consanguity or affinity. Jurisdiction of Commissioner. SEC. 6. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That said Commissioner of Roads and Revenues shall sit specially as a court for county purposes on the first Mondays and first Tuesdays in each month and for the exercise of such other powers as he has a quasi-corporation, contra-distinguished from his power as a court, and he shall also keep his office open on Saturdays for the transaction of the business of his office, and at such other time as may be necessary. At all other times when the duties of his office and the condition of the weather will permit, it shall be his duty to personally inspect the public roads and bridges of said county, and ride over and personally inspect all the public roads and bridges in the county at least once in every three months; he shall supervise, and, so far as practicable, superintend and direct the work on, and those in charge of the working of the public roads and bridges, building and repairing in said county. Duties of Commissioner. SEC. 7. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That said Commissioner of Roads and Revenues shall keep such records of county matters as are now by law required to be kept by Ordinaries where they have jurisdiction of county matters, and to make such reports to the Grand Juries as such Ordinaries or other authorities having control of county matters are required to make. He shall also keep a book in which he shall record in itemized form all articles or things of whatever kind purchased by him for the use and consumption of, by any department of the county

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government, giving the name of the article, from whom purchased, and the price paid therefor, date when purchased, and for the department purchased and used. He shall also keep a cash book in which he shall daily enter any item of cash received by him, from whom received, and for what purpose received, and he shall enter item by item, all amounts of cash paid out by him, to whom paid and for what purpose paid, which book shall be by said Commissioner of Roads and Revenues balanced monthly. And he shall at least once in every three months make up an itemized report of all his receipts and disbursements for each and every department of the county's government, showing the expense of each department, and publish the same in the official organ of the county. He shall also at least once in every three months publish a detailed report of the amount of work, its quality, and on what roads the same was done on the public roads in the county. Commissioner, records of. Statements published. Reports published. SEC. 8. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That in case of the disqualification of said Commissioner in any manner or matter that may come before him, the Ordinary of said county shall have power and authority to act in his place and his stead. Commissioner disqualified, who shall act. SEC. 9. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That said Commissioner of Roads and Revenues shall receive for his services as such the sum of fifteen hundred dollars per annum, and Clerk or office force employed shall be paid by Commissioner out of his salary, to be paid monthly out the Treasury of said county. Salary of Commissioner. SEC. 10. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved August 18, 1913. BULLOCH COUNTY, BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS, ACT CREATING AMENDED. No. 226. An Act to amend an Act creating a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for the County of Bulloch, and

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to prescribe their powers and duties, and for other purposes, approved August 18th, 1903, be amended so to give the Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for the County of Bulloch full power to provide for and fix salary of the Clerk of said board, and for other purposes. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That from and after the passage of this Act that the Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues of said County of Bulloch, shall have full power and authority to prescribe the duties and provide for and fix the salary of the Clerk of said board. Bulloch County, Board of Commissioners. Salary of Clerk. SEC. 2. Be it enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved August 18, 1913. CATOOSA COUNTY, ROAD TAX AUTHORIZED. No. 73. An Act to authorize the Board of Roads and Revenues of Catoosa County to levy a tax of not less than twenty cents per hundred on all the taxable property in Catoosa County, and not more than fifty cents per hundred on all the taxable property in said county for the purpose of building and improving the public roads and highways in said county, and for other purposes. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same, That the Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues of the County of Catoosa are hereby authorized to levy a tax of not less than twenty cents on the hundred dollars of all taxable property in Catoosa County, and not more than fifty cents on the hundred dollars of all taxable property in said county, for the purpose of building and improving the public roads and highways of said county. Catoosa County, road tax authorized.

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SEC. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this law be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved August 11, 1913. CHARLTON COUNTY, BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS, ACT CREATING AMENDED. No. 2. An Act to amend an Act approved December 23d, 1896, as amended August the 6th, 1903, creating a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for said County of Charlton, and to define their powers and duties by increasing said board from five to seven, to provide for their election, and for other purposes. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That from and after the passage of this Act, that the Act approved December 23d, 1896, and all Acts amendatory thereto, creating a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for Charlton County, be and the same is hereby amended, as follows: By striking all of Section two of said Act and enacting in lieu thereof the following, which shall be known as Section two of said Act: Be it enacted by the authority aforesaid, That J. S. Mizell, H. S. Hodges, W. E. Wasden, S. P. Green, B. G. McDanald, H. J. Davis, and J. H. Sikes, citizens of said County of Charlton, are hereby appointed a County Board of Commissioners for said county and that the term of office of the first named four Commissioners shall expire December the 31st, 1914, and that the three last named Commissioners shall expire December 31st, 1916. That said Board shall discharge all the duties herein mentioned until their successors are elected and qualified. Charlton County, Commissioners named. SEC. 2. Be it enacted by the authority aforesaid, That said Act be further amended by striking all of Section three

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thereof and enacting in lieu thereof the following to be known as Section three: Section 3. Be it enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the successors to the four Commissioners first named in this Act be elected at regular general election to be held on the first Wednesday in October, 1914, and that the successors to the three last named Commissioners be elected at the regular general election to be held on the first Wednesday in October, 1916. That said seven Commissioners shall constitute the Board of Commissioners for Charlton County, that the successors to the above named commissioners shall be elected, one from each Militia District in said county. Said Commissioners shall be commissioned by the Governor, and shall hold their offices until their successors are elected and qualified, and that their successors shall hold their office for four years and until their successors are elected and qualified, it being the intention of this Act that the term of office of three of said Commissioners shall expire at one time and four of said Commissioners at another. Election of successors. SEC. 3. Be it enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict herewith be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved July 30, 1913. CHATHAM COUNTY, COMMISSIONERS, ACT CREATING AMENDED. No. 204. An Act to amend An Act to create and organize the Commissioners of Chatham County, who shall be ex-officio Judges, to define their jurisdiction and duties, and for other purposes, so as to authorize such Commissioners to impose other duties upon the Clerk of the Board, and, for the performance of such other duties, to pay him reasonable compensation, additional to his salary as Clerk, as an expense of court; to empower such Commissioners

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to employ and pay as an expense of court, legal counsel to represent the interest of the county, either upon a fee basis, or upon a fixed monthly, annual, or other method of compensation as they deem best; to provide for bi-monthly holding of the Commissioner's Court, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same. SECTION 1. This Section six of the aforesaid Act be so amended that the said Commissioners and ex-officio Judges shall be authorized to impose such other duties upon the Clerk of the Board of Commissioners as they may deem to the best interest of the county, and for the performance of such other duties, they are hereby authorized to pay said Clerk reasonable compensation in addition to the salary allowed him for his services as Clerk of said board, which compensation shall be payable out of the County Treasury as an expense of court and as other county expenses are paid. Chatham County, Clerk of Commissioners, additional duties and compensation. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That Section seven of said Act be amended so that said Commissioners and ex-officio Judges may hold their court bi-monthly at the Court House. Court, when and where held. SEC. 3. Be it further enacted, That Section eleven of said Act be amended so that said Commissioners and ex-officio Judges are authorized and empowered to employ and pay out the county funds as an expense of court, legal counsel to represent the interest of the county where and as they may deem proper and either permanent or temporary, upon a fee basis or upon a fixed monthly, annually or other method of compensation as they deem to the best interest of the county. Employment of legal counsel. SEC. 4. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict herewith be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved August 18, 1913.

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CHATHAM COUNTY, ACT TO ASSIST GEORGIA INFIRMARY REPEALED. No. 147. An Act to repeal an Act entitled An Act to assist the Georgia Infirmary, approved December 13, 1871. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That from and after the passage of this Act, that certain Act entitled An Act to assist the Georgia Infirmary, which Act was approved December 13, 1871, and authorized the Ordinary of Chatham County to levy and collect annually a tax not to exceed $1,500.00 per annum, to be appropriated to the Trustees of the Georgia Infirmary, be, and the same is, hereby repealed. Chatham County, Act to assist Georgia Infirmary repealed. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved August 16, 1913. CHATTAHOOCHEE COUNTY, BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS CREATED. No. 25. An Act creating a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues in and for the County of Chattahoochee, State of Georgia, to provide for the appointment, and qualification of the Commissioners who constitute said board, and to prescribe their duties, fix their qualification, provide for filling vacancies; to provide for a Clerk, fix their compensation, and for other purposes. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same, That a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for the County of Chattahoochee is hereby created.

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Said Commissioners shall be practical business men, free-holders, and qualified voters of the district of their residence, which districts, are to be defined later in this Act. Chattahoochee County, Board of Commissioners created. Qualifications of Commissioners. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That for the purpose of this Act, said County of Chattahoochee shall be divided into three Road Districts, to be constituted as follows: Cusseta, or (1104), Militia District shall comprise and constitute Road District No. 1; Goblers Hill, or (678), Militia District, Jamestown, or (1106), Militia District, and Harp's Mill, or (1108), Militia District, shall comprise and constitute Road District No. 2; Big Sandy, or (1153), Militia District, Pine Knot, or (1107), Militia District, and Halloca, or (787), Militia District, shall comprise and constitute Road District No. 3. Road Districts. SEC. 3. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the term of office for said Commissioners shall begin on the first day of January, 1914, after the passage of this Act. And that the term of office for said Commissioners, shall be as follows, to-wit: Commissioner appointed from Road District No. 1, shall serve for three years; Commissioner appointed from Road District No. 2, shall serve for two years, and Commissioner appointed from Road District No. 3, shall serve for one year. Terms of office. SEC. 4. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That said board shall be appointed by the Grand Jury, at the August Term, 1913, of the Superior Court in and for said County of Chattahoochee, by a two-thirds vote of the whole number of jurors sworn and empanelled for the term, and shall be by ballot. And shall hold office as defined in Section 3 of this Act. And the Grand Jury shall annually, thereafter, at the regular session of the Superior Court at its August Term, elect one member from the Commissioner's District, whose Commissioner's term expires the succeeding December the 31st, it being the intention of this Act, that the term of one Commissioner shall expire on the 31st day of December of each year. And the term of office shall be for three years, except as provided in Section 3 of this Act. All vacancies, by death, removal, resignation,

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or otherwise, shall be filled by appointment by the Ordinary of Chattahoochee County until the next regular session of the Superior Court when the Grand Jury shall elect as defined in this Act. Elected by Grand Jury. Terms of office. Vacancies, how filled. SEC. 5. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the Commissioners elected as provided in this Act, shall on the first Monday in January, 1914, meet at the Court House at the county seat in said county, and shall from among their number, choose one as a Chairman, elect a Clerk, and proceed to organize for the purpose of carrying into effect the provisions of this Act. Said board shall meet on the first Tuesday of each month thereafter, and on the first Tuesday in January, elect one of their number as Chairman, whose term of office shall be for one year. Chairman and Clerk. Meetings. SEC. 6. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That said Commissioners shall have exclusive jurisdiction and control over the following matters, to-wit: In directing and controlling all of the property of said county as they may deem expedient according to law; in levying taxes according to law; in establishing or abolishing roads, and bridges according to law; in abolishing or changing election precincts or Militia Districts; in supervising Tax Collector's and Tax Receiver's books, in allowing the insolvent list in said county; in settling all claims and accounts of officers having the care, management or disbursements of funds belonging to, or appropriated for the use and benefit of said county, and bringing them to a settlement; in providing for the poor of the county, and for the promotion of health as provided by law; in examining the tax digest of said county for the correction of errors; in regulating license fees as may be provided by law; in establishing and maintaining the county chaingang; in working said chaingang on the public roads or public works of said county as provided by law; in electing and appointing all minor officers and employees of said county whose election is not otherwise provided by law; in providing for a uniform system for collecting the commutation road tax, the amount to be paid, or the number of days work on the roads of said

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county in lieu thereof; in levying and collecting the tax for roads provided in Section 696 of the Code of Georgia of 1910; in fixing the time when the commutation tax shall be paid, or the work performed; in trying all road defaulters according to law, and generally to have and exercise all the power heretofore vested in the Ordinary of said county when sitting for county purposes, and to exercise such other powers as are granted by law or as may be indispensable to their jurisdiction over county matters or county finances. Jurisdiction. SEC. 7. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the Clerk of the Grand Jury shall furnish to the Clerk of the Superior Court of Chattahoochee County, a certificate, showing the Commissioners elected by the Grand Jury, together with the term for which they are elected, and it shall be the duty of said Clerk to enter the same upon the minutes of the court and certify to the Governor under the seal of his office the names of the persons so chosen, and the Governor shall upon receipt thereof commission them for a term for which they are elected, and each member of said board before entering upon the discharge of his duties shall subscribe to the oath required by law for county officers, and shall give a good and solvent bond, payable to the Governor of said State and his successors in office in the sum of one thousand ($1,000) dollars, to be approved by the Ordinary of said county, conditioned for the faithful performance of his duty as such Commissioner. Certificate of election and commission. Oath. Bond. SEC. 8. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the members of said Board of Commissioners hereby created and their successors in office, shall receive as compensation for their services the sum of three dollars per day for each day of actual service, to be paid out of the county funds, and to be paid monthly. Compensation. SEC. 9. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That said Commissioners shall elect a Clerk for said board, whose duty it shall be to keep in a well bound book a complete record of the Acts and doings of said board, said Clerk shall perform such other duties as said board may

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require of him, and shall hold office at the will of said board, and shall receive such compensation as said board may fix. Clerk and his duties. SEC. 10. Be it further enacted, That said Clerk shall prepare and submit to the Grand Jury of each court in and for said county, a complete statement in writing of the condition of all property, finances, buildings, roads and bridges, and an itemized statement of the amounts collected and disbursed in behalf of said county, and shall also turn over to said body on the first day of each term, all the books and records in connection with their office. Clerk shall submit statement Grand Jury. SEC. 11. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the members of said board shall be exempt from road and jury duty during their term of office. Members exempt from road and jury duty. SEC. 12. Be it further enacted by the authority of the same, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved August 5, 1913. CLARKE COUNTY, BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS AUTHORIZED TO ADJUST CERTAIN CLAIMS. No. 163. An Act for the relief of Reverend S. J. Cartledge and to authorize the Board of County Commissioners of Clarke County, Georgia, to investigate, audit and pay claims for damages sustained by said S. J. Cartledge and others growing out of defect in Mitchell's Bridge in said county, and for other purposes. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That the Board of County Commissioners of the County of Clarke and State of Georgia, be and they are hereby authorized to investigate, audit and pay the claim for damages of Reverend S. J. Cartledge growing out of a defect in Mitchell's Bridge in said county, and as

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a result of said defect a horse and vehicle fell from the approach to said bridge and said horse and vehicle were damaged, and the persons in said vehicle were also injured and damaged. The purpose of this Act is to authorize said Board of County Commissioners to adjust all claims for damages in favor of all persons growing out of the transaction above referred to, which occurred on the 12th day of April, 1912, and to authorize said Board of County Commissioners to pay to the persons entitled such damages as in the judgment of said board is reasonable and proper under all of the circumstances. Clarke County, Board of Commissioners, authorized to adjust certain claims. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved August 16, 1913. CLARKE COUNTY, BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS, ACT CREATING AMENDED, ELECTION TO RATIFY. No. 234. An Act to amend an Act, entitled An Act to create a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for the County of Clarke; to prescribe the duties and powers thereof and for other purposes, approved December the 15th, 1897, so as to provide for the election of the members of said Board of Commissioners by the qualified voters of the county, and for other purposes. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That from and after the passage of this Act, an Act entitled An Act to create a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for the County of Clarke, to prescribe the duties and powers thereof and for other purposes, approved December the 15th, 1897, be, and the same is hereby amended as follows, to-wit: Clarke County, Board of Commissioners, Act creating amended. By striking the following words in Section one of said

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recited Act, beginning with the eleventh word in the second line of said section, to-wit: That at the next regular term of the Superior Court of Clarke County, after the passage of this Act, the Grand Jury of said county shall elect by ballot three discreet and upright citizens, who are resident free-holders of said county, one of whom shall be elected for one year, one for two years and one for three years, and each succeeding Grand Jury at the spring term of said court shall elect one Commissioner, who shall hold office for three years, unless removed by death, resignation or by recommendation of a majority of the Grand Jury for incompetency, malpractice in office or until their successors are elected and qualified, and inserting in lieu thereof the following words and figures to-wit: That at an election to be held on the first Wednesday in November, 1913, in the County of Clarke, there shall be elected by the qualified voters of the county, three resident citizens, who shall constitute the Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues of Clarke County, all of whom shall be elected for a term commencing January the 1st, 1914, and ending January the 1st, 1915, and until their successors are elected and qualified, and that the successors of said Board of Commissioners herein provided for, shall be voted for and elected at the election held for State and county officers on the first Wednesday in October, 1914, and every four years thereafter at the elections held for State and county officers, so that said Section 1, of said Act, when so amended shall read as follows: Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That at an election to be held on the first Wednesday in November, 1913, in the County of Clarke, there shall be elected by the qualified voters of the county, three resident citizens who shall constitute the Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues of Clarke County, all of whom shall be elected for a term commencing January the 1st, 1914, and ending January the 1st, 1915, and until their successors are elected and qualified, and that the successors of said Board of Commissioners herein provided for shall be voted

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for and elected at the election held for State and county officers on the first Wednesday in October, 1914, and every four years thereafter at the elections held for State and county officers and the term of office shall be for four years from the first day of January, next succeeding the date of election. Commissioners, election of. Term of office. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the above recited Act, be, and the same is, further amended by striking all of the language of Section two, of said Act, as contained therein and substituting in lieu thereof the following words to be designated as Section 2, to-wit: Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That before entering upon the discharge of their duties, each of said elected Commissioners shall take and file with the Ordinary of Clarke County the oaths required of all civil officers and in addition the following oath: I do swear that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties of Commissioner of Roads and Revenues for the County of Clarke, during my continuance in office, according to law, to the best of my knowledge and ability without favor or affection to any party, so help me God. Oath. SEC. 3. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the above recited Act be further amended by striking all the words in the third section, commencing with the word said in the fourth line and ending with the word aforesaid in the sixth line; and also all of the words commencing with the word that in the seventh line and ending with the word further in the eleventh line. The words stricken, commencing with the word said in the fourth line, being as follows: Said courts beginning on the first Tuesday after the term of court when said Commissioners shall have been elected as aforesaid, and the words stricken commencing with the word that in the seventh line, being as follows: That the regular time of meeting may be changed to some other day of the month by order on their minutes, of which due notice shall be given by publication in the official newspaper of said county, which order shall remain of force until rescinded, and

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provided further, so that Section 3, when so amended will read as follows: Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That said Board of Commissioners shall hold their regular meeting on the first Tuesday in each month at the Court House or some other convenient place in the City of Athens; provided said Commissioners may hold special sessions at any time they may see fit and proper or may be called together by the Chairman or a majority of said board for county purposes. Sessions. SEC. 4. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the above recited Act be further amended by striking all the words in the thirteenth Section, commencing with the word not in the second line and ending with the word purposes in the fourth line, the words stricken being as follows: Not more than three dollars per day each while occupied and engaged at the regular and special sessions in transacting business for county purposes, and substituting in lieu thereof the following words, to-wit: For their services the following compensation, to-wit: The Chairman of the board the sum of four hundred ($400) dollars per annum and the other members of the board the sum of three hundred dollars each per annum, so that when said section is so amended it shall read as follows: Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That said Commissioners shall receive for their services the following compensation, to-wit: The Chairman of the board the sum of four hundred dollars per annum and the other members of the board the sum of three hundred dollars each per annum, to be paid by the treasurer of the county on an order drawn by the order of the board and signed by the Chairman and Clerk and said Commissioners shall be exempt from road, jury and militia duty and shall be subject to prosecution for malpractice in office in the same manner as Justices of the Peace. Salaries of Chairman and members. SEC. 5. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the above recited Act be further amended by striking all of the words contained in Section 14 and inserting

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in lieu thereof the following words to be known as Section 14, of said Act, to-wit: Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That should a vacancy occur in said Board of Commissioners, the same shall be filled by special election called and held in the same manner and governed by the same rules and regulations, and with the same qualifications as to voters as apply to the election of Clerk of the Superior Court in case of vacancy. Vacancy, how filled. SEC. 6. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That on the first day of January, 1914, all the duties, powers, and privileges conferred by the above recited Act, before being amended by this Act shall attach to and be performed by the Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues of Clarke County, provided for by this Act, and that upon the election and qualification of the Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues of Clarke County as provided for in this Act, the respective officers and terms of office of the Commissioners holding under the above recited Act, before being amended by this Act, shall on the first day of January, 1914, cease and terminate and their respective offices be, and the same are, hereby abolished, but nothing in this Act shall be construed so as to render them, or either of them, ineligible for election under the provisions of this Act. Present officers' terms cease when officers elected under this Act. SEC. 7. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the Ordinary of Clarke County be, and he is, hereby authorized and directed to call an election to be held in the said County of Clarke, on the first Wednesday in December, 1913, after having given notice thereof by publication of said call in the newspapers published in said county, for the space of thirty days, and at such election the Commissioners provided for in this Act shall be voted for in the same manner and governed by the same rules and regulations, and with the same qualifications as to voters as apply to the election of members of the General Assembly of the State of Georgia and that the expenses of said election be paid in the same manner and governed by the same rules

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and regulations as apply to the election of all county officers; provided, that the provisions of this Act shall not go into effect until the same has been submitted to the qualified voters of Clarke County and shall have been ratified by a majority of the voters at an election held for that purpose. The Ordinary of the county of the said County of Clarke shall within 30 days after the passage and approval of this Act call an election for the purpose of submitting the question of ratification or rejection of the provisions of this Act to the qualified voters of Clarke County after advertising notice of same for 30 days in the public gazette in which advertisements of Sheriff's sales are made for said county. At which election so called those voting in favor of said amendment shall have written or printed on their ballots For ratification of the amendment, and those voting against the amendment shall have written or printed on their ballots Against the ratification of the amendment. If it shall appear from the returns of the managers of said election that a majority of the votes cast be For ratification of the amendment the Ordinary shall so declare, and this Act shall become effective from that date; but should a majority of all the votes cast be Against ratification of the amendment, the Ordinary shall so declare and in that event this Act shall be of no effect. Election of officers. Election to ratify this Act. SEC. 8. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all laws and parts of laws conflicting with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved August 18, 1913. COFFEE COUNTY, BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS ABOLISHED. No. 220. An Act to repeal an Act creating a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues in and for Coffee County, Georgia; to provide for the appointment and qualification of the Commissioners who constitute said board,

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and to prescribe their duties, fix their qualifications, provide for filling vacancies; to provide for a Clerk and attorney, to fix their compensation, and for other purposes. Approved July 29, 1912, Acts 1912, Pages 347 to 355, inclusive. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That an Act entitled An Act creating a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues in and for Coffee County, Georgia; to provide for the appointment and qualification of the Commissioners who constitute said board, and to prescribe their duties, fix their qualifications; provide for filling vacancies; to provide for a Clerk and an attorney, to fix their compensation, and for other purposes, approved July 29, 1912, Acts 1912, Pages 347 to 355, iclusive, be, and the same is, hereby repealed. Coffee County, Board of Commissioners abolished. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That this Act shall not become operative until the first day of January, in the year one thousand, nine hundred and fifteen. Effective, when. SEC. 3. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act, be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved August 18, 1913. COFFEE COUNTY, BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS CREATED. No. 272. An Act to create a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues in and for the County of Coffee; to provide for the election of the members thereof by the qualified voters of the county and to provide for a Commissioner from each Militia District; to provide for a Chairman and Clerk, to provide for their compensation, define their powers and duties and, for other purposes.

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SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same, That a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues in and for the County of Coffee, to consist of one member from each Militia District of said county, making a total of nine Commissioners is hereby created, this Act to go into effect and become operative on the first day of January nineteen hundred and fifteen; provided, however, that it shall be lawful to hold an election thereunder prior thereto as hereinafter prescribed. Coffee County, Board of Commissioners created. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That at the regular election for county officers to be held in the year of nineteen hundred and fourteen, the said Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues shall be elected for a term of two years whose term of office shall begin on the first day of January, nineteen hundred and fifteen, and who shall serve for a term of two years and until their successors are elected and qualified, each Militia District of said county electing its own members by the qualified voters thereof, in the same manner and at the same time as is provided for the election of county officers. Election of Commissioners. SEC. 3. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all persons eligible to hold other county offices shall be eligible to hold the office of Commissioner of Roads and Revenues of said county. Eligibility. SEC. 4. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That should a vacancy occur in said Board of Commissioners by death, resignation or otherwise, the Chairman or acting Chairman shall notify the Ordinary of said county of such a vacancy in writing, and said Ordinary is hereby authorized and empowered, and it shall be his duty to call an election in the unrepresented Militia District to fill the vacancy, in the same manner as is provided for elections to fill vacancies in the office of Justice of the Peace; the Ordinary shall report the result of such election to the Governor who shall issue a commission to the successful candidate for the unexpired term. Vacancy how filled.

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SEC. 5. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the Board of Commissioners elected as herein provided, shall be commissioned by the Governor for the term of office for which they were elected and before entering upon the discharge of their duties shall subscribe to the oath before the Ordinary of said county, required by law for other county officers, and shall give good and solvent bonds to be approved by the Ordinary of said county, payable to the Governor of the State and his successors in office in the sum of three thousand dollars each, conditioned for the faithful performance of their duties as such Commissioners, which bond when approved by the Ordinary, shall be by him recorded in the record of official bonds kept by him in his office. Commission. Oath. Bond. SEC. 6. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the Board of Commissioners shall at their first meeting in each year elect one of their members as Chairman, the Chairman shall preside at all meetings, sign the minutes of all proceedings, sign his name as Chairman to all orders, warrants, summonses, subpoenas, or other processes issued by said board, or by authority of said board; and shall vote on all questions at all meetings of said board and shall receive for his services the sum of three dollars per day not to exceed thirty-six days in any calendar year. Chairman, his duties and compensation. SEC. 7. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the Board of Commissioners shall at their first meeting in January elect one of their body as Vice Chairman, who shall in the absence of the Chairman, preside over the meetings of said board and discharge all other duties required of the Chairman. Vice Chairman. SEC. 8. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That said Board of Commissioners at their first meeting, shall elect a Clerk with such pay as the board may allow, not to exceed three hundred dollars a year. Said Clerk shall give a good and solvent bond in the sum of two thousand dollars, payable to the Ordinary of Coffee County and to be approved by the Ordinary of said county; said bond shall be conditioned for the faithful performance of

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the duties of the said Clerk to the Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues, in and for the County of Coffee; said Board of Commissioners shall have the power to remove said Clerk at pleasure by a majority vote of the said board. It shall be the duty of said Clerk, to attend all meetings of said Board of Commissioners and keep a full record of all its proceedings and to keep on file and to preserve all papers relating to its business, to keep in a special book, a statement of all taxes levied, and for what purposes, minutely specified and designated; also an inventory of all county property, including all road machinery, live stock, chaingang outfit and road working tools. To keep in a record, separate from other financial affairs of the county, an accurate and itemized account of all expenditures applied to the working of convicts, and for all supplies and pay to the Superintendent, Overseers and Guards necessary for the operation of the chaingang in said county. He shall also keep a separate book in which shall be kept an account of the communtation tax collected by the Commissioner in each Militia District of said county. He shall also keep an itemized statement of all accounts paid by the Board of Commissioners and shall show what fund is liable for the payment of said accounts. He shall also keep a book to be known as his Record of County Vouchers, in which shall be kept a complete record of warrants or vouchers drawn on the treasury of said county, which record shall show by proper entries the fund from which same is payable, the person to whom payable, the date of record, and the amount of said voucher or warrant. Clerk. Salary. Bond. Removal. Duties. It shall be his duty to sign all warrants and vouchers as Clerk, but he shall in no instance issue any warrant or voucher until same shall have been countersigned by the Chairman or Vice Chairman of the Board of Commissioners. All records provided for in this section shall be kept at the Commissioners' office in the Court House of said county, and shall be subject to inspection by any citizen of Coffee County. SEC. 9. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That said Board of Commissioners shall hold a regular

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court for the transaction of public business pertaining to county matters on the first Monday of each month of the year, the same to be held in the Court House of said county in the office set apart for the use of the Board of Commissioners; provided, that said Board of Commissioners may hold special sessions at any time they see fit and proper. A majority of the Board of Commissioners shall constitute a quorum, but it shall require a majority vote of the entire board to exercise any powers herein delegated pertaining to the duties of said board and at any meeting of said board when only five of said Commissioners are present, it shall require a unanimous vote or concurrence to pass any order to transact any business and in the absence of such concurrence all business attempted to be transacted shall be null and void. The Chairman or the Vice Chairman shall at any meeting of the Commissioners, in the absence of the Chairman, be authorized to administer oaths, and said board may hear testimony as to matters over which said board has jurisdiction, and when sitting as a court shall have the power to punish for contempt under the same rules and regulations as are provided by law for other courts. Commissioners' Court, sessions, etc. SEC. 10. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, The members of said Board of Commissioners shall be exempt from road and jury duty during their term of office. Members of Board exempt from road and jury duty. SEC. 11. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That said Commissioners shall have exclusive jurisdiction and control over the following matter, to-wit: In controlling and directing all of the property of said county as they may deem expedient according to law; in levying taxes according to law; in establishing or abolishing roads and bridges according to law; in establishing or abolishing or changing election precincts or Militia Districts; in supervising Tax Collector's and Tax Receiver's books; in allowing the insolvent list of said county; in settling all claims and accounts of officers having the care, management or disbursement of funds belonging to or appropriating for the use and benefit of said county, and bringing them to settlement;

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in providing for the paupers of the county and for the promotion of health as granted by law, or not inconsistent with law; in examining the tax digest of said county for the correction of errors; in regulating or fixing license fees as may be provided by law, in establishing and maintaining the county chaingang; in working said chaingang on the public roads or public works of said county as provided by law; in electing or appointing all minor officers and employees of said county whose election is not otherwise provided by law; such as superintendent or warden, and guards of convicts and chaingang, janitor of court house and jail; superintendent of county farm. In making such rules and regulations as they may deem best for the interest of the county; governing all minor officers and employees appointed by them and fixing such reasonable compensation for them as said Board of Commissioners may deem best for the interest of the county, in providing for the collection of a commutation road tax, fixing the amount to be paid in the number of days worked on the roads of said county in lieu thereof according to law, in trying all road defaulters in accordance with law; and generally to have and to exercise all the powers heretofore vested in the Ordinary of said county when sitting for county purposes, and to exercise such other powers as are granted by law or as may be indispensable to their jurisdiction over county matters or county finances; provided, that said Board of Commissioners shall have no power nor authority to erect any public buildings costing more than five thousand dollars without the recommendation being made for such building by two preceding Grand Juries of said county, and said recommendations being ratified by a majority of the qualified voters of said county at an election held for this purpose; provided, further, that said Board of Commissioners shall have no power nor authority to expend more than ten thousand dollars per year, inclusive, of the commutation road tax, which shall not exceed two dollars per capita, per year for the maintenance of the chaingang of said county. Jurisdiction of Commissioners. SEC. 12. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That it shall be the duty of the Board of Commissioners

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of said county to use all the convict labor on the public roads of the county, distributing such labor as equitably and justly over the county as possible. The commutation road tax of each Militia District shall be collected by the Commissioner of the district while chaingang is working in said Militia District; and expended towards the maintenance of the chaingang. Convict labor. Collection of commutation tax. SEC. 13. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the Board of Commissioners shall prepare and submit to the Grand Jury at the spring terms of the Superior court a full and complete statement of the finances of the county which statement shall be subscribed and sworn to by the Chairman or Vice Chairman of the board; said statement and report to the Grand Jury shall show an account of all receipts and disbursements, the sources from whence received and the purpose for which expended; said statement shall also show the number of persons who have paid the commutation tax and the amount thereof; and the number of persons subject to road duty who have neither worked out their time on the public roads nor paid their commutation tax; said Board of Commissioners shall publish in some newspaper having a general circulation in said county, the statement so prepared and submitted to the Grand Jury. Financial statement. Publication of statement. SEC. 14. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That each of said Commissioners shall receive for his services the sum of three dollars per day for each day of actual service rendered by him not to exceed thirty-six days in any calendar year. Compensation of Commissioners. SEC. 15. Be it further enacted, That the Board of Commissioners shall have published in a newspaper having a general circulation in the county, a monthly itemized statement of all the receipts and disbursements of their office, showing the source from whence received and the purposes for which expended. Publication of monthly itemized statements. SEC. 16. Be it further enacted, That said Board of Commissioners shall not hire or employ or contract with any member of said board or with anyone related to any

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member of said board nearer than second degree for work to be done or supplies to be furnished to said county in amounts exceeding twenty-five dollars except such work be done or supplies furnished shall be let at public outcry or by sealed bids to the lowest and best bidder. Contracts. SEC. 17. Be it further enacted, That all the books, records, documents, files and property of the present Board of Commissioners of said county shall be by them delivered to the board created by this Act, and the present Board of Commissioners, shall likewise turn over and deliver to the new board all the funds and property of the county in their possession at the time this Act goes into effect. Books, records, etc., turned over to new Board. Funds and property turned over to new Board. SEC. 18. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved August 20, 1913. COLUMBIA COUNTY, INSOLVENT CRIMINAL COSTS No. 80. An Act to repeal an Act entitled An Act to provide for the payment of certain insolvent criminal costs in the Augusta Judicial Circuit, approved February 15, 1873, in so far as said Act applies to Columbia County. SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That so much of an Act providing for the payment of certain insolvent criminal costs in the Augusta Judicial Circuit, approved February 15, 1873, as applies to Columbia County, be, and the same is, hereby repealed. Columbia County, insolvent costs, Act approved February 15, 1873, repealed. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved August 11, 1913.

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DODGE COUNTY, COMMISSIONER, OFFICE OF, ACT CREATING AMENDED. No. 132. An Act to Amend an Act approved August 19, 1912, being an Act to create the office of Commissioner of Roads and Revenues in and for Dodge County; to provide the methods of the election of such officer, prescribe his duties, powers, fix his salary and term of office, provide for the management of county affairs, and for other purposes. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same, That from and after the passage of this Act, the Act as above referred to be, and the same is, hereby amended by adding after the word county in Section 4, line sixteen of said section, Page 370, Acts 1912, and before the letter a in said section and line and on said page, the following words, to-wit: In which the Sheriff's and Ordinary's legal advertisements are published. Dodge County, Commissioner, office of, Act creating amended. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the Act as approved August 19, 1912, be and the same is hereby further amended by adding new sections to be numbered accordingly, as follows: SEC. 11. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all monies raised by the collection of the commutation road tax in the several districts of Dodge County, shall be expended in working and improving the public roads in each district of said county in which said commutation road tax is collected. Commutation tax, how expended. Sec. 12. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That from and after the passage of this Act, said Commissioner shall publish monthly in the newspaper published in said county in which the Sheriff's and Ordinary's legal advertisements are published, a full and complete itemized statement of all monies received and all monies paid out, showing from what source received, and to whom paid, and for what purpose paid. Publication of monthly itemized statements.

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SEC. 3. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved August 16, 1913. DOOLY COUNTY, BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS, ACT CREATING REPEALED. No. 75. An Act to repeal an Act entitled an Act to create a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues, for the County of Dooly; to prescribe the duties and powers thereof, and for other purposes, approved August 13, 1904. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same, That from and after the second day of September, 1913, an Act entitled an Act to create a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for the County of Dooly, to prescribe the duties and powers thereof and for other purposes, approved August 13, 1904, be, and the same is, hereby repealed and the office created by said Act abolished after the second day of September, 1913. Dooly County, Board of Commissioners abolished. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved August 11, 1913. DOOLY COUNTY, BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS CREATED. No. 216. An Act to create a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for the County of Dooly; to provide for the appointment of members thereof by the Judge of

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Superior Court of said county upon recommendation of Grand Jury of said county, to define their duties and powers and prescribe their qualifications, and for other purposes pertaining to county and county matters for the County of Dooly. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by the the authority of the same, That a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for the County of Dooly is hereby created. Said Commissioners shall be qualified voters of said county, and shall reside in the Road Districts from which they are appointed, which districts are to be defined later on in this Act. Dooly County, Board of Commissioners created. Qualification. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That for the purposes of this Act, said County of Dooly shall be divided into three road districts to be constituted as follows: Road district No. 1, shall comprise and constitute the militia districts of Dooling, Byromville, Lilly and Drayton. Road districts. Road District No. 2. Shall comprise and constitute the militia districts, Unadilla, Pinehurst, Findley and the third district. Road District No. 3. Shall comprise and constitute the Militia Districts of Vienna and the sixth districts. SEC. 3. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That at any time said Commissioner shall create a new Militia District, said Commissioners shall have the authority to attach said New Militia District to one or more of said road districts named in this Act. In case a new militia district created. SEC. 4. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the following named persons are hereby appointed, constituted and made Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for said county under this Act, to-wit: W. E. Dawson for Road District No. 1; S. J. Sheppard for Road District No. 2, and J. B. Walton for Road District No. 3. Commissioners designated. That the terms of office of above named Commissioners shall begin on the first Tuesday in September 1913, and

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continue until the first Tuesday in January 1914, or until their successors are appointed and qualified. Terms of office. SEC. 5. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That said Commissioners hereby named shall convene at the court house in said county on the first Tuesday in September after this Act becomes a law, and after taking an oath before the Ordinary of said county to faithfully discharge their duties as said Commissioners shall organize by electing one of their members Chairman, whose duty it shall be to preside at all of the meetings, and sign all warrants on the Treasurer and all orders of the Commissioners. Said Chairman shall have the right at all the meetings to vote on all questions before the Board of Commissioners and shall also have the right to make motions and perform all duties imposed under this Act upon said Commissioners. His term of office as chairman, shall terminate on first Tuesday in January following his election, but may be re-elected for another year, it being the purpose of this Act to elect a Chairman on first Tuesday in January each year, whose term as such Chairman shall be one year. Organization. Chairman. SEC. 6. Be it further enacted by authority aforesaid, That the Commissioners as herein provided, shall be commissioned by the Governor of said State for the term of office for which they are appointed, and before entering upon the discharge of the duties of said office said commissioners shall each take an oath before the Ordinary for the faithful performance of their duties, and shall give a solvent Bond in a solvent surety or guaranty company, authorized to execute bonds under the laws of Georgia, to be approved by the Judge of Superior Court, and payable to the Ordinary of said County and his successors in office, in the sum of five thousand dollars each, conditioned for the faithful performance of their duties as said Commissioners and the bonding fee shall be a legal charge against the county. Commission. Oath. Bond. SEC. 7. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the members of said Board of Commissioners hereby created, and their successors in office, shall receive

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as compensation for their services the sum of $200.00 each per annum to be pro-rated for part of year, to be paid monthly out of the County Treasury by the County Treasurer upon certificate of the Chairman of Clerk of said Board. Compensation. SEC. 8. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the Ordinary of said county shall be an ex-officio member of said Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues. Ordinary ex-officio member. He shall not qualify as such commissioner nor shall he be allowed to vote on pending measures before the body but shall Act only in an advisory capacity aiding and assisting in the councils and deliberations of the body. Duty of Ordinary. SEC. 9. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the Ordinary of said County by virtue of his office, shall be Clerk to said board at a salary of $400.00 per year to be paid monthly from the County Treasury. Clerk, Ordinary shall be, compensation. He shall make a solvent guaranty bond in the sum of $2,500.00 for the faithful performance of duties, said bond payable to the Commissioners. He shall keep a complete record of the actings and doings of said board, said records to be open to the inspection of any citizen or citizens of said county at all times; provided, the same does not interfere with the meetings of said board. Said Clerk shall perform such other duties as said board may require of him, and shall be subject to removal by said board for inefficiency or neglect of duties. Bond. Duties. SEC. 10. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That J. C. Slade shall act as Superintendent of Roads and Bridges from the first Tuesday in September, 1913, to the first Tuesday in January, 1914, or until his successor is elected. He shall receive as such Superintendent the salary of $100.00 per month. He shall be furnished by the Board of Commissioners with a conveyance that he may keep in constant touch with the roads and bridges in every section of the county. Before entering upon the discharge of his duties he shall take an oath before the Ordinary to faithfully discharge his duties as Superintendent to the

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best of his ability and shall make a solvent guaranty bond in the sum of $1,000.00 payable to the Commissioners, conditioned for the faithful discharge of his duties. He shall be subject to the orders of the board in the working of roads and building of bridges, and shall be subject to removal by said Commissioners for inefficiency or neglect of duties. Superintendent of Roads and Bridges. Salary. Conveyances furnished. Oath. Bond. Subject to orders of and may be removed by Commissioners. SEC. 11. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That on the first Tuesday in January in each year or as soon thereafter as practicable the Board of Commissioners shall elect a Superintendent of Roads and Bridges at a salary not exceeding $1,500.00 per annum on whom shall rest the burden of the Road and Bridge building of the County. He shall before entering upon the discharge of his duties as such Superintendent of Roads and Bridges, take an oath and give a bond of $1,000.00 in some solvent bonding company, conditioned for the faithful performance of his duties as such superintendent. He shall be subject to removal at any time by the Commissioners for inefficiency or neglect of duties. Election of Superintendent of Roads and Bridges. Salary. Bond. Subject to removal. SEC. 12. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid. That said Commissioners shall have exclusive jurisdiction and control over the following matters to-wit: In directing and controlling all of the property of said county, as they may deem expedient according to law; in levying taxes according to law; in establishing or abolishing roads and bridges according to law; in establishing, abolishing or changing election precincts or militia districts; in supervising Tax Collector's and Tax Receiver's books; in allowing the insolvent list of said county; in settling all claims and accounts of officers having the care, management, or disbursement of funds belonging to or appropriated for the use and benefit of said county, and in bringing them to settlement; in providing for the poor of the county and for the promotion of health as granted by law, or not inconsistent with law; in examining the tax digests of said county for the correction of errors; in regulating or fixing license fees as may be provided by law; in establishing and

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maintaining the county chaingang; in working said chaingang on the public roads or public works of said county as provided by law; in electing or appointing all minor officers and employees of said county whose election is not otherwise provided by law; such as Superintendent, or warden and guards of convicts or chaingang, janitor of court house and jail, superintendent of pauper farm, county physician, and health officer, and district road overseers; in making such rules and regulations as they may deem best for the interests of the county governing all minor officers and employees appointed by them, and fixing such reasonable compensation for them as said board may deem best for the interest of the county; in providing for the collection of a commutation road tax, fixing the amount to be paid or the number of days work on the roads of said county in lieu thereof; provided, said commutation tax shall not exceed $3.00 or six days work on the roads of said county in lieu thereof payable in the month of September of each year; in trying all road defaulters in accordance with law; and generally to have and to exercise all the powers heretofore vested in the Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues and in the ordinary of said county when sitting for county purposes, and to exercise such other powers as are granted by law or as may be indispensable to their jurisdiction over county matters or county finances. Jurisdiction of Commissioners. SEC. 13. Commissioners of Roads and Revenues shall be amenable to the Judge of Superior Court of said county, who on recommendation of the Grand Jury may remove or reprimand said Commissioner for malpractice in office, inefficiency or neglect of duty. Commissioners amenable to Judge of Superior Court. SEC. 14. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That it shall be the duty of the Commissioners of Roads and Revenues of the County of Dooly to work all the public roads and thoroughfares leading to and through the municipalities of said county within the corporate limits of said municipalities the same as the public roads and thoroughfares are now worked outside of the corporate limits of said municipalities. Roads, etc., through municipalities, how worked.

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SEC. 15. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues of the County of Dooly shall upon recommendation of the Grand Jury, cause all the books and records, the actings and doings, of all the officers of said county to be examined and inquired into by a non-resident certified accountant; provided such examinations shall not be made oftener than once a year. Examination of books and records. SEC. 16. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the Commissioners of Roads and Revenues of the County of Dooly shall publish monthly statements in some paper having a general circulation in the county, the receipts and disbursements of all monies received and paid out, from whom received and for what purpose paid out. Said statement shall be set forth in a plain and succinct manner so that any one may understand. Monthly statements, publication of. SEC. 17. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That at the November 1913 term of Dooly Superior Court the Judge of said Court shall upon recommendation of the Grand Jury of said county, appoint three Commissioners of Roads and Revenues from each respective Road District, whose term of office shall begin on the first Tuesday in January following and continue in office as follows: Commissioner for Road District No. 1, shall be for one year dating from the first Tuesday in January, 1914. Commissioner for Road District No. 2, shall be for two years, dating from the first Tuesday in January, 1914, and Commissioner for Road District No. 3 shall be for three years, dating from the first Tuesday in January, 1914. At each following session of the fall term of Dooly Superior Court, one Commissioner shall be appointed by the Judge of Superior Court upon recommendation of Grand Jury of said county, whose duties shall commence on the first Tuesday in January following and whose term of office shall be three years. It is the object and intent of this Act that the full term of a Commissioner shall be three years, after the first installment, one retiring each year. It shall not be obligatory on the Judge of Superior Court to appoint

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the man or men recommended by the Grand Jury, but he shall reserve the right and privilege to appoint any others from the respective Road Districts should it be made to appear to him that they are more competent or efficient; provided, that no one be appointed outside his own Road District. Appointment of Commissioners. SEC. 18. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That said Commissioners shall hold regular meetings at the county court house of said county on the first Tuesday in each month, and may adjourn from day to day, and may hold called sessions whenever in their opinion public necessity requires it. A majority of said board may constitute a quorum for the transaction of business; provided, that one or more Commissioners may be empowered by majority of said board, duly entered on its minutes to hold court at any time or place in said county to try road defaulters in accordance with law. Meetings. SEC. 19. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That said board shall not hire or employ or contract with any member of said board, or with any one related to any member of said board for work to be done or supplies to be furnished said county, except such work to be done or supplies to be furnished shall be let to the best bidder. Contracts with relatives of board. SEC. 20. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That said Commissioners shall before each term of Superior Court, prepare and submit to the Grand Jury of said county a complete statement in writing of the county property, paupers' finances, buildings, public roads and bridges, and the exact amount of county funds on hand and the amount disbursed, giving names of each person in whose favor each warrant or order was drawn and the amount thereof; and for this purpose said board shall have the authority to require all persons handling county funds to make written statements to them. Written statements. SEC. 21. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the members of said board shall be exempt from militia, road and jury duty during their terms of office. Exemptions of Commissioners.

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SEC. 22. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That in case of a vacancy in said Board, by death, resignation or otherwise, the other members of said Board shall have the right to fill such vacancy for the balance of the year. At the next fall term of Dooly Superior Court, a successor to the person so appointed by said Commissioners shall be appointed by the Judge of Superior Court, upon recommendation of the Grand Jury then in session, the term or terms of office thus appointed dating from first Tuesday in January following such appointment. Vacancy, how filled. SEC. 23. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid. That said Commissioners shall when expedient and for the best interests of the county, employ free labor on the roads and bridges of the county, and to do such other things in the management of county affairs as will, in their judgment, best subserve the interests of the people of the County. Employment of free labor. SEC. 24. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all laws or parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved August 18, 1913. DOUGHERTY COUNTY, COMMISSIONERS OF, AUTHORIZED TO MAKE CONTRACT WITH ALBANY HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION. No. 14. An Act to authorize and empower the Commissioners of Roads and Revenues of the County of Dougherty from the treasury of said county to contribute toward the support and maintenance of the Hospital operated by the Albany Hospital Association, in the City of Albany, and for other purposes. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same,

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That the Commissioners of Roads and Revenues of Dougherty County, be and they are, hereby authorized and empowered to enter into a contract with the said Albany Hospital Association, whereby the said Association will undertake to treat, free of charge, such of the citizens of said county as may be seriously ill or wounded, and who are indigent, and are, or are liable to become chargeable to the county; and in consideration thereof, said Commissioners shall, out of the treasury of said county, pay toward the support of said hospital a sum not exceeding twelve hundred dollars ($1,200.00), annually, as may be agreed on between said Association and said Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues. Dougherty County, Commissioners authorized to contribute to support of Albany Hospital in return for free treatment of indigent citizens. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted by authority of the same, That all laws or points of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved July 31, 1913. EARLY COUNTY, BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS, ACT CREATING AMENDED. No. 198. An Act to amend an Act to create a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for the County of Early, and to define the duties of the same, to add another member to said Board, to separate said board into Committees, and to define the duties of each committee, and for other purposes. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That from and after the passage of this Act the Board of Commissioners of the County of Early shall consist of six (6) members, who shall serve until their successors are elected as hereinafter stated. Early County, Board of Commissioners shall consist of six members. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That the members of said Board of Commissioners shall be those now holding

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the offices of County Commissioners for the County of Early, together with Jno. D. Abernathy. Who shall compose board. SEC. 3. Be it further enacted, That the County Board of Commissioners shall at its next regular meeting held after the passage of this Act appoint a committee, which committee shall be known as the committee of roads, and which committee shall consist of three (3) members of the Board of County Commissioners, viz: O. H. Sheffield, Jno. D. Haddock, and Jno. D. Abernathy. Roads Committee. SEC. 4. Be it further enacted, That said committee shall have exclusive control over all matters and things pertaining to the building of roads and bridges in Early County. They shall have exclusive authority over the Superintendent of Roads, Wardens, Deputy Wardens employed in Early County in so far as authority can be granted them under the law by this Act. Roads Committee's jurisdiction. SEC. 5. Be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the chairman of said committee to visit the camps of convicts of Early County at least once a week, and as many other times as this Committee shall think it advisable to be done. Duty of Chairman to visit convict camps. SEC. 6. Be it further enacted, That the duty of visiting the said camps of convicts in the County of Early may be delegated to any member of the Committee of Roads; and for such services the chairman and anyone or more of the committee shall be allowed the regular per diem now allowed by law for the County Board of Commissioners, together with all actual expenses in making said examinations and visitations of the camps of convicts and roads of the County of Early. Delegation of duty to visit camps. Compensation. SEC. 7. Be it further enacted, That said Committee of Roads shall meet regularly with the County Board of Roads and Revenues and report orally their doings and actions during the month previous to the said meeting. Shall meet with board. SEC. 8. The terms of the members of the Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues shall be for four

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years; the first election shall be held in the year 1916, and every four years thereafter and shall be held in the same manner and at the time as is now prescribed for members of the General Assembly, except that the election shall be every four years instead of every two years. Terms of Commissioners. Election. SEC. 9. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That ballot proposed for the voters of Early County shall have printed thereon under the head of Board of Roads and Revenues the following, Committee of Roads, vote for three; Committee of Revenues, vote for three. Ballots. SEC. 10. Be it further enacted, That upon entering upon their duties as Committee of Roads, the members thereof shall as near as practicable estimate the amount of taxes paid by each district and thereafter shall, as near as practicable have the roads of each district worked according to the amount of taxes paid by said District. Roads worked in proportion to taxes paid. SEC. 11. The Committee of Roads shall have the authority to work the roads of Early County in the manner and with whatever instrument or utensils as they shall deem best and shall have the right to make contracts for the working of said roads, to buy road machinery, mules and do all other Acts now authorized by law to the Committee of Roads and Revenues. Tools, machinery, etc. SEC. 12. Whatever expenses are incurred by the said Committee of Roads shall be paid by the Commissioner of Revenues and upon the refusal of the Commissioner of Revenues to pay said expenses the Committee of Roads shall have the authority to draw its warrant to pay said expenses, which warrant shall be paid by the Treasurer of Early County. Said warrant shall be signed by each member of the Committee on Roads. Expenses, how paid. SEC. 13. Be it further enacted, That this Act shall go into effect immediately upon its passage and upon failure of the Board of Roads and Revenues to appoint the Committees as aforesaid, said committee shall at once assume their duties as herein prescribed. Act effective, when.

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SEC. 14. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved August 18, 1913. ELBERT COUNTY, BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS, ACT CREATING AMENDED. No. 64. An Act to amend an Act entitled, An Act to provide Board of Commissioners for the County of Elbert, approved February 27th, 1875, and to amend the several Acts amendatory thereof, by providing change from 3 Commissioners to 1 Commissioner; to provide for his election; to fix his term of office and his compensation; to prescribe his duties and the terms of his qualification; to provide for the appointment by him of subordinate officers and employees; to provide for the quarterly advertisement of the receipts and expenditures of his office; to prescribe the duties of subordinate officers and employees and to fix their compensation; to provide when this Act shall become effective, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That the Act entitled An Act to provide a Board of Commissioners for the County of Elbert, approved February 27th, 1875, Acts 1875, page 253, be, and the same is hereby amended by striking Section 1 of said Act and substituting in lieu thereof as Section one of the present Act, the following: Elbert County, Board of Commissioners, Act creating amended. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia, That there is hereby created the office of Commissioner of Roads and Revenues for the county of Elbert. (a) That he shall be elected at the regular election for county officers on the first Wednesday in October, 1914, and biennially on the same day thereafter, under the same

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rules and regulations as are provided for the election of other county officers. (b) That his term of office shall be for two years, beginning on January 1st, 1915, or until his successor is elected and qualified. He shall be commissioned by the Governor, and shall before entering upon his duties take and subscribe, before the ordinary of said county, the following oath, viz: I do swear that I will faithfully perform the duties imposed by law upon the commissioner of Roads and Revenue for the county of Elbert to the best of my skill and knowledge; So help me God. (c) The said Commissioner shall have been a bona fide citizen of this State at least five years and a bona fide resident of Elbert County at least three years immediately preceding the beginning of his term of office; he shall be not less than thirty years of age, and shall have all the other qualifications required by law of other county officers. (d) The said Commissioner shall give bond, with good security to be approved by the Ordinary of Elbert County, payable to the County of Elbert, conditioned for the faithful performance of all the duties imposed upon him by law as Commissioner of Roads and Revenue for said county, in the sum of $10,000.00. (e) The said Commissioner shall have exclusive control and management of all matters, in Elbert County, relating to roads, bridges, county public buildings, county paupers, the levying and disbursement of taxes for county purposes, the making of contracts for supplies, for labor, for construction, for repairs, and for improvements of county property, and shall provide for proper representation by counsel in all litigations in which Elbert County may be a party, plaintiff or defendant, or otherwise interested. Office of Commissioner created. Election of Commissioner. Term of office. Commission. Oath. Qualifications. Bond. Jurisdiction. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, that Section 2 of said Act, approved February 27th, 1875, be, and the same is, hereby repealed. Section 2 of Act 1875 repealed. SEC. 3. Be it further enacted, That Sections 2 and 3 of an Act entitled an Act to amend an Act entitled an Act to provide a board of commissioners for the County of Elbert, approved February 27th, 1875, by providing compensation

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for said commissioners, by providing them with a Clerk, and fixing his compensation, approved September 25th, 1883, be, and the same is hereby repealed. Section 2 and 3 of amending Act of 1883 repealed. SEC. 4. Be it further enacted, That Section 1 of an Act entitled an Act to amend an Act to amend an Act to provide a Board of Commissioners for the County of Elbert, approved February 27th, 1875, by providing compensation for said Commissioners, and by providing them with a Clerk and fixing his compensation, approved September 25th, 1883, so as to increase the salary of said Clerk to three hundred dollars per annum, and for other purposes, approved November 25th, 1899, be, and the same is hereby repealed. Section 1 of amending Act of 1899 repealed. SEC. 5. Be it further enacted, That Section 1 of an Act entitled an Act to reduce the number of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues of Elbert County from five to three, and for other purposes, approved December 5th, 1901, be, and the same is, hereby repealed. Section 1 of amending Act of 1901 repealed. SEC. 6. Be it further enacted, That the said Commissioner shall appoint a Clerk to perform such duties as may be required of him by the said Commissioner. The term of appointment shall be for the concurrent term of the commissioner appointing him, but he may be removed at any time for such causes as the commissioner may deem justifiable, and in the event of removal the said Clerk shall be paid for the period of his service pro-rated. The salary of the said Clerk shall not exceed $840.00 per annum, payable monthly. The said Clerk shall give bond, with good security to be approved by the Ordinary of Elbert County, payable to Elbert County, in the sum of $1,500.00 conditioned for the faithful performance of his duties. Clerk, appointment of. Term of appointment and removal. Salary. Bond. SEC. 7. Be it further enacted, That there shall be appointed by said Commissioner a superintendent of Roads and Bridges Construction to be selected on account of his efficiency in the knowledge and skill in practical road and bridge building, and for this office the said Commissioner may appoint one not at the time of the appointment a resident

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of Elebert County. Such Superintendent shall devote his whole time to the laying out, building and improving of the public roads and bridges of Elbert County, and all work done by convicts and free labor upon said roads and bridges shall be done under his direction and supervision. His term of office shall be concurrent with the term of the Commissioner appointing him, and he may be removed by the Commissioner for inefficiency or other good cause that the Commissioner may deem sufficient, and in the event of such removal he shall receive only payment for period served pro-rated. He shall be paid a salary not exceeding $1,000.00 per annum payable monthly. Superintendent of Roads and Bridges Construction, appointment of. Duties of Superintendent. Term of office. Salary. SEC. 8. Be it further enacted, That said Commissioner shall award all contracts for county supplies, materials, machinery, and labor, when the same exceeds $100.00 or is reasonably estimated to exceed said sum, to the lowest responsible bidder, taking bond with security to be approved by him for the faithful and efficient carrying out of such contract, and he shall advertisements, and in such other papers and manner as he may deem expedient, for bidders for such contracts once a week for four weeks. Award of contracts. SEC. 9. Be it further enacted, That said Commissioner shall publish quarterly, viz.: on the first days of February, May, August and November of each year, by posting the same at the Court House door of said county for thirty days, the receipts and expenditures of his office, duly itemized. Itemized statements posted, where. SEC. 10. Be it further enacted, That said Commissioner shall in making tax levies provide a fund for the payment of his salary, the salaries of the Clerk and Superintendent, and the incidental expenses of his office, and that such salaries and incidental expenses shall be paid by the County Treasurer out of this fund upon the warrant of the Commissioner. Expenses, how paid. SEC. 11. Be it further enacted, That the said Commissioner shall receive as full compensation for his services the sum of $800.00 per annum. Compensation of Commissioner.

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SEC. 12. Be it further enacted, That this Act shall become effective on and after January first 1915, and shall not in any way be construed to affect the present board of three Commissioners during their present term of office, but, that at the regular election on the First Wednesday in October, 1914, there shall be elected only one Commissioner. Effective, when. SEC. 13. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved August 11, 1913. FORSYTH COUNTY, COMPENSATION OF ORDINARY. No. 128. An Act to amend Section three of an Act approved August 21, 1889, entitled an Act to abolish the office of Commissioner of Roads and Revenues of Forsyth County; to confer all the powers and duties of said office upon the Ordinary; provide compensation for his services, and for other purposes; by striking the words one hundred and fifty in line three and between the words of and dollars in said line of said section of said Act, and substituting in lieu thereof the words three hundred, so that said section of said Act when so amended will read as follows: SEC. 3. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That said Ordinary shall receive as compensation for his services the sum of three hundred dollars per annum, which shall be paid out of the county treasury upon monthly orders drawn by said Ordinary; provided, the said Ordinary shall not charge any fee allowed by law to Ordinaries, in any case where the said Ordinary and the Commissioner of Roads and Revenues now have concurrent jurisdiction. Forsyth County, compensation of Ordinary, Act of 1889 amended.

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SEC. 4. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, that all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved August 16, 1913. FRANKLIN COUNTY, BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS, ACT CREATING AMENDED, ELECTION TO RATIFY. No. 203. An Act to amend an Act entitled An Act to create a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for the County of Franklin; to provide for the election of the Commissioners who shall constitute said Board; to prescribe their terms of office; prescribe their duties; fix their salaries, and for other purposes, approved August 19th, 1911, and for other purposes. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted that Section 1, of an Act entitled An Act to create a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for the County of Franklin, approved August 19th, 1911 being Act No. 237 of the Acts of 1911, be and the same is hereby amended by striking the words January 1st, 1912 in the third line of said Section and inserting in lieu thereof the words January 1st, 1915, and by striking the word five in the fifth line of said Section and inserting in lieu thereof the word Three. Franklin County, Board of Commissioners, Act of 1911 amended. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That Section two of said Act be stricken and the following substituted in lieu thereof: SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That for the purpose of this Act the said county of Franklin shall be divided into three Commissioner's Districts to be constituted as follows, to-wit: The first Commissioner's District shall be composed of Carnesville (264th), Dooleys (263rd), Ashland (1686th), Stranges (812th) Militia Districts. Commissioner's Districts.

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The second Commissioner's District shall be composed of Bryant's (206th). Gumlog (213th), Red Hill (212th), Flintisville (211th) and Wilburn (1377th), Militia Districts. The third Commissioner's District shall be composed of Manley's (370th), Cannon (1363rd) Middle River (1420th) and Gunnel's (210th) Militia Districts. The Commissioners aforesaid shall have authority by a majority vote of said Board to attach any new Militia Districts that may be created to any one of the three districts. SEC. 3. Be it further enacted, That Section three of said Act be stricken and the following substituted in lieu thereof, to-wit: SECTION 3. That at the regular election to be held on the fourth Wednesday in October, 1914, for members of the General Assembly, there shall be elected three Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for the County of Franklin, one from each of the Commissioner's Districts as set out in Section 2 of this Act, one of whom shall serve for a term of one year, one for a term of two years, and one for a term of three years, or until their successors are elected and qualified. Their successors shall be elected for a term of three years each. All vacancies which may occur by reason of the death, resignation or otherwise of either of said commissioners, shall be filled by appointment by the Ordinary of Franklin County, and the commissioner or commissioners so appointed shall serve until the next general election occurring after such vacancy, at which election commissioners shall be elected to serve for the unexpired term or terms. Within thirty days after the Commissioners are elected in 1914, they shall meet and decide by lot among themselves who shall serve for one year, who shall serve for two years and who shall serve for three years. Election of Commissioners, their terms, etc. Vacancies, how filled. SEC. 4. Be it further enacted, That Section four of said Act is hereby amended by striking all of said section down to the word on in the 12th line of said section, and

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by striking the figures 1912 in the 13th line of said Section and substituting in lieu thereof the figures 1915. Section 4 of Act of 1911 amended. SEC. 5. Be it further enacted, That Section 6, of said Act be and the same is hereby amended by striking all of the first seven lines in said section and the words the court and in the eighth line and substituting in lieu thereof, the words the Clerk of the Superior Court of Franklin County shall; and by striking the words so chosen in the ninth line of said section and insert in lieu thereof the words elected as commissioners. Section 7 of said Act is also amended by striking the words Four in line 15 of said section and inserting in lieu thereof the word Two and by striking the word three' in the 15th line of said section. Sections 6 and 7 of Act 1911 amended. SEC. 6. Be it further enacted, That the Ordinary of Franklin County shall cause a special election to be held on the first Wednesday in December 1913, the expense of said election to be paid out of the general funds of Franklin County for the purpose of ratifying the provisions of this Act. Ballots shall be furnished to the election managers upon which shall be plainly written or printed the words for three commissioners of Roads and Revenues and for the present Board of Commissioners, and if a majority of the votes cast at said election shall be for three commissioners of Roads and Revenues then this Act shall be of full force and effect. If a majority of the votes cast shall be for the present Board of Commissioners then this Act shall be null and void. Election to ratify this Act. SEC. 7. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved August 18, 1913. GORDON COUNTY, BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS, ACT CREATING AMENDED. No. 202. An Act to amend the several Acts, approved, respectively, Feb. 26th, 1874; Oct. 22nd, 1889, and July 24th, 1909,

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creating and relating to the Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues of the County of Gordon; to prescribe the number of Commissioners, to provide for the manner and time of their election; to define their powers and duties; to fix salaries, and salary for a Clerk of such board, and for other purposes. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same, That the Acts creating and relating to the Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues of the County of Gordon, approved, respectively, Feb. 26th, 1874, Oct. 22nd, 1889 and July 24th, 1909, be, and the same are, hereby so amended that the following shall take the place of all of said Acts, and be of force from and after its passage, to-wit: Gordon County, Board of Commissioners, Act creating amended. SEC. 2. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same, That the Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues of the County of Gordon shall consist of three members, citizens of said county, who shall be elected and serve as hereinafter prescribed. Board of Commissioners. SEC. 3. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the incumbents, not including the Ordinary whose relation to said Board, as Chairman and Clerk thereof, is hereby annulled, shall serve the terms for which they have been elected. That, at the general election in 1914, when county officers are elected, two members shall be elected for the term of two years. That, at the general election in 1916, when county officers are elected, there shall be elected to serve as follows: one for a term of two years, one for a term of four years and one for a term of six years, and whose respective terms shall be determined as follows: the one receiving the highest number of votes in said election to serve for six years; the one receiving the next higher number of votes to serve for four years and the one receiving the next higher number to serve for two years. In case of a tie, in said election, the terms shall be determined by lot or drawing. Any vacancy occurring by

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death, removal, resignation or other cause, shall be filled by the Grand Jury, which shall meet next after the vacancy occurs, and the person chosen by the Grand Jury to fill such vacancy shall serve until the first general election thereafter, when a successor shall be elected for the unexpired term. A two-thirds vote of the Grand Jury, by ballot, shall be necessary in selecting the person to serve until the general election next ensuing. Terms of incumbents not affected. Election of Commissioners, their terms, etc. Vacancy, how filled. SEC. 4. Be it further enacted, That no person shall be competent to serve on said board until he shall have taken the following oath of office which shall be administered by the Ordinary, to-wit: You, and each of you do solemnly swear that you will faithfully discharge the duties of Commissioners of roads and revenues for the County of Gordon, and in all matters which require your official action, you will so act as, in your judgment, will be most conducive to the welfare and prosperity of the entire county. Oath. SEC. 5. Be it further enacted, That two of said board shall be a quorum, and two must concur to pass any order, or let any contract, pledge the county credit, or grant or allow any claim against the county. Quorum. SEC. 6. Be it further enacted, That said County Board shall have exclusive jurisdiction over the following subjects matter: (1) In managing and controlling all county property as they may deem best according to law; (2) In levying taxes for county purposes in accordance with law; (3) In examining, auditing, allowing and settling all claims against the county; (4) In examining and auditing the accounts of all officers or persons having the care, management, keeping, collecting or disbursing of money belonging to the county or appropriated for its use and bringing them to a settlement; (5) In making such rules and regulations for the support of the paupers of the county, for the promotion of health and quarantine as are granted by law or not inconsistent therewith; (6) In establishing, altering, abolishing and opening roads, building bridges, operating ferries and the like in conformity to law; (7) In the appointment

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of road Commissioner, apportioning road funds, and in the general management of roads, bridges and ferries and the revenues of the county; (8) To work roads with convict labor, free labor, by contract, or in any other way that they may deem best to put and keep the public roads in good condition. Jurisdiction. SEC. 7. Be it further enacted, That said Commissioners shall hold at least one meeting each month and shall keep a record of all their proceedings and shall submit the same to the inspection of the Grand Jury at each regular term of the Superior Court. They may hold special sessions whenever the interests of the county demand. They may employ a clerk at a salary to be fixed by said board not to exceed the sum of five hundred dollars per annum and require of him a bond in the sum of one thousand dollars for the faithful discharge of his duties. Sessions. SEC. 8. Be it further enacted, That the Treasurer of said county shall not disburse or pay out any of the funds in the county treasury unless authorized by said Board of Commissioners. Disbursement of funds. SEC. 9. Be it further enacted, That the members of said board shall be paid the sum of four dollars per day, each, for the number of days they may be actually engaged for county purposes. This to cover salary and whatever expense may be incurred by them in the discharge of their official duties; and the salary and expense of each in no case to exceed the sum of one hundred and twenty-five dollars per annum. Compensation of Commissioners. SEC. 10. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved August 18, 1913.

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GWINNETT COUNTY, COMMISSIONERS OF, AUTHORIZED TO PAY COURT COSTS, WHEN. No. 47. An Act to authorize and direct the County Commissioners of Gwinnett County to pay out of the county funds of said county, raised by taxation for paying court expenses, to the officers of the City Court of Buford the actual court costs and the expenses of bringing the defendant to trial, in all cases disposed of in the City Court of Buford, in said county, where the defendant is sentenced to serve a term in the Gwinnett County chaingang, and actually enters upon the service of such sentence, and for other purposes. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same, That from and after the passage of this Act it shall be the duty of the Clerk of the City Court of Buford, in all cases disposed of in said court where the defendant is convicted or pleads guilty and a sentence is imposed, either directly or as an alternative to payment of a fine, to be served in the Gwinnett County chaingang, the service of which sentence is actually begun, to make a correct statement of the actual court costs and other expenses of bringing the defendant to trial in said case, certify same as true and present it to the Board of County Commissioners of Gwinnett County at their next regular meeting after each term of said City Court. Clerk, City Court of Buford, duty as to rendering statement to Board of Commissioners as to certain costs of court. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That when said statement is so presented to said board it shall be the duty of said Board of County Commissioners of Gwinnett County to order the same paid forthwith as other bills against the County of Gwinnett, and the same shall there be paid by the County Treasurer to said Clerk of the City Court of Buford, out of the funds raised by taxation in said County for paying expenses of Court, and the same shall be immediately

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disbursed by said Clerk to the officers of the said City Court in accordance with his certificate to said board. Payment of certain costs in City Court of Buford. SEC. 3. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be and the same are hereby repealed. Approved August 6, 1913. HEARD COUNTY, BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS, ELECTION TO ABOLISH. No. 117. An Act to repeal an Act approved October 6th, 1885 as amended August 22nd, 1907, entitled An Act to provide for a County Board of Commissioners for the County of Heard and to provide and define the powers and duties thereof. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That the Act approved October 6th, 1885, as amended August 22nd, 1907, entitled An Act to provide for a County Board of Commissioners for the County of Heard and to provide and define the powers and duties thereof, be, and the same is, hereby repealed. Heard County, Board of Commissioners, Act creating repealed. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the provisions of this Act shall not become effective unless a majority of the voters of Heard County shall vote for ratification at an election to be held on October 15th, 1913, for the purpose of passing upon an Act providing for the creation of the office of Commissioner of Roads and Revenues in and for Heard County, Georgia. Effective, when. SEC. 3. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are hereby repealed. Approved August 16, 1913.

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HEARD COUNTY, COMMISSIONER, OFFICE OF, ELECTION TO CREATE. No. 221. An Act to create the office of Commissioner of Roads and Revenues, in and for Heard County, Georgia; to fix the term of office and time and manner of electing such Commissioner; to fill a vacancy in such office; to prescribe the qualifications, powers and duties of such officer; and to fix his salary; to provide for appointment of a Clerk, to fix his duties and salary; to prescribe the manner and time for this Act to become operative, and to provide for an election for that purpose, and for other purposes. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That from and after the passage and ratification of this Act, the office of Commissioner of Roads and Revenues in and for Heard County, Georgia, be, and the same is hereby created. That the regular term of office of such Commissioner shall be two (2) years, and he shall be commissioned by the Governor, for a term of two years, and until the election and qualification of his successor. That on the first Wednesday in December, 1913, an election shall be held for the purpose of filling said office until January 1st, 1915, which said election shall be held under the same rules and regulations as govern special elections for county officers, and the person elected shall be commissioned for the term ending December 31st, 1914; and thereafter the elections to fill said office shall be held at the general election which is held for county officers for said county on the first Wednesday in October, to continue for a term of two years and until the election and qualification of his successor. Heard County, Commissioner, office of, created. Term of office. Election of Commissioner. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That in the event of a vacancy in said office caused by death, resignation, removal from the county, or other

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cause, it shall be the duty of the Ordinary of said county to call a special election to fill said vacancy, which said election shall be held after thirty days notice has been given by publication in the newspaper in which Sheriff's advertisements are published, and said election shall be held under the same rules and regulations as govern special elections of county officers. That the returns of all elections for Commissioner of Roads and Revenues of Heard County, shall be made to the Ordinary of said county who shall certify the same to the Governor of this State, and the Governor shall issue commission accordingly. Vacancy, how filled. SEC. 3. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That before entering upon the discharge of the duties of said office, said Commissioner shall execute a solvent bond with security, in the sum of three thousand dollars, payable to the Governor of Georgia and his successors in office, to be approved by the Ordinary of said county, conditioned for the faithful discharge of the duties of his office and to account for all money, property and effects of the County, which may come into his hands and he shall take and subscribe in addition to the oath required of other civil officers, the following: I do further swear that I will faithfully and impartially discharge the duties of Commissioner of Roads and Revenues in and for Heard County, Georgia, during my continuance in office, without fear or favor to any person, firm or corporation, and to the best of my ability, so help me God. Bond. Oath. SEC. 4. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That said Commissioner shall have exclusive jurisdiction over all county matters and shall be invested with all the powers and duties as to the Roads and Revenues of Heard County, in levying and collecting taxes and other revenues of the county, andin disposing of said taxes and revenues, which have heretofore been legally exercised by the Board of Commissioner of Roads and Revnues, and over all other public property of said county; he shall have exclusive jurisdiction, and control over all county property and over all roads and bridges in said county and he shall

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be charged with the duty of maintaining and keeping the same in proper condition and for that purpose he is hereby vested with all the powers necessary thereto as prescribed by law in reference thereto. He shall have exclusive jurisdiction in all subject matters enumerated in Section 4796 of the Civil Code of 1911, except the powers enumerated in subdivisions 4 and 5 of said Section, and he shall be vested with all other powers and duties of an Ordinary, under the laws of this State, when sitting for county purposes, and as the same are conferred generally, upon county authorities. Jurisdiction. SEC. 5. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That said Commissioner shall sit as a court and shall keep a record of such sittings, regularly, on the second Monday in each month, at the court house of said County, for the transaction of public business of the County and to try and deal with Road defaulters as provided by law, and at such times he shall have full power to punish for contempt, under the same rules and regulations as other courts, with power to administer oaths and hear testimony in all matters over which he has jurisdiction, with the right to adjourn his court from day to day, and time to time, as he may deem proper and expedient. Commissioner shall sit as a court, when. SEC. 6. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That said Commissioner shall keep, or have kept, a proper and correct set of books, and other records showing all public moneys and properties received and expended under his direction, showing in plain, itemized form from what sources they were all derived and in like manner for what purposes expended. He shall also keep a correct record of all transactions in his office. That all books and records shall be subject to inspection by any citizen of Heard County, at any time, as other books and records of county officers. He shall balance his books once each month, to show the exact amounts of money received and expended by him the preceding month. He shall submit his reports or an itemized statement thereof, to each and every Grand Jury, and such further statements thereof, as may be required of him by the Grand Juries of said county. His

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books shall show the number of persons in said county subject to road duty; the number who have paid their commutation tax, and in what paid, and the number who have not paid the same and the reasons therefor, together with the number who have worked upon the public roads and the number of days worked, giving the names of such person in each instance. Records shall be kept, what. SEC. 7. Be it further enacted by authority aforesaid, That said Commissioner shall receive for his services the sum of one hundred ($100.00) dollars per month; and he shall devote his entire time and attention to the business of said county; that aside from the time necessary to be spent in his office, it shall be his duty to be actively engaged upon the roads of the county. That his salary shall be paid monthly, out of the county treasury and upon orders issued as other county orders are issued. Compensation of Commissioner. SEC. 10. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That should said Commissioner deem it expedient and to the best interest of the County, he is hereby authorized to appoint a Clerk whose duties shall be such as may be required of him in keeping the books and records of the office of said Commissioner and whose salary shall not exceed forty dollars ($40.00) per month, which shall be payable in the same manner as the salary of the Commissioner. That such Clerk shall have authority to sign all papers and orders issuing from the office of said Commissioner and as Clerk to said Commissioner. Appointment of Clerk, his duties. Salary. SEC. 11. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the Ordinary of Heard County shall call an election by the publication of a notice in the Franklin News and Banner, published at Franklin, Heard County, Georgia, for thirty days prior to October 15th, 1913, at which election the question shall be submitted to the qualified voters of Heard County upon the ratification of this Act. Those voting in said election, who desire to vote for the ratification of this Act shall have printed or written upon their ballots the words: For Ratification, and those desiring to vote against the ratification of this Act, shall have

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printed or written upon their ballot, the words: Against Ratification. The returns from said election shall be consolidated on the date following the election at the office of the Ordinary at Franklin, Georgia, and if it be found, upon consolidation of the votes, that that For Ratification has received a majority of the votes cast in said election, then it shall be the duty of the Ordinary of Heard County to declare this Act ratified and to call an election for Commissioner of Roads and Revenues in and for Heard County as herein specified. Election for ratification of this Act. SEC. 12. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved August 18, 1913. IRWIN COUNTY, BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS, ACT CREATING REPEALED. No. 34. An Act to repeal an Act creating board of commissioners of Roads and Revenues for the County of Erwin approved August 11th, 1908, and the amendment thereto approved August 16th, 1909 and the Act amendatory thereof approved August 15th, 1910, and for other purposes. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That an Act to create a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for the County of Irwin, to provide for the appointment of the first members thereof and the election of their successors in office by the qualified voters of said county, to fix their salary, define their powers and duties, and for other purposes approved August 11th, 1908, together with an Act entitled An Act to amend an Act entitled an Act to create a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for the County of Irwin; to provide for the appointment of the first members thereof and for

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the election of their successors in office by the qualified voters of said county; to fix their salary and for other purposes, approved August 16th, 1909; also an amendatory Act entitled An Act to Create the board of commissioners of Roads and Revenues for the County of Irwin; to define their duties and powers and for other purposes, approved August 11, 1909, and an Act amendatory thereof approved August 16th, 1909, so as to reduce the number of members of said board; to define their powers and duties; to fix their salary and for other purposes, approved August 15th, 1910, be, and the same is, hereby repealed to take effect on the 1st day of January, 1914. Irwin County, Board of Commissioners, Act creating repealed. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict herewith be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved August 4, 1913. IRWIN COUNTY, COMMISSIONER, OFFICE OF, CREATED. No. 35. An, Act to create the office of Commissioner of Roads and Revenues for the County of Irwin; to provide for the compensation, term of office and appointment of said Commissioner; to define his powers and duties, provide how vacancies shall be filled; to provide how the convicts shall be worked upon the public roads; the division of Irwin County into Road Districts, and for other purposes. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That from and after January 1st, 1914, that the office of Commissioner of Roads and Revenues for the County of Irwin be and the same is hereby created and established and that Warren Fletcher be, and he is, hereby constituted and appointed the first commissioner as aforesaid

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under this Act, who shall be commissioned by the Governor as such for a term commencing from the date of his appointment and expiring on January the 1st, 1918, and shall hold and discharge the duties of said office until his successor is appointed and qualified as hereinafter provided. Irwin County, Commissioner, office of, created. Commissioner named. Terms of office. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted that the successor to said Commissioner shall be appointed by the Grand Jury on the first day of its session at the fall term of Irwin Superior Court 1917, and every four years thereafter, and upon the certificate of the Clerk of the Superior Court under seal of his office, certifying the fact of said appointment to the Governor, the Governor shall commission said appointee for the term of four years, commencing from the date of the expiration of the term of first appointee under this Act, and any vacancy occurring in the office of commissioner hereby created and appointed, shall be filled by appointment made by the judge of the Superior Court of said county until the meeting of the next Grand Jury who shall proceed to fill said vacancy; provided, however, in all cases of vacancies, the duties of said office shall be discharged temporarily by the Ordinary of said county until the same shall be filled as above provided. Appointment of Commissioner. Commission. Vacancy, how filled. SEC. 3. Be it further enacted, That said Commissioner, before entering upon the discharge of his duties shall give bond in the sum of $3,000.00 with good and sufficient security to be approved by and payable to the Ordinary of said county, and his successors in office, conditioned for the faithful and prompt performance of the duties of his position as such Commissioner, which said bond shall be by said Ordinary recorded as are other official bonds, and filed in his office. Said Commissioner shall also at the same time before said Ordinary take and subscribe to the following oath of office, to-wit: I do solemnly swear that I will faithfully discharge the duties of Commissioner of Roads and Revenues for the county of Irwin and that I will so Act as in my judgment will be most conducive to the welfare and prosperity of said county, so help

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me God, which oath shall be spread upon the minutes of said Ordinary's Court and the original filed in his office. Bond. Oath. SEC. 4. Be it further enacted that said Commissioner shall have exclusive jurisdiction and control in directing and controlling all the property of the county as may be expedient according to law; establishing, abolishing or changing election precicts, or militia districts; in supervising Tax Receiver and Tax Collector's books, and the supervision and correction of erroneous tax returns and the allowing the insolvent list of tax payers of the county from year to year; in auditing and settling claims of all kinds against the county; in examining and auditing all claims and accounts of officers having the care, collection, management, keeping, or disbursements of money belonging to the county, or appropriated for its own use and benefit, and bringing them to prompt settlement; in the examination, at such times as said commissioners may deem proper and necessary, the bank accounts of the County Treasurer or other officers having public funds of the county on deposit in any bank; in controlling and managing the convicts of said county according to existing laws and as provided in this Act; in establishing and maintaining county chaingangs, and in working the public roads or other public work of the county with the same as herein provided, making rules and regulations for the support of the poor of the county and for the promotion of health and appointing all minor officers of said county where their elections or appointment is not otherwise provided for by law, such as superintendent of public works and buildings, superintendent and guard of convicts or chaingangs, appointment of road commissioners and the enforcement of the road laws, janitors of all county buildings, superintendent of pauper funds, county physicians, health officers and such other guards or employees as may be needed and authorized by law, in regulating peddlers and fixing the license therefor, in managing the county jail and fixing the fees of the county jail and to have and to exercise exclusive jurisdiction over all such county matters as were held and were exercised by the inferior court when sitting for county purposes,

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prior to the adoption of the Constitution of 1868 and to have and exercise all the powers heretofore vested under the general law in the ordinaries of the several counties of said state when sitting for county purposes, and to exercise such other powers as are granted by law or as are indispensable to their jurisdiction over county matters and the finance thereof. Jurisdiction of Commissioner. SEC. 5. Be it further enacted by authority aforesaid, That said Commissioner keep or cause to be kept an accurate, full and complete minute of all the official acts and doings of said Commissioner; to preserve and file in the order of their dates all original orders, judgments, etc., of said commissioner; to arrange and keep in the order of their filing all applications, petitions or other papers addressed to said commissioner. He shall also keep and enter in a suitable book to be kept exclusively for that purpose a complete account of all receipts and expenditures of the public funds of said county of every kind, and in said book he shall also from year to year, as soon as he shall have levied the county taxes open an account with the tax collector on account of said county taxes and require the settlement of the same by said collector in the same manner that he is required to settle his accounts with the Comptroller General for State taxes. it shall be the duty of said commissioner when a claim against the county shall have been presented, examined and ordered paid to at once, draw a warrant upon the county treasurer for that amount in favor of the claimant, and within five days after the issuing of any warrant upon said County Treasurer he shall furnish said Treasurer with an abstract or advice of all warrants drawn upon him, which abstracts or advice shall state the particular fund out of which each warrant is payable together with the number of warrants, amount, name of the party in whose favor drawn, and the date thereof. Said Commissioner shall also number and file in numerical order all claims against the county in settlement of which warrants were drawn upon the Treasurer. He shall fill out and preserve a stub memorandum of all warrants drawn upon the Treasurer. He shall also prepare

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and have published in suitable manner, in the newspaper in which the Sheriff's advertisements appear quarterly beginning April 1st, 1914, a full and complete statement of the finances of the county, showing the receipts and from what source derived, the disbursements and for what purpose paid out and such statements shall be made in such manner and from that the tax payers of the county may readily see and be advised of the revenue derived as well as the cost of the county government in every branch. Records, books, etc., keeping of, duty of Commissioner. Duties of Commissioner. Publishing of statements. Said commissioner shall allow no claim against the county and draw his warrant in payment of the same until the same has been properly sworn to. It shall be the duty of said County Commissioner to furnish the Grand Jury at the Spring term of the Superior Court of said county in each year with a full statement of the county finances, receipts and expenditures, the condition of the county property together with such other information appertaining to the county government and its affairs as might require the advice of or investigation by said Grand Jury, which statements, as well as statement to be published quarterly, shall be sworn to by said Commissioner before an officer authorized by law to administer oath. Statements furnished Grand Jury SEC. 6. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, that said commissioner may employ at his own expense a competent person or Clerk to assist him in the clerical work of his office, requiring from said clerk a bond in the sum of $500 conditioned upon the faithful discharge of his duty as Clerk, said bond being payable to said Commissioner. Said County Commissioner shall be held liable under his official bond for the faithful discharge of the duty entrusted by him to his said Clerk so employed. Clerk. Bond. SEC. 7. Be it further enacted by authority aforesaid, That the territory now embraced in the Abba 1662nd District Georgia Militia, Fletcher 1670 Georgia Militia District, and Roberts 1421 Georgia Militia District shall constitute and be known as County Road District No. 1. Road districts. That the territory now embraced and included in the Minni (1388) Georgia Militia District, Mystic (1661) Georgia

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Militia District, Irwinville (901) Georgia Militia District shall constitute and be known as County Road district No. 2. That the territory now embraced and included in the Ocilla (1529) Georgia Militia District shall constitute and be known as County Road District No. 3. That the territory now embraced and included in the Osierfield (1643) Georgia Militia District and fifth (518) Georgia Militia District shall constitute and be known as County Road District No. 4. It shall be the duty of said commissioner to cause the county convicts to work the public roads in said County Road Districts as above referred to as follows: Beginning January 1st, 1914, and working three consecutive months in Road District No. 1, then working three consecutive months in Road District No. 2, then working three consecutive months in Road District No. 3, then working three consecutive months in Road District No. 4, and then returning to Road District No. 1 for three months and continuing the work in the order as herein provided, thus giving each road district each year an equal amount of work; provided, said Commissioner may have the right and authority to keep and maintain a repair gang who may keep in repair roads in other road districts than the one in which the main gang may be working. Road work, how apportioned and done. Provided, nevertheless, that said Commissioner may cause the convicts or a part of them during the year 1914 to work the public roads of said county in those districts which have had the least amount of road work, heretofore, in order that during said year the condition of the roads and road work throughout the county may be equalized with reference to said rotation system, provided further that should the convicts complete the public roads in any Road District before the expiration of the term allowed by this Act, then said Commissioner may cause them to move into the next road district or to such district the roads of which are most in need of work.

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SEC. 8. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That said commissioner shall cause the convicts to work all the public roads and thoroughfares of said county within said road districts within the corporate limits of all cities and towns within said county the same as the public roads and thoroughfares are now worked outside of the corporate limits of said municipalities. Road work in towns and cities. SEC. 9. Be it further enacted that said Commissioner shall hold his courts regularly at the court house of said county on the first Monday in each month of the year and may adjourn from day to day or hold all sessions should public necessity require. When said Commissioner's Court is in session either regular or called, said Commissioner shall have the same power to punish for contempt that is now exercised by the several Ordinaries of the State and shall also have power to compel by subpoena and attachment the attendance of witnesses and to require the Sheriff, if necessary, to attend the sittings of his court and to serve all processes and notices issued by said Commissioner; and for serving such notices and processes said Sheriff shall receive the same compensation as is allowed by law for like services in the superior court. Commissioner's Court. SEC. 10. Be it further enacted by authority aforesaid, That said Commissioner shall receive a salary of eighteen hundred dollars per annum, said salary to be paid out of the revenue of said County of Irwin monthly, the same to be audited and warrant drawn upon Treasurer as other claims against the county are audited and paid. Salary of Commissioner. SEC. 11. Be it further enacted, That the provisions of the foregoing Act shall not be operative and effective until from and after January 1st, 1914. Act, when effective. SEC. 12. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be and the same are hereby repealed. Approved August 5, 1913.

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JONES COUNTY, BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS, ACT CREATING REPEALED. No. 68. An Act to repeal an Act, and all amendments thereto, approved December 12, 1894, creating a board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for the County of Jones, defining their duties and powers, and fixing their compensation, and for other purposes. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same, That an Act approved December 12, 1894, creating a board of County Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for the County of Jones, defining their duties and powers, and fixing their compensation, and for other purposes, be, and same is, hereby repealed. Jones County, Board of Commissioners, Act creating repealed. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That this Act shall not become operative until after the passage and approval of an Act creating the office of County Commissioner of Jones County, nor shall this Act be of force until the said Act creating the office of County Commissioner of Jones County becomes operative. Act, when effective. SEC. 3. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved August 11, 1913. JONES COUNTY, COMMISSIONER, OFFICE OF CREATED. No. 67. An Act to create the office of County Commissioner of Jones County; to provide for his compensation; to provide for the appointment of a Clerk to said Commissioner; to provide for his compensation; to define the

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duties and powers of said Commissioner and for other purposes. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That the office of County Commissioner of Jones County be, and the same is, hereby created. Jones County, Commissioner, office of, created. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That said Commissioner, before entering upon the duties of his office, shall take the usual oath required of county officers and shall give a good and solvent Bond in the sum of ten thousand dollars payable to the Governor and his successor in office for the use of Jones County, conditioned upon the faithful performance of his duties as County. Commissioner, said oath to be administered by the Ordinary of Jones County, and said bond to be approved by the Ordinary and filed with the Executive Department of the State of Georgia. Oath of Commissioner. Bond. SEC. 3. Be it further enacted, That said Commissioner when sitting for County purposes shall have exclusive jurisdiction over the following subject matters: Jurisdiction. First. In governing and controlling all county property as he may deem best according to law. Second. In working the public roads of the County of Jones as he may deem best according to law. Third. In levying taxes for county purposes in accordance with law. Fourth. In examining, auditing, allowing and settling all claims against the county. Fifth. In examining and auditing the accounts of all officers or persons having the care, custody, control, collecting or disbursement of money belonging to the county or appropriated for its use and bringing such officers or persons to a settlement. Sixth. In making such rules and regulations for the support of paupers and the promotion of health in the county as are not inconsistent with the laws of this State. Seventh. In establishing, altering, changing, or abolishing roads, bridges and ferries in accordance with law. Eighth. In the appointment of a road foreman, and

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his rate of pay, and all other persons necessary for the successful operation of the road system of Jones County; said commissioner shall exercise all the powers over county affairs as are now exercised by the present Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for the County of Jones. SEC. 4. Be it further enacted, That said County Commissioners of Jones County shall not purchase directly or indirectly materials, supplies or other articles for any department of said county from any relative of his either by blood or marriage, within the third degree, nor from any person directly or indirectly in his employ in any capacity, whatsoever; nor shall said County Commissioner appoint or employ directly or indirectly any person to do or to perform any labor, building or to do any other thing or service for the County of Jones who shall be either related by blood or marriage within the third degree or who shall be in his employ, directly or indirectly. Interest by Commissioner, employee or relative in supplies bought prohibited. Appointment or employment of relatives forbidden. SEC. 5. Be it further enacted, That said County Commissioner shall sit for county purposes on the first Tuesday in each month. At all other times it shall be his duty to personally superintend the building of bridges and working of the public roads of the county. Commissioner shall sit for county purposes, when. Duty at other times. SEC. 6. Be it further enacted, That said County Commissioner shall keep such records as are now by law required to be kept and make such reports to the Grand Juries as are now by law required. He shall also keep a book in which he shall record in itemized form all articles and things of whatever kind purchased by him for the use or consumption of any department of the county government, recording the name and quantity of the article or thing purchased and the price paid therefor, the date when purchased, for what department purchased and from whom and where purchased. He shall also keep a cash book in which he shall enter all items of cash collected or received by him for any department of the county, the name of the party from whom collected or received, and the date collected or received. He shall once each month make up an itemized statement of his expenditures and disbursements

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for each department of the county's government, separating the same in such a manner that each department's expense may be readily ascertained, which said report so itemized and classified shall be published one time each month in a newspaper in the county, the expense of this publication and all other publications shall be paid for out of county funds, raised for general purposes. Records and books, what shall be kept. Monthly statements, publication of. He shall also publish once each month in a newspaper in the county a detailed statement of all the work done for the county, either on the public roads or bridges or for any other department for the county government. He shall in said report accurately describe the kind, quality, and amount of work done, describe the roads worked, where worked and how many miles worked, which report shall in like manner be published monthly in a newspaper in the county. SEC. 7. Be it further enacted, That said County Commissioner shall receive for his services the sum of one hundred and twenty-five dollars per month to be paid monthly out of the treasury of Jones County on his warrant drawn for that purpose. Nor shall be receive any further compensation except upon an order of the Judge of the superior court after showing made that the successful conduct of the county affairs demanded an expenditure not provided for in this Act, same to be paid by the County Treasurer upon an order of the Judge of the said Superior Court. Compensation. SEC. 8. Be it further enacted, That the County Commissioner of the County of Jones shall have the authority to appoint a Clerk who shall be a competent bookkeeper, whose duty it shall be to keep all the books and records pertaining to the county's business. Said Commissioner shall have the authority to fix the compensation of said Clerk and to remove him at any time he may so desire, and appoint another in his stead. The duties of the Clerk shall be restricted to clerical work only. Clerk, appointment, qualification, compensation and duties of. SEC. 9. Be it further enacted, That said Commissioner shall not be restricted to citizens of the County of Jones in

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the employment of persons for the county's service, but may employ persons elsewhere in his own discretion. He shall also have power to employ at such times as he may think necessary a civil engineer, or other person skilled in public road building for purposes of consultation, such term of employment not to exceed fifteen days in any year; and to be paid for from county funds raised for public roads. Employees need not be residents of county. Civil engineer, employment of. SEC. 10. Be it further enacted, That said Commissioner shall have power to employ counsel to represent the county of Jones in suits against the same and for other purposes as necessity may demand paying for same out of county funds raised for general purposes. Legal counsel. SEC. 11. Be it further enacted, That said Commissioner shall in January of each year demand of every county officer an estimate of the amount of all supplies needed by said officers during a period of twelve months consisting of stationery, record books, stationers' supplies and every other article used by said county officers in the conduct of the county's business, which estimate for twelve months shall be consolidated as far as practicable, and submitted to not less than two reputable dealers or manufacturers of such article or articles for bids, and the lowest bidder shall be preferred. Said Commissioner shall not pay for any article for the use of the county in any of its departments unless purchase has been previously authorized by said Commissioner in writing. Letting of contracts for supplies. SEC. 12. Be it further enacted, That should the office of County Commissioner of the County of Jones become vacant by death or otherwise the Governor of said State or his successors shall have the right to fill said vacancy, the power hereby vested in the Governor to be of force until the repeal or amendment of this Act. Vacancy, how filled. SEC. 13. Be it further enacted that upon the passage and approval of this Act the Governor shall appoint some proper and competent person as county commissioner of the County of Jones, whose term of office shall be from the date of his qualification to January 1st, 1915, or until the

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election and qualification of his successor, which successor shall hold office for a term of two years or until his successor is elected and qualified, which successor shall be elected by the qualified voters of Jones County at the next general election to be held in Jones County for the election of State and County officers. Appointment of first Commissioner and term of office. Election of successor. SEC. 14. Be it further enacted, That each and every county Commissioner elected by the qualified voters of the County of Jones under the provisions of this Act shall qualify and give bond in the terms and amount provided herein. Commissioner shall qualify and give bond. SEC. 15. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be and the same are hereby repealed. Approved August 11, 1913. LAURENS COUNTY, RELIEF OF T. B. HICKS. No. 222. An Act to relieve T. B. Hicks of Dublin, Laurens County, Georgia, from liability upon a bond given for the appearance of John Walker to answer to the charge of shooting at another, to the Superior Court of Laurens County, Georgia. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same, That, Whereas, T. B. Hicks did, on the 23rd day of January 1911, enter into and make a bond with one John Walker for the appearance of the said John Walker at the next term of the Superior Court of Laurens County, Georgia, to answer to the charge of shooting at another, in the sum of two hundred dollars, which said bond was, by the said John Walker, forfeited by failing to appear at said term of the court, and the said bond was sued to the January term 1912, and a judgment rendered against the said John Walker and the said T. B. Hicks, upon said bond, which said

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judgment is still pending in said court and; Whereas, it further appearing that after said rule absolute had been granted against the said T. B. Hicks upon said bond requiring him to pay in the court said sum of two hundred dollars with costs, the said T. B. Hicks did go to great expense of hiring detectives to trace said John Walker through the State of Georgia and into the State of Florida and apprehend the said John Walker and deliver him to the Sheriff of Laurens County, who confined him to jail until his case was disposed of by the court, and it appearing that the ends of justice have been met and while the said bondsman did not produce the said John Walker at the date of trial, he did bring him back to stand his trial and the said John Walker has been tried and acquitted and the law satisfied, be it enacted by the authority aforesaid, that the said T. B. Hicks be relieved from all liability upon said bond and the judgment based thereon and the costs thereon and he is hereby relieved from the same; provided, that the relief herein provided shall not be effective until all costs for which the principal and surety on said bond are bound shall be duly paid to the officers of Court authorized to receive same. Laurens County, relief of T. B. Hicks. Approved August 18, 1913. LUMPKIN COUNTY, RIGHT TO KILL SQUIRRELS IN. No. 161. An Act to amend the Act of 1912, as set forth on page 494 of the Acts of 1912, and which was approved August 19th, 1912, giving the citizens of White, Union and Habersham Counties the right to kill gray or fox squirrels when they are destroying crops or property at any season of the year, so as to add and include the County of Lumpkin in the provisions of said Act, and for other purposes. SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by authority of

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the same, That from and after the passage of this Act the Act of 1912, as set out on Page 494 of said Acts and approved August 19, 1912, be amended by adding the words and Lumpkin after the word Habersham and before the word Counties, in the fourth line of Section one of said Act, so that said Act when so amended will read as follows: SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same, that from and after the passage of this Act all citizens of White, Union, and Habersham, and Lumpkin Counties shall have the right to kill all gray or fox squirrels when they are destroying crops or property at any season of the year. Lumpkin County, right to kill squirrels in. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved August 16, 1913. MACON COUNTY, WORK OF CHAINGANG. No. 218. An Act to authorize and require the Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenue of Macon County, Georgia, to have the main thoroughfares of the incorporated cities and towns in said County of Macon worked and kept in repair by the chaingang maintained in and by said County of Macon; to provide methods and means of operation for such work, and for other purposes. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same, That from and after the passage of this Act it shall be the duty of the Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenue of the County of Macon, subject to the provisions hereinafter made, to have the main streets and thoroughfares of the incorporated cities and towns in said county worked

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and kept in repair by the county chaingang of said county in the same manner as the public roads of said county are now worked and maintained outside the said cities and towns of said county. Macon County, work of county chaingang in towns and cities. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the said Board of Commissioners shall confer with and co-operate with the municipal officers and authorities of said cities and towns as to the location of the streets and thoroughfares therein, to be worked under the provisions of this Act, the time or times when such work shall be done, the manner of doing the same, and as to all other matters pertaining thereto; but in event of a disagreement between the said Commissioners and the said Municipal authorities as to any matter pertaining to the said work herein provided for, the judgment or decision of the said Commissioners shall prevail, and be final in the premises. Location of streets to be worked. SEC. 3. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the working of streets and thoroughfares in and through the several municipalities of said county as herein provided for, shall at all times be under direction, supervision and control of the said Commissioners and their officers, agents and employers, just as the public road work of the county is now performed. Working of streets, who shall control. SEC. 4. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. SEC. 5. Provided this Act shall not become effective until ratified by the majority of the qualified voters of Macon County at the next general election. Ratification. Approved August 18, 1913. McINTOSH COUNTY, BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS, ACT CREATING AMENDED. No. 16. An Act to amend the Act of February 26, 1876, creating Commissioners for McIntosh County, as amended by the

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Act of December 12, 1892, so as to have said Commissioners elected by the qualified voters of said county for terms of two years, and for other purposes. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That the Board of Commissioners of McIntosh County shall consist of five citizens of said county, who shall be elected by the qualified voters of said county, and shall hold office for a term of two years, and until their successors are elected and qualified. The first election under the provisions of this Act shall be held on the first Wednesday in October, 1914, and the Commissioners elected at said election shall begin the performance of their duties on January 1, 1915. All persons in said county qualified to vote for members of the General Assembly shall be qualified to vote for Commissioners of McIntosh County. All vacancies, whether arising from death, resignation or otherwise, shall be filled by the Board for the unexpired term. McIntosh County, Board of Commissioners, election of. Vacancies, how filled. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the Commissioners selected by the Grand Jury at the May Term, 1913, to serve for one year, and until their successors are elected and qualified, shall be qualified and authorized to serve until January 1, 1915, and until their successors have qualified under this Act. Present Commissioners act until Jan. 1, 1913. SEC. 3. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the persons elected under this Act shall, before entering upon the discharge of their duties, take and subscribe the following oath: I do solemnly swear that I will faithfully discharge the duties of a Commissioner of McIntosh County in accordance with law and to the best of my ability. So help me God. Oath of Commissioners. SEC. 4. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all laws or parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved July 31, 1913.

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MILLER COUNTY, BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS, ACT CREATING AMENDED. No. 15. An Act to amend an Act approved August 7, 1912, and entitled An Act to create a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues in the County of Miller, and for other purposes, so as to provide for the election of a Clerk of said Board, to fix the salary of same, and for other purposes. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same, That Section One of an Act approved August 7, 1912, and entitled An Act to create a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for the County of Miller, and for other purposes, be amended by striking the word three after the word exceed, and inserting in lieu thereof the word one in the twelfth line of said section, so that said section when amended will read as follows: That said Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues shall have authority to elect a Clerk for said Board, who shall keep all records of proceedings of said Board, and who shall receive such salary as may be fixed by said Board, not to exceed one hundred dollars per annum, to be paid out of the county treasury. All orders must be endorsed by the Chairman and the majority of the Board before paid by the County Treasurer of said county. Miller County. Board of Commissioners, Act creating amended. Clerk, his duties and compensation. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted that all laws and parts of law in conflict with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved July 31, 1913. MITCHELL COUNTY, BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS, ACT CREATING AMENDED. No. 207. An Act to amend an Act approved August 13, 1907, entitled An Act to amend an Act to provide for a County Board

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of Commissioners for the County of Mitchell, and to provide and define the duties and powers thereof, approved February 20, 1873, so as to provide for the division of the County of Mitchell into five districts, each of which shall elect its own Commissioners, and to provide for the salary of Commissioners, and for other purposes, so as to provide for the division of said county into six districts, each of which shall elect its own Commissioner, and for other purposes. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, That Section 2 of the Act approved February 20, 1873, entitled An Act to provide for a County Board of Commissioners for the County of Mitchell, and to provide and define the powers and duties thereof, as amended by Section 1 of the Act approved August 13, 1907, the title to which is recited above, by striking Section 2 of said Act approved February 20, 1873, as amended by Section 1 of said Act approved August 13, 1907, and in lieu thereof the following be inserted, to be known as Section 2 of said original Act approved February 20, 1873, and to read as follows: Mitchell County Board of Commissioners, creating amende Section 2. Said county is hereby divided into six districts as follows: The 1173 Militia District shall compose one district; the 1194 Militia District shall compose one district; the 1548 and 1603 Militia Districts shall compose one district; the 791 and 1699 Militia Districts shall compose one district; the 625 and 1611 Militia Districts shall compose one district, and the 1033 and 1299 Militia Districts shall compose one district, and each of said six districts shall elect one Commissioner, said election to be held at the expiration of the term of the present Commissioners, and none but qualified voters residing within their respective districts shall be allowed to vote, and in no event shall any one be allowed to vote in any election for the County Commissioners of said county without the district of his residence, and the term of office of said Commissioner shall be hereinafter provided, and any three of said board shall be capable and authorized to transact any business. Road districts. Commissioner elected from each district.

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SEC. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That Section 4 of said Act approved February 20, 1873, as amended by Section 2 of the Act approved August 13, 1907, be amended by striking the word five wherever the same appears in said section, and inserting in lieu thereof the word six, so that the said Act when so amended shall read as follows: Section 4. That at all regular elections hereafter of an Ordinary of said county six Commissioners shall be elected, whose term of office shall be equal with that of the Ordinary's, who shall discharge all duties herein named, and that in the event of death, resignation or any disability of either of said Commissioners or persons who may be elected, the Governor, upon notice hereof from any two of said Commissioners, shall order an election to fill the vacancy thus occasioned. Six Commissioners provided for. SEC. 3. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That from and after the passage of this Act the Commissioner upon said board elected to represent the district formerly composed of the 1611, 1603 and 625 Militia Districts shall hereafter represent the district composed of the 1603 and 1548 Militia Districts, and the Commissioners upon said board elected to represent the 1548 and 791 Militia Districts shall hereafter represent the district composed of the 791 and 1699 Militia Districts; and the Commissioners now upon said board heretofore elected to represent the 1194 District shall continue to represent said Militia District; and the Commissioner upon said board heretofore elected to represent the 1173 Militia District shall continue to represent said district; and J. D. Frazier is hereby appointed to represent the district composed of the 625 and 1611 Militia Districts of Mitchell County, whose term of office shall expire simultaneously with that of the other Commissioners of said county, and his successors shall be elected in the same manner as said other Commissioners are elected, and this Act is not to be effective until January 1, 1914. Who shall act until Jan. 1, 1914.

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SEC. 4. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict herewith be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved August 18, 1913. MURRAY COUNTY, COUNTY SITE OF CHANGED. No. 50. An Act to change the county site of Murray County, in the State of Georgia, from Spring Place to Chatsworth, in said County of Murray, and for other purposes. Whereas, heretofore on the 19th day of August, 1912, a petition was filed with the Ordinary of the County of Murray, in the State of Georgia, signed by two-fifths of the registered voters, as shown by the registration list last made out, in and for said county, asking for an election to be held in said County of Murray for the purpose of changing and removing the county site of said county from the Town of Spring Place to the Town of Chatsworth, in said county, and, Preamble. Whereas, on the said 19th day of August, 1912, the Ordinary of said County of Murray, upon the due consideration of said petition so filed with him, did pass an order for an election to be held in the various Militia Districts of said county, on the 30th day of September, 1912, for the purpose of changing and removing the county site of said county as asked for by petitioners, which said order was duly published in the Murray News, the newspaper in which the Sheriff of said county publishes his legal notices, as provided by Section 486 of Volume 1 of the Code of 1910; and, Whereas, on the 30th day of September, 1912, said election was held in said county for the purpose of changing said county site, in accordance with said order from said Ordinary, and at said election so held there were 862 votes for removal to Chatsworth and 427 votes for removal to Eton, and 155 votes against removal; and,

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Whereas, afterwards said election was contested, contesting the right of the votes cast for the removal to Eton, to be counted, on the ground that said election was called for removal to Chatsworth, said contest being heard by the Secretary of State; and, Whereas, the Secretary of State decided said contest as follows: That there were 1017 legal votes cast in said election, 862 for removal to Chatsworth, and 155 votes against removal, now, therefore, SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That the county site of the County of Murray, in the State of Georgia, be and the same is hereby removed from the Town of Spring Place to the Town of Chatsworth, in said County of Murray. Murray County, county site removed from Spring Place to Chatsworth. Approved August 7, 1913. NEWTON COUNTY, COMMISSIONER, OFFICE OF, CREATED. No. 115. An Act to create the office of Commissioner of Roads and Revenues for the County of Newton; to provide for his election and for his recall; to define his duties and provide for his compensation; to provide for a Clerk for said Commissioner; to provide for the proper supervision of his acts and the auditing of his books; to repeal the Act approved February 27, 1877, creating the Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for said county, and all Acts amendatory thereof, and for other purposes. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by authority of same, That from and after the first day of January, 1915, the county affairs of Newton County shall be administered by a Commissioner of Roads and Revenues, and for that purpose the office of Commissioner of Roads and Revenues of

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Newton County is hereby created. He shall have such control of the roads, revenues, public property, and of the county affairs generally, as is now conferred by law upon the present Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues of said county, except as specially qualified by this Act. Newton County, Commissioner, office of, created. Jurisdiction. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That said Commissioner shall be elected at the regular election for State officers on the first Wednesday in October, 1914, for a term of two years, beginning January 1, 1915. The succeeding terms of said Commissioner shall be for a period of two years, and he shall be elected by the qualified electors of said county at every regular election of State officers. Election of Commissioner. Term of office. SEC. 3. Be it further enacted, That said Commissioner, before entering on the duties of his office, shall give a bond with good security, approved by the Ordinary of the county, in the sum of ten thousand ($10,000.00) dollars, payable to the Ordinary of the county and his successors in office, and conditioned upon the faithful discharge of duty and the carrying out the provisions of this Act, and for any violations of the conditions thereof said bond may be sued upon in the name of the County Ordinary, either on his own motion or by direction of the Grand Jury of said county; and the Commissioner and his surety shall be liable on said bond for any breach thereof by way of malfeasance or misfeasance in office, or any tort or wrong committed under color of his office, as well as for neglect or nonfeasance. Bond. SEC. 4. Be it further enacted, That said Commissioner shall, before entering upon the discharge of the duties of his office, make oath before the ordinary of the county to faithfully administer all affairs coming under his jurisdiction to the best interest of the county, and to carry out the provisions of this Act. Oath. SEC. 5. Be it further enacted, That the salary of said Commissioner shall be recommended by the Grand Jury sitting at the March Term of the Superior Court of said county, 1914, and approved by the Judge of the Superior Court, to be payable monthly out of the treasury of Newton

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County, provided said salary shall not be less than fifteen hundred ($1,500.00) dollars per annum. The Grand Jury sitting at the spring term of the Superior Court before the expiration of the term of office of said Commissioner may, upon approval of the Judge of the Superior Court, change the salary of said Commissioner, but no change in salary shall become effective during the term of any Commissioner. Said Commissioner shall have a Clerk appointed by himself, whose salary shall be recommended by the Grand Jury and approved by the Judge of the Superior Court in like manner as the Commissioner's salary, not to be less than four hundred ($400.00) dollars per annum, payable monthly out of the treasury of said county. Salary. Clerk and his salary. SEC. 6. Be it further enacted, That it shall be unlawful for any candidate for said office or for any nomination therefor, to enter into any agreement or understanding with any person or persons as to the disposal of any work, the purchase of any supplies, or any appointment which is or shall be under the control of said Commissioner, and any person so offending shall be ineligible to hold said office, and upon conviction shall be punished as for a misdemeanor. Pre-election agreement as to appointments or purchase of supplies unlawful. SEC. 7. Be it further enacted, That said Commissioner shall select one regular day of each week, during the working hours of which he shall remain at his office in the Court House, and the balance of his working time, unless necessarily required for the transaction of public business in his office, shall be spent in direct personal supervision of the laying out of road work, inspection of roads and bridges and other public property, or any other duty required by this Act, and especially of the measure and delivery of supplies to the convict camp, and the general direction and management of said camp in the most economical manner. Duties of Commissioner. SEC. 8. Be it further enacted, That said Commissioner shall keep in constant touch with the office of the Director of Public Roads of the United States Department of Agriculture; shall secure, keep in his office and familiarize himself with all the free bulletins bearing upon the subject of durable sand-clay, crushed stone, or other methods of permanent

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road building, and shall, through the aid of his Congressman, and otherwise, use the services of its freely offered expert road engineers whenever possible to obtain. He shall furthermore utilize its free examination of sandclay or chert road materials showing proper proportion of mixture from different localities of the county; and it shall be the duty of said Commissioner at all times and from any source to entertain and discuss suggestions as to the betterment of any particular section of the road, whether offered by those locally interested or otherwise. SEC. 9. Be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of said Commissioner to supply from the ad valorem tax for roads such road machinery, mule power and other equipment as shall be necessary to work each and every public road in the county with free hired labor, and so far as practicable he shall apply each year the amount of money collected in each and every militia district in said county for commutation tax to the work and repair of the public roads in that particular district from which it was collected with such free hired labor. This division of the road force shall be known as the Repair Force. Machinery and equipment. Application of commutation tax. Repair force. SEC. 10. Be it further enacted, That the county's convict force shall be employed in the work of permanent road building, and so far as practicable shall be kept together. The first permanent road work under this Act shall be done in that section or those sections of the county where it will be of the greatest good to the greatest number; and he shall continue this policy in all permanent road work. The Commissioner shall find out and apply the most efficient means of keeping in a state of continuous repair all such permanently constructed road mileage; whether by the use of the slit log drag or by other means, and a part of the commutation road tax may thereafter be used for such purpose, if it shall prove more effective than the yearly repair road work as hereinbefore specified. Convict force, work of. Road work. SEC. 11. Be it further enacted, That said Commissioner shall keep a book of vouchers, signed by the party or parties of whom supplies may be bought, and by such party or

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parties itemized in every important particular, stating the number of articles or pounds, etc., rate price, the purpose for which to be used, and the total amount received. Said Commissioner shall keep all vouchers always in the bindings, and always accessible to public inspection, and for the use of the Grand Jury or the Auditors. Book of vouchers shall be kept. SEC. 12. Be it further enacted, That said Commissioner shall, at the end of each month make out an itemized account of all the transactions of his office, stating the amount of money or moneys received and from what source, the amount of money or moneys expended and for what purpose during that month, and post same in the bulletin board at the Court House door within ten days after the end of the month, there to remain for a period of sixty days. He shall undersign each monthly statement so posted, under oath before the Ordinary, as follows: I,....., Commissioner of Roads and Revenues for the County of Newton, do solemnly swear that the above is a full and true statement of all the monetary transactions of this office for the month of....., and that I have not received any rebates or drawbacks; nor have I personally profited or known of any illegal personal profit to any one whomsoever through any transaction of this office. Signed..... Monthly statements under oath. SEC. 13. Be it further enacted, That it shall be a misdemeanor for the Commissioner, his clerical assistant, any one serving under him, or any one employed upon the road force of Newton County to have any financial interest in the sale or purchase of any article to or from the county, or to keep and feed at the camp any horses, cows, hogs or other domestic animals other than those used exclusively in the service of the county, as, for instance, the Commissioner's horse when in camp. Any person so offending shall upon conviction be punished as prescribed for a misdemeanor. Personal profit by Commissioner or employees forbidden. Animals must not be fed or kept. Offense a misdemeanor. SEC. 14. Be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of said Commissioner to make out and keep in his office a list of all persons in Newton County subject to the commutation tax, arranged according to the militia district in

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which they reside, and it shall be the duty of said Commissioner to collect this commutation tax from all persons subject to said tax without cost or expense to the county, and the funds received from this source shall be kept separate from all other funds, and shall be disbursed as prescribed by this Act. Commutation tax, collection of. SEC. 15. Be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of said Commissioner to hold a court on the first Tuesday of each month for county purposes, in which he shall try all defaulters and shall hear all matters which by law comes under his jurisdiction, and for this purpose he shall have all the powers vested by the law in courts of this kind in this State. Commissioner's Court. SEC. 16. Be it further enacted, That in case of a vacancy in this office by reason of death, resignation or otherwise, that the Ordinary shall perform the duties of said office until his successor is elected and qualified, and said vacancy shall be filled by an election called for this purpose under the same rules and regulations as that now prescribed by law for the election to fill a vacancy in the office of Clerk of the Superior Court. Vacancy, how filled. SEC. 17. Be it further enacted, That the Grand Jury sitting at the spring term of the Superior Court each year shall appoint a Board of Auditors, or an auditing company, as in the discretion of said Grand Jury may seem best, to audit the books and accounts of said Commissioner. Said Board of Auditors shall be composed of three citizens of said county, or instead of this, Grand Jury may employ a reputable auditing company. Whichever method said Grand Jury may select it shall be the duty of said Auditing Board or said auditing company to audit all books, accounts and transactions of the office of said Commissioner, and to this end said Auditing Board or auditing company shall have power to examine on oath said Commissioner, or any person serving under him, relative to any account or item on said books and accounts, or on any transaction of said office. Said Auditing Board or auditing company shall perform its duties herein prescribed and make a report of its

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findings to Grand Jury sitting at the fall term of the newton Superior Court. The Grand Jury employing said Auditing Board or said auditing company shall recommend what sum shall be paid for this work, and said Commissioner shall be required to draw his warrant for this amount and pay said Auditing Board or said auditing company as the case may be for their services in this behalf. Auditing of books and accounts. SEC. 18. Be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the Grand Jury to inquire into and receive evidence relative to the official acts and conduct of said Commissioner, and if any Grand Jury sitting at the spring or fall terms of the Newton Superior Court shall find by a two-thirds vote that the Commissioner is violating or has violated any of the terms of this Act, or that he is wasteful and inefficient, or that he is wrongfully or fraudulently conducting the affairs of his office, or that he is otherwise unqualified to manage the affairs of the office, the said Grand Jury so finding shall declare said office vacant in their general presentments, and shall also state on what reason or reasons they base their findings. If any Grand Jury should thus declare a vacancy the Ordinary of the County shall administer the affairs of the office until a successor is elected and qualified, and said Ordinary shall at once call an election under the same rules and regulations as is now required by law for the filling of vacancies in office of Clerk of Superior Court, at which election the deposed Commissioner shall have a right to be a candidate, and if he shall receive the highest number of votes polled in said election he shall again take up the duties of the office. If said deposed Commissioner should fail to receive the highest number of votes at said election, then the person who does receive the highest number of votes shall at once qualify and take up the duties of said office for the unexpired term. The registered voters at the last regular election shall be the qualified electors in said election. No Commissioner shall receive his salary during the time he was out of office. Removal of Commissioner. Vacancy declared, Ordinary shall act until successor elected and qualified. Election of successor. Deposed Commissioner may be candidate. SEC. 19. Be it further enacted, That the Act approved February 27, 1877, the same being an Act to establish a

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Board of County Commissioners for the County of Newton, and to define the powers and duties thereof, and all Acts amendatory thereof be, and the same are, hereby repealed after January 1, 1915. Act creating Board of Commissioners repealed after Jan. 1, 1915. SEC. 20. All laws or parts of laws in conflict with this Act be and are hereby repealed. Approved August 16, 1913. PULASKI COUNTY, COMMISSIONER, OFFICE OF, ABOLISHED. No. 179. An Act to be entitled an Act to create the office of Commissioner of Roads and Revenues for the County of Pulaski; to provide for his election; to define his duties and compensation; to provide for his clerical and transportation expenses, and to provide for his election, and for other purposes. Approved August 12th, 1911, and all Acts amendatory thereto, and for other purposes. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That from and after the passage of this Act that an Act entitled an Act to create the office of Commissioner of Roads and Revenues for the County of Pulaski, to provide for his election, to define his duties and compensation, to provide for his clerical and transportation expenses, and to provide for his election, and for other purposes, approved August 12th, 1911, be, and the same is hereby repealed. Pulaski County, Commissioner, office of, abolished. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted by the provisions of this Act that same shall not take effect until the companion bill now pending creating a Commissioner of Roads and Revenues for the County of Pulaski shall be approved by the Governor. Effective, when.

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SEC. 3. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be and the same are hereby repealed. Approved August 18, 1913. PULASKI COUNTY, COMMISSIONER, OFFICE OF, CREATED. No. 196. An Act to create the office of Commissioner of Roads and Revenues for the County of Pulaski; to provide for his election; to define his duties and compensation; to provide for his clerical and transportation expenses and for supervisors to aid said Commissioner; to define their duties and to provide for their election, and for other purposes. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That there shall be a Commissioner of Roads and Revenues for the County of Pulaski who shall have such control of the roads, revenues, public property and of the county affairs generally as has heretofore been conferred upon the Commissioner of Roads and Revenues for the said County of Pulaski except as hereinafter provided. Pulaski County, Commissioner, office of, created. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That the term of office of the Commissioner shall be for four years, such Commissioner to be chosen at the general election for State officers during the year 1914, and to begin his term of office on January 1st, 1915; the present Commissioner of said county, R. O. Pate, to hold the said office of Commissioner until December 31st, 1914, and the present Commissioner is to conduct his office under the terms of this Act. Commissioner, his term of office and election. First Commissioner. SEC. 3. Be it further enacted, That said Commissioner, before entering upon the duties of his office shall give bond with good security, approved by the Ordinary of Pulaski

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County, in the sum of ten thousand dollars, payable to the Ordinary of said county for the faithful discharge of his duties as Commissioner. Bond. SEC. 4. Be it further enacted, That said Commissioner, shall before entering upon the duties of his office, make oath before the Ordinary of said county to faithfully administer the affairs of his office to the best interest of the county and to carry out the provisions of this Act. Oath. SEC. 5. Be it further enacted that said Commissioner shall receive as compensation for his services the sum of twelve hundred ($1,200) dollars per annum from the treasury of said county, payable monthly, and shall also be allowed the sum of three hundred ($300) dollars per annum, payable monthly, for clerical assistance, and for traveling expenses in supervising the roads and bridges and public property of the county. Compensation. Clerical allowance. SEC. 6. Be it further enacted that said Commissioner shall select one regular day of each week during the working hours of which he shall remain in his office at the court house, and the balance of the working time, unless necessarily required for the transaction of public business in his office, shall be spent in personal supervision of the laying out of road work, inspection of roads and bridges, and other public property and especially the measure and delivery of supplies, and the general direction of the management of the convict camp in the most economical manner. Duties. SEC. 7. Be it further enacted, That the county's convict force shall be employed in the work of road building, and shall give to each Militia District of Pulaski County not less than thirty-five days of each year. Convict force employed on roads. SEC. 8. Be it further enacted, That it shall be a misdemeanor for the Commissioner, his clerical Assistant and any one serving under him, or any one employed upon the road force of Pulaski County to have any financial interest in the sale or purchase of any article to or from the county, or to keep or feed at the camp any horses, cows, hogs, or other domestic animals other than those used exclusively in

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the service of the county as, for instance, the Commissioner's horse when in camp. Any such person, so offending, shall upon conviction, be punished as provided in Section 1065 of the Criminal Code, for misdemeanors. Personal profit by Commissioner or employees forbidden. Animals must not be fed. Offense a misdemeanor. SEC. 9. Be it further enacted, That the Commissioner shall, upon assuming office, employ an expert and capable accountant to be paid from the treasury of the county, to make a full and complete investigation of the finances of the county, to audit the books and vouchers of the present Board of County Commissioners, to the end that the revenues and financial obligations of the county may be fully known at the beginning of his term of office, and said report shall be placed on file in the office of the Commissioner, accessible at all times to public inspection. Audit of accounts. SEC. 10. Be it further enacted, That if the Commissioner shall fail to perform faithfully the duties of his office under this Act he may be recalled and his successor elected in the following manner, to-wit: Upon the presentation of a petition of one fifth of all the duly qualified voters of the county as shown by the last registration list and certified to have been fairly obtained by the free will of the signatories thereto, such petition stating grievances and asking the recall of the Commissioner, the Ordinary shall order an election for the office in not less than fifty days nor more than sixty days thereafter. If the Commissioner shall obtain a plurality of the votes cast at such election he shall be sustained and continue in office. If not, the candidate receiving such plurality, shall be declared elected to that office and shall immediately qualify and enter upon the discharge of its duties. Recall of Commissioner. Election of successor. SEC. 11. In case of a vacancy in the office of Commissioner, the Ordinary shall execute the duties of said office until the vacancy is filled as hereinbefore provided. Ordinary acts in case of vacancy. Section 12. Be it further enacted, That there shall be a Board of Supervisors for said county of Pulaski, who shall advise with and aid the Commissioner of Roads and Revenues in the discharge of his duties. One member of

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this Board shall be elected from and by the voters of each militia district of the county. Board of Supervisors. SEC. 13. Be it further enacted, That said Board shall be chosen at the same time as the Commissioner is chosen as herein provided, and the present members of the Board as now constituted, if legally elected, shall serve out the terms for which they were elected in the same manner as the present Commissioner. Board, how chosen. SEC. 14. Be it further enacted, That the succeeding terms of said supervisors shall be for two years and they shall be chosen at the general election for State officers, immediately preceding the commencement of their term of office. Terms of Supervisors. SEC. 15. Be it further enacted, That any supervisor may be superseded at any time by the presentation of a petition of a majority of all the qualified voters of his militia district naming his successor, it being duly certified under oath by at least three voters of said district, that all the signatories thereto did sign of their own free will. Supervisor, how superseded. SEC. 16. Be it further enacted, That if a vacancy occurs in the office of the Supervisor, the Justice of the Peace, or, if there be none, the Notary Public and ex-officio Justice of the Peace of the militia district wherein the vacancy occurs shall order an election to fill the vacancy within not less than ten nor more than fifteen days, notices of such election to be posted in at least three public places in said district for at least five days prior to the election. Vacancy, how filled. SEC. 17. Be it further enacted, That the Supervisors shall meet with the Commissioner in his office on the first Tuesday in each month, shall advise with him and shall subject him to inquiry upon any and all matters connected with his official duties, to the end that the people in every district may keep in touch with the public business through their supervisors. Any supervisor may administer the oath to the Commissioner and he shall be required to answer under oath any and every question concerning the conduct of his office. Duties of Supervisors.

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SEC. 18. Be it further enacted, That the supervisors may report their findings in a statement signed and filed in the office of the Commissioner. Statements of Supervisors. SEC. 19. Be it further enacted, That no Supervisor shall receive any compensation for his services except his necessary expenses in attending the regular monthly meetings of said Supervisors, not to exceed two dollars per day. Compensation of Supervisors. SEC. 20. Be it further enacted, That the provisions of this Act shall become effective immediately upon the passage of this Act. Effective immediately. SEC. 21. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved August 18, 1913. PUTNAM COUNTY, BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS, ACT CREATING AMENDED. No. 77. An Act to amend an Act entitled an Act to create a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenue for the County of Putnam, and to define its powers and duties, approved September 8, 1879, by adding to said Act at the end thereof, a new section making it the plain duty of said Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenue to employ a certified public accountant once each year to audit all the books of the county offices including Tax Collector, County Commissioners, Sheriff, Ordinary, Clerk Superior Court, Treasurer, County Solicitor, and County Court; both as to funds and as to County Records, and that a report of said audit be made to the Grand Jury at the March term of the Superior Court each year, and shall be used for book Committee for that body, and that said audit shall be under the supervision and direction of said Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues and for other purposes.

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SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That an Act entitled, An Act to create a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenue for the County of Putnam, and to define its powers and duties, approved September 8, 1879, be and the same is hereby amended by adding to said Act at the end thereof, a new section to be numbered Section XII, to wit: Putnam County, Board of Commissioners, Act creating amended. SECTION XII. Be it further enacted, That it is hereby made the plain duty of said Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenue to employ a certified public accountant once each year to audit all the books of the county offices including Tax Collector, County Commissioners, Sheriff, Ordinary, Clerk Superior Court, Treasurer, County Solicitor, and County Court; both as to funds and as to County Records, and that a report of said audit be made to the Grand Jury at the March term of the Superior Court each year, and shall be used for book committee for that body, and that said audit shall be under the supervision and direction of said Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenue. Commissioners shall employ certified public accountant to audit books. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved August 11, 1913. STEWART COUNTY, BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS, SESSIONS OF. No. 53. An Act to provide for holding monthly sessions of Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues of Stewart County, and to fix the time of meeting of said Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues of Stewart County on the second Tuesday of each month in the year; and to provide for call meetings of said board

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in certain instances, and to provide for increasing the pay of the Ordinary and ex-officio Clerk of said board, and to fix the salary of services of said Clerk at twenty five dollars per month and for other purposes. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same, That from and after the passage of this Act the Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues of Stewart County shall hold monthly meetings and shall meet on the second Tuesday of each month during the year, and a majority of said Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues may convene in extra session whenever in their judgment it may be necessary. Stewart County, sessions of Board of Commissioners. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the ordinary and ex-officio Clerk of said Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues of Stewart County shall be paid a salary for his services as Clerk of said Board the sum of twenty-five dollars for each month of the year and to be paid monthly, and in no event shall the Clerk of said Board be paid more than three hundred dollars for such service during any Calendar year. Ordinary, ex-officio Clerk, salary of. SEC. 3. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved August 7, 1913. SUMTER COUNTY, WORK OF CHAINGANG. No. 66. An Act to authorize and require the Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues of the County of Sumter to work the county chaingang force upon the streets of the city of Americus; to prescribe the length of time of such work during each year; prescribe the regulations under which such work shall be done, and for other purposes:

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SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That the Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues of Sumter County, be and they are hereby authorized and required to work the county chaingang of said County of Sumter upon the streets of the City of Americus for not exceeding three months in each year after the passage of this Act, beginning with the present year 1913, except that said board are not authorized and required to work longer than forty days during the present year upon said streets. At such times, all mules, plows, wagons, scrapes, utensils, guards and all other things pertaining to the convicts and to the road equipment, shall be used, if necessary, upon the streets of the City of Americus free of charge to said City. The county convicts and road force shall do such work at such time as may be suitable to said board and at such places as may be designated by the Mayor and City Council of the City of Americus, or its authority. The streets shall be worked and graded under the direction of such person or persons as are so authorized by the Mayor and City Council of Americus; and the Mayor and City Council of Americus shall not be called upon or required to pay any portion or any part of the expense of feeding, maintaining, guarding or caring for said County Convicts. Sumter County, work of chaingang in City of Americus. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and they are, hereby repealed. Approved August 11, 1913. TELFAIR COUNTY, BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS CREATED. No. 95. An Act to amend an Act entitled: An Act to create the office of Commissioner of Roads and Revenues for the County of Telfair, this State, to provide for an appointment

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to fill said office until January 1st, 1911, and to provide for an election to fill said office thereafter; to prescribe the qualifications, duties and powers of such officer, to fix his salary and for other purposes, approved July 31, 1909, so as to divide said county into and to create therein three road districts; to abolish the office of Commissioner of Roads and Revenues of said county and to create in lieu thereof a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for said county; to provide for their election, qualifications, powers, duties and salary; to provide for a Chairman and Clerk of such board, and for other purposes. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same, That an Act approved July 31st, 1909, entitled: An Act to create the office of commissioner of roads and revenues for the county of Telfair, this State, to provide for an appointment to fill said office until January 1st, 1911, and to provide for an election to fill said office thereafter, to prescribe the qualifications, duties and powers of such officer, to fix his salary, and for other purposes, which said Act creates a County Commissioner for the County of Telfair and fixes the salary, duties and other matters relating to his office, be amended by striking from said Act Section 1 thereof and substituting in lieu thereof the following language: Telfair County, office of Commissioner abolished. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, That from and after the passage of this Act, there shall be a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for the County of Telfair, and the same is hereby created. Board of Commissioners created. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That Section 2 of the above described Act, which provides for the appointment and election of a County Commissioner be stricken therefrom and the following be substituted in lieu thereof: SECTION 2. Be it further enacted that there shall be three members of said Board, that is to say, one member

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from each of the road districts in said county as hereinafter prescribed. The first road district of said county shall consist of the following militia districts of said county: Lumber City, Mt. Carmel, Neilly, Sunshine. The second road district shall consist of the militia districts of Jacksonville, Temperance, Cobbville, and Milan; and the third road district shall consist of the militia districts of McRae, Helena, Scotland and Towns. The following persons are designated to serve as members of said Board until January 1st, 1915, to-wit: D. W. Phillips from the first road district; G. C. Williams from the second road district, and W. S. Adams from the third road district. At the next general election held in said county successors to the incumbents herein named shall be elected by the several districts and the person elected at said election from the first road district shall hold for two years; from the second road district four years, and from the third road district for six years, and thereafter at each biennial general election, as the respective terms of office shall expire. A member shall be elected from the respective road districts by the qualified voters of the district from which the member is to be elected for the term and period of six years, the intent hereof being to provide a plan by which after the first general election biennially thereafter the term of one of said Commissioners shall expire and be filled, so that the permanent term for said office shall be six years, the term of office in each case to begin on January 1st, after the general election. G. C. Williams is hereby designated as Chairman of said board until January 1st, 1915. In the event of a vacancy in said Board caused by death, resignation, removal from the county or refusal to serve upon the part of any of said Commissioners as designated in this Act, or as hereafter elected under the provisions hereof, the vacancy shall be filled by the Grand Jury of Telfair County. Road districts and Commissioners. First board. Election of successors. Chairman. Vacancy, how filled. SECTION 3. Be it further enacted, That Section 3 of the above entitled Act which relates to the filling of vacancies, shall be stricken from said Act, and likewise Section 4 of said Act which relates to the bond and oath of County

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Commissioners shall be stricken and in lieu thereof the following section shall be inserted in said Act, to-wit: SECTION 3. Each County Commissioner before entering upon the duties of his office shall go before the Ordinary of said county and subscribe to the following oath: I do swear that I will well and truly and faithfully discharge the duties of Commissioner of Roads and Revenues for the County of Telfair, according to law, to the best of my ability, without favor or affection to any person, firm or corporation, so help me God. Oath of Commissioner. SEC. 4. Be it further enacted, That Section 5 of said Act which relates to the jurisdiction of said County Commissioner be stricken and in lieu thereof the following be inserted: SECTION 4. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the said Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for the County of Telfair shall have original jurisdiction over all county matters as are conferred by law upon Ordinaries or other authorities having control of county matters; over the levying and collection of road taxes, commutation taxes and the working of public roads and the building of bridges and over all such other matters as are authorized by law, and over all such county matters as was held and exercised by the inferior court when sitting for county purposes prior to the adoption of the Constitution of 1868. Jurisdiction. SEC. 5. Be it further enacted, That Section 6 of the above cited Act, which relates to the commissioner's court of said county, be amended by substituting the words Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues wherever the words Commissioner of Roads and Revenues shall be used therein; and a like change shall also be made in Section 7 of said Act which relates to the keeping of books and the publishing of reports, Section 8 and 9 are stricken. Sections amended. Sections stricken. SEC. 6. Be it further enacted, That Section 10, which relates to the salary of the Commissioner, be stricken and in lieu thereof the following Section be inserted, to-wit:

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SECTION 6. Be it further enacted, That the Chairman of the Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues shall receive for his services the sum of twelve hundred dollars per annum, to be paid monthly out of the county treasury, and the other members of the Board shall receive three dollars per day for each day during their attendance upon the regular terms and adjourned and special terms of said court; and while engaged in committee work in looking after county matters, and while engated in special committee work at places other than the county seat they may be allowed by the County Commissioners their actual expenses additional. After the expiration of the term of G. C. Williams as Chairman, as designated in the present Act, the Commissioners themselves shall elect from among their number a Chairman. Said Commissioners are further authorized to elect a Clerk and to fix his salary, and to delegate to him such ministerial duties as are within the jurisdiction of the board, and the Clerk of the Superior Court of said county shall be eligible to hold said position. Compensation of Chairman and other members of Board. Election of Chairman. Clerk and his salary. SEC. 7. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved August 11, 1913. TERRELL COUNTY, BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS, ACT CREATING AMENDED. No. 136. An Act to amend the Act approved September 21, 1883, creating the Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for Terrell County by providing for the election of the Commissioners by popular vote, and for other purposes. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That Section 1 of the Act approved September 21, 1883 shall be and is hereby amended by striking therefrom the following words: Terrell County, Board of Commissioners, Act creating amended.

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That from and after the passage of this Act there shall be established a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for the County of Terrell consisting of five members. The persons now serving in said County as Commissioners, viz: W. H. Turner, E. Bridges, J. B. Marshal, A. J. Lee and George O. Hill, are hereby constituted and appointed a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for the County of Terrell, and shall hold their offices until their successors are elected and qualified in the manner hereinafter provided. The Grand Jury at the spring term in the year 1885 of the Superior Court of said County shall elect the successors of the aforesaid Commissioners; the persons so selected shall continue in office for two years and until their successors are chosen by the Grand Jury. Every two years thereafter, the Grand Jury of said county shall choose five members of said Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for the County of Terrell. Be it further enacted by the authority of the same, That Section 1 of the Act approved September 21st, 1883, be, and the same is, hereby amended by inserting in lieu of the foregoing word stricken from said Act, the following: That from and after the passage of this Act there shall be established a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for the County of Terrell consisting of three members who shall be elected by the qualified voters of Terrell County at each biennial election under the same rules and regulations as govern the election of other county officers. The first election under this Act shall be held at the next general election to be held in October, 1914; and the three County Commissioners then elected shall go into office January 1st, 1915, and hold office for two years and until their successors are elected and qualified. The present Commissioners shall continue to serve until their successors are elected and qualified under this Act. Said Commissioners shall hold their meetings in the court house and in the Ordinary's office, shall elect one of their number as Chairman, shall receive as compensation three ($3.50)

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dollars and fifty cents per day each, when in session. The Chairman shall superintend and direct all road work planned and ordered by the Commissioners and all employers of the county doing road work and shall receive as extra compensation therefor the sum of two hundred and fifty ($250.00) dollars per annum. The Ordinary shall be ex-officio clerk of said Commissioners and shall for his services receive the salary of thirty dollars and no/100 per month. All contracts for furnishing supplies or material of doing work for Terrell County, shall be awarded to the lowest competitive bidder at a regular public meeting except that in case of emergency and the amount involved does not exceed $25.00 the Chairman or Clerk may incur the expense, but must report in writing to the Commissioners at their next regular meeting for their approval all the facts; said report shall be spread upon the minutes. Said Commissioners shall each give a bond in the sum of two thousand dollars for the faithful discharge of their duty. Board of Commissioners, election of. Meetings. Chairman, his salary and duties. Ordinary, ex-officio Clerk, his compensation. Contracts, how let. Bond. All of said Act of September 21st, 1883, as published in the laws of Georgia 1882-3 Page 506-507, except as herein changed and amended, is hereby re-enacted. Re-enacting clause. Be it further enacted by authority of the same, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act and particularly the Act approved August 9th, 1912, amendatory of the Act of September 21st, 1883, are hereby repealed. Approved August 16, 1913. TIFT COUNTY, BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS, ACT CREATING AMENDED. No. 219. An Act to amend an Act entitled An Act to create a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenue for the County of Tift; provide the manner of their election; to define their powers and duties; provide for their compensation, and for other purposes, approved Aug. 13, 1907, (Acts 1907 Page 339), so as to provide that the County of Tift

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shall be divided into three Road Districts and that one Commissioner shall be elected from each District by the qualified voters of said District; to prescribe their terms of office, and to provide further the manner in which said Board of Commissioners shall work the public roads of Tift County, and for other purposes. SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same, That the above recited Act creating a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenue for the County of Tift, approved August 13, 1907, and found in the Acts of 1907, Page 339, be and the same is hereby amended by striking from said Act all of Sections 1, 2, 3, and 4 of said Act and substituting in lieu thereof the following sections numbered 1, 2, 3, and 4 respectively, to-wit: Tift County, Board of Commissioners, Act creating amended. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same, That from and after the passage and approval of this Act there shall be established in and for the County of Tift a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues consisting of three upright, discreet freeholders and citizens of said County of Tift; provided, however, that after the first day of January 1915, each of the members of said board shall reside in the road district from which he shall be elected, as hereinafter provided. Board of Commissioners. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That the County of Tift shall be divided into three Road Districts composed of the following militia districts of said County, to-wit: District Number one to be composed of the Tifton and Eldorado Militia Districts; District Number two to be composed of the Chula, Brighton and Brookfield Militia Districts; and District Number three to be composed of the Ty Ty, Dosia and Omega Militia Districts. Road Districts. SEC. 3. Be it further enacted, That at the general election for county officers held in October 1914, there shall be elected a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenue for the County of Tift composed of three members and that

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one commissioner shall be a resident of each of said road districts of said county created in Section two of this Act, and that each Commissioner shall be elected only by the qualified voters of the district of his residence and that only one Commissioner shall be elected from each district and that only one Commissioner shall reside in any one district and if a commissioner shall move out of his district, his office shall thereby become vacant and shall be filled in the same manner hereinafter provided for filling vacancies occurring on account of death or resignation that the terms of office of the three Commissioners thus elected in the general election held in October 1914, shall not be of even length but they shall draw for their respective terms of office, to-wit: One for a term of two years, one for a term of four years and one for a term of six years, respectively, to begin on the first day of January 1915, and they shall be commissioned for the terms thus drawn by them respectively, and until their successors are elected and qualified. That at the general election for county officers held biennially next preceding the expiration of the term of office of the Commissioner residing in any district, a successor to such person shall be elected by the qualified voters of such district and the person so elected shall be a resident of such district, as aforesaid, and who shall be elected and commissioned for a term of six years and until his successor is elected and qualified. Election of Commissioners. Vacancies, how filled. Terms of office. Commission. One Commissioner elected biennially. SEC. 4. Be it enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all vacancies occurring on such board of Commissioners by death, resignation or otherwise, shall be immediately filled by the remaining members of the board who shall choose the successor by ballot; that such person shall be a resident of the district for which elected, and shall be elected to hold office until the first day of January next succeeding a general election for county officers, at which general election a member shall be elected by the qualified voters of said district for the unexpired term, if any. Vacancy, how filled. SEC. 5. Be it further enacted, That said Act shall be further amended by adding at the conclusion of Section six

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the following words, to-wit: Provided, however, that the chaingang employed in working the public roads of Tift County shall not be divided into two or more camps or gangs but shall be kept in one camp or gang; and that said chaingang shall also, so far as is practicable, be so employed in working the public roads of the different road districts of the county that there shall be done in each district an amount of work which shall be in the same ratio to the total amount of work done in the county that year that the total number of miles of public road in each district bears to the whole number of miles of public road in said county. That in addition to the chaingang employed on the roads of said county, said board shall establish a repair gang composed of free labor in charge of a competent road builder, equipped with proper machinery, and consisting of as many men as may be needed to keep the public roads of said county in a good state of repair. That said repair gang shall not be employed in grading new or old roads but shall be employed exclusively in keeping all the public roads of said county, whether graded or ungraded, in a good state of repair and shall work on the public roads throughout the county as needed without regard to road district lines, so that said Section when amended shall read as follows: SEC. 6. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues of Tift County shall have exclusive jurisdiction over and control of all county matters, such as public roads, bridges, private ways, county finances, the levying and collecting of taxes for county purposes, the erection and maintenance of public buildings, the disbursing of county funds, and supervision over and control of, and exclusive jurisdiction over and in all county matters wherein jurisdiction is now vested in the ordinaries of this State in counties where there exist no boards of roads and revenues; provided, however, that the chaingang employed in working the public roads of Tift County shall not be divided into two or more camps or gangs but shall be kept in one camp or gang; and that said chaingang shall also, so far as is practicable, be so employed in working the public roads

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of the different road districts of the county, that there shall be done in each district an amount of work which shall be in the same ratio to the total amount of work done in the county that year, that the total number of miles of public road in each district bears to the whole number of miles of public road in said county. That in addition to the chaingang employed on the roads of said county, said board shall establish a repair gang composed of free labor in charge of a competent road builder, equipped with proper machinery, and consisting of as many men as may be needed to keep the public roads of said county in a good state of repair. That said repair gang shall not be employed in grading new or old roads but shall be employed exclusively in keeping all the public roads of said county, whether graded or ungraded, in a good state of repair and shall work on the public roads throughout the county as needed without regard to road district lines. Jurisdiction of Commissioners. Work of chaingang. SEC. 7. Be it further enacted, That said Act shall be further amended by striking all of Section nine of said Act and substituting in lieu thereof a new Section nine which shall read as follows: Section 9. Be it further enacted, That at the first meeting in January following the general election in October, at which a new member of said board shall have been elected, said board shall organize by electing a Chairman and a Clerk of the board; the board shall fix the compensation of said Clerk and may elect one of their members Clerk. Organization of board, etc. SEC. 8. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved August 18, 1913. WARE COUNTY, BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS, ACT CREATING AMENDED. No. 108. An Act to amend an Act to create a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for the County of Ware,

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approved August 19, 1912, by increasing the number of said board, changing the manner of their selection, otherwise amending said Act, and for other purposes. SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That an Act entitled an Act to create a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for the County of Ware, approved August 19th, 1912, be and the same is hereby amended so that said board shall consist of seven members instead of six, as now provided by said Act; four of said members to be residents of the Waycross, or 1231st District G. M., with one of the three remaining members each to be a resident of the other three districts as now constituted by said Act. Ware County, Board of Commissioners, Act creating amended so as to provide for seven members. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That at the general State election immediately preceding the expiration of the terms of office of each of the members of said Board they shall be elected by a popular vote of the people of the respective road districts, of said County of Ware, the seventh, or additional member herein provided for, to be elected for a term of three years at the first General State election to be held after the passage of this Act. The provisions of the Act sought to be amended shall prevail, until the members provided for in this Act are elected and qualified. Election of Commissioners. SEC. 3. Be it further enacted, That said Act shall be so changed and amended as to authorize and require said Board to elect a Chairman thereof from its members, without regard to the district of which he may be a resident, and that said Chairman shall only have the right and power of voting in case of a tie created in the vote on any question or election before said board, said Chairman to have the right and power to break any such tie by casting the deciding vote. Chairman. SEC. 4. Be it further enacted, That the Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues of Ware County be, and they are, hereby authorized and required to work the

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entire county chaingang of such County of Ware upon the Streets of the City of Waycross connecting with the public highways of the county for not less than three months in each year after the passage of this Act beginning with the present year 1913, except that said board are not authorized and required to work longer than forty-five days during the present year upon said streets. At such times, all mules, plows, wagons, scrapes, utensils, guards and all other things pertaining to the convicts and to the road equipment, shall be used if necessary upon the streets of the City of Waycross, free of charge to said City. The county convicts and road force shall do such work at such time as may be suitable to said board and at such places as may be designated by the Mayor and City Council of the City of Waycross or its authority. The streets shall be worked and graded under the direction of such person or persons as are so authorized by the Mayor and City Council of Waycross and the Mayor and City Council of Waycross shall not be called upon or required to pay any portion or any part of the expense of feeding, maintaining, guarding or caring for said county convicts. Work of chaingang on streets of Waycross. SEC. 5. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved August 16, 1913. WASHINGTON COUNTY, BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS ABOLISHED. No. 185. An Act to repeal an Act creating a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for the County of Washington, to provide for the election of members thereof by the qualified voters of said county; to define their powers and duties; to provide for their compensation; to provide the manner in which the road funds shall be collected and expended, and for other purposes, approved

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August 3rd, 1904, and the Acts approved August 13, 1910 and August 14th, 1910, amendatory thereof and for other purposes. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same, That from and after the 31st day of December 1913, an Act approved August 3rd, 1904, entitled An Act to create a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for the County of Washington; to provide for the election of members thereof by the qualified voters of said County; to define their powers and duties; to provide for their compensation; to provide the manner in which the road funds shall be collected and expended, and for other purposes, and amendments to said Act approved August 13, 1910, and August 14, 1912, respectively be, and the same is, hereby repealed. Washington County, Board of Commissioners abolished. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved August 18, 1913. WASHINGTON COUNTY, BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS CREATED. No. 271. An Act to create a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues in and for the county of Washington; to provide for the election of Commissioners who shall constitute said board, to prescribe their term of office, their duties, fix their salaries, and for other purposes. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same, That from and after the passage of this Act a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues in and for the County of Washington, to consist of three persons, is hereby created; said Commissioners shall be freeholders and

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qualified voters of said county, and shall reside in the road district from which they are elected, which districts are hereinafter defined. This Act to be of force on and after the 1st day of January 1914. Washington County, Board of Commissioners created. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That for the purpose of this Act the said County of Washington shall be divided into three (3) road districts, to be as follows, to-wit: That the first road district shall be composed of the ninety seventh (97), one hundred and thirty sixth (136), ninety third (93), thirteen fifteenth (1315), one hundredth (100), ninety ninth (99) and the ninety eighth (98), G. M. Districts. The second road district shall be composed of the ninety fourth (94), ninety second (92), twelve hundred and fifty third (1253), ninety fifth (95), thirteen hundred and eighty fourth (1384), thirteen hundred and fiftieth (1350), the ninety sixth (96) G. M. Districts; the third road district shall be composed of the Fourteenth Hundred and eighty eighth (1488), ninety first (91), thirteen hundred and forty fifth (1345), thirteen hundred and ninety ninth (1399), eighty ninth (89), ninetieth (90), and the eighty eighth (88) G. M. Districts. Road districts. SEC. 3. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the first commissioners under this Act shall be elected by the Grand Jury of Washington County at the September, 1913, term of the Superior Court of Washington County, one from each of said named districts for terms as follows, beginning upon the first day of January, 1914: One Commissioner for the term of one (1) year, one for a term of three (3) years, and one for a term of five (5) years, and said Grand Jury shall determine by lot the terms for which the several commissioners so elected by them shall serve. First Commissioners. Terms. SEC. 4. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That at the general election for county officers for said county in October 1914 there shall be elected by a popular vote in Washington County, at the same place, under the same rules and regulations and by the same election managers as such county officers are elected, a

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Commissioner to succeed the Commissioner whose term expires upon the 31st day of December, 1914, and every two years thereafter at the October election for county officers for said county in a like manner, a Commission shall be elected to succeed the Commissioner whose term of office under this Act expires upon the 31st day of December thereafter. That the Commissioners so elected shall be elected for a term of six years or until their successors are elected and qualified, and shall reside and be chosen from the road district from which their predecessors were chosen to serve, the purpose of this Act being that the Commissioners herein provided for shall be elected by the entire people of Washington County but shall be chosen one from each of the said road districts herein provided. That if any commissioner after his election shall remove from the district from which he was chosen the office of such Commissioner is hereby declared vacant and shall be filled as is hereinafter provided in case of a vacancy. Election of Commissioners. SEC. 5. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, that in case any primary is called or held for the purpose of nominating any of such commissioners that such primary shall be called and held throughout the entire county of Washington in which the whole people of said county may vote, and it shall be illegal to call or hold any primary for such purpose in any one of such road districts only. Primary elections. SEC. 6. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the members of the Board of Commissioners provided for under this Act shall always, before entering upon their duties, take and subscribe the following oath, which is to be kept permanently on filc in the office of said board, to-wit: I do solemnly swear that I will faithfully discharge the duties of commissioner of Roads and Revenues of Washington County and will to the utmost of my knowledge, skill and ability, endeavor to promote the welfare and prosperity of the entire country, and will do so without fear, favor or affection. Oath.

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SEC. 7. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That said Commissioners of Roads and Revenues shall be amenable to the Grand Jury of Washington County, and said Grand Jury is hereby given power and authority to remove or reprimand any of said Commissioners for inefficiency or neglect of duty, or for any other condu c t which, in the opinion of such Grand Jury, warrants such action; provided, however, that before any Commissioner is removed he shall be given an opportunity to be heard by said Grand Jury in his own behalf. Commissioners amenable to Grand Jury. SEC. 8. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That in case of a vacancy upon said board by death, removal, resignation or otherwise it shall be the duty of the Ordinary of said county to appoint some person with the qualifications herein required for Commissioners and from the road district thus without representation to fill such vacancy until the next general election, at which general election under the same rules and regulations as is herein provided for the election of Commissioners, a Commissioner shall be elected for such unexpired term. All Commissioners shall hold until their successors are elected and qualified. Vacancy how filled. SEC. 9. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That said Commissioners, during their term of office are exempt from militia, road and jury duty. Exemptions. SEC. 10. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That each of the Commissioners serving under this Act shall receive as compensation for his services the sum of one hundred and fifty ($150.00) per annum, payable monthly, and each Commissioner, before entering upon the performance of his duties, shall give bond in the sum of five hundred dollars, payable to the Ordinary of said County and his successors in office, conditioned for the faithful performance of his duties as such Commissioner, which said bond shall be approved by the Ordinary of said county. Compensation of Commissioners. Bond. SEC. 11. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That said board shall have the power and authority to employ a Secretary, whose duties shall be such as are

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prescribed by said board and who shall receive such compensation as said board in its discretion may fix. Secretary, his duties and compensation, SEC. 12. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That said board shall not hire or employ or contract with any member of said board, or with any one related to any member of said board, for work to be done upon the roads or bridges of said county or supplies to be furnished to said county, except such work to be done or supplies to be furnished shall be let at public outcry to the highest bidder or by sealed competitive bids to the highest and best bidder. Contracts, letting of. SEC. 13. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That said Board shall meet at the court house of said county and hold their sessions at such times as may be agreed upon and advertised by them; said board shall elect its Chairman and shall make such rules and regulations not inconsistent with the provisions of this Act or contrary to law for its own government as it may deem best. Sessions. Chairman. SEC. 14. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That said board shall publish quarterly reports of expenditures and disbursements, and such reports shall not be mere ledger balances, but plain statements of what money received and from what sources, and how expended, and expressed so that any man of average experience can understand what they mean and what has been done with the county's money, and the Board at the same time shall publish a full statement of how much money the county owes and to whom. Reports published quarterly. SEC. 15. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That said Commissioners shall have exclusive jurisdiction and control over the following matters, to-wit: In directing and controlling all the property of the county as they may deem expedient, according to law; in levying taxes according to law; in establishing, altering or abolishing roads, bridges and ferries, according to law; establishing, abolishing or changing election precincts and militia districts; in supervising the Tax Collector's and Tax Receiver's

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books and allowing the insolvent lists for said county; in settling all claims against the county; examining and auditing all claims or accounts of officers having the care of, management, keeping, collecting or disbursing of any money belonging to the county or appropriated for its use or benefit, and bringing them to settlement; in making rules and regulations for the support of the poor of said county; in making of rules and regulations for the promotion of health, and electing and appointing all minor officials of said county, where election is not otherwise provided for by law or the provisions of this Act; in regulating peddling, and to have and to exercise control and management over the convicts of said county according to law, and to have and to exercise all the powers as would be vested by law in the Ordinary of said county when sitting for county purposes in the absence of this Act, and to exercise such other powers as are granted by law or as are indispensable to their jurisdiction over county matters and county finances. Jurisdiction. SEC. 16. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That said board shall have the authority to elect a Superintendent of Roads and Bridges for said county; said Superintendent shall be a man with experience in road building and shall receive such compensation as shall be fixed by said board not to exceed the sum of eighteen hundred dollars per annum; said Superintendent shall devote his entire time to the performance of his duties as such Superintendent and shall not engage in any other business, trade or profession while acting as such Superintendent; for inefficiency or neglect of duty he shall be subject to removal in the discretion of said board; before entering upon the performance of his duties he shall give bond with good security, to be approved by said board, in the sum of five thousand dollars, conditioned for the faithful performance of his duties as such Superintendent, said bond to be payable to said board and their successors in office; he shall also take oath before the Ordinary of said county that he will faithfully discharge all duties devolving upon and required of him; his duties shall be such as are prescribed by said board and not inconsistent with the law. Superintendent of Roads and Bridges. Compensation. Duties. Removal. Bond.

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SEC. 17. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That said board within twelve months after assuming the duties of their office shall have all books and accounts of the Tax Collector, Treasurer, Sheriff and of the board herein created audited by some certified public accountant, and a like audit shall be had at least once every two years thereafter; and said Board is hereby empowered to make such contracts as may be necessary in order to carry out the purpose of this Section. Auditing of accounts. SEC. 18. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the said board shall have the right to lease, hire or use convicts from other counties whenever said board deems it necessary and to the best interest of the county; said board shall have the right to employ free labor for the purpose of working the roads and bridges of said county whenever they shall deem it for the best interest of the county; said board shall have authority to let out by contract to the lowest bidder any part of the roads of said county after the publication of a sufficient notice of said work, by inserting said notice in at least two issues of the official organ of the county before the letting of said contract, in which advertisement the time, place and a sufficient description of the road and the work to be done to put bidders on notice of what would be expected of them, and when necessary make out detailed specifications for the benefit of the bidder as well as the county; any contract for work which amounts to more than fifty dollars, the bidder shall be required to give a bond for the faithful performance of the same; which contract and bid shall be always filed in the office of said board and become the permanent record of the same. Road and bridge work, how done. Letting of contracts. SEC. 19. Be it further enacted, That the Board of Commissioners herein created shall, as far as practicable, carry out the system now in force of rotating the work of the several gangs among the road districts as now constituted until each of such districts shall have received its proportionate part of the work of such gangs as contemplated by said system. Rotating work of gangs.

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SEC. 20. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That said board shall have full authority in providing for the collection of a commutation road tax, fixing the amount to be paid or the number of days work on the roads of said county in lieu thereof; provided, however that said commutation tax shall not exceed three dollars or ten days work on the roads of said county in lieu thereof, and in trying all road defaulters in accordance with law. Said board shall expend each year in each district an amount equal to or proportionate to that collected as a commutation tax for such year in said district. Commutation tax. SEC. 21. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved August 20, 1913. WHEELER COUNTY, BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS CREATED. No. 261. An Act to provide for the creation of County Commissioners in Wheeler County; to define their duties and powers; to provide for their compensation, and for other purposes. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same, That from and after the passage of this Act there shall be created in and for the County of Wheeler a Board of County Commissioners to be known as the Commissioners of Roads and Revenues of Wheeler County. Wheeler County, Board of Commissioners created. SEC. 2. There shall be three County Commissioners constituting the membership of said Board, and one of them shall be elected from each of the three road districts of said county as hereinafter defined. For the purpose of this Act the County of Wheeler shall be divided into three road disttricts composed from the militia districts of said county as

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follows: Road District No. 1 shall be composed of Alamo and Fork (or as it is sometimes called McArthur Militia District;) Road District No. 2 shall be composed of Glenwood and Landsberg Militia Districts and Road District No. 3 shall be composed of Springhill and Erick Militia District. Three members constitute Board. Road districts. SEC. 3. Until the membership of said Board shall be elected as hereinafter provided the following persons are hereby designated and named as the County Commissioners of said county: From District No. 1, J. F. Sikes; from District No. 2, Thomas Kent, from District No. 3, Jas. A. Clegg. At the general election for county officers of said County to be held in the year 1914, a successor to the Commissioner designated for the First Road District shall be elected. At the general elections for county officers of said county to be held in the year 1916, a Commissioner from the Third Road District shall be elected, and at the general election for county officers of said county to be held in the year 1918, a Commissioner from District No. 2, shall be elected. The term of office of each Commissioner shall be for six years beginning with the first of the year next succeeding the general election at which he is elected, and at the general election for county officers next prior to the expiration of the term of any Commissioner a successor from the road district he represents shall be elected. Only the qualified voters from the road district from which the Commissioner is to be elected shall be qualified to vote for the Commissioner to be elected from that district. In case of a vacancy occurring the Judge of the Superior Court shall have the power to fill the vacancy by appointment, and the appointee of the Judge shall hold until the next general election, when a successor for the unexpired term of the encumbent from the district in which the vacancy exists shall be elected; provided, that if the vacancy occurs within less than six months of the expiration of the term the appointee of the Judge shall hold until the end of the unexpired term. First Board designated. Election of Commissioners, terms, etc. Vacancy, how filled. SEC. 4. The returns of the election shall be made to the Ordinary who shall declare the result of the election. Election returns.

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SEC. 5. Each Commissioner, before entering upon the duties of his office, shall take before the Ordinary of the County, an oath faithfully to perform the duties of County Commissioner as prescribed by law, which oath the Ordinary shall record, and each Commissioner shall furthermore, before entering upon the duties of his office give bond with some solvent surety or guaranty company as surety, to be payable to the Governor of the State, and approved by him in the sum of five thousand dollars conditioned for the faithful performance of his duties as County Commissioner and the Governor shall, upon the election and qualification of each County Commissioner issue to him a commission for the term of office for which he shall be elected, as in the case of other county officers. Oath. Bond. Commission. SEC. 6. Said County Commissioners shall have jurisdiction over all county matters such as have been conferred by law upon the Ordinaries, or other tribunals having in charge county matters, and shall have authority to levy and collect road taxes, commutation taxes, supervise the working of public roads, the building of bridges, and over all such county matters as are within the supervision and control of the inferior court when sitting for county purposes prior to the adoption of the Constitution of 1868; provided, nevertheless, that the County Commissioners shall have the power to create any debt in behalf of said County of Wheeler for any purpose whatsoever in excess of the sum of twenty thousand dollars without first submitting the same to the qualified voters of said county in a special election to be called by the Ordinary of the County upon a petition signed by two-fifths of the qualified voters of said county and upon the same being authorized by the votes or a majority of the votes cast at such election. At said election those favoring the removal of this limitation shall have written on their ballots In favor of increasing county debt and those desiring to vote against same shall have written or printed upon their ballots Against increasing county debt. Said election to be held in the same manner as elections for county officers are held, except that the

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returns thereof shall be made to the Ordinary of the county, who shall canvass the result and declare the same. Jurisdiction. SEC. 7. Each County Commissioner shall receive two hundred dollars per annum for all services performed by him of every kind, and shall receive no extra compensation, and the same shall be paid to him in monthly installments by warrant drawn by the County Commissioners upon the Treasurer, but if any County Commissioner shall fail to attend any regular or called meeting of said board of which he has notice there shall de deducted from his monthly salary ten dollars for each day he is absent from the meetings of said board unless he shall show to the board that such absence was caused by providential causes. Compensation of Commissioners. SEC. 8. Said County Commissioners shall hold a regular court for the transaction of the public business of said county on the first Tuesday in each month at the court house, or at such other time as they may fix or determine by general order passed and entered upon their minutes. They shall cause to be kept an accurate minute of all county matters transacted by them and correct books of account of all public moneys received and expended under their direction, showing the sources from which said moneys are received and for what purposes expended, and said books shall be subject at all times to public inspection. They shall have power to administer oaths and to hear testimony in matters over which they have jurisdiction, and when sitting in regular session shall have power to punish for contempt under the same rules and regulations as provided for other courts in an amount not exceeding $100.00 fine or five days imprisonment. Commissioners' Court. Minutes and books shall be kept. SEC. 9. Said Commissioners shall have authority to designate one of their number as Chairman and shall have the authority to make new designations of the chairmanship from time to time. It shall be the duty of the Chairman to preside at all meetings, approve and sign the minutes and officially sign all orders, warrants and processes issued by the Commissioners. In his temporary absence one of the Commissioners may be designated as Chairman pro tem,

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and may perform the duties of Chairman. Said Board shall also elect a Clerk at such rate of compensation as they may fix, not exceeding three hundred dollars per annum, whose duties it shall be to attend all meetings of the board, keep an accurate record and minute of all business transacted by the board and all orders drawn by it, and keep and file all petitions, applications and other papers addressed to the Commissioners, and in a separate book, to make a record of the payment of moneys out of the treasury. No member of the board shall be eligible to be Clerk. The term of the Clerk shall be two years and until his successor is elected and qualified, but the Board itself may fill vacancies. Before entering upon the duties of his office the Clerk shall take an oath before the Ordinary that he will faithfully perform the duties of Clerk to the Board of County Commissioners, and shall give bond in the sum of one thousand dollars payable to the Commissioners to be approved by them and to be filed in the office of the Ordinary for the faithful performance of his duties as Clerk to said board. Chairman, his duties, etc. Chairman pro tem. Clerk, his compensation, duties, etc. Oath and bond of Clerk. SEC. 10. Said County Commissioners are authorized to retain a competent attorney at law to give them legal advice concerning matters coming before them, and to provide for his compensation for such advice, not exceeding two hundred dollars per annum, and cause the same to be paid out of the county treasury. Legal counsel. SEC. 11. All orders drawn upon the County Treasurer for the payment of county money shall be signed officially by the chairman and the Clerk of said board. Orders, how signed. SEC. 12. All laws and parts of laws in conflict herewith are hereby repealed. Approved August 19, 1913. WILKES COUNTY, COMMISSIONER, OFFICE OF, ACT CREATING AMENDED. No. 79. An Act to amend an Act entitled An Act to abolish the Board of County Commissioners of Roads and Revenues

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and public property for the County of Wilkes, created by an Act of the General Assembly, approved December 13, 1893, and to repeal said Act; to create the office of Commissioner of Roads and Revenues for Wilkes County, provide the method of electing such officer, prescribe his duties and powers, fix his salary and term of office, provide for the management of county affairs in the interim and for other purposes; approved July 16, 1903, by increasing the salary of said Commissioner and his Clerk; providing for the payment of the same and for other purposes. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That from and after the passage of this Act, the above entitled Act be amended, by striking from Section 6 of said Act the words and figures nine hundred ($900.00) appearing in the third line of said Section after the word of and before the word dollars, and inserting in lieu thereof the words and figures twelve hundred ($1,200.00); by striking ($300) in the sixth line of said Section after the word exceed and before the word per and inserting in lieu thereof the words and figures six hundred ($600.00) dollars and by adding and said clerk shall be a competent bookkeeper after the word annum in the sixth line of said section, and before the word he in the sixth line of said section; so that said section when amended shall read as follows: That said commissioner shall receive for his compensation, to be paid out of the county treasury, a salary of twelve hundred ($1,200.00) dollars per year for his services. He is authorized to employ a Clerk to keep his minutes and books, and to pay such Clerk such salary as he may fix, not to exceed six hundred ($600.00) dollars per annum, and said Clerk to be a competent bookkeeper. He is authorized to employ a superintendent of roads and bridges, who understands drainage and road building, and such overseers or other employees for the purpose of working and maintaining the roads and public property of the county as he shall deem necessary and for the best interests of the county, and shall

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have a right to fix the compensation of such agents and employees at such reasonable sum as he may think proper, except as otherwise prescribed by law. Wilkes County, salary of Commissioner. Clerk's salary, etc. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That said Commissioner shall be authorized and empowered to employ an engineer acquainted with the best methods of road building and the best road materials, whose duty it shall be to advise and assist the Commissioner in the planning and construction of roads, and to make all surveys the said engineer or Commissioner may deem advisable, and to pay such engineer for such services a reasonable compensation, not to exceed six hundred ($600.00) dollars per annum, as in his judgment appears to be right. Employment of engineer. Salary of engineer. SEC. 3. Be it further enacted, That the provisions of this Act shall go into effect from and after the first day of September, nineteen hundred and thirteen. SEC. 4. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved August 11, 1913. WHITE COUNTY, BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS, ACT CREATING REPEALED. No. 87. An Act to repeal an Act entitled An Act to create a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for White County, prescribe their powers and duties, and for other purposes, approved September 11th, 1891, and the Acts amendatory thereof. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That from and after the passage of this Act, the above entitled Act to create a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for White County; prescribe

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their powers and duties, and for other purposes, approved 11th day of September 1891, and the Act or Acts amendatory thereof be, and the same are, hereby repealed. White County, Board of Commissioners abolished. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That this Act shall become effective on the 1st day of January 1914. Effective Jan. 1, 1914. SEC. 3. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved August 11, 1913. METHODIST CHURCH, PERRY, GA., SALE OF REAL ESTATE BY. No. 83. An Act to authorize and empower the trustees of the Methodist Episcopal Church South, of Perry Ga., and their successors in office to sell certain real estate situated in the City of Perry, Ga.; to make deeds thereto; to receive the purchase price of said real estate and dispose of the same, and for other purposes. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same, That the Trustees of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, of Perry, Ga., to-wit: J. H. Hodges, W. B. Sims, F. M. Houser, B. P. Starbuck and L. M. Paul; and their successors in office are hereby authorized and empowered to sell, at any time, either at private or public sale, all or any part of that city lot or tract of land situated in the City of Perry, Ga., known as the Methodist Parsonage lot, and bounded as follows: on the east by Washington Street; on the south by an alley; on the West by the Crellin lot and on the north by the city lot of Mrs. Ida Rogers. Said real estate consisting of one acre, more or less. Sale of property by Trustees of Methodist Church of Perry, Ga. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That a deed or deeds to said real estate shall be made and executed by said trustees,

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or their successors in office, in their official capacity, to the purchasers of said real estate, and that the proceeds of said sale shall be received by said trustees, or their successors in office, and reinvested or used, as they may be directed by said Methodist Church of Perry, Ga., and that the deed or deeds made by said Trustees, as aforesaid, shall convey to the purchasers the fee simple title to said real estate. Execution of deeds. Reinvestment of proceeds of sale. SEC. 3. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and is, hereby repealed. Approved August 11, 1913.

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TITLE I. MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS. ACTS. Alamo, Town of, Charter Amended. Alamo, Town of, Public School System Established, Election to Ratify. Aline, Town of, Incorporated. Alston, Town of, Charter Amended. Americus, City of, Charter Amended. Americus, City of, Charter Amended. Arlington, Town of, Charter Amended. Athens, City of, Charter Amended. Athens, City of, Charter Amended. Athens, City of, Commission Government, Election for. Atlanta, City of, Charter Amended. Augusta, City of, Elections, How Held. Augusta, City of, Board of Civil Service Commission Created. Augusta, City of, Charter Amended. Blackshear, City of, Charter Amended. Box Springs, Town of, Incorporated. Brooks, Town of, Charter Repealed. Brooks, Town of, New Charter for. Buford, City of, Charter Amended. Camilla, City of, Charter Amended. Camilla, School District of, Incorporated, Election to Ratify. Canton, Town of, Public School System Amended. Carnesville, City of, New Charter for. Chickamauga, City of, Incorporated. Clayton, City of, Board of Education. Clermont, Town of, Incorporated. Cochran, City of, Charter Amended. College Park, City of, Charter Amended. Colquitt, City of, Charter Amended. Colquitt, City of, Charter Amended. Colquitt, City of, Charter Amended. Columbus, City of, Charter Amended. Columbus, City of, Charter Amended. Columbus, City of, Commission Government, Election for. Comer, Town of, Charter Repealed. Comer, City of, Incorporated. Cordele, City of, Bond Commission Provided for. Cordele, City of, Charter Amended. Cotton, Town of, Incorporated. Dalton, City of, Charter Amended. Danielsville, Town of, Charter Repealed. Danielsville, City of, New Charter for. Darien, City of, Charter Amended. Davisboro, School District of, Election for. Decatur, Town of, Charter Amended. Dublin, City of, Charter Amended.

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East Ellijay, Town of, Charter Amended. East Lake, Town of, Charter Amended. Eastman, City of, Charter Amended. Eastman, City of, Public School System Amended. Edison, City of, Charter Amended. Forest Park, Town of, Charter Amended. Geneva, Town of, Incorporated. Gibson, Town of, New Charter for. Glennville, City of, Charter Amended. Greensboro, City of, Charter Amended. Griffin, City of, Charter Amended. Griffin, City of, Charter Amended. Harlem, Town of, New Charter for. Hartwell, City of, Charter Amended. Hawkinsville, City of, Charter Amended. Helen, Town of, Incorporated. Jackson, City of, Charter Amended. Kirkwood, Town of, Election for Bonds. Kramer, Town of, Incorporated. LaGrange, City of, Office of Recorder Created. Lakeview, Town of, Election to Repeal Charter. Lavonia, City of, Charter Amended. Lavonia, City of, Charter Amended. Lawrenceville, City of, Charter Amended. Lithonia, Town of, Election for Bonds. Lithonia, City of, New Charter for. Ludowici, Town of, Charter Amended. Macon, City of, Charter Amended. Macon, City of, Charter Amended. Macon, City of, Charter Amended. Marietta, City of, Charter Amended. Marietta, City of, Commission Government, Election for. Marshallville, Town of, Charter Amended. Martin, Town of, Charter Amended. Mauk, Town of, Incorporated. McCaysville, Town of, New Charter for. Meansville, Town of, Incorporated. Meigs, Town of, Charter Amended. Moultrie, City of, Charter Amended. Newborn, Town of, New Charter for. Norwood, Town of, Charter Amended. Oakfield, Town of, Charter Amended. Ocilla City of, Charter Amended. Ocilla, City of, Public School System Abolished. Ocilla, City of, Public School System Established. Oglethorpe, City of, Charter Amended. Oglethorpe, City of, Public School System Amended. Osierfield, City of, Charter Repealed. Pavo, Town of, Charter Amended. Pineview, Town of, Charter Amended. Plainville Town of, Charter Amended. Reno, Town of, Incorporated. Rentz, Town of, Charter Amended. Robertstown, Town of, Incorporated. Rome, City of, Charter Amended. Royston, City of, Charter Amended. Savannah, City of, Primary Elections Provided for. Scotland, Town of, Charter Amended. Scotland, Town of, Public School System Established. Sharpsburg, Town of, New Charter for. Springfield, City of, Charter Amended. Swainsboro, City of, Charter Amended. Sycamore, City of, Charter Amended. Talbotton, Town of, New Charter for. Toccoa, City of, Charter Amended. Tunnell Hill, Town of, Charter Amended. Unadilla, Town of, Charter Amended. Unadilla, Town of, Charter Amended. Valdosta, City of, Charter Amended. Waycross, City of, Charter Amended. Waycross, City of, Charter Amended. Waycross, City of, Charter Amended. Waycross, City of, Park and Tree Commission Established. Waycross, City of, Public School System Amended.

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Wesley, Town of, Incorporated. West Point, City of, New Charter for. Woodbury, City of, Charter Amended. ALAMO, TOWN OF, CHARTER AMENDED. No. 56. An Act to amend an Act approved August 17th, 1911 amending an Act approved August, 1909, by striking Section 1 of each of said Acts, and enacting in lieu thereof Section 1 of this Act, to amend the charter of the Town of Alamo so as to make the corporate limits of said town embrace a circle having a diameter of one and one-half miles, and for other purposes. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That from and after the passage of this Act the charter of the Town of Alamo be, and the same is, hereby amended by striking and repealing Section 1 of the Act approved August, 1909, as found in Georgia Laws, 1909, Pages 498 and 499 and by striking and repealing Section 1 of the Act approved August 17, 1911, as found in Georgia Laws, 1911, Page 530, and enacting and substituting in lieu thereof the following: So Section 1 of the charter of the town of Alamo shall be as follows, to-wit: Alamo, town of, charter amended. Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same, That the town of Alamo, in the County of Wheeler, in said State, be, and the same is, hereby incorporated, and that the corporate limits of said town shall extend three-fourths of a mile laterally in every direction from a point in the center of Pine Street in said town where the center line of said Pine Street intersects the center line of the main line of the Seaboard Air Line Railway tracks in said town, so as to embrace the territory within a circle having a diameter of one and one-half miles with its center the said intersecting point of said Pine Street and said main line of the Seaboard Air Line Railway in said town. Corporate limits.

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SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved August 7, 1913. ALAMO, TOWN OF, PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM ESTABLISHED, ELECTION TO RATIFY. No. 106. An Act to establish a system of public schools in the Town of Alamo, Georgia, to provide for the carrying on, management, control and support of the same; to provide for a Board of Education and other officers of said school system and prescribe their powers and duties, and for other purposes; to provide for bonds and voting in thereof for the purchase or lease of property in which to carry on said school system, after submitting the same to the qualified voters of the Town of Alamo and the same is ratified by a two-thirds vote thereof, and for other purposes. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same, That from and after the passage of this Act, there may be established in the Town of Alamo, in this State, a system of public schools, to be established, conducted, maintained, supported and controlled in the manner provided in this Act. Alamo, Town of, public school system. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That at the election hereinafter provided for the adoption of this Act, the qualified voters voting at said election shall elect four members of the Board of Education of said public school system, who shall hold office until the next regular election of Mayor and Aldermen of said town. At said regular election of Mayor and Aldermen of said town, there shall be elected four members of said Board of Education, the two candidates receiving the higher number of votes at said election to hold

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office for a term of two years thereafter and until their successors are elected and qualified, and the two candidates receiving the next higher number of votes at said election to hold office for a term of one year thereafter and until their successors are elected and qualified, and in like manner annually thereafter two members of said Board of Education to fill the vacancies occurring by the expiration of terms, as aforesaid. All vacancies otherwise occurring in said board shall be filled immediately by the Mayor and Council of Alamo, and such members shall hold office for the balance of the unexpired term. In addition to the four members of said board so elected, the Mayor of Alamo shall be ex-officio Chairman of the Board of Education of Alamo and be, together with the four members, so elected by the qualified voters of said town, shall constitute the Board of Education of Alamo, with the right in them and their successors in office to take and hold in trust for the Town of Alamo any grant or devise of land or donation or bequest of money or other property made or sold to it for educational purposes, and with the right to sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, and with right to purchase suitable lot or lots for school building or buildings and to erect such building or buildings by contract or otherwise and to furnish and equip the same, and to do all things necessary to successfully maintain and carry on a modern public school system. The said Board of Education is further authorized and empowered to establish and maintain a high school; to conduct dormitories; to purchase property and erect buildings; to furnish and equip the same; to acquire property in trust by purchase or gift; to make contracts, and to do any and every other thing that may be necessary or proper for the conduct and carrying on of said public and high school system in the town of Alamo. The qualifications for members of the Board of Education shall be the same as prescribed in the charter of said town for Mayor and Aldermen of said town. Board of Education. SEC. 3. Be it further enacted, That before entering upon the discharge of the duties of said office each member of said board shall take and subscribe the following oath: I (A. B.) do solemnly swear that I will faithfully discharge

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the duties devolving upon me as a member of the Board of Education of Alamo, to the best of my skill and ability and in accordance with what shall to me appear for the best interest of the community and to the cause of education, and without fear, favor, affection, reward or the hope thereof, so help me God. A majority of said board shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. Oath. Quorum. SEC. 4. Be it further enacted, That the Mayor of Alamo, being ex-officio Chairman of said board, shall at the first meeting after the election of new members as herein provided, cause said board to be organized for the ensuing year by electing a Chairman pro tempore, to act in the absence or disqualification of the Chairman, and also by electing some one of their number as Secretary and Treasurer, each of said officers to be elected by ballot or acclamation of said board, as they see proper. The members of said Board of Education shall receive no compensation for their services as such. Organization of Board. SEC. 5. Be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the Secretary and Treasurer of said board to keep in a well bound book a record of all the official acts and doings of said Board of Education, which record shall at all times be kept open to the inspection of any tax payer of the Town of Alamo. He shall also give bond in sufficient amount with good security to be adjudged of by the board, payable to the Board of Education of Alamo, for the faithful discharge of his duties and the safe keeping and proper disbursement of all money which may come into his care by reason of his said trust. He shall receive all public school money from the proper authorities, receive and receipt for all incidental fees, and all other moneys he may be entitled to receive, and keep a record of all moneys so received and paid out by him and take proper vouchers for all disbursements, but shall pay out no funds except by order of the board entered on the minutes. He shall receive such compensation for his services as may be fixed by said board, which said board is hereby authorized to contract for and pay out of the public school funds. Secretary and Treasurer, his duties and compensation. Bond.

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SEC. 6. Be it further enacted, That said Board of Education shall elect a Superintendent and teachers and other officers for the said public and high schools of Alamo, fix their salaries, contract with them as such and pay them out of the moneys coming into its hands, and shall have the right and authority to suspend or remove said Superintendent or teachers whenever in its discretion it deems it best to do so, and shall suspend or expel any pupil from attendance on said schools whenever in the opinion of a majority of the board it shall be for the best interest of the school, and their action in so doing shall be final and conclusive. Said board shall also be empowered and it shall be its duty to borrow money for the support and maintenance of said schools, when necessary, and to repay the same with legal interest from the funds coming into its hands. Said board shall at all times, supervise, regulate and make efficient said school system, fixing the length of the terms and the time of opening and closing the same, prescribe the curriculum, the text books and books of reference to be used therein and shall do any and all other acts, not inconsistent with the laws of this State, as may promote the system of education contemplated by this Act. Powers and duties of Board. SEC. 7. Be it further enacted, That said Board of Education shall annually on or before the first day of December make to the Mayor and Council of Alamo a written report of all moneys received and disbursed by it and shall accompany said report with a full itemized statement, accompanied by vouchers for all money disbursed, and the same shall be published by the Mayor and Council of Alamo and publication paid for out of the public school fund aforesaid. Reports of Board. SEC. 8. Be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of said Board of Education to establish such Grammar Schools and High Schools as may be necessary for the education of the children attending said schools. And the tuition in the same shall be free to all children within school age residing within the Town of Alamo; provided, however, the board may in its discretion require each pupil entering any of said schools, to pay a reasonable matriculation fee

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to be paid upon entrance or in such installments as the board may direct. Childern of non-residents may be admitted to such schools upon such terms as may be prescribed by the board. Grammar and High Schools. Free tuition for residents. Matriculation fee. Non-residents, admission of. SEC. 9. Be it further enacted, That it shall be lawful for the County Superintendent of Schools of Wheeler County or other counties of the State to make contract with said Board of Education to teach pupils of school age residing in their respective counties and outside the corporate limits of the Town of Alamo, and to pay said board out of that portion of the common school fund of the State belonging to their respective counties, in like manner and under the same provisions as teachers in the common schools of their respective counties are paid; provided, however, that in the case the rate of tuition for non-resident children, as fixed by said board, is higher than the public school rate authorized to be paid by the County Superintendent of Schools, then said Board of Education shall have the right to charge, contract with and collect said difference from the parent or guardian of said non-resident pupils. Contracts for teaching non-residents. SEC. 10. Be it further enacted, That the Board of Education of Alamo shall prepare and take a census annually in the month of July, after the passage and ratification of this Act, of all the children residing in the town of Alamo, who are, under the law, entitled to participate in the public school fund of the State, and shall furnish a report of the result of said census to the State School Commissioner on or before the first day of September of each year. School census. SEC. 11. Be it further enacted, That upon receipt of said report of the result of said annual census, the State School Commissioner shall apportion to said Town of Alamo, its pro rata of the public school fund of the State based upon the result of said annual census, and shall pay over such pro rata share of said fund to the Secretary and Treasurer of said Board of Education. Pro rata part of school fund. SEC. 12. Be it further enacted, That said State School Fund shall be supplemented by an ad valorem tax, to be levied by the Mayor and Council of Alamo, as follows: The

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Board of Education of Alamo shall by the first day of September of each year make an estimate of the amount necessary to be raised that year for the additional support of public schools in said town and place this estimate before the Mayor and Council of Alamo, and when the same is approved by said Mayor and Council of Alamo it shall be their duty, when making the annual tax levy for the current expenses of said town to levy a school tax, along with the other town taxes, upon all taxable property within the corporate limits of said town, and said Mayor and Council are hereby authorized and required to levy said school tax and collect, or have the same collected by the town officers, the said school tax along with the other ad valorem taxes of said town, in the same manner as other town taxes are levied and collected; provided, however, that said Mayor and Council of Alamo shall have no authority to levy and collect a tax of more than one-half of one per cent within said town for school purposes. School tax. SEC. 13. Be it further enacted, That provisions shall be made by said Board of Education for the education of both white and colored children within said town, but that separate schools shall be provided for these races. Separate schools for white and colored races. SEC. 14. Be it further enacted, That before this Act shall become operative, it shall be submitted to the qualified voters of the Town of Alamo for ratification, for which purpose the Mayor and Council of Alamo shall order an election, to be held not less than thirty nor more than sixty days after the passage of this Act, which said election shall be held under the same rules and regulations as are required for the election of Mayor and Aldermen of said town, and the qualifications for voters shall be the same. Those voting in said election in favor of public schools, as contemplated by this Act, shall have written or printed on their ballot: For Public Schools, and those opposed shall have written or printed on their ballot, Against Public Schools. The managers of said election shall make returns thereof to the Mayor and Council of Alamo, who shall open said returns and declare the result of said election at

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their first regular meeting thereafter. If two-thirds of those voting in said election shall vote For Public Schools, then this Act shall take effect immediately; otherwise, not. Should this Act fail of ratification, however, at said first or any other subsequent election held for that purpose, the Mayor and Council of Alamo may in their discretion submit the same to another election, under the same rules and regulations as are hereby prescribed for the first election, after the lapse of one year from any election when the same shall have been previously defeated; and if at any subsequent election the same should be ratified by said two-thirds vote, it shall then become effective. Election for ratification. Subsequent elections provided for in case of failure of ratification. SEC. 15. Be it further enacted, That the Mayor and Council of Alamo shall have power and authority to issue bonds of said town, not to exceed ten thousand dollars or so much thereof as in their judgment may be necessary, for the purchase of a suitable lot for school buildings, and erecting thereon school buildings thoroughly equipped for school purposes. Said bonds may be issued of such denominations and with such rate of interest, not exceeding six per centum per annum, as the said Mayor and Council may determine, and shall run for a term not exceeding thirty years, and said Mayor and Council may provide for the maturing of said bonds at any time during said thirty years and for the returning of said bonds, together with accrued interest, at stated periods during said time, and said Mayor and Council shall designate when the interest on said bonds shall become due and payable. Said bonds when issued shall be sold for not less than par and their proceeds turned over to said Board of Education to be used by said board for the school purposes aforesaid. School bonds. SEC. 16. Be it further enacted, That before said funds shall be issued, the same shall be recommended by said Board of Education, and the question of their issuance shall be submitted to the legally qualified voters of said town. For said purpose the Mayor and Council of Alamo, upon recommendation of the Board of Education of Alamo, shall order an election, at which at least thirty days notice shall

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be given by publication of such notice once a week for four consecutive weeks in any newspaper published in Wheeler County, and posted in at least three public places in said town. Said election shall be held and governed by the same rules and regulations as elections for Mayor and Aldermen of said town, and the qualifications of voters shall be the same. Each voter at said election shall have written or printed on his ballot either the words For School Bonds or the words Against School Bonds. If two-thirds of the qualified voters of said town as shown by the last registration list, shall vote For School Bonds it shall be the duty of said Mayor and Council to issue same. In the event the said bond election shall not result in favor of bonds, it shall be the duty of said Mayor and Council, upon recommendation of said Board of Education, to order another election; provided, however, said election shall not be held oftener than once a year. Submission of bond issue to voters. SEC. 17. Be it further enacted, That at or before the time of issuing any of said bonds, said Mayor and Council shall provide for the levy and collection of an annual tax, if necessary, in addition to all other taxes authorized by law, and of sufficient amount to pay promptly the principal and interest of said bonded debt; nor shall any part of said funds so raised be used for any other purposes whatever. Sinking fund. SEC. 18. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved August 16, 1913. ALINE, TOWN OF, INCORPORATED. No. 139. An Act to incorporate the Town of Aline, in the County of Emanuel; to define the corporate limits thereof; to provide for the election of officers; to prescribe their powers and duties; to provide for the laying off and opening

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up of streets in said town; to provide for the working of the streets and roads of said town; to provide for the levy and collection of taxes and licenses, and for other purposes and to maintain order in said town. SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That the Town of Aline, in the County of Emanuel, be and it is, hereby incorporated under the name of Aline, by which name it may be sued, plead and be impleaded. Aline, Town of, incorporated. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That the corporate limits of said town shall extend three-eighths of one mile in every direction from the point where the school house now stands, said point being made the center of said town. Corporate limits. SEC. 3. Be it further enacted, That said town shall be officered and its corporate affiairs directed and controlled by a Mayor and five Councilmen, whose term of office shall be for one year, and who shall be elected by the qualified voters of said town. Any person residing within the corporate limits of said town for ninety days prior to the time for an election, and others qualified to vote for the members of the General Assembly, shall be eligible as a town elector. The first election under this Act shall be held the first Saturday in July, 1914, and annually thereafter. Said election shall be held under such rules and regulations as may be prescribed by the Mayor and Councilmen, which rules and regulations shall not be in conflict with the law governing the election of members of the General Assembly. The Mayor and Councilmen shall hold their office for one year, or until their successors are elected and qualified. The following officers are hereby appointed for said town who shall hold office until their successors are elected as above authorized: Mayor, Jerry Wilkins; Councilmen, Allen Wilkins, Willie Byrd, D. B. Morgan, R. F. Collins, T. J. Lanier. Mayor and Councilmen, election of. SEC. 4. Be it further enacted, That said Mayor and Councilmen shall elect one of the Council as Clerk and Treasurer, and may also elect a Marshal and pay such Clerk

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and Treasurer and Marshal such compensation as they may fix prior to such election. Clerk and Treasurer. Marshal. SEC. 5. Be it further enacted, That said Mayor and Council shall have authority to lay off new roads and streets, discontinue old roads or streets, cause the roads and streets to be worked, by the residents of the town subject to road duty by the law in force for working roads in said town, and to levy such road tax as they may deem best, for the interest of the town. Said Mayor and the Council shall have the authority to make such by-laws, rules and regulations, or ordinances necessary for the governing or government of said town and the peace and good order thereof, and to fix license fees for the transaction of any and all business done in said town, which are not inconsistent with the laws and Constitution of this State; to punish by fine or imprisonment, or both, in the discretion of the Mayor, who is hereby clothed with authority to try offenders against the ordinances of said town, and is hereby empowered to punish such offenders by a fine not to exceed $50.00 or by work on the public roads or streets of said town, for not more than thirty days, either or both of such penalties. The said Mayor and Council shall have the right and authority to fix the cost in the violation of the ordinances, of said town, and upon conviction, said cost shall be taxed against the offender so convicted. Roads, streets, etc. Governmental powers of Mayor and Council. SEC. 6. The said Mayor and Council shall have the authority and right and are hereby empowered to levy taxes upon all property in said town for the support of the government of said town not to exceed one-half of one per cent of the value of said property, and they shall fix the compensation of the Mayor and Council and employees of said town. Taxation. SEC. 7. Be it further enacted, That all laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved August 16, 1913.

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ALSTON, TOWN OF, CHARTER AMENDED. No. 215. An Act to amend an Act incorporating the Town of Alston, in Montgomery County, Georgia, approved August 3d, 1910, in order to confer upon said corporate body more power and privileges, and more fully define and specify the powers, duties and privileges of said town and the officers thereof, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia and it is hereby enacted by the same, That the Act creating and establishing a charter for the Town of Alston, in Montgomery County, Georgia, approved on the 3d day of August, 1910, be and the same is, hereby amended as follows: Alston, Town of, charter amended. SECTION 1. That Section one of said Act be amended by adding thereto immediately following the conclusion of said section, the following: A body corporate with power to govern the inhabitants within the limits of said town as set forth in Section two of said original Act, by such ordinances, resolutions, regulations and by-laws, for municipal purposes adopted under the provisions of said original charter and this amendment, not in conflict with the Constitution and laws of this State, or of the United States, as they may deem proper, with power in said corporate name, to-wit: The Town of Alston, to contract and be contracted with; sue and be sued; plead and be impleaded in all courts, and to do all other things necessary to promote the municipal corporate purposes of said town; and shall be able in law to purchase, hold, receive and retain, manage and dispose of, for the use and benefit of said Town of Alston, any interest in any real or personal property of whatever kind or description, within or without the corporate limits of said town; to hold all property or effects now belonging to said town, either in its name or in the name of others, for its use for the purpose and intents for which the same was granted or dedicated; in like manner

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to manage, use and improve, sell and convey, rent or lease, and otherwise manage and dispose of all property hereinafter acquired for the benefit of said incorporation, so that when section is so amended, it will read as follows: Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same, That from and after the passage of this Act the Town of Alston, in the county of Montgomery, be and the same is hereby incorporated as a town under the name and style of The Town of Alston, a body corporate, with power to govern the inhabitants within the limits of said town as set forth in Section two of said original Act, by such ordinances, resolutions, regulations and by-laws for municipal purposes adopted under the provisions of said original charter and this amendment, not in conflict with the Constitution and laws of this State, or of the United States, as they may deem proper, with power in said corporate name, to-wit: The Town of Alston, to contract and be contracted with, sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded in all courts, and to do all other things necessary to promote the municipal corporate purposes, of said town; and shall be able in law to purchase, hold, receive and retain, manage and dispose of, for the use and benefit of said Town of Alston, any interest in any real or personal property of whatever kind or description, within or without the corporate limits of said town, to hold all property or effects now belonging to said town, either in its name or in the name of others, for its use, for the purposes and intents for which the same was granted or dedicated; in like manner to manage, improve, sell and convey, rent or lease, and otherwise manage and dispose of all property hereinafter acquired for the benefit of said incorporation. Governmental powers. SEC. 2. That Section three of said original Act be amended, by striking therefrom all of said section after the word Aldermen in the third line of same, and by adding thereto the following: Elected by the qualified voters of the town at large, and such other officers, servants and agents not hereinafter enumerated, as said Mayor and Aldermen may from time to time lawfully employ or elect, so

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said section when amended will read as follows: Be it further enacted by authority aforesaid, That the municipal government of said town shall consist of a Mayor and four Aldermen elected by the qualified voters of the town at large, and such other officers, servants and agents not hereinafter enumerated as said Mayor and Aldermen may from time to time lawfully employ or elect. Mayor and Aldermen, election of. SEC. 3. That Section five of said Act be amended by striking the word Three from the sixth line of said section and by substituting the word Two therefor and by adding after the conclusion of said section the following: And who has not paid the taxes required of him by said town prior to the year in which he offers to vote, all persons not disqualified for the above reasons may vote, so when said section is amended it will read as follows: Be it further enacted by authority aforesaid, That no person shall be eligible to vote or hold office in said town of Alston, except that of Marshal, who is not qualified to vote for members of the General Assembly of this State, and who has not resided in the town of Alston for at least two months next preceding the election at which he offers to vote, and who has not paid the taxes required of him by said town prior to the year in which he offers to vote. All persons not disqualified for the above reasons may vote. Eligible to vote, who shall be. SEC. 4. That Section six of said Act be, and the same is, hereby amended by striking therefrom all of said section after the word Election in the fifth line of said section and by adding to said section the following: That in the event that the office of Mayor or any one or more of the members of Aldermen shall become vacant by death, removal or otherwise, or should the Mayor or one or more of the Aldermen fail or refuse to perform the duties of his respective office for the term of three consecutive months, or should any officer-elect fail or refuse to qualify and enter upon his duties within one month without good and sufficient cause, after elected, the office to which he was elected may, in the discretion of the Mayor and Aldermen remaining, be declared vacant, and the remaining Mayor and Aldermen

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or remaining Aldermen may by a majority vote elect person or persons to the respective place or places, who are qualified to hold office under the said charter and amendment, and such person, or persons so elected to the place or places so declared vacant shall be vested with the same power and authority, and governed by the same rules as the person, or persons they were elected to succeed, for the unexpired term, for which the preceding party was elected, so that when said section is amended it will read as follows: Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the returns of elections, held in the town of Alston for Mayor and Aldermen thereof shall be made to the retiring Mayor and Aldermen of said town, and they shall declare the results of the election; that in the event that the office of Mayor or any one or more of the members of Aldermen shall become vacant by death, removal, or otherwise, or should the Mayor or any one of the Aldermen fail or refuse to perform the duties of his respective office for the term of three consecutive months, or should any officer-elect fail or refuse to qualify within one month without good and sufficient cause after elected, the office to which he was elected may in the discretion of the Mayor and Aldermen remaining be declared vacant, and the remaining Mayor and Aldermen, or remaining Aldermen may by a majority vote elect person or persons to the respective place or places who are qualified to hold office under said charter and amendment, and such person or persons so elected to the place or places so declared vacant, shall be vested with the same power and authority and governed by the same rules, as the person or persons they were elected to succeed, for the unexpired term for which the preceding party was elected. Vacancies, how filled. SEC. 5. That Section sixteen be stricken from said original Act, and the following be substituted for the same, towit: The Town of Alston shall have power to tax, license and regulate hotels, boarding houses, livery stables, means of public transportation, billard rooms, pool rooms, ten pin alleys, shows, exhibitions, drays, markets, dealers in fish and oysters; they may impose a special tax on any and all

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business and occupations, public or private carried on in said town, and on franchises and incomes; they may tax by special taxation and regulate the business of insurance companies, express companies, railroad companies, telegraph and telephone companies or the agents of any of them, but this enumeration shall not be construed to exclude any other occupation or business from taxation, or from the taxing power of said town. They may put, levy, assess and collect an ad valorem tax, not exceeding the Constitutional rate, on all property in said town. The taxing power of said town, for the assessment, levy and collection and enforcement of the payment thereof, shall be as general, full and complete as that of the State itself; all executions for taxes or otherwise may be issued by the Clerk and bear test in the name of the Mayor, and that whenever property is sold for taxes due said town, the recitals in the tax deed thereunder shall be evidence of the facts therein stated, and recited, in any court of this State, and shall be taken as prima facie true. Taxation. SEC. 6. That said original charter be amended by striking therefrom Section eighteen and by adding in lieu thereof the following: That all sections embodied in the Seventh Title of the First Volume of the Code of 1895, that is from Section 683 to 761, inclusive, and the amendments thereto that bear on the question of municipalities shall be of force and effect as law in relation to the Town of Alston, and are included in this charter in like manner as if set out in detail herein, except so far as they may be inconsistent or conflict with what is herein otherwise enumerated, and enumerated in said original Act. Code sections effective. SEC. 7. That the enumeration of powers in this Act shall not be considered as restrictive, but the Town of Alston and its Municipal Authorities may exercise all powers, rights and jurisdictions as they might if such enumerations were not made, and the town council may pass all laws and ordinances, rules and regulations as they may deem needful and proper for the general welfare of said town, and where under this amendment and the said original charter rights are conferred or powers granted but the

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manner of exercising them is not fully prescribed, the town council may prescribe additional regulations and modes of procedure not repugnant to the intents and purposes of said original charter and this amendment and the laws of the State of Georgia. Jurisdiction and powers. SEC. 8. Be it further enacted, That said Mayor and Council shall provide by ordinance, for the form of all accusations, affidavits and warrants to be issued in all trials or violations of the town ordinances and the procedure in all such trials, in such manner as they deem right and proper. All executions in favor of said town for the enforcement and collection of any fine, forfeiture, assessment, taxes or other claim or demand, or debt, shall be issued by the Clerk and bear test in the name of the Mayor, and shall be directed to the Marshal of said town and to all and singular the Sheriffs and Constables of this State, and shall state for what issued and be made returnable to the Mayor and Aldermen of said town thirty days after the issuing of the same, and it shall be the duty of the Marshal or other collecting officer to levy the same and advertise the sale of any real or personal property so levied upon in the same manner as Sheriffs' sales of real property, or Constables' sales of personal property, are required by law to be made. Any sales thereunder made shall be made at the place and within the usual hours of Sheriffs' and Constables' sales, and under the same rules and regulations as govern Sheriffs' and Constables' sales of similar property. All sales and conveyances made under execution as provided in this section and other provisions of said original Act and this amendment shall have all the force and effect of sales and conveyances made by Sheriffs of this State and the officers making the sales shall have the same power as Sheriffs to put purchasers of property sold by them into possession of the same. Trial of offenders. Executions. Sales under executions. SEC. 9. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws conflicting herewith be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved August 18, 1913.

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AMERICUS, CITY OF, CHARTER AMENDED. No. 24. An Act to amend an Act approved the 11th day of November, 1889, incorporating the City of Americus in the County of Sumter, and the several Acts amendatory thereof, so as to authorize the Mayor and City Council of Americus to grant permission and authorize the running of steam railways and construction of tracks on the streets of Americus, and for other purposes. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia and it is hereby enacted by authority of same, That from and after the passage of this Act, the Mayor and City Council of Americus may authorize and grant permission to steam railway companies whose roads now or hereafter may terminate in or run through the City of Americus, to approach and leave their terminals through the streets of said city and to run tracks on such streets in the City of Americus as said Mayor and City Council of Americus may approve and consent thereto, upon such terms and conditions as said Mayor and City Council of Americus may designate and impose. Americus, City of, power to grant permission to steam railroads to construct tracks or streets, when. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted by authority aforesaid, That all laws or parts of laws in conflict herewith be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved August 5, 1913. AMERICUS, CITY OF, CHARTER AMENDED. No. 32. An Act to amend an Act approved August 18th, 1906, amending Section 29 of the charter of the City of Americus, as provided in an Act, approved November 11th, 1889, by adding after the word frontage at the bottom of Section One of said Act of 1906, as follows:

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Provided, that when upon a petition by sixty per cent of the owners of property, adjacent to any street, the Mayor and City Council of Americus shall have full power and authority to order said street or streets paved, and to assess against the property next to and adjacent to said street that may be paved, and against the owners thereof, one-half of the entire cost of such paving that lies next and adjacent to such property situated on said street, according to the frontage, and for other purposes. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly, and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same, That Section one of the Act approved August 18th, 1906, amending the charter of the City of Americus, be, and the same is hereby amended by adding after the word frontage at the bottom of Section one of said Act the following: Provided, that when upon a petition by sixty per cent of the owners of property, adjacent to any street, the Mayor and City Council of Americus shall have full power and authority to order said street or streets paved, and to assess against the property next to and adjacent to said street that may be paved, and against the owners thereof, one-half of the entire cost of such paving that lies next and adjacent to such property situated on said street, according to the frontage. Americus, City of, street paving. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted by authority aforesaid, That whenever the Mayor and City Council shall require, by ordinance, the paving of any street in the City of Americus, under provisions of this Act, the Mayor and City Council of Americus, may by ordinance, provide for the payment of the amount assessed against the property and the owner, as provided in the preceding section, and may authorize the payment of said assessment for such pavement in annual installments, covering a period not exceeding five years. Assessments for paving. SEC. 3. Be it further enacted by authority aforesaid, That the said Mayor and City Council of Americus shall have the power to enforce the payment of said assessment, as is provided by charter of the City of Americus, as embodied

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in the Act approved November 11, 1889, and amended by Act approved August 18th, 1906. Enforcement of payment of assessments. SEC. 4. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict herewith are hereby repealed. Approved August 5, 1913. ARLINGTON, TOWN OF, CHARTER AMENDED. No. 224. An Act to amend the present Charter of the Town of Arlington, Georgia, approved October 9th, 1891, and the amendments thereto, so as to provide that the Mayor and Aldermen of said town shall have the power and authority to call an election or elections to submit the question of issuing bonds for a sewerage system; and for construction, equipping and maintaining a school building or buildings; and for the extension of the electric light and water system of said town, and for making any other public improvements, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That the present charer of the Town of Arlington, Georgia, approved October 9th, 1891, and the amendments thereto, be amended, and the same are hereby amended as follows: SECTION 1. That the Mayor and Aldermen of said Town of Arlington shall have power and authority to provide for the construction and maintenance of a sewerage system for said town; and for the construction, equipping and maintaining of a school building or buildings and for the extension of the electric light and water system of said town, and for the making of any other improvements within said town. Arlington, Town of, sewerage, school buildings, electric light and waterworks, construction and mainnance of. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That said Mayor and Aldermen shall have power and authority to issue bonds of said town for the purposes mentioned in the preceding

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section in accordance to and in conformity with and not in excess of the limit provided by the Constitution and laws of Georgia on the subject of issuance of bonds by municipalities, said bonds to be of such denomination or denominations, payable at such time or times, not more than thirty years from date of issue, as said Mayor and Aldermen may determine, with such rate of interest not exceeding six per cent, and have such covenants and conditions as the Mayor and Aldermen may deem best. Said bonds to be issued and sold for whatever purpose the notice of election and elections are held for as hereinafter provided, whether it shall be for a sewerage system, the erection of a school building or buildings, the extension of the water and light system of said town, or for other improvements. Said bonds to be signed by the Mayor and countersigned by the Clerk of the Town Council under the corporate seal of said town, and shall be negotiated in such manner as said Mayor and Aldermen determine to be for the best interest of said town; provided, however, that said bonds for any purpose shall not be issued until the question of issuing the same shall have been submitted to the vote of the qualified voters of said town and approved by a two-third vote of the qualified voters of said town as hereinafter provided. Bonds, how issued. Bond issue submitted to voters. SEC. 3. Be it further enacted, That whenever it is deemed expedient or desirable by the Mayor and Aldermen of said town to issue bonds as described in the preceding sections, said Mayor and Council shall order an election to be held in said town for the purpose of determining whether any or all of said bonds, as such order may recite, shall be issued. Said Mayor and Aldermen shall give notice thereof thirty days next preceding the day of election in a newspaper published in said town notifying the qualified voters of the Town of Arlington that on a day named an election will be held in said town to determine whether bonds shall be issued by said town. Said notice shall specify the amount of bonds to be issued by said town, for what purpose and what rate of interest they shall bear; when the interest is to be paid, how much of the principal and interest to be paid annually, and when said bonds shall

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be fully paid off. Said election shall be held on the day named in the notice, at the place for holding elections for Mayor and Aldermen of said town, and shall be held in the same manner and under the same rules and regulations that elections for Mayor and Aldermen of said town are held; that the voting in said elections shall be by ballot, and the ballots cast in said elections shall contain For Bonds, or Against Bonds, containing For or Against whatever said bonds are to be issued for, and in the event that said election is called to submit the question of bonds for more than one purpose, each purpose shall be voted on separately, but can be done so on one ballot, and unless For Bonds shall receive two-thirds majority vote of the qualified voters of said town, said bonds shall not be issued for any issue not receiving said two-thirds majority vote. But if For Bonds shall receive said two-thirds majority vote said bonds shall be issued for any and all issues receiving said two-thirds majority vote. The test of the qualified voters shall be determined from the registration list for said bond election. The managers of said election shall certify the result of said election in writing and turn said certificate over to the Clerk of the Town Council, and the same shall be declared by the Mayor and Aldermen of said town, and placed on the minutes by the Clerk. Election for bonds, how ordered and held. SEC. 4. Be it further enacted, That if at any election held under the provisions of this Act for any of the purposes therein named, the necessary two-thirds of the qualified voters do not give their assent to the issuance of said bonds, then it shall be lawful for the Mayor and Board of Aldermen of said town at any time they may deem it expedient or desirable to again and in the same manner submit the question of bonds to the qualified voters of said town. Subsequent elections for bonds. SEC. 4. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved August 18, 1913.

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ATHENS, CITY OF, CHARTER AMENDED. No. 9. An Act to amend an Act entitled an Act to amend an Act to amend the charter of the Town of Athens and the various Acts amendatory thereof, approved August 24, 1872, so as to authorize the Mayor and Council of the City of Athens to grade, pave and otherwise improve the streets of said city, and to authorize said body to assess and collect not exceeding one-half of cost of said improvements out of the real estate fronting on said streets and to authorize the said body to assess the cost of improving the street between tracks of street railroads and on one foot on each side of said tracks against the owners of said tracks, and to authorize said body to divide the assessment on real estate and owners of street car lines into annual installments, and to provide for the collection of all assessments herein authorized and to fix the lien of such assessments, and to confer additional powers upon the Mayor and Council of the City of Athens, and the various officers thereof, and for other purposes, approved September 19th, 1891, by inserting between the words repair and any in the third line of Section 4 of said Act, the following words, to-wit: or repair with any material, so as to authorize the Mayor and Council of the City of Athens to repave any of its streets with material that they may desire. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That from and after the passage of this Act an Act entitled: An Act to amend an Act to amend the charter of the Town of Athens and the various Acts amendatory thereof, approved August 24th, 1872, so as to authorize the Mayor and Council of the City of Athens to grade, pave and otherwise improve the streets of said city, and to authorize said body to assess and collect not exceeding one-half of the cost of said improvements out of the real estate fronting on said streets, and to authorize the said

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body to assess the cost of improving the street between tracks of street railroads and on one foot on each side of said tracks against the owners of said tracks, and to authorize said body to divide the assessment on real estate and owners of street car lines into annual installments, and to provide for the collection of all assessments herein authorized, and to fix the lien of such assessments, and to confer additional powers upon the Mayor and Council of the City of Athens, and the various officers thereof, and for other purposes, approved September 19th, 1891, be, and the same is, hereby amended by inserting between the words repair and any in the third line of Section 4 of said Act the following words, to-wit: or repave with any material so that said Section 4 of said Act when so amended shall read as follows: Sec. IV. Be it further enacted, That Mayor and Council of the City of Athens shall have full power and authority to renew or repair or repave with any material, any pavement now laid or hereafter laid in said City at the expense of said city, and the owner of real estate abutting on such streets, and of a street railroad now traversing, or which may hereafter traverse streets on which the pavements to be renewed or repaired are laid; one-half of the expense of renewal or repair to be borne by the city and the other half to be borne by the owner of real estate abutting on such streets, when the streets are embraced within the present fire limits of said city, and three-fourths of the expense of renewal or repair to be borne by said city and the other one-fourth by the owners of real estate abutting on such streets, when the streets are outside of the present fire limits of said city, the street railroad traversing such street being required to renew or repair the width of its track and one foot on each side of every line of track. Athens, City of, grading, paving and improving of streets. Assessments. Repair of pavements. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That all laws or parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved July 30, 1913.

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ATHENS, CITY OF, CHARTER AMENDED. No. 195. An Act to amend the charter of the Town of Athens and the various Acts amendatory thereof, approved August 24th, 1872, so as to abolish the Mayor's Court of the City of Athens; to create and establish in lieu thereof a Recorder's Court for said city; to define the powers and duties of said court; to provide for the election of a Recorder, and for other purposes. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, that the Mayor's Court created by an Act entitled: An Act to amend the charter of the Town of Athens and the various Acts amendatory thereof, approved August 24th, 1872, be, and the same is, hereby abolished and that a Recorder's Court for said City of Athens be, and the same is, hereby created and established in lieu thereof. Athens, City of Mayor's Court abolished. Recorder's Court established. The jurisdiction of such Recorder's Court shall be the same as that now exercised by the Mayor's Court under the charter and ordinances of the City of Athens and said Recorder's Court shall have all the rights, powers, jurisdiction and authority now conferred on the said Mayor's Court, or of said Mayor acting as a court or in a judicial capacity. Jurisdiction of Recorder's Court. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That the Mayor and Council of the City of Athens at their annual election of city officers shall elect a Recorder whose duty it shall be to preside over said Recorder Court with as full and ample authority to try and dispose of all cases within the jurisdiction of said court as the Mayor of the City of Athens heretofore had in the Mayor's Court. Said Recorder shall have the power to try all persons for violation of any of the by-laws or ordinances of the City of Athens now in force or hereafter enacted by the Mayor and Council; or any provision in the charter of the City of Athens; and to impose fines, and punishment for the same,

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as provided by the charter and ordinances of the City of Athens; to compel the attendance of witnesses at his said court; to impose fines for contempt of court; bind over offenders against the laws of this State to the State Courts; to issue warrants for violation of municipal ordinances, or State laws; and to do all things and to have all powers heretofore conferred on the Mayor of the City of Athens in the enforcement of the charter and ordinances of said city in reference to said Mayor's Court or said Mayor acting as a court, or in a judicial capacity. Election of Recorder. Duties and powers of Recorder. That the charter, by-laws and ordinances of the Mayor and Council of the City of Athens now applicable to the Mayor's Court or of such Mayor acting as a court or in a judicial capacity shall apply to and become the law and ordinances governing said Recorder's Court and said Recorder presiding over said court, the Mayor and Council, however, having the right to change, repeal or amend said ordinances at will. Law and ordinances governing Recorder's Court. The salary of the Recorder shall be fixed by the Mayor and Council of the City of Athens prior to his election and shall not be increased or diminished while in office. Salary of Recorder. The term of office of said Recorder shall be for one year and he shall hold his office until his successor is elected and qualified. Term of office. In case of the death, removal or resignation of said Recorder the Mayor and Council may elect a successor to fill the unexpired term. Vacancy, how filled. SEC. 3. That the Recorder may be at any time removed from office by the Mayor and Council for malpractice in office or for incompetency. That in case of the absence or disqualification of the Recorder the Mayor shall have full power and authority to perform the duties of his office and in case of absence or disqualification of the Mayor, the Mayor pro tem. shall perform such duties, and in case of the absence or disqualification of the Mayor pro tem. then any member of the Council of the City of Athens shall have the right and power to perform the duties of said Recorder; the manner of their selection, however, shall be regulated by the ordinances of the Mayor and Council. Removal from office.

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SEC. 4. Be it further enacted, That there shall be no appeal from the decision or judgment of the Recorder to the Mayor and Council of the City of Athens, but that all defendants who are convicted and fined in the Recorder's Court shall have the right of certiorari from the decision and judgment of said Court to the Superior Court under the general laws of the State now governing such cases from municipal or Recorder's Courts. No appeal from decisions of Recorder. Certiorari remedy. SEC. 5. No person shall be eligible to the office of Recorder who is less than twenty-five years of age and who has resided in the City of Athens less than one year, nor shall any person acting as Recorder of said court be eligible to any other office in the City of Athens during the term of his office as Recorder. Eligibility. SEC. 6. This Act shall not take effect until after the first meeting of the Mayor and Council of the City of Athens for the year 1914, and until after said Recorder shall have been elected. Effective, when. SEC. 7. That said Recorder before entering upon his duties, shall take an oath before the Mayor, the form of which oath is to be prescribed by the Mayor and Council, to enforce the charter, ordinances and by-laws of the City of Athens and to uphold and support the Constitution of the State and of the United States. Oath. SEC. 8. Be it further enacted that all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be and the same are hereby repealed. Approved August 18, 1913. ATHENS, CITY OF, COMMISSION GOVERNMENT, ELECTION FOR. No. 154. An Act to amend the Act of 1872, chartering the City of Athens, in Clarke County, Georgia, and the various Acts amendatory thereof, so as to provide for a Commission

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form of government for said City of Athens, in lieu of the Mayor and Council, to prescribe their terms of office, their election or appointment and their other powers and authority, and for other purposes. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That from and after the passage of this Act, the City of Athens as a corporation, shall duly continue to exist under the name and style of the Mayor and Council of the City of Athens as chartered under the Act of 1872, and the various Acts amendatory thereof, as far as the corporate existence and identity, the territorial limits and jurisdiction are concerned, with all corporate rights, powers and privileges conferred, and all property and property rights now held, owned or possessed by said City and all duties, obligations and liabilities imposed by law are hereby preserved unto said city except as altered and amended by this Act. All resolutions and ordinances thereof now of force, not in conflict herewith, shall remain unchanged, subject, however, to be hereafter amended or repealed by the duly constituted authorities of said city. And all powers and authority that at this time are vested in the City Council of Athens, the Mayor of Athens, the Mayor and City Council of Athens, the Board of Health of the City of Athens, or any other board, commission, organization, or body of any kind that is authorized or empowered to exercise, do or perform any rights or authority of municipal government in or connected with the City of Athens be, and the same are, hereby vested in the Commission hereinafter provided for and said offices of Mayor, City Council, Boards, Commissions, Organizations and bodies and all offices created by them shall be and hereby are abolished on the date that this Act becomes operative; provided, however, that all officers shall continue to perform their duties until provisions shall have been made by said Commission for the performance of such duties. Athens, City of, commission government. Corporate rights of old charter, what are preserved. SEC. 2. The Board of Mayor and Council of said city shall consist of a Mayor and two Councilmen to be chosen

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by ballot on the first Wednesday in December, 1913, and for four years thereafter by voters entitled to vote at such elections and the Board of Mayor and Council shall hold their offices until their successors are duly elected and qualified. A quorum for business shall consist of the Mayor or Presiding Chairman, and one Alderman. It shall require at least two affirmative votes to carry any ordinance, resolution, motion or measure, the Mayor having a vote, but no veto. Board of Mayor and Council. SEC. 3. The Mayor shall receive a salary of $3,000 per annum, payable monthly out of the city treasury and he shall give his entire time to his municipal duties. Each Councilman of the City of Athens shall receive a salary of $2,500 per annum, payable monthly out of the city treasury and each Councilman shall give his entire time to his municipal duties. The Mayor and each Councilman shall take and subscribe before any officer qualified to administer oaths, the following oath, I do solemnly swear that I will well and truly perform the duties of Mayor (or Councilman, as the case may be) of the City of Athens, by adopting and enforcing such measures as shall in my judgment be calculated to promote the general welfare of the City of Athens, and I do further swear that I have not practiced any unlawful means, directly or indirectly, to procure my election, and that I have not given or offered, or promised, or caused to be given, or offered or promised to any person, any money, treat, or any thing of value, with intent to affect any vote, or to prevent any person voting at the election at which I was elected, so help me God. Salary of Mayor. Salary of Councilmen. Oath. SEC. 4. The working of the municipality shall be divided into departments with the Mayor or one of the Councilmen at the head of each department; but the purchasing of city material and supplies for all departments shall be in the hands of the entire board and purchases made on competitive bids to be accepted by a majority vote of the board The departments shall be divided as follows: First, Department of Finance; second, Department of Public Works; third, Department of Public Safety and Health. The

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Mayor shall be the official head of the government, and shall have general supervision over all departments. Departments. Finance, public works and public safety and health. SEC. 5. The Board of Mayor and Councilmen shall have, possess, and exercise all executive, legislative and Judicial powers, with all rights, powers, privileges and duties, now possessed and exercised by the present Mayor and Council of said city, except as altered or amended by this Act. Powers of Mayor and Councilmen. SEC. 6. The Board of Mayor and Councilmen shall by a majority vote determine the assignments of the heads of the several departments, which assignments may be changed at will by said board, excepting only that no change shall be made in the head of any of any department pending the filing and determination of a petition for the recall of such head of department as hereinafter provided. The board shall determine the powers and duties to be performed by each department and may make the rules and regulations as it may deem wise and proper for the efficient and economic conduct of the City affairs. Heads of departments, how assigned. Powers and duties determined by board. SEC. 7. The Mayor and Councilmen shall all have offices at the City Hall and shall hold regular meetings at least once a week, and shall hold special meetings upon the call of the Mayor or two Councilmen. All meetings of the board, whether regular or special, shall be open to the public. Meetings. SEC. 8. No member of the Board of Mayor and Council and no officers or employee elected or appointed by them, or by any department of the city, shall be financially interested, directly or indirectly, in any city contract or job, or in any contract for the purchase, lease, or sale of real estate, or personal property by or from the city. Any contract made in violation of the provisions of this section shall be void. No member of said board and no officer or employee of the City shall accept or receive directly or indirectly from any person, firm or corporation conducting or connected with any public utility operating within said city, any money or other thing of value, or any frank, pass,

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free ticket, or other free service; or accept or receive directly or indirectly from any such person, firm or corporation any other service upon terms more favorable than are granted to the public generally. Any violation of the provisions of this section shall be a misdemeanor and shall be punished as prescribed by Section 1065 of the Criminal Code of 1910 of the State of Georgia and upon conviction of any member of said board thereof his term of office shall thereupon immediately cease and he shall be disqualified from holding any office or employment under the city government for a period of five years thereafter. Any other officer or employee of the city may be tried by the Board of Mayor and Councilmen and upon conviction shall be immediately discharged from the service of the city, and shall not be re-employed for a like period of years thereafter. The provisions of this section shall be construed as cumulative of the punishments already provided for by existing laws. Nothing in this section contained shall be construed as prohibiting policemen and firemen when on duty in uniform from accepting free transportation from common carriers. No member of board or employee thereof shall have any financial interest in any contract. Franks, free passes, etc., shall not be received. Penalty for violation. Policemen and firemen on duty may accept transportation. SEC. 9. No new public franchise, nor any alteration or renewal in whole or in part, nor any extension of any public franchise, shall be granted without publication of the details of the proposed franchise, or the proposed alteration, or renewal, or extension, once a week for four weeks in at least one of the daily newspapers in said city at the expense of the applicant before action is taken by the board. Nor shall the same be granted except upon full and adequate compensation to be paid to the city, said compensation to be within the sound discretion of the Board of Mayor and Councilmen. Granting or renewal of franchises. SEC. 10. The books of account of the city shall be audited by an expert accountant semi-annually or oftener if necessary, and the result of said examination shall be filed in the office of the Clerk of Council and shall be open to the inspection of the public. Auditing of books of account.

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SEC. 11. Any member of the Board of Mayor and Council shall be subject to removal during his term of office in the following manner: An election shall be called as hereinafter provided whenever there shall be filed in the office of the Clerk of Council a petition signed by electors entitled to vote for a successor to the incumbent sought to be removed, equal in number to at least 50% of the registered voters of said city as disclosed by the registration or voters list used in the most recent preceding general election for city officers. Such petition shall show in general terms the grounds upon which the removal is sought, and each signer shall state his residence giving the street and number. One of the signers of such paper shall make oath before an officer competent to administer oaths, that each signature appended to the paper is the genuine signature of the person whose name it purports to be. Should the officer sought to be removed resign, no election shall be had, and the vacancy shall be filled as provided in Section 12 of this Act. Such petition shall be examined by the Clerk, and the names thereon checked against the registered electors in said city entitled to vote at such election, within ten days from the filling of said petition. A representative of the petitioners shall have the right to be present at the checking of the list. If the requisite number of electors as above provided have so petitioned the Clerk shall thereupon so certify, and an election shall thereupon be ordered by the Board of Mayor and Council to be held not less than thirty days nor more than forty days thereafter; provided, however, that no petition for removal of any officer shall be circulated within six months, nor shall there be an election for the removal of any officer within twelve months, from the date of his election to office, nor shall any officer be subject to more than one such election for removal during any period of twelve months. Such elections shall be had and conducted under the rules and regulations then existing in reference to regular city elections, except as otherwise provided herein. The member of the Board of Mayor and Council whose office shall be thus involved may be a candidate to succeed himself, and unless he requests otherwise in

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writing, the Clerk shall place his name on the official ballot. All opposing candidates shall be duly entered, and their names shall be placed upon tickets to be submitted to the voters. The person receiving a majority of votes cast at such election shall be declared elected for the unexpired term and authorized to assume the duties of said office after duly qualifying. Removal from office. SEC. 12. In the event of a vacancy for any cause (including disqualification) in the office of the Mayor and Council, if such vacancy shall occur as long as sixty days or more before the next regular City election, the remainder of the Board of Mayor and Council, or if none remain, the Ordinary shall call a special election to fill such vacancy. If such vacancy shall occur less than sixty days from the date of the next regular election they, the remaining members of the board, shall elect a successor to fill such vacancy, and the person or persons elected to fill such vacancy shall hold office until their successors are elected and have qualified. Vacancy, how filled. SEC. 13. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That at the same time and under the same rules and regulations for the election of the Board of Mayor and Council, there shall be elected some fit and proper person at least twenty-one years of age and of good moral character and who has been a citizen of the City of Athens at least twelve months just preceding the date of election, to preside over what is known under the charter of 1872 and all amendments thereto as the Mayor's Court; that all the rights, power, jurisdiction and authority now conferred upon the Mayor of the City of Athens in the trial of offenders for any violations of the laws and ordinances of the municipality, be and the same are, hereby conferred upon the City Recorder, as fully and completely as the same was heretofore exercised by the Mayor in the conduct of the affairs of the Mayor's Court; that the judgments, fines, rulings and sentences of the City Recorder shall have the same force and effect, under the law, as applicable to the court presided over by the Mayor before the

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passage of this Act; that the Board of Mayor and Council by this Act provided, shall fix the salary of the said City Recorder, which shall be paid out of the City treasury by order of the board monthly and said Recorder shall be ineligible to hold any other office or position under the city government during the term for which he was elected or appointed. That before entering upon the discharge of the duties of City Recorder the person elected or appointed shall take and subscribe the following oath: I do solemnly swear that I will administer justice without respect to persons, and do equal right to the rich and poor, and that I will faithfully and impartially perform and discharge all duties which may be required of me as City Recorder of the City of Athens, according to the best of my knowledge and ability and understanding, agreeably to the laws and Constitution of the State of Georgia and of the United States, so help me God. City Recorder. Powers and duties. Salary of Recorder. Oath. SEC. 14. This Act shall be submitted to the registered voters of City of Athens at the special election to be called by the Mayor and Councilmen of said City, and which election shall be held in the way and manner and be governed by the forms that now control regular city elections. It shall not be held within less than sixty days nor later than ninety days from the date of the approval of this Act. If a majority of the votes cast disapprove this Act, it shall not become operative. If a majority of the votes approve this Act, it shall become operative. At the special election thus called for, no other question or measure shall be submitted to the people, nor shall any primary of any party or organization be held on said day. The form of the ballot to be used in said election shall be in substance For the Commission Charter, and Against the Commission Charter and the voter shall strike the word for or against as he may desire. Election for ratification of this Act. SEC. 15. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved August 16, 1913.

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ATLANTA, CITY OF, CHARTER AMENDED. No. 265. An Act to amend an Act establishing a new charter for the City of Atlanta, approved February 28, 1874, and the several Acts amendatory thereof, and for other purposes. Whereas, the present charter of the City of Atlanta contains many obsolete provisions and others whose purposes have been executed and furthermore requires amendment in many particulars: Therefore, be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same, That the Act establishing a new charter for the City of Atlanta, approved February 28, 1874, and the several Acts amendatory thereof, be and the same are, hereby amended as follows: Atlanta, City of, charter amended. SECTION 1. All the provisions of said Acts wherein same conflict with the provisions of this Act are hereby repealed and furthermore, said Acts are hereby amended to conform to the provisions of this Act, and the language thereof is hereby changed as hereinafter set out and same are amended in manner and form as hereinafter provided. Conflicting provisions in former Acts. SEC. 2. The inhabitants of the territory hereafter designated are hereby continued by the name and style of the City of Atlanta, a body politic and corporate, with power to govern themselves by such ordinances, resolutions and by-laws for municipal purposes as they may deem proper, not in conflict with this charter, nor the Constitution and laws of this State, nor of the United States, with power in and by said corporate name, to contract and be contracted with, sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, in all the courts of this State, and do all other acts relating to its corporate capacity, and shall be able, in law, to purchase, hold, receive, enjoy, possess and retain for the use and benefit of the said City of Atlanta, in perpetuity or for any term of years, any estate or estates, real or personal, lands, tenements,

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hereditaments of whatever kind or nature soever, within the limits or without the limits of said city, for corporate purposes, to hold all property and effects now belonging to said city, either in its own name or in the name of others, to the use of said city, for the purposes and intents for which the same were granted, or dedicated; to use, manage and improve, sell and convey, rent or lease and have the like powers over property hereafter acquired, and to have and use a common seal. Corporate name and powers. SEC. 3. The corporate limits of the City of Atlanta shall extend over and include all the territory included within the following description, and shall incorporate all the inhabitants within the same. Commencing at a point on the northern line of land lot No. 109, of the 17th District of Fulton County, where same crosses the Peachtree road and running thence east along the north line of said land lot to the northeast corner of said lot; thence south to the south side of the line of Southern Railroad; thence east to the east side of the right-of-way of the Southern Railway; thence southerly along the east side of the right-of-way of the said railway to a point where the same crosses the north line of land lot No. 17 of the 14th District of Fulton County; thence due east along the Northern line of land lots Nos. 17 and 16, in the 14th District of Fulton County, to the county line between Fulton and DeKalb Counties; thence north along said county line to where the same intersects the north line of land lot 241 of the 15th District of DeKalb County; thence east along the north lines of land lots 241 and 242 of the 15th District of DeKalb County to the east line of land lot 242 of said district; thence south along the east line of said land lot 242 to the northwest corner of land lot 238 of said district; thence east along the north line of said land lot 238 to a point directly north of a point on the south line of the right-of-way of the Georgia Railroad and Banking Company, which point is immediately opposite to and south of the line between the land of M. H. Hayes and Mrs. S. A. Hull, being a point fixing the boundaries of the Town of Edgewood, under Act approved August 27th, 1906; thence directly south in a straight line to said point

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on said right-of-way; thence westerly along the south line of said right-of-way to the center of Clay Street; thence south along the center of Clay Street to the north line of the right-of-way of Georgia Railway and Electric Company; thence in a westerly and a southerly direction along the north line of said right-of-way to a point two hundred feet south of Boulevard DeKalb; thence west in a line parallel with Boulevard DeKalb and two hundred feet south thereof to the east line of land lot 208 of said 15th District; thence South along the east line of land lots 208, 177 and 176 of said 15th District to the southeast corner of said land lot 176; thence west along the south line of said land lot 176, to the southwest corner thereof; thence north along the west line of said land lots 176 and 177 to a point 200 feet south of Glenwood Avenue; thence westerly in a line 200 feet south of and parallel with said Glenwood Avenue to the east line of the right-of-way of Atlanta and West Point Railway Company; thence in a southwesterly direction along the southeast line of said right-of-way to a point 500 feet east of Hill Street; thence south in a line parallel with Hill Street to the north line of the right-of-way of the Southern Railway Company; thence northwesterly along the line of said right-of-way to a point opposite the south line of Milton Reed Avenue; thence westerly to and along the south line of Milton Reed Avenue to its terminus; thence westerly to the south line of Brown Street at its eastern terminus; thence westerly along the south side of Brown Street to west line of land lot 57 of the 14th District of Fulton County; thence north along the west line of land lots 57 and 56 to the south line of the right-of-way of the Atlanta and West Point Belt Line Railroad; thence in a westerly direction along the south line of said right-of-way to the center of Stewart Avenue; thence south along the center of Stewart Avenue to the south line of land lot 105 of the 14th District of Fulton County; thence west along the south line of land lot 105 to the west line of said lot being the southwest corner thereof, and northeast corner of land lot 121 of the 14th District of Fulton County; thence south along the east line of land lots 121 and 122 to a point opposite

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to and directly east of the southeast corner of formerly Oakland City; thence west in a direct line to said southeast corner of the former corporate limits of Oakland City; thence along the former corporate limits of Oakland City, being the former south and west boundaries thereof, to their intersection with the east line of land lot 138 of said 14th District; thence north along said east line to the northeast corner of said land lot 138; thence west along the north line of said land lot 138 to the northwest corner thereof; thence north along the west line of land lot 139 to where said line crosses the south line of the West End Park Company's property and running thence west along said south line one thousand feet; thence in a northerly direction and in a straight line to the southeast corner of West View Cemetery Company's property, near Gordon Street; thence northerly and along the line of West View Cemetery Company's property to Gordon Street; thence northwesterly along Gordon Street to West Hunter Street and westerly along West Hunter Street to west line of land lot 148, said 14th District; thence along the west lines of land lots 148 and 147 to the northern boundary of formerly Battle Hill; thence east along said former northern boundary line of Battle Hill to the terminus thereof; and thence in a line projected east in line with said northern boundary to the west line of the right-of-way of the Louisville and Nashville Railway Company; thence northerly along the west line of said right-of-way to its intersection with the west line of land lot 113 of said 14th District; thence north along the west lines of land lot 113 of the 14th District and land lot 189 of the 17th District to the south line of the right-of-way of the Western and Atlantic Railroad; thence southeasterly along the south line of said right-of-way to Marietta Street; thence easterly along Marietta Street to Brown Street; thence northerly along Brown Street and along the projected line of Brown Street to West Tenth Street, formerly Emmett Street; thence east along West Tenth Street, formerly Emmett Street, to Howell Mill Road; thence northerly along Howell Mill Road to the south line of the right-of-way of the Southern Railway Co.; thence northeasterly

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along the south line of said right-of-way to a point 200 feet north of 14th Street; thence easterly in a line 200 feet north of and parallel with 14th Street to a point 200 feet west from the west side of East Street; thence north in a line parallel with and 200 feet west of East Street, to a point west of East Street and in line with the north line of Woods Avenue, or 16th Street, if extended thereto; thence east along said projected line and the north line of Woods Avenue, or 16th Street, to a point 600 feet east of the west line of land lot 108 of the 17th District of Fulton County; thence due north to the north line of land lot 109 of said 17th District; and thence due east to the beginning point. Corporate limits. SEC. 4. The Mayor and General Council of the City of Atlanta may divide the city into wards, not exceeding ten, having reference to population and territory, in order that all sections of the city may be fairly represented in the General Council, and this power of division into not exceeding ten words may be exercised from time to time. The ward lines as now established shall continue unless changed by ordinance. Wards. SEC. 5. The power and authority of the City of Atlanta under the charter and all ordinances and laws appertaining to the City of Atlanta as a municipality are hereby extended over and made effective in every part of the territory covered and included within the limits as prescribed by the terms of this Act. The power and authority of the officers of the city are made co-extensive with the limits as defined by this Act, as are all other rights and powers necessary to carry out and enforce the laws and ordinances governing said City of Atlanta. The power of taxing property and of fixing and regulating licenses for business, to assess, issue executions for, and in cases of default, sell the property upon which taxes are due are extended to all the limits included under the terms of this Act, and said territory is made subject to all the bonds heretofore issued by the City of Atlanta. Corporate powers co-extensive with corporate limits. SEC. 6. The power and authority of the City of Atlanta are hereby extended over all tracts of lands owned by said

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city lying without the limits thereof for police, sanitary and like governmental purposes. Like power and authority are hereby extended over the lands on which are located the water and sewer pipes or conduits of said city and for a distance of 25 feet from the center thereof on either side of said pipes or conduits. Police power over property of city outside corporate limits. SEC. 7. The Mayor and General Council of said city shall have full power and authority to establish reasonable police and sanitary regulations over the new water works of said city, located at the Chattahoochee River, near the mouth of Peachtree Creek, in Fulton County, and along the pipe line of said water works system, between said river and City of Atlanta, including said pipe line, the reservoirs in said new water works system, the water shed, and all lands occupied for the purpose of water supply, and to punish a violation of such regulations by fine or imprisonment, as in case of violation of other ordinances of said City of Atlanta. Police and sanitary regulations over water works. SEC. 8. The jurisdiction of said city and the territorial limits thereof are hereby extended for police and sanitary purposes over the lands now or hereafter purchased and belonging to the City of Atlanta, known as the new water works site, in which tract is the pumping station at the Chattahoochee River, and lands belonging to said city at and around what is known as the inner reservoir filter or pumping plant including also a strip of ground along Hemphill Avenue and Chattahoochee Avenue, and three hundred (300) yards on each side of said roads for a distance of three hundred yards all around and on all sides of said inner reservoir and pumping station, from the present limits of the City of Atlanta to the Chattahoochee River at the pumping station, and giving the Mayor and General Council of the City of Atlanta authority to provide by ordinance for the protection of the property of said new water works system, and keeping the roads aforesaid free from obstructions, and the preservation of the purity of the water in the reservoirs, pipes, etc., belonging to said new water works, and to have violators of such ordinances

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punished on conviction thereof in the Recorder's Court of the City of Atlanta, by fine not exceeding $200.00 and imprisonment not exceeding thirty days, either or both in the discretion of the Recorder, or other officer presiding at the trial of the case in said court. Protection of new water works system. SEC. 9. There shall be elected biennially by the qualified voters of the City a Mayor, who shall hold his office for two years. The Mayor in all cases shall hold his office until his successor is elected and qualified, and in the event that the office of Mayor shall become vacant by death, resignation, removal or otherwise, the Mayor pro tem, or in case his seat is vacant, the Provisional Mayor pro tem, or a majority of the General Council shall order a new election by giving at least ten days notice in any one or more of the city papers, or at two of the most public places in said city; and said election so held shall be managed in the same manner as regular elections are held, according to the provisions of this charter; provided, however, if the office of Mayor shall become vacant at any time within three months of the expiration of his term of office the Mayor pro tem shall act as Mayor during the balance of said term, and exercise all the rights and powers of the Mayor during said term. Mayor. SEC. 10. The Mayor is eligible to succeed himself in the office of Mayor for one term only and shall be ineligible to succeed himself after serving two terms; he shall be the Chief Executive of said city; he shall see that all laws and ordinances of the city are faithfully executed; shall examine and audit all accounts against the city before payment, shall have a salary, to be fixed by the General Council the year preceding his election, which shall not be changed during his term of office; he shall have power to convene the General Council in extra session, whenever, in his judgment, the exigencies of the case require it. Mayor eligible for two terms, executive power of. SEC. 11. The General Council and Board of Aldermen and the Board of Council shall the presided over by the Mayor pro tem except at the first meeting in January of each year the Mayor shall preside over the General Council, and administer the oath to the newly elected members, announce

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the standing committees for the year, and then the General Council shall proceed to the election of a Mayor pro tem and a Provisional Mayor pro tem. The Mayor shall also preside at the sessions of the General Council during the election of officers. Mayor, Mayor pro tem. and Provisional Mayor pro tem, vote of. The Mayor and the Mayor pro tem and Provisional Mayor pro tem when presiding respectively over the General Council, and Board of Councilmen, as above provided shall have no vote except in case of a tie. SEC. 12. At the first meeting in January of each year, the Mayor shall preside over the General Council and administer the oath of office to the newly elected members, and announce the standing committees for the year, and the General Council shall then proceed to the election of a Mayor pro tem, and of a Provisional Mayor pro tem. Presiding officer of General Council. The Mayor shall also preside at the sessions of the General Council during the election of officers, unless absent from the city, or prevented by illness, or other unavoidable causes, in which event the Mayor pro tem shall preside, or in the event of his absence the Provisional Mayor pro tem. shall preside. SEC. 13. Within four days after the passage thereof, the Mayor, or in his absence the Mayor pro tem, or in the event of his absence the Provisional Mayor pro tem, shall approve, or veto, the resolutions, orders, ordinances, or other Acts of the General Council, or Board of Aldermen, or Board of Councilmen, except the election of officers. In the event he fails to act, his failure shall act as approval. The General Council may pass the said orders, ordinances, resolutions, or other Acts, whether originally passed by separate or joint votes, notwithstanding the veto, by a vote of two-thirds of the General Council acting as one body, such vote to be taken by yeas and nays, and entered on the minutes. Approval of Acts of General Council, Board of Aldermen or Board of Councilmen. SEC. 14. The Mayor pro tem or Provisional Mayor pro tem, when presiding over the Board of Aldermen, shall vote on all questions coming before that board for separate

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action, and shall have no additional vote in case of a tie in that board. Vote of Mayor pro tem. Whenever it shall so happen that both the Mayor and Mayor pro tem shall be absent or under disability, or in case both of said offices shall for any cause be vacant, then, and in that case, the Provisional Mayor pro tem, shall succeed to and exercise all the powers and duties of Chief Executive of said city until the Mayor, or previously chosen Mayor pro tem shall be in condition to resume and does resume the duties, or until the existing vacancy or vacancies, as the case may be, shall be filled in the manner pointed out by law. If both the Mayor pro tem and Provisional Mayor pro tem are absent from any meeting of the Board of Council or Aldermen or General Council, these bodies are authorized to elect a Chairman to preside, his authority ceasing with such meeting. Provisional Mayor pro tem. SEC. 15. The General Council of said city shall have the sole right to try impeachments of all officers elected by the people or by themselves. When sitting for that purpose, they shall be under oath or affirmation. Impeachment. When the Mayor is tried the Judge of the City Court shall preside and no officer shall be connected without the concurrence of two-thirds of the members present. Judgment, in case of impeachment, shall not extend further than removal from office, and disqualification to hold any office of honor, trust or profit, under this charter; but the party convicted shall, nevertheless, be liable and subject to indictment, trial, and punishment according to law. All officers elected or appointed by board or commissions shall be tried by the body electing or appointing them. Trials and judgments. SEC. 16. The oath to be taken and subscribed by the Mayor and members of the General Council of the City of Atlanta, before entering upon the duties of their office, shall be as follows: I swear that I will faithfully and impartially demean myself as Mayor, Councilman, or Alderman, during my continuance in office. I have not, in order to influence my election to this office, directly or indirectly, expressly, or impliedly, promised my vote or support to any

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person for any office in the City Government of Atlanta, nor for any other office. I will not knowingly permit my vote in the election or appointment of any person to a position in the city government to be influenced by fear, favor, or affection, reward or hope thereof, but in all things pertaining to my said office, I will be governed by what is my conviction for the public good. Oath of Mayor and Councilmen. The Mayor, after being so qualified, shall have full power and authority to administer the oath of office to each member of the General Council. SEC. 17. Any officer found guilty of violating any of the provisions of the above oath, upon a fair and impartial trial before the Mayor and General Council of said city, shall be forthwith expelled from office, and forever disqualified thereafter from holding any position of honor, trust, or emolument connected with the City Government of Atlanta. Officers, how expelled from office. SEC. 18. The Legislative Department of said city shall be vested in the Mayor, Board of Aldermen, and Board of Councilmen. The Mayor and Board of Councilmen shall be styled Mayor and Council; and the Mayor and Board of Councilmen meeting with the Board of Aldermen, whether acting and meeting on separate days, or whether acting on any matter requiring the concurrent or separate action of both, shall be styled the Mayor and General Council. Legislative Department. The Board of Aldermen shall not be required to meet or act as a separate Board on any matter in said city, except as hereafter provided. SEC. 19. Each ward of said city shall be entitled to two Councilmen who shall be elected from each of said wards, the election to be had on a general ticket and voted for by the qualified voters of the entire city, and the Councilmen thus elected shall constitute the Board of Councilmen and shall hold office for two years, one from each ward being elected each year. Councilmen, elections and terms. The Board of Aldermen shall consist of ten Aldermen, selected one from each ward and shall hold office for three years. Aldermen.

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Each Councilman and Alderman shall hold his office until his successor shall be elected and qualified. Councilmen and Aldermen shall reside in the wards from which they are elected. SEC. 20. An Alderman shall be eligible to succeed himself once upon the expiration of his term. A Councilman shall be eligible to succeed himself for one term only provided that, if re-elected for a second term, he shall be ineligible for the position of Alderman until an interval of at least one year has elapsed from the expiration of his term as Councilman and the beginning of the term of Alderman to which he aspires. In like manner an Alderman who has succeeded himself one time shall be ineligible to run for Council for one year. Councilmen and Aldermen, eligibility of. SEC. 21. The Aldermen and Councilmen shall be elected by the qualified voters of the city by general ticket, and shall have annual salaries of three hundred dollars each. This compensation shall not be changed during the term for which they are elected. Election and salary of. SEC. 22. In any and all cases, in which any person has been heretofore or may be hereafter elected by popular vote, or be elected or appointed by the Mayor and General Council of said City of Atlanta, or by any Board, Commission, or Department of said City Government, to any office or official service for, or to serve or represent any ward of said city, and any person so elected or appointed to represent or serve, has heretofore, or shall hereafter remove from the ward from which he was so elected or appointed to represent or serve, the fact or act of such removal shall thereby create a vacancy in such office or official service, and such vacancy shall be filled as in other cases of vacancy in said city. Removal from ward vacates office. SEC. 23. The following shall be the charter committees, which shall be appointed by the Mayor at the first meeting of council in each year in January, and they shall serve for the year. Committees.

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1. Committee on Finance, to consist of ten members, each ward to be represented thereon, and the Chairman to be ex-officio member of the Sinking Fund Commission. On Finance. 2. Committee on Public Works, consisting of ten members, each ward to have a representative thereon, and the Chairman to be ex-officio member of the Board of Public Works. On Public Works. 3. Committee on Water Works, to consist of not less than five members, the Chairman to be ex-officio member of the Board of Water Commissioners. On Water Works. 4. Committee on Public Safety, to consist of ten members, each ward to have a representative thereon and the Chairman to be ex-officio member of the Board of Public Safety. On Public Safety. 5. Committee on Public Recreation, to consist of not less than five members, the Chairman to be ex-officio member of the Board of Public Recreation. On Public Recreation. 6. Committee on Schools, not less than five members, the Chairman to be a member ex-officio of the the Board of Education. On Schools. 7. Committee on Health, Hospitals and Charities, to consist of not less than five members, the Chairman to be ex-officio member of the Board of Health, Hospitals and Charities. On Health, Hospitals and Charities. 8. Committee on Library, to consist of not less than five members, the Chairman to be ex-officio member of the Board of Carnegie Library Trustees. On Library. 9. Committee on Ordinance and Legislation, to consist of not less than five members. On Ordinance and Legislation. 10. Committee on Electric and other Railways, to consist of not less than five members. On Electric and other Railways. 11. Committee on Electric Lights, Telephones and Telegraph, to consist of ten members, one member from each ward. On Electric Lights, Telephones and Telegraphs. 12. Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds, to consist of not less than five members. On Buildings and Grounds.

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13. Committee on Tax, to consist of not less than five members. On Tax. 14. Committee on Printing, to consist of not less than five members. On Printing. 15. Committee on Contested Claims and Litigation. On Claims. 16. Committee on Salaries, to consist of not less than five members. On Salaries. 17. Committee on Public Improvements, to consist of not less than five members of council and such citizens as the Council may provide, being distributed among all sections of the city, so that the needs of all may be known to some member of the committee. On Public Improvements. 18. Committee on Minutes, not less than three members, a majority of whom shall read the minutes after each meeting of Council. On Minutes. 19. Committee on Insurance, not less than five members, which shall place all City Insurance of every kind. On Insurance. 20. Committee on Auditorium and Conventions, to consist of not less than five members. On Auditorium and Conventions. 21. Committee on Municipal Research, not less than nine, four of whom shall be members of Council, the City Comptroller, and four citizens. If the number is increased, the relative number of Councilmen and citizens shall be the same. On Municipal Research. 22. Board of Electrical Control. Electrical Control. 23. Freight Rates and Transportation. Freight Rates. SEC. 24. Sixteen shall constitute a quorum of the General Council of the City of Atlanta for the transaction of business. A quorum of the Board of Councilmen shall consist of a majority of all the members thereof. In all cases a less number may adjourn from time to time and compel the attendance of the absentees. In all votes, resolutions, and ordinances having for their object the increase of the indebtedness of the city, or for the expenditures of its revenue, except appropriations for the payment of its salaried

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officers, the Councilmen representing the different wards, and the Aldermen representing the city at large, shall act as separate and distinct legislative bodies, and no vote, resolution or ordinance having for its object the increase of the indebtedness of the city, or the expenditure of its moneys, or authorizing the sale of any part of the public property of the city, or the granting of a franchise or franchises for street railroads or railways, or telephone companies, or telegraph companies, or electric or gas companies, or any other similar franchise where the streets or public alleys are to be used for any purpose in the prosecution of the business of the company seeking the franchise, shall be voted until the same shall have received a majority of the vote of a quorum of each of those legislative bodies, separately cast. The Aldermen shall have no vote upon such questions when originally presented and voted on by the Councilmen as aforesaid, but shall meet as a separate body and vote on same. When any such vote or resolution is passed, any one Alderman or two Councilmen may give notice of a motion to reconsider, which motion in either case shall operate to delay the question until said consideration can be acted upon at the next regular meeting, the meetings of said Aldermen to be presided over by the Mayor pro tem, or in his absence by the Provisional Mayor pro tem, and the City Clerk shall keep the minutes as in meetings of the General Council. In all other matters they shall act as a joint board. Any member of the General Council shall have the right to call for the yeas and nays, and have the same recorded on the minutes in all cases, whether sitting in General Council or as separate bodies. Quorums. Appropriations and franchises, how made or granted. SEC. 25. The regular sessions of the Mayor and General Council shall be held on the first and third Mondays in each month, and continue from day to day in their discretion. Regular sessions of Mayor and General Council. SEC. 26. The Mayor and General Council shall have full power and authority to pass all by-laws and ordinances respecting public buildings and grounds, work houses, public

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houses, carriages, wagons, carts, drays, pumps, wells, springs, fire-engines, care of the poor, suppression of disorderly houses, houses of ill-fame, for the prevention and punishment of disorderly conduct and conduct liable to disturb the peace and tranquility of any citizen or citizens, and every other by-law, regulation and ordinance that may seem to them proper for the security of the peace, health, order, good government and general welfare of said city, and all the powers given to towns as set out in section 696 of the Code of Georgia of 1895. The Mayor and General Council of said City shall have power to exercise reasonable supervision and police control over all cemeteries contiguous to the city, and used by the citizens for interment, whether located within the city limits or not, so as to allow no burial within same without a permit from said city authorities. Powers of Mayor and General Council. SEC. 27. The Mayor and General Council of the City of Atlanta shall have no authority or power to grant, consent to, or permit the extension, removal, or change of the term, for which franchises have been or may be granted, or in any way to extend or renew the time, for which permission has been or may be given to occupy the streets and public places except and only during the twelve months immediately preceding the expiration of the term of such franchises and permits; and all extensions and renewals made in violation of this section shall be void. Extension of franchises. SEC. 28. The Mayor and General Council of the City of Atlanta are hereby authorized and empowered whenever, in their judgment, the same is necessary for the safety and protection of human life, to require the owner, agent, lessee, or tenant in possession of any building in said city, to place thereon fire escapes of such character and material as may be by said Mayor and General Council deemed requisite. Fire escapes. After notice to place fire escapes on any building, and failure within the time specified to place the same, the owner, agent, lessee, or tenant in possession, who shall have been served with such notice, shall be subject to a fine or imprisonment, or both, as provided by the charter of said

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city, and ordinances passed in pursuance thereof. The Mayor and General Council shall have power to prescribe by ordinance for the regulation of the placing of fire escapes on buildings in said city requiring the same, as to notice, time within which to place the same after notice, and otherwise. SEC. 29. The Mayor and General Council shall have power and authority to prescribe, by ordinance, adequate penalties for all offences against the ordinances of said city, and to punish offenders by fines, not exceeding five hundred dollars, or imprisonment in the calaboose or city prison, not exceeding sixty days, or by sentence to work on the streets or public works of said city for not exceeding sixty days, one or all in the discretion of the Recorder. Penalties. SEC. 30. All ordinances requiring action by the Mayor and General Council in joint session shall undergo one reading each at two different regular, or special or called meetings or at one regular and one called meeting, before adoption, except that by a two-thirds vote of the members present, an ordinance may be read twice at the same regular, called or special meeting, and adopted. All ordinances requiring action by the Mayor and Council and Board of Aldermen separately, shall undergo one reading each, at two different regular, or special or called meetings of the Mayor and Council or at one regular and one called meeting before adoption, except that by a two-thirds vote of the members thereof present, an ordinance may be read twice at the same regular, called or or special meeting, and adopted. Ordinances, how passed. An ordinance requiring separate action and concurrence by the Board of Aldermen shall undergo such reading only in said board as said board may by rule prescribe. SEC. 31. Neither the Mayor nor any member of the General Council nor any other city official nor head of any department nor member of any board, commission or committee of the City of Atlanta shall be interested, either directly or indirectly, in any contract, either through themselves or any corporation or firm or partnership of which they are either officers, directors, stockholders, agents or

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employees, where such contract has for its object the expenditure of the city's money in any way, whether same be for carrying on the ordinary business of the city or for extraordinary improvements. This prohibition covers contracts whether made originally with the Mayor and General Council or any Board or Department of the city or with any contractor holding a contract with the city or any department thereof and likewise covers any sub-contracts therefor or the making of contracts for furnishing labor or material or both to contractors holding a contract for supplying the city with same, either singly or in connection with the general contract. Officers shall not be interested in contracts. SEC. 32. Whenever a vacancy is caused in the Board of Aldermen or Board of Councilmen, by death, resignation, removal or otherwise, such vacancy may be filled by a majority vote of the members of the General Council present at any regular or called meeting following the creation of such vacancy. The successor thus elected shall serve until the expiration of the calendar year in which he is elected. If the term of the member, thus succeeded, extends beyond such year, then at the next regular election in the following December, a successor shall be elected by the qualified voters of the city, as in other cases, to serve the year or years of such unexpired term. Vacancies, how filled. SEC. 33. At the first meeting of the Mayor and Council in the month of July, biennially, they shall appoint three election managers for each ward, freeholders residing therein, to hold the elections in said ward, and, in case of vacancy by removal or otherwise, the Mayor and General Council, shall supply such vacancy. The Mayor and General Council in their discretion are authorized to increase the Board of Election Managers from and for the several wards from three to any number desired. Election managers, appointment of. The said managers shall hold all city elections in their respective wards. They shall judge of the qualification of voters, subject to the law governing same, and shall have such Clerks as they deem necessary to hold elections, to be selected by them for each ward and such managers shall

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serve for such reasonable compensation as shall be prescribed by the Mayor and General Council. These managers shall hold their office for two years and until their successors shall qualify unless removed for cause. Duties of election managers. The Clerks shall have such compensation as may be allowed by the Mayor and General Council. Compensation of Clerks. All vacancies in said Board of Election Managers shall be filled by the Mayor and General Council. Election managers, vacancies, how filled. If by 7 o'clock A. M. on the day of election, a majority of said managers fail to attend at any voting place, and proceed to hold the election as herein provided, any three freeholders of the ward may hold and conduct the same; provided, nevertheless, that nothing herein contained shall be construed to hinder and prevent any one or more of said managers from acting as manager or managers, should they be present at the voting place and supplying the number of managers required by this charter from any of the free-holders of the ward. Elections, how held. The election managers provided for in this section or freeholders acting in their stead, as stated above, shall take the oath, and conduct the elections, and make returns to the Mayor and General Council, in the manner provided by law. The Mayor and General Council shall consider the returns and declare the results. All cases of contested elections shall be tried by the Mayor and General Council. The Mayor and General Council of said city are hereby authorized and empowered in their discretion to establish two or more voting places in each ward of said city. No person shall vote either for Mayor or Aldermen or Councilmen or at any other city election, elsewhere than at the ward or District in which he resides, and the other qualifications of voters shall remain as now fixed by the charter and ordinance of the city. Any person voting, or attempting to vote, more than once, at any city election, provided for by law, and every person voting or attempting to vote, in violation of this charter or other law providing for a city election, shall be

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guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon indictment or accusation and conviction, shall be punished, as provided for in Section 1065 of the Criminal Code of Georgia, 1910. Illegal voting, punishment for. The Mayor and General Council are given authority to establish voting precincts, with such improved methods of ascertaining the results of all elections as may be deemed proper, not in any way abridging the right of any citizen to vote. Voting precincts. SEC. 34. The City Attorney, City Marshal, City Treasurer, Building Inspector, City Comptroller, Recorder, Clerk of Council, Superintendent of Electrical Affairs or City Electrician, and City Tax Collector of the City of Atlanta, shall be elected by the qualified voters of said city. They shall be elected by the qualified voters of said city on the first Wednesday in December, preceding the expiration of the terms of said officers, and when so elected, each of said officers shall hold their positions for the term of two years, beginning on the first Monday in January following said election, except Recorder whose term of office is hereby fixed for four years. Biennially, after the date of their first election, their successors shall likewise be elected, except Recorder, whose successor shall be elected every four years. The Mayor and General Council shall have general supervision of said officials and by majority vote of the entire Council, may declare vacant the office of any of the officials of the city, elected by the people, for a failure to properly perform their duties, or for any other breach of duty, on their part, all to be adjudged in the discretion of the General Council. When an office has been declared vacant, under this provision, the General Council shall fill such vacancy until the first of January following the next regular election. At such regular election the people shall elect an officer to fill the remainder of such term. Election of officers. Terms. Officials, supervision of, by Mayor and General Council. SEC. 35. The officials of the City of Atlanta, elected by a vote of the people shall comply with the following provisions: Officials. (a) Before entering upon the duties of their office they shall take oath, before some officer qualified to administer

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same, faithfully to perform the duties thereof; same to be filed with the Clerk of Council. Oath. (b) If the Mayor and General Council require a bond covering such positions, they shall enter into such bond in the manner and form provided, such bond to be in a reasonable amount. Bond. (c) They shall receive such salaries as may be provided by the Mayor and General Council and same shall be fixed during the year preceding their election. Their salaries shall not be increased or lowered during the term for which they were elected. Salaries. (d) They shall perform such duties as generally appertain to their several offices, and in addition thereto, such other and further duties and requirements as may be imposed upon them by ordinance or resolution of the Mayor and General Council. Duties. SEC. 36. The Mayor and General Council of said city shall have full power and authority to provide for the registration of voters prior to any municipal election of said city; to make all needful rules and regulations for same, and require that no person be permitted to vote unless registered; to constitute and appoint the Tax Collector of Fulton County to the office of Registrar of said city; to fix his compensation as such Registrar, and when so appointed, to require him to perform the duties of said office, or the Mayor and General Council may appoint any citizen of the City of Atlanta to the office of Registrar and fix his compensation as such Registrar. Registration of voters. SEC. 37. For the purpose of raising revenue for the support and maintenance of the City Government and its several departments and institutions, the Mayor and General Council shall have full power and authority, and they shall provide by ordinance for the assessment, levy and collection of an ad valorem tax on all real and personal property within the corporate limits of said city, subject to taxation by said city and which under the laws of this State is subject to taxation, same to be done as of the first day of January of each year, which date is hereby fixed as the taxing

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date of said city. The rate shall not exceed 1 per centum thereon, which shall include the school tax; provided, nevertheless, that all assessments of real property shall be made at the cash market valuation. Taxation. SEC. 38. All persons liable to perform road duty by the laws of the State shall be liable and subject to work on the streets of said city under the direction and control of the proper officers of said city; provided, that the Mayor and General Council of said city shall have power to levy a street tax in lieu thereof. Street tax. All persons who shall refuse to pay said tax on or before such day as said Mayor and General Council, by ordinance, may require, shall be required, upon three days notice, to do and perform street work, as aforesaid, and upon failure thereof, such defaulter shall be liable to be dealt with by the Mayor and General Council as for violation of other ordinances of said city, or may be compelled to work on the public works of said city. Defaulters. SEC. 39. In addition to the ordinary tax herein allowed, the Mayor and Councilmen and Aldermen may, in case of emergency, to be judged of by them, levy an extraordinary tax, not exceeding one-half of one per cent (on the taxable property of said city) said extraordinary tax to be added to the ordinary tax, and collected at same time, and used for the same purposes. Extraordinary tax, when levied. SEC. 40. The Mayor and General Council shall have full power and authority to require any person, firm or corporation or company, engaged in, prosecuting, or carrying on, or who may engage in, prosecute, or carry on any trade, business, calling, avocation, or profession to register annually and to require such person, company or association, to pay for such registration and for license to engage in, prosecute, or carry on such business, calling or profession aforesaid, such fee, charge, or tax, as said Mayor and General Council may deem expedient for the safety, benefit, convenience, and advantage of said city; said tax, registration fee, or license herein provided for shall not exceed the sum of three hundred dollars. Registration and special license taxes.

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SEC. 41. Said Mayor and General Council are hereby given authority to classify business and arrange the various businesses, trades, and professions carried on in said city into such classes or subjects for taxation as may be just and proper; provided, that nothing herein contained shall be construed to authorize the levy of a tax upon any profession not taxable under the general tax Act. Classification for taxation. SEC. 42. The Mayor and General Council are hereby authorized to provide for a special tax on all vehicles using the streets of the city, whether used for pleasure or business, of such amount as may seem reasonable and just to them and to be created or apportioned in such manner as may be fixed by ordinances. Tax on vehicles. SEC. 43. The Mayor and General Council are hereby authorized to charge a license fee or tax upon all insurance agents, including all companies for whom they do business, of one per cent on all premiums received by, or sent through the office in said city. Insurance agents. SEC. 44. The Mayor and General Council shall have power to levy and collect from itinerant traders, who may directly or indirectly, by themselves or others, sell any goods, wares or merchandise in said city, such tax as to them may seem proper. They shall have power to license pawn-brokers in said city, define by ordinance their powers and privileges, to impose taxes upon them, to revoke their licenses, and generally to exercise such superintendence over pawn-brokers as will insure fair dealing between them and their customers. Itinerant traders. Pawn-brokers. SEC. 45. The Mayor and General Council shall have power to pass such ordinances as they may think proper in regard to granting licenses to theatrical companies or performances, or for shows, or for other exhibitions, provided the price to be paid for such licenses when granted, shall not exceed five hundred dollars for each performance or exhibition. Theatrical companies. SEC. 46. The amendment to the city charter approved September 3d, 1881, in so far as same authorizes a levy for

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what is known as Sanitary Tax, and being the particular authority set out in the section of the charter numbered 139 of the City Code of 1910, and all similar amendments providing for a sanitary tax are hereby repealed, and hereafter no assessments shall be made on any lot or lots in the City of Atlanta for the purpose of collecting a sanitary tax thereon, whether such lots be vacant or improved. Sanitary tax, law repealed. SEC. 47. The Mayor and General Council are further authorized in their discretion, to prescribe and collect fees for the issuance of business licenses or executions, either or both, and for the collection of executions, and to provide for the covering of all such fees so prescribed and collected into the treasury of said city, as the property of the City of Atlanta. Business license fees. SEC. 48. The Mayor and General Council shall be authorized in their discretion to require any and all persons, firms or corporations, licensed to do business under this charter, to give bond payable to the city, and conditioned to pay the city or any one else suing in the name of the city for their use, for injuries or damages received on account of dishonest, fraudulent, immoral or improper conduct of the administration of the business so licensed. Bonds may be required of licensees doing business under this charter. The amount of said bond shall not exceed five thousand ($5,000.00) dollars and shall be given for the fiscal year. At the end of the fiscal year a new bond shall be given for the succeeding fiscal year under the terms above provided. Any person or persons injured by the dishonest, fraudulent, immoral or improper conduct of the administration of any business licensed by the city, and bonded as above provided, may sue on said bond for their own use, and the recovery, if any, shall be payable to said person or persons. Amount of bond. SEC. 49. The taxes due the City of Atlanta on real estate and personal property of all kinds taxable under the laws of Georgia and the charter of said city, shall be due and payable in three installments of equal amounts of one-third each, the first installment falling due on April 15th, the second on July 15th, and the third on October 15th, of each year, and on these dates one-third of the taxes assessed

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under the existing provisions of said charter shall be due and payable and on failure to pay said several installments when due, same shall bear interest at the rate of seven per cent (7 per cent) per annum, and if same are not paid on or before the 15th of October of each year execution shall issue therefor and shall be collected by the Marshal. A discount of one and one-half per cent (1 per cent) will be allowed upon total of annual taxes if paid on the date when the first installment is due, as herein provided. Texes, when due and payable. The commutation tax in lieu of road or street duty provided for in said charter shall fall due with the second installment of the property tax of each year, and in case of failures to pay such commutation tax, execution may issue and be enforced as from the 15th day of July of each year, and parties, who have not paid such commutation tax and who are liable to road duty, may be compelled to work the streets in the manner provided for by the charter and ordinances of the City of Atlanta at any time after the 15th day of July in each year. Commutation tax. SEC. 50. The Mayor and General Council shall have full power and authority to elect biennially on the first Monday in July three persons, freeholders, residents of said city, as City Tax Assessors, who shall hold office for two years, unless removed by the Mayor and General Council for cause, to be judged by them. City Tax Assessors. It shall be the duty of the assessors to assess the value of all real estate and personal property subject to taxation, in the City of Atlanta, on such basis as is fair, just and in the proportion that it bears to the true market value of the entire property, both real and personal, within the City of Atlanta, subject to taxation. The Tax Assessors shall enter their assessments of real property on field books or use some appropriate method of record. Such entries shall show the dimensions of the lots assessed, and the adjacent owners, whether the assessed lots are vacant or improved, and if improved, the character of improvements, giving the street number of the house or houses on such lots, if any and furthermore said Tax Assessors shall carefully investigate personally each tax return delivered to them by the

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Chief Clerk in the tax office, and shall thereupon fairly assess such personal property, upon their examination of such returns of personalty as well as upon all other information which they may be able to secure thereon. Duties of Assessors. SEC. 51. The Chief Clerk in the tax office and his assistants shall carry out and perform such other and further duties as may be imposed upon them by ordinance or by the Tax Committee and it shall be their duty to secure adequate and just returns of all property in said city subject to taxation. Said Chief Clerk and his assistants shall deliver into the possession of the Tax Assessor all returns from personal property and shall enter upon the tax digest such returns, together with all assessments of real estate, and said tax digest shall be so arranged as to contain all the property of each tax payer of the city after the full value of some has been finally assessed and approved by the Tax Assessors as above provided. Chief Clerk in tax office and his assistants, their duties, etc. SEC. 52. The said Mayor and General Council shall make or cause to be made an early assessment on real estate, which assessment shall, in all cases, be made at the cash market valuation of the same, so that the return of the assessors can be completed and handed in by the 1st day of January of each year, and shall open or caused to be opened books to receive returns for personalty on the 1st day of February of each year, and close the books for receiving returns on the 15th day of March of each year. Assessments upon real and personal property. SEC. 53. Any tax payer feeling aggrieved at the assessment of his or her real or personal property, may file a petition with the Chairman of the Tax Committee, setting forth, under oath, all the property, real and pensonal, owned by said tax payer and subject to taxation by the city, at its true value as well as giving the assessment thereon by the Tax Assessors. Said Chairman shall submit this petition to the Tax Committee who shall have a hearing thereon after giving notice of the time and place of such hearing to the petitioner as well as to the tax investigator or other persons which said Committee desire to be present, and also to the Tax Assessor. At said time and place the

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Tax Committee shall investigate all the facts relating to said tax payer's return and after such investigation shall order same reduced or raised or approved as said Committee may find to be just, fair and reasonable, and shall also report to the General Council, at the following meeting, their findings upon such hearing and if such findings are confirmed by the General Council, such findings shall thereupon be held final for the year for which such assessments were made. At such hearings the General Council may provide, by ordinance, for the production of books, papers, etc., necessary for full investigation. Also, to issue subpoena duces tecum to any tax payer, requiring production of all his books, papers, policies, etc., in order that the true values may be ascertained. Tax payer dissatisfied with assessment, hearing, how had. SEC. 54. The Mayor and General Council of the City of Atlanta shall provide by ordinance a system of appeals from the Tax Assessors by which any citizen and tax payer of the City of Atlanta who feels that any return made by any tax payer is false, fradulent, or inaccurate, or that the assessment upon any piece of real estate of such tax payer is unequal, or that the assessment upon the personal property of such tax payer is unfair or unequal, may, in writing, make complaint to the Chairman of the Tax Committee of the General Council. When such complaint is filed with such Chairman, the same shall set forth the exact property claimed to be improperly assessed or incorrectly returned, and shall, furthermore, state in what respect such assessment or return is unfair, inadequate or otherwise. Upon receiving same, the Chairman shall at once refer the claim to the tax investigator, or some selected employee, who shall investigate the complaint fully and ascertain all the facts surrounding such return set forth in the complaint, comparing the allegations of the complaint with the returns or assessments complained of. The complaint, with the report of the investigator, or other selected employee, shall then be submitted to the Tax Committee, and said Committee shall proceed at once to consider the complaint and the result of the investigation aforesaid. If such return is, in the opinion of the Committee, unfair, inadequate

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or incorrect in any respect, they shall correct same in accordance with their best judgment and order the record of the assessment to be changed to conform with their findings. From this order or finding, either the tax payer making complaint or the tax payer whose return is questioned shall have the right of appeal to the General Council, who shall fix a time and place of hearing same. At such time and place, after notice to the appellant and appellee, also to the city official whose act is questioned, and to such other persons as they desire to be present, the General Council shall pass an order setting forth its findings, and this order shall be final and shall not be subject to appeal. It shall be entered upon the records of the tax office as the true and correct return of the property in question. False, fraudulent or inaccurate returns, appeals from. Procedure. SEC. 55. The Tax Collector shall collect the tax of said city under such rules and regulations as may be prescribed by ordinance, and shall perform such other duties, in connection therewith or incident thereto, as may be prescribed by ordinance. Tax Collector, his duties, etc. In all cases of failure to return property, real, personal and otherwise, for taxation by the 15th of March of each year, a penalty of ten per cent, shall be added to the value of the property of such defaulting owner, for taxation, ascertained by the return of the previous year or otherwise; and for failure to return by the 15th day of March of each year, for street, railway, or capitation tax, the penalty shall be double tax. Penalty for failure to return property. The Mayor and General Council shall have power to relieve against the penalty for failure to return within the time provided, where the failure and omission are due to unavoidable or sufficient cause. Power to relieve from penalty, when. Notice of the time of closing the books for receiving returns shall be published in any one or more of the daily papers of said city, for at least four insertions, between the first and fifteenth day of March of each year, and oftener if deemed necessary by the Mayor and General Council. Notice of time of closing tax books shall be published.

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SEC. 56. Deeds made by the City of Atlanta, or its Mayor, or its Marshal, pursuant to tax sales or sales under execution issued for the collection of local assessments shall be admissible in evidence on the same terms as deeds made pursuant to sales for taxes due the State and County, provided that it shall be competent for parties denying the validity of such tax deeds or assessment deeds to put in evidence the proceedings preliminary to the execution of such deeds. The purpose of this is to give city tax deeds and city assessment deeds the same prima facie force and validity, which are accorded to tax deeds made by officers of the State and County. Tax deeds, force and validity of. SEC. 57. Upon the return of the assessors being handed in, as above provided, the said Mayor and General Council, at the first regular meeting in June of each year, shall cause an estimate to be made up and entered on the minutes, showing the gross amount of the income of the city for the fiscal year, ascertained by the assessment of tax not exceeding one and one-fourth per cent. on the taxable property of the city, and a reasonable estimate of the other taxes and sources of revenue; shall apportion and set apart the same to such departments and to such number of departments or heads as may be deemed requisite, and as shall be provided by ordinance; the name, number and order of the departments or heads may be changed by ordinance; which several sums taken in the aggregate shall not exceed the amount of income from all sources for the year in question. Income estimated. Apportionment of income. The annual appropriations, as made by the Mayor and General Council, may be varied as to the amount distributed to the several heads at the first meeting held in October; these variations not to retroact on expired quarters, and not to exceed in any manner the aggregate income for the year. No money shall be appropriated from the city treasury except by resolution of the Councilmen and Aldermen, as herein provided, which shall be void unless it specifies upon its face the fund from which said money is to be drawn. Annual appropriations.

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SEC. 58. The said Mayor and members of the Council and Aldermen shall be individually liable to the city for the refunding of any amount appropriated or expenses incurred in excess of said limits, when present at the voting of the same, except such of them as escape liability by calling the yeas and nays, and voting in the negative and having their names entered on the minutes. Liability of officers for excessive appropriations. The amount thereof will be recovered in an action brought in any of the courts of this State having jurisdiction thereof, in the name of the Clerk of the Council, for use of the city. Actions to recover, how brought. Ten per cent. of the recovery shall be the Clerk's compensation. Clerk's compensation. If he fail to bring said action within ten days, the said sum may be recovered of him and his bondsmen, at the suit of any citizen. Clerk failing to bring action, penalty. No action brought under this section, or right of action, shall be settled without the consent of the Judge before whom such suit is pending, upon exhibit of all facts and such consent entered on the minutes. Settlement of suits cannot be made without consent of Judge. SEC. 59. The annual expenses of the City of Atlanta shall be so restricted as not to exceed the annual income of the city after paying interest on its bonds and floating debt. Expenses shall not exceed income after paying interest on bonds and debts. SEC. 60. Said Mayor and General Council are hereby authorized to expend and use any excess in receipts of the city for any year over the amount appropriated for such year; provided, that such expenditures shall in no case exceed the actual cash receipts for such year. Excess receipts, how used. SEC. 61. The Mayor and General Council shall have full power and authority, in their discretion, to negotiate loans on the most advantageous terms to said city, to supply and make up any casual deficiency that may exist, of the funds in the treasury, for the purpose of paying the

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expenses of the city which may be incurred under the several heads hereinafter mentioned, in an amount not exceeding $400,000.00 and not exceeding the amounts set out under each head for the year in question; and provided, further, that as soon as an amount equal to the amount so borrowed, is paid into the treasury by taxation, or from any other source of revenue, not already applied to other debts or liabilities, of said city, the Mayor and General Council shall at once apply same, or as much as may be necessary to the repayment of said loans or said Mayor and General Council shall be authorized, in their discretion, to make partial payments upon said loans with any moneys that may come into the treasury from time to time under the restrictions herein provided. In either case the total amount of said loans shall be repaid out of the income of the year in which said loans were made. All contracts entered into by said Council contrary hereto, for the purpose of raising money or otherwise engaging the credit of the said city, shall be null and void as to said city, but the said Mayor, if he approve and all members of the General Council, present and voting, who fail to record their votes against such measure or contract, shall be jointly and severally liable thereon, as upon their own contracts which may be enforced against such Mayor and members of Council, in any court of this State having jurisdiction thereof. Loans for casual deficiencies. SEC. 62. The Mayor and General Council of said city are hereby authorized and empowered to cause the issue of new coupon bonds of said city to meet and retire all of said city bonds now outstanding as the several installments thereof shall hereafter, from time to time, mature and fall due; said new coupon bonds to be in such form, to run for such length of time, and to bear such rate of interest, not exceeding four and one half per cent per annum as said Mayor and General Council may direct, and the proceeds to be applied only for the purpose of paying off and returning any bonds of said city now outstanding as the same mature and for which there is now no sinking fund provided. Issuance of new coupon bonds.

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SEC. 63. The Mayor and General Council of said City of Atlanta are hereby authorized and empowered to provide for and regulate the registration of bonds of said city with the Treasurer of said city, in as full and ample manner as is provided by the laws of this State for the registration of bonds in this State. Said Mayor and General Council shall have power to prescribe the manner, in which bonds of said city, which have been resistered, may be transferred or negotiated. Registration of bonds. Transfer or negotiation of bonds. SEC. 64. The said Mayor and General Council may provide for the issuing of registered bonds of said city, in lieu of any bonds authorized to be issued in pursuance of this charter, and in lieu of any coupon bonds of said city heretofore, or that may hereafter be issued by said city. Said registered bonds shall be similar in all respects to the bonds authorized to be issued by said city under the Acts respectively authorizing the issue of same, except, that registered bonds under this section of this Act shall not be coupon bonds, and the principal and interest shall be payable only at the treasury of said city. Said bonds registered under and by virtue of this section shall be transferrable on the books of the Treasurer of said city, in the manner in substance provided for the transfer of the bonds of the State of Georgia, authorized to be registered by the third section of an Act approved September the 5th, 1887, and which Act provided for the issue, registration, etc., of the bonds of the State of Georgia. Registered bonds, issuance of. SEC. 65. Any guardian or trustee in his discretion, may invest any funds of his ward or cestui quo trust in his hands in bonds of said City of Atlanta, in the same manner and to the same extent as such funds may be invested in stocks, bonds, and other securities of the State of Georgia. Investments in city bonds by guardians or trustees. SEC. 66. The city shall hereafter issue and sell bonds under the provisions of the general laws of the State, and where an issue of bonds is desired and the purposes thereof are legal and the amount proposed is not in excess of the Constitutional limit the Mayor and General Council shall call an election therefor by ordinance, observing, as to

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notice, time, place and manner of election, voting and declaring the result and all other formalities as provided by law, and the general laws governing the same. Issuance and sale of bonds, law as to. SEC. 67. The Mayor and General Council shall have full power and authority to lay down sewers and drains within and without said city, in and through streets and alleys and through private property. All work of laying down or constructing sewers or drains shall be done under the direction and supervision of the Board of Public Works. The City Engineer shall furnish to the board information and advice as to the necessities of any particular locality for sewerage, the kinds of sewerage that may be desirable, with estimates of the cost of same, and shall furnish plans and profiles and such other data as may be necessary and proper. The General Council shall have full power and authority to assess the amount of the cost of laying and constructing the same upon the real estate abutting on street, through and along which sewers and drains may be placed and constructed or placed. Amounts of assessments on real estate for constructing sewers may be collected by execution, levy and sale, as in street assessments. The construction of all sewers under this Act shall be provided for by ordinance. After the first reading of an ordinance providing for a sewer, a notice of the introduction of the same shall be published in one or more of the daily papers of the city. Such notice shall contain a statement of the line along which the proposed sewer is to be laid, and a statement of the general character, material and size of such sewer. Said notice shall be published at least as many as ten days before the adoption of such ordinance, and said ordinance may be adopted at the next meeting after its introduction, or at any subsequent meeting after said notice has been published. Substantial compliance with the above requirements as to notice shall be sufficient. In all cases where a sewer shall be laid by or under the authority of said city in any street, the sum of seventy cents per lineal foot shall be assessed upon the property and estates respectively abutting on said sewer, on each side of said street in which said sewer is laid or constructed,

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and in consideration of the payment of said assessments the owners of said estates shall have the right to connect their drains from said abutting property for the discharge of sewage into said sewer. The remaining cost of all sewers not thus assessed shall be paid by said city out of the sewer appropriations for the year. Sewers and drains, construction and maintenance of. SEC. 68. Power and authority are hereby given the Mayor and General Council of the City of Atlanta, in addition to assessing the cost for the construction of sewers in streets upon abutting property owners as now provided, to assess and collect from abutting property owners the cost of extending such sewers, for purposes of connection, to the property line, at the time such sewers are laid. The cost of such extensions shall be added to the cost of the construction of the sewer, as now provided by the charter of the said city, and the total cost thereof shall be assessed against such abutting property owners and collected in the same manner as is now provided for the collection of sewer assessments against abutting property owners by the charter of said city. Sewer assessments. Sewer assessments for extension of sewer connections to property line. SEC. 69. In case any such sewer is laid down or constructed through or over any private property, along the course of any natural drain or otherwise, a like sum of seventy cents shall be assessed upon such property abutting upon each side of said sewer for every lineal foot, making in all one dollar and forty cents for every lineal foot to be assessed upon such property, through which the sewers run as aforesaid, and, in consideration of the payment of said assessment, the owner of said estates respectively on each side of said sewer, through or over which such sewer may be constructed, shall have the right to connect their drains from said abutting property for the discharge of sewage into said sewer. Sewer across private property, assessment, when. SEC. 70. The extent and character material used and expense of sewers constructed as well as the time and manner of constructing same, shall be in the discretion of the Mayor and General Council of said city, and to be prescribed from time to time by ordinance, and upon like

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notice and in the same manner, and the assessments made and enforced by execution, levy, sale or otherwise, as in case of ordinances and assessments for the paving of streets in said city and sewers hereby authorized may be constructed with or without petition by property owners, where, in the judgment and discretion of the Mayor and General Council the public health and good of the city shall require. The defendant shall have the right to file an affidavit denying the whole or any part of the amount, for which the execution issued is due, and stating what amount he admits to be due, which amounts so admitted to be due shall be paid or collected before the affidavit is received, and the affidavit received for the balance. All such affidavits so received shall be returned to the Superior Court of Fulton County, and there tried and the issue determined as in cases of illegality, subject to all the pains and penalties provided in cases of illegality for delay. Sewers, construction of, in discretion of Mayor and Council. Assessments, how made and enforced. Notice to property owner of construction not necessary. Illegality. SEC. 71. In case of real estate situated on street corners, and having frontage on two streets, the owner, and real estate thus situated, shall be assessed for the frontage on the street in which a sewer is first laid, and when a sewer is laid on the other street, seventy-five feet of frontage shall be exempt from assessment on the owner and real estate. The amount of assessment for sewers on each piece of real estate shall be a lien on said real estate from the date of the passage of the ordinance, providing for the work and making the assessment. Assessments on corner property. SEC. 72. The Mayor and General Council of the City of Atlanta shall have power and authority to provide by ordinance for the collection of assessments for the construction of sewers in installments running through a series of years to be fixed by such ordinances in all cases where the construction of said sewer is performed by a contractor or contractors; provided, that the said Mayor and General Council shall not have the power and authority to incur indebtedness to be paid by the city from its treasury on account of the construction of such sewers, which indebtedness is not to be paid in the year in which it is contracted. Assessments may be collected in installments.

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SEC. 73. The power and authority vested in the Mayor and General Council of the City of Atlanta, by Section 68 of this charter is extended so as to authorize said Mayor and General Council to extend such sewers from the main line to the property line after such main sewers are built, whenever it is proposed to pave or re-pave the street in which the sewer was originally laid so as to prevent the tearing up of the pavement in order that house connections may be thereafter made. The cost of the extensions laid under this provision shall be collected in the same manner as is provided for the cost of the extensions laid under the power and authority given by said Section 68. Sewers extended from main sewer to property line, when. SEC. 74. For the preservation of all sewers in said city for the public use and easements as aforesaid, the Mayor and General Council shall have the power to direct and control the time and manner in which connections shall be made with such sewers, and by whom the work is to be done, and upon what terms and conditions, and at what point and to what extent surface water or drainage shall be permitted to flow into sewers and generally all matters relating to the use and control and repairs of sewers and sewer connections, and replacing of paving and other adjacent structures in good condition shall be at all times under the regulation and control of the said Mayor and General Council in their discretion. Connections, Mayor and Council may control. SEC. 75. The Mayor and General Council of said city shall be authorized to provide by order, resolution, or ordinance, from time to time, for the adoption and enforcement of additional and suitable regulations in said city, such as may be needful and proper on the subject of drainage, sewerage, plumbing, and all that is or may be needful for improved sanitation, and to provide agencies and means for carrying out the enforcement of same through its officers, or any of its boards and to make all necessary inspections, to withhold authority and license for plumbing to any but competent persons and to do all else that is or may be needful to require compliance with the rules thus adopted, and shall have power to make alterations and amendments thereto, as from time to time may be needed. Sanitary regulations.

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SEC. 76. The Mayor and General Council of the City of Atlanta are hereby authorized in their discretion, to lay out and construct sewers, of whatever form, fashion, and material as in their judgment may be proper, safe and sanitary without the limits of the City of Atlanta, as well as and to as full an extent as now authorized within the limits of said City, and they are further authorized and empowered, in their discretion to prepare, construct and operate plants, means, methods or whatever system in their discretion is best for the disposal of sewage matter, and said plants or systems or methods may be constructed and operated without the limits of the City of Atlanta, as well as within the limits of said City, in the discretion of the Mayor and General Council. Laying of sewers without city, disposal plants, etc. SEC. 77. Power and authority are vested in the Mayor and General Council of said city, to condemn lands, leases, and all other interest in real estate, whereby possession and title to land, and as much thereof as may be necessary, may be procured by said city for the construction of sewers, as above provided, as well as plants, means, or methods for the disposal of sewage matter, all as above provided, within or without the limits of the City of Atlanta, in whatever direction and to whatever extent may be deemed necessary and proper within the discretion of the Mayor and General Council. Condemnation. SEC. 78. The Mayor and General Council of the City of Atlanta are authorized and empowered, in their discretion, to construct in and along all the streets of said city as may be by them provided, a separate or additional sewer system to be known as the sanitary sewer system and this authority may be exercised at any time or at different times or in different sections generally in the manner and to the extent deemed best by said Mayor and General Gouncil. The sewer herein provided for shall be laid along streets where sewers are now laid or in new streets, but however laid, shall be assessed against the abutting property owners in the same manner and to the same amount as is now provided for the construction of sewers in said

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City and when so assessed execution may be levied on said abutting property, if said assessments are not paid, and collected in the same manner as now provided by charter for the collection of other sewer assessments in said city. The present provisions regarding the introduction and advertisement and passage of sewer ordinances and for the assessment and collection of assessment against abutting property owners as now obtain in the charter of said City with reference to sewers, shall obtain and be followed in the installation and construction of the sanitary sewer system as herein provided. Sanitary sewer system. SEC. 79. The Mayor and General Council shall have full power and authority to open, lay out, to widen, straighten, or otherwise change streets, alleys and squares in the City of Atlanta or to abandon and vacate one or more of same under resolution providing therefor. Streets, alleys and squares. SEC. 80. The Mayor and General Council shall have full power and authority to establish and fix such a system of grading and draining of the streets of said city as they may deem proper. In case the owner of any real estate in said city desires to have the grade fixed for any reason, he shall make his application in writing to the board of public works, but need not incorporate any reason therein, wherefor such officer shall make a thorough survey and plat of said street or alley, and all adjacent streets and alleys, and shall show the existing grade with the position of all lands and improvements thereon, and submit such plat and survey and reports to the Board of Public Works, and the Mayor and General Council shall then fix a proper permanent grade by resolution. Grading and draining of streets. SEC. 81. The Mayor and General Council of the City of Atlanta are hereby authorized and empowered, in their discretion to pave or repave any of the streets or portions of the streets or public places of the City with a permanent form of pavement and assess two-thirds of the cost thereof upon abutting property owners; provided, that any street railway company, having double tracks thereon, under this authority shall be required to pay the whole cost of paving

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or re-paving or otherwise improving the street under this provision for the full width of sixteen feet thereon, and for the full width of eleven feet where they have a single track thereon, and for the full distance of the street so paved or re-paved. No resolution or ordinance seeking to pave or re-pave a street or public place, as herein authorized, shall be passed without having been first introduced and referred to the Committee on Public Works, and pending its consideration an advertisement shall be inserted at least one time in one of the daily newspapers of the city, ten days before the final passage of such resolution or ordinance, such advertisement giving notice of the introduction of such resolution or ordinance, the street, public place, or portion thereof, proposed to be paved or re-paved, the probable cost per front foot and it shall set forth that the property owners or others interested are notified to appear at the regular meeting of the General Council, to be held at a time stated in said advertisement, and make any and all objections they may desire to urge to the passage of such resolution or ordinance. At the time named in said advertisement, if any property owner or other person desires to make objection to the passage of such resolution or ordinance full opportunity shall be given him at said meeting. At said meeting and after hearing objections, if any are made to the passage of such resolution or ordinance, the Mayor and General Council shall have full right and power, in their discretion, to order such pavement or re-pavement laid. When laid, an ordinance shall be passed assessing the cost thereof as follows: The city shall pay one-third of the cost of all pavement or re-pavement laid under the provisions of this Section, and the abutting property owners on each side of the street or portion of the street so paved or repaved shall pay two-thirds of such cost, being one-third of the total assessment against the abutting property owners on each side, and if there is a street railway line on said street, the company owning or operating same under lease or contract shall be assessed for the cost of paving or repaving said street or portion of street for the full distance of such pavement or re-pavement and for

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the full width of sixteen feet where they have two tracks thereon and eleven feet where they have one track thereon, and after deducting the amount of this assessment against said company, the city will pay one-third thereof and the abutting property owners two-thirds thereof, being one-third of the total assessment against the abutting property owners on each side of the street or portion of the street so paved or re-paved. The assessing ordinance shall so assert a lien and declare same at the time same is passed. If the street railway company shall afterwards construct a track or tracks in any street or portion of street paved or re-paved under this authority, it shall pay into the treasury of the city a like amount, as if originally assessed, and same shall be distributed among the owners of the property, at the time of such re-pavement, and the city in proportion to the amount originally paid by the owners and city at the time the pavement was laid. Paving or repaving of streets. Assessments, etc. Lien of assessment. SEC. 82. The Mayor and General Council of the City of Atlanta are hereby authorized and empowered by ordinance, to provide that no person shall hereafter erect a building either for business or residence purposes on any street of the city without first securing from the Board of Public Works the grade of the street in front of the property desired to be improved. Said board shall, on application of any person or persons, immediately cause a survey to be made of the street or portion of street along which the property is situated on which the owner desires to make an improvement and to furnish the owner or his agent with a profile of the grade of the street or portion of street on which said property abuts without cost to the applicant. If any owner or agent erects a building on any lot without so procuring the grade of the street on which such property abuts, then, and in that event, no damages shall thereafter be paid the owner of such property on account of subsequently grading the street in conformity with the grade as established by the Board of Public Works. In other words, it is made the duty of such owner or agent hereafter improving property to make such improvements with reference to a permanent grade and to secure a profile

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therefor from the Board of Public Works, and if such owner or agent fails to do so and makes improvements without reference to such permanent grade, no damages shall be paid on account of subsequent changing or lowering the old grade to conform to such permanent grade as may be established by the Board of Public Works. Profile of grade of street furnished builders. SEC. 83. The Mayor and General Council of the City of Atlanta shall have full power and authority in their discretion with or without petition to grade, pave, macadamize, and otherwise improve for travel and drainage the streets and public lanes and alleys of said city, and to construct sidewalks and to pave the same; to put down curbing, cross-drains and crossings and otherwise improve the same. They shall have full power and authority to order such pavements or sidewalks laid down as they deem proper. Upon failure of any person to comply with such order within the time prescribed, the said Mayor and General Council may have same done, and levy and collect the cost of same by assessment or execution against the lands and goods and chattels of the owners of the lot or lots. The Mayor and General Council shall have full power and authority to assess the cost of paving and otherwise improving the sidewalks, including all necessary curbing for the same, on the real estate abutting on the street and on the side of the street on which the sidewalk is improved. Grading, paving, etc. SEC. 84. The Mayor and General Council are hereby authorized, in their discretion, to provide for the construction of guttering on the streets of said city at the same time that curbing and sidewalks are laid in such streets or at other times if, in the discretion of said Council, same are necessary and required. Said guttering may be laid by resolution of the Mayor and General Council; provided, said resolution lies over from the meeting at which introduced, to the next regular meeting, which is hereby declared to be notice to abutting property owners. At such regular meeting, same may be passed and when passed shall constitute a lien against the abutting property owners for the cost thereof. After the passage of said resolution the guttering

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shall be constructed, the abutting property owners notified of the cost thereof and, on their failure to pay same, executions shall be issued against the abutting property for the cost of same and in default of payment shall be levied and collected in the same manner as executions for the paving of sidewalks. The cost of the construction of such guttering shall constitute a lien against such abutting property from the date of the passage of the resolution providing therefor. In case old guttering has become defective, same may be so declared by resolution of the Mayor and General Council, and new guttering required to be laid and the cost thereof collected in the same manner as herein provided for guttering. Guttering. SEC. 85. The Mayor and General Council of the City of Atlanta are hereby authorized and empowered to consider and pass upon applications by abutting property owners for the pavement of streets without requiring such applications to set out more than that the pavement desired shall be of same general character of smooth pavement or macadam pavement, and when such petition is filed the advertisement may request bids on the several kinds of pavement coming within the general classification, and when such bids are received, the Mayor and General Council shall have the right to determine which of the bids shall be accepted, not being required to accept or reject any particular bid, but having entire discretion as to same. The purpose of this provision being that the petition for the pavement of streets need not set out the particular pavement desired, but may in general terms request a smooth pavement or macadam pavement and under this application the advertisement and bids may cover all character of pavements included within such general classifications, leaving with the Mayor and General Council the final right to determine which particular pavement shall be constructed. The material to be used in paving or otherwise improving streets shall be such as the Mayor and General Council shall select in each case. Applications by abutting owners for pavement need specify kind of street desired in general terms only. SEC. 86. The Mayor and General Council are hereby authorized in their discretion, to condemn the pavement on

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any street, sidewalk or other public place, or sewer, or curbing or guttering or work heretofore or hereafter laid, under this authority, when in their discretion, said pavement, sewer, curbing, guttering or other public improvement is worn out to such extent that it is no longer useful for the service intended and this action may be taken at such time as said Mayor and General Council may deem for the general welfare of said city with notice to abutting property owners. Pavement, sewer, curbing, etc., may be condemned by Mayor and Council. SEC. 87. The said Mayor and General Council are further authorized and empowered to adopt by ordinance a system of equalizing said assessments by estimating the total cost of each improvement made, and prorating the cost thereof on the real estate according to its frontage on the street or portion of street so improved, in proportion to the number of feet of each lot or parcel of land abutting on such street or portion of street. The Mayor and General council shall have full power and authority to assess two-thirds of the cost of paving, macadamizing, constructing side-drains, cross-drains, crossings and otherwise improving the right-of-way, or street proper, on the real estate abutting on each side of the street improved. One third of said cost to be so assessed, as herein provided, upon the real estate abutting on one side of the street thus improved, and one-third of said cost to be assessed as herein provided, upon the real estate abutting on the other side of the street as improved, in this way making up two-thirds of the cost to be assessed against the abutting property owners, as above provided. Equalization of assessments. Assessment of cost. SEC. 88. The Mayor and General Council shall have as full power to repave any sidewalk, street or alley or portion of such sidewalk, street or alley and such after proceedings as to levy and collection of assessment therefor as in cases of original paving provided for under this Act, whenever in the judgment of said Mayor and General Council the paving originally laid on such sidewalk, street or portion of sidewalk, street or alley is worn to that extent that it is no longer useful as a good pavement. Repaving.

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SEC. 89. All of such work may be done under the immediate direction of the Board of Public works, or through the medium of contractors, each piece of work to be separately contracted for. Work, how done. SEC. 90. The powers and duty of the Mayor and General Council of said city to keep its streets, whether paved, or unpaved, in repair and to pay for such repairs out of the general fund of the city is in no way affected by the foregoing provisions. Street repairs may be paid for, how. SEC. 91. The Mayor and General Council of the City of Atlanta are hereby authorized and empowered, by ordinance, to establish a building line for any and all of the streets of said city. Said building line shall be a line projected through abutting property and parallel with the street on which such property fronts and between which line and the street line no building, either for business or residence purposes, shall be erected. The said Mayor and General Council shall have further authority to provide that any building erected contrary to the provisions of such ordinance or ordinances shall constitute a nuisance and may be abated on complaint filed with the Recorder of said city and if said building is adjudged a nuisance, by said Recorder, same shall be removed by the owner or occupant thereof within thirty days after such judgment and, if not so removed, the said Mayor and General Council shall have authority to direct the removal of same by the Department of Public Works in so far as said building occupies the space between the building line, so established, and the line of the street. Said Mayor and General Council may provide, by ordinance, that no permit shall be issued by the Building Inspector for the erection of a building for any purpose between such building line and the street line and to provide that, if any person erects a building between such building line and the street line without a permit, he shall be guilty of an offense and on conviction therefor in the Recorder's Court shall be punished by a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars or sentenced to work on the public works of the city for not exceeding thirty days,

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either or both penalties to be inflicted in the discretion of the Recorder. Said Mayor and General Council shall have all the power and authority necessary to establish a building line on any or all the streets of the city and to secure a compliance therewith by any person or persons who may hereafter desire to improve property on streets on which such building line or lines have been established. Building lines and building regulations. SEC. 92. The amount of assessment on each piece of real estate shall be a lien on said real estate from the day of the passage of the ordinance, providing for the work, and making the assessment. The lien given by existing law to the City of Atlanta for assessments upon abutting property, and also upon the property of street railroad companies for street or sidewalks, paving or curbing or the construction of sewers or other improvements shall have rank and priority of payment, next in point of dignity, to the liens in favor of the City of Atlanta for taxes due said City, such lien and priority of payment to exist from the date of the passage of the ordinance authorizing the execution of the work in each case. Lien of assessments. SEC. 93. Hereafter whenever any improvement is made upon a street, such as the pavement of a street, the pavement of sidewalks, the construction of curbing and the laying of sewers and similar public works, and the cost of such improvements is a lien on abutting property and is assessed against same, and in default of payment is collected by execution, levy and sale against the abutting property, such lien shall attach against the abutting property owned by railroad companies whether entirely composing the right-of-way or partly composing the right-of-way in the same manner and to the same extent as against other abutting property and such right-of-way shall be subject to assessment, execution, levy and sale in the same manner as liens on other abutting property whether such right-of-way has upon it railroad tracks or not. In default of the payment of such assessments and executions issued thereon the particular part of such right-of-way in front of which said improvement is made shall be subject to levy and sale although

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it may bisect the right-of-way or cut same in two or cut out a part thereof or in any other way interfere with the tracks or equipment of the railroad operating over same. Assessments, how collected against railroad companies. SEC. 94. The Mayor and General Council of said city shall have authority to enforce the collection of the amount of any assessment made for work either upon streets or sidewalks, by execution to be issued by the Clerk of Council against the real estate assessed and against the owner thereof at the date of the ordinance making the assessment, which execution may be levied by the Marshal of said city on such real estate, and after advertisement and other proceedings as in cases of sale for city taxes, the same may be sold at public outcry to the highest bidder, and such sale vests title in the purchaser as in case of tax sales, provided that the defendant shall have the right to file an affidavit denying that the whole or any part of the amount for which the execution issued is due, and specifying fully the grounds of such denial of liability, and stating what amount he admits to be due, which amount so admitted to be due, shall be paid or collected before the affidavit is received and the affidavit received for the balance, and all such affidavits so received shall be returned to the Superior Court of Fulton County, and there tried and the issue determined as in cases of illegality, subject to all the pains and penalties provided in cases of illegality for delay; provided, the judge of said Superior Court shall have authority to dismiss any such affidavit of illegality for insufficiency before the time when the same would regularly come up for trial. Enforcement of collection of assessments. Illegality. SEC. 95. The lien for all assessments for all kinds of work, the cost of which is collected by assessments against the abutting property shall attach and become fixed on date of the approval of resolution providing for same or of the ordinance, where ordinance is required, assessing the cost thereof and these liens shall remain established and fixed without the necessity of recording same or of other proceedings; provided, however, that the provisions of this section shall not be effective unless the general law requiring

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the filing of executions with the Clerk of the Superior Court and entry of same upon the general execution docket shall be amended excepting executions upon assessments for such work from the requirement of being so filed and recorded. Lien for assessment attach, when. SEC. 96. The Mayor and General Council of the City of Atlanta are authorized and empowered to extend pipes from water mains to curb lines prior to paving or repairing of the streets in which such water mains are laid and to assess the cost of such extensions as herein authorized against the abutting property and to issue bills therefor against the abutting property and in default of payment to issue executions thereon and levy and collect same in the manner as is now provided by law for street assessments; provided, however, that the extensions herein authorized shall be made only for every fifty feet of frontage unless the property owner, where owning in excess of fifty feet of frontage, shall agree in writing to waive for a period of five years after the construction of such water main the right to enter the street or to have water mains extended to his line and this agreement shall be a covenant running with the land and shall bind his heirs and assigns. When so signed, the city shall have the right and option to make one or more connections, as they may see fit, and assess and levy therefor as above provided. Extension of water pipes from mains to curb lines at cost of abutting owners. Collection of assessments. SEC. 97. At all sales of property hereafter made under execution made in behalf of the city for the collection of street, sewer, and other assessments, the owner or owners, as the case may be, shall be authorized to redeem the same within the same time, on compliance with the same terms, and payment of same premiums, interest and cost as in cases of redemption of property where sold under tax fi. fa. or fi. fas. as is now, or from time to time may be, provided by law. Redemption of property sold for assessments. SEC. 98. Any street railroad company or street railway company having tracks running through any street or portion of street, which is to be paved or re-paved by said city under the assessment plan provided for by the charter

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or the general law of the State, shall be required to pay the whole cost of paving, re-paving or otherwise improving eleven feet in width of said street or portion of street where it has a single track and sixteen feet where it has a double track, and in case any street railway or street railroad company shall construct one or more lines of track in any street or portion of street already paved, it shall likewise pay for the paving of eleven feet in width, or sixteen feet in width as the case may be, of the street or portion of the street occupied by its tracks, according to the then value of the payment to be judged of by the Mayor and General Council. Assessments against street railroads. SEC. 99. Whenever any street railway company lays a double track or line on any street in said city, and such street shall at the same time or thereafter be macadamized or otherwise paved, such street railway company shall be required to macadamize or otherwise pave eleven feet for a single track and sixteen feet for a double track. Paving required of street railroads. SEC. 100. When the consent of said city is given to the laying of street railroad tracks in or on a street which is unpaved and without pavement improvements, said city may prescribe and require that the tracks shall be laid, and such paving done between the tracks and for such space on each side thereof, as will preserve the use, comfort, and safety of such street for the public. Laying of street railroad tracks on unpaved streets, what may be required. SEC. 101. When street railroad tracks are laid in said city, on a street which has already been paved or permanently improved, and upon which said company has no track, said city may require such contribution or payment to said city for said tracks, and to the owners of abutting property at the time of laying such tracks on account of the paving or pavement improvement of any such street as the Mayor and Council of said city may deem proper but no such amount shall be greater than as above provided. Street railroad tracks when laid on paved street, contribution may be required. Said city may regulate and enforce the payment or collection of such amount of contribution, and may require payment of same before consent is granted to lay such

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tracks and may grant consent conditional on such payment thereafter. Payment, how enforced. Such street railroad company shall be liable for its pro rata of the cost to repave, when same is done according to law. Street railroad liable for pro rata cost of repaving. SEC. 102. Whenever the public interest may so require, the Mayor and General Council of the city may, by ordinance, assess any railroad or street railroad company to improve the streets or side walks or both, or for any sewer or drain, contiguous to the freight or passenger depot, and to do part or all of said work as right and justice may dictate, whether such work be petitioned for or not; and the mode of procedure and remedies to enforce the same shall be those provided for street or sewer improvements in other cases as now are or hereafter may be provided by law and the ordinances of said city. Assessments against railroads or street railroads, when authorized. SEC. 103. The city of Atlanta is hereby authorized and empowered to transfer in payment of debts against said city, bills and executions in favor of said city for the cost of curbing, side walks, granite blocks, and other street pavements, and of bills and executions for sewer assessments, whether such bills and executions be held by said city against abutting land owners or against street railroad companies for furnishing and laying curbing, side walks, granite block or other street pavements and sewer assessments. The lien in favor of said city against abutting land and the owners thereof, and against street railroad companies, now provided by law, shall not be impaired or in any manner affected by this Act, but the same shall exist, and may be enforced in the name of the city, for the benefit of the transferee until the assessments shall be paid. Such bills and executions against street railroad companies, when so transferred, shall be paid, and collections shall be enforced, as is now required and prescribed by law. Transfer of bills and executions. Lien in favor of city against abutting owners not affected by this Act. Such bills against abutting land owners, when so transferred shall become due and payable as follows: Payments shall be made within thirty days after the completion of the work, and presentation of the bill therefor to the person

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liable for the same or his agent. If the person so liable should not prefer to pay all the assessment within thirty days, he may pay twenty-five per cent per annum on all such deferred payments; provided, however, that this privilege of paying part cash and postponing the payment of the balance, shall not exist unless the person liable for the assessment shall within the thirty days aforesaid pay the twenty-five per cent. and shall in writing, delivered to the transferee, declare his election to have the payment of the balance postponed, as herein above mentioned. Interest to apply on deferred payment at 7% per annum. If default shall be made in making a deferred payment, then all the unpaid assessments shall thereby become due and payable, and collection thereof shall be enforced as if no postponement had been made. All proceedings to collect the transferred assessments herein above mentioned, whether the transfers have been made of bills or of executions, shall be conducted as if no transfer had been made, and shall he had in the name of the City of Atlanta. Transferred bills, when due and payable. Postponed payments. But said City of Atlanta shall not be liable to the contractor for all or any part of an assessment after the same shall have been accepted by the contractor as a payment on the debt due him for the work. City not liable after transfer. The transfer of execution, as aforesaid, shall be recorded as in case of transfer of State and County fi. fas. Recording of transfers. SEC. 104. All work done in accordance with the above shall be done under the direction of the Board of Public Works. Surveys, grades, plans, profiles and other like work shall be done by the City Engineer of said city. Supervision of work. The City Engineer shall have charge of all such work as paving and grades, and shall perform such other duties as required by resolution of the same board; no one shall be eligible therefor unless he be a competent civil engineer of practical experience. SEC. 105. Authority is hereby conferred upon the City of Atlanta to open and extend Alabama Street, in said city,

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from the central portion of said city westerly through land belonging to the State. The portion of the State's land, through which authority is hereby granted to said city to open and extend said Alabama Street is described as follows, to-wit: A strip of land sixty feet wide and five hundred feet long on the north side, and three hundred feet long on the south side of said proposed street, having an area of (24,000) square feet, and running through the south west corner of the State's Western and Atlantic Railroad vacant property (a plat of which for reference has been filed); provided, that this grant of authority, is expressly made subject to the rights of the present lessees of the Western and Atlantic Railroad under the Act providing for the lease of the same, approved November 12th, 1889; the lessees of said Western and Atlantic Railroad having in writing assented thereto. Alabama Street, authority to open through property of State westerly from center of city conferred. The intention and purpose of this Act are to confer the grant aforesaid only as to the right and interest of the State without the impairment of any rights of lessees as aforesaid under the Acts providing such lessees; provided, that before the rights conferred by this Act on the City of Atlanta shall have any force or effect, said City of Atlanta shall pay into the treasury of the State the sum of twenty-five hundred ($2500.00) dollars, and this payment may be made at any time within six months from the approval of this Act, and on making such payment all the rights and provisions of this Act, shall by virtue of the same, have full force and effect. Lessees' rights not to be impaired. This section, when effective. The City of Atlanta is hereby authorized in extending West Alabama Street from its present terminus westward across the property of the Central Railroad and the property of the State of Georgia, leased by the Western and Atlantic Railroad Company, at the point where the proposed street extension touches the Western and Atlantic Railroad property belonging to the State at grade, to make an encroachment on said Western and Atlantic Railroad property lying on the south side of said proposed extension for the purpose of constructing a roadway from said street extension into the property of the Central Railroad Company

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of Georgia, also lying on the south side of said proposed street extension; the location and size of which encroachment shall be such as indicated by the plat aforesaid; provided, that before making such encroachment said City of Atlanta attains consent of the Western and Atlantic Railroad Company, present lessees of the Western and Atlantic Railroad, and the property to be encroached upon as aforesaid, and also of the Central Railroad and Banking Company of Georgia. Encroachment allowed, where. The Mayor and General Council of the City of Atlanta may, in their discretion, provide for the erection of a bridge over the tracks of the Central of Georgia Railway Company, and do all other work necessary to the extension of West Alabama Street to a point at or near the junction of Rhodes and Elliot Streets in said city, and in their discretion may extend an arm of said bridge or roadway so as to connect with West Hunter Street at a point west of the tracks of the Southern Railway Company, formerly East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia Railway Company, in said city, and to provide for the paying of expenses of constructing said bridge and extending said street partly out of the income of said city for one year, and the balance from the income of said city for other years, not more than three, immediately succeeding said first year, in the discretion of said Mayor and General Council. Bridge over tracks of Central of Georgia Ry. Co. may be erected. Cost, how paid. The Mayor and General Council of said city shall have power and authority, in their discretion, to institute condemnation proceedings for the purpose of acquiring a right-of-way for the proposed bridge over, across or under or partly over, partly across or partly under the rights-of-way and other property of the Central of Georgia Railway Company and the Southern Railway Company, formerly the East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia Railway Company, such condemnation proceedings to be conducted in accordance with the requirements of Sections 5206 to 5246 of Code of Georgia, 1910, and Act providing a uniform method of exercising the right of condemning, taking or damaging private property; provided, however, that it shall

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be within the discretion of the Mayor and General Council of the City of Atlanta, as heretofore provided by the charter of said city, to accept or reject the awards made by the assessors within the time limited by the charter of said city. Condemnation. SEC. 106. The Mayor and General Council of the City of Atlanta are hereby authorized and empowered to require all railroads and railroad companies to erect suitable bridges across their tracks and road-beds, where the same cross the public streets of said city, in all cases where said Mayor and General Council shall declare the same necessary for the protection of human life. It shall be the duty of the railroads or railroad companies having bridges erected, or when they may hereafter erect bridges across their tracks and road-beds, where the same cross the public streets of said city, to keep said bridges, and the approaches thereto, and the foundations and pillars and supports thereof, in safe condition, and so as to admit of comfortable travel on any such street. Bridges across tracks of railroads may be required, when. SEC. 107. In case of the failure of any railroad or railroad company, after reasonable notice to do so, to build or repair a bridge or the approaches thereto, or otherwise, as provided above, said Mayor and General Council shall have authority to do such building, repairing or putting in safe condition, at the expense, with interest and cost, of such railroad or railroad company, for which execution may issue, as other executions are issued by the city, and be levied on any property of such railroad or railroad company, and such executions shall bear interest at the rate of seven per cent. per annum; provided, that nothing in this Section shall require railroads or railroad companies to build bridges otherwise than is required by the general laws of this State, or the charter of such railroad companies, respectively, except in those cases in which a public street was in existence before the tracks of any such railroad or railroad companies were laid or placed across any such public streets. City may build bridges at cost of railroads, when. Said Mayor and General Council shall have the authority to regulate the buildings and repairing of such bridges,

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in so far as to declare the general character of such bridges or repairs, suitable to be made, and to provide for the drainage, light, and comfort of said bridges and the street adjacent thereon or thereunder, and to provide for the least obstruction by supports and otherwise of any portion of the street as is feasible and consistent with safety. Regulation of building and repairing such bridges. SEC. 108. It shall be the duty of the Recorder, when so elected, to hold the court known as the Recorder's Court at the times and places fixed by ordinance, for the trial of all offenses against the ordinances of the city and impose the penalties prescribed by ordinance, such penalties in case of conviction, not to exceed a fine of $500.00, imprisonment in the station house or city prison for not exceeding sixty days or sentence to work on the public works of the city for not exceeding sixty days, one or two or all of said penalties to be inflicted in the discretion of the Recorder. Recorder's Court. Fines and imprisonment. When sitting as a Recorder's Court, he shall have full power and authority to try all offenders against the ordinances of said city, and impose such penalties for violation thereof as may be prescribed by the ordinances of said city. Power of Recorder. Before entering upon the duties of his office, he shall take and subscribe an oath before some officer authorized to administer it, faithfully to discharge the duties of the same. He may at any time be removed by the Mayor and General Council for cause, to be judged of by them. Oath. The jurisdiction now vested in the Mayor and General Council of said city, under and by the laws of this State, is hereby devolved upon and vested in the Recorder's or Mayor's Court, and said court shall have the same jurisdiction, power and duty as to trial and abatement of said nuisances as the Mayor and General Council of said city have heretofore had, and said Mayor and General Council are hereby relieved of jurisdiction and duty to try, hear or abate such nuisances. The Recorder's duties not herein enumerated may be prescribed by ordinance. Jurisdiction. SEC. 109. The Mayor and General Council are hereby authorized to provide by ordinances for the punishment

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of offenses against the ordinances of the city on conviction in the Recorder's Court by sentence to work on the public works not exceeding thirty days or a fine not exceeding two hundred dollars, either or both in the discretion of the Recorder. Punishment for violation of ordinances. SEC. 110. The Mayor and General Council of the City of Atlanta are authorized and empowered to create the office of Recorder pro tem, to fix his term of office, prescribe his duties, and provide for his compensation; said Recorder pro tem shall serve during the absence or disability of the Recorder. Recorder pro tem. The Clerk of the Recorder's Court shall be eligible to fill the position of the Recorder pro tem, but when said Clerk is selected therefor, he shall serve without additional compensation. Clerk of Recorder's Court may fill position of Recorder pro tem. SEC. 111. Any one member of the General Council of said city is hereby authorized and empowered to preside in and hold the Recorder's Court of said city, whenever for any cause the Recorder or Recorder pro tem. of said city cannot be in attendance to hold same, and the Mayor and General Council of said city are hereby authorized to provide and regulate by ordinance how the designation or call upon any member of the General Council to preside as aforesaid shall be made. Members of Council may preside, when. SEC. 112. The Mayor and General Council of said city shall have full power and authority to compel the attendance of parties and witnesses at the Recorder's Court, and the meeting of said Council or General Council; and for this purpose said Mayor and General Council shall have full power and authority to take and receive of parties and witnesses such bonds as they deem necessary to secure the attendance of parties and witnesses, and to pass all ordinances necessary to carry this provision into effect and to provide for the forfeiture of such bonds as other bonds are now forfeited in the Superior Courts of this State. Powers of Mayor and General Council. SEC. 113. The Clerk of Council of the City of Atlanta shall have and use a common seal, whose form, device and

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color shall be fixed by ordinance passed by the Mayor and General Council. Clerk of Council, seal of. The Deputy Clerks of Council, whether one or more are appointed upon the authority of the Mayor and General Council, are authorized to sign executions, licenses and all other documents, to which the signature of the Clerk of Council is necessary, using their own names, but adding thereto the words, Deputy Clerk of Council. The signature of the Deputy Clerks of Council, when so signed shall be recognized and given all the force and effect of the signature of the Clerk of Council. Deputy Clerks. SEC. 114. To enable the City Comptroller to keep a general set of books for said city and to keep regular and correct accounts, showing the financial transactions of the city, separately and under proper heads, with all persons and city officers, who may have money transactions with said city, and to enable a complete system of checks and balances to be provided for said city, said city may by ordinance, provide for the apportionment of the revenue or income of the city each year, to such departments or heads, and to such number of departments or heads as may be deemed requisite; and said city may by ordinance change the name, number and order of departments or heads for appropriations heretofore provided. Apportionment of revenue to heads of departments. Whenever a warrant or claim shall be presented to the City Comptroller, he shall have power to require evidence that the amount claimed is just and due, and for that purpose may summon before him any officer, agent, or employee of any department of said city, or any other person, and examine him upon oath or affirmation relative to such warrant or claim, and may require the production of books or papers to be used as evidence before him. Warrants or claims, how inquired into. The books kept by the Comptroller of the City of Atlanta shall be kept in such manner as to show in detail the receipts and expenditures of each department of the City Government. Books of Comptroller, how kept. SEC. 115. For the purpose of enabling Councilmen and Aldermen to know at all times the true financial condition

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of the city, the Comptroller shall prepare, and the Clerk of Council shall read and enter upon the minutes at the opening of the regular session of the General Council on the first Monday of each month a statement, showing the gross revenue of the fiscal year and expenses voted by council up to that time, and also the amount of the several sums estimated as aforesaid, and what part of the same has been up to that time appropriated and what part remains unappropriated. Monthly statements by Comptroller. The books kept by the Comptroller of the City of Atlanta shall be kept in such manner as to show in detail the receipts and expenditures of each department of the City Government. Books of Comptroller, how kept. SEC. 116. The City Marshal shall be separate and distinct from the police force of the city. City Marshal, his duties, etc. It shall be his duty to collect or levy fi. fas. for taxes and fi. fas for fines and sell property so levied on and make titles to purchasers and put them in possession of the property so sold at sale, under laws governing the said Mayor and General Council, under the same rules and regulations that govern the Sheriff and his deputies at Sheriff's sales. It shall be the duty of the Marshal to act as City Inspector under such rules and regulations as the Mayor and General Council shall prescribe. He shall be empowered to enforce the State laws on the subject of weights and measures, and such other rules and requirements, as not to conflict with the laws of the State. All warrants, summonses, precepts, executions or other processes issued by the Clerk of Council of Atlanta shall be directed to the Marshal of the City of Atlanta. The Marshal or collecting officer of said city, as the case may be, shall be authorized to transfer and assign any fi. fa. or fi. fas. as issued for street, sewer, or other assessment, in the same manner, upon the same terms, and to the same effect, and vesting the purchaser or transferee with the same rights as in cases of transfers of tax fi. fas., as now allowed by law. SEC. 117. Whenever any personal property has been levied on by the City of Atlanta, if of character to render

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its removal to the City Hall of more than ordinary expense or inconvenience, the same may be sold at any place within the corporate limits of said city, at public out-cry, within the hours now prescribed by law, after ten days notice to owner or agent in charge. Sale of property inconvenient to move to City Hall. SEC. 118. The Treasurer shall keep a book, in which he shall make an entry of all sums of money received, and shall also make an entry of all sums of money paid out, and shall take receipts of all sums paid out, which book and receipts shall be subject to inspection of the Mayor and members of the General Council of said city at such times as they, or either of them, shall think proper. Book of Treasurer, how kept. Receipts. The liability of any surety or sureties on the bond of the Treasurer of the City of Atlanta shall be the same as that of sureties on the bond of the Treasurer of the State of Georgia, to-wit: That property of any such surety on the bond of such City Treasurer shall be subject to a lien in favor of the City of Atlanta for the full amount of such Treasurer's bond from the date of execution thereof. Liability of sureties on Treasurer's bond. The bond of the Treasurer shall be fixed by the General Council in such amount as in their judgment shall be sufficient, in no event to be less than one hundred thousand ($100,000.00) dollars. The General Council shall have power to increase the bond whenever they deem it necessary to protect the interests of the city. Bond of Treasurer. SEC. 119. The deposits of moneys in the hands of the Treasurer of the City of Atlanta, belonging to the City of Atlanta, shall be regulated as follows: Whenever the revenues of the City of Atlanta, in the hands of the City Treasurer shall exceed the sum of five thousand ($5,000.00) dollars, such revenues shall be deposited in four chartered banks as may be practicable. The depositories shall be designated by the Mayor and General Council and in making the designation regard must be had to the rate of interest on balance of deposits offered by the various banks, and to the amount and kind of security rendered by said banks, with the purpose on the part of the Mayor and General

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Council to get the best rate of interest and the best security for the money deposited. Deposits of moneys. SEC. 120. The Treasurer and his sureties shall not be liable on his bond for any of such moneys while on deposit as aforesaid, but he and his sureties shall be liable on his bond for all moneys belonging to the City of Atlanta not so deposited under the direction of the Mayor and General Council. Treasurer and sureties not liable on moneys on deposit. SEC. 121. Moneys on deposit as aforesaid, shall be at all times subject to be drawn out on warrant regularly issued by the Mayor and countersigned by the Comptroller, to pay the debts or current expenses of the city, and shall likewise be subject to be withdrawn from the banks where deposited in the discretion of the Mayor and General Council at a regular or special meeting. Moneys on deposit subject to draft. The Treasurer of said city shall have no power on his own motion to withdraw any of the funds so deposited, but can only do so upon warrants regularly issued and countersigned as aforesaid. Funds on deposit, how withdrawn. SEC. 122. In case none of the banks of the city make reasonable offers of interest and security as aforesaid, or a smaller number of banks than four make such offers, then the whole subject of the regulation of the deposits of the money belonging to the city shall be left in the sound discretion of the Mayor and General Council in office for the time being. The Mayor and General Council of the City of Atlanta shall have full power to provide by necessary ordinances for the regulation and control of the deposits of funds belonging to said city in accordance with the spirit and intent of this charter. Regulation of deposits. SEC. 123. The charter Boards of the City of Atlanta shall be the following: Charter Boards. Board of Education. Board of Public Safety. Board of Health, Hospitals and Charities. Board of Public Works. Board of Water Commissioners.

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Board of Public Recreation. Board of Trustees of Carnegie Library. The terms of office of all board members shall be fixed by ordinance. SEC. 124. Each member of a board, established under the provisions of Section 123 of this charter, shall receive the sum of five dollars, for actual attendance upon each regular monthly meeting of the board of which he is a member, provided, if more than one regular meeting is held per month, then no payment for attendance on such additional meetings, either regular or special, shall be allowed or paid. The provisions of this section shall only apply to regular board members and shall not apply to ex officio members. Compensation of members. SEC. 125. All salaries for city officials shall be fixed by ordinance or resolution of the Mayor and General Council whether such officials are elected by the people or by boards or otherwise; provided, however, if such officials are elected by boards, then the salaries shall first be recommended by the board under which such official serves, yet these recommendations shall not be final but may be changed in the discretion of the Mayor and General Council. This provision only extends to officers serving for regular terms and not to employees serving from day to day, but for such employees the Mayor and General Council are authorized to provide for payments by appropriations to the boards and the payments to such employees to be made under the direction of such boards. Salaries of city officials, how fixed. SEC. 126. The Mayor and General Council may change officials from the control of one board to another and may subtract, from one board, duties assigned to them under this charter and re-assign them to other boards and, may, also, assign to any board further and additional duties to those assigned to such boards under the provisions of this charter. Changes in boards. SEC. 127. The Board of Education is hereby created to consist of one member from each of the wards of the city, no two members to come from the same ward, same to be

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elected by the Mayor and General Council and to this board shall be added the Mayor and Chairman of the committee of General Council on Schools as ex-officio members, and these two members may come from wards already represented on said board by election. The head of the department of schools shall be the Superintendent which official shall be elected by said board. All assistants, teachers and employees in said department shall be nominated by the Superintendent, subject to confirmation by the Board of Education. If not so confirmed, said Superintendent shall continue to nominate others until suitable assistants, teachers and employees are submitted to and approved by said board. Board of Education. SEC. 128. The Board of Education shall have general supervision and government of the schools, school property and school yards of the city in conformity with existing ordinances and such as may hereafter be made by the Mayor and General Council. Said board shall not have power to bind the city by contracts for the purchase of school property or material or the erection of school houses or the furnishing thereof or for salaries of officers or teachers in any sum in excess of the annual appropriations made by the Mayor and General Council for the support of public schools. Jurisdiction of Board of Education. SEC. 129. The Board of Public Safety is hereby created in lieu of the Board of Public Commissioners, as heretofore provided and the Board of Fire Masters as heretofore provided, both of which last mentioned boards are hereby abolished. Board of Public Safety. Such board shall consist of ten members, to be chosen by the Mayor and General Council from each of the wards of the city, no two members to be taken from the same ward; provided, however, the Mayor and the Chairman of the committee of the General Council on Public Safety shall be ex-officio members and thereby increase such board in number and furthermore, these ex-officio members may come from wards which are already represented on said board by election. Ten members, how chosen.

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The Board of Public Safety shall elect a Chief of the Police Department and a Chief of the Fire Department. The Chief of the Police Department shall be the head of the Police Department. The Chief of the Fire Department shall be the head of the Fire Department. Board of Public Safety shall elect Police Chief and Fire Chief. The heads of said departments shall each nominate all assistants and all necessary officers, men and employees, in their respective departments, subject to confirmation by said Board of Public Safety. If those nominated are not confirmed, they shall continue to nominate others until suitable assistants, officers, men and employees are submitted to and approved by said board. Heads of departments nominate assistants, subject to confirmation by Board of Public Safety. The Board of Public Safety shall exercise general supervision over the Department of Police and Fire; they shall, as provided above, elect the necessary officers, policemen, firemen, and all employees assigned to either of said fire or police departments and required for public protection and against fire or disorder and for the effectual discharge of the general and special duties of such departments. They shall have supervision and government of said departments of police and fire in conformity with existing ordinances and such as may be hereafter made by the Mayor and General Council, but they shall not have power to bind the city by contracts for the purchase of property for the use of the Police and Fire Departments or for salaries of officers or patrolmen, firemen or employees for any sum in excess of the annual appropriations made therefor. Jurisdiction Board of Public Safety. SEC. 130. The Board of Public Safety shall have the power, and it shall be their duty, to appoint a Chief of Police, and such other police officers, and policemen as is or may be prescribed by City Ordinance. Chief of Police and police officers, appointment of. They shall exercise full direction and control of officers and members of the police force, in conformity to existing laws and ordinances, and such as may be made applicable to the subject. Control of officers and members of police force. The police force of said city shall consist of a Chief of Police, and such other officers and men as the city shall, by ordinance, prescribe. Police force.

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Said chief, officers and men so elected, shall serve during good behavior and efficient service, both of which to be judged of by said board. Said board shall be authorized at any time to discharge the chief, officers, or men, or other employees of their department, without any liability attaching to the members of said board on account of said discharge. Police force under control of said board. Said chief, officers and men shall take an oath, faithfully and impartially to discharge the duties imposed on them by the laws of the State, and the ordinances of the city, and shall give such bonds as may be required of them by the city ordinances. Oath of officers and men. It shall be their duty to make arrest of any persons violating the ordinances of said city, with or without summons, and also with or without warrant. They shall likewise make arrests of any persons, who have violated the statutes of said State, and their arrest for such violations are hereby authorized, either with or without warrants therefor. They shall perform such other duties as may be imposed by the laws of the State, and ordinances of the General Council. Duties. Their compensation shall be prescribed by ordinances, and shall not be increased or diminished during the calendar year. No extra pay or allowance or cost shall be made to any officer or members of said department. Compensation. The Mayor and General Council shall cause the entire police force of the city to be armed and so uniformed as to be readily recognized by the public as peace officers. Armed and uniformed force shall be. The arms to be furnished at the expense of and to remain the property of the city. Arms furnished. The Mayor and General Council, in their discretion, shall have authority to furnish uniforms at the public expense to the members of the Police and Fire Departments. Uniforms furnished, when. For a failure to perform and duty required by law or the ordinances of the city, or the rules of said board, the officers and members of said departments are subject to be suspended, either definitely or indefinitely, or removed from office, by the decision of the said board, whose decisions shall be final and when said officers or members are dismissed,

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no liability shall attach to the city for any further compensation. Suspensions. The mode of preferring charges against any officer or member of said departments and the manner of their trial, shall be prescribed by the rules of said board, and the chief and officers, or members, or employees of said departments may be suspended in the manner provided by the rules of said departments until the session of said board, at which the hearing may be had and sentence adjudged. Charges and trials. In case any officer or member or employee of said departments is suspended, said board shall provide for appointments to fill the vacancies during the suspension of the officer, or member, or employee. Vacancies, how filled during suspension. SEC. 131. The Mayor and General Council are given full, complete and unqualified authority to establish, for the department of police, civil service rules and regulations, to the end that officers, members and employees shall serve during good behavior and efficient service and to be promoted according to efficient service and length of time employed in said department, all of which to be adjudged of by said board. Civil service rules and regulations. SEC. 132. It shall be the duty of the officers and men of the Department of Fire to give their whole time to the service of the city; to live and remain at the several houses, of said department, to which they are assigned; to answer alarms of fire and undertake to put out a fire and protect the property thereat; to look after the apparatus, horses and other property of said department as they may be directed by the Chief of Fire Department and to perform all other duties in connection with their said service, which they may be required to perform under the ordinances of the city. Their compensation shall be fixed by the Mayor and General Council, and shall not be increased or diminished during any calender year, but shall be prescribed in the year preceding the time of such increase or dimunition. No extra pay or allowance shall be made to any officer or member of said fire department. They shall likewise have authority to make arrests of any person violating the ordinances

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of the city, or laws of the State in the same manner as policemen are now authorized to make arrests. Duties of officers and men of Fire Department. SEC. 133. The officers and members of the Department of Fire shall, in the discretion of the General Council, be placed under civil service under the same rules and ordinances as obtain with reference to the officers and members of the Department of Police. Civil service, when. SEC. 134. Failing to perform any duties required by the charter or ordinances of the city or the rules of said department by any officer or member of said Fire Department, he may be suspended, definitely or indefinitely or removed from office, by decision of said board, whose decision shall be final, and when so dismissed no liability shall attach to the city for any further compensation. In case any officer or member or employee of said Fire Department is suspended or dismissed, said board shall have authority to fill the vacancy during the suspension or following the dismissal. Suspensions. Vacancies, how filled during suspensions. SEC. 135. Said board shall have authority to establish such offices in said Department of Fire as in their judgment may seem best, looking towards the greater efficiency of said department. It shall also have authority to assign the officers and members and employees of said department to such houses or such employment as in the discretion of said board may seem best. Offices may be established in Department of Fire. SEC. 136. The Board of Health, Hospitals and Charities is hereby created, the members thereof to be elected from each of the wards of the city by the Mayor and General Council, no two members to come from the same ward; provided, that the Mayor and Chairman of the committee of the General Council on Health, Hospitals and Charities shall be ex-officio members of said board and the ex-officio members may come from wards otherwise represented on said board by election. Board of Health, Hospitals and Charities. SEC. 137. Said board shall elect the heads of the several departments under their jurisdiction, to-wit: First, the health officer, who shall be the head of the department

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of health; second, the superintendent of each hospital or sanitarium, who shall be the head of the department of each hospital or sanitarium; third, the chief of sanitary, who shall be the head of the department of sanitary; fourth, the city warden who shall be at the head of the department of charities. These several heads of departments shall name their assistants and such other employees as may be required for the effectual discharge of the duties of their departments subject to approval by said board. If not so approved or confirmed, said several heads shall continue to make such recommendations until acceptable names have been submitted and approved. Said board shall have general supervision of all matters pertaining to the department of health, the hospitals, the sanitarium and the charities of the city in conformity with existing ordinances and such as may be hereafter made by the Mayor and General Council, but they shall have no power to bind the city by contracts for the purchase of property or material for the use of said several departments or for the salaries of officers or employees therein in any amount in excess of the annual appropriation made therefor by the Mayor and General Council. Organization. Jurisdiction. Said Board of Health, Hospitals and Charities is created in lieu and to take the place of the present Board of Health and the Board of Trustees of Grady Hospital, both of which last mentioned boards are hereby abolished. This Board in lieu of Board of Health and Board of Trustees of Grady Hospital, which are abolished. SEC. 138. The Mayor and General Council of the City of Atlanta shall have full power, upon the recommendation of said Board of Health, Hospitals and Charities, to cause the owners of lots, or cellars, within the corporate limits of said city, to drain or fill the same to the level of the streets or alleys upon which said lots or cellars are located. Lots or cellars filled or drained, when. If the owners of said lots or cellars or the occupants of the same fail or refuse, after reasonable notice to them or their agents, to comply with the requirements of the said Mayor and General Council, by draining said lots or cellars, or by filling up same, it shall be lawful for said Mayor and General Council to have this work performed and the amount so expended collected by executions issued by the

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Clerk of said Council against the owners or occupants of the lots or cellars as the said Mayor and General Council may elect, and a sale under said execution shall pass a complete and perfect title to the property sold as a sale by the Sheriff under a judgment and execution. Lots or cellars filled or drained, when. SEC. 139. Said Mayor and General Council shall have full power and authority to provide by ordinance for the frequent and compulsory vaccination of all persons in said city by suitable qualified physicians to be selected by the Board of Health, Hospitals and Charities of said city, and to provide and enforce suitable and adequate penalties against any and all persons who shall refuse to submit to vaccination in accordance with the provisions or requirements of such ordinance. Vaccination. SEC. 140. The City of Atlanta shall have power and authority upon the advice and recommendation of the Board of Health, Hospitals and Charities, and through the agency of said board, or such other agency as it may select, to establish and operate crematories, as many as may be necessary, for the proper disposal of the night soil, garbage, and other refuse of said city, and at such different places as may be selected by said city, with proper consideration for the just and equal distribution of said refuse matter. Crematories. SEC. 141. The Mayor and General Council of the City of Atlanta are authorized and empowered, in their discretion, to provide for civil service in the departments of sanitary and health to the extent that such employees and officers of said department that receive a salary or wages in excess of sixty dollars per month shall be selected by an examination as to their mental and physical qualifications, and also as to their character for honesty and diligence, and after such selections, shall be continued in the employ of the city during good behavior, such good behavior to be judged of, finally and without appeal, by the Board of Health, Hospitals and Charities or by the Mayor and General Council, as may be provided by ordinance. Civil service, when.

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SEC. 142. The Board of Public Works is hereby established to consist of one member from each of the wards of the city, no two members to come from the same ward, to be elected by the Mayor and General Council, to which board shall be added the Mayor and the Chairman of the committee of General Council on Public Works, as ex- officio members and these two members may come from wards already represented on said board by election. The head of the department of public works shall be the City Engineer, which official shall be elected by said board. All assistants to the City Engineer and all necessary employees in said department shall be nominated by the City Engineer, subject to confirmation by the Board of Public Works. If not so confirmed, the said City Engineer shall continue to nominate others until suitable assistants and employees are submitted to and approved by said board. Board of Public Works. City Engineer, head. SEC. 143. The Board of Public Works shall have general supervision and government of the streets, sewers and bridges of the city in conformity with existing ordinances and such as may be made by the Mayor and General Council, but they shall not have power to bind the city by contracts for the purchase of property or material for the use of the streets, sewers, and bridges or for salaries of officials or employees for any sum in excess of the annual appropriations made therefor by the Mayor and General Council. Jurisdiction. SEC. 144. Said City Engineer shall have charge of all the engineering work of the city, in all departments, and shall perform the duties of an engineer, and give all necessary attention thereto when called on by any of said departments or by any of the boards, or when so directed by resolution of the Mayor and General Council. City Engineer's duties. SEC. 145. The stockade or city prison, together with the employees and grounds thereof, the prisoners, guards, teams and all other appurtenances thereof shall be under the direct control of the Mayor and General Council and the Board of Public Works, and in addition to the ordinances passed by the Mayor and General Council, said

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board shall have further authority to create and enforce such rules as they may deem advisable for the control of the convicts, employees and grounds at the city prison or stockade. Stockade, control of. SEC. 146. The Board of Water Commissioners is hereby created, the members thereof to be elected from each of the wards of the city by the Mayor and General Council, no two members to come from the same ward; provided, that the Mayor and the Chairman of the Committee on Water Works of the General Council shall be ex-officio members of said board and the ex-officio members may come from wards otherwise represented on said board by election. Board of Water Commissioners. SEC. 147. Said board shall elect the General Manager, who shall be the head of said department of water works and who shall name all assistants and employees necessary for the effectual operation of said department subject to the confirmation of said board. If the first names submitted are not accepted, said officer shall submit further names until acceptable names are submitted by him and confirmed by said board. General Manager. SEC. 148. Said board shall have general supervision and government of all lands, plants, machinery, employees, sale and supply of water and rules therefor, and all other matter pertaining to the supply of water to the citizens of the city, in conformity with the existing ordinances of the city and such other ordinances as may be passed by the Mayor and General Council, but they shall not have the power to bind the city by contracts for the purchase of property or the erection of plants or the furnishing thereof or the salaries of officers or employees in any sum in excess of the annual appropriation made therefor by the Mayor and General Council. Jurisdiction. SEC. 149. The Board of Water Commissioners in behalf of the Mayor and General Council of the City of Atlanta and all persons acting under their authority, shall have the right to use the ground or soil under any road, railroad, highway, street, lane, alley, or court, within the State,

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for the purpose of constructing, enlarging, or improving any system of water works or part thereof, upon condition that they shall not permanently injure any such railroad, highway, street, lane, alley, or court, but same to be restored to its original state, and all damages done thereto to be repaired. Authority to use soil under any road, etc., for improvement of water works. SEC. 150. The said Board of Commissioners shall regulate the distribution and use of said water in all places, and for all purposes where same may be required, and from time to time shall fix the price for use thereof, and the time of payment, and they shall erect such number of public hydrants and in such places as they shall see fit, and direct in what manner and for what purpose the same shall be used, all of which they may change at their discretion. Distribution, use, price, etc., of water, how regulated. SEC. 151. The Board of Water Commissioners shall have full power and authority to require the payment in advance for the use or rent of water furnished by them, in or upon any building, place or premises and in case prompt payments shall not be made, they may shut off the water from such buildings, place or premises and shall not be compelled again to supply said building, place or premises with water until said arrears, with interest thereon, shall be fully paid. Payment in advance may be required for use of water. Water may be shut off. SEC. 152. The Board of Water Commissioners shall make no contract for the price of using the water for a longer time than three years, and at the expiration of any term or lease, the price paid for the use thereof shall be adjusted according to the regulations then published. Contracts for use of water. SEC. 153. All money collected from water rents and other income from said water works shall be paid as collected, to the City Tax Collector, and by him into the city treasury, and the necessary funds to carry on said water works shall be paid out of the city treasury on orders of the Mayor and General Council. Water rents, disposition of. SEC. 154. Said Board shall by the first meeting of the Mayor and General Council in May of each year, file with

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said body an estimate of the probable receipts from water rents and other income, if any, and of the amount necessary to run said water works during the current year. Said Mayor and General Council shall thereupon and at the same time that other appropriations are made, make such appropriations and set apart such amount for said water works as may be necessary for the economical and successful operation of same, and shall pay the same over to the Board of Water Commissioners as same may be needed. Appropriations for water works. SEC. 155. If any person or persons shall maliciously or wilfully divert the water, or any portion thereof, from the said water works, or shall corrupt or render the same impure, or shall destroy or injure any canal, aqueduct, pipe, conduit, machinery, or other property used or required for producing or distributing the water, such person or persons, and their aiders and abettors, shall forfeit to said board, to be recovered in an action of trespass, trible the amount of damage (besides cost of said suit) which shall appear on trial to have been sustained and all such acts are hereby declared to be misdemeanors; and the parties found guilty thereof may be punished by fine not exceeding one thousand dollars or by imprisonment not exceeding one year, or both in the discretion of the court. Penalty for malicious or wilful diversion of water. SEC. 156. This board shall have power to make rules and regulations respecting the introduction of water into or upon any premises and from time to time, to regulate the use thereof in such manner as shall seem to them necessary and proper. Regulations of use of water, etc. SEC. 157. The members of said board and all engineers, superintendents, or inspectors in their service, are hereby authorized and empowered to enter at all reasonable hours any dwelling or other place where said water is taken and used, and where unnecessary wastes thereof are known, or suspected, to examine and inquire into the cause thereof. They shall have full power to examine all surface pipes, stop-cocks, and other apparatus connected with said water works, for the purpose of ascertaining whether the same

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are of the character and dimensions and fixed in the manner directed in permits therefor. Right of entry to discover waste. If any person refuse to permit such examination or obstruct such officer in the performance of such duty, he, she, or they so offending shall be liable to such penalty not exceeding $10.00 for such offense as the board may impose, and supply of water may also be shut off until the required examination is made, and such alterations and repairs are completed as may be necessary. Penalty for refusal to permit examination. SEC. 158. The Mayor and General Council of the City of Atlanta are hereby authorized to condemn property, which may be needed, in the judgment of said Mayor and General Council, to enlarge its water works plant, or grounds, the condemnation proceedings in all cases to conform to the laws of the State authorizing and regulating the condemnation of private property for public use. Condemnation to enlarge plant, right of. SEC. 159. The City of Atlanta is hereby authorized and empowered to enlarge and improve the existing or any future water supply or water works of said city in any manner and to any extent, that is or may be needful, from the present or from any other site or sites; said city shall have the power to acquire all rights and property, real and personal, necessary and appropriate for affording a complete and sufficient supply of reasonably pure and clear water to said city, and shall have power to acquire and hold or use all such rights and property, both within the limits of said city and anywhere in this State, including ownership of and dominion in whole or in part over the watershed, from which the water to be supplied is gathered, however large the tract of land necessary for the purpose may be, so as to let said water shed grow up in grass or trees without manuring or tilling, or other hurtful use and so as to keep the water clean and pure. Enlargement and improvement, power of. The said city shall have power to cause such examination and surveys to be made for the proposed work contemplated in this Act as shall be necessary or proper to the selection of the most advantageous location or locations, site or sites, water-shed or sheds, and right or rights, way

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or ways, for locating all their works and appliances for bringing the water and distributing it in the city, and for carrying out the object of this Act. Surveys, etc. And for such purposes (surveys, etc.), the said city by its officers, agents, servants or employees, shall have the right to enter upon the land or water of any person and all the rights, powers, and privileges heretofore conferred by the Legislature under any bill enacted by the same, upon said city for erecting and maintaining water works, are hereby revived and continued in full force, in extending said water works, or in erecting new water works, either or both, as the case may be. Right of entry to make surveys. The city, by its agents aforesaid, may construct its works or lay its pipes, upon acquiring the property or right to do so, as the case may be, with the necessary way or ways, dams, canals, race-ways, reservoirs, excavations or embankments and to do all acts and things necessary for the construction and maintenance of said works. Construction. Said city shall have the power to lease, or buy, or condemn any property, real or personal, anywhere in the State, for the purpose or acquire the same by donation and to sell, or lease or dispose of any part thereof not found necessary for the works at the pleasure of the city. Power to lease, etc. And said city, by its agents as aforesaid, shall have power to obtain gravel, stone, earth, timber or other material, and to take such land as may be necessary for the proper construction, operation and security of said works and to cut down any trees that may be necessary therefor, or security of same, making compensation therefor as by this bill or under the law provided for property taken for public use, and shall have all other powers and authority necessary and appropriate to accomplish the objects of this charter. Right to take material. Compensation therefor. SEC. 160. Said city shall have the power to use and employ for the purpose of said works, any stream or streams of water or water course or water courses, or any part of such waters, which by said city shall be deemed necessary and appropriate; to use such water by employing the same for power to run or move the necessary machinery or for

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pumping through mains and distributing over the city, either or both as the case may be, making compensation therefor as by law required. Power to use streams, etc. Said city shall have power to lay its mains along any street or highway, or otherwise, whenever necessary to cross, occupy, or appropriate with its works such highways or streets or any part thereof. Power to lay mains. SEC. 161. The Mayor and General Council or Board of Commissioners or other officers of said City of Atlanta, shall have no authority or power to sell, exchange, or lease for a term longer than five years the property now belonging to the City of Atlanta, known as Lakewood or old water works property, same being the property on which is located the old water reservoir, to the south of the City of Atlanta, and any official voting therefor shall be deemed guilty of having violated his duty and subject to impeachment and removal from office. Lakewood, shall not be sold, exchanged or leased for a longer term than five years. SEC. 162. The Mayor and General Council or Board of Water Commissioners or other officers of the City of Atlanta shall have no authority or power to sell, exchange, farm out, lease out, or in any way alien the property, easement, income or other equipment, privileges or assets belonging and appertaining to its system of water works; and all contracts, negotiations, grants, leases, or other forms of transfer in violation of this Act are declared void and of no effect, as against the city, and any official voting therefor shall be deemed guilty of violating his duty and subject to impeachment and removal from office; however, the provisions of this section shall not apply to the sale, exchange or alienation of such articles or equipment of said water works plant as are worn out or useless, or which by the betterment of the service can be advantageously substituted by new and improved machinery or equipment. Water works system shall not be sold or leased. SEC. 163. The Mayor and General Council of said City shall have full power and authority to establish reasonable police and sanitary regulations over the water works of said city, located at Chattahoochee River, near the mouth of Peachtree Creek, in Fulton County, and along the pipe

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line of said water works system, the water-shed, and all lands occupied for the purpose of water supply, and to punish a violation of such regulation by fine and imprisonment as in case of violations of other ordinances of said City of Atlanta, and also, over all other parts of the present system or future system of water works, including sites therefor, mains thereto, reservoirs and all other parts thereof. Police and sanitary regulations on water works property. SEC. 164. The City of Atlanta is hereby empowered and authorized to use the waters of the Chattahoochee River for the purpose of supplying its system of water works with water, and all acts of said city, its Mayor and General Council and its Board of Water Commissioners, whereby lands have been purchased alongside this river, pumping stations erected thereon, mains built therefrom, reservoirs and power or other pumping stations erected for the purpose of securing the health of the citizens thereof, and the preservation of the property and for all municipal purposes, are hereby confirmed and its future use for same and similar purposes is hereby granted and authorized. City authorized to use waters of the Chattahoochee. Purchase of lands, etc., authorized and confirmed. The city shall not be held liable for any suits at law, or in equity, on account of the use herein authorized or for any enlargement of said use by reason of the increased growth of said city. City not liable for any suits at law, for use authorized. SEC. 165. The Board of Public Recreation to take the place of the Board of Park Commissioners and Cemetery Commission, both of which commissions are hereby abolished, is hereby created, the members thereof to be elected from each of the wards of the city by the Mayor and General Council, no two members to come from the same ward; provided, that the Mayor and the Chairman of the Committee on Public Recreation of the General Council shall be ex-officio members of said board and the ex-officio members may come from wards otherwise represented on said board by election. Board of Public Recreation. SEC. 166. Said board shall elect a General Manager, who shall be the head of the Department of Public Recreation. The General Manager shall name his assistants and all employees necessary for the proper and effectual operation

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of this department subject to the approval of said board. If the names submitted are not approved said General Manager shall continue to submit other names until acceptable names have been submitted and approved. Said board shall have general supervision and government of all parks, play grounds and public baths, now or hereafter established by the city and in as much as the cemeteries, now or hereafter owned by the city, are intended to be beautified as parks, all such cemeteries are hereby placed under the government and control of this board. General Manager and Assistants. SEC. 167. The supervision, government and control hereby lodged in said board shall be exercised in conformity with such ordinances as now exist or such as may be hereafter made by the Mayor and General Council, but such board shall not have the power to bind the city by contracts for the purchase of property and material for the use of parks, play grounds, public baths, or cemeteries or otherwise or for the salaries of officers or employees for any sum in excess of the annual appropriation made therefor by the Mayor and General Council. Jurisdiction. SEC. 168. No new cemetery shall be opened or used which is within four miles of the center of said city, and any person or persons, company or corporation, or agent of any such company or corporation, who shall open or use any such new cemetery within four miles of the center of said city, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction thereof shall for each offense be fined not exceeding one thousand ($1,000.00) dollars, or imprisonment not exceeding twelve months, one or both, in the discretion of the court, and any attempt to open or use any such cemetery within four miles of said city shall also be subject to be enjoined by the Superior Court under penalty. No cemetery allowed within four miles of center of city. Punishment for violation. SEC. 169. The Board of Trustees of Carnegie Library is hereby created to consist of one member from each of the wards of the city, no two members to come from the same ward, same to be elected by the Mayor and General Council and to this board shall be added the Mayor and Chairman of the Committee on Libraries as ex-officio members,

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and these two members may come from wards already represented on said board by election. The head of the department of libraries shall be the Librarian, which official shall be elected by said board. All assistants and employees in said department shall be nominated by the Librarian, subject to confirmation by the Board of Trustees. If not so confirmed, said Librarian shall continue to nominate others until suitable assistants and employees are submitted to and approved by said board. Board of Trustees of Cornegie Library. SEC. 170. The Board of Trustees of Carnegie Library shall have general supervision and control of all matters pertaining to libraries, the management thereof, the supervision and control of library property, buildings, books, furnishings, and any other matters now or hereafter connected with the present or future libraries of the city in conformity with existing ordinances and such as may hereafter be made by the Mayor and General Council. But they shall have no power to bind the city by contracts for the purchase of property, material or books for the use of such libraries or for the salaries of the officers or employees thereof in excess of the annual appropriation made therefor by the Mayor and General Council. Jurisdiction. SEC. 171. A Sinking Fund Commission is hereby created which shall consist of three members to be elected by the Mayor and General Council from the city at large, to which the Mayor and Chairman of the Finance Committee of the General Council shall be added as ex-officio members. Said commission shall have general supervision and government of the bonds of the city and the sinking fund provided therefor in conformity with existing laws of the State and the ordinances of the city, and such as may be further made by the Mayor and General Council governing same. They shall not have the power to bind the city by contracts for the purchasing of bonds or the making of investments in any sum in excess of the annual appropriations made therefor by the Mayor and General Council. Sinking Fund Commission. Jurisdiction. The terms of office of the members of the Sinking Fund Commission shall be fixed by ordinance.

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SEC. 172. The Tax Assessors, City Marshal, Tax Collector, Building Inspector, Clerk of Council, License Inspector, Superintendent of Electrical Affairs or City Electrician, City Attorney, Comptroller, Public Weighers, Recorder, Treasurer, and other officials now or hereafter created by charter or ordinance and not otherwise assigned to the supervision or control of boards, are hereby placed under the general supervision and control of the Mayor and General Council. The Mayor and General Council may by ordinance require of any officer of said city, the performance of any duty deemed necessary or proper. Officials under supervision and control of Mayor and Council. SEC. 173. All officials now serving under terms to which they have been elected by the vote of the people or General Council or boards or appointment by the Mayor shall continue to serve until the ends of the terms to which they have been so elected or appointed. All charter offices not included in the foregoing list are abolished; provided, as just stated, the present officials shall serve until the end of their present terms. Present officials serve out terms. All charter offices not included in foregoing list abolished. SEC. 174. The Mayor and General Council are authorized, in their discretion, to elect an official known as a Purchasing Agent, at a salary and for a term of office to be determined by them. Purchasing Agent. Such Purchasing Agent shall be charged with the duty of purchasing supplies for the city, for all departments, under such regulations as may be established by ordinance. He shall perform such other duties as Council may impose upon him in connection with the duty first named. Duties. SEC. 175. It shall be unlawful for any person holding an office or position of trust, or emolument, or regular employment, under appointment by the President of the United States, or any Department of the Federal Government, or election by the people of the United States, or any of them, or any district of the United States, or under appointment by the Governor of Georgia or any other officer or officers of the State or county vested with appointing power, or election by the people of the State or any county, or other political division of said State, to occupy or hold the position

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of Mayor, Alderman or Councilman of the City of Atlanta, or membership on any executive board of said city, or any other office or position of trust, honor or emolument or regular employment, in, or under said city government, whether said office or position be by election or appointment or regular appointment during the time he holds said Federal, State, or county office or position; and neither the Mayor, Alderman, or Councilman, nor any other officer of said city, who by virtue of election by the people, or appointment by the Mayor and General Council, or any committee thereof, or election or appointment by any of the board of the City Government, holds such office, shall be eligible to hold any other office or position of trust, honor, or emolument or any other regular employment in the service of said City Government, nor shall any person be eligible to serve on more than one of the boards at the same time. Who are not eligible to hold office of Mayor, Aldermen or Councilmen, etc. Nor shall any member of the General Council be a member of any board under said City Government except ex-officio as herein provided, and the acceptance by the Mayor and Councilman, Alderman, or any other officer or regular employee of said city after the passage of this Act, of any office or position of trust, honor, emolument, or regular employment under the Federal, State or County Government, shall immediately create a vacancy in the office, position, or employment, he holds in or under said City Government, which vacancy shall be filled in the manner provided by law; and the acceptance by the Mayor or any Alderman. Councilman or other officer or regular employee of said City Government or Board or Department thereof, of any other city office, position or regular employment shall likewise vacate the first office, position, or employment held by such officer or employee. SEC. 176. The Mayor and General Council are hereby empowered and authorized to establish and maintain a system of pensions as follows: Pensions. All policemen, firemen, teachers and other city employees, who may hereafter become disabled by reason of any personal injury received in the line of their employment and

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in the legal discharge of their duties, so as to render them unable to perform service, may during the continuance of such disability be retired upon one-half of the salary, payable monthly, that such employee received at the time of such injury, subject to the examination and recommendation of the City Health Officer, approval of the Mayor and adoption or rejection thereof by the General Council as hereinafter provided. SEC. 177. All policemen, firemen, teachers and other city employees, who after twenty years continuous service in the employment of the City of Atlanta may become disabled by reason of ill health so as to render them unable to perform service and who in their own name, or whose wife or husband, living with him or her, as the case may be, do not own property to the value of ten thousand dollars, may be relieved of duty and retired during the continuance of such disability upon one-half of the salary, payable monthly, which such employees received at the time of retirement, upon the examination and recommendation of the City Health Officer, the approval of the Mayor and the adoption or rejection thereof by the General Council as hereinafter provided. For disabled employees, after 20 years employment. SEC. 178. All policemen, firemen, teachers and other city employees who have performed twenty years continuous service in the employment of the City of Atlanta, and who have reached the age of sixty years, and who, in their own name or whose wife or husband, living with her or him, as the case may be, do not own property to the value of ten thousand dollars, may be relieved of duty and retired for the remainder of their natural life, upon one-half of the salary, payable monthly, that such employees received at the time of such retirement, upon the recommendation of the heads of their respective departments, the approval by the Mayor and the adoption or rejection thereof by the General Council as hereinafter provided. For employees who have reached age of 60 years, after 20 years employment. SEC. 179. No retirement, as above provided, shall be effectual or legal unless the following precedent conditions are made: First, an examination of such officers and employees

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by the City Health Officer and his recommendation that such officers or employees be retired. Second, the head of the department in which such officers or employees sought to be retired are employed, must recommend that they be relieved of duty and retired. Third, which recommendation for retirement, herein provided for, shall, if the foregoing requirements be complied with, be filed with the Mayor of the city and he shall thereupon consider each recommendation separately and fix a time for passing upon same, giving notice to the person so recommended and giving the head of the department like notice, in which such applicant has been employed and at such time he shall proceed to hear evidence thereon as to all the facts set forth in the application and as to any other facts suggested by either himself or the head of the department so served, and if in his opinion, the person so recommended should be retired, as herein provided, he shall approve such recommendation and submit same together with the recommendations therefor, all other papers and facts connected therewith and a copy of the evidence taken, as herein provided, to the next meeting of the General Council and at such meeting or at such other meeting as the General Council may decide, the approval of the Mayor shall be adopted or rejected, and such action, by the General Council, shall be final. Precedent conditions. The recommendation for retirement, as herein provided for, shall contain a statement of all facts relating to service, age, physical and financial condition of the officer or employee sought to be retired and a full and complete statement of the reasons for the retirement. SEC. 180. No payment of pensions paid under the foregoing provisions shall exceed the sum of fifty ($50.00) dollars per month. Pensions not to exceed $50 per month. SEC. 181. Any policeman, fireman, teacher or other city employee or official who has performed thirty-five years continuous service in office may be relieved of duty and retired for the remainder of their natural life, upon half of the salary, payable monthly, that such employees received at the time of retirement; provided, said pension shall not

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exceed the sum of one hundred dollars per month, upon the recommendation of the head of their respective departments, the approval of the Mayor and the adoption or rejection by the General Council, as herein provided. Retirement on half pay after 35 years service. SEC. 182. All policemen, firemen, teachers, or other city employees to whom pensions are granted may, as a condition of receiving their pensions, be put to such service as their physical condition will permit in either the same or different departments from that in which they were serving at the time the pensions were granted. Such services as condition will permit may be required of pensioners. SEC. 183. The pensions herein authorized may be allowed not only upon petition of the officers and employees therein named but the General Council may by resolution, or the board or commission under which such officer or employee serves, may likewise by resolution initiate such proceedings. In case the General Council or such board or commission initiates pension proceedings, same shall be done by resolution and shall take the place of the petitions as now authorized on the part of such officer or employee, and when passed shall be first referred to the City Health officer; second, to the head of the department under which the officer or employee named therein served and third, if said Health Officer and said head of department recommend said officer or employee for retirement, then all the papers shall be filed with the Mayor of the city and he shall consider same as above provided, and same shall be likewise reported to the Mayor and General Council, as above provided, in all cases where the Mayor recommends that said pension be granted, but finally the General Council shall have the right and power, in their discretion, to adopt or reject the recommendations for pensions as herein authorized and their action in the premises shall be final, but where said General Council directs that such officer or employee be retired on pensions, as herein authorized, then and in such event, said officer or employee shall be placed upon the pension list and thereafter receive only the salaries authorized to be paid to such pensioners. The provisions of this amendment shall apply to officers who have

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been elected by vote of the people as well as those elected by vote of the Mayor and General Council or any board. The provisions as to the ownership of any specified amount of property by such officer or employee or by the wife or husband of such officer or employee do not apply under this section. Allowance of pensions. SEC. 185. Whenever it is proposed that any property be taken for public use, under authority of said city, in any department thereof, whether for streets, sewers, water works, or any public purpose, and the same shall be assessed or a price fixed, or award made as provided by law, it shall be optional with the city government to decline accepting the property should the price thus fixed or award made be deemed by the General Council to be too high or unreasonable. Condemnation award too high city need not take property. SEC. 186. The City of Atlanta is hereby authorized and empowered to condemn land for sites for the erection of public buildings for the city, for parks, schools, fire, or police uses or needs, and any and all other public purposes in the manner provided by law for the condemnation of lands for public use. Condemnation. SEC. 187. The Mayor and General Council of the City of Atlanta shall have power and authority to determine by ordinances passed from time to time on what streets or within what limits livery stables hereafter erected shall be located, and to prohibit the erection or occupancy of places other than the places or the limit prescribed by such ordinances as for the violation of other such penal ordinances of said city. Livery stables. SEC. 188. The Mayor and General Council of the City of Atlanta shall have power and authority to pass and enforce ordinances providing for the location, use and cleanliness of private stables and forbidding the erection of such stables when they are likely to be injurious to the health of citizens. Private stables. SEC. 189. The Mayor and General Council are hereby authorized to rent or lease from any party, who may build

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a suitable market house or houses in the city of Atlanta, for a term not exceeding fifteen years, at a rate of rental not to exceed eight per cent. interest on the investment, and are hereby authorized to make such ordinances as are necessary and proper to protect the city in said lease; and provided, further, that said City of Atlanta be authorized to purchase said market or markets at any time during fifteen years at original cost of said property. Market houses. SEC. 190. The Mayor and General Council of the City of Atlanta shall have power and authority to establish two or more market places in said city for the sale of country produce, fresh meats, and other similar articles, and to provide by ordinance for the government of said market places, and to prescribe the hours in which such marketable articles shall be sold only at such market places, or at them and at other points within certain distances from such market places, as may be deemed best by said Mayor and General Council. Market places. SEC. 191. The Mayor and General Council of said city of Atlanta are empowered to provide by ordinance for the regulation of public meetings and public speaking in the streets of said City of Atlanta by preventing the obstruction of the streets of said city or the gathering of disorderly crowds in said streets. Public meetings, etc., regulation of. SEC. 192. The Mayor and General Council of the City of Atlanta are authorized to prescribe by ordinance reasonable charges to be collected by hacks, cabs, drays, or other licensed vehicles for the transportation of persons, baggage, merchandise, or other personal property within the limits of the City of Atlanta. Charges by hacks, drays, etc., regulation of. SEC. 193. The city government of the City of Atlanta shall be authorized and empowered, through a committee of the General Council or of any of the boards operating under the city government or committee of the same, to institute, in the discretion of the General Council, whenever necessary, any examination or examinations into the working and business of any of the officers, or conduct of its

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officers in any department of the city's business or of the General Council itself, or of any office under the City, or of assessments of real or personal property, and the Board or Committee conducting such examination shall have power to send for persons and papers and to compel attendance of persons summoned; to swear witnesses, compel the production of papers and books and all disclosures pertinent to such investigation. Investigations of officers, etc. SEC. 194. Power is hereby given the Mayor and General Council to control, regulate and, in its discretion, prohibit the erection and maintenance of boarding houses, sanitariums and other similar places in residence portions of the city. Boarding houses, sanitariums, etc., regulations of. SEC. 195. No person, firm or corporation, having a claim for money or damages against the City of Atlanta on account of injuries to person or property, shall bring any suit at law or in equity against the City of Atlanta on such account without presenting such claim to the Mayor and General Council of the City of Atlanta for adjustment, and no such suit shall be entertained by the courts against the City of Atlanta unless the cause of action therein has been first presented to the Mayor and General Council for adjustment; provided, that upon the presentation of such claim in any case to the Mayor and General Council said Mayor and General Council shall consider and act upon the same, favorably or unfavorably, to the petitioners within three months from the presentation thereof; provided, further, that the action of the Mayor and General Council upon such claims, unless it results in the settlement thereof, shall in no sense be a bar to the plaintiff's rights in such cases in the courts. Claims against city. SEC. 196. The Superior Court of Fulton County, Georgia, is hereby authorized and required to give precedence to and advance to trial any cases now pending or which may hereafter be brought in said court, to which the City of Atlanta is a party or materially interested in, in which the collection of revenue or money due said city is involved, or in which there is an appeal from the award or finding

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of the assessors for damages sustained or for lands taken for parks, streets, sewers, or other public purposes of said city authorized by law. Fulton Superior Court required to give precedence to cases where city a party. When any case of the character aforesaid is ripe for trial, the same shall be subject to advancement and to precedence on the attention of the court being called to same, subject to the right of advancement of cases to which the State of Georgia or the County of Fulton is a party. SEC. 197. Whenever the Commissioners of Roads and Revenues shall see fit to direct that convicts shall work on the streets of the City of Atlanta, the grade, style, and character of the work and the particular locality or streets upon which the work is to be done, shall be decided by the General Council. Work of convicts on streets. SEC. 198. Any officer of the City of Atlanta, who may be sued for any act done in his official character, may justify under this charter. Officer may plead justification for official act. SEC. 199. The Mayor and General Council shall have power and authority to establish a fee bill, not higher than the fees allowed to county officers, nor lower than those allowed to Justices of the Peace and Constables of this state. Fee bill. SEC. 200. The Mayor and General Council shall have power and authority to continue the fire limits as now established by law, and from time to time, in their discretion, to extend and enlarge same, within which fire limits so established and to be established it shall not be lawful for any one to erect other than fire-proof buildings, or structures of any kind other than fire-proof, and should any one erect, or cause to be erected, within such fire limits so established, any buildings or structures other than fire-proof, said Mayor and General Council, after giving five days notice, shall cause the same to be removed at the expense of the owners of such buildings or other structures, the said expense to be collected by executions issued by the Clerk of the Council; and said Mayor and General Council

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shall have power to determine what buildings or other structures are, or are not, fire-proof. Fire limits. SEC. 201. The Mayor and General Council of the City of Atlanta are hereby vested with authority and power to require all social, locker or other clubs in which lockers or similar arrangements are maintained wherein intoxicants of any kind are kept for the use of members, to secure a permit for the operation of such clubs from the Mayor and General Council before beginning to operate or maintain or continue to operate and maintain same, if now operating, and furthermore said Mayor and General Council are hereby authorized and empowered to impose a license fee or charge against such clubs of not exceeding five hundred dollars per annum, payable in such manner as may be provided by ordinance. Said Mayor and General Council are further authorized and empowered to provide by ordinance for the punishment of any person or persons violating the provisions thereof, as herein provided, by a sentence to pay a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars or to work upon the public works of said city for not exceeding sixty days, either or both in the discretion of the Recorder. Social or locker clubs, permits may be required. License fee. Punishment for violation of provisions of this Act. SEC. 202. The Mayor and General Council are hereby authorized to regulate hotels, lodging houses, dance halls, rooming houses and similar places and they are further authorized and empowered by ordinance to require all person or persons owning or operating such hotels, houses, or halls to apply for a license for the operation of same and such license may be granted or refused in the discretion of the Mayor and General Council and their action in the premises shall be final. For a violation of such ordinance or the operation without a license granted, as herein provided, any person or persons adjudged guilty thereof in the Recorder's Court shall be subject to a sentence to pay a fine of not exceeding five hundred dollars or to work on the public works of the city for not exceeding sixty days, either or both in the discretion of the Recorder. Regulation of hotels, etc. Licenses. Punishment for violation of ordinance. SEC. 203. The said Mayor and General Council are hereby authorized in their discretion, to revoke any license

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or permit issued to social, locker or other clubs, hotels, lodging houses, dance halls, rooming houses or similar places or any other license or permit issued under their authority, whenever they deem it to the general welfare of the City to take such action with or without notice to the parties to whom same were originally granted. Revocation of licenses. SEC. 204. The Mayor and General Council are hereby authorized to provide by ordinance for the prevention of the emission of soot or black or dense smoke from the smoke stacks, chimneys, engines or boilers within its limits, and to provide for a punishment for violation thereof and also to provide for the inspection of the quantity of gas furnished by gas meters, and to create the office of smoke and gas inspector, and to define his powers and duties, and to create an advisory commission to act in conjunction with such officer in carrying out the purposes of this amendment. Soot or smoke ordinance. SEC. 205. The Mayor and General Council are hereby authorized and empowered to establish a system of street numbering and to provide for the use of the numbers established therefor by the owners or tenants of all improved property within the city, and also to make penal the use of numbers other than those established, under a penalty of one hundred dollars fine or a sentence of thirty days upon the public works, in the discretion of the Recorder, and also in their discretion, if they deem it to the general welfare of the city, to provide a system by which plates are prepared sufficient for all the houses within the city, notification to owners or tenants to use same and, in default of using same in accordance with notice, to have such plates put up at the cost of the property owners, and to make the cost thereof a lien against the property so numbered and to provide for the assessments thereof, executions thereon, levy and sale, in default of payment in the same manner as for other street improvements. Street numbering. SEC. 206. The Mayor and General Council are hereby authorized to establish a zone or limits within which surface closets will not be permitted either to remain or to be

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hereafter construed and to provide by ordinance for the regulation of such zones and to provide for the punishment for the maintenance or erection of such closets within said zone under penalty of not exceeding one hundred dollars fine for each day same in continued, or a sentence to work on the public works of the city for not exceeding thirty days for each violation of such ordinance, either or both penalties to be inflicted in the discretion of the Recorder. Zone limit for surface closets. SEC. 207. In the event vacancies occur in administrative or clerical offices, whether such vacancies occur by death, resignation or otherwise, same shall be filled by the board which originally elected the officer filling same, and by the Mayor and General Council, if such Mayor and General Council originally elected the officer filling same. Furthermore, whenever a vacancy occurs in the membership of the General Council, or in an office originally filled by election by the people, either by death, resignation or otherwise, such vacancy shall be filled by election held by the Mayor and General Council, the person so elected to serve until the first meeting in January of the year following, at which time he shall be succeeded, if the term extended beyond such time, by a person who shall have been elected at the regular city election held on the first Wednesday in December preceding. Vacancies, how filled. SEC. 208. The Mayor and General Council of the City of Atlanta are empowered and authorized to construct bridges on Pryor Street and Central Avenue, at the east and west ends respectively of the union depot, over the railroad tracks at said places. Either one or both of said bridges may be constructed in the discretion of the Mayor and General Council, provided that when constructed they shall be of such height that trains and the rolling stock of the railroads may pass safely thereunder. Construction of bridges over Pryor Street and Central Avenue authorized. SEC. 209. The Mayor and General Council of the City of Atlanta are hereby authorized, in their discretion, to grant the right and privileges of the railroads entering the union depot, of said city, to lower the tracks entering such depot to such a distance that the tracks at the west end thereof, at Pryor Street, and at the east end thereof at

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Central Avenue, can be easily bridged without any steep incline. Said lowering of tracks to begin at such distance on the west and east of said depot as will produce a depression below the present tracks of not more than twenty-five feet and furthermore the General Assembly hereby consents that the tracks in said union depot and upon the State's property adjacent thereto, can be lowered to conform to the general plan covered by the permission above granted. Lowering of railroad tracks at Union Depot authorized. SEC. 210. The Mayor and General Council of the City of Atlanta are hereby vested with power and authority to abandon, vacate and close the portions of Forsyth Street now forming a passage between the approaches to Forsyth street bridge on both the north and south ends thereof, and furthermore to vacate, abandon and close Forsyth street or so much thereof as is underneath the approaches to and the bridges known as Forsyth street bridges. Following the exercise of the authority herein granted said Mayor and General Council are authorized to close the openings to said bridge and to cover same by a pavement and form a continuous street from Marietta to Alabama street; provided, that said underpass shall not be closed nor said portion of said street vacated until other adequate and reasonable means of ingress from the roads and yards of the Western and Atlantic railroad shall be provided by the City of Atlanta, and before said underpass shall be closed plans and specifications of the proposed new means of entering said tracks and yards shall be prepared and submitted to the Railroad Commission of Georgia and when approved by them, then said plans and specifications shall be submitted to the Governor, and if approved by him, then after said new means of ingress and egress from said tracks and yards have been constructed and opened in accordance with said plans and specifications, said Railroad Commission, if satisfied that said new means of ingress conform to said plans and specifications, shall issue their order permitting said underpass to be closed and said portion of said street vacated. Forsyth Street underpass, how it may be closed.

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SEC. 211. The provisions of this Act, and the several amendments hereinbefore set out, shall become effective on and after January 1st, 1914. In the meantime the provisions of the present charter of the City of Atlanta shall be observed. Provisions of this Act, effective when. SEC. 212. The terms of the officials now serving as Mayor, Aldermen and Councilmen, are not interfered with by this Act, but said several officers shall serve to the end of their terms and their successors shall be elected as herein provided. Terms of present officials not interfered with. The present members of the Board of Water Commissioners, Board of Education, the Trustees of Carnegie Library and the Sinking Fund Commission, shall serve for the full terms to which they have been elected and their successors shall be elected as herein provided. SEC. 213. The Mayor and General Council of the City of Atlanta are hereby authorized to abandon Wyman Street from its intersection with Tennelle Street; thence running north to the right of way of the Georgia Railroad and Banking Co., and to close said Wyman Street as a highway and in their discretion, if they desire, to quit-claim whatever interest the city may have in said street as a highway or otherwise to the abutting property owners and when this is done, said Wyman Street shall be abandoned as a highway and be closed to public travel and become the property of the abutting property owners. Abandonment of certain portion of Wyman Street authorized. SEC. 214. The Mayor and General Council are hereby authorized to provide by ordinance for the prevention of use of dangerous and defective steam boilers within the limits of said city, and to provide for punishment for a violation thereof, and also to provide for the inspection of said boilers. Prevention of use of defective steam boilers. SEC. 215. The foregoing Acts shall not become effective nor of force unless the majority of the qualified voters of the City of Atlanta voting at a special election hereby called for the fourth Wednesday in September, 1913, shall vote in favor thereof. Said election shall be held, managed and the votes canvassed and the result declared in the same

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manner as regular municipal elections are now held under the charter and ordinances of said City. At said election all citizens who shall have paid their State, County and City taxes prior to the year 1913, and who shall have registered fifteen days prior to the date herein fixed for said election shall be qualified to vote. Those voting in favor of this Act shall have printed or written on their ballots the following words: Foregoing Acts effective when ratified by qualified voters at election to be held fourth Wednesday in September. Election, how held. For the amended charter of the City of Atlanta as provided by act of the General Assembly of 1913. Those opposed thereto shall have printed or written on their ballots the following words: Against the amended charter of the City of Atlanta as provided by Act of the General Assembly of 1913. If a majority of the votes cast in said election is in favor of this Act, the same shall thereupon become a law. If a majority of the votes so cast is against this Act the same shall not become a law. At said special election no other matter shall be voted on than the approval or rejection of this charter so submitted, provided, that the voting precincts be arranged and the voting regulations be in accordance with the same booth methods that prevailed in the city primary held in 1912 and that all ballots be printed in the same type on plain white paper, which shall be thick enough to shield the character of the ballot when polled. Provided, further, that the provisions of the foregoing Act providing for the closing and abandonment of Wyman Street from its intersection with Tennelle Street and running north to the right of way of the Georgia Railroad and Banking Company shall not be submitted in said election, but same shall become a law when this Act is approved by the Governor. Section not submitted. Provided first the result of said election shall not affect the several sections of this Act, which provide that the provisions of said Act shall become a law when approved by the Governor. Second, that the result of said election shall not affect the provisions of Section 215(a), which submits to a vote of the people the question of vesting in the Recorder's Court of said city the power to impose a fine of

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five hundred dollars or a sentence of imprisonment or labor upon the public works for not exceeding sixty days, and Section 215(b), which provides for the submission to the people the question of incorporating into the charter of said city the principles of the initiative, referendum and recall. Sections not submitted or affected by submission to voters. SEC. 215(a). At the same time that the other provisions are submitted to a vote of the people as provided in Section 215, there shall likewise be separately submitted to a vote the following provisions: That the Mayor and General Council are hereby authorized to provide by ordinance for the punishment of offences against the ordinances of the city, on conviction in the Recorder's Court, by a sentence to work on the public works for a term not exceeding sixty days or by imprisonment for a term not exceeding sixty days or by a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars, either one or two or all of said sentences to be inflicted in the discretion of the Recorder. Provisions submitted to voters. Those voting in favor of this provision shall have printed or written on their ballots the following words: (1) For vesting in the Recorder's Court power to sentence for a term of labor and imprisonment for sixty days and by a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars. Those opposed thereto shall have printed or written on their ballots the following words: (2) For vesting in the Recorder's Court power to sentence for a term of labor and imprisonment not exceeding thirty days and by a fine not exceeding two hundred dollars. If a majority of the votes cast in said election is in favor of vesting in the Recorder's Court the power set out in the ballot marked (1) as aforesaid, then the provisions of this section hereinbefore set out under the title Recorder's Court shall thereupon become a law. If a majority of the votes cast in said election is in favor of vesting in the Recorder's Court the power set out in the ballot marked (2) as aforesaid, then the provisions of this section hereinbefore set out under the title Recorder's Court shall be changed as follows: The

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words sixty days in both instances shall be stricken and thirty days inserted in lieu thereof. The words five hundred dollars shall be stricken and two hundred dollars inserted in lieu thereof and as so amended same shall thereupon become a law. Said election shall be held and the result declared in the same manner as provided in Section 215 of this Act with reference to the other provisions of this Act. SEC. 215(b). Whenever ten per cent. of the registered voters, as disclosed by registration sheets of the last preceding general municipal election, shall request, in a petition filed in the office of the clerk of council of said city, the submission of an ordinance or resolution, the substance of which is incorporated in said petition, for adoption by vote of the people, an election shall be called therefor within thirty days after same has been read in Council. If at said election said resolution or ordinance receives a majority of the votes cast, it shall become operative and cannot be thereafter repealed except by an election similarly called. Provided, however, if the Mayor and General council adopt the resolution or ordinance so petitioned for, then no election shall be called. Initiative. Whenever fifteen per cent. in number of the registered voters, as disclosed by the registration sheets of the last preceding general municipal election, shall so request in a petition filed with the Clerk of Council, any ordinance or resolution which may have already been adopted by the Mayor and General Council shall thereafter be submitted to the qualified voters of said city at the first regular election following the filing of said petition. Provided, said request is filed within sixty days after the approval of such ordinance or resolution. If a majority of the votes in said election are cast against such resolution or ordinance, same shall be thereby repealed and revoked, and shall not thereafter be of any effect nor shall same thereafter be adopted by the Mayor and General Council until re-submitted to and adopted by the qualified voters of said city in the same manner as originally submitted. If same receives a majority vote of the people, when so submitted,

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then said resolution or ordinance shall stand and be effective in the same manner as other ordinances of the city. Referendum. Provided, however, that no ordinances or resolutions shall be submitted to the people by referendum, as herein provided, at a date earlier than sixty days after the date of its approval, nor shall same be submitted at any other time than at the general city election held on the first Wednesday in December of each year, but same can be submitted at each annual general election if a petition is filed therefor by the voters of the city as herein authorized. Referendum, when submitted. The voting on questions submitted to the people at the general elections herein provided for under what is known as the initiative and referendum, shall be held in the same manner as the ordinary city elections, by the same managers and at the same time and under the same methods and the result thereof shall be canvassed in the same manner and declared and reported to the General Council for confirmation as the city elections are now held, declared, and reported. Manner of sunmitting questions by initiative and referendum. The Mayor and General Council of said city shall be authorized to submit to the qualified voters of said city, at any regular municipal election, any ordinance or resolution which they may deem peoper and in the event a majority of such voters shall vote for such ordinance or resolution, the same shall be adopted. If a majority of the votes so cast are against such resolution or ordinance, same shall be defeated and shall not thereafter be adopted by the Mayor and General Council until resubmitted to and adopted by the qualified voters of said city. If same receive a majority vote of the people and become effective, then same can only be repealed by a majority vote of the qualified voters at a regular municipal election. The Mayor, Aldermen, Councilmen, officers elected by vote of the people, heads of departments and members of boards shall be subject to removal during their several terms of office in the following manner: Removal of officers. Whenever twenty-five per cent. in number of the registered voters, as disclosed by the registration sheets of the last preceding general municipal election, shall so request,

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in a petition filed in the office of the Clerk of Council, an election shall be called and held within thirty days from the date of the filing of said petition on the subject only of the recall or non-recall of such official. It shall be the duty of the clerk of Council to check the names on said list and report to the General Council the number of registered voters thereon, in order to see that the required number have signed the said petition. This report shall be submitted to the General Council with the petition, which petition must be filed with the Clerk of Council at least five days before the meeting of the General Council to which same is reported, in order that it may be checked up as herein provided. When so reported with this certificate, the General Council shall order an election to be held within thirty days as above mentioned. Such election shall be held under the same rules and regulations as govern regular city elections. At this election the ballots shall be as follows: With the names of such officer and office inserted in the blanks. For the recall of Holding the office of Against the recall of Holding the office of If a majority of the votes cast in said election are for the recall of such officer, his office is declared vacant at the moment these votes are canvassed by the General Council and the result announced. A meeting of the General Council shall be called and held for this purpose, if no regular meeting intervenes, within not less than five days of the election so held; at this meeting the election managers shall make a return of the votes cast in said election by report of same to the General Council, and the General Council shall examine this return and declare the result. If a majority of the votes so cast be for the recall of the official, his office is vacated at the time the result is so declared by the General Council as herein provided and a vacancy immediately exists. The vacancy shall be filled in the same manner as vacancies are otherwise filled for such offices.

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Provided, however, that the provisions of this section shall not become a law until submitted to the people as follows: Submission of this section to voters. At the same time that the other provisions of this Act are submitted to a vote of the people, the foregoing provisions of this section shall also be submitted to a vote of the people as follows: Those in favor of the provisions of this section shall have printed or written on their ballots the following words: For the initiative, referendum and recall, as provided by Act of the General Assembly of 1913, amending the charter of the city of Atlanta. Those opposed to the provisions of this section shall have printed or written on their ballots the following words: Against the initiative, referendum and recall, as provided by Act of the General Assembly of 1913, amending the Charter of the City of Atlanta. If a majority of the votes cast in said election on this question is in favor of the initiative, referendum and recall, then the provisions of this section shall become a law. The election shall be held and the result declared in the same manner as provided in Section 215 for holding an election upon the other provisions of this Charter. SEC. 215(c). That Section 215 be amended by adding after the words No other matter shall be voted on, the following: Except the several matters set out in Sections 215 (a) and 215 (b) of this Act. Section 215 amended. SEC. 216(a). That the Tax Assessors and Receivers, acting jointly or, in case of difference of opinion, acting by a majority thereof, shall be the head of the tax office of the City of Atlanta and said Tax Assessors and Receivers shall have the authority to nominate a Chief Clerk for the tax office, together with the assistants therein, subject to confirmation by the Tax Committee of the General Council and same shall thereafter be submitted to the General Council and be finally subject to confirmation by said General

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Council. Said Tax Assessors and Receivers shall have authority to receive returns of taxes, administer oaths to those making returns, in connection with the Chief Clerk and the assistants in the tax office and said Tax Assessors and Receivers shall have general supervision of the tax office, being the office where returns are made to the City of Atlanta for taxation and assessments are entered thereon. The provisions of Section two of an Act to amend the charter of the City of Atlanta, approved August 19th, 1912, providing that the Tax Committee of the General Council shall elect a Chief Clerk for the tax office, is hereby stricken and the same provision is stricken from Section 51 of the Act to which this amendment is offered, and furthermore the provisions of said Section 2 of the amendment approved aforesaid and the Section 51 above noted, providing that the Chief Clerk shall have charge of tax returns in connection with such assistant as the Tax Committee or the General Council may provide, are likewise stricken. Tax Assessors and Receivers. Chief Clerk. Jurisdiction of Assessors and Receivers. Amendment to Act of 1912. The provisions of this amendment shall become effective and shall be enforced by the Mayor and General Council of the City of Atlanta when passed by the General Assembly and approved by the Governor and shall not be submitted to a vote of the people with the other provisions of said charter, but shall be a law without regard to the vote at the election held under the provisions of the pending bill by which same were referred to a vote of the people. This amendment effective when passed and approved by the Governor. SEC. 216 (b). The Mayor and General Council of the City of Atlanta are hereby authorized to provide by ordinance for the inspection of freight and passenger elevators used in the different buildings of the city and also to provide for the inspection of steam boilers wherever used within the limits of said city and to give the officers in charge of such inspection authority to enter on the premises where such elevators or boilers are located for the purpose of making such inspections. Said Mayor and General Council are likewise authorized to provide, by ordinances, regulations concerning the use of such elevators and steam boilers and to take any other steps necessary to secure the

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safe operation of said elevators and boilers and the prevention of the use of defective or dangerous elevators or boilers within the limits of said city. Said Mayor and General Council are likewise authorized to provide by ordinance for punishment by a fine not exceeding two hundred dollars or by sentence upon the public works of the city for not exceeding thirty days, either or both penalties to be inflicted in the discretion of the Recorder, for a violation by any person, firm or corporation of said ordinances and the regulations established thereunder. The provisions of this section shall become a law when this Act is approved by the Governor and shall not be submitted to a vote of the people as provided with reference to the other provisions of this Act. Inspection and regulation of elevators and steam boilers. SEC. 217. That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved August 19, 1913. AUGUSTA, CITY OF, ELECTIONS HOW HELD. No. 104. An Act to provide that whenever the regular municipal election of the City of Augusta, now fixed by law to be held on the first Wednesday in December, for the election of Mayor and members of Council, either or both, or any special election therefor, is held, that the balloting thereat shall be by secret ballot; to provide for the regulation of such elections, the mode, method and requirements for holding same, and for other purposes. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same, That whenever, after the passage of this Act, there is held in the City of Augusta, in said State, in any year, the regular annual December election, heretofore provided for by law, for Mayor, or a member or members of Council, or any special election therefor, any and all the balloting thereat shall be by secret ballot, as hereinafter prescribed

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and such election shall be held under the regulations, and according to the mode, method and requirements, hereinafter set out. Augusta, City of, votes at elections by secret ballot. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That within ten days after, under existing laws, and particularly under the Act of the General Assembly of Georgia, approved August 7, 1907, (Acts 1907, pp. 413-414) the time has expired for filing in the office of the Clerk of Council of the City of Augusta, notice of intention of being a candidate for Mayor or Member of Council, any person who has filed such notice shall in every case where more than one person has filed notice in regard to such particular position, have the privilege and right of submitting, through the office of said clerk, to the Mayor of the City of Augusta, for each ward in which the person so submitting is to be a candidate, a list of a number of names of persons for managers and clerks of the approaching election, which number shall be double the number of the representation in clerks and managers to which such candidate shall be entitled, as hereinafter set out, in said ward, at said election. The receipt of said Clerk, or his assistant or deputy to a duplicate of said list shall always be evidence of its submission. The term Mayor whenever used in this Act, shall be construed to mean the Mayor of the City of Augusta, and in the event of his death, absence from the city, or inability to act, the Mayor pro tem. or acting Mayor, whichever may exist. Election managers and clerks, candidates may furnish lists for selection. EMBLEMS ON BALLOT. SEC. 3. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the person submitting such list shall have the right, at the same time, to submit in writing and shall so submit the names of two conventional signs or symbols, marking them First choice and Second choice, one of which, different and entirely distinct from that given his opponent, or any other candidate at their same election, shall be assigned him by the Mayor and placed opposite his name on the ballot hereinafter referred to, so as to enable

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an illiterate voter to distinguish by said signs between the candidates. The Mayor shall assign a different and distinct sign or symbol to each candidate, whether for Mayor or member of Council, even should he find it necessary in order so to do, to go outside of the list of symbols submitted. Emblems on ballot. THE OFFICIAL BALLOT. SEC. 4. Be it further enacted by authority aforesaid, That the Mayor shall cause all tickets for use in said election to be printed, said ticket to be uniform in size, color and arrangement, and to be designated by having it printed upon them as the Official Ballot. All of said tickets shall contain on one side the names of all candidates for Mayor, and those furnished for each ward shall contain in addition, on the same side, the names of all the candidates for Council in that particular ward. In addition to the names of the candidates, the said ballots shall have opposite each of these names the signs or symbols hereinbefore referred to; and on the back of the ballot shall be printed the words Official Ballot, hereinbefore referred to, and the fac-simile signature of the Mayor and Clerk of Council. Nothing else shall be written or printed on said ballot, except that each ballot shall have at the top end two perforated detachable coupons, on each of which shall appear the same number, the ballots to be numbered serially from No. 1 up when printed. When a person found by the managers qualified to vote presents himself at the voting openings, the manager shall detach the end coupon from a ballot and retain said coupon, and hand such person the ballot with the other coupons attached. When such person presents his ballot for deposit, after scratching it, and folding it as hereinafter prescribed, but with the coupon number showing, the manager shall compare the remaining coupon with the coupon he has retained, and shall not receive the ballot unless the numbers are the same. If they are the same, he shall detach the remaining coupon and deposit ballot. The color, size and arrangement of said tickets shall be decided by the Mayor, and by him kept

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secret until the morning of the election; but all tickets shall be of such thickness that printing on one side shall not be in the least distinguishable on the other, and that in the scratching of them by the voter the impression of the pencil shall not appear through, or be distinguishable on the back of the ticket. The managers of said election are required not to count any ticket other than the official ballot herein described, and it is hereby made the duty of the Mayor to have them furnished on the morning of the election, just prior to the opening of the polls. Official ballot. VOTING BOOTHS. SEC. 5. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the Mayor shall cause to be erected, in each ward, a polling booth to fill the following requirements; it shall be so arranged that the managers, with the clerks, and the ballot boxes, shall occupy the same to the exclusion, and free from the interference or inspection, of all outsiders. In said booth there shall be provided a table or desk at which a prospective voter can prepare his ballot, without the preparation thereof being subject to the inspection of the managers or their clerks, or any outside person. The booth shall be so protected by a wall, fence, rope or other barrier, that persons other than the person about to cast his ballot, and the managers and their clerks, cannot approach nearer to said booth than twenty five feet. The Mayor shall cause said booths in each ward to be made and provided with a separate opening for voters, and a separate ballot box and set of managers and clerks thereat, for every three hundred voters, or fractional part thereof, in excess of one-half, appearing on the list of registered voters of said ward. The Mayor shall divide the list of registered voters in each ward approximately equally, in section of names that fall under consecutive letters of the alphabet, among the several boxes. The Mayor shall provide all stationery and lights and boxes for the managers and clerks at said election, and pencils at each voter's table or desk, for the use of the voter in scratching his ballot, the voter to indicate whom he is voting for by scratching the name of

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the other candidates for that position, and only with such official black lead pencil. Voting booths. SEC. 6. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the Mayor shall provide and name managers and clerks for said election from the lists hereinbefore referred to, two managers and four clerks for each box in each of said booths, giving equal representation at each box among the candidates for Mayor in the appointment of managers and clerks; provided, however, that in cases where there are, besides opposing candidates for Council, each such candidate shall be entitled to the appointment of one clerk at each box; provided, further, that in case there are more than two candidates for Mayor, the number of managers at each box shall be so increased as to give to each such candidate representation by one manager; provided, further, that in the event that there is no contest for the Mayorality, representation among the managers and clerks shall be divided among the opposing candidates for Council, as hereinbefore provided for their division among the candidates for Mayor. Should any of the managers or clerks designated fail to appear for duty at the opening of the polls, the remaining managers and clerks at that booth, named for the candidate whose representative fails to appear, shall be allowed, and it shall be their duty to name a substitute as manager or clerk in place of the absent person. The Mayor shall name the managers and clerks not less than fifteen days before the date of the election, and shall cause their names to be printed daily in each of the daily newspapers of the City of Augusta for ten days preceding the date of the election. Election managers. OATH OF MANAGERS. SEC. 7. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That each and every manager and clerk at said election is hereby authorized and empowered to administer all necessary oaths, and oaths permissible under the law, to voters or intending voters. Also the managers at each booth are empowered, and it is hereby made the duty of some one of them, before the opening of the polls, to administer

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the following oath to all the managers and clerks at said booth: You..... (Manager or clerk) at the election to be held this day in the City of Augusta, do solemnly swear that you will faithfully and carefully observe the rules and regulations governing this election and that you will conform to the spirit and intention thereof; that you will not endeavor to ascertain how a voter votes, and if by chance or mistake or otherwise you do ascertain this, that you will not divulge it to any other manager or clerk or any other person, either by word, sign or token, and that you will to the best of your ability prevent any fraud at said election, and frustrate any effort which may be made to purchase or sell any vote or votes, or any effort to enable any person to obtain any information upon which to pay for or to sell any vote. That you will not give any information concerning said election or disclose to any person or persons outside of managers and clerks, who has or has not voted and that you will to the best of your ability, keep secret all matters regarding said election, except for the purpose of detection or prosecution of fraud, and then only after the closing of the polls. Which oath the manager administering the same shall then cause to be administered to himself, and take before someone of the other managers. The Mayor shall cause copies of said oath, in printed form, to be furnished at each booth for each manager. Oath of managers. DISTRIBUTION OF BALLOTS. SEC. 8. Be it further enacted by authority aforesaid, That the official ballot hereinbefore provided for, shall not be distributed indiscriminately among prospective voters, but shall be placed only in the hands of the managers of the election in each booth and issued by said managers only to a person about to vote and one only to each prospective voter; provided, however, that if a prospective voter mutilate or make an error in the preparation of his ballot, he may, but only by surrendering the mutilated ballot to the managers, secure another in lieu thereof; no person, however, to receive more than three ballots. Only one voter

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shall be admitted into each voter's opening or place at one time. Immediately upon admittance, the managers shall satisfy themselves if he is qualified to vote according to the registry list of the City of Augusta, and if they find him so qualified, they shall issue to him a ballot, which he shall prepare for depositing in the ballot box by scratching therefrom all the names except those for whom he desires to vote. After thus preparing the ballot, he shall fold the same, so that neither the managers, clerks or any other person can see for what persons the vote is cast, and shall then hand the ballot to the managers who shall deposit the same without unfolding or examining it, and who shall require that it be folded when handed to them, with the coupon exposed. No voter shall be allowed to remain in the balloting room or booth more than one minute after having been furnished with a ballot. Where for any particular office, more or less names are left on the ballot than are to be voted for for said office, said vote shall not be counted as to said office. In the event of a person desiring to vote who is not able, by reason of physical infirmity, to prepare his ballot, he may then request the managers to prepare the same for him, and the manager when thus requested shall prepare the ballot, but no manager or clerk or other person in the balloting booth shall suggest to the voter how he shall vote, or shall volunteer to prepare a ballot for him. The managers of the election shall refuse to receive any ballot other than the official ballot furnished them, as hereinbefore provided and prepared for voting as hereinbefore provided. The managers of the election shall not permit any person to enter the election booth during the progress of the election, other than their clerks and the person about to deposit his ballot, and then only one such voter at each voter's place, at one and the same time; provided, however, that the said managers shall have the right to call any police or peace officer, at any time, for the purpose of preserving order; said policeman or peace officer to remain so long only, however, as desired by the managers. Distribution of ballots. SEC. 9. Be it further enacted, That the Mayor shall arrange for and cause to be furnished all ballot boxes and

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registration lists, tally sheets, and ballots, bagging, needles and twine, and make all other necessary arrangements for properly conducting said election. He shall also furnish in pamphlet form six copies of this Act, before the opening of the polls, at each voting booth. No person shall be allowed to vote at such election unless his name appears on the list of registered voters as provided for by existing laws for the City of Augusta. All provisions of existing laws and ordinances of the City of Augusta for the counting of the votes at said election, making returns of said election, declaring the results, contesting the same and for the challenging of voter, shall apply, except where in conflict with this Act. Arrangements for holding elections. Who shall vote. Consolidation and returns. SEC. 10. Be it further enacted, That after the votes are counted, the boxes in each booth, until they are returned where the law requires, shall remain in charge of a manager representing the candidate for Mayor, or, if there be no candidate for Mayor, then the candidate for council who received the majority or plurality of the votes in the ward. Each ballot as counted, shall be strung, one at a time, on a needle and twine, and, at the completion of the count, so strung, be deposited back in one of the ballot boxes. The polls in each ward shall open at eight o'clock p. m. City of Augusta time, and shall close at five o'clock p. m. City of Augusta time. Disposition of votes after count. SEC. 11. The Mayor shall cause to be provided, to the managers and clerks, drinking water and the mid-day meal. Meals and water furnished managers and clerks. SEC. 12. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws and all ordinances and parts of ordinances of the City of Augusta and only such as are in conflict with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved August 15, 1913.

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AUGUSTA, CITY OF, BOARD OF CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION CREATED. No. 41. An Act to create a Board of Civil Service Commission, for the City of Augusta in this State, to have entire control and management of the Police and Fire Departments of said city; to define its powers and duties, and for other purposes. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same, That from and after the passage of this Act, the City Council of Augusta, at its first regular meeting, shall elect five upright and intelligent citizens of Augusta, whose term of office shall begin January 1st, 1914, and shall continue for five years and until their successors duly qualify. These citizens so elected shall constitute a Board of Civil Service Commission, and such board shall have entire control, management and jurisdiction of the Police and Fire Departments of the City of Augusta, and the officers and employees of said departments. No person shall be eligible as a member of said board, who at the time of his election holds any office of profit or trust under the National, State, County or Municipal Governments, unless he shall resign said office before qualifying as a member of said board. Their successors shall be elected by the City Council of Augusta, on the first Monday in September each succeeding five years, but said City Council shall, at any of its regular meetings, have the power to fill any vacancy or vacancies which may occur on said board. Before entering upon the discharge of the duties of their office, each member so elected shall take before the Mayor of said city an oath to faithfully discharge the duties of the office of Civil Service Commissioner of the City of Augusta. Augusta, City of, Board of Civil Service Commission. Jurisdiction, etc. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That at its first meeting, said board shall proceed to elect from their own number a President, who shall preside

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over the meetings and be its chief executive officer. That in the absence of said President for any cause, said board shall elect one of its members to act instead of said President, and said member so elected shall be clothed with all the rights and powers of said President. Said board at such meeting shall also elect a Secretary, who shall not be a member of said board, but who shall be a citizen of Augusta, a competent stenographer. He shall not be removed from said position, except for cause and after trial before said commission, as hereinafter provided for. Said Secretary shall keep the books of minutes and other records of said commission, shall report stenographically the evidence in all trials held by said commission, conduct the correspondence of said commission by dictation or otherwise of the members of said commission, shall act as Clerk when said commission shall constitute a trial court, and perform such other duties connected with said commission as it may deem proper. He shall receive for his services a salary to be determined by said board, payable monthly, which shall be promptly paid by the Treasurer of said city from the funds of said city, upon a proper certificate signed by said commission as hereinafter provided. Before entering upon the discharge of his duties as Secretary, he shall take an oath before the President or Acting President of said commission, that he will faithfully and honestly perform the duties of his office and will not disclose, except in a court of competent jurisdiction, or legal investigating committee, or such other body, when summoned before such to testify, any of the matters before said commission or concerning said commission. President of Board. Secretary, his duties and compensation. Oath of Secretary. SEC. 3. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the commission shall prescribe, amend and enforce rules for each department which shall have the force and effect of law; shall keep minutes of its proceedings and records of its examinations, and shall make investigations concerning the enforcement and effect of this Act and the rules. The rules shall provide: Powers or Board. (1) For the qualification of each applicant for any of the positions in each department; provided, however, that

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no person shall be qualified for the position of an officer or private or employee in either department who has not arrived at the age of twenty-one or is over the age of thirty-six; provided, further, that this shall not apply to any person employed in either department upon the passage of this Act. (2) For open competitive examinations to test the relative fitness of applicants for such positions. (3) For public advertisement of all examinations at least ten days in advance in at least one newspaper of general circulation in said city and by posting a notice in the city hall. (4) For the creation of eligible lists in which shall be entered the names of the successful candidates in the order of their standing in examination. Such lists shall remain in force not longer than two years. (5) For the rejection of candidates or eligibles who fail to comply with reasonable requirements of the commission in regard to age, residence, sex, physical condition or who have been guilty of crimes or of infamous or disgraceful conduct, or who have attempted any deception or fraud in connection with an examination. (6) For the appointment of the person standing highest on the appropriate list to fill a vacancy. (7) For a period of probation not to exceed six months before appointment or promotion is made complete, during which period a probationer may be discharged or reduced with the consent of the commissioner. (8) For temporary employment without examination, with the consent of the commission, in cases of emergency and pending appointment from an eligible list. But no such temporary appointment shall continue longer than sixty days, nor shall successive temporary employment be allowed, except in times of grave danger, of which the commission shall decide. (9) For transfer from one position to a similar position in the same grade of employment and for reinstatement within one year of persons who without fault or delinquency on their part are separated from the service or reduced.

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(10) For promotion based on competitive examination and efficiency, character, conduct and seniority. Lists shall be created and promotions made therefrom in the same manner as prescribed for original appointments. An advancement in rank or increase in salary beyond the limit fixed for the grade by the rules shall constitute promotion. Whenever practicable vacancies shall be filled by promotion. (11) For suspensions for not longer than thirty days and for leaves of absence. (12) For discharge or reduction in rank or compensation after appointment or promotion is complete only after the person to be discharged or reduced has been presented with the reasons for such discharge or reduction specifically stated and has been allowed a reasonable time to reply thereto in writing, and if such person should deny the truth of the charges upon which such reasons are predicated, and shall demand a trial, only after trial by said commission as hereinafter provided. The reasons and the reply shall constitute the pleadings at such trial and shall form a part of and be filed with the record. (13) For the appointment of unskilled laborers in the order of priority of application after such tests of fitness as the commission may prescribe. (14) For the adoption and amendment of rules after public notice and hearing. The commission shall adopt such other rules not inconsistent with the foregoing provisions of this section as may be necessary and proper for the enforcement of this section. SEC. 4. Be it further enacted by authority aforesaid, That no officer or private or employee in either of the departments aforesaid, shall be discharged or reduced in grade or position without being notified in writing as hereinbefore provided; and having replied in writing, should he so desire, or without conviction upon trial, should such person so demand, said trial shall not take place within less than ten days after such person shall have demanded the same, and he shall be notified of the time and place of the same, and have compulsory process to have witnesses present

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at said trial. The President or Acting President shall preside at all such trials and shall determine and decide all questions of pleadings and the admissibility of evidence. The decision at such trial shall be by a majority of said commission, and there shall not be an appeal from such decision; provided, however, this section shall not apply to any person or persons temporarily employed by said commission in times of emergency or the appointment of unskilled laborers. Officers or employees, how discharged or reduced in grade. SEC. 5. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That in case of a vacancy in a position requiring peculiar and exceptional qualifications of a scientific, professional or expert character, upon satisfactory evidence that competition is impracticable, and that the position can best be filled by the selection of some designated person of recognized attainments the commission may after hearing evidence, or public hearing, by an affirmative vote of four commissioners, suspend competition, but no such suspension shall be general in its application to such position and all such cases of suspension shall be reported, together with the reasons therefor, in the annual report of the commission. Vacancy in position requiring expert, how filled. SEC. 6. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all examinations shall be impartial and shall deal with the duties and requirements of the positions to be filled. When all tests are used, a complete record of questions and answer shall be made. Examinations shall be in charge of any or all of said commission. Examinations. SEC. 7. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That such employees, officers and privates as are in the employ of either department when said commission shall be constituted and organized, shall not be subjected to examination except for advancement or promotion. Present employees, etc., no examination required, except for promotion. SEC. 8. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That no Treasurer or other disbursing officer shall pay any salary or compensation for services to any person holding a position in either department unless the pay-roll

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or account or discharge voucher for such salary or compensation shall bear the certificate of the commission that the persons named therein have been appointed or employed and are performing services within the provisions of this Act and of the rules established thereunder. Any taxpayer of the city may maintain an action in any civil court of record to recover from the City Treasurer any sums paid contrary to the provisions of this Act from the person or persons authorizing such payments or to enjoin the commission from attaching its certificate to a pay roll or account for services rendered in violation of the provisions of this Act or of the rules established thereunder. Payment of salaries. SEC. 9. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That in any investigation conducted by the commission it shall have the power to subpoena and require the attendance of witness or witnesses and the production thereby of books and papers pertinent to the investigation and to administer oath to such witness or witnesses and to punish for contempt the non-appearance of witnesses or the failure to produce such books or papers, or misbehavior of any person or persons during such investigations or trials by a fine of not exceeding fifty dollars or imprisonment in the city stockade not exceeding ten days. Investigations, how conducted. SEC. 10. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That no person in either of said departments or seeking admission thereto or employment therein shall be appointed, reduced or removed or in any way favored or discriminated against because of his political opinion or affiliations. Political opinions or affiliations, not to be considered. SEC. 11. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That no officer or employee of either of said departments shall directly or indirectly solicit or receive or be in any manner concerned in soliciting or receiving any assessment, subscription or contribution for any political party or political purpose whatever. No person in either of said departments shall orally or by letter solicit or be in any manner concerned in soliciting any assessment, subscription or contribution for any political party or purpose

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whatever from any person employed in either of said departments. Solicitation or receiving assessments, subscriptions or contributions for political purposes forbidden. SEC. 12. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That no person holding a position in either of said departments shall take any part in political management of affairs, or in political campaigns, further than to cast his vote and to express privately his opinion. Political campaigns. SEC. 13. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That any person wilfully violating any of the provisions of this Act, shall be punished as for a [Illegible Text] Punishment for violation of this Act. SEC. 14. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all laws or parts of law in conflict with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved August 5, 1913. AUGUSTA, CITY OF, CHARTER AMENDED No. 39. An Act to amend an Act entitled An Act to amend the charter of Augusta in said State so as to provide a way by which may be retired from active service on part pay, certain members of the Police and Fire Departments of the City of Augusta, and for other purposes, approved August 13th, 1903, by providing that certain members of either department having continuously served for twenty-five years in either or both departments may retire, and for other purposes. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That Section 1 of the printed Acts of 1903, Page 428, entitled An Act to amend the charter of the City of Augusta, in said State, so as to provide a way by which may be retired from active service on part pay certain members of the Police and Fire Departments of the City of Augusta, and for other purposes, be, and the same is, hereby amended as follows:

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Section 1. By striking out all of the first section of the said Act after the enacting clause and substituting the following: That whenever any officer or private member of the Fire or Police Departments of the City of Augusta shall have served continuously in either of said departments, or both together, for the term of twenty-five (25) years, he shall be permitted to retire from active service on his own motion upon one-half pay of the rank or position be may be holding at the time of said retiring. Said officer or member of either or both of said departments, desiring to retire, shall notify in writing the commission, committee, or other person or persons in charge of either of said departments of which he may be a member, or officer, of his intention to retire, stating in said notice the time he has served. The retired pay under this Act shall continue to be paid to said retired officer or member for and during the term of his natural life. Augusta, City of, retirement of certain employees upon half pay. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved August 4, 1913. BLACKSHEAR, CITY OF, CHARTER AMENDED. No. 107. An Act to amend an Act entitled An Act to create and incorporate the City of Blackshear in the County of Pierce and grant a charter to that municipality under that corporate name and style; to describe and define the corporate limits thereof; to provide a municipal government for said city, and to declare the rights, powers, privileges, and liabilities of said corporation; to authorize said city to issue bonds and other evidences of debt for public purposes; to declare and define the police powers of said city, and to provide for other matters of municipal regulation, concern and welfare and for other purposes, approved August 15th, 1911, so as to provide

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for a Sinking Fund Commission and a Water and Light Commission for said city, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That the Act creating and incorporating the City of Blackshear, approved August 15th, 1911, as contained in the Acts of 1911, Pages 734 to 782, inclusive, be, and the same is, hereby amended and supplemented as follows, to-wit: Blackshear, City of, charter amended. SECTION 1. That there is hereby created a Water and Light Commission for said city to consist of the Mayor and two upright and intelligent citizens of said city, of sound business discretion, not members of the City Council, whose duties it shall be to take charge of, and operate and maintain, the present system of water, lights and sewerage in the City of Blackshear. The two members other than the Mayor shall be elected by the City Council for a term of two years each, at the first meeting in each year, except that the first members of said commission shall be elected as soon as this Act goes into effect and shall serve until the first meeting of Council in January, 1914, and one for one year and one for two years thereafter. The compensation (if any) of the two members of said commission other than the Mayor, shall be fixed by the Council. City Council shall designate the Chairman of the commission. The Mayor shall not be eligible to election to said Chairmanship. Council shall have general supervision over said commission, and shall have the final voice in any action to be taken by said commission when council sees fit to exercise such right. Council shall also have the power to change or modify rates fixed by said commission for water and light. All vacancies on the Water and Light Commission shall be filled by election of City Council. Water and Light Commission. SEC. 2. The Mayor and Aldermen of said city are hereby required and empowered for the purpose of paying the principal and interest (either or both) of the bonded debt already created or that may hereafter be created by the

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City of Blackshear and taking care of and handling and investing the sinking fund provided and raised by the city for the payment of its bonds at maturity, respectively, to create a Board of Commissioners to be known as the Sinking Fund Commission of the City of Blackshear, and to provide for the number of persons who shall compose said commission, and for their election or appointment, their qualifications, terms of office, compensation (if any), duties and powers, and to make all needful rules and regulations for the government of said commission and the management of said sinking fund. Sinking Fund Commission. SEC. 3. There shall be a fire department maintained and operated by said city, under such rules, regulations and ordinances as the Mayor and Aldermen may prescribe or adopt. It shall consist of a chief and a sufficient number of men. And they shall be employed at the pleasure of the City Council and receive such compensation (if any) as council may fix. The chief shall be the executive head of the department, and shall be responsible for the good order and efficiency of the department and shall make such reports to the City Council of the condition of the department as may be required. Fire Department. SEC. 4. Be it further enacted, That Section 30 of the said Act of 1911, be, and the same is, hereby amended so as to read as follows: Section 30. Be it enacted, That all writs, processes, subpoenas, summons, rules of all kinds, warrants, all executions for any and all kinds of licenses, fines and assessments and forfeitures, or demands made by the city or its corporate authorities against any person, firm, company or corporation whatsoever, shall be issued and signed by the Clerk of Council and bear test in the name of the Mayor and shall be directed to the Marshal and Police of said city, and to all and singular the Sheriffs and Constables of this State, and each and all of said officers are hereby authorized to serve and execute the same. Writs, processes, etc. SEC. 5. Be it further enacted, That section 39 of the said Act of 1911, be, and the same is, hereby amended so as to read as follows: Section 39. Be it further enacted,

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That all male residents of said city between the ages of sixteen and fifty years (except such as are especially exempted under the law) shall be subject to work on the streets of said city not to exceed fifteen days each year, or pay a commutation tax in lieu thereof not to exceed seven and 50/100 dollars as the Mayor and Aldermen of said city may determine. Should any person liable to work on the streets of said city under this section, fail or refuse to do so, or to pay the commutation tax assessed in lieu thereof on or before the last day of the time fixed by council for the working of said streets, after having received due notice from the Marshal or some other police officer of said city so to do, such person may be sentenced by the Mayor to work upon the streets of said city for and during a term not exceeding fifteen days, under the direction and control of the proper officer, or be confined in the guard house of said city, or such other place of confinement as may have been designated by the City Council, for a term not exceeding ten days, in the discretion of the Mayor. Thirty days residence in the corporate limits of said city shall be sufficient to constitute a person a resident of said city so as to subject him to liability to do street work. Commutation tax. Defaulters. SEC. 6. Be it further enacted, That Section 40 of the said Act of 1911, be, and the same is, hereby amended so as to read as follows: Be it further enacted, That said City Council shall have power and authority to license and control all billiard tables, pool tables, or other tables of like kind kept for public pay, ten pin alleys, or like alleys within said city, and to remove the same whenever they become a nuisance; also to assess and collect a business license tax on all shows, circuses, exhibitions and performances of any and all kinds; also to license, regulate and control all livery stables, drays, hacks, wagons, carts and all pleasure vehicles of whatever kind; also all automobiles, whether kept for rent, hire or pleasure, within said city. And the Mayor and City Council shall have power and control over all wells and pumps and all water works, fire companies and engines within said city. Control of billiard tables, pool tables, etc. Business license tax.

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SEC. 7. Be it further enacted, That Section 47 of said Act of 1911, be, and the same is, hereby amended by inserting after the word Council and before the words or Blackshear in the first sentence of said section, the words And the Treasurer so that the same provision made in said section as to executions issued by the Clerk of Council of Blackshear shall apply to executions issued by the Treasurer of Blackshear. Executions issued by Treasurer. SEC. 8. Be it further enacted, That Section 56 of said Act of 1911, be, and the same is, hereby amended as to the qualifications for membership on the Blackshear Board of Education, so as to provide that no person shall be eligible to election to membership on said board who at the time of his election, is Mayor or Alderman of the City of Blackshear, the section as it now appears in said Act not being clear in its provision in this regard. Board of Education, eligibility of members. SEC. 9. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved August 16, 1913. BOX SPRINGS, TOWN OF, INCORPORATED. No. 30. An Act to incorporate the town of Box Springs, in the County of Talbot; to define its powers and jurisdictions; to provide for a Mayor and Council, prescribe their powers and duties; to define the corporate limits of said town, and for other purposes. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same, That on and after passage of this Act, the Town of Box Springs, be, and is, hereby incorporated as a town under the name of the Town of Box Springs. Box Springs, Town of, incorporated. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted by the aforesaid authority, That the corporate limits of said Town of Box Springs

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shall be as follows: All of that part of lot of land No. 149 in the 10th District of Talbot County that lies north of the Upatoie Creek and the south half of lot of land No. 150. Corporate limits. SEC. 3. Be it further enacted, That the municipal authorities of said town shall be a Mayor and five Councilmen, who are hereby constituted a body corporate, by the name of the Town of Box Springs, and by said name may sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, purchase and hold real estate necessary to enable them to better discharge their duties, and needful for the good order, government and welfare of said town, and by said town, shall also have perpetual succession. Mayor and Councilmen. SEC. 4. Be it further enacted, That from and after the passage of this Act, That E. L. Kimble of said town be, and is, hereby appointed and constituted Mayor of said town; J. Wood Browning, Mayor pro tem.; J. Wood Browning, Geo. W. Brightwell, H. C. Smith, Geo. F. Lowe, John G. Slade, all of said town, be, and they are, hereby appointed and constituted Councilmen of said town; the said Mayor and Councilmen to hold their respective offices until their successors in office are duly elected and qualified as hereinafter provided. First Mayor and Councilmen. SEC. 5. Be it further enacted, That on the first Monday in January, 1914, and annually thereafter on the same day and in the same month, an election shall be held in said town for a Mayor and Councilmen thereof; said election to be under the laws governing the election of members of the Legislature of the State of Georgia. Election of Mayor and Councilmen. SEC. 6. Be it further enacted, That all persons who have been bona fide residents of the said town for thirty days next preceding an election held thereof, and who are qualified to vote for members of the General Assembly, and who have registered fifteen days before the election aforesaid provided, shall be allowed to vote at any election held in said town. Qualified voters. SEC. 7. Be it further enacted, That the Mayor and Councilmen, and such other officers of said town as are

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hereinafter provided for, shall, after election or appointment to his office, and before he shall enter upon his duties thereof, take and subscribe to the following oath (which may be administered by any officer authorized by the Code of Georgia to administer oaths): I, Mayor or Councilman, do solemnly swear that I will faithfully discharge all duties incumbent upon me as Mayor or Councilman, or other officer of the Town of Box Springs, according to the best of my ability; so help me God. Said oath, with the certificate of the officer administering the same, shall be field with the officer entrusted with the records of said town. Oath. SEC. 8. Be it further enacted, That the Mayor and Councilman shall have power and authority to elect such Marshal, Clerks, Treasurer and other subordinate officers as may be deemed necessary for carrying out the powers herein granted, and to prescribe the duties and compensation of such officers and require of them such bonds as they may deem necessary, payable to such town in its corporate name. Municipal officers. SEC. 9. Be it further enacted, That the Council of said town shall have power therein to lay off, close, open and keep in order and repair roads, streets and side-walks for the use of the public, or any citizen thereof; to prevent injury or annoyance to the public or individuals from any thing dangerous or unwholesome; to protect places of divine worship in and about the premises where held; to abate or cause to be abated any thing which, in the opinion of the majority of the whole Council, shall be a nuisance; to protect the property and person of the citizens of said town, and to preserve the peace and good order therein, and for this purpose to appoint when necessary a police force to assist the Marshal in the discharge of his duties, and in case of emergency the Marshal shall have power to immediately summon by oral command any or all citizens of said Town of Box Springs; to provide for annual assessment of taxable property therein, which in no event shall be greater than one-half of one per cent of the value of the taxable property; to adopt rules and regulations for the

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government of its own body. The Council shall have power to make and pass all needful orders, ordinances, and by-laws not contrary to the Constitution and the laws of Georgia; to carry into effect the foregoing enumerated powers, and all others conferred upon said town, and to this end may prescribe, impose, and enact reasonable fines, penalties, and imprisonments in the town jail or prison, if there is one, for a term not exceeding sixty days, or impose a fine not less than $1.00 nor more than $60.00 in the discretion of the Mayor or other acting officer. Authority of Council. SEC. 10. Be it further enacted, That the said town shall have the power and right to organize work gangs and to confine at labor therein for a term not exceeding sixty days persons convicted of violating the ordinances of said town. Work gangs. SEC. 11. Be it further enacted, That the Mayor of said town shall have the authority to bind over or commit to jail offenders against any criminal law in Georgia, committed within the corporate limits of said Town of Box Springs, whenever in course of investigation before him a proper case therefor shall be made out by evidence. Commitments. SEC. 12. Be it further enacted, That the said Mayor and Councilmen shall have the power to elect a Mayor pro tem., who shall perform the duties of the Mayor when from any cause he cannot be present to perform the duties of his office; also to fill any vacancy that may occur in the office of Mayor or Councilmen, or any subordinate office of said town, by a vote of a majority of the Mayor and Councilmen. Mayor pro tem. SEC. 13. Be it further enacted, That the Mayor of said town shall be the chief executive officer thereof; he shall see that the ordinances, by-laws, rules and regulations of the Council are faithfully executed; he shall have control of the police of said town, and may appoint special police when he may deem necessary; he shall have power to hold his police court for the trial of the offenders of the ordinances of said town at any time he may fix, and the defendant shall have the right of appeal to the whole Council [Illegible Text] such terms as may be provided for by ordinances; he shall have the power to issue executions for all fines, penalties

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and costs imposed by him, or he may require the immediate payment thereof, and in default of such immediate payment, he may imprison the offender as hereinbefore provided. Mayor's authority and duties. SEC. 14. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the Board of Councilmen shall have power and authority to levy and collect taxes on all professions, trades, businesses, occupations, theatrical exhibitions, shows or other performances within the town; on all peddlers, venders of medicine, itinerant traders, salesmen or soliciting agents, hotels, boarding houses, livery stables and transportation companies; and on the bowling alleys, skating rinks, pool or billiard tables and all other games kept or played within corporate limits of said town; to grant licenses for the same and to regulate them by ordinances which are not inconsistent with the Code and laws of Georgia. Special taxation. SEC. 15. Be it further enacted, That said corporation shall have and enjoy all the rights, powers and privileges incident to such corporations and not repugnant to the Constitution and laws of the United States and of this State. Rights of corporation. SEC. 16. Be it further enacted, That the Board of Councilmen shall have power and authority to establish quarantine regulations against all persons who have been exposed to small pox, yellow fever, or any contagious disease, or against infected localities; to enforce and make effective such regulations to establish a pest house or camp of detention, within or without said town, and to cause the removal thereto and the detention therein of all persons affected with such diseases, or who have been in infected localities, or exposed to such diseases. Said board shall have power, on its discretion, to allow such persons to remain on premises by themselves, when such persons, at their own expenses, provide suitable and sufficient guards to successfully quarantine such premises. Said board shall have power to require all persons within said town, whether resident or transient, to be vaccinated whenever, in the opinion of the said board, the same shall be desirable. It shall have full power to enforce such regulations and provide penalties for their violation. If the pest house or

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camp of detention is located beyond the corporate limits of said town, the town authorities shall have the same jurisdiction over it as long as it is used for these purposes as were within corporate limits. Said Board of Councilmen shall have authority to appoint a board of health, and such other health regulations as may be prescribed by the Board of Councilmen, the powers, duties and compensation of such officers to be prescribed by the Board of Councilmen. Quarantine regulations. SEC. 17. Be it further enacted, That said Mayor and Councilmen shall have the power to establish and maintain within the corporate limits of said Town of Box Springs, a public school, which may be supported in whole or in part by public taxation, on all businesses and properties within said town, as said Mayor and Councilmen may determine; that they may appoint any five discreet male persons, either residents or non-residents of said town as trustees of said public school, and shall conduct same under the general laws of the State of Georgia regulating the government of schools. Public school. SEC. 18. Be it further enacted, That the power to grant the privilege to sell intoxicating liquors of any kind whatsoever is expressly denied said Mayor and Councilmen, and the same shall never be exercised under this charter. Sale of liquor prohibited. SEC. 19. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict herewith be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved August 4, 1913. BROOKS, TOWN OF, CHARTER REPEALED. No. 175. An Act to repeal an Act to incorporate the Town of Brooks, in the County of Fayette, approved August 3d, 1910, Page 426, Georgia Laws, 1910, and for other purposes. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia and it is hereby enacted by the authority

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of the same, That from and after the passage of this Act an Act entitled An Act to incorporate the Town of Brooks in the County of Fayette; to define the corporate limits thereof; to provide for the election of officers; to prescribe their powers and duties; to provide for the working of the streets in said town; to provide for the levy and collection of taxes and licenses, and for other purposes, approved August 3d, 1910, being Page 426, of Georgia Laws 1910, be, and the same is, hereby repealed. Brooks, Town of, charter repealed. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved August 16, 1913. BROOKS, TOWN OF, NEW CHARTER FOR. No. 213. An Act to create a new charter for the Town of Brooks, in the County of Fayette; to define the corporate limits thereof; to provide for the election of officers; to prescribe their powers and duties; to provide for the working of the streets in said town; to provide for the levy and collection of taxes and licenses, and for other purposes. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That a new charter is hereby created for the Town of Brooks in the County of Fayette. That the said Town of Brooks in said County of Fayette be, and the same is, hereby incorporated under the name of Brooks, by which name it may sue and be sued and be impleaded. Brooks, Town of, new charter. SEC. 2. Be it enacted, That the corporate limits of said town shall extend one-half of a mile in every direction from the depot of the Central Railway as now located in said town, the said depot being made the center of said town. Corporate limits.

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SEC. 3. Be it further enacted, That said town shall be officered and its corporate affairs directed and controlled by a Mayor and five Councilmen, whose terms of office shall be two years, and who shall be elected by the qualified voters of said town. Any person residing in said town ninety days prior to the time of an election and otherwise qualified to vote for members of the General Assembly, shall be eligible as a town elector. The election under this Act for Mayor and Councilmen shall be held on the first Saturday in January, 1914, and annually thereafter. The present incumbents in office to hold their offices until the expiration of the term for which they were elected, and until their successors are elected and qualified. Said elections shall be held and conducted as are elections for members of the General Assembly. Mayor and Councilmen. Election. SEC. 4. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That said Mayor and Council shall have the power to elect one of their body Mayor pro tem., who shall perform all the duties of Mayor when, from any cause, the Mayor is disqualified or cannot be present to perform the duties of his office; also to fill any vacancy that may occur in the office of Mayor or Councilmen, or any other office of said town. Mayor pro tem. Vacancies, how filled. SEC. 5. Be it further enacted, That said Mayor and Council shall elect one of the Council as Clerk, and also elect a Marshal, and may pay him such compensation as they may fix prior to his election. Clerk and Marshal. SEC. 6. Be it further enacted, That said Mayor and Council shall have authority to cause the roads, streets and lanes of the said town to be worked by the residents therein subject to road duty, and levy such road tax as they may deem for the best interest of the town. Said Mayor and Council shall have authority to make any and all by-laws, rules and regulations or ordinances necessary for the government of said town and the peace and good order thereof, and to fix licenses, fees for transaction of business in said town, which are not inconsistent with the laws and Constitution of this State, to punish

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by fine or imprisonment or both in the discretion of the Mayor who is hereby clothed with authority to try offenders against the ordinances of said town, and is hereby empowered to punish such offenders by a fine of not more than fifty dollars or by work on the public roads of said town for not more than thirty days, either or both of such penalties. The Mayor and Council shall have authority to fix the cost in all such cases in violation of the ordinances of said town and upon conviction said cost shall be taxed against the offender so convicted. Authority of Mayor and Council. SEC. 7. Be it further enacted, That the Mayor and Council shall be empowered to levy tax for the support of the government of said town not to exceed two and one-half mills and they shall fix compensation of the Mayor and Councilmen and all employees of said town. Taxation. SEC. 8. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all persons charged with the violation of any ordinance or law of said town shall be tried before the Mayor of said town, who shall have power to hear and determine all such cases and in case of conviction, to impose such penalties as may be prescribed for such violations, and he shall have authority to bind over or commit to jail offenders against the criminal laws of this State whenever in the course of any investigation before him or a violation of any town ordinance it may appear that such person has violated any State law. Trial of offenders. SEC. 9. Be it further enacted, That the Mayor of said town shall be the chief executive officer thereof; shall see that the ordinances, by laws, rules and regulations of the Mayor and Council are faithfully executed; shall have control of the police of said town, and may appoint special police when he may deem it necessary; shall have power to issue executions for all fines, penalties and costs imposed by him, or he may require the immediate payment thereof, and in default of such immediate payment he may imprison the offenders as hereinbefore provided; and he may issue executions for all taxes due said town. Power and duties of Mayor.

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SEC. 10. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the Mayor and Council shall have power to cause the enforced collection of delinquent taxes and assessments of all kinds of fines and collections against the property of the delinquents and sales under such executions. The time, place and manner of sale of property, both real and personal, for taxes and assessments due said town shall be the same as that provided by law for Sheriffs' sales for State and county taxes, provided said sales shall be conducted by Marshal of said town before the door of the Council Chamber after proper advertisement in such newspaper as selected by the Mayor and Council as the official organ of the Town of Brooks. Executions. SEC. 11. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved August 18, 1913. BUFORD, CITY OF, CHARTER AMENDED. No. 70. An Act to amend Section 23 of the Act approved December 23rd, 1896, creating a new charter for the City of Buford, as already amended by the Act approved August 8th, 1903, by authorizing the council of the City of Buford to levy a tax not exceeding one and one-half per cent of the value of the property as assessed and returned for taxation therein, and for other purposes. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same, That from and after the passage of this Act, said original Act of the General Assembly of Georgia, approved December 23rd, 1896, as already amended by the Act approved August 8th, 1903, be, and the same is, hereby amended by adding in the tenth line of the 23rd Section of the same as amended in said Act of 1903, immediately after

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the word one and before the words per cent, the additional words of and one-half; so that said Section 23 shall read as follows: Section 23. Be it further enacted, That the Council shall cause to be annually made up and entered upon its journal an accurate estimate of all sums which are, or may be, chargeable upon said city and which ought to be paid within one year, and shall order a levy of such tax as may, in the opinion of the Council, be necessary to pay the same. The tax may be levied upon all property, real and personal, within said city, upon banking insurance capital employed therein; provided, that no tax upon property exceeds one and one-half per cent of the value thereof. The Council shall have authority to levy and collect a specific tax upon factories, bankers, agents or managers of gift enterprises, shows of all sorts and upon all persons exercising within the city any profession, trade or calling, or any business of any nature; provided, said tax is not in conflict with any law of this State. Buford City of, taxation. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved August 11, 1913. CAMILLA, CITY OF, CHARTER AMENDED. No. 65. An Act to amend an Act entitled An Act to create a new charter for the City of Camilla, and for other purposes, approved August 19th, 1907, so as to create a Board of Water and Light Commissioners for said city, to be elected by the Mayor and Aldermen of said city; to provide for a salary to be paid said Commissioners, not to exceed the sum of $25.00 per month each; to give said City of Camilla power and authority to levy and collect a specific or occupation tax on all business, occupations, professions, callings or trades exercised within said city as may be deemed just and proper, not to exceed

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$1,000.00 for each business or occupation, and for other purposes. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same, That Paragraph 31, of Section 21, of an Act approved August 19th, 1907, (Acts of 1907, Page 513), creating a new charter for the City of Camilla, be, and the same is, hereby amended as follows: By striking out all of said paragraph, which reads as follows: (31). To create a Board of Water and Light Commissioners, to have such powers over the operation and control of the city's water and light system as may be, by ordinance, conferred on such board, and substituting, in lieu thereof, the following: (31). There shall be a Board of Water and Light Commissioners for said city, consisting of three members, one of whom shall be Chairman, whose terms of office shall be for three years each, except that of the members of said board first elected; said Chairman shall be elected for a term of three years, and one member thereof for a term of two years, and one member for a term of one year. Said members of said Board of Water and Light Commissioners shall be elected by the Mayor and Aldermen of said city on the first Monday night in August in each year, and said board shall have general supervision and control over the water and light system of said city, shall make such rules and regulations in reference to the operation of said water and light system as they may deem best, and make such contracts and employ or discharge such persons in the operation of said water and light system as they may deem best, subject to the approval of said Mayor and Aldermen; provided, they shall not have the power to lease or rent said water and light system, and shall be paid, for their services, such sums as may be, by said Mayor and Aldermen, by ordinance, fixed, not to exceed $25.00 per month each. Camilla, City of, Board of Water and Light Commissioners. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That Paragraph 1, of Section 221, of said Act of 1907 (Acts of 1907, Page 509), be, and the same is, hereby amended by striking out the figures $100.00 in line sixth of said paragraph, and

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substituting in lieu thereof, the figures $1,000.00, so that said paragraph, when so amended, shall read as follows: (1). To assess and collect an ad valorem tax upon all property, both real and personal, within the limits of said city, not to exceed the Constitutional limits; levy and collect a specific or occupation tax on all business, occupations, professions, callings or trades exercised within the city, as may be deemed just and proper, not to exceed $1,000.00 for each business or occupation, and by ordinance to classify said business; to fix a license on theatrical exhibitions, circuses and shows of all kinds, on the sale of spirituous, malt or intoxicating liquors, on drays and hacks, hotels and boarding houses, restaurants, fish-stands, billiard, pool and other kinds of tables, ten-pin and bowling alleys, butcher-shops, livery-stables, auctioneers and upon all other classes or kinds of business legitimately coming within the police powers of the city. Taxation. SEC. 3. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved August 11, 1913. CAMILLA, SCHOOL DISTRICT OF, INCORPORATED, ELECTION TO RATIFY. No. 208. An Act to incorporate the Camilla School District, in the City of Camilla, County of Mitchell and State of Georgia; to define the boundaries of the same; to regulate the management of the schools therein; to provide for a revenue for the schools; to provide a board of education and to confer upon them certain powers; also to provide for the ratification or rejection of this Act by the qualified voters of the City of Camilla, and for other purposes. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia, That from and after the passage and ratification

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of this Act, the control and management of all the schools in the Camilla School District, incorporated under and by virtue of this Act, shall be vested in J. B. Lewis, C. E. Wolf, J. W. Jackson, J. M. Spence, J. P. McRee, G. B. Boggs and E. E. Cox and their successors in office, who are hereby constituted a body corporated under the name and style of Board of Education of Camilla, and by that name shall have and use a common seal, and shall have power to have, hold, receive and enjoy, possess and retain to themselves and their successors in office, for school purposes, by gift, endowment, purchase or other lawful means, any estates of real or personal property, and by said name be capable of suing and being sued, impleading and being impleaded in any court of law or equity in this State. Camilla, School District of. Board of Education. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That the corporate limits of said Camilla School District shall be the incorporate limits of the City of Camilla. Corporate limits. SEC. 3. Be it further enacted, That said Board of Education shall immediately after the first election under this Act determine among themselves, by lot or otherwise, the term of office of its members. The term of office of two of said members shall expire two years from date of first election, the term of office of two other members shall expire four years from that date, and the term of office of the remaining three members of said board shall expire six years from the aforesaid first election of Board of Education following the ratification of this Act. Vacancies occurring as above provided for shall be filled by election by the qualified voters of the City of Camilla at the general election in said city for Mayor and Aldermen of said City of Camilla, to be held in the same manner that elections for Mayor and Aldermen are held, and the term of office for members of the Board of Education so elected shall be for a term of six years. Vacancies to fill unexpired terms shall be by election of the Board of Education. Terms of office. Vacancies, how filled. SEC. 4. Be it further enacted, That the necessary funds for establishing, conducting, maintaining and supporting such schools shall be derived as follows: First, it shall be

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the duty of the Board of Education immediately after the ratification of this Act to make known to the Mayor and Aldermen of the City of Camilla the amount of funds or the rate of per centum on the total valuation of the taxable property in said city necessary, in their discretion, for conducting and maintaining said school during the fall term of 1913, and the spring term of 1914, and it shall be the duty of the said Mayor and Aldermen of the said City of Camilla, and they are hereby authorized and empowered and required, to immediately levy a special tax sufficient to raise the amount recommended by said Board of Education, not to exceed one-half per centum on all property, both real and personal, subject to taxation in said city, and collect the same as other taxes are levied and collected for general purposes in said city; second, it shall be the duty of the said Board of Education at or before the time for the annual levy of taxes in and for the City of Camilla for general purposes, to make known to the Mayor and Aldermen of the City of Camilla the amount of funds or the rate per centum on the total valuation of the taxable property in said city, necessary, in their discretion, for establishing, conducting, maintaining, building and equipping said schools; and it shall be the duty of said Mayor and Aldermen of said City of Camilla, and they are hereby authorized, empowered and required, to levy each year a special tax sufficient to raise the amount recommended by said Board of Education not to exceed one-half per centum on all property, both real and personal, subject to taxation in said city and collect the same as other taxes are levied and collected for general purposes in said city, and when collected and as collected shall be passed and credited to the school account of said city and turned over to the Treasurer of the Board of Education of Camilla; third, County School Commissioner of Mitchell County is hereby authorized, required and desired to pay over to the Treasurer of said Board of Education of Camilla such part of the State and County School Fund as may be their just pro rata share thereof, and the amount to be thus paid shall be paid

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at the same time and in the same manner that the teachers of the County of Mitchell are paid. School funds, how provided, etc. Public school fund. SEC. 5. Be it further enacted, That the said Board of Education shall at its first meeting after the ratification of this Act, elect one of its own members to be President of said board, who shall serve for the term for which he was chosen. They shall also elect a Secretary and Treasurer for such term as may be fixed by the board, but no member other than the Secretary and Treasurer shall receive any compensation as such for their services. The Secretary and Treasurer shall be required to give bond for the faithful performance of his duties in such amount as may be determined by the Board of Education. Officers of Board. SEC. 6. Be it further enacted, That said Board of Education shall have full and complete control of all the schools in the said school district, may establish and maintain schools for white and colored pupils, but no white child shall be allowed to attend a colored school, nor shall any colored child be allowed to attend a white school, they may in their discretion discontinue any such school or schools, may employ teachers, superintendents and other employees and fix their compensation, and they are also authorized and empowered to discharge, suspend or remove any and all such employees whenever in their discretion they shall deem it to be the best interests of the school to do so. They are also authorized and empowered to charge an entrance or matriculation fee and all children entitled to the benefit of the public school fund shall be admitted to said school upon the payment of such fee as the board may see proper to impose, which fee shall not exceed the sum of five dollars per annum to pupils residing in said school district. The Board of Education may in its discretion refuse to admit any child or children to said school, or may suspend or expel any pupil from the same at any time if in their judgment it would be detrimental to the moral or general welfare of the schools or pupils thereof to allow them to enter or remain in school. Jurisdiction of Board.

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SEC. 7. Be it further enacted, That the said Board of Education shall have full power and authority to make by-laws for the government of their own body, rules and regulations for the government of the schools, they shall also have power to enforce the same. Powers. SEC. 8. Be it further enacted, That any member of said Board of Education guilty of malfeasance or gross misconduct, shall be removed from office by a majority vote of the board. Removal from office. SEC. 9. Be it further enacted, That any citizen of said school district who is a property holder of said district, shall be eligible to membership on the said Board of Education and a majority of the whole board shall constitute a quorum and decide all questions and elections. Eligibility of members. SEC. 10. Be it further enacted, That after the ratification of this Act, the Board of Education of Mitchell County shall not establish or maintain any other school or schools, grant any license or contracts to any other person or persons to teach school of any character within two miles of the limits of the Camilla school district, nor shall any of the school funds be paid to any school or teacher in said district other than herein provided for. County school board shall not establish schools in district. SEC. 11. Be it further enacted, That as soon as practicable after the passage of this Act, the Board of Education herein named shall call an election by the qualified voters of the City of Camilla for the purpose of ratifying or rejecting this Act, said election to be held at the usual place of holding election for the Mayor and Aldermen of the City of Camilla, and under the same rules and regulations. That the question submitted at said election shall be For Public Schools and Against Public Schools. The result of said election shall be certified by the managers thereof to the Board of Education of Camilla, who shall declare the same. If a majority of the votes cast in said election shall be For Public Schools, then this Act shall become of full force and effect, and the other Acts heretofore passed relating to schools of the City of Camilla and to Camilla School District are hereby repealed. Election for ratification.

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SEC. 12. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved August 18, 1913. CANTON, TOWN OF, PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM AMENDED. No. 88. An Act to amend an Act approved August 13th, 1904, said Act of amendment being an Act amending an Act approved December 18th, 1893, said Act authorizing the establishment of a system of public schools in the Town of Canton; to provide for the acquiring of property and buildings, and raising of revenues to maintain said schools, and for other purposes; to strike from Section 8 and 6th line, the words three-tenths, and insert in lieu thereof the words four-tenths; to provide that the County Board of Education and County Schools shall have no control in said schools; nor establish any county schools in said town; to provide that the Superintendent of said schools shall make reports to the County Superintendent of Schools and that the County Superintendent of Schools shall pay the Board of Education of the Town of Canton the pro rata share of State and county school funds to which said town is entitled. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same, That from and after the passage of this Act by the General Assembly, that an Act approved August 13th, 1904, the same being an Act amending an Act approved December 18th, 1893, authorizing the establishment of public schools in the Town of Canton, etc., be, and the same is, hereby amended as follows: Canton, Town of, public school system amended. Strike from the 8th Section and the 6th line of said Act the words three-tenths and insert in lieu thereof four-tenths, so that the clause in which said words appear will read

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when amended as follows: An amount not to exceed four-tenths of one per cent. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That said Act be amended by adding the following Sections to read as follows: Sec. 18. Be it further enacted, That the County Board of Education nor the County Superintendent of Schools of said county shall have jurisdiction or authority over said public schools in the Town of Canton, nor shall there be any county schools established in the Town of Canton by the County Board of Education or the County Superintendent of Schools. County schools. Section 19. Be it further enacted, That the Superintendent of Public Schools of Town of Canton shall make any and all reports of the attendence of pupils in said public schools of the Town of Canton and such other reports as may be required by law of City Public Schools to County Board of Education. Reports. Sec. 20. Be it further enacted, That the County Superintendent of Schools shall pay to the public Superintendent of the Public Schools of Canton the pro rata share of public school funds to which said Town of Canton shall be entitled. Pro rata part of public school fund of State. Sec. 21. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved August 11, 1913. CARNESVILLE, CITY OF, NEW CHARTER FOR. No. 270. An Act to create a new charter for the City of Carnesville, in the County of Franklin, and to re-incorporate said city and declare and consolidate the rights and powers of said corporation; to define the corporate limits of said City of Carnesville; to provide for a Mayor and

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Councilmen and other officers for said city and to prescribe the powers, duties, rights and liabilities of all officers of said city and the manner of their election or appointment and their removal from office; to provide for the retention of the present officers of the City of Carnesville until election of officers for said city under this charter; to provide that all ordinances, rules and regulations of the corporation of the City of Carnesville, not in conflict with this Act, shall remain valid and enforceable as ordinances, rules and regulations of the City of Carnesville, incorporated by this Act, until the same are repealed or amended by the Mayor and Council of the City of Carnesville; to provide for street and side-walks, and the working and paving of same, and the establishment and maintenance of parks and cemeteries; to authorize and empower the Mayor and Council to purchase or build, establish, maintain and operate a system of water works, lights and sewerage for the City of Carnesville; to authorize the Mayor and Council to hold elections as now provided by law to determine the question of creating a debt against said city by the issuance of bonds; to provide for the assessment, levying and collection of an ad valorem tax upon all property, both personal and real, for general purposes and for the purpose of paying the principal and interest of said bonds; to authorize and provide for granting license to and taxing all kinds of business, trades, professions, shows, exhibition and entertainments; to provide for all matters of municipal concern, needs and requirements, and for other purposes. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That the City of Carnesville, heretofore incorporated under the laws of Georgia, shall from and after the passage of this Act be known by the corporate name of the City of Carnesville, and by that name, be, and is, hereby invested with all the rights and privileges incident to municipal corporations in this State; and the said City of Carnesville, created by this Act, may

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sue and be sued, contract and be contracted with, plead and be impleaded, have and use a common or corporate seal, make and enact, through its Mayor and Council, such ordinances, rules, and regulations and resolutions for the transaction of its business, and the welfare and proper government of said city, as to said City Council may seem best and which shall be consistent with laws of the State of Georgia, and of the United States; and said City of Carnesville shall be able by law and is hereby authorized and empowered to purchase, hold, rent, lease, sell, exchange, possess and retain in perpetuity or for any number of years, any estate or estates, real or personal, lands, tenements of all kinds whatsoever, within or without the limits of said city, for corporate purposes. It shall have special power in its corporate capacity to make all contracts which the Mayor and Council may deem necessary for the welfare of the city or its citizens; to assess values of property, levy and collect taxes thereon and remove nuisances. The Mayor and Council shall have full control and power over streets, lanes and alleys of said city, and to remove obstructions therefrom as is generally exercised by and granted to municipal corporations, and shall in general have all the powers incident to corporations under the laws of this State which are necessary and proper in order to regulate, make, maintain, and preserve a proper and legal government of said city, and to declare what acts or things shall be lawful. Carnesville, City of, new charter. Powers. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the corporate limits of said city shall be as follows: Beginning at the Court House of Franklin County, in said city, and extending three-fourths of one mile in every direction from said central point, making a complete circle. Corporate limits. SEC. 3. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the government of said City of Carnesville shall be vested in a Mayor and five Councilmen. The present Mayor and Councilmen of the City of Carnesville shall continue in office until the expiration of the term for which

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they were elected and until their successors are elected and qualified; and they and their successors and associates shall have and execute all rights, powers and duties hereby conferred on the Mayor and Council of the City of Carnesville created by this Act; and all the ordinances, rules and regulations of the old corporation of the City of Carnesville, not repugnant to this charter, are continued in full force and effect until the same are repealed, annulled, amended, changed modified by the Mayor and Council of the City of Carnesville, and all the officers of the old corporation of the City of Carnesville shall continue to hold their offices until the expiration of the term for which they were elected, and until their successors are elected and qualified, unless sooner suspended, removed or discharged by Mayor and Council. Mayor and Councilmen. Present officers continue for the terms of their election. SEC. 4. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That an election shall be held in the city hall in the City of Carnesville or such place as the Mayor and Council may designate on the second Wednesday in December, 1913, and annually thereafter on the 2nd Wednesday in December, for Mayor and five Councilmen, who shall serve for one year from the date of their installation, and until their successors are elected and qualified. Election for Mayor and Councilmen. SEC. 5. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all elections held under the provisions of this charter, and all elections in which any subject or question is submitted to the qualified voters of the City of Carnesville, shall be superintended and managed by a Justice of the Peace of the 264th District, G. M., Franklin County, and two freeholders, who are citizens of said city and own real estate therein, or by three freeholders, all of whom shall be citizens of said city and own real estate therein. If it is impossible to obtain a Justice of the Peace to preside at said election, each of said managers before entering on his duties shall take and prescribe before some officer of Franklin County qualified by law to administer oaths or before each other in the absence of such officer, the following oath: We, and each of us, do solemnly swear that

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we will faithfully and impartially conduct this election, and prevent all illegal voting to the best of our skill and power, so help us God. Said managers shall keep, or cause to be kept, two lists of the voters and two tally-sheets. All elections shall be held in the city hall in the City of Carnesville, or such place as the Mayor and Council may designate, and the voting shall be by ballot. Said managers shall be appointed by the Mayor then in office, or in his absence, by the Mayor pro tem. then in office, at least two days before election, and notice thereof given to persons appointed, and if any one or more of said managers so appointed fail to appear and serve at the time for opening the polls on the day of election, the vacancy may be filled instanter, and the necessary number of managers appointed by the Mayor then in office, or by the Mayor pro tem., in the absence of the Mayor, or in the absence of both, by any Councilman then in office. The said managers shall receive such compensation as may be fixed by the City Council, not to exceed two dollars per day each, to be paid out of any funds in the city treasury. Election managers. SEC. 6. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the polls at all elections held in and for said city shall be open from 9:00 o'clock A. M. to 3:00 o'clock P. M., eastern time, at which time they shall be closed, and the managers of any such election shall proceed to count the ballots and consolidate the returns of said election and certify the same. They shall make certificate of the results on each tally-sheet, and shall place one of the lists of voters and one of said tally-sheets, together with the ballots, in an envelope or box and seal the same and deposit the same with the Clerk of the Superior Court of Franklin County. The other list of voters and tally-sheet shall be filed with the Clerk of the City Council by the managers of the election for delivery to said City Council, who shall meet within three days after the election is held and inspect the returns and declare the result of the election, which declaration of the result of said election they shall cause to be entered on their book of minutes. The Clerk of the Superior Court and the Clerk of the City Council after the

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expiration of thirty days time from the time of the election, shall destroy said ballots and lists of voters without inspection; provided, no notice of contest be filed or pending, in which case they shall preserve the same until the contest be finally determined. Elections, how held. SEC. 7. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That in the event any candidate or candidates desire to contest the result of any election under this charter they shall do so as provided by Section 125, Volume 1, of the Code of Georgia, 1910. Election contests. SEC. 8. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all persons who have paid all taxes legally imposed and demanded of them by the city authorities, except taxes for the year in which the election is held, and who have been bona fide residents of the said city for at least ninety days previous to the time when the election is held, and who are qualified to vote in the County of Franklin for member of the General Assembly of Georgia, shall be considered eligible and entitled to vote in said city election. Qualification of voters. SEC. 9. Be it further enacted, That if any person shall vote in the city elections in said city who is not legally entitled to vote under the laws of said city, he shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punished as prescribed by law after an indictment or presentment by the Grand Jury of Franklin County has been preferred against him and he has been convicted. Illegal voting, penalty. SEC. 10. Be it further enacted, That no person shall be eligible to the office of Mayor or of Councilman of said city unless he be a citizen of said city, and of the age of twenty-one years and has resided in said city one year prior to said election and shall have paid all taxes required of him by the laws of said city and of the State. Eligibility for office of Mayor. SEC. 11. Be it further enacted, That the terms of office of the Mayor and Councilmen of the City of Carnesville shall be one year after the first Wednesday in January after their election and until their successors are elected and qualified. On the first Wednesday in January of the year

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after their election, the Mayor and Council shall meet in the City Hall or Council Chamber and there severally take before some officer of this [Illegible Text] authorized to administer oaths, the following oath of office: I do solemnly swear that I will well and truly demean myself as Mayor (or Councilman as the case may be,) of the City of Carnesville for the ensuing term and faithfully enforce the charter and ordinances of said city, to the best of my skill and knowledge, without fear or favor, so help me God. Should any Councilman or Mayor-elect be absent from said meeting, he shall take the oath of office as soon as possible thereafter. Terms of office. Oath. SEC. 12. Be it further enacted, That in case of a vacancy in the office of Mayor, caused by death, resignation or failure to elect, removal from city or otherwise, said vacancy shall be filled by the City Council of said city, who shall proceed at once to elect a Mayor for the unexpired term, it being declared lawful and competent for said City Council to elect one of its own members should they see fit; and in the case of a vacancy in the office of Councilman, caused by death, resignation, removal from the city, failure to elect, elevation to mayoralty or otherwise, the vacancy shall be filled by the remaining members of the City Council, who shall proceed at once to elect a Councilman for the unexpired term. Said Mayor or Council thus elected shall, before entering upon the duties of their respective offices, take the oath of office heretofore prescribed. Vacancies, how filled. SEC. 13. Be it further enacted, That the City Council shall be presided over at its meetings by the Mayor, or in his absence, Mayor pro tem., and a majority of the Council shall be necessary to constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. The said Council shall cause to be kept in a well-bound book an accurate record of all its proceedings, by-laws, acts, orders, ordinances and resolutions, which shall be open to the inspection of any one who is required to pay taxes in said city. Said Council shall hold monthly, semi-monthly or weekly meetings as they may determine and the Mayor or Mayor pro tem. may call such other additional meetings as the emergencies may require

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in his judgment. At such meetings of said City Council, the proceedings of the last meeting shall be read and corrected and signed and approved as corrected by the presiding officer for the time being. Upon the call of any member, the yeas and nays on any question shall be taken and recorded on the book of minutes. Mayor presiding officer. Records. Meetings. SEC. 14. Be it further enacted, That the City Council shall at the first meeting after their election and qualification, elect one of their members as Mayor pro tem., who shall, in the absence of the Mayor and in case of his disqualification, be the presiding officer of the City Council, and shall be allowed to vote on all questions, and who shall, in the absence or disqualification of the Mayor, have all the duties, powers, rights and privileges conferred by this charter upon the Mayor, and shall be exercised by the Mayor pro tem., in the absence or disqualification of the Mayor, or when the Mayor, from sickness or from other reasons, is unable to act. Mayor pro tem. SEC. 15. Be it further enacted, That said City Council shall have power to elect one or more policemen, one of whom shall be known as the Chief of Police; also a Clerk and Treasurer; provided, the Clerk and Treasurer may be the same person if thought advisable by the Mayor and Councilmen. They may elect a city attorney, city physician and such other officers as to them may seem necessary and proper. The terms of office of said officers shall be for one year and until their successors are elected and qualified. The Mayor and Councilmen, or Mayor pro tem. and Councilmen, may appoint such extra policemen as may be necessary from time to time, and said extra policemen shall receive such compensation as may be fixed by the Council. Each of said officers shall, before entering upon the discharge of their duties, take an oath to faithfully discharge said duties, such oath to be prescribed by the Mayor and Councilmen; such officers to receive such salary and to make such bond as the Mayor and Councilmen may prescribe. Any of said officers may be dismissed from office at any time by a majority vote of the City Council, when it

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shall satisfactorily appear to the Mayor and Council that said officers have been negligent of duty or guilty of misconduct. Municipal officers. SEC. 16. Be it further enacted, That the Mayor of said city shall be the chief executive thereof; he shall see that all laws, ordinances, resolutions, by-laws and rules of said city are faithfully and fully enforced and executed and that all officers of said city shall faithfully perform the duties required of them. The City Council shall have power and authority to enact such ordinances from time to time as they deem necessary to enforce the provisions of this charter; but no ordinance shall pass unless it shall receive the vote of three Councilmen, if there be a full board present. In the event a full board of five Councilmen are not present, no ordinance or other measure shall be passed unless it receives the vote of three Councilmen; provided, that in case of a tie the Mayor shall have the right to vote, and any ordinance or other measure in such cases receiving the votes of two Councilmen and Mayor shall be passed and held of full force and effect. In no case may the Mayor have the right to vote upon any ordinance or measure except in case of a tie, but it shall be his duty to vote in all cases when a tie arises, whether with a full board present or not, and such vote when cast shall count as the vote of a Councilman in determining whether any ordinance has received the three votes necessary to pass. In the event that a Councilman shall be disqualified from voting in accordance with the disqualifications prescribed by laws of the State or shall refuse to vote, a note of said refusal or disqualification shall be made upon the book of minutes, and the remaining members of the Council shall proceed to vote, and act as if said Councilman was absent. It shall be optional, not compulsory, for said City Council to have posted any measure, ordinance or resolution at such places in the city as they may direct, for the information of the public, or may have the same published in any newspaper of said city, but the failure to so post or publish any ordinance, resolution or measure, shall in no wise operate to render the same void. Mayor and City Council, Powers of, etc.

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SEC. 17. Be it further enacted, That the Mayor or in his absence or disqualification the Mayor pro tem., or in the absence or disqualification of the Mayor and Mayor pro tem., any member of the Council may hold a court to be called a Mayor's Court, for the trial of all offenders against the laws and ordinances of said city as often as may be necessary. Said court shall have the power to preserve order, compel the attendance of witnesses, compel the production of books and papers to be used in evidence, and to punish for contempt. The punishment of any violation of the city law, ordinance, rule or for contempt, shall be a fine not exceeding two hundred dollars or imprisonment in the guard house for a term not exceeding three months, or to work on the streets or such other places where the offender may be lawfully placed at work, not to exceed three months; one or more or all of these punishments may be imposed in the discretion of the trial court. Any person convicted of any offense before the trial court may enter an appeal from the judgment of said court to the City Council; provided, the appeal be entered instanter, and a bond given for his appearance to abide the judgment of the City Council sitting as a court. But if the accused will make an oath that he is unable to make bond, he shall nevertheless enter an appeal in forma pauperis and shall be given a speedy trial. The accused shall have the right to be heard by Council in any trial in the Mayor's Court. In case an appeal is entered and a bond given, the Mayor or Chief of Police shall assess the bond and approve the same. The trial on the appeal shall be heard before the Mayor and the entire City Council, unless it be impossible or impracticable to have a full board present; then the trial shall be had before the Mayor and three members of the Council, and it shall require the votes of not less than three members of the Council to reverse the judgment of the first trial court. And said City Council shall be empowered to acquit the defendant, sustain the judgment of the presiding officer from whom the appeal was taken, or change or alter same at their discretion; provided, however, that the foregoing provision providing for appeal from the judgment of the Mayor's

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Court to the City Council shall not be effective until the City Council shall pass an ordinance providing for such appeal, and in the absence of such ordinance the only remedy from the judgment of the Mayor's Court shall be by certiorari to the Superior Court of Franklin County. The City Council shall have the right to establish a city chaingang in said city, to own and possess a guard house and provide for the confinement of offenders therein during the time they are not at work, and to provide for their maintenance during the period of their imprisonment. The city employees in charge of convicted offenders shall have the right to administer such reasonable discipline to such offenders as may be necessary to enforce obedience to the rules and regulations which may be prescribed by the City Council. Mayor's Court. Powers of Court. Punishment of offenders. Appeal, right of. Certiorari. SEC. 18. Be it further enacted, That the presiding officer of the Mayor's Court of said city shall have the jurisdiction of Justices of the Peace so far as to enable him to issue and try warrants for criminal offenses committed in the corporate limits of said city, and if on the trial of any person before the Mayor's Court for a violation of any ordiance or law of said city, it shall appear that such person is probably guilty of offense against the penal laws of the State, it shall be the duty of the court so trying the offender to commit to prison or let to bail to answer before the court having jurisdiction of the same for the offense committed. Commitment. SEC. 19. Be it further enacted, That it shall be lawful for the Chief of Police of said city, or any regular or special Policemen or Marshal thereof, to arrest without a warrant, any and all persons within the corporate limits of said city who, are at the time of said arrest, or who before that time, have been guilty in said limits of disorderly conduct, public indecency or any other violation of the ordinances or laws of said city, and to hold such persons so arrested until a hearing of the charge can be had before a proper officer, and to this end the arresting officers are authorized to imprison and confine any person arrested by them in the guard house. To effect an arrest, in case it

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may be necessary, the Police or Marshal, or any arresting officer, shall have authority to call to his assistance any other citizen of the city and such persons when so summoned shall be bound to assist and aid such officers, and for failure to do so may be punished in the Mayor's Court in the manner heretofore provided. Arrests. SEC. 20. Be it further enacted, That the Chief of Police or any lawful officer of said city shall have the right to accept from any person arrested by them a good and sufficient bond, which bond shall be approved by the arresting officer, conditioned for the appearance of the offender before the Mayor's Court on a day certain; said bond shall be payable to the City of Carnesville in an amount fixed by the arresting officer. When a bond is given and accepted by the arresting officer, he may then release the offender; but if it be a matter in which, in the judgment of the arresting officer it would be dangerous to the public to release the offender and permit him to be at large, said arresting officer may refuse to accept a bond and release the offender, but may commit him to the guard house until the day of trial, and in such event it shall be the duty of the Mayor to call his court as soon as practicable, and give the offender a speedy trial. Appearance bonds. SEC. 21. Be it further enacted, That if any person who has been arrested for violating any law or ordinance of the City of Carnesville, and has given bond for his or her appearance before the proper city authorities to answer to the charge preferred, fails to so appear at the time and place fixed in the bond, said bond shall be declared forfeited and rule nisi shall issue directed to the principal and security or securities, requiring them to show cause before the Mayor's Court, at the sitting of the said court to be held not less than ten nor longer than thirty days from the date of forfeiture, why the bond should not be absolutely forfeited. Copies of the rule nisi shall be served on the principal and surety or sureties named in the bond at least five days before the sitting of the court to which it is made returnable, either personally or by leaving same at the most notorious

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place of abode of the person on whom service is perfected. If at such return term no sufficient cause is shown to the contrary, the forfeiture shall be made final and absolute, and execution shall issue against the principal and surety or sureties on said bond, or such of them as have been served for the full amount thereof, and all the costs of whatever nature, which execution shall be signed by the Clerk and by the Mayor of said city. Said execution shall be a lien on the property of the defendant and the sureties in the same manner as executions from the Superior Court of Franklin County. Said executions shall be directed to the Chief of Police of the City of Carnesville and to all and singular Sheriffs and Constables of said State, any one of whom may execute the same. Forfeiture of bonds. SEC. 22. Be it further enacted, That for the purpose of raising revenues to defray the ordinary current expenses incident to the proper support and maintenance of the city government the said Mayor and Council shall have full power and authority to levy and collect an ad valorem tax upon all properties, both real and personal, in the corporate limits of said city and which is not exempt by State law, not to exceed one-half of one per centum, but where that amount is deemed insufficient, said Mayor and Council shall have power and authority to levy an additional tax in the mode and manner prescribed by the Constitution and laws of the State of Georgia. Ad valorem tax. SEC. 23. Be it further enacted, That every male between the ages of twenty-one and fifty years, who has resided in said city thirty days, shall be liable and subject to work on the streets of said city, not to exceed fifteen days in each year, at such time or times as the Mayor and Council may require or to pay a commutation tax in lieu thereof, not to exceed five dollars in any one year, as said Mayor and Council may determine. Should any person liable to work the streets under this section fail or refuse to do so, or to pay the street tax assessed in lieu thereof, after having received due notices to do so, as said Mayor and Council may require, shall be deemed guilty of a violation of

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this section, and on conviction in the police court of said city shall be fined in any sum not exceeding twenty-five dollars, nor less than the amount of street tax so assessed, or imprisoned in the guard house, or by labor on the chain-gang of said city, not exceeding thirty days. Said Mayor and Council may pass such ordinance as they may deem proper for the purpose of enforcing this section. Commutation tax. SEC. 24. Be it further enacted, That the Mayor and Council of said city shall have full power and authority to license, regulate and control by ordinances all taverns, hotels, boarding-houses, cafes, restaurants, saloons, for the sale of creams, ices, etc., livery stables, feed stables, sale stables and lots, hacks, drays and other vehicles, auctioneers, vendue-masters, itinerant traders, theaters and theatrical performances, dummy or street railroads, oil mills, ice works, laundries, water works, shows, circuses and exhibitions of all kinds; itinerant lightning-rod dealers, emigrant agents, peddlers of clocks, stoves, machines or any other article of merchandise whatsoever; itinerant venders of any and all kinds of goods, wares, merchandise or other things; pool and bagatelle tables kept for public play, every keeper of a shooting gallery, ten-pin alley, upon the keeper of any table, device, stand or place for the performance of any game or play, whether played with sticks, balls, rings, upon flying horses or other contrivances, bicycles, velocipedes or skating rinks; insurance agents, life, fire, accident or other insurance companies, loan agents for any and all kinds of business, real estate agents, banks and bankers, brokers and commission merchants of all kinds and dealers in futures; keepers of slaughter houses, beef markets, green grocers, dealers in fresh oysters or fish, vegetables, fruits, breads and other articles of food; contractors and builders, and all mechanics or artisans; barber shops, junk shops, pawn-brokers and upon all and every other establishment, business, calling, trade or avocation not heretofore mentioned, and which, under the Constitution and laws of Georgia, are subject to license and specific tax. The Mayor and Council of said city may demand payment of any and all licenses or specific taxes authorized by this Act or the

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laws of Georgia, in the amount fixed by ordinance, as a condition precedent to beginning or continuing in any business, trade, profession or calling in said city for which a license is required. Should any person engage or continue in any business, trade, profession or calling, for which a specific tax or license is required by said city by ordinance, and shall fail or refuse to pay the same on demand of the proper authority of said city, he shall be liable to prosecution in the police court of said city, and may be fined or imprisoned, in the discretion of the court. The provisions of this section shall apply to all persons, whether natural or artificial. Special taxes. SEC. 25. Be it further enacted, That the Mayor and Council of said city shall have power and authority to make and establish by ordinance a fiscal year from which and to which all licenses shall date. Should any person apply for license in said city for any business for which license is required, at any time after the fiscal year has begun, the Mayor and Council shall have authority to require of such person the same amount as required for license for a full year, and in no case shall the Mayor and Council be compelled to pro rate the amount of license for less time than a full year; provided, that no change in the fiscal year shall operate to the injury of any person who has once paid the amount of license required of him. Fiscal year. SEC. 26. Be it further enacted, That said Mayor and Council shall have power and authority to enforce by execution the collection of any debt or claim due the said city for taxes, licenses, rents, impounding fees, forfeitures, for laying sewers or drains, for cleaning or repairing privies, for abating nuisances, and for any and all levies, assessments, debts and demands due said city. Said execution to be issued by the Clerk of said city and to bear test in the name of the Mayor, against the property, person, corporation or firm against which or from whom any such debt or demand is owing; such execution to be directed to all and singular the Marshal, Deputy Marshal and Policemen of the City of Carnesville, who are authorized to levy the same upon

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the property against which it is issued, or on the property of the person against whom such execution shall have been issued, and the same shall be sold in the following manner, to-wit: The property levied upon shall be sold by the Marshal or his deputy at public outcry under the laws for Sheriff's sales, to the highest bidder, before the Council Chamber, or at such other place as the Mayor may determine, notice of which place shall be stated in the advertisement of the sale of said property. If said property so levied shall be personal property, it shall be advertised by posting notices at two or more public and conspicuous places in said city for ten days before the day of sale; and if the property levied upon shall be real estate, he shall advertise the same once a week for four weeks in the public gazette wherein the Sheriff's sales are advertised for the County of Franklin, or in some newspaper published in the City of Carnesville before selling the same. All sales, as above provided, shall be at public outcry to the highest bidder for cash. Said Marshal or Deputy Marshal making such sale shall execute title to the purchaser, and shall have the same power to place the purchaser in possession as Sheriffs of the State have. Executions. SEC. 27. Be it further enacted, That when any execution shall be sued and levied, as provided in the preceding section, claim or illegality may be interposed under the same rules and regulations as are now provided by law for claims and illegalities under tax fi. fas. for State and county taxes; such claim or illegality to be returned to and heard at the Superior Court of Franklin County, or the Justices of the 264th District G. M., Franklin County. Claim or illegality. SEC. 28. Be it further enacted, That the Mayor and Council of the City of Carnesville shall elect at their first or second meeting night in each calendar year three upright, discreet and intelligent persons who shall be free-holders and residents of said city, as tax assessors, who shall hold their office one year, or until their successors are elected and qualified. Said tax assessors may be elected from among the members of the City Council or from among

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other persons and should any vacancy occur in said board of assessors by death, resignation, removal or refusal to serve, such vacancy shall be immediately filled by said Mayor and Council. Said Mayor and Council shall be the exclusive judges of the necessity of declaring a vacancy in said board of assessors. Before entering upon the duties of the office of assessor each assessor shall take and subscribe the following oath: I do solemnly swear that I will faithfully perform the duties of tax assessor of the City of Carnesville and will make a true and just valuation of all property therein subject to taxation, according to the fair market value thereof, so help me God. Tax Assessors. Vacancies, how filled. Oath. SEC. 29. Be it further enacted, That the City Tax Assessors may hear, during the progress of their investigation, such evidence as to the value of property in said city as they may deem advisable. If any person is dissatisfied with the valuation of his property as fixed by the assessors, he shall have the right to appeal to the Mayor and Council. Said appeal shall be entered within four days from the date upon which the written or printed notice, hereafter provided for, has been mailed by the Clerk of said city. Said appeal shall be substantially as follows, to-wit: The undersigned being dissatisfied with the action of the City Tax Assessors with reference to the valuation of his property subject to taxation in said city, comes within ten days from the date on which notice of acting of said assessors was mailed to him and demands an investigation of the value of said property by the Mayor and Council of said city. Appeal from assessments. (Signature)..... Upon the filing of said appeal with the Clerk of said city, it shall be the duty of the Mayor to fix a day upon which said hearing will be had and give the appellant five days notice in writing of said hearing. Notice to the agent or attorney at law of said appellant shall be sufficient. At said hearing said Mayor and Council shall hear all legal and competent testimony and enter up judgment accordingly. The appeal hereinbefore provided for, shall be signed by the tax payer, his agent or attorney at law.

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SEC. 30. Be it further enacted, That immediately after the report of said assessors is filed with the City Clerk, it shall be his duty to mail a written or printed notice to each and every person the value of whose property, as returned for taxation, has been raised by the assessors, advising such person of the action of the assessors, and specifying the property the valuation of which has been increased. Notice of raising assessment. SEC. 31. Be it further enacted, That said Mayor and Council shall have power to prohibit by ordinance, the keeping for unlawful sale, any amount of whiskey, beer or other intoxicating drink, by whatever name or names the same may be called; the keeping and maintaining of lewd women or lewd houses; the keeping of any room or rooms for gambling; the having of any whiskey, beer or other intoxicating drinks for the purpose of sale or giving away on election days; the pursuing of one's ordinary avocation or labor on the Sabbath day; the carrying of concealed weapons; the disturbance of divine worship; to prohibit any person or persons having no visible means of support, commonly known as vagrants, from loitering or idling within the jurisdiction of said city, and any and all other offenses, the commission of which in thickly populated cities is more than usually inimical to the public welfare. The police authorities of said city shall have power and authority to break and enter by force any place or places where whiskey or beer or other intoxicating drinks are kept for the purpose of illegal sale, or any places where such things are suspected of being kept, and arrest all parties found therein and take and hold such whiskey, beer or other drinks found therein for the purpose of evidence; they shall also have power and authority to break and enter by force any house or houses of ill-repute, lewd houses, or houses suspected of being such and arrest the inmates and all parties found therein, parties visiting the same and parties furnishing inmates of such houses with means of support. The Mayor and Council shall have power to declare such houses a nuisance and order the same torn down and destroyed when, in their opinion, this is necessary to abate the nuisance. The police court of said city shall

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have jurisdiction to try persons for the commission of any of said offenses committed within the limits of the police jurisdiction of said city, and upon conviction punish offenders as hereinbefore provided. Police regulations. SEC. 32. Be it further enacted, That should any person violating any of the ordinances of said city flee from the jurisdiction thereof, he may be apprehended whenever he may be found, in this State, and the warrant of the Mayor, Mayor pro tem., or Recorder of said city shall be sufficient for his return and trial upon the charge resting against him, and should any person, after trial and conviction of a violation of an ordinance of said city, escape, he may be apprehended whenever found in this State, and the warrant of the Mayor, Mayor pro tem. or Recorder of said city shall be sufficient authority for his arrest and return; and all persons so escaping from the custody of said city may be tried again for such escape and punished not exceeding penalties hereinbefore provided. Fugitives, apprehension and arrest of. SEC. 33. Be it further enacted, That all trials in the police court of said city shall be held under and by virtue of an affidavit and warrant, which affidavit may be made by any person before the Clerk of said city and warrant issued by the presiding officer of said police court; said affidavit and warrant shall be in the form prescribed for criminal warrants and affidavits in the Code of Georgia. Upon aforesaid affidavit, warrant shall be issued as aforesaid and shall be directed: To all and singular, the Marshal, Deputy Marshal, or any Policeman of the City of Carnesville. Upon said affidavit issue shall be joined and plea of guilty or not guilty entered. Should the warrant be dismissed on account of information in the affidavit or warrant, it shall be the duty of the court to order another drawn and another, until the requirements of the law are met. Affidavit and warrant, trials held under and by virtue of. SEC. 34. Be it further enacted, That said Mayor and Council shall have power to provide for the erection and maintenance in said city of gas works, electric light works and water works, and to that end may grant to individuals or corporations, the use of the streets, alleys and commons

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of said city, under such regulations and restrictions as they may see proper. They are hereby authorized to make contracts with individuals or corporations erecting gas, electric light and water works plants for the furnishing of said city with lights and water, and may pay such amounts as purchase or rental as they may see proper. They may make such regulations and pass such ordinances as they may deem necessary for the protection of the owners of such works, and shall have exclusive jurisdiction over them. Whenever said Mayor and Council shall contract for water or lights for the use of said city, they may by ordinance limit the rates to individual consumers. They may regulate the operation of light or water works and impose upon their owners such duties, obligations and liabilities as they may deem just and reasonable for the proper protection of the citizens of the city and municipal government. Gas, electric light and water works. SEC. 35. Be it further enacted, That said Mayor and Council shall have power and authority to issue bonds of such city in such sums and at such times as they shall see proper, not to exceed in the aggregate, at any time, the sum of twenty-five thousand ($25,000.00) dollars, of such denominations and in such amounts as they may see fit; said bonds not to bear interest at a rate in excess of five per centum (5 per cent.) per annum, and not to run for a greater period than thirty years from their date of issue, but may bear a less rate of interest and run for a shorter period from their date of issue in the discretion of the Mayor and Council. Said bonds to be issued, hypothecated and sold for the purpose of establishing, maintaining and operating a system of water works, a system of sanitary sewerage, a crematory, a system of street lighting, either with gas or electricity, or both, street railways, a system of public schools and the erection and furnishing the necessary buildings for such schools, and for street paving. Said bonds shall be signed by the Mayor and countersigned by the Clerk under the corporate seal of the city, and shall be negotiated in such manner as said Mayor and Council may determine to be for the best interest of the city; provided, however, that said bonds shall not be issued

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for any of above said purposes until the same shall have been submitted to a vote of the qualified voters of said city, and approved by a two-thirds majority of the qualified voters of said city voting at such election. Bonds, issuance of. SEC. 36. Be it further enacted, That said Mayor and Council shall have power and authority to contract for, and in the event of inability to contract, to condemn, any lands, either within or without the city, for the purpose of securing and establishing a location for a city water works, a city light plant, a crematory for the destruction of garbage or extension of the city's sewers; and the compensation of the owner or owners of such lands shall be arrived at as hereinbefore provided, where the city condemns property. Condemnation. SEC. 37. Be it further enacted, That whenever it is deemed expedient by the Mayor and Council, they shall order an election to be held in said city for the purpose of determining whether or not there shall be an issue of bonds for any of the purposes hereinbefore provided, of which election there shall be given thirty days notice by publication in the Carnesville Advance, or other newspaper published in said city, and also by publishing a written or printed notice in three public and conspicuous places in said city, stating the day of election, the amount of bonds to be issued, for what purpose they are to be issued, what rate of interest they are to bear, whether interest is to be paid annually or semi-annually, how much of principal or interest are to be paid annually, and when bonds shall be fully paid off. Said election shall be held on the day published in said notice, at such place as may be determined by the Mayor and Council, which place must be designated in the notice of said election, and shall be held by the same persons and in the same manner and under the same rules and regulations as those for Mayor and Council are held; and the same qualifications of voters at said election shall be required as at said election for Mayor and Council. That the ballots cast at said election shall contain the words, For Bonds, or Against Bonds, and unless For Bonds shall receive a two-thirds majority of all the voters voting

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at said election, said bonds shall not be issued, but if For Bonds shall receive a two-thirds majority, said bonds may be issued. Elections for bonds. SEC. 38. Be it further enacted, That the Mayor and Council of said city shall have power and authority to grade, pave, macadamize, cover or otherwise improve the streets and side walks, squares, public roads, lanes or alleys in said city with rock, brick, asphalt or such other material as in the judgment of the Mayor and Council is most economical and endurable. In order to carry into effect the above, said Mayor and Council shall have power and authority to assess not more than two-thirds of the cost of paving or otherwise improving the streets and side walks, including two-thirds of the cost of curbing necessary on the real estate abutting on such street or side walks. Said Mayor and Council shall have power and authority to assess one-third of the cost of grading, paving or macadamizing, constructing side drains, crossings or otherwise improving the roadway or street proper, on the real estate abutting on one side of the street so improved, and one-third on the real estate abutting on the other side of the street so improved. The real estate abutting on the street shall pay not more than two-thirds of the entire cost, in the discretion of the Mayor and Council, and any street railroad company or other railroad company having tracks running through or across the streets of said city shall be required to pave or macadamize or otherwise improve said streets in such proportion as the Mayor and Council may prescribe. Said Mayor and Council shall have full power and authority to equalize, by an ordinance passed for that purpose, the assessments against all real estate for the above purposes as to them may seem just and proper, estimating the total cost of each improvement made and prorating the cost thereof on the real estate according to its frontage on the street or portion of the street so improved or according to the area or value of said property, either or all, as may be determined by ordinance passed for that purpose. The amount of the assessment on each piece of real estate shall be a lien on said real estate from the date of the passage of

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the ordinance providing for the work and making the assessment. The Mayor and Council shall have power and authority to enforce collections for the amount of any assessment so made for work, either upon the streets or side walks, by execution issued by the City Clerk against the real estate improved and assessed for the amount assessed against the owner at the date of the ordinance making such assessment, which execution may be levied by the Marshal or any Policeman of said city on such real estate, and after advertising and other proceedings, as in case of tax sale, the same shall be sold at public outcry to the highest bidder. Said City Marshal, or Policeman acting for him shall have authority to eject occupants and put purchasers in possession; provided, the owner of such real estate shall have the right to file his affidavit denying the whole or any part of the amount for which execution is issued, and stating the amount which he admits to be due, which amount admitted to be due, together with all cost, shall be paid before the affidavit shall be received and the affidavit shall be returned to the Superior Court of Franklin County, and there tried and the issue determined, as in cases of illegality subject to penalties provided as in cases of illegalities filed for the purposes of delay only. The Mayor and Council shall have power and authority to pave and contract to pave the whole surface of the street, without giving any railroad or street railroad company or other property occupant of the street the option of having the space to be paved by them paved by themselves, or by contract at his or its instance, the object being to prevent delay and secure uniformity. The lien for assessments on abutting property and on street railroads and other railroad companies for street or side walks paving, curbing, macadamizing, grading or draining shall have rank and priority of payment next in point of dignity to liens for taxes, such liens to date from the passage of the ordinance authorizing the work in each instance. Said Mayor and Council shall have power and authority to prescribe by ordinance such other rules as they in their discretion think necessary to grade, pave, drain, macadamize, or curb the streets, side walks, and

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alleys of said city and to collect the cost thereof by execution against the adjacent property owners and railroad companies or other occupants of the streets or alleys of said city. Grading, paving, etc., of streets, sidewalks, etc. Assessments. Lien of assessments. The Mayor and Council shall have power to grant rights of way to railroads, street railroads, water works, gas works, electric light lines or systems, telegraph and telephone lines throughout the streets and alleys of said city, upon such terms and restrictions as said Mayor and Council may prescribe. Franchises. SEC. 39. Be it further enacted, That said Mayor and Council shall have full power and authority to acquire, on behalf of the City of Carnesville, by gift, purchase, or otherwise, grounds suitable for such park or parks as in their judgment may be to the interest and welfare of the citizens of said city. They shall have power and authority to improve and keep up the same, and to that end may appoint such officers and employees as in their judgment may be necessary, and compensate them therefor. They shall have the right to draw on the ordinary expense fund of said city for said purposes, or upon any other fund not otherwise appropriated according to law. Parks. SEC. 40. Be it further enacted, That said Mayor and Council shall have power and authority, whenever in their judgment they may see fit, to secure for said city one or more deep wells in city for the purpose of supplying the city with a plentiful supply of good wholesome water, and to this end they may contract with such party or parties as they may see fit. For the said purpose they may draw on the ordinary fund of the city, or upon any other fund not otherwise appropriated according to law. Wells for water supply. SEC. 41. Be it further enacted, That should the Mayor and Council determine, in accordance with the provisions hereinbefore made, to issue bonds for any of the purposes hereinbefore set out, then they shall have power and authority, in addition to all other taxes hereinbefore authorized, to levy and collect an additional tax, not to exceed one per centum per annum, sufficient to pay off said bonds,

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with all interest and charges on the same within the period which said bonds have to run, and it shall be the duty of said Mayor and Council, in the published notice of any election for the issuance of any bonds for any of the purposes herein provided, to state the amount of annual tax it will be necessary to levy and collect to pay the same. Sinking fund. SEC. 42. Be it further enacted, That the Mayor and Council shall fix the compensation of all officers provided for in this charter and their own, and it shall be the duty of each retiring Council at its last regular meeting night preceding the annual election for Mayor and Council, to fix the salaries of Mayor and Councilmen for the ensuing year for said city. Compensation of officers. SEC. 43. Be it further enacted, That any of the officers of the said corporation of the City of Carnesville who may be sued for any act or thing done in his official capacity may be justified under this charter, and that the provisions of this charter may be pleaded and shall be a full defense to any action brought against the Mayor and Council of said city, or either of them, for any act or acts done by them or either of them, under and in accordance with its provisions, and in accordance with the ordinances passed in pursuance thereof. Officers sued, pleas of justification allowed. SEC. 44. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved August 20, 1913. CHICKAMAUGA, CITY OF, INCORPORATED. No. 69. An Act to incorporate the City of Chickamauga, in the County of Walker; to define the corporate limits thereof; to provide for election and appointment of officers for the same; to prescribe their powers and duties and the manner of their election; to provide for the levy and

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collection of taxes; to create and maintain city schools, water and sewerage system, and for other purposes. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That from and after the passage of this Act, the City of Chickamauga in the County of Walker, State of Georgia, be, and is, hereby incorporated under the name of The City of Chickamauga. Chickamauga, City of, incorporated. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the corporate limits of said city shall be as follows: All of land lots Nos. two hundred and sixty (260), two hundred and eighty-one (281), and two hundred and ninety-six (296). Also that part of land lots Nos. two hundred and ninety-seven (297), two hundred and eighty (280), and two hundred and sixty-one (261), which lies west of the west line of Crittenden Avenue as shown on the original map of Chickamauga, Georgia, as surveyed and plotted by the Crawfish Springs Land Company. Also all that part of land lot No. two hundred and sixty-one (261) which lies between the west line of Crittenden Avenue and the west line of the United States Government Road. All of the land lots above set out are located in the Ninth (9th) District and Fourth (4th) Section of Walker County, Georgia. Also lots Nos. 1, 2 and 3, Block 1 of Jackson Addition on lot of land No. 259, 9th District, 4th Section of Walker County, Georgia. Corporate limits. SEC. 3. Be it further enacted, That the municipal officers of said city shall be a Mayor, five Councilmen, Recorder, Marshal, Tax Collector, Clerk and such officers as may be appointed by the Mayor and Councilmen of said city acting concurrently or by the Mayor with the advice and consent of a majority of Council, and all such officers as said Mayor and Council may deem necessary for the good order, government and welfare of said city, and shall prescribe the duties and compensation of such other officers. Mayor and Councilmen. SEC. 4. Be it further enacted that the present and Acting Mayor and Council of said city shall remain in office

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until next regular annual election for officers of said city, which annual election shall be held on first Saturday in December, 1913, at which election all voters within incorporate limits who are qualified to vote for members of General Assembly shall be entitled to vote in said election. In said election there shall be elected a Mayor, five Councilmen and a Recorder, whose term of office shall be until next general election, or until their successors are elected and qualified; other officers named above shall be appointed by Mayor and Council in manner above set out. First Saturday in December each year shall be annual elections. Present officers. Election of officers. SEC. 5. Be it further enacted, That the Mayor of said city, or in his absence from the city, or inability or disqualification, the Mayor pro tem. shall try all crimes, violations of rules and ordinances in the first instance, whose decision shall be final, with the right of appeal within four days to City Council, from whose decision the right of certiorari shall lie. Said Mayor shall have power to hold courts of enquiry and bind over and assess bail for State offenses, and collect therefor cost allowed in such cases in the courts of Georgia, with fees to be governed and paid pursuant to State law. Said Mayor and Council shall have control over all streets, alleys, side walks and other property of every character of said city, and be clothed with right to change, alter or make streets, alleys, drive-ways or other ways of travel or use to said city, with the further right to use and condemn private property for public use, etc., and have as Mayor and Council all powers given them by general law. The Mayor and Council or Mayor pro tem. and Council, shall fill by appointment, all vacancies in any office of said city caused by death, resignation or otherwise, whose appointment shall be good till next regular election. The Mayor shall not vote in cases of appointment if such vote cast would produce a tie. The Mayor shall name all committees that may be provided for by rules or by-laws or ordinances. Said Mayor shall have the right to veto the passage of any rule, ordinance or by-law or franchise, whose veto shall only be over-ridden by four votes of Council. Mayor pro tem. shall have like powers with Mayor. Mayor's Court. Appeal, certiorari. Streets, etc., control of. Vacancies, how filled. Mayor's powers.

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SEC. 6. Be it further enacted, That said Mayor and Council shall have the right to, in any manner aforesaid, grant licenses, franchises, rights of way, easements, etc., to individuals or corporations; provided, such grants do not conflict with laws of Georgia. Said officers aforesaid, shall have power to levy and collect taxes and revenue to support and maintain said city, to levy and collect such taxes as do not now exceed rate fixed by State law, and shall further have authority to enforce collection of said tax by execution as now provided by general law. Said city in manner aforesaid, through proper officers shall provide, or have the right so to do, a direct road or a commutation tax and enforce same by imprisonment in city jail or work on streets; provided, however, that no defaulter shall be imprisoned or worked on said streets for a greater time than three days for each day defaulted. The time of said road service or street work shall be no greater than same number of days obtaining in county with rights for emergency work as governed by State law. The City Recorder shall by virtue of his office be Treasurer and Tax Collector of said city and shall enter into such bond payable to Mayor and Council as they may require and whose compensation shall be fixed by Mayor and Council in manner above set out. Said Mayor and Council may appoint a Board of Tax Assessors, Board of Health, and prescribe the duties and compensation, if any, of each. Powers of Mayor and Council. City Recorder. SEC. 7. Be it further enacted, That the Mayor and Council shall prescribe by rules, by-laws or ordinances, the manner of conducting trials for offences, whether warrants, or affidavits of accusation shall issue, or such manner as they deem prudent. The Mayor of said city shall sign all warrants, writs, executions, etc., and processes and the City Marshal shall serve and execute same. Should offenders be caused to labor on said streets or property as above provided, said offenders shall be in custody and control of said Marshal, which Marshal shall be under control at all times, officially, of said Mayor and Council. All prisons and prisoners in said city, shall be in manner aforesaid. All fines and forfeitures shall go into and belong to the general

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city funds. Said Mayor and Council shall make and adopt all by-laws, rules and regulations as they deem necessary for the enforcement of good city government. The Recorder shall be ex-officio Secretary of Council and shall with Mayor, sign all by-laws, ordinances and rules. Any male person of legal age who would be a qualified voter in annual election in said city, shall be eligible to hold office in said city. No one shall vote in said election who does not reside in said city bona fide for six months prior to election. All by-laws, rules and regulations now in force in said city, shall be under this Act valid and of force just as though created hereunder. Powers and duties of Mayor and Councilmen. SEC. 8. Be it further enacted, That said officers for said city shall have the right to quarantine against infectious or contagious diseases; to create and maintain a sewerage, light and water system; to have fire department and to levy a tax to create and maintain same; to permit, by franchise, corporations or individuals to create and maintain any one or more of the above systems on such terms as said city may adopt. Should said city create same, it shall first be necessary to order and hold an election for same, which election shall be ordered by Mayor, thirty days notice being given by advertising in some county gazette, before said election can be held and all qualified voters shall vote For sewerage, light and water, as the case may be, and those against, Against sewerage, light and water, and two-thirds of those voting shall be sufficient to carry said issue in the affirmative. Said Mayor and Council shall have the right to build and maintain side walks and to cause the abutting owners to erect and maintain them, and to levy without consent of people a revenue therefor. In election for sewerage, light and water, the per cent to maintain said sewerage, light or water shall also be printed on said tickets. Powers of Mayor and Council. SEC. 9. Be it further enacted, That said officers shall have power to fix all rates of all taxes and street or road duty and fines in said city, except as provided in Section 8 of this Act; and to eject trespassers, remove and abate

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nuisances in manner as provided by general law. Shall have the right to fix all general and special taxes for said city as may be deemed necessary for such city government and to do all specific and general acts as not prohibited by Constitution and laws of this State, etc., and not inconsistent therewith. The oath of office of each officer shall be as prescribed by by-laws or ordinance. The authority to take this oath of office and to act shall be upon the certificate of three managers of the annual election, which managers shall be any three freeholders of said city of legal age who may be appointed to hold such election by Mayor and Council, or if Mayor and Council do not nominate managers, then the Justice of the Peace of the City or District G. M. may appoint the managers, or in his absence or refusal, then Notary Public may appoint. Elections to open eight (8) A. M., and close at four (4) P. M. Powers of Mayor and Council. SEC. 10. Be it further enacted, That all executions shall be directed to all and singular the Marshals of said city and Constables and Sheriff or his deputy. Executions. That December 20th of each year shall be the last day in which to pay city taxes for the year, and all executions for collection of taxes shall issue as soon thereafter as Mayor and Council may fix; cost and fees for collecting taxes shall be done as if in a Justice Court with like fees, costs, etc. SEC. 11. Be it further enacted, That said city shall have the right to sue and be sued; plead and impleaded; with the right to issue bonds for city purposes; to contract; to accept grants or gifts; to buy and sell property for city uses, either inside or outside city limits. Corporate rights. SEC. 12. Be it further enacted, That said Mayor and Council shall have the right to require that stock of any kind, every character, be kept up, and to impound same in manner as general law provides or to require that none be kept up, in the discretion of said officers, and to make any and all by-laws and regulations not illegal or inconsistent with general law of this State, or any individual rights thereunder. Stock law.

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SEC. 13. Be it further enacted, That all Acts under old charter as set forth in Acts of 1890-1, Page 749, shall be of force and be valid and this charter and Act is meant only to supplant and take place of said old charter. Old charter. SEC. 14. Be it further enacted, That all levies of taxes shall not exceed one per centum on the assessed tax valuation for general purposes and one half () of one per cent in addition to above for special purposes; provided, however, any amount may be levied and collected for establishing light, water or sewerage systems, provided in no instance shall a greater rate than ten (10) per cent be levied, using assessed tax values as basis. In case special elections for any of aforesaid purposes shall be called the Mayor of said city shall call, by advice of Council, said elections as aforesaid in this Act. Taxation. SEC. 15. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That said City of Chickamauga shall have the right to inaugurate, at any time, a system of public schools to be in force in said city, and upon and first submitting to the qualified voters of said city in an election called as provided in a previous section, the question as follows: For Public Schools in Chickamauga, Georgia, and Against Public Schools in Chickamauga, Georgia, and a majority of those voting shall be sufficient to carry For Public Schools. It shall also be lawful for said city to vote on the question of issuing bonds for Public Schools and vote for bonds in an amount not exceeding what law of Georgia permits, which election on bonds shall be held in manner as other elections in said city, but requiring a two-thirds of those voting to carry For Bonds. Tickets in said bond election shall be on separate tickets, For Bonds for Public Schools, and Against Bonds for Public Schools, bonds to be validated as general law now required. That when said public school system is voted in, on above directions, officers of said public school shall have the right to draw direct from State funds the pro rata, (to deal direct with State Department of Education), part per capita as regulated by State Department of Education, and

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that said school system shall be controlled by trustees, and any qualified voter shall be eligible as trustee, who shall be appointed by Mayor and City Council and whose appointment shall be for and during the term of one year each, unless said city authorities shall desire to appoint for a longer term, in which event an appointment shall be for a term not exceeding three years for each trustee; provided, all vacancies shall be filled by Council as aforesaid. Five trustees shall be appointed to govern said school, who shall elect a Chairman, Secretary and Treasurer and any other officers which said Board of Trustees may deem best. That said school system shall have all powers given by State law to fix incidental fees, matriculation fees and any and all matters touching the legal government of said school, which shall have right to tax and assess and collect a rate not greater than one-half of one per cent, and as law of Georgia now provides, and said system shall be clothed with all legal powers necessary to carry into effect said system and being in legal accord with laws of this State. Public schools. Bonds for public schools. School system. SEC. 16. Be it further enacted, That all laws or parts of laws in conflict herewith be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved August 11, 1913. CLAYTON, CITY OF, BOARD OF EDUCATION. No. 84. An Act to declare and make the Clayton Board of Education, of the City of Clayton, Georgia, the legal successor of and to the Trustees of Clayton Academy, in said city; to declare the title to the Clayton Academy property in said city to be in said Clayton Board of Education; to authorize said Clayton Board of Education to sell, rent or otherwise dispose of said Clayton Academy property, or any part thereof, and to use the funds arising from said sale or rent for the payment of any debt that may exist against the public school building

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in said city as for the maintenance of the public school or schools of said city; to make title to the purchaser or purchasers, and for other purposes. SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That from and after the passage of this Act, the Clayton Board of Education of the City of Clayton, Georgia, is declared and hereby made the successor of and to The Trustees of Clayton Academy, in said city and the title to said Clayton Academy property is hereby declared to be, and hereby vested, in the said Clayton Board of Education. Clayton, City of. Clayton Board of Education. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That said Clayton Board of Education shall have full power and authority to rent, sell or otherwise dispose of said Clayton Academy property, or any part thereof, either at public or private sale, at any time when said Clayton Board of Education shall deem same to be advisable. Board authorized to sell or rent Clayton Academy. SEC. 3. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That any and all funds arising from the sale or renting of said property, or part thereof, shall be used by said Clayton Board of Education to pay any indebtedness that may exist against the public school building in said city, or for the maintenance and support of the public school or schools in said city. Proceeds arising from sale or rental of Clayton Academy. SEC. 4. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That said Clayton Board of Education, in case of a sale of said property or any part thereof, is hereby authorized and empowered to make and execute to the purchaser or purchasers thereof any deed or other instrument of conveyance necessary to place title to said property in such purchaser or purchasers. Deed in case of sale, power to make. SEC. 5. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved August 11, 1913.

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CLERMONT, TOWN OF, INCORPORATED. No. 86. An Act to incorporate the town of Clermont in the County of Hall; to define its limits; to provide for a Mayor and Council and other officers and election of same; to provide for municipal government for said town; to prescribe the powers and duties of the several officers and to provide for rules and ordinances, and for other purposes. SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, That the Town of Clermont, in the County of Hall be, and the same is, hereby incorporated as a town under the name and style of The Town of Clermont. Clermont, Town of, incorporated. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the corporate limits of said town shall extend one mile in every direction from the corner of King and Main Streets of said Town of Clermont. Corporate limits. SEC. 3. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That Tom C. Miller be, and he is, hereby appointed Mayor, and that J. M. Haynes, H. M. Gailey, J. Z. Hudgins, H. Tabor and R. F. Welchel be, and they are, hereby appointed Councilmen from the town at large, and R. L. Kenimer is hereby appointed as Marshal. Said Mayor and Councilmen and Marshal shall hold office from the date of the approval of this bill until the annual election as hereinafter provided. First officers. SEC. 4. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That on the first Wednesday in December, 1913, and annually thereafter, an election shall be held in said town, as shall be designated by the Council of said town, for Mayor and five Councilmen, who shall hold office for one year and until their successors are elected and qualified, but no one shall vote or be eligible for the office of Mayor or Councilman of said town who is not a resident of said town and who has not been a resident of the State of Georgia

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for twelve months, and of the County of Hall for six months and of the Town of Clermont for three months. Said election shall be held and conducted in the same manner as elections for county officers in the State, and the certificate of the managers shall be sufficient authority for the persons elected to enter on the discharge of the duties of the offices to which they have been elected. Election of officers. Qualified voters. Election, how held. SEC. 5. Be it further enacted, That entering on the discharge of their duties, the Mayor and each Councilman shall subscribe the following oath, which may be administered by any person authorized by the laws of the State of Georgia to administer oaths: I do solemnly swear that I will faithfully discharge all duties devolving on me as Mayor and Councilman, as the case may be, of the Town of Clermont, according to the best of my ability and understanding, so help me God. Oath of officers. SEC. 6. Be it further enacted, That said Mayor and Councilmen shall have the power and authority to elect such Marshals, Clerks and other subordinate officers as they may deem necessary for carrying into effect the powers herein conferred upon them, to prescribe the fees and duties of such subordinate officers, and to require such bonds for the faithful performance of their duties as they may deem necessary and proper. Municipal officers. SEC. 7. Be it further enacted, That the Mayor shall be ex-officio a Justice of the Peace, and shall have the authority to issue warrants for any offense committed within the corporate limits of said town, and shall have the power to compel the attendance of witnesses, to examine them under oath, to admit any offender to bail or commit him to jail for violation of the laws of the State, and to admit to bail or commit to the guard house for violation of the ordinances of said town. Commitments. SEC. 8. Be it further enacted, That said Mayor and Councilmen shall have full power and authority to pass all ordinances and by-laws that they may deem necessary for the government of said town; provided, they are not repugnant

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to the Constitution and laws of this State or of the United States. Power to pass ordinances. SEC. 9. Be it further enacted, That said Mayor and Councilmen shall have the power to levy and collect taxes not exceeding one dollar on every hundred dollars upon all the property, both real and personal, within the corporate limits of said town. They shall also have power to compel all persons within said corporate limits, who are subject to road duties under the laws of this State, to work on the streets of said town, or to prescribe a commutation tax, which may be paid in lieu of work upon the streets, provided, that the corporate limits shall extend only as prescribed in Section 2 of this Act, for the purpose of raising the said tax of one dollar on every hundred dollars. Taxation. SEC. 10. Be it further enacted, That the Mayor and Council of said town shall have the power to pass any ordinance not in conflict with the Constitution or laws of this State or of the United States, to prohibit the storage or keeping of wine, beer, white hops, malt or intoxicating liquors of any kind for any illegal purpose within the corporate limits of said town, and to punish any person for violating the said laws or ordinances. Keeping of intoxicating liquors, etc. SEC. 11. Be it further enacted, That said Mayor and Council shall have power to remove or abate any nuisance in any part of said town, whether on the streets or elsewhere, under such rules and in such manner as they prescribe by ordinance or resolution. Abatement of nuisances. SEC. 12. Be it further enacted, That the Mayor of said town, and in his absence, the Mayor pro tem., who shall be elected by the Councilmen from their own number, shall be chief executive officer of said town; he shall see that ordinances, by-laws, rules and orders of the Council are faithfully executed; he shall have control of the police of said town, and may appoint special police whenever he may deem it necessary; and it shall be his duty especially to see that the peace and good order of the town are preserved, and that persons and property therein are protected,

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and to this end he may cause the arrest and detention of all violators and disorderly persons of said town; he shall have power to issue execution for all fines, penalties and cost imposed by him, and he may require the immediate payment thereof, and in default of immediate payment thereof he may imprison the offender in the guard house of said town not exceeding fifty days, or may order the offender to work not exceeding fifty days on the streets of said town, under the direction of the Marshal of said town; provided, that no fine shall exceed fifty dollars for any one offense; but the Mayor is hereby vested with full power and authority to inflict for any such offense either one or more or all of said penalties, in the discretion of the Mayor. Mayor's Court. SEC. 13. Be it further enacted, That if at any time the office of Mayor or Councilman shall have become vacant by death, resignation or otherwise, the remaining members of the Council may fill the vacancy by appointment from among the citizens of said town eligible to such office under the provisions of this charter. Vacancies, how filled. SEC. 14. Be it further enacted, That in the meetings of said Council the Mayor shall not be allowed to vote except in cases of election, and a tie vote of the Council. Mayor votes only in case of tie. SEC. 15. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved August 11, 1913. COCHRAN, CITY OF, CHARTER AMENDED. No. 173. An Act to amend an Act entitled an Act to provide and create a new charter for the town of Cochran, in the County of Pulaski, and State of Georgia, Acts 1904, Page 407, Approved August 15, 1904.

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SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, That from and after the passage of this Act, the Charter of the City of Cochran shall be, and is, hereby amended as follows, to-wit: Cochran, City of, charter amended. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That said Charter be amended by striking the word Pulaski wherever it appears therein and inserting in lieu thereof the word Bleckley. Pulaski stricken, Bleckley inserted, where. SEC. 3. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That Section sixty-six of said Act be amended by striking after the word to in the sixth line of said section, and between the word of in the seventh line, Assesses not more than half of the cost, and insert in lieu thereof the following, Assess all the cost, so that said section when amended shall read as follows: That the City Council of said city shall have full power and authority in their discretion to grade, pave, macadamize, drain or otherwise improve the side walks of said city. In order to carry into effect the authority above delegated, the City Council shall have power and authority to assess all the cost of paving and otherwise improving the side walks on the real estate abutting on the side of the side walks so improved, and any street railway company or other railroad company having tracks running across the side walks of said city shall have to pave, drain, macadamize or otherwise improve the said side walks in such proportion as the city may prescribe. Said City Council shall have full power and authority to adopt by ordinance such systems of equalizing assessments on real estate for the above purposes, for the amounts above set forth as may be just and proper, estimating the total cost of each improvement made and prorating the cost thereof on real estate according to its frontage on the side walks so improved, or according to the area or value of said property, either or all, as may be determined by ordinance. That the amount of assessment on each piece of realty shall be a lien thereon from the date of the passage of the ordinance providing for the work and making the assessment. All cost of paving and improving side walks may be assessed against abutting owner.

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The City Council shall have full power and authority to enforce collection for the amount of any assessment so made for work upon the side walks by execution issued by the City Clerk against the owner at the date of the ordinance making such assessment, which execution may be levied by the Marshal or his deputy on such real estate, and after advertising and other proceedings, as in case of tax sales, the same shall be sold to the highest bidder. Such sales shall vest absolute title in the purchaser. Said City Marshal shall have authority to eject occupant and put the purchaser in possession; provided, the owner of said real estate shall have the right to file his affidavit denying the whole or any part of the amount for which execution is issued, and stating the amount which he admits to be due, which amount admitted to be due, with all costs, shall be paid before the affidavit shall be received. And the affidavit shall be returned to the Superior Court of Bleckley County, and there tried and the issue determined, as in cases of illegality, subject to the penalties provided when the illegality is filed for delay. The City Council shall have authority to pave and contract to pave the whole surface of the side walks, without giving any railroad company, or other property holders abutting thereon or occupant on the street, the option of having the space to be paved by them, paved by themselves, or by a contract at his or its own instance, the object being to prevent delay and to secure uniformity. The lien for assessments on abutting property and on railway companies, side walk paving, curbing, macadamizing, grading or draining, shall have rank and priority of payment next in point of dignity to liens for taxes, such lien to date from the time of the passage of the ordinance authorizing the execution of the work done in each case. Said City Council shall have power and authority to prescribe by ordinance, and such other rules and regulations as they may in their discretion think necessary, to grade, pave, drain, macadamize or curb the side walks of said city; to enforce by execution the costs thereof against the adjacent property owners and railroad

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companies; to provide how the owners and agents thereof shall be served, by personal notice or by publication. SEC. 4. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That Section 95 of said Act be amended by striking from said section, beginning after the word By, in the sixth line of said section and between the word it in the eighth line, the following words, The City Council from among the citizens of said city and whose term of office shall be three years from the date of election, and inserting in lieu thereof, There shall be elected by the qualified voters of said city at the regular election to be held on the second Wednesday in January, 1915, five trustees, citizens of said city, whose terms of office shall be three years; provided, however, that on said second Wednesday in January, 1915, there shall be elected one trustee of said board for one year; two for two years; and two for three years, who shall hold their office until their successors are duly elected. Each candidate for said offices shall have designated on the ballots used in said election, what term of office each is seeking. Also by striking from said section, beginning after the word by in the sixteenth line, The City Council, and inserting in lieu thereof As vacancies are filled for members of Council and Alderman for said city as provided by Section 4 of said Act and charter of the City of Cochran, so that said section when amended shall read as follows: That the City Council are authorized and empowered when they deem it best to establish and maintain a system of public schools, which, when established, shall be under the exclusive jurisdiction and authority of a board of five trustees, who shall be elected by the qualified voters of said city, at the regular election for Mayor and Aldermen of said city to be held on the second Wednesday in January, 1915, whose term of office shall be three years from the date of their election, except as hereinafter provided; that on the second Wednesday in January, 1915, there shall be elected one trustee of said board for one year; two for two years; and two for three years, who shall hold their office until their successors are duly elected and qualified.

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Each candidate for said offices shall have written or printed on the ballots used in said election, what term of office each is seeking. It shall be their duty, exclusive, to employ all teachers for said public schools, fix their salaries, and make such laws, rules and regulations for the government of said schools as they may deem necessary, and said Board of Trustees shall be further empowered to elect their own President, Secretary and Treasurer and the persons so elected by the board shall hold their offices for such term as the board may prescribe. All vacancies on the school board shall be filled as vacancies are filled for members of Council and Alderman for said city, as provided by Section 4 of said Act and charter of the City of Cochran. That said Board of Trustees shall have authority to charge a reasonable incidental fee for each child admitted into said schools, as they may order, from the parent, guardian or natural protector of said child. That the schools established under this Act shall be kept separate for the white and colored children of said city. That it shall be the duty of the City Council to have, prepare and furnish the State School Commissioner immediately upon the establishment of public schools in said city, and annually thereafter, by the first day of December, a list or census of all children of school age resident in said county and attending the public schools of said city, entitled to the State School Fund; and the said State School Commissioner shall pay over to the City Clerk, direct, such proportion of said educational fund as the children attending such public schools are entitled to by law; said money so received, to be paid by the City Clerk to the Treasurer of the Board of Trustees of the public schools. That the Trustees of said public schools may admit the children of non-residents to the benefits of said public schools upon such terms as to them may seem reasonable and just. Election of school trustees. SEC. 5. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved August 18, 1913.

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COLLEGE PARK, CITY OF, CHARTER AMENDED. No. 143. An Act to repeal all laws and amendments to laws heretofore passed incorporating the City of Manchester; to provide for incorporating said city under the name of College Park, etc., and for other purposes, approved December 16, 1895, and an Act amendatory thereof creating a water works and an electric light commission for said City of College Park, providing for the number and qualification of members thereof, etc., approved August 11, 1910, and other laws amendatory thereof; so as to provide for the abolishing of said water works and electric light commission for the City of College Park; to provide for the placing of the control of the water works, electric light and sewerage systems of the City of College Park in the hands of the Mayor and Council thereof, their powers and duties in connection therewith, and for other purposes. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same, That from and after the passage of this Act an Act entitled An Act to repeal all laws and amendments to laws heretofore passed incorporating the City of Manchester, to provide for incorporating said City under the name of College Park, etc., and for other purposes, approved December 16, 1895, and an Act amendatory thereof creating a water works and electric light commission for said City of College Park, providing for the number and qualification of the members thereof, etc., approved August 11, 1910, and other laws amendatory thereof be, and the same are, hereby amended as follows: College Park, City of, charter amended. SEC. 2. Be it enacted by the authority aforesaid, That from and after the passage of this Act the Commission in and for the City of College Park known as the College Park Water Works and Electric Light Commission, consisting of five persons and created by an Act approved August 11, 1910, be, and the same is, hereby abolished. Water Works and Electric Light Commission abolished.

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SEC. 3. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all of the powers hitherto vested in said Water Works and Electric Light Commission shall be vested in the Mayor and Council of the City of College Park. Said Water Works and Electric Light Commission shall immediately upon the passage of this Act deliver to the Mayor and Council aforesaid all vouchers, checks, warrants, books, papers, receipts, etc., which it has in its possession pertaining to the business of said Commission, together with a final report of the physical and financial condition of the water works, electric light and sewerage systems of said city, which report shall be made in the form of the quarterly reports to said Mayor and Council hitherto required of said Commission. Said Commission shall also turn over with said report to the Mayor and Council of said city any funds which it may have or in the possession of any of its members derived from the operation of said water works, electric light or sewerage systems, which funds, if any there be, shall become a part of the general revenue of said City of College Park. Powers hitherto vesting in Commission shall vest in Mayor and Council. Transfer of records. SEC. 4. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the members of said Water Works and Electric Light Commission shall in no wise be relieved from their official bonds by the passage of this Act, neither shall the sureties on said bonds be relieved except by compliance with the law in such cases made and provided. Official bonds. SEC. 5. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the Mayor and Council of said City shall have the authority to regulate the water and light rates in and for said city, shall have authority to make any and all contracts with any individual, firm, corporation or municipality for the supply of water and electric current either to or by said city. Said Mayor and Council shall have full and entire control of the water works, electric light and sewerage systems of said city, shall name the several employes, shall fix their salaries, prescribe their duties, and shall have the right to discharge any employee in said department. Authority of Mayor and Council.

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SEC. 6. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all moneys derived from the operation of said water works, electric light and sewerage systems over and above the operating expenses, shall become a part of the general revenue of the City of College Park. That in case the revenue from said water works, electric light and sewerage systems, shall not be sufficient to meet the current expenses or necessary expenses incurred in operating said water works, electric light and sewerage systems, then and in that event, it shall be the duty of said Mayor and Council to appropriate such sum for the purpose indicated, as may to them seem proper. Revenues from operation of plants. Appropriations. SEC. 7. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the Mayor and Council of said city may enact such rules and regulations, either by resolution or ordinance, as to them may seem proper for the management and control of said water works, electric light and sewerage systems, and shall have the right and power to punish all persons for violations of the same. Said Mayor and Council may require payment in advance for the use of water and electric current, or at maturity, in their judgment, and in case payment shall not be made as required, may shut off lights and water from all buildings, places and premises, and may keep the same shut off in their discretion, until all arrears, with interest and other proper charges thereon, shall be fully paid. Management and control of plants, etc. SEC. 8. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the Mayor and Council of said city, shall have power and authority at any time in their discretion, to lay or cause to be laid, sewers down any street or alley in said city which they see fit, and to carry into effect the authority herein granted. The said Mayor and Council shall have full power and authority to assess two-thirds of the cost of laying said sewer against the real estate abutting on each side of the street or alley down which such sewer is laid, one third of such costs to be borne by the city and the other two thirds by the abutting property owners in just proportion to the frontage by the foot of said property.

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Whenever the Mayor and Council of said city shall determine to lay any sewer as before specified, the City Clerk shall notify in writing all persons owning property abutting on or fronting on such street or alley down which said sewer is to be laid, of such intention, together with a statement of the amount assessed against said property therefor, and the said Mayor and Council shall proceed at once to lay said sewer or cause it to be laid. The amount of the assessment on each piece of real estate shall be a lien thereon from the date of the passage of the ordinance providing for the work and making the assessment, which lien shall be superior to all other liens except for taxes. Said Mayor and Council shall have full power and authority to enforce the collection of any assessment so made for laying sewers by execution to be issued by the City Clerk against the real estate and against the owner thereof, for the amount so assessed, which execution shall be levied and the property advertised and sold in the same manner as tax executions are now levied and the property sold thereunder by said City of College Park. Should any owner of any property upon which such an execution is levied desire to contest the amount of the assessment, they may do so by filing with the levying officer an affidavit of illegality, and stating therein the cause of such illegality and the amount admitted to be due, which amount admitted to be due, shall be paid the levying officer before the affidavit shall be received, and the affidavit shall be returned to the Superior Court of Fulton County to be tried and determined as in other cases of illegality, subject to the penalties for delaying such cases made and provided, and it shall be the duty of the Judge of the Superior Court to give preference to those cases over all other pending cases in said Court. Said Mayor and Council shall in all cases, in their discretion, have the power to grant a stay of execution for said assessment for such times as they may see fit and collect the interest on the same at the rate of seven (7) per cent per annum. Sewers. Assessments. Illegality. SEC. 9. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the said Mayor and Council shall have the

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power, right, and authority to exercise for said City of College Park, the power of eminent domain, and shall have the power in the discretion of said Mayor and Council, whenever they deem it to the best interest of the city, to condemn any private property to the use of the city, for the purpose of right of way for sewer mains, streets, side walks, electric light lines, either underground or overhead, pipe lines, either for water or gas, and in every case to pay to the owner of said private property, a sum which the Mayor and Council may consider to be a fair valuation of the property so condemned or of the damage which may have been done to said property by reason of the exercise of said power of eminent domain. In case no agreement can be reached between the Mayor and Council of said city and the owner of the property condemned as to what a fair valuation may be, then the said Mayor and Council shall proceed with said condemnation according to law in such cases made and provided under the Constitution and present statutes of the State of Georgia. Eminent domain. SEC. 10. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the Mayor and Council of said City of College Park, be, and they are, hereby authorized and empowered to purchase, build, contract for, establish and maintain, and operate water works, electric light and sewerage systems, for said city, within or without the limits of said city, either or both, for all purposes usual and incident to water works, electric lights, and sewerage systems, for municipal corporations, and to furnish and supply lights, heat, and power and water and electrical current for such purposes as may be practicable to said city and to private parties, and to charge and collect for the same; and generally to operate, maintain, manage, and conduct said water works, electric lights and sewerage systems, as the Mayor and Council of said city, may in their discretion, deem best and proper; and to acquire the necessary property, franchises, rights, and easements therefor. Water works, electric light and sewerage systems. SEC. 11. Be it further enacted by the authority foresaid. That the Mayor and Council of said City, be, and they

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are, hereby authorized and empowered to purchase, acquire, and hold, any and all property, both within and without the corporate limits of said city, necessary or expedient in the discretion of the Mayor and Council of said city, for the purpose of an electric light system or a water works and sewerage system, either or both, and for any and all other purposes necessary or expedient, for the good of said city, as said Mayor and Council may in their discretion deem proper and to exercise the power of eminent domain as hereinbefore set out, whenever necessary for the proper maintenance, operation, management or control of said water works, electric lights or sewerage systems. Authority to purchase and hold property for purposes of systems. SEC. 12. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the Mayor and Council of said City of College Park shall have full power and authority to enact and enforce such rules, regulations and ordinances as may be necessary to protect said water works, electric light and sewerage systems, and all their parts, whether located within or without the corporate limits of said city. That the Mayor and Council of said city be, and they are, hereby authorized and empowered to do and perform all acts and things necessary and incident to the building, operation, maintenance, and control of said water works, electric light and sewerage system. Regulation of systems. It is the purpose and intent of this Act to confer upon said Mayor and Council the right to exercise the necessary police power and regulations over the water works, electric light and sewerage systems of said city, whether the same be situated within or without the corporate limits of said city and said right is hereby so conferred. Police power. SEC. 13. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the Mayor and Council of said city shall have the power and authority at any time in their discretion, to grade, pave, macadamize, or otherwise improve, for travel or drainage, the side waks, streets, alleys, and public parks, within the corporate limits of said city of College Park; and to carry into effect the authority herein granted, the said Mayor and Council shall have full power

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and authority to assess two-thirds of the cost of grading, paving, or otherwise improving said sidewalks, streets, alleys, or public parks against the real estate abutting on each side of said street, alley or park, upon which said work is done, one-third of such costs to be borne by the city and the other two-thirds by the abutting property owners in just proportions to the frontage by the foot of said property. Whenever the Mayor and Council of said city shall determine to pave, grade or otherwise improve, any street, side walk or alley or public park of said city, the City Clerk shall notify in writing all persons owning property abutting on or fronting on such street, side walk or alley or public park of such intention, together with a statement of the amount assessed against said property therefor; and the said city shall proceed at once to do said paving or otherwise improve such streets, etc., or cause it to be done. Said Mayor and Council shall have full and complete power and authority to require any street, side walk or alley to be paved in such manner and with such material as may be determined by resolution or ordinance. The amount of the assessment on each piece of real estate shall be a lien thereon from the date of the passage of the ordinance providing for the work and making the assessment, which lien shall be superior to all other liens, except for taxes. Said Mayor and Council shall have full power and authority to enforce the collection of any assessment so made for work, either upon the streets, side walks, alleys, or public parks, by execution to be issued by the City Clerk against the real estate and against the owner thereof, for the amount so assessed, which execution shall be levied and the property advertised and sold in the same manner as tax executions are now levied, and the property sold thereunder by said City of College Park. Should any owner of any property upon which such an execution is levied desire to contest the amount of the assessment, they may do so by filing with the levying officers an affidavit of illegality and stating therein the cause of such illegality and the amount admitted to be due, which amount admitted to be due shall be paid to the levying officer before the

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affidavit shall be received and the affidavit shall be returned to the Superior Court of Fulton County to be tried and determined as in other cases of illegality, subject to the penalties for delay in such cases made and provided, and it shall be the duty of the judge of the Superior Court of said county to give preference to these cases over all other pending cases in said court. Said Mayor and Council shall in all cases, in their discretion, have the power to grant a stay of execution for said assessment for such times as they may see fit, and collect the interest on the same at the rate of seven (7) per cent. per annum. Street improvements. SEC. 14. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That from and after the passage of this Act Section one (1) of the Act amending the Charter of the City of College Park, approved August 14, 1908, shall be amended so as to provide that the Mayor and Councilmen of said city shall go into office on the first day of January of the year following their election and shall hold office until the thirty-first day of December of the year in which their successors are elected. The purpose of this Act is to change the date that said Mayor and Councilmen shall go into office after election from the first Monday in December as heretofore provided to the first day of January of the year following their election, but this amendment shall in no wise change the date of the election of said Mayor and Councilmen nor the length of their respective terms of office as heretofore provided by said Act, approved August 14, 1908. Terms of officers. SEC. 15. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That it shall be the duty of the City Clerk of the City of College Park, on the first Monday in September of each year thereafter, to open a registration book for the registration of the qualified voters of said City. Said book shall be kept open from nine o'clock a. m. until twelve m. and from two o'clock p. m. until five o'clock p. m., each and every day (Sunday and legal holidays excepted) until five p. m. on the Friday before the first Monday in December of each year, when said book shall be fairly and absolutely

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closed. It shall be the duty of said Clerk upon application in person, and not by proxy, of any male citizen, who is qualified to vote for members of the General Assembly, who has paid all taxes of every character legally imposed and demanded by the authorities of said city except for the year in which the application is made and has done all street work required of him by said authorities and who, if a resident of said city at the date of the election, shall have resided in said city thirty days next preceding the election, to register the name of such person on said registration book; and said Clerk shall not knowingly register any person who is not lawfully entitled to be registered under the provisions of this Act and said Clerk shall in every case before registering the applicant administer to him the following oath: You do solemnly swear that you are a citizen of the United States, that if you are a resident of the City of College Park on the date of the next election held in and for said city you will have then resided in the State of Georgia twelve months, the County of Fulton six months and the City of College Park thirty days next preceding the date on which said election is held, that you are twenty-one years of age or will be prior to the date of said election, that you have paid all taxes legally imposed and demanded by the authorities of said City except for the present year and that you have done all street work required of you by said authorities, so help you God, which oath shall be signed by the applicant and dated and all such oaths shall be kept by said Clerk in a file used for that purpose. Registration of voters. It shall be the duty of said Clerk to prepare three lists of the names of the voters registered, in alphabetical order, and after the same have been checked over and approved by the Mayor and Council of said city, the said Clerk shall furnish the same, under his official seal and signature, with the approval of said Mayor and Council thereon, to the managers of the election at or before the polls are opened, and the managers shall permit no one whose name is not on said list to vote. Registration lists. For any special election in said city, the said City Clerk

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shall open said registration book thirty days before the date fixed for such election and shall keep the same open during the hours specified for the regular elections until five o'clock p. m. five days before the day of the election and shall prepare and furnish the registration lists as hereinbefore provided. Registration for special elections. Notice of the opening of the registration books for all elections shall be given in such manner as the said Mayor and Council shall prescribe at least thirty days before the closing of the same. Notice. SEC. 16. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That no person shall be qualified to vote in any elections held under the provisions of the charter of the City of College Park and the Amendments thereto who, in addition to the requirements set out in Section seven of the Act incorporating said city, approved December 16, 1895, is not registered as required by this Act. Qualification of voters. SEC. 17. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the Mayor and Council of said city of College Park be and they are hereby authorized, in their discretion, to offer to the tax payers of said city a certain percentage of the whole amount of their ad valorem or property tax as a discount on the full amount of said taxes if the same are paid on or before a certain time. The said Mayor or Council shall have the power to pass any ordinance or resolution to carry this provision into effect and may determine in said resolution or ordinance the amount of the percentage discount and the time fixed for which payment must be made in order to obtain said discount. This provision shall in no way effect the present tax rate of said city but is simply a discount for a premature payment of taxes. Discount for premature payment of taxes. SEC. 18. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved August 16, 1913.

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COLQUITT, CITY OF, CHARTER AMENDED. No. 7. An Act to amend an Act entitled an Act to incorporate the City of Colquitt, in the County of Miller, State of Georgia, approved August 7th, 1912, Georgia Laws 1912, Folio 762, and for other purposes. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by authority of same, That an Act to amend an Act to incorporate the City of Colquitt, Miller County, Georgia, approved August 7th, 1912, be amended by striking out Section nine of said Act and inserting in lieu thereof the following: That should the Mayor and Council of the City of Colquitt at any time enforce or attempt to enforce stock law within the incorporate limits of said City, that it should be the duty of said Mayor and Council to fence the City of Colquitt with a good and substantial fence. Colquitt, City of, charter amended. Stock law. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved July 30, 1913. COLQUITT, CITY OF, CHARTER AMENDED. No. 6. An Act to amend an Act entitled an Act to incorporate the City of Colquitt in lieu of the town of Colquitt and confer additional powers on said Corporation and for other purposes, as approved on August 11th, 1905, and as amended on August 19th, 1912, (Acts of the Legislature 1912, Folios 765 and 766), so as to authorize the Mayor and Council of said city to collect an ad valorem tax of not exceeding one-half of one per cent., and for other purposes.

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SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same, That from and after the passage of this Act, Section 7 of the Act as amended, incorporating the City of Colquitt, which was approved on August 11th, 1905, and which was amended on August 19th, 1912, be, and the same is, hereby amended as follows: By striking out of said Section the words one per cent wherever they appear in said Section (Section 7 of said Act as amended on August 19th, 1912), and substituting therefor the words: One-half of one per cent., so that said section when amended shall read as follows: Colquitt, City of, charter amended. SECTION 7. (1) Be it further enacted, That the Mayor and Council shall have power and authority to levy and collect a tax of not exceeding one-half of one per cent. upon all property, both real and personal, within the corporate limits of said town. They shall also have the power to require all persons within said corporation who are subject to road duty under the laws of this State, to work the streets of said city, or they shall prescribe a commutation tax, which may be paid in lieu of work on the streets. Said Mayor and Council may have the power to enforce the payment of taxes on real and personal property by execution issued by the Clerk and signed by the Councilmen, and the levy and sales of said property shall take place as in levy and sales of property liable to county and State taxes. All levies and tax executions to be made by the Marshal or his deputy, and to be conducted as sales by the Sheriff in this State in case of levy of tax executions. Taxation, ad valorem, shall not exceed one-half of one per cent. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted that all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved July 30, 1913. COLQUITT, CITY OF, CHARTER AMENDED. No. 4. An Act to amend an Act incorporating the City of Colquitt, approved August 15th, 1905, and for other purposes.

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SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia, and it is enacted by the authority of the same, That an Act, entitled an Act incorporating the City of Colquitt be, and the same is, hereby amended as follows: By adding to the last line of Section three of said Act, the following: That the Chief of Police shall be elected by the voters of the City of Colquitt under the same rules and regulations governing the election of Mayor and Councilmen, and shall hold his office for the term of one year, and until his successor is elected and qualified. Colquitt, City of, election of Chief of Police. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That lines nine, ten and eleven of Section sixteen of the Code of the City of Colquitt be amended. When amended, will read as follows: He shall have control of the police of the town or village, and may appoint special police officers when deemed necessary and recommended by the Chief of Police, and said appointment shall be approved by the entire Council. City Code amended. SEC. 3. Be it further enacted that the Councilmen of the City of Colquitt shall receive for their service as such Councilmen the sum of $25.00 per annum. Salary of Councilmen. SEC. 4. Be it further enacted, That the City Clerk shall receive for his services, one hundred dollars per annum. Salary of Clerk. SEC. 5. Be it further enacted, That the City Clerk shall, under direction of the Mayor and Councilmen, make and cause to be published a quarterly itemized statement under oath, showing the disbursements and receipts of the City of Colquitt, said reports to be made March 31st, and every three months thereafter, to be published in a newspaper in the City of Colquitt, and said statement to be paid for out of the funds of the City Treasury. Statements. SEC. 6. Be it further enacted, That upon failure of any of the officers to comply with any of the above sections of said Act, he or they, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall be punished as for a misdemeanor as prescribed by the Penal Code of 1910, Section 1065. Punishment for violation of Act.

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SEC. 7. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved July 30, 1913. COLUMBUS, CITY OF, CHARTER AMENDED. No. 92. An Act to amend the charter of the City of Columbus, in Muscogee County, Georgia, so as to give power and authority to said city to pension teachers in the Public Schools who have been in the continuous service of the city as teacher for twenty-five (25) years or more, and for other purposes. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same, That the Act approved November 29th, 1890, entitled an Act to create a new Charter for the City of Columbus, and to consolidate and declare the rights and powers of said corporation, and for other purposes, be amended by inserting between Sections twenty-six (26) and twenty-seven (27) of said Act, a Section to be known and numbered Section 26A., which Section so inserted shall read as follows: Columbus, City of, charter amended. SECTION 26A. Paragraph One. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the City of Columbus be, and it is, hereby invested with power and authority to authorize the Board of Trustees of its public schools to pay a pension to any teacher in the public schools of said city, who may have been in continuous service as a teacher for a period of not less than thirty (30) years, of which period at least twenty-five (25) years of such service must have been rendered continuously in the public schools of said city, the amount of said pension to be paid any one teacher not to exceed twenty-five ($25.00) dollars per month; provided, however, that absence by permission of the said Board of Trustees for a period of not longer than

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twelve consecutive months shall not affect the continuity of service of such teacher in said public schools. The word teacher in this Act shall be construed to include supply teacher, supervisor, principal or superintendent of said schools. Pensions for school teachers. Paragraph Two. The power and authority in the preceding paragraph conferred shall be exercised only by a resolution or resolutions adopted by the Mayor and Board of Aldermen of said city, upon recommendation made by a unanimous vote of the Board of Trustees of said public schools, and shall be adopted only at a regular meeting of the Mayor and Board of Aldermen of said city, and before said resolution shall become effective, it must appear that the same was adopted by the affirmative vote of a majority of the said Mayor and Board of Aldermen of said city; and a separate resolution shall be adopted for each and every pension so granted, the payment of the same to be made by said Board of Trustees of said schools from the funds appropriated by said city for school purposes. The resolution authorizing such pension shall state the name of the teacher to receive said pension, and the term of service and when the same shall begin to be paid. Power to grant pensions, how exercised. Paragraph Three. The power and authority to grant the pensions by the Act authorized shall be discretionary with the Mayor and Board of Aldermen as it may deem expedient and proper in each particular case, and any pension which may have been created in pursuance of any resolution adopted by the said Mayor and Board of Aldermen may be revoked and withdrawn at any time it may see proper so to do, upon request of the Board of Trustees of said public schools, and when any pension is so revoked and withdrawn, there shall be no obligations upon the part of said Board of Trustees to make any further payment of the same. Power to grant pensions discretionary. Paragraph Four. The Board of Trustees of said schools are vested with authority to prescribe and adopt rules and regulations for carrying out the purpose of this Act not in conflict therewith.

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SEC. 2. All laws and parts of laws that conflict herewith shall be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved August 11, 1913. COLUMBUS, CITY OF, CHARTER AMENDED. No. 112. An Act to amend an Act entitled `An Act to amend an Act entitled an Act to create a new charter for the City of Columbus, and to consolidate and declare the rights and powers of said corporation, and for other purposes', approved November 29th, 1890, so as to provide for the establishment of a Board of Police Commissioners of said city, and for other purposes, so as to confer power and authority on said Board of Police Commissioners to compel the attendance of witnesses before said Board, at hearings instituted for the purpose of investigating charges against the Police officers of said city; and to provide a penalty for failure of witnesses to attend such hearings before said Board, and for other purposes. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by authority of same, That an Act entitled An Act to amend an Act entitled an Act to create a new charter for the City of Columbus and to consolidate and declare the rights and powers of said corporation, and for other purposes, approved November 29, 1890, so as to provide for the establishment of a Board of Police Commissioners of said city and for other purposes, so as to confer power and authority on said Board of Police Commissioners to compel the attendance of witnesses before said Board, at hearings instituted for the purpose of investigating charges against the Police officers of said city, and to provide a penalty for failure of witnesses to attend such hearings before said Board and for other purposes, be, and the same is, hereby amended by adding to said Act a section to read as follows: Columbus, City of, charter amended.

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That said Board of Police Commissioners are hereby invested with the power and authority to compel the attendance of any person resident of the County of Muscogee, as a witness before said Board to testify at any hearing instituted for the purpose of investigating any charge or charges preferred against any of the police or police officers of said city, and the Chairman of said Board shall, on application, issue a writ of subpoena directed to such person desired as a witness, requiring to appear and testify at the hearing, which subpoena shall state the time and place of hearing, and shall be served on the witness personally by Police officer of said city at least one day before said hearing. In case any witness so subp[oelig]naed shall fail to obey the precept or subpoena, the said Board of Police Commissioners shall have the power and authority to compel the attendance of said witness by causing the arrest of said witness, and having him brought before said Board to testify; and also to punish such defaulting witness as for contempt by a fine not exceeding twenty-five ($25.00) dollars; and a failure to pay any fine imposed shall subject such witness to be imprisoned not exceeding ten (10) days. Power of Board of Police Commissioners. SEC. 2. That all laws in conflict herewith be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved August 16, 1913. COLUMBUS, CITY OF, COMMISSION GOVERNMENT, ELECTION FOR. No. 277. An Act to provide for a Commission Form of Government for the City of Columbus, Georgia in lieu of the existing form of Government by a Mayor and Board of Aldermen; and amending the charter of Columbus whenever necessary for a Commission Form of Government for said city, and to amend or repeal such portions of the charter of the city as may be deemed necessary to carry into effect a Commission Form of Government

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for the City of Columbus, Georgia. To provide for the creation of a Board of Commissioners for administering the affairs of said city; to declare the rights and powers of said board; to provide means by which legislation for said city can be initiated and franchises and ordinances referred to the qualified voters thereof for approval or rejection; for the submission of this Act to a vote of electors for approval or rejection, and for other purposes. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by authority of same, That the corporate existence and identity, territorial limits and jurisdiction of the City of Columbus, with all corporate rights, powers and privileges conferred and all duties, obligations and liabilities imposed by law, are hereby preserved unto said city, except as altered or amended by this Act. All resolutions and ordinances thereof now in force not in conflict herewith shall remain unchanged, subject, however, to be hereinafter amended or repealed by the duly constituted authorities of said city. All property and property rights now held, owned or possessed by said city, and all pending suits or claims by or against said city are preserved unaltered. Columbus, City of, corporate rights preserved. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That a governing board for said city, to be known and designated as the Board of Commissioners of the City of Columbus, shall consist of a Mayor, Vice-Mayor, and one Commissioner, who shall be elected by the qualified voters of the city at large as herein provided, and who shall be eligible to the offices aforesaid, as now required by the Mayor of said city, to-wit: Who shall have resided in the City of Columbus for two years preceding their election and who shall be qualified voters of said city at the time of their election. Board of Commissioners. SEC. 3. Be it further enacted, That on the first Wednesday in October, 1913, the Mayor and Board of Aldermen, as at that time constituted, shall appoint a Justice of the Peace or some other judicial officer, and two electors, which (two last) shall be citizens of said city and own real estate

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therein, as election managers to hold the first primary election and the first regular election to be held under the provisions of this charter; provided, however, that in the event said Mayor and Board of Aldermen fail or refuse to name such election managers on said date, then in such event, the Mayor shall name such election managers, who shall be fully vested with the power and authority to hold such primary election and regular election as if they had been appointed by the Mayor and Board of Aldermen; and, provided, further, that in the event the Justice of the Peace or any elector appointed by such Mayor and Board of Aldermen, or by the Mayor, decline to serve as such election managers or to qualify as such, the Mayor is hereby empowered to fill such vacancy or vacancies. Election managers. SEC. 4. Be it further enacted, That each of said managers before entering upon his duties, shall take and subscribe before some Justice of the Peace, or some other officer qualified to administer oaths, or before each other, the following oath: That each of us do swear that we will faithfully and impartially conduct the election held by us, and prevent all illegal voting, to the best of our skill and power, so help me God. Oath of managers. SEC. 5. Be it further enacted, That on the Wednesday the 21st of January, 1914, the managers of election chosen in accordance with Sections 3 and 4 above, shall hold an election by the qualified voters of the said city at large, at which there shall be elected a Mayor, Vice-Mayor and one Commissioner of said city, whose term of office shall begin on the Wednesday first following the 20th of December, 1913, and continue for one year as to the Commissioner first elected; two years as to the Vice-Mayor first elected, and three years as to the Mayor first elected under this Act. In the manner of holding a primary and regular election as herein provided, an election at the proper time for the Commissioner aforesaid shall be held, whose term of office shall be for three years after the one year aforesaid, an election for Vice-Mayor shall be held whose term of office shall be three years after the two years aforesaid, and an election

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for Mayor whose term of office shall be three years after three years aforesaid, and continue until their successors are elected and qualified; thereafter they shall be elected respectively, as aforesaid, every three years. Should said managers of said election fail or be prevented from any cause from holding said first election within the time specified, they shall hold the same as soon as practicable after the preventing cause is removed; provided, further, that nothing in this Act, relative to the term of office of the Mayor, Vice-Mayor and Commissioner, shall in any way operate to prevent the recall of either the Mayor or other member of the Board of Commissioners, or any of them and the termination of the terms of office by the recall as hereinafter set out. Election officers, terms of office, etc. SEC. 6. Be it further enacted, That the Mayor and Commissioners shall be nominated and elected at large; all candidates to be voted for at all regular municipal elections at which said Mayor, Vice-Mayor and Commissioner are to be elected under the provisions of this Act, shall be nominated at a primary election to be held by said managers, herein before provided for, and no other name shall be placed upon the official ballot or be voted for at such regular election except those selected in the manner as hereinafter prescribed. The primary elections for such nominations shall be held on the first Wednesday in January for the following regular election, that is to say, the first primary shall be held under these provisions on Wednesday the 7th of January, 1914; thereafter for the nominations for the regular elections, the said primary shall be held on the first Wednesday in January of each year. The regular election shall be held on the third Wednesday in January annually following the primary election as heretofore provided for, except that the first election hereunder shall be held on Wednesday the 21st of January, 1914. Said primary elections and general elections shall be held at the court house in said city and between the same hours as fixed for the holding of the regular or special municipal elections. Primary elections. Regular elections.

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SEC. 7. Be it further enacted, That any person desiring to become a candidate for Mayor, Vice-Mayor, or Commissioner shall at least ten days prior to said primary election, file with said board of election managers and over his signature notice of his candidacy; and that he has the qualifications prescribed by this Act and that he requests that his name be printed upon the official primary ballot and at the same time he will file with said board of election managers the petition of not less than forty (40) qualified voters of said city requesting such candidacy. Each petition shall be verified by one or more persons as to the qualifications and residence, with name and street of each of the persons so signing the said petion. Notice of intention to become a candidate. SEC. 8. Be it further enacted, That upon the expiration of the time of filing the statements and petition for candidates, the said election managers shall cause to be published one time in one or more newspapers published in the city the names of the persons that will appear upon the primary ballots for Mayor, Vice-Mayor and Commissioner, respectively, and the said election managers shall thereupon cause the primary ballots to be printed, the primary held, the votes counted, canvassed and certified, and shall certify the names of the two candidates receiving the highest number of votes for Mayor, Vice-Mayor and Commissioner. Then said board of election managers shall also certify to the City of Columbus for payment of such expenses as shall have been properly incurred in holding said primary election, and said amount of expense shall be a charge against said city and shall be paid by it in like manner as other miscellaneous expenses. Primary elections. Provided, that in the event any candidate so receiving a sufficient number of votes in such primary may withdraw or decline to be voted for by such a statement over his signature addressed to such election managers they shall place on the official ballot only the names of the remaining candidates for Mayor, Vice-Mayor and Commissioner. Provided, further, that in the event there should not be a majority vote of all the votes cast, either for Mayor, Vice-Mayor, or Commissioner, the two candidates receiving the

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highest number of votes for either one of said offices in the primary, together with the name or names of the candidates having a majority of the votes on the primary, shall be certified by the election managers to the City Clerk, and such names, but none other, shall be placed upon the ballots, as candidates for Mayor, Vice-Mayor and Commissioner, as the case may be, in the regular election. In case there is a tie between any two or more candidates receiving the highest number of votes for the same office at said primary, such candidates shall have their names certified and placed on the regular election ballots; provided, however, that if any candidate has a majority of the votes cast for his office at the primary, his shall be the only name certified and placed on the regular election ballot as aforesaid, for the office for which he was candidate. In case also there are two or more candidates at any regular election as last aforesaid, said election shall be conducted with booths and secret ballots, the same as at the primary next preceding said regular election; provided, further, that each of the candidates to be voted for in said primary and regular election, shall upon his conferring that authority in writing have, from the opening of the polls until the votes shall have been counted and certified by the primary or regular election officers, an inspector inside each voting place to watch the primary and regular election. Regular election ballots. SEC. 9. Be it enacted, That the names of those candidates for Mayor, Vice-Mayor and Commissioner, shall be placed on the ballots in the regular election as provided in Section 7; and in case of a tie vote between any two or more of the candidates in the regular election, another election shall be held on the Wednesday first following the time of the first regular election, to determine and settle the question as to who is the choice between the thus tied candidates and contestants and no other candidates than those thus tied in such regular election shall be voted for in any election held to determine a tie. Additional election in case of a tie. SEC. 10. Be it further enacted, That every act or deed, whether of commission or omission, denounced by law as an

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offense in the regular State election is hereby declared to be a like offense in the case of any primary, regular, special or removal election held under this Act and be punishable in like form and manner. Illegal practices in elections. SEC. 11. Be it further enacted, That any candidate for nomination or election under this Act, who shall, to any person pay, give or offer to pay or give, directly or indirectly, money or anything of value, or who shall knowingly suffer any person to do so for the purpose of obtaining the vote or influence of any elector, or of obtaining his vote of influence against opposing candidate, shall be disqualified as Mayor, Vice-Mayor or Commissioner, in addition to the other penalties prescribed by law for such offences. And this section shall be construed as to prohibit any candidate for nomination or election under this Act from promising to appoint or to use his influence for the appointment of any person to a position of income. Purchase of vote or influence for bidden. SEC. 12. Be it further enacted, That the said election managers shall certify two lists of voters and two tally sheets, and shall place one list of voters and one tally sheet in the ballot boxes with the ballots and seal the same, [Illegible Text] shall forthwith deliver the same to the Ordinary of Muscogee County, Georgia, to be by such official kept until the selection of election managers by the Board of Commissioners hereinafter provided, who shall thereafter be [Illegible Text] to the custody of such ballots and lists of voters and tally sheets and kept in the vaults of the city office for two years, after which, they may be destroyed. The other list of voters and tally sheets shall be placed in a package and sealed and forthwith delivered to the Clerk of said city, who shall safely keep the same, and at the first meeting of the Board of Mayor and Aldermen occurring after the expiration of three days after the election and within ten days after the said election, deliver the said package to the Mayor and Aldermen, with a report showing the result of such election, which shall by said board of Mayor and Aldermen be declared. In the event of a contest, notice of such contest shall be filed with the Ordinary of Muscogee

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County within three days after said election, who shall conduct same in accordance with provisions relating to contests for Mayor and Aldermen. Tally sheets, etc. Contests. SEC. 13. Be it further enacted, That said Board of Commissioners shall have and possess, and its members shall, subject to the provisions of this Act, exercise from and after the election and qualification of the first Board of Commissioners provided in this Act, all executive, administrative, legislative and judicial powers now had, possessed and exercised, jointly and severally, by the Board of Mayor and Aldermen. The said Board of Mayor and Aldermen shall then be abolished, such abolition to take effect upon the election and qualification of the first Board of Commissioners under this Act. Jurisdiction and powers of Board. SEC. 14. Be it further enacted, That the members of the Board of Commissioners shall meet on the first Monday next after their election, be qualified and enter at once upon the duties of their office. They shall hold regular meetings at least once a week. They shall provide by ordinance for the time for holding regular meetings and special meetings may be called from time to time by the Mayor or two members of the Board of Commissioners, but no special meetings shall be held until twenty-four hours notice shall have been given all members of the Board of Commissioners, except such notice as is shown to have been waived by all the Commissioners upon the minutes of such board. If the business at any regular or special meeting be not finished or completed on the day when the same convenes, the board may adjourn such meeting to any subsequent day that week. All meetings of the board shall be held at the time and place provided for such meetings, and such place cannot be changed except by ordinance. All meetings of the Commissioners, whether regular or special, at which any person not a city officer is admitted, shall be open to the public. Two members of said board shall constitute a quorum and the affirmative votes of two members shall be necessary to adopt any motion, resolution or ordinance, or pass any measure unless a greater number is required by

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any provisions of this Act. Said board may adopt rules governing its own proceedings. In the event of death or resignation of the Mayor or any one or more of such Commissioners the election managers shall hold an election by the qualified voters of said city at large within not less than thirty (30) days, nor more than forty (40) days, to fill the unexpired term of such Mayor or Commissioners, but no primary election need be had preliminary to such election. Sessions. Quorum. Vacancies, how filled. SEC. 15. Be it further enacted, That said Board of Commissioners shall have and possess, and its members, subject to the provisions of this Act shall exercise, from and after the election and qualification of the first Board of Commissioners, provided in this Act, all executive, administrative, legislative and judicial powers now had, possessed and exercised jointly and severally by the Board of the Mayor and Aldermen and all Boards of Commissioners now existing under the charter and amendatory Acts thereof of said city; and the said Board of Mayor and Aldermen is hereby abolished, and all of said Boards of Commissioners of said city are each and all, subject to be abolished under this Act in the following manner, to-wit: Said Board of Commissioners, consisting of Mayor, Vice-Mayor and Commissioners, under this Act, upon their election and qualification to office, and after their first regular meeting, may duly declare any of said Board of Commissioners now existing abolished and the said Board of Commissioners hereby created may duly declare what Boards of Commissioners or offices now existing by appointment or election of the former Mayor and Board of Aldermen or otherwise shall remain as at present constituted or in what manner or to what extent the same may be changed; but all vacancies hereafter occurring in any of said Boards of Commissioners shall be appointed or elected by the Mayor, Vice-Mayor and Commissioner under this Act. Until action shall have been duly taken as aforesaid by the Board of Commissioners under this Act, the terms of office of all said Boards of Commissioners and the members thereof and of all officers, employees of every kind and nature shall remain as to their

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present term of office and their acts be of full force and effect until such time as the said Mayor, Vice-Mayor and Commissioner shall have duly declared any of such boards abolished, but nothing herein shall be construed to change the power of said Board of Commissioners as hereafter set forth in Section 24. Jurisdiction and powers. SEC. 16. Be it further enacted, That the compensation of the Mayor under this Act shall be three thousand dollar per annum; that of the Vice-Mayor and Commissioner shall be each twenty-four hundred dollars per annum, payable in monthly installments; that each member of said Board of Commissioners, including the Mayor, shall be required within thirty days after they have otherwise qualified for office to execute a bond in the sum of five thousand dollars made by a bonding company doing business in the State of Georgia, and file said bond, for the faithful discharge of their duties, with the Ordinary of Muscogee County; and they shall take and subscribe the oath hereinafter described in Section 19. No member of said Board of Commissioners shall directly or indirectly receive any other or greater compensation than that provided in this section. Compensation of officers. Bond. Oath. SEC. 17. Be it further enacted, That every ordinance or resolution appropriating money or ordering any street improvement or sewer, or making or authorizing the making of any contract or granting any franchise or right to occupy or use the streets or highways, bridges or public places in the city for any purpose shall be complete in the form in which it is finally passed and remains on file with the City Clerk for public inspection at least one week before the final passage or adoption thereof, and no ordinance or resolution of any kind or for any purpose shall become valid and effective until seventeen days after the same shall have been entered and signed by the Mayor or by two of the other Commissioners in open meeting, and the minutes shall show that it was so signed and approved together with the date of such signature. No franchise or right to occupy or use the streets, highways, bridges or public places in said city shall be granted, renewed or extended, except by

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ordinance and in the event a referendum be petitioned for by the required number of voters, as herein provided, every ordinance appropriating money or ordering street and sewer improvements, and every franchise or grant for interurban or street railways, electric light or power plants, heating plant, telegraph or telephone systems, or other public service utilities within said city, must be authorized as approved by a majority of the electors voting thereon, at a general or special municipal election, at which the question to be submitted to the electors shall be printed in appropriate form to the ballot and said general and special municipal election shall never be held in connection with, or upon the same day with, any State, county or congressional election or primary. Certain ordinances, how passed. Referendum. Provided, that if an election is held under this section concerning a franchise the expenses thereof shall be paid by the party seeking said franchise and the payment of said expenses must be secured to the satisfaction of said Board of Commissioners before said election is held; provided, nevertheless, that the Board of Commissioners is vested, however, with power to grant to those public utilities which now have franchises existing in said city the right to make extensions and to designate the location thereof by a majority vote of said Board of Commissioners. Franchises. SEC. 18. Be it further enacted, That no officer or employee elected or appointed in said city shall be interested, directly or indirectly, either individually as the member of a firm, or as an officer or stockholder of any corporation, in any contract for the purchase or sale of either personalty or realty by or from the city or job for work or material, or the profits thereof, or service to be furnished or performed for the city and no such officer or employee shall be interested, directly or indirectly, in any contract or job for work or materials, or the profits thereof or services to be furnished or performed for any person, firm or corporation operating interurban railway, tram railroad, street electric light or power plant, heating plant, telegraph line, telephone exchange or other public utility within the territory of the said city. No such officer or employees shall accept or receive

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directly or indirectly, from any person, firm or corporation, operating within the territorial limits of said city, any interurban railway, steam railroad, street railway, electric light or power plant, heating plant, telegraph line or telephone exchange or other business using or operating under a public franchise, any frank, free pass, free ticket or free service, or accept or receive directly or indirectly from any such person, firm or corporation any other sevice upon terms more favorable than is granted to the public generally. Any violation of the provisions of this section shall be a misdemeanor and any such contract or agreement shall be void. Officers and employees, financial interest in contracts, rebates, free passes, etc. Such prohibition of free transportation shall not apply to policemen or firemen in uniform. Any officer or employee of said city who by solicitation or otherwise, shall exert his influence, directly or indirectly to influence other officers or employees of such city to adopt his municipal political view, or to favor any particular person or candidate for municipal or who shall in any manner contribute money, labor or other valuable thing to any person for election purposes, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be punished by a fine not exceeding $50.00 or imprisonment in the Muscogee County jail for not exceeding thirty days, or by both fine and imprisonment and such conviction shall work a forfeiture of such office and he shall be ineligible to hold any office or position with said city for ten years thereafter. Free transportation, when allowed. Misdemeanor, what shall be. SEC. 19. Be it further enacted, That each member of said Board of Commissioners, including the Mayor, shall take and subscribe an oath that he will faithfully and impartially demean himself as a Commissioner during his continuance in office and that he has not, in order to induce his election to said office, either directly or indirectly, expressly or impliedly, promised his vote or support to any person for any office of position in the City Government of Columbus, or in any of the departments of said city. That he will not knowingly permit his vote in the election or appointment of any person to any position in the city government, or any department thereof, to be influenced by fear, favor,

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affection, reward or the hope thereof, but that he will in discharging the duties of his said office be governed alone by his conviction of what is for the public good, preferring no class or private interests and without regard to the political influence or private advancement of himself or any one else. Oath of officers. SEC. 20. Be it further enacted, That the executive and administrative powers, authority and duties in said city shall be distributed into and among three departments, as follows: (1) Department of Public Affairs, Public Utilities and Finance. (2) Department of Streets, Parks and Sewers. (3) Department of Public Safety, Property and Schools. Departments. The Board of Commissioners shall determine the powers and duties to be performed by public officers and employees and assign them to the appropriate department; may assign particular officers and employees to perform duty in two or more departments; and make such other rules as may be necessary or proper for the efficient and economical conduct of the business of the city. SEC. 21. Be it further enacted, That at the first meeting of the Board of Commissioners hereunder, or within thirty days thereafter, the said Board of Commissioners shall assign one of its members, not the Mayor, to each of the two departments last above named, and the said two Commissioners shall thereafter be known and designated respectively as the Commissioner of the department of streets, parks and sewers and the Commissioner of public safety, property and schools. The Board of Commissioners, however, shall have the power by a majority vote at any time to change any of the Commissioners, except the Mayor, from one department to another; such change to be made operative by resolution duly passed by said board, such resolution to fix the time when it should take effect and to take effect at the time so fixed. Said respective Commissioners shall superintend the respective departments to which they may be assigned and shall from time to time make report and recommendations to said Board of Commissioners

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respecting same; but said board as a whole, shall have supervision and be responsible for the administration of each of said departments. Heads of departments. SEC. 22. The Department of Public Affairs, Public Utilities and Finance shall be in charge of the Mayor and the supervision of same shall include within its scope a general supervision of all the affairs of the municipality, including especially all matters pertaining to city taxation, finance, public utilities and revenue, the auditing of all bills in all departments, together with the duty of the Mayor to keep the Board of Commissioners advised from time to time as to all matters pertaining to the general welfare of the city. Jurisdiction of departments. The Department of Streets, Parks and Sewers shall embrace all matters pertaining to streets, sewers, bridges, viaducts, subways, side walks and parks. The Department of Public Safety, Property and Schools shall embrace all matters pertaining to the fire and police departments, public schools and property and public health. SEC. 23. Be it further enacted, That whenever a difference of opinion shall arise as to what department shall embrace a particular work or matter, either because the same is not herein specifically provided for or because of a difference of opinion as to the proper construction of the foregoing sections, the question shall be determined by the Board of Commissioners in regular session and their conclusion shall be final and binding. Questions of jurisdiction, how determined. SEC. 24. Be it further enacted, That the Board of Commissioners shall have power from time to time to create, fill and discontinue offices and employments, according to their judgment of the needs of the city, and may by a majority vote of all members remove any such officer or employee, except as otherwise provided for in this Act, and may by resolution or otherwise prescribe, limit or change the compensation of such officers and employees. Powers of Board. Every officer, assistant or employee shall receive such salary or compensation as the Board of Commissioners shall by ordinance provide, payable weekly or monthly installments,

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or at such shorter period as the Board of Commissioners shall determine. Salaries of officers and employees, All officers and employees of said city shall be elected or appointed with reference to their qualifications and fitness for the good of the public service, and without reference to their religious belief or political faith or party affiliation. Appointments. It shall be unlawful for any candidate for office or any officer of said city, directly or indirectly, to give or promise any person or persons any office, position, employment, benefit or anything of value, for the purpose of influencing or obtaining the political support, aid or vote of any person or persons. Influencing political support. SEC. 25. Be it further enacted, That said Board of Commissioners shall each quarter, cause to be printed in a pamphlet form a detailed itemized statement of all the receipts and disbursements of the city and a summary of its proceedings during the preceding quarter and furnish printed copies thereof to the newspapers of the city, the city library and to persons who shall apply therefor at the office of the City Clerk, and at the end of each year, the Board of Commissioners shall cause a full and complete examination of all the books and accounts of the city to be made by competent accountants, and shall publish the result of such examination in the manner above provided for publication of statements of quarterly expenditure. Statements printed and published. SEC. 26. Be it further enacted, That the Board of Commissioners within ten days after its organization shall elect three citizens of the city, who shall have been residents of said city for not less than three years and are not less than thirty years of age, and who shall hold no other official position in said city, as election managers. The term of office of such election managers shall be two years. They shall within ten days thereafter, subscribe in manner and form to the same oath set out in Section 4 of this Act; shall safely keep for two years all lists of voters of elections held by them, and all tally-sheets and ballots showing results of such elections and who also shall hold all elections, whether primary, regular, special or removal municipal

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elections held under the provisions of this Act, together with such other duties as are hereinafter set forth. Election managers. SEC. 27. Be it enacted, That said Board of Commissioners shall have the powers and duties pertaining to each of the three departments in Section 20, and one of the members of said Board shall be assigned by a majority vote of the Board of Commissioners to take charge of each such department, and shall, as head of such department, exercise the duties and powers so provided by said board. Said assignment may be changed or the duties pertaining to the same, at any time by a majority vote of said board. Assignment ment of heads of departments. This provision shall not be construed, however, so as to prevent said board from delegating or assigning one or more of its members, or officers or employees as may be created or selected by it, for the performance of such executive or judicial duties and powers as may be necessary or convenient, providing the same is done by resolution, according to the terms of this Act. In the event that any other person is selected, as aforesaid, other than a member or members of the board, the member or members of the board shall have the same powers and duties at the same time with such other person or persons and exercise such powers and duties either exclusively, concurrently or interchangeably with such other person or persons who may be an officer or employee other than a member of the board aforesaid. In the exercise of any of the powers and duties aforesaid other than by a member of the board such officer may be officially designated in the manner as now designated in the charter, or ordinances of the City of Columbus, or may be otherwise officially designated by the Board of Commissioners to be elected under this Act. SEC. 28. Be it further enacted, That no ordinance passed by the Board of Commissioners, except when otherwise required by the general laws of the State, or by the provisions of this Act, except an ordinance for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health or safety, which contains a statement of its urgency, and is passed by a unanimous vote of the Board of Commissioners, shall

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go into effect before seventeen days of the time of its final passage, and if during said seventeen days a petition is signed by electors of the city equal in number to at least ten per centum of the entire vote registered for candidates for Mayor at the last preceding general election, protesting against the passage of such ordinance, be presented to the Board of Commissioners to reconsider such ordinance, and if the same is not entirely repealed, the election managers shall submit the ordinance, as is provided by sub-Section (b) of Section 36 of this Act, to the vote of the electors of the city, either at the general election, or at a special municipal election, to be called for the purpose, and such ordinances shall not go into effect or become operative unless a majority of the qualified voters voting on the same shall vote in favor thereof. Said petition shall be in all respects in accordance with the provisions of Section 35, except as to the percentage of signers and be examined and certified by the election managers in all respects as therein provided. Passage of ordinances. SEC. 29. Be it further enacted, That the registration books containing the names of the qualified voters of city shall be public records and the City Clerk and election managers shall allow examination of said books at all reasonable hours by any person designated and authorized by the Board of Commissioners to examine said books, for the purpose of ascertaining whether a sufficient number of the names of qualified voters be signed to any petition filed in accordance with the provisions of this Act relating to the re-call, initiative and referendum, as herein set forth in Sections 35, 36 and 28 of this Act, and any qualified voter desiring to challenge or controvert the allegation of such petition shall also have the right and be permitted to examine the said books. Registration books. SEC. 30. Be it further enacted, That on Wednesday the 10th of December, 1913, an election shall be held in said City of Columbus, submitting to the qualified voters thereof the question of the adoption of the provisions of this Act. Said election to be held and managed by the managers of election to be chosen by the Mayor and Board of Aldermen

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as hereinbefore provided, and in default of such election at said date, the Mayor shall appoint such election managers, and in the event that any Justice of the Peace or citizen so chosen shall fail or decline to serve as such election managers, then in such event the Mayor shall be and is empowered to fill such vacancies or vacancy. The election managers, so chosen, shall take the oath set forth in Section 4 of this Act. All persons duly qualified to vote at elections in said city as now provided by the charter and who shall be lawfully registered therefor, shall be entitled to vote in said election. Those favoring the adoption of this Act shall have written or printed on their ballots For Commission Government, and those opposing shall have written or printed on their ballots Against Commission Government. Should a majority of the votes cast at said election, as declared by the managers, be for Commission Government, then the provisions of this Act shall be of full force and effect in said city thereafter. If a majority of the votes cast disapproves the Act, it shall not become operative. If said plan is not adopted at the election for submitting this charter to a vote of the electors of the City of Columbus, the question of adopting said plan shall not be resubmitted to the voters of said city for adoption within one year and then the question to adopt said plan may be resubmitted in the manner above provided. Election for ratification of this Act. SEC. 31. Be it further enacted, That the Board of Commissioners under this Act shall have the power to issue subpoenas to compel the attendance of witnesses and the production of books and papers and to take and hear testimony concerning any matter or thing pending before them, and the Mayor and other members of said board to have power to administer oaths and affirmation. Powers of Board. SEC. 32. Be it enacted, That if for any reason the Mayor is absent, sick or unable to perform the duties of his office, the Vice-Mayor shall Act in his stead, and during such absence or disability shall have all the power and perform all the duties of the said Mayor, except that he shall not, independent of the Mayor, appoint or remove any officer

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or head of any department from office who had been appointed by the Mayor, unless the Mayor shall be absent, or disabled for period of at least sixty days. Vice Mayor. Should vacancies exist from any cause in two memberships of said Board of Commissioners so as to leave no quorum to consist of at least two members of said board, an election to fill said vacancies shall be called by the remaining member of said board to be held not less than twenty nor more than thirty days from the occurrence of second vacancy. Notice of said election and time of holding the same shall be given by one publication at least fifteen days in advance of same, in at least two newspapers published in said city, at the expense of said city. The members of the board chosen at said election shall qualify as speedily as possible thereafter. Vacancies, how filled. SEC. 33. Be it enacted, That no recall petition shall be filed against any officer until he has actually held his office for at least six months. No person who has been recalled from an elective office, or who has resigned from such office after a recall petition has been filed against him, shall be appointed to any office within one year after such recall resignation. Recall. SEC. 34. Be it enacted, That all primaries for nomination to office under this Act shall be known as municipal primaries for the City of Columbus and there shall be no party designations or marks on the ballots used at the primaries or at any of the special or regular elections under this Act, and the names of the candidates shall be arranged in alphabetical order for each office. Primaries. SEC. 35. Be it further enacted, That the Mayor or any Commissioner of the City of Columbus, elected under this Act, may be removed from office by the qualified voters of said city. The procedure to effect such removal shall be as follows: Removal from office. A petition signed by the qualified voters, equal in numbers to at least twenty-five per cent of the registered vote for the office of Mayor, Vice-Mayor or Commissioner at the

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last preceding general municipal election, demanding the election of a successor of the person sought to be removed, shall be filed with the election managers and notice given of such filing by publication at least once in one of the newspapers published in said city, which petition shall contain a general statement of the grounds upon which the removal is sought; the signatures to the petition need not all be appended to one paper, but each signer shall add to his signature his place of residence. One of the signers of each paper shall make oath before an officer competent to administer oaths that the statements therein made are true as he believes and that each signature to the paper appended is the genuine signature of the person whose name it purports to be. Within fifteen days from the date of filing said petition, said election managers shall examine the same and ascertain whether it is signed by the required number of persons as shown by the registration books and they shall attach to said petition their certificate showing the result of such examination. If by the said certificate the petition is shown to be insufficient, it may be amended within ten days from the date of said certificate. The election managers shall, within fifteen days after such amendment, make like examination of the amended petition, and if their certificate shall hold the same to be insufficient it shall be returned to the persons filing the same, without prejudice, however, to the filing of a new petition to the same effect. If by their certificate the petition is shown to be sufficient, the said election managers shall at once order and fix the date for holding the said election not less than thirty nor more than sixty days from the date of their certificate showing that a sufficient petition is filed. The election managers shall make or cause to be made publication of notice and all arrangements for holding such election and the same shall be conducted, returned and the result thereof declared and the expenses thereof paid in all respects as in other city elections except that a primary election shall be required for nomination of candidates at such removal election. The successor of any officer so removed shall hold office during the unexpired term of his predecessor.

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Any person sought to be removed may be a candidate to succeed himself, and unless he requests otherwise in writing, the said election managers shall place his name on the official ballot without nomination. In such removal election the candidate receiving the majority of votes shall be declared elected. At such election, if some other person than the incumbent receive the majority number of votes, the incumbent shall thereupon be deemed removed from the office upon the qualification of his successor. In case the party who receives the majority number of votes should fail to qualify within ten days after receiving notification of election, the office shall be declared vacant. If the incumbent receives the majority number of votes, he shall remain in office. The said method of removal shall be emulative and additional to the methods heretofore existing by law. If the officer sought to be removed shall not resign within five (5) days after the petition is filed by the City Clerk and if the petition requests a special election, the Board of Commissioners shall cause a special election to be held within forty-five (45) days to determine whether the people will recall said officer, or, if a general municipal election is to occur within sixty (60) days, the Board of Commissioners may in its discretion postpone the holding of such election to such general municipal election. In the published call for the election, there shall be printed in not more than two hundred words, the reason for demanding the recall of the officer as set forth in recall petition and in not more than two hundred words the officer may justify his cause in office. SEC. 36. Be it further enacted, That any proposed ordinance may be submitted to the election managers signed by electors of the city, equal in number to the percentage hereinafter required. The signatures, verification, authentication, inspection, certification, amendment and submission of such petition shall be the same as provided for petitions under Section 28 of this Act. Proposed ordinances, how passed. If the petition accompanying the proposed ordinance be signed by electors equal in number to twenty-five per centum of the votes cast for all candidates for Mayor at the

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last preceding general election for Mayor, Vice-Mayor or Commissioner and contains a request that the said ordinance be submitted to a vote of the people, if not passed by the Board of Commissioners, said Board of Commissioners shall either: (a) Pass such ordinance without alteration within twenty days after the attachment of the certificate of the board of election managers to the accompanying petition or, (b) forthwith after the board of election managers shall attach to the petition accompanying such ordinance their certificate of sufficiency, the board of election managers shall call a special election, unless a general municipal election is fixed, within ninety days thereafter, and at such special or general municipal election, if one is so fixed, such ordinance shall be submitted without alteration to the vote of the electors of said city. But if the petition is signed by not less than ten or more than twenty-five per centum of the electors, as above defined, then the Board of Commissioners shall within twenty days, pass said ordinance without change, or the same shall be submitted at the next general city election, if the same is held not less than thirty days after the election managers' certificate of sufficiency is attached to said petition. The ballots used when voting upon said ordinance shall state the nature of the proposed ordinance and contain these words: For the Ordinance, Against the Ordinance. If a majority of the qualified electors voting on the proposed ordinance shall vote in favor thereof, such ordinance shall thereupon become a valid and binding ordinance of the city, and any ordinance proposed by petition and which shall be adopted by a vote of the people cannot be repealed or amended except by a vote of the people. Any number of proposed ordinances may be voted upon at the same election in accordance with the provisions of this section; but there shall not be more than one special election in any period of six months for such purposes. The Board of Commissioners may submit a proposition for the repeal of any such ordinance or for amendments thereto, to be voted upon at any succeeding general city election, and should such proposition so submitted receive

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a majority of the votes cast thereon at such election, such ordinance shall thereby be repealed or amended accordingly. Whenever any ordinance is required by this Act to be submitted to the voters of the city at any election, the Clerk shall cause such ordinance or proposition to be published once in each of the daily newspapers published in said city, such publication to be not more than twenty nor less than five days before the submission of the proposition or ordinance to be voted on. Election for repeal of or amendments to ordinances. SEC. 37. Be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the official collecting the taxes, who is hereby empowered to administer oaths, to keep the voters book of the registration of voters in said city, and he shall open the same on the first day of January of each and every year, for the registration of voters in said city, and he shall close said voters book four months before the date of said general election of that year, and no one shall be allowed to register for said election unless he shall have paid all municipal taxes due by him, except for the year in which he offers to register, at least four months before the date of said general election. Voters' book, registration, etc Said voters book shall contain on the first page thereof, the following oath, to-wit: I do swear, or affirm, that I am a citizen of the United States; that I am 21 years of age, or will be on the.....day of..... of this calendar year; that I have resided in this State for one year, and in this county for six months, and in the City of Columbus for thirty days immediately preceding the date of this oath; that I have paid all municipal taxes required of me, except taxes for this year, and that I am not disfranchised from voting by reason of any offense committed against the laws of the State. I further swear, or affirm, that I reside in the City of Columbus, at No...... on..... Street; my age is.....; my occupation is..... That said official shall, in no instance, permit a person to sign the voters book or any separate printed oath unless such person shall have actually made the oath before him, or his duly authorized deputy, and a violation of this section by either said official or his deputy shall constitute a

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misdemeanor and be punished as provided in Section 43 of this Act. Within 10 days after closing said voters books, said official shall file with the managers (whose appointments are provided for in Section 26 of this Act), an actual and complete list of all the names signed in said voters books between the time of the opening and closing of said books, arranged in alphabetical order, and showing the dates in that year when persons will arrive at full age, and the names, ages and places of residence as sworn to in the voters books. And said list shall also show the race of each person, that is to say, whether white or colored, his age, occupation and residence. Registration lists. The said managers shall, in each year in which a general election is to be held, in said city, meet at least within 30 days from the time of the closing of said voters books, and within 10 days from the time of furnishing to them of said list of registered voters, and begin the work of perfecting a true and correct list of the qualified voters of said city. The list furnished by said official having charge of the voters books, shall be prima facie evidence of the right of the person whose name appears thereon to register; in any case where the said managers question the right of the party whose name is on said voters list, to register, such person shall be notified of that fact, and be given an opportunity to appear before the managers by the serving upon said person in writing, either personally or by leaving the same at his most notorious place of abode, notice of the time and place of hearing the question of his qualification. The managers shall by diligent inquiry ascertain who upon said voters list may be disqualified for any reason known to the law, and they shall proceed with their work and complete the same not later than two months after the closing of said voters book. Correcting of lists. The list from the voters book furnished to said managers shall be open to public inspection, and any citizen of the city shall be allowed to contest the right of registration of any person whose name appears upon the voters list, and upon filing a contest as to the qualification of said voter,

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the managers shall notify said voter, and shall pass upon said contest. Each challenge shall specify the grounds of the challenge and when notice is given by the managers, a copy of such challenge shall be furnished the challenged voter at least two days before passing upon the same. Challenge of right to register. Within 10 days after completing the list of voters, as provided above, the managers shall file with the Board of Commissioners herein provided for, or their Clerk, a complete list of the registered voters of the city, as prepared and determined by them. Said list shall be alphabetically arranged and said list shall be the list of registered voters for the general election to be held in said year and all other elections thereafter until the completion of the register for the next year. Also for all elections held in said city where any question or questions are being submitted to the voters of said city, and for all elections held under the operation of the initiative, referendum, and recall in said city; and no person shall vote or be allowed to vote in said general election or at any of said special elections, or at any primary to nominate candidates for the offices to be filled at said general election, unless his name is upon the said registration list so filed by said managers and no person whose name is not on said list shall vote or be allowed to vote in any other election or primary held in said city during said calendar year; provided, however, that if any special election be called or held, for the purpose of passing upon any question or questions to be submitted to the voters of said city, either previously to the completion of the voters list, as hereinbefore provided by said managers, or within four months after the completion of said voters list, then, and in either one of these events the regular voters list prepared for the preceding year, under the provisions of this Act, shall govern in the holding of said election or elections; provided, that no person shall be qualified to vote at any election unless he shall have paid all taxes due, State, county and municipal, at least four months before the said election is held and within four months from the expiration of the time fixed by law for the payment of said taxes. Completed lists. Lists of previous year used, when. Disqualification.

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Any person, who, after application, was unlawfully deprived of the right to sign the voters books, may have his name placed upon the list of registered voters upon satisfactory showing to the managers that he is entitled to register. The said managers shall not be confined to the evidence furnished by the list before them, but may have access to the original papers or books from which said lists were compiled, and may hear any competent written evidence or oral testimony under oath, concerning the disqualification of any person whose name appears on the list drawn from the voters books. The managers may likewise hear any competent written or oral testimony, under oath, concerning the removal or the disqualification of any person whose name appears on the list of disqualified voters. For the purpose of determining the qualification or disqualification of the persons aforesaid, the managers shall have the power to require the production of the books, papers, etc., upon one day's notice, and upon like notice to subpoena and hear witnesses. If the said managers shall differ among themselves upon any question coming before them, the concurrent votes of two of them shall control. Nothing in this section shall be construed against a registration and special election for a bond election as provided in Sixth Title, Chapter 3, Article 1 of Georgia Code, Volume 1 (1910) and of the Constitution of Georgia, but all such voters shall have the legal qualifications as herein required. Names placed on lists by managers, when. SEC. 38. Be it enacted, That all general elections for the election of officers under this charter, and all general or special elections where any question is being submitted to the vote of the people for their determination, and all elections held under the operation of the initiative, referendum and recall, under this charter and all primary elections for the purpose of nominating candidates for office shall be held under what is known as the Secret or Australian ballot system. Elections, how held. All of said elections shall be held at the court house in said city until a different place of holding elections shall be provided by the Commissioners of said city, and the polls

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at all of said elections shall be opened at six o'clock A. M. and closed at six P. M. of the same day for voters, and no more than one voter shall be allowed in a booth at a time. The booths shall be of sufficient capacity and size, and shall be so arranged so that each and every voter may cast his ballot freely, voluntarily and without any molestation or espionage from any other person whomsoever. The ballots to be used in all of said elections shall be printed and furnished at the expense of the City of Columbus and shall contain the names of each and all candidates to be voted for as provided in Section 8, and shall also contain the affirmative and negative vote on each and all questions which may be or are being submitted to the voters so that the voter may erase, strike out or mark out the name or names of the candidates for whom he does not wish to vote, and may erase, strike out or mark out the negative or affirmative of the question which is being voted upon at said election, which erasure, striking out or marking out shall be construed to mean that the voter votes in favor of the candidate or candidates whose names are left upon the ballot, or that the voter votes in favor of the affirmative or negative of the proposition or question which is being voted upon, whichever may be left upon the ticket unerased, not marked or struck out. Each and every ballot in each and all of said elections shall be numbered consecutively on the front thereof, and if there are more than one voting place each and every voting place shall have a separate serial letter, which shall be printed upon each ticket or ballot used. The tickets or ballots used at each voting place to be numbered from one to..... inclusive, on one side of the ticket, together with the serial letter on the other side of the ticket, on the front thereof and with a stub and perforation attached thereto, with a blank space therein for the purpose of writing thereon the name of the voter. All ballots before they are voted, and all left over unvoted, after the polls are closed, must be preserved by the managers, and at no time, before or during the election, be out of the custody of the managers, except as one ballot is handed to each voter as he

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approaches the voting window, gives his name and residence, receives an official ballot from the manager and immediately prepare and vote the same, and retire from the booth by way of exit. Before handing to the voter any ticket or ballot, the manager must see that he is duly registered, must then write the name of the voter on the stub of the ticket, detach the ticket from the stub and then hand the ticket, and before the manager deposits the ticket in the box he must see that the ticket so attempted to be voted bears the same serial number and letter as the stub on which appears the name of the identical voter. The manager shall not deposit in the box any ballot or ticket which does not conform or answer the above test, or when the voter violates any of the above regulations. If a ballot or ticket be spoiled by a voter he shall hand the same back to the manager in order to get another and the manager shall then mark on the stub the word void and attach the ticket so returned by the voter; and all tickets so spoiled as well as others not voted are to be kept by the managers. In no event shall a voter be allowed to take a ballot or ticket out of the booth. If a voter or person offering to vote is illiterate and cannot prepare his own ballot, any two managers jointly, and not separately, may, upon request of the voter, prepare the ticket or ballot for such illiterate voter. Any voter who violates or attempts to violate any of the above regulations and any managers holding or assisting in holding of any said elections, who shall violate any of the above regulations shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punished by imprisonment in the county jail for not longer than six months, by confinement on the county chaingang for not longer than twelve months, or by fine of not more than $1,000.00, either or all in the discretion of the court trying the case. Provided, however, nothing in this section or Act shall prevent any voter from taking the official ballot furnished him at any regular election, and marking out any name or names printed thereon and writing in any other name or names instead and voting the ballot so changed; provided,

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also, that when any measure is to be voted on under this Act, any 10 qualified voters on either side of the question may have an inspector inside of the voting place, the same as a candidate as provided in Section 8, if they shall request and designate such inspector and have their names verified as set forth in Section 7. Such requests including those of candidates under Section 8 shall be presented to the election managers at least five days before the primary or regular election, but an inspector selected as aforesaid for the primary shall hold over for the regular election unless changed by the candidates or qualified voters aforesaid first requesting the appointment. If there is no contest among the names certified from the primary for the official ballot at the ensuing regular election, the strict use of booths for secret voting may, in this instance, be disregarded, but otherwise not. SEC. 39. If any proviso, clause or section of this Act shall be attacked in any court and shall be declared invalid or unconstitutional, the rest of this Act shall stand, and the proviso, clause or section declared invalid or unconstitutional shall be exscinded from this Act. Part of Act declared invalid, remainder stands. SEC. 40. Be it enacted, That the Clerk of the present Mayor and Board of Aldermen, shall no Wednesday, October 22d, 1913, open a registration for the voters and said registration shall be conducted as now provided by the laws and ordinances of said city. Registration of voters. The registration provided for in this section shall remain open for forty days after the time that it shall be opened under the provisions of this Act for the election to submit this Act to a vote of the qualified voters of the said City of Columbus. Anything in the previous sections of this Act inconsistent with this section, so much of the same is hereby changed and modified as may be necessary to give this section full force and effect for the registration and the election to which it relates. If it is approved in said election for the Board of Commissioners to be elected under it, there shall be used the

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registration for the general election in 1913; and this last shall be the one for all purposes until the completion of the registration for the general election in 1914 as herein provided. SEC. 41. Be it enacted, That if the result of the election is favorable to the adoption of this charter, the said election managers shall certify the same and have such certificate filed in the office of the Ordinary of Muscogee County, and another such certificate filed in the office of Secretary of State of Georgia, and also attaching to said certificates the number of majority votes by which the election was carried. Certification of result of election. SEC. 42. Be it enacted, That any judge or managers of election or clerks or any other person, who shall refuse, hinder or obstruct, the free exercise of the right of the voter or candidates or persons appointed by them, under this Act, said judge or managers of election or clerk or any other person aforesaid so offending, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be subject to immediate arrest and be punished as provided in Section 44 of this Act. Obstruction of voters. SEC. 43. Be it enacted, That any person violating any of the provisions of this Act shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. Violations of provisions a misdemeanor. SEC. 44. Be it enacted, That any officer or employee elected in pursuance of this Act, including the number of said Board of Commissioners, who is guilty of an offense or offenses by violating any of the provisions of this Act, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. Violation by officers a misdemeanor. SEC. 45. Be it further enacted, That the corporate name of the City of Columbus shall be and remain The City of Columbus, and that said city shall sue in its corporate name, and service of any suit against said city may be perfected by serving the Mayor, and if he is absent from said city, then by serving the Vice-Mayor, and if both the Mayor and Vice-Mayor be absent from said city, then by serving the Commissioner. Corporate name, suits and service.

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SEC. 46. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved August 20, 1913. COMER, TOWN OF, CHARTER REPEALED. No. 31. An Act to repeal an Act to incorporate the Town of Comer, in Madison County, Georgia, to define its corporate limits, declare its powers, and for other purposes, approved December 13, 1893, and provide for the continuance of the present charter until the new charter shall have been passed and received by the Mayor and Council of said town, and for other purposes. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That from and after the passage of this Act, an Act to incorporate the town of Comer, in the County of Madison, State of Georgia, to define its corporate limits, declare its powers, and for other purposes, approved December 13, 1893, and being Act No. 253 of the Georgia Laws of 1893, be, and the same is, hereby repealed. Comer, Town of, charter repealed. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That this Act shall not be of force and effect until the new charter of the City of Comer shall have been enacted. SEC. 3. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved August 5, 1913. COMER, CITY OF, INCORPORATED. No. 273. An Act to create and incorporate the City of Comer in the County of Madison, and grant a charter to that municipality

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under that corporate name and style, to prescribe and define the corporate limits thereof; to provide a municipal government for said City, and to declare the rights, powers, privileges, and liabilities of said corporation; to authorize said city to issue bonds and other evidences of debt for public purposes, such as for school buildings and equipments for same, sewers, electric lights and water works; to declare and define the police powers of said city and to declare and define the duties and powers of the officers of said city, and to provide for other matters of municipal regulations, concern and welfare, and for other purposes. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That from and after the passage of this Act the inhabitation of the territory hereinafter designed and defined, located in the County of Madison, and State of Georgia, is hereby incorporated under the name and style of the City of Comer, and the said City of Comer is hereby chartered and made a city under the corporate name of the City of Comer, and by that name shall have perpetual succession, and said corporation is hereby vested to contract and be contracted with, to sue and be sued, to plead and be impleaded, and to have and use a common seal, to do such things as may be needful for the government, good order and welfare of said city, and to exercise such rights, powers, functions, privileges and immunities as belong to municipal corporations generally under the law, as well as those hereinafter specially enumerated: Comer, City of, incorporated. Charter powers. (a) Be it further enacted, That said corporate body, under the name and style of the City of Comer, shall have right and power to purchase, acquire, lease, receive, hold, enjoy, possess and retain the use and benefit of said city and property, real or personal, of whatsoever kind or nature within the limits or without the limits of said city, for corporate purposes, and shall have the right and power to sell, convey, lease, transfer and assign, or otherwise deal with all of the property of said city.

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(b) All rights, titles, properties, easements, hereditaments and all and everything now belonging to or in anywise appertaining to the present corporation of the Town of Comer shall succeed to and are hereby vested in the City of Comer, created by this Act. (c) And said City of Comer created by this Act, is hereby made responsible as a body corporate for all legal debts, contracts and undertakings of every kind of the said Town of Comer as heretofore incorporated. (d) And said City of Comer through its Council as hereinafter provided for, shall have special powers to make all contracts it may deem necessary for the welfare of the city or its citizens, and specially to make contracts with private electric light plants, water works plants or gas plants for light, water or power; to assess values of property, levy and collect taxes thereon, and remove nuisances, and shall have full control and power over streets, lanes and alleys of the city. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That the corporate limits of the City of Comer shall be as follows: From a point in the center of Main street and the center of the main track of the Seaboard Air Line Railway where said Seaboard Air Line Railway crosses said Main street, the distance shall be one mile in every direction, in other words, one mile radius from said point. Corporate limits. SEC. 3. Be it further enacted, That for the purpose of protecting the peace, good order, morals, and health of said city, its corporate limits and its jurisdiction shall extend for one mile beyond its limits as defined in Section 2 of this Act or as they may hereafter be extended, the same being for police and sanitary purposes, and within said zone thus created for police and sanitary purposes the Mayor and Council of the city and its Marshal and Police and other officers shall have right and power to abate and remove nuisances and any and all things that may be deleterious to the health, good order or peace of the city, to preserve order and make arrests, and to do any other acts or things for the protection of the health, safety

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and good order of said city and its inhabitants and said City Council may exercise the full police power of the State in said zone, and may adopt all ordinances that they may deem expedient for the purpose of regulating matters and the people within said zone for police and sanitary purposes aforesaid, as well as for prohibiting all Acts and things and kinds of business therein that may tend to debauch the morals, injure the health, or become a source of disorder, disease or annoyance. Corporate limits for police and sanitary purposes. SEC. 4. Be it further enacted, That the government of said City of Comer shall be vested in a Mayor and four Councilmen. The present President of Council and Councilmen of the Town of Comer shall continue in office until the first day of January 1914, and until their successors are elected and qualified, and they and their successors and associates shall have and exercise all the rights, powers and duties hereby conferred on the Mayor and Council of said City of Comer created by this Act. Mayor and Councilmen. SEC. 5. Be it further enacted, That on the first Wednesday in December next there shall be elected a Mayor, whose term of office shall be one year or until his successor is elected and qualified, and four Councilmen, two of whom shall be elected for a term of one year and two for a term of two years; each of said Councilmen shall hold the office until his successor is elected and qualified. On the first Wednesday in December each year thereafter there shall be elected a Mayor, whose term of office shall be one year or until his successor is elected and qualified, and on the first Wednesday in December in each year there shall be elected two Councilmen, whose terms of office shall be two years or until their successors are elected and qualified, to fill vacancies occurring every year by expiration of terms; each officer so elected shall enter upon the duties of their offices on the first day of January following said election. At the first regular meeting of the Mayor and Council, after their election and qualification they shall elect one of their number Mayor pro tem., whose term of office shall be one year. Election of officers, terms, etc.

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In the event the office of Mayor, or any one or more of said Council, shall become vacant, for any cause whatever, the remaining members of the Council shall fill said vacancy or vacancies for the unexpired term. SEC. 6. Be it further enacted, That all elections held under the provisions of this charter, and all elections in which any subject or question is submitted by the qualified voters of said city shall be superintended and managed by a Justice of the Peace and two freeholders, who are citizens of said city, or by three freeholders, all of whom shall be citizens of said city, and each of said managers before entering on his duties shall take and subscribe before some Justice of the Peace, or some other officer qualified to administer, the following oath: We, and each of us, do swear that we will faithfully and impartially conduct this election, and prevent all illegal voting to the best of our skill and power, so help us God. Said managers shall keep or cause to be kept, two lists of voters and two tally sheets. All elections shall be held in the city hall of said city, and the voting shall be by ballot. The polls shall open at nine o'clock a. m. and close at four o'clock p. m. Persons receiving the highest number of votes for the respective offices shall be declared elected. The managers of all elections held under the provisions of this charter shall be appointed by the Mayor and Council, who shall pay for same by an order of the City Treasurer. Elections, how held. SEC. 7. Be it further enacted, That in elections for Mayor and Councilmen the superintendents shall deliver certificates of election to the persons they find have received the greatest number of votes for the office of Mayor and Councilmen respectively; and returns sealed up and delivered to Clerk of Council to be kept 10 days, and if no contests filed the returns to be destroyed without being opened. If notice of contest has been given, then all further proceedings shall be postponed until the contest shall have been determined. If the result of any election held in said city is contested, notice of contest shall be filed with the Clerk of the retiring Council within two days after such

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election, setting forth all of the grounds of contest, and upon the payment of $10.00 in advance to said Clerk within two days, said Clerk shall cause a copy of notice to be served by the marshal on the contestee, if said contest is for an office; and if the result in any election in which any question is submitted is contested, then said Clerk shall cause notice to be served on the Mayor of said city and published one time in some newspaper in said city. Said Mayor shall set the time for hearing such contest which shall not be later than ten days after notice has been perfected, of which time both parties shall have five days notice before hearing. The contestor shall pay the marshal $2.00 in advance for serving the said notice. The Mayor and Council are authorized to hear and determine the contest, and the losing party shall pay all costs, for which said Mayor and Council are authorized to render judgment, and said Clerk to issue execution thereon, which shall bear test in the name of the Mayor, and be signed by said Clerk. Election returns. Contests. SEC. 8. Be it further enacted, That the legal and qualified voters of said city shall be those who have regularly registered in accordance with the provisions hereinafter set forth in the section providing for the registration of voters for the City of Comer. Qualified voters. SEC. 9. Be it further enacted, That no person shall be eligible to the office of Mayor or Councilman of said city unless he shall have resided in said city two years immediately preceding his election, and shall be a qualified voter in municipal elections for officers of said city, and be a freeholder. Eligibility of officers. SEC. 10. Be it further enacted, That on the first day of January, unless such day shall fall on Sunday, in which case the next day Monday shall be used instead, following each election, the persons elected for offices of Mayor and Councilmen, or either, shall take and subscribe before some judicial officer, or the Mayor of said city then in office, the following oath: I do solemnly swear that I will well and truly perform the duties of Mayor and Councilman as the case may be, of the City of Comer, to the best of my skill

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and ability and as shall seem to me for the best interest and welfare of said city, without fear, favor or affection; so help me God. And they shall forthwith enter upon the discharge of the duties of their office. Oath SEC. 11. Be it further enacted, That at the first meeting in January or as soon thereafter as possible, the Mayor and Council of said city are hereby authorized and empowered to elect for said city annually, and for a term of one year unless sooner discharged, a Clerk, Treasurer, City Marshal, and as many police as they think necessary, a Board of Health, Sanitary Inspectors, Building Inspector, Chief of Fire Department, City Physicians, City Attorney, Tax Receiver, Tax Collector and Tax Assessors, and such other officers as from time to time may become necessary, including a cemetery keeper, fix their salaries, require them to give bond, prescribe their duties and oaths, and suspend or remove them from office or impose upon them fines, at their discretion and all officers appointed or elected by said Mayor and Council shall accept such offices subject to be suspended, removed or dismissed at the will of the City Council at any time they see fit to make such suspension, removal or dismissal, and no officer so dismissed or removed shall be entitled to any salary whatever during suspension or after removal, no matter whether the time for which he had been appointed or is elected had expired or not. The Mayor and Council at their discretion may elect or appoint the same person to discharge and perform the duties of more than one office. Municipal officers, their election and duties. SEC. 12. Be it further enacted, That the Mayor or Mayor pro tem. and two members of the Council, shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of any business before the Council, and the majority of the votes cast shall determine all questions and elections before the Council. On all questions before the City Council the Mayor and Mayor pro tem., if he is presiding, shall be entitled to vote only in case of a tie. Said Mayor and Council shall hold their meetings within the limits of the city, and at such time and place as they may see proper. Quorum. Presiding officer votes only in case of a tie.

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SEC. 13. Be it further enacted, That the Mayor and Council shall provide for the registration of voters of the city; that the Clerk of Council shall be registrar, and that the registration books shall be opened on the first day of November of each year and kept open until five days before the first Wednesday in December. This list shall constitute the qualified voters for general elections and all called elections, except elections upon the issuance of bonds, when the registration book shall be opened 20 days before the date called for the election upon the issue of bonds and closed ten days before said election, and the newly registered voters, together with the last annual list, shall compose the list of qualified voters for the bond election, except that anyone moving out of the city shall lose his voting privileges. That those entitled to register shall be all male persons 21 years of age or to become 21 years at or before the election to be held, and entitled to register to vote for Representative in the General Assembly of Georgia, and have lived in the State for one year and the county and city for six months next preceding the election, and have paid all taxes, licenses, fines and assessments legally due the City of Comer at the time of registration. That the Mayor and Council shall prescribe an appropriate oath in accordance with the provisions of this section, to which all persons registering shall subscribe, and this registration list, properly purged, shall constitute the qualified voters of the City of Comer. Registration of voters. SEC. 14. Be it further enacted, That the Mayor, in his absence, the Mayor pro tem., shall have full power and authority to hold at such times and places and under such rules and regulations as may be prescribed by ordinance, a Mayor's Court for said city for the trial of offenders against the ordinances of said city, and impose such penalties for violation thereof as may be prescribed by ordinance, not exceeding a fine of two hundred dollars, and imprisonment and labor on the public works of the city for sixty days for each offense, but shall in all cases make the sentence in the alternative. The like authority may be conferred upon any Councilman at large by ordinance. Mayor's Court.

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SEC. 15. Be it further enacted, That said Mayor, and in his absence, the Mayor pro tem., shall have the right to issue warrants for offenses committed within the corporate limits of said City, or within the said zone heretofore mentioned, which warrants shall be directed to the marshal or chief of police and the police officers of the city, and shall be executed by either of them; and to hold commitment trials and commit to the jail of said county, or admit to bail, offenders for their appearance at the next term of the City Court (if any in said County) or of the Superior Court of said County, and it shall be the duty of the jailer of Madison County to receive the persons so committed and safely keep them until discharged by due process of law. Warrants and commitments. SEC. 16. Be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the marshal or police of said city to make arrests of any person violating the ordinances of said city, with or without summons and also with or without warrant. They shall likewise make arrest of any persons who have violated any of the statutes of said State, and their arrest for such violations are hereby authorized, either with or without warrants therefor. They shall perform such other duties as may be imposed by the laws of the State, and the ordinances of the Council, and orders of the administrative board. Duties of Marshal or Police. SEC. 17. Be it further enacted, That the Mayor shall have no vote except in case of a tie; he shall have the power to veto all ordinances, orders and resolutions passed by the general or common Council. When such ordinances, orders or resolutions contemplate the payment of any sums of money, or liability on the part of the city for the same, the said Mayor shall have four days after the meeting at which the Council voted, wherein to file with the clerk of the Council his dissent in writing, but the Council may, in the manner prescribed in this charter for voting on such questions, pass the said order, ordinance or resolution over the veto of the Mayor by a majority vote of the Council, said votes to be taken by yeas and nays and entered upon the minutes. In the absence of the Mayor a like power may be exercised by the Mayor pro tem. Powers of Mayor. Mayor pro tem.

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SEC. 18. Be it further enacted, That the legislative department of the city shall be vested in board of Council. The Mayor and board of Council shall be styled The Mayor and Council. SEC. 19. Be it further enacted, That the compensation or salary of Mayor and Council and all other officers, servants and employees of the city, shall be such sum as the City Council may fix, except that the compensation of the Mayor and Council must be fixed by the preceding Council; the present Council cannot fix their own salaries. No one in the city shall be relieved from street tax except such as are exempt under the laws of Georgia. Compensation of officers. SEC. 20. Be it further enacted, That the said city marshal shall be the collecting officer of all executions issued for unpaid taxes, licenses and other matters, which he may be directed to collect by the Mayor and Council; he shall take and subscribe the same oath as the Clerk and shall give bond with a good security in such amount as the Mayor and Council may direct, conditioned upon the faithful discharge of the duties of his office; he shall be sanitary inspector, and shall be sworn in as a policeman and shall look after all licenses that may be assessed against any person, firm or corporation doing or carrying on any kind of business within said city and see that the same is paid. There shall be taxed against all persons whom an execution shall be issued, and for levying the same, the same costs as are now allowed Sheriff's for like service and the same fees for selling, making titles and for advertising as are now allowed Sheriff's for like service, but these fees shall not be perquisites of the marshal, but shall be paid over by him to the Clerk of the city. Said city marshal shall make a monthly report of all executions collected by him, and the amount of cost paid to him, and for what fund the same was paid out. Said city marshal shall do and perform any other service that may be required of him under this charter and the ordinances of said city. Said city marshal shall receive a salary for his services in a sum to be named by the Mayor and Council. Marshal his duties, etc.

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SEC. 21. Be it further enacted, That during the month of january of each year the City Council shall elect from among the qualified voters of the City of Comer, three upright, intelligent freeholders, who shall Act as City Tax Assessors, and whose duty it shall be to visit each city lot or other sub-division of land within the City of Comer and place a fair valuation thereon, and whose duty it shall be to value all improvements and assess for taxes in the City of Comer all other property, real and personal and of every nature whatsoever, and cause to be made returns thereof on a form similar to that used by the State of Georgia, State and county taxes. All complaints, if any should arise against city tax assessment, shall be heard and adjusted by the City Tax Assessors at the first regular meeting in each year, and if there should be an excessive number of complaints, then and in that event shall the City Tax Assessors continue its sessions from day to day until said complaints have been heard and adjusted, and the action of the assessors and the adjudication of the said tax matters shall be final. Said assessors shall Act in conjunction in making each every assessment. City tax assessors. Before entering upon the duties of tax assessors each assessor shall take the following oath before a duly authorized officer: I, do solemnly swear that I will faithfully, impartially and intelligently perform the duty of City Tax Assessor of Comer, Georgia, to the best of my ability, so help me God. In the event that from any cause the said City Council should fail to procure the said board of City Assessors, then and in that case the said City Council may perform the duties of said City Assessors. SEC. 22. Be it further enacted, That in case the Mayor or any Councilman, while in office shall be guilty of malpractice, or wilful neglect in office, or abuse of the powers conferred upon him or shall be guilty of any conduct unbecoming his station, or convicted and sentenced for violating any criminal law of this State involving moral turpitude, he shall be subject to be impeached by the Mayor and Council, or by the Council in absence of Mayor, and upon

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conviction by a majority of the entire body, shall be removed from office. SEC. 23. Be it further enacted, That at the first regular meeting of the Mayor and council after the January meeting in each year, they shall receive sealed proposals from the banks of Comer to become city depository. Said proposals shall state the amount of interest such banks are willing to pay on the daily balances of cash deposited by the city, and the rate of interest they will charge the city on the average daily over drafts of the city, and propose to render a statement to the City Clerk, showing the amount of each and every day's balance on over draft. The Mayor and Council shall accept the best bid that may be offered by any one of said banks for the city's deposit account, and said bank shall give bond in such sum as the city may require for the safe keeping of said deposits, and for the faithful discharge of its duties as the city's depository, and for the discharge of such other duties as may be required under the terms of this Charter and the ordinances of the city with respect to such duties. City depository. SEC. 24. Be it further enacted, That such patrolmen or policemen as may be needed by the city, shall be elected by the Mayor and Council and serve at the pleasure of Mayor and Council, and shall take and subscribe an oath to faithfully discharge their duties as chief of police or policeman to the best of their ability without fear, favor or affection. Patrolmen or policemen. SEC. 25. Be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the chief of police, and the policemen, to examine all buildings in the city, and, if dangerous, to report that fact to the Mayor, or the Chairman of the Committee for that purpose as provided by ordinance. Duties of chief of police and policemen. It shall be their duty to examine all chimneys and flues and see that they are in proper and safe condition, and to see that water mains are not tapped and water taken therefrom except by order from the proper authorities and that the electric wires are erected in a safe manner, and see that every ordinance is properly enforced.

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SEC. 26. Be it further enacted, That no person holding any office under the City of Comer shall during the time for which he was elected or appointed, be capable of contracting with said corporation, or its duly constituted officers for the performance of any work which is to be paid for out of the treasury, nor shall any such person be capable of holding or having any interest in such contract, either by himself or by another, directly or indirectly. Officers shall not contract with city. SEC. 27. Be it further enacted, That the Mayor and Council shall have the power and authority to provide by ordinance when the taxes of said City shall fall due, and in what length of time said taxes may be paid, when execution shall be issued against all persons who have not paid their taxes by the time fixed by ordinance, and to fix a penalty for the non-payment of taxes when due. Taxes, payment of. SEC. 28. Be it further enacted, That the Mayor and Council of said city shall have full power and authority for the assessment, levying and collecting of an ad valorem tax on all real and personal property, including money, notes, bonds and other evidences of indebtedness, money used for banking and every other species of property in said city, or owned or held therein, if not exceeding one dollar on one hundred dollars as now authorized by law; and for the purpose of providing for a sinking fund for the payment of any bonds heretofore issued, or that may hereafter be issued by said city authorities; and to provide a fund for the payment of the annual interest of said bonds, a greater ad valorem tax may be levied and collected; said Mayor and Council shall have power to provide by ordinance for the return of all taxable property in said city, and to provide penalties for the neglect or refusal to comply with same. Taxation. SEC. 29. Be it further enacted, That the Mayor and Council shall have the power and authority to impose a tax on all dogs in the city and shall provide by ordinance for the collection of said tax, authorizing the city policeman to kill any dog or dogs running at large in said city, whose owners fail to comply with said ordinance. Dog tax.

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SEC. 30. Be it further enacted, That all persons subject to general road duty between the ages of sixteen and fifty, who are not exempt under the State laws from working the roads, shall be subject to street duty, and the Mayor and Council may provide when and how they shall work the streets. They shall be required to work not less than six days in one year or in lieu of working said six days, they may pay such a sum as may be fixed by the Mayor and Council and at such time as may be fixed by ordinance. The Mayor and Council shall be ordinance provide how the tax shall be collected, or how the person subject to street duty shall be summoned to work on the streets, or upon failure to work or pay the tax, they shall be fined in a sum not exceeding fifty dollars, or sentenced to imprisonment to work on the public works of the city, not more than ten days. Commutation tax. SEC. 31. Be it further enacted, That the Mayor and Council shall have full power and authority to require any person, firm, company or corporation, whether resident or non-resident of said City, who may be engaged in, prosecute or carry out any business, calling, vocation or profession within the corporate limits of said city, by themselves or by their agents, to register their names, business, calling, vocation or profession annually and to require such person, company or corporation to pay for said registration and for license to carry on, prosecute or engage in said business, calling or profession, such amounts as the Mayor and Council may provide by ordinance. Said Mayor and Council may provide by ordinance for the punishment of all such persons, firms, companies or corporations required by ordinance to register and pay such license taxes, or to take out said licenses for same, who fail to comply with all the requirements of said ordinances made in reference thereto. Special taxes. SEC. 32. Be it further enacted, That the Mayor and Council of said city shall have full power and authority to license and regulate all markets in the city, opera houses, hacks and drays used for hauling of any kind, and vehicles

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used for hire, auctioneers, itinerant lightning rod dealers, emigrant agents, all fire or life insurance companies doing business in said City, trades and professions of any kind not exempt under the State laws; itinerant dealers in jewelry and medicine, and all itinerant articles of merchandise except such as are exempted by the laws of this State; also all persons running pool tables, billiard tables and all tables kept for playing or renting, all ten pin alleys, nine pin alleys or alleys of any kind, which are kept for playing or renting; also any person running a flying jenny, flying horse, merry-go-round, bicycle or skating rink and all circuses, side shows, and other shows and performances, exhibiting in the city, and all persons selling goods, wares or merchandise, by sample or otherwise; and all other business, calling or vocation, which under the Constitution and laws of this State are not exempt from license, shall be subject to license under the ordinances of the city passed in conformity with the provisions of this Act. Licenses. SEC. 33. Be it further enacted, That the Mayor and Council of said city shall have the power and authority to prevent horses, mules, cattle, sheep, dogs, goats and all other animals or fowls from running at large over said city; and to prevent and prohibit the keeping of hogs within the city limits; and to regulate the manner in which they must be kept, if allowed to remain; and to impound such animals when found upon the streets of the city and to charge such fees for the keeping of any animal, as they may prescribe, and in addition thereto to charge for the keeping of any animals so impounded, and when the owners of such impounded animal or animals shall fail or refuse to pay the impounding fee and costs of keeping such animal, the same may be sold at public outcry and the proceeds thereof applied to the payment of said fee and cost of keeping said animal under such rules and regulations as may be prescribed by ordinance. Stock law. SEC. 34. Be it further enacted, That the marshal and policemen shall have full power and authority to enter and if necessary to break open and enter any place in said city,

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when the Mayor and Councilmen may have reasonable cause to believe or may suspect such place to be a place where spirituous, vinous, malt or intoxicating liquors are sold, and to seize the stock of such liquors and the apparatus for selling same; said Mayor and Council shall have full power and authority to abate as a nuisance any place in said city when the Mayor and Council shall have reasonable cause to believe that spirituous, vinous, malt or intoxicating liquors are sold in such place or places, and to arrest the offenders; and upon conviction of any person for maintaining a nuisance as above stated, the Mayor shall have full power and authority to cause the marshal and policement of said city to seize and destroy the stock of liquors and apparatus for selling the same found within the city, and otherwise punish the person maintaining such nuisance as may be prescribed by ordinance. Said Mayor and Council shall have full power to carry into effect and force the provisions of this section. Place where liquor sold may be abated as a nuisance. SEC. 35. Be it further enacted, That the Mayor and Council shall have full power and authority to cause the owners of city lots, or parts of and cellars, if the same should become a nuisance, or the board of health should recommend that lots and cellars be filled or drained, to cause the owners to fill or drain such lots and cellars to the level of the alleys or streets on which said lots are located. Should the owner or occupant of such lots or cellars fail or refuse after reasonable notice, either to themselves or to their agents, as the Mayor and Council may provide, to comply with the requirements of said Mayor and Council by draining or filling said lots or cellars, it shall be lawful for the Mayor and Council to have this work performed and by ordinance tax the cost against the property and collect same by execution issued as provided by ordinance. Said Mayor and Council may by ordinance declare what shall be a nuisance in said city and provide for the abatement of the same. Filling or draining of city lots and cellars. SEC. 36. Be it further enacted, That the Mayor and Council shall have full and complete control of the streets,

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sidewalks, public parks and alleys in said city, and shall have full power and authority to condemn property for the purpose of laying out new streets and alleys and public parks in said city, and for the purpose of widening, straightening, grading, or in any way changing streets, lanes and sidewalks in said city, and when the Mayor and Council shall desire to exercise the power and authority granted in this section, it may be done whether the lands condemned are in the hands of an owner, trustee, executor, administrator, guardian or agent, in the same manner as provided by Section 4657-4685, inclusive, of Volume 2 of the Code of Georgia of 1895, and the Acts amendatory thereof. The Mayor and Council may abandon such proceedings at any time upon payment of accrued costs. The Mayor and Council shall have full power and authority to remove or cause to be removed any buildings, steps, awanings or other obstructions or nuisances upon the public streets, alleys, sidewalks or other public places in said city, and to enforce the provisions of this section by appropriate ordinance. Streets, etc. control of. SEC. 37. Be it further enacted, That the Mayor and Council shall have full power and authority, in their discretion, to grade, pave, macadamize and otherwise improve the travel or drainage of the sidewalks, streets, alleys and public parks of said city, and to carry into effect the authority herein granted. The Mayor and Council shall have full power and authority to assess the cost of paving and otherwise improving the sidewalks and streets against the real estate abutting on such sidewalks to the amount of not more than two-thirds of such cost; and any street railroad company or other railroad company having tracks running through or across the streets of said city shall be required to pave, macadamize or otherwise improve such street in such proportion as the Mayor and Council may provide by ordinance. Said Mayor and Council shall have full power and authority to adopt by ordinance such system of equalizing assessments on real estate for the purpose above stated as may be just and proper, estimating the total cost of such improvement made, and prorating the costs thereof

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on real estate according to the frontage on the streets or portion of street so improved, or according to the area of value of said estate, either or all as may be determined by ordinance Grading, paving, etc. Assessments. The amount of the assessment on each piece of real estate shall be a lien on such real estate from the date of the passage of the ordinances providing for the work and making the assessment. Said Mayor and Council shall have full power and authority to enforce the collection of any assessment so made for work either upon the streets or sidewalks, by execution issued by the City Clerk against the real estate so assessed for the amount assessed against the owner at the date of the ordinance making such assessment, which execution may be levied by the marshal of said city on such real estate and after advertising and other proceedings as in the case of other sales the same shall be sold at public outcry to the highest bidder. Said sale shall vest absolute title in the purchaser. The marshal shall execute a deed to the purchaser, and shall have authority to eject the occupants and put the purchaser in possession; provided, the owner of said real estate shall have the right to file his affidavit, denying the whole or any part of the amount for which execution is issued and stating the amount that he admits is due, which amount admitted to be due, with all costs, shall be paid before the affidavit is received and the affidavit shall be returned to the Superior Court of Madison County, and there tried and the issue determined as in the case of illegality, subject to the penalty provided for illegality filed for the purpose of delay. The Mayor and Council shall have the power and authority to pave, and contract to pave the whole surface of the streets without giving any railroad company or other property owner or other occupant of the street the option of paving such streets themselves. The lien for assessment on abutting property and on street railroad or other railroad company for street or sidewalk paving, curbing, macadamizing, grading or draining shall have rank and priority of payment next in point of dignity to liens for taxes, such liens to date from the passage of the

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ordinance authorizing the execution of the work in each case. Said Mayor and Council shall have power and authority to prescribe by ordinance such rules as they may, in their discretion, think necessary to grade, pave, drain, or macadamize or curb the streets, sidewalks and alleys of said city, to enforce by execution the cost thereof against the adjacent property owner and railroad company, and to provide how the agent or owners thereof shall be served with notice, by personal service or publication. Lien of assessments. Collection of assessments. City may have contract to pave without notice. SEC. 38. Be it further enacted, That the Mayor and Council shall have full power and authority to require the owner of any improved property in said city to provide suitable privy or water closet accommodations upon such improved premises, whenever in their judgment and in the option of the city physicians such improvements are necessary to preserve the health or protect the sanitary interests of citizens of any neighborhood within said city. The said Mayor and Council are authorized to enforce the provisions of this Section by appropriate ordinances. Sanitation. SEC. 39. Be it further enacted, That Mayor and Council may enact any and all ordinances, rules and regulations, necessary to lay out a fire district in said city, and enlarge, change, or modify its limits from time to time; to prescribe when, how and of what material buildings in said limits may be erected or covered, how high the walls must be, and how chimneys, stove pipes and flues are to be constructed, and generally to do all such things as they may deem necessary to protect said city, so far as possible, from danger from fire, and prevent the spread of fire from one buildings to another. They shall also have the authority to order any change in the construction or arrangement of chimneys, stove pipes or flues, or the removal thereof when in their judgment the same are dangerous, or likely to become so, and make the owner of the premises pay expenses of such change, which may be collected as taxes are now collected. And if any persons, firms or corporations shall erect any buildings, or if there be already erected in said limits any building dangerous to protection from fire, or

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which the Council may deem a nuisance, or which is not in accordance with the laws and ordinances of said city, said Mayor and Council may order such building removed, and if such person, firm or corporation shall not remove such building after notice to do so, then said Mayor and Council shall have authority and power to remove the same at the expense of the owner, which expense may be collected by execution. Fire district. SEC. 40. Be it further enacted, That the Mayor and Council may by ordinance provide for a board of health, to consist of such number, to hold office for such length of time, and to have such powers and duties as the Mayor and Council may by ordinance provide. Board of health. SEC. 41. Be it further enacted, That the Mayor and Council shall have full power to require the railroads running through said city, or a portion thereof, to make and repair such crossings on their roads whenever and in such manner as such Mayor and Council shall deem necessary; to place or repair such crossings, or to open and to keep open any and all streets in said city; and the Mayor and Council may pass any ordinance needful for the carrying out of the provisions in this section, and in case the railroad companies aforesaid shall fail or refuse to make such crossings within ten days, or to repair the same within five days after having been notified to do so, by the Mayor and Council, the said Mayor and Council shall have the power and authority to put in or repair said crossing at the expense of the said railroad company, and may issue execution therefor as other executions are issued by the Clerk of the Council and collect the same as provided in tax executions. Railroad crossings. SEC. 42. Be it further enacted, That the Mayor and Council of said city shall have the right to provide for and regulate the pipes and gutters that empty into the streets or sidewalks in said city; to regulate and prohibit, except as such power may be restricted by any existing general law, the use of the streets, sidewalks, and public grounds for sign posts, awnings, telegraph, telephone poles, horse

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troughs, or racks, and for posting hand bills, advertisements and to regulate or prohibit the carrying of banners, hand bills, and placards on the streets and sidewalks and public places of the city. Also to compel any telegraph or telephone company having previously erected poles or wires in said city to remove the same to any reasonable location designated by the Mayor and Council; and in case said telegraph or telephone company shall fail to remove the same within thirty days, or such further time as to the Mayor and Council may seem just and reasonable after having been duly notified to do so, said city shall have the right to remove the same at the expense of said company and collect the same by execution. Regulations of use of streets, etc. SEC. 43. Be it further enacted, That the said City of Comer shall have the power and authority to erect and maintain a sewerage system for said city and to contract for the purchase of land and water rights to be used in connection therewith either in or without the city, and if necessary, to condemn land and water rights for such purposes. Sewerage system. SEC. 44. Be it further enacted, That the Mayor and Council of Comer are authorized and empowered to order an election by the qualified voters of said city at such times as the Mayor and Council may designate, to determine whether or not bonds shall be issued by the City of Comer in sums subject to the limitations and regulations imposed by the laws of the State of Georgia upon municipalities, to be sold for the purpose of establishing a water and light plant, or for improving and enlarging the same if already established and in operation and maintaining the same, and for the purpose of establishing, building and acquiring a system of sewerage in said city, and for the purpose of building a public school building or for improving the same in said city, and for street improvement or any other purpose. Bond elections for public utilities. Said election shall be held in accordance with the provisions of Sections 377 to 380, inclusive, of the Code of Georgia for 1895; at said election the ballots shall be For

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sewerage bonds or Against sewerage bonds, or For public school bonds, or Against public school bonds, or For water works bonds or Against water works bonds, etc. The Mayor and Council shall determine the amount of bonds to be necessary for sewerage and in the advertisement shall specify the amount of bonds that will be issued for sewerage purposes. They shall determine the amount of bonds necessary for school purposes and in the advertisement of the election shall specify the amount of bonds to be issued for school purposes, etc. The bonds so issued are to be issued in the denomination of not less than $500.00 and not more than $1,000.00 each. SEC. 45. Be it further enacted, That said bonds when so issued shall be sold by the Mayor and Council, the sale to be advertised in one or more of the leading papers either in New York, Boston, Mass., Chicago, Ill., Philadelphia, Pa., Atlanta, Macon, or Savannah, Georgia, and the official organ of the City of Comer for a period of thirty days. Sealed bids for said bonds shall be received and said bonds shall be sold to the highest and best bidder. Sale of bonds. SEC. 46. Be it further enacted, That the Mayor and Council of the City of Comer shall be and are hereby authorized and empowered to annually assess, levy and collect on all property, real and personal, a tax in such sums as may be deemed necessary for the purpose of paying the interest on said bonds, and to create a sinking fund sufficient to redeem and pay off said bonds at their maturity; and the tax so assessed, levied and collected shall be kept separate and distinct from all other taxes and money belonging to said city, and shall be used solely for the payment of the interest on said bonds as it may accrue and for the accumulation of a sinking fund for the payment of principal. Sinking fund. SEC. 47. Be it further enacted, That if an election be held as herein provided and the same be against the issue of bonds for any of the purposes herein specified, the Mayor and Council may at any time thereafter, at the

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expiration of three months from the date of said first election, or any succeeding election, order another election under the provisions of this charter and may continue to do so until the issuance of bonds is authorized by the legal voters of the city in the manner prescribed by law. The Mayor and Council may advertise such election for water, light, sewerage and public school bonds, or any other purpose, at one general election, or may advertise for one or more of said purposes, or any other purpose, or on only one of said purposes as in their judgment may be necessary. Successive bond elections. SEC. 48. Be it further enacted, That the Mayor and Council shall have power and authority to enact ordinances for the purpose of preventing the spread of infectious or contagious diseases, to declare and maintain quarantine regulations against such diseases, and to punish violators of any of the quarantine regulations of the city. They shall have the power to build or establish pest houses outside of the city limits, and for this purpose they are authorized to buy, hold or receive real estate outside of the city limits. They shall have the power to compel the removal to the pest house, of any person or persons, who have the small pox or other contagious disease when in their judgment it is best for the welfare and health of the city. They shall have the power to compel all persons to be vaccinated, whether they be permanent residents or sojourners, and may provide vaccination points and employ city physicians at the expense of the city to vaccinate all persons who are unable to procure said vaccinations and may provide by ordinance punishment for persons failing to be vaccinated. Quarantine regulations. SEC. 49. Be it further enacted, That the Mayor and Council of said city shall have power and authority to protect all places of divine worship, and the cemeteries of said city; and to provide one or more cemeteries for the burial of the dead, either within or without the limits of the city; and to regulate interments therein; and to expend annually a sufficient sum for the proper keeping of said cemeteries. Places of worship and cemeteries. SEC. 50. Be it further enacted, That the Mayor and Council of said city shall have the power to grant franchises,

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easements, and rights of way over, in, under and on the public streets and alleys on such terms and conditions as they may fix; provided, that franchises shall not be granted for more than a term of twenty years; and provided further that no franchise shall be exclusive except by a vote of a majority of the legal voters of said city, nor without compensation to the city, to be provided for in said franchise ordinance. Franchises, etc. SEC. 51. Be it further enacted, That should any person violating any of the ordinances of said city, flee from the jurisdiction thereof, such person may be apprehended wherever he may be found in this State, and the warrant of the Mayor or the Mayor pro tem. of said city shall be sufficient authority for his arrest, return and trial upon the charges resting against him; and should any person after trial and conviction of any violation of any ordinance of said city escape, he may be apprehended wherever found in any county of this State, and the warrant of the Mayor or Mayor pro tem. of said city shall be sufficient authority for his arrest and return; and all persons thus escaping from the custody of said city may be tried again for such escape and upon conviction may be punished as prescribed by ordinance, the penalty not to exceed that hereinbefore provided for the violation of city ordinances. Fugitives from justice. SEC. 52. Be it further enacted, That the said Mayor and Council shall provide for said city a safe and suitable prison for the keeping and detention of the city's prisoners and convicts; and they may establish and provide a chaingang in which to work persons who have been convicted of violating any of the city ordinances. Said Mayor and Council are also empowered to use and work in such chaingang misdemeanor convicts from the city court of Madison County or from the Superior Court of Madison County, and provide for the safe keeping of the same by ordinance. Such chaingang shall be established and maintained in a manner provided by the general law for the establishing of chaingangs for the keeping of misdemeanor convicts. City prison and chaingang.

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SEC. 53. Be it further enacted, That the Mayor and Council shall have full power and authority to suppress lewd houses, lewdness and all immoral conduct, gambling and gambling places, and to preserve the sanctity of the sabbath day, and to this end may enact such ordinances and provide such penalties as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this charter. Lewd houses, etc. suppression of. SEC. 54. Be it further enacted, That the Mayor and Council shall have the power and authority to control and regulate the running and operating of all locomobiles, trains, street cars, and all vehicles for transportation for persons or freight; to prevent all unnecessary noise from automobiles, locomobiles, steam whistles, bells or other contrivances that may disturb the peace and comfort of the citizens of the City of Comer, and to adopt necessary ordinances for such purposes, and to provide penalties for violation of such ordinances. Running of locomobiles, trains, street cars, etc., regulations of. SEC. 55. Be it further enacted, That the Mayor and Council shall have power to pass ordinances and regulations for the prevention of idleness and loitering within the city limits and to prescribe penalties for violation thereof. Idling and loitering. SEC. 56. Be it further enacted, That the Mayor and Council shall have the power to enact and pass all laws and ordinances, rules and regulations which they may consider necessary for the good government, peace, order, prosperity, comfort and health of said city and the inhabitants thereof; and they are likewise hereby empowered to enforce such laws and ordinances and to do any and all things and exercise all other powers conferred upon them by this Act; provided such laws, ordinances, rules and regulations are not in conflict with the Constitution of Georgia. Power to enact and enforce laws. SEC. 57. Be it further enacted, That all Acts of the General Assembly heretofore passed incorporating the town of Comer be, and are, hereby consolidated and superseded by this Act, and that all Acts of the General Assembly inconsistent with or at variance with this Act are hereby expressly repealed and all laws or parts of laws inconsistent

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herewith are hereby repealed. That all ordinances passed by the President and Council of the town of Comer under a former charter or any amendment thereof which are now in force, and which are inconsistent with and at variance with this Act be, and are, hereby expressly repealed, but all ordinances of said Town of Comer heretofore passed and now in force, which are not inconsistent with this Act, are continued as ordinances of the City of Comer, in full force and effect until same have been repealed by ordinance or resolution of the Mayor and Council, as provided for in this Act. Former acts incorporating town of Comer. Approved August 20, 1913. CORDELE, CITY OF, BOND COMMISSION, ACT PROVIDING FOR AMENDED. No. 237. An Act to amend an Act amending the charter of the City of Cordele; providing for a permanent Bond Commission for the City of Cordele, etc.; said Act approved August 17, 1912, and for other purposes. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by authority of same, That from and after the passage of this Act, an Act, entitled An Act to amend the charter of the City of Cordele by providing for a permanent Bond Commission for the City of Cordele, etc., said Act approved August 17, 1912, be, and the same is, hereby amended as follows: By striking from said Act, Section six (6) appearing at Page 783 of printed Acts of the General Assembly of Georgia for the year 1912, and inserting in lieu thereof the following: Section 6. Be it enacted by the authority aforesaid, That it shall be the duty of said Bond Commission of the City of Cordele to take charge of, expend, manage, and control all money arising from the sale of bonds that may have been or may hereafter be issued by the City of Cordele for any and all purposes, and all money now in hand, or

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that may hereafter be levied and set apart as a sinking fund for the purpose of paying off and retiring such bonds as may have already been issued or may hereafter be issued by the City of Cordele, also all money levied, assessed, or collected by the Mayor and City Council of Cordele from the owners of property abutting streets, avenues and alleys, for the purpose of paving, grading or otherwise improving said streets, avenues and alleys, as may be designated and required to be paved by ordinance of the Mayor and City Council of Cordele, which shall be done before said tax or assessment shall be levied and collected. Cordede, city of, Bond Commission, Act amended. Duties of Bond Commission. It shall also be the duty of said Bond Commission to pay all lawful bonds of said city, and the interest upon the same whenever due, to invest the sinking fund placed to its credit, as provided herein, in bonds of the City of Cordele, or if the same cannot be obtained at a reasonable market price, then in valid State, county or municipal bonds, and said commission shall have the power to dispose of the same and reinvest the proceeds thereof in similar bonds whenever they may deem best for the interest of the City of Cordele. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That Section nine (9) of said Act appearing at Pages 784 and 785 of the published Acts of the General Assembly of the State of Georgia for 1912, be, and the same is, hereby amended by striking said section and inserting in lieu thereof the following: Section 9. Be it further enacted, That for the purposes of carrying out the provisions of this Act, said Bond Commission is fully empowered and authorized to do such Acts, make such contracts and take such steps as may become necessary for the full, complete and proper performance of their duties as herein prescribed and contemplated, which shall include the power and authority to employ competent persons to carry out and supervise the execution of all contracts, including the services of a competent engineer, and the employment of legal counsel, when in the opinion of said commission the same may be necessary, making such contract for such service as they may deem advantageous and advisable, and generally, they shall

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have as complete and full powers and authority in connection with all matters herein enumerated and contemplated as has heretofore been vested in the Mayor and City Council of Cordele. Powers of Bond Commission. SEC. 3. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That said Act is further amended as follows: By striking from said Act Section 10, appearing at Page 785 of the printed Acts of the General Assembly for 1912, and inserting in lieu thereof the following: Section 10. Be it further enacted, That the members of said Bond Commission shall receive as compensation for their services, the same compensation as that received by the Aldermen of the City Court of Cordele, the same to be paid in like manner, and out of the same funds as the salary of the Mayor and Aldermen are paid. Compensation. SEC. 4. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That it shall be the duty of the Mayor and City Council of Cordele to provide said Bond Commission with all necessary funds to defray the expense of said commission, in regard to all matters herein specified and contemplated, where such expense is not properly chargeable to the funds arising from the sale of bonds, and that all such items and amounts of expense shall be paid by the Clerk and Treasurer of the City of Cordele, upon a warrant drawn by the Chairman of said Bond Commission and countersigned by at least one other Commissioner, the same to be paid out of any funds on hand from which expenses of a like or similar nature incurred by the Mayor and City Council of Cordele are paid. Any and all such warrants so drawn shall be kept by the Clerk and Treasurer as his voucher for said sum and filed by him as such. Expenses of Commission, how defrayed. SEC. 5. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act, be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved August 19, 1913.

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CORDELE, CITY OF, CHARTER AMENDED. No. 235. An Act to amend an Act creating a new charter for the City of Cordele, in the County of Crisp, etc., approved August 21st, 1911, and the Acts amendatory thereof, and for other purposes. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by authority of same, That from and after the passage of this Act, an Act to create a new charter for the City of Cordele, approved August 21st, 1911, be, and the same is, hereby amended as follows: By striking all of Section 113 of said Act appearing at Page 1037 of the printed Acts of the General Assembly of Georgia for the year 1911, and inserting in lieu thereof the following: Section 113. Be it further enacted, That the money arising from the sale of said bonds shall be used by the Bond Commission of the City of Cordele in purchasing sites, erecting buildings and equipping public school buildings in said city, upon the terms, and in such locality as they may deem best for said city and said school. Cordele, city of, charter amended. Money arising from sale of bonds. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That Section 118 of said Act found on Page 1039 of the published Acts of the General Assembly for 1911, be, and the same is, hereby amended by striking the words, purchase sites, erect buildings occurring in the fourth and fifth lines of said section, so that said section when so amended shall read as follows: Sec. 118. Be it further enacted, That said Board of Trustees shall have authority to establish, and from time to time modify and enlarge, a system of public schools for the City of Cordele. Said board shall have authority to rent buildings, purchase appurtenances, and furniture for school purposes, employ teachers, to suspend or discharge them for good cause, to prescribe the terms upon which students are to be received into said schools, and to establish such rules, regulations and bylaws

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as they may deem right and proper in maintaining a system of public schools in said city; provided, that such regulations are not inconsistent with the Constitution and laws of this State. Said Board of Trustees shall have authority to admit students in said schools who do not come within the legal age, but such students upon coming into said school must pay such fees for tuition as said board may determine as proper. Public Schools. SEC. 3. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act, be, and are, hereby repealed. Approved August 19, 1913. COTTON, TOWN OF, INCORPORATED. No. 71. An Act to incorporate the Town of Cotton, in Mitchell County; define its limits; to provide a Mayor and Councilmen and other officers for said town; to prescribe their duties and powers; to prepare for municipal government, jurisdiction, authority, concern and cognizance of said town, and for other purposes. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly met, That the municipal government of the Town of Cotton shall consist of a Mayor and four Aldermen, who are hereby constituted a body corporate under the name and style of the Mayor and Council of the Town of Cotton, and by that name and style shall have perpetual succession, and shall by the said name be capable to sue and be sued in any court of law or equity in the State, plead and be impleaded and do all other acts relating to their corporate capacity, and shall be capable in law to purchase, hold, receive, enjoy and possess, to retain to them and their successors for the use and benefit of the said Town of Cotton, in perpetuity or for any term of years, any estate, real or personal, lands and tenements of

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every kind or nature within the limits of said town; and to sell, alien, exchange or lease the same, or any part thereof, or convey the same, or any part thereof, in any way whatever. Cotton, town of, incorporated. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the corporate limits of the Town of Cotton shall extend one-half of a mile in every direction from the depot of the Flint River and Northeastern Railroad Company, located in said town. Corporate limits. SEC. 3. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the corporate powers of said town shall be vested in a Mayor and four Aldermen, who shall be elected on the first Saturday in January, ten days notice having been given, and on the same day in every January thereafter, and that said Mayor and Aldermen shall hold their offices for one year, or until their successors are elected and qualified; and all citizens who shall be entitled to vote for members of the General Assembly, and who have resided in said corporation three months previous to said election, shall be entitled to vote for said Mayor and Aldermen; provided, no person who is not a resident citizen within the said corporation shall be eligible to the office of Mayor or Alderman in said town; and provided, that for the purpose of temporary organization, there shall be an election for Mayor and Aldermen of said town on the first Monday in September, 1913. Mayor and Aldermen. SEC. 4. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That any two citizens, who may be freeholders in said town, being first sworn to hold said election properly and faithfully, may preside over said election, neither of whom being a candidate; and the person receiving the highest number of votes shall be declared to be duly elected, and the managers shall give their certificates to such persons as shall be thus elected. Elections, how held. SEC. 5. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the said Mayor and Aldermen, before they enter upon the duties of their respective offices, shall before the Ordinary or a Justice of the Peace, Clerk of the Superior

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Court or Commissioned Notary Public, take and subscribe the following oath: I do solemnly swear that I will, to the utmost of my ability, faithfully discharge the duties of Mayor (or Alderman) of said Town of Cotton during my continuance in office; so help me, God. Oath of officers. SEC. 6. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the said Mayor and Aldermen shall, at their first annual meeting, after being qualified, proceed to ballot to elect a Marshal (and, if they deem necessary, a Deputy Marshal), Clerk of Council and Treasurer, each of whom, unless removed, shall remain in office until a new election for, and qualification of, Mayor and Aldermen, and that said Mayor and Aldermen shall have full power to remove from office, or to punish by fine, not exceeding fifty dollars, any officer elected by them, for any neglect, malpractice in or abuse of said office. Election of municipal officers. SEC. 7. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That in case the Mayor or any Alderman, while in office shall be guilty of any wilful neglect or malpractice in, or abuse of, said office, he or they shall be liable to be indicted before the Superior Court of Mitchell County, and on conviction thereof, shall be fined a sum not exceeding five hundred dollars for each and every offense, and moreover, be removed from office, which fine or fines shall be paid to the Town Treasurer for the use of said town. Removal of officers. SEC. 8. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all males over the age of twenty-one years and under the age of fifty, who may have resided in said town ten days, shall be subject to work the streets according to the road laws now of force in this State, or the Mayor and Council may prescribe a commutation tax, which may be paid in lieu of work on the streets. Commutation tax. SEC. 9. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the Mayor and Aldermen shall have the power to fix and regulate the salaries of each and every officer they may elect, which salary shall not be increased or diminished during continuance in office. Salaries of officers.

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SEC. 10. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the Mayor or Mayor pro tem. and any two Aldermen shall form a quorum for the transaction of business, and the Mayor or Mayor pro tempore shall have the casting vote, and a majority of all the votes shall determine all questions and elections before the Council, and the Mayor and each Alderman shall be, to all intents and purposes, a Justice of the Peace, so far as to enable them or any of them to issue warrants for offenses committed within the corporate limits of said town, which warrants shall be executed by the Marshal or Deputy Marshal, and to commit to the county jail of Mitchell County, or to admit to bail, according to law, offenders for their appearance before the Superior or City Court thereafter, for the County of Mitchell, to await his, her or their trial; and it shall be the duty of the jailer of said county to receive all such persons so committed, and them safely keep until the same be discharged by due course of law, and in all cases where persons committed to jail are, or shall be, unable to pay fees, the said corporation shall be liable for the same. Powers and duties of officers. SEC. 11. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the expenditures of the Mayor and Aldermen and the compensation of town officers shall be paid out of the town funds by order drawn by the Clerk of Council (upon the town treasurer, and countersigned by the Mayor or by the Mayor pro tempore of the Council), and that the Marshal or Deputy Marshal, and Clerk and Treasurer shall give bond and good security to the Mayor and Aldermen and successors, in a sum to be fixed by Mayor and Aldermen, for the faithful performance of his or their duties. Expenditures, how paid. SEC. 12. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the said Mayor and Aldermen shall have full power and authority to pass all ordinances and by-laws necessary for the government, good order and well being of said town, to remove pests and nuisances, and to perform all acts necessary and proper to carry out the provisions of this Act, not incompatible with the Constitution and laws of Georgia and of the United States; they shall

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also have full power to make all contracts in their corporate capacity which they may deem necessary for the welfare of said town. Power to enact laws, etc. SEC. 13. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the Mayor and in his absence the Mayor pro tempore of said town shall have full power and authority to try all offenders against all or any of the by-laws or ordinances of said town, and to punish for each and every violation thereof within the corporate limits of said town by a fine or fines not to exceed fifty dollars, or by imprisonment in the guard house not exceeding thirty days, or by labor on the streets of said town not exceeding thirty days for each offense. Mayor's court. SEC. 14. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the Mayor of said town shall receive for his services such sum per annum as may be fixed by the Town Council, and all the salaries to be paid to the officers of said incorporation, together with all the expenditures made for the use of said town, shall be paid out of the town funds in the hands of the Town Treasurer, who shall keep a book, in which he shall make an entry of all the sums of money paid out, and to whom and for what purpose, and shall take a receipt for all sums of money paid out, which book and receipts shall at all times be subject to inspection by the Mayor and Aldermen of said town, or any or either of them, and all sums of money paid into the treasury by the provisions of this Act, shall, and the same are hereby directed to, be a fund for the exclusive use of said town. Salaries of officers. SEC. 15. Be it further enacted by said authority aforesaid, That the Mayor and Council of said town shall have full power and authority to license and regulate and control by ordinance all taverns, hotels, restaurants, cafes, boarding houses, saloons for the sale of ices, creams, etc., founts and stands for the sale of hot and cold drinks, livery stables, feed stables, sale stables and lots, hacks, drays and other vehicles, including automobiles, vendue-masters, auctioneers, itinerant traders, theaters and theatrical performances, except performances by local amateurs, oil mills, ice

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works, bottling works, laundries, pressing clubs, water works, shows, circuses and exhibitions of every kind, itinerant lightning-rod dealers, emigrant agents, peddlers of stoves, clocks, machines or any other article of merchandise whatsoever, itinerant venders of any and all kinds of goods, wares, merchandise or other things, pool and bagatelle tables kept for public use, every keeper of a shooting gallery, ten pin alley, upon the keeper of any table, stand or place for the performance of any game or play, whether played with sticks, balls, rings, disks, plates, upon flying horses or other contrivance whatsoever, insurance agents, life, fire, accident, live stock and other insurance eompanies, loan agents for any and all kinds of business, real estate agents, banks and bankers, brokers and commission merchants of all kinds and dealers in futures, keepers of slaughter houses, beef markets, green grocers, dealers in fish or oysters, vegetables, fruits, breads and other articles or food; keepers of skating rinks, contractors and builders, and all mechanics or artisans; barber shops, photograph galleries, jewelers, opticians either local or itinerant; upon all non-resident persons taking or soliciting orders for any article of merchandise of any kind at retail; upon all manufacturies, ginneries, flour mills, sawmills, lumber dealers and dealers in any kind of building material, undertakers, pawn-brokers, junk and old iron and metal dealers, and upon all and every establishment, business, profession, calling, trade or avocation not heretofore mentioned, and which under the Constitution and laws of Georgia, are subject to license and specific tax. The Mayor and Council of said town may demand payment of any and all licenses or specific tax authorized by this Act or the laws of Georgia, in the amount fixed by ordinance, as a condition precedent to beginning or continuing in any business, trade, profession, calling, in said town, for which a license is required. Should any person engage or continue in any business, trade, profession, calling, for which a specific tax or license is required by said city by ordinance, and shall fail or refuse to pay the same on demand of the proper authority of said town, he shall be liable to prosecution in the Mayor's Court, and

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may be fined or imprisoned in the discretion of the court. The provisions of this section shall apply to all persons, whether artificial or natural. Licenses, regulation and control taverns, hotels, etc., etc. Special taxes. SEC. 16. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the Mayor and Aldermen of said town shall have power and authority to impose and levy taxes not to exceed one-half of one per centum upon all the real and personal estate within the corporate limits of said town, as they may deem necessary for the support of the government of said town; and also to enforce the collection of all fines, which may be imposed by said Mayor and Aldermen under the provisions or the powers granted by this Act. Taxation. SEC. 17. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That it shall be the duty of all tax payers and owners of all taxable property within said town, and they and each of them, either by themselves or an agent, are required to make annual returns under oath to the Clerk of Council in said town or to such other officer as the Mayor and Aldermen of said town may appoint for said purpose, at such time as the Mayor and Aldermen may limit, of all their taxable property, held in their own right or in the right of any other person, and in case any person or persons shall fail or refuse to make such returns, or shall make any returns deemed incorrect by the Mayor and Aldermen, the said Mayor and Aldermen may assess the property of such person and may fix such values thereon as they may deem correct and just, and all taxes levied and imposed by said Mayor and Aldermen in case of a refusal to pay the same shall be collected in the following manner: An execution for the sum due and all costs shall be issued by the Clerk of Council, directed to the Marshal, against the estate, both real and personal, of said defaulter and shall be levied by the Marshal or Deputy Marshal upon the said estate, and after having been advertised thirty days in the gazette where Sheriff's sales are advertised for said county, the said Marshal or Deputy Marshal shall sell at public outcry the property so levied upon, at the time and place for Sheriff's sales in said county and the deed of the Marshal

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or his successor in office, made in accordance with such sale, shall be as effectual to pass the title to such property to the purchaser thereof as the deed of the defaulter; and all executions issued under the provisions of this Act shall bind all the property as executions from the courts of this State now do by law, and the costs thereof shall be the same as in tax collectors' executions by the laws of this State; provided, that whenever any land is sold by virtue of a tax execution issued under the provisions of this Act, the owner thereof, or any administrator, executor, or guardian or other trustee of the defendant in execution, shall have the privilege of redeeming said land thus sold, within the time and in the manner pointed out in Section 898 of the Code of 1882. Tax returns. SEC. 18. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the Mayor and Aldermen of said town shall have full power and authority to remove or cause to be removed all buildings, porches, steps, fences or other obstructions or nuisances in the public streets, lanes, alleys, sidewalks, or public squares in said town, and also to establish a market or markets in said town, and also license, regulate and control all taverns and public houses in said town, and also to regulate all butcher pens, slaughter houses, tan-yards, blacksmith shops, forges, stoves and chimneys in said town, and to remove or cause to be removed the same or any of them, in case they become dangerous or injurious to the health of any citizen of said town or become nuisances; and also, if necessary, to fill up all pits, cellars and excavations in said town or cause the owner to do so; also, to regulate drays, omnibuses, buggies, carriages, wagons and carts owned or kept and used in said town and also full power to regulate and control all pumps, wells, livery stables, fire companies and engines within said town. Powers of Council. SEC. 19. Be it further enacted, That the Mayor and Aldermen shall have power to take up and impound any horses, mules, dogs, hogs, cows, or other cattle running at large in said town, and to pass and enforce all ordinances necessary and proper for the regulation and control of all such animals in said town. Stock law.

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SEC. 20. Be it further enacted, That the Mayor and Aldermen or the Mayor and any two Aldermen, upon the trial and examination of any offenders against the laws of this State, or ordinances of said town, shall have power to issue all processes, writs and subpoenas necessary to carry out any of the provisions of this Act, or to execute any of the powers therein granted and which processes shall be signed by the Clerk, and bear test in the name of the Mayor, or other officer acting pro tempore instead of said Mayor, and be served or executed by the Marshal or Deputy Marshal. Processes, writs, etc. SEC. 21. Be it further enacted, That in case there should at any time be a failure to elect a Mayor and Aldermen for said town, as provided for in this Act, any two freeholders residing in said town upon giving ten days notice thereof, shall or may proceed to hold an election in manner as pointed out in this Act for the regular elections in said town; and the Mayor and Aldermen so elected shall hold their office until the next regular election in said town, or until their successors are qualified; and in case at any time there should be a vacancy in the office of Mayor or Alderman, that the Mayor and any two Aldermen or two freeholders resident in said town may, upon ten days notice, proceed to fill such vacancy in the manner pointed out for elections in said town by this Act; and all officers thus elected to fill vacancies shall hold their office until the next regular election in said town or until their successor is qualified. Mayor and Aldermen, failure to elect. SEC. 22. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the Mayor and Aldermen shall have full power and authority to open and lay out, to widen, straighten or otherwise change streets and alleys in the said town. Whenever the Mayor and Council shall exercise the power in this delegated, they shall appoint two freeholders, and the owner or owners of the lots fronting on said streets or alleys shall, on five days notice, appoint two freeholders, who shall proceed to assess the damage sustained or the advantage derived by the owner or owners of said lots in consequence of the opening, widening or straightening, or

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otherwise changing said streets or alleys; and in case said assessors cannot agree they shall select a fifth freeholder umpire, the said assessors to take an oath that they will faithfully discharge their duties, and either party to have a right to enter an appeal to the Superior Court of Mitchell County within ten days from the said award, the Mayor and Council of said town of Cotton to have power and authority to levy, collect and enforce the final award and judgment in each and every case, by judgment against the owner or owners of said lot or lots when the same is found to be advantageous to said owner. Streets, etc., control of. SEC. 23. Be it further enacted, That hereafter when any fi. fa. issued by the corporate authorities of said town for fines, forfeitures, taxes or any other debt or demand due said corporation, shall be levied upon any property claimed by any other person not a party to said fi. fa. that said claim shall be interposed under the same rules, regulations and restrictions as regulate other claim cases, and the said claim shall be returned and tried in the first Justice Court or Superior Court having jurisdiction thereof as the case may be. Claims. SEC. 24. Be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect from and after the passage of this Act, nineteen hundred and thirteen. Effective when. SEC. 25. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved August 11, 1913. DALTON, CITY OF, CHARTER AMENDED. No. 137. An Act to amend an Act approved February 24th, 1874, entitled An Act to consolidate, amend and codify the various Acts incorporating the City of Dalton in the

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County of Whitfield, and the various Acts amendatory thereof, so as to provide for the management and control of the public utilities of said city; to give the qualified voters of said city the right under certain conditions to vote on the question of selling the same, and for other purposes. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same, That from and after the passage of this Act an Act approved February 24th, 1874, entitled An Act to consolidate, amend and codify the various Acts incorporating the City of Dalton in the County of Whitfield and the various Acts amendatory thereof be and the same are hereby amended by changing the name of the Board of Water Commissioners of said city to the Board of Water, Light and Sinking Fund Commissioners and by adding to the powers and duties of the Board of Water, Light and Sinking Fund Commissioners of said city the following: Dalton, City of, charter amended. The Board of Water, Light and Sinking Fund Commissioners of said city shall, from the 1st day of September, 1913, have entire control of the public utilities of the City of Dalton, and on said date the Clerk of the City of Dalton shall turn over to said Board all books, accounts and papers of whatever kind affecting public utilities. Said board shall have authority to make all contracts necessary for the operation of said utilities; to buy all supplies and material needed, and to make all necessary improvements and extensions, to employ all clerical and other help necessary in the operation of said utilities; to make all rates, rules and regulations for furnishing water and lights to the inhabitants of said city and to enforce the same; and to deal in every way with said utilities as a separate and distinct part of the city government. Said Board shall fix rates sufficiently high so as to bring in sufficient revenue to maintain said public utilities and to provide for needed repairs, extensions and improvements. Said Board shall collect all moneys due to said utilities and shall pay all debts. No contract made by said Board shall bind said city but shall

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be binding upon the department of public utilities, which is hereby created, of which said Board shall be the head, to the extent of the revenues derived from the operation of said utilities. No moneys shall be appropriated by the Mayor and Council of said city to the operation and improvement of said utilities, except that the Board shall receive the principal and interest on the public debt as now provided by law. Board of Water, Light and Sinking Fund Commission, powers and duties of. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That if at any time an offer for either of said public utilities, together with the franchises and other rights appurtenant thereto, is submitted to the Mayor and Council of the City of Dalton, accompanied by a certified check for one-fourth of the purchase price, as an evidence of good faith, the Mayor and Council shall, if a petition signed by one-third of the qualified voters of said city according to the registration list made out is filed with them requesting it, order an election to be held not less than twenty nor more than thirty days from the filing of the petition, to be held under the same rule and regulations as other elections in said city. At said election, there shall be submitted the question of selling the particular public utility referred to in the offer to purchase, and if two-thirds of the voters of said city as shown by the registration list vote in favor of sale, the Mayor and Council shall within ten days thereafter consummate the sale, receive the purchase price, and make title to the purchaser. Provided, that at any time within the period between the calling of the election and the holding thereof, additional offers may be submitted by other parties in the same manner as the first offer; and the sale shall be made to the person, firm or corporation submitting the highest bid before midnight of the day preceding the election. Public utility, how sold. SEC. 3. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That a sufficient amount of the proceeds of such sale to provide for the payment of city bonds outstanding against the particular public utility sold, used in constructing or improving the same, shall be deposited with the

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Board of Water, Light and Sinking Fund Commissioners, and the remainder applied to the floating indebtedness of said city, if any, and if not, then the amount remaining shall be paid into the city treasury. Proceeds of sale. SEC. 4. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the Board of Water, Light and Sinking Fund Commissioners shall report semi-annually on July 1st and January 1st of each year a full statement of the transactions of the Department of Public Utilities for the preceding six months; showing all receipts and disbursements, improvements and extensions, and the financial condition of the department at the close of business on the day preceding the report; showing also the condition of the sinking fund and how invested; and estimating the probable revenue and expenditures of the department for the following six months. If said department has more money on hand than is reasonably necessary for the operation of said department and for contemplated improvements, it shall pay the excess into the city treasury when the report is submitted. Statements. SEC. 5. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts thereof herewith conflicting are repealed. Approved August 16, 1913. DANIELSVILLE, TOWN OF, CHARTER REPEALED. No. 85. An Act to repeal an Act to incorporate the town of Danielsville, in the County of Madison, and for other purposes, approved March 5th, 1875, and the Acts amendatory thereof, and to dispose of the property rights of said town. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same:

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SECTION 1. That the Act approved March 5th, 1875, entitled an Act to incorporate the town of Danielsville, in the County of Madison, and to appoint Commissioners for the same, and to point out the mode of electing Commissioners, and other officers of said town, and to confer certain powers on the Commissioners thereof, and for other purposes therein mentioned, and all Acts amendatory thereof, be, and the same is, hereby repealed. Danielsville, Town of, charter repealed. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That all property rights and obligations of said town devolve upon such municipal corporation as shall be hereafter created, including the territory of said town of Danielsville. Property rights, etc. SEC. 3. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict herewith are repealed. Approved August 11, 1913. DANIELSVILLE, CITY OF, NEW CHARTER FOR. No. 116. An Act to incorporate the city of Danielsville; to define its limits; to provide for its government; to dfine its rights and liabilities, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same: SECTION 1. That from and after the passage of this Act the inhabitants of the territory in the County of Madison in said State designated, shall be, and become a body corporate, under the name and style of the City of Danielsville, and shall be vested, besides the powers herein specially designated, with all the rights and powers and privileges incident to municipal corporations under the laws of the State, and said City under such name may sue and be sued, contract and be contracted with, have and use a common seal, acquire property necessary and desirable

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for the purpose of said corporation, and make through its officers such rules and regulations and ordinances as are deemed proper for the welfare and for the good government of said municipality, and do all Acts for the conduct of its welfare, not inconsistent with law. Danielsville, City of, incorporated. Corporate limits. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That the corporate limits of said City shall extend one-half mile in every direction from the county house of said city. SEC. 3. Be it further enacted, That the government of said municipality shall be vested in a Mayor and four Councilmen, to be known as the City Council. No person shall be eligible to either office unless he is a qualified voter of the municipality and has resided within its bounds for six months immediately preceding the election. Their terms of office shall be from January 1st after their election for twelve months, and until their successors are elected and qualified. Mayor and Councilmen. SEC. 4. Be it further enacted, That on the second Tuesday in December of each year an election shall be held in said City for Mayor and Councilmen for the succeeding year. Said election shall be presided over by two members of the City Council who are not running for re-election, appointed by the Mayor. If all the Councilmen are candidates for re-election the Mayor shall appoint two citizens of said city who are qualified to hold elections for members of the General Assembly as if the election were for such. If for any reason the persons appointed by the Mayor to hold any election for the City of Danielsville fail to appear at the polling place, any citizens of said city who are eligible to be managers in elections for members of the General Assembly may act in their place. The managers shall take an oath impartially to conduct the election and to make true returns thereof. The return shall be made to the Clerk of the Council, who shall declare the result. Election of officers. SEC. 5. Be it further enacted, That should an election not be held at the proper time, or should it result in a tie, or fail for other cause, the City Council shall forthwith

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call an election to take place after the posting of notice thereof in three public places in said city for ten days before the time fixed. All special elections shall be similarly called and advertised. Special election called in case of tie. SEC. 6. Be it further enacted, That at all municipal elections, all persons who have resided within said municipality for ninety days immediately preceding the election and who have paid all taxes required of them by the City of Danielsville, and who have registered as hereinafter provided, and who would be eligible to vote for members of the General Assembly, according to the laws of the State of Georgia, shall be entitled to vote. Any person who shall vote when not entitled to, knowing that he is not entitled to vote, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and be punished on conviction as prescribed in Section 1065 of the Penal Code of 1910. Qualified Voters. SEC. 7. Be it further enacted, That registration of voters for municipal elections shall be had in the following manner: Annually, by the first of September, the Clerk of the City Council or some other person whom the City Council shall appoint shall open the registration books for the registration of the qualified voters of said City. Said books shall be kept open at such hours as the City Council may prescribe, each and every day (Sunday and legal holidays excepted) until November the first of each year when the books shall be closed. Any person desiring to register as a voter may sign his name in said book, thereby subscribing to an oath, printed or written above, which oath shall be so framed as to cause the subscriber to swear to the fact of his possessing the qualification of a voter as set forth in Section 6 of this Act. The signature may be made by mark, provided the officer in charge of said books read said oath to the person signing by mark and attests the signature. Registration of voters. The Clerk of Council or other person authorized by the City Council to have charge of the books are hereby empowered to administer said oath. At any time on or before the fifteenth of November any citizen of said city may make

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written objection specifying that any one or more persons named on said list are not legal voters; whereupon the Mayor shall cause to be given to the person so challenged at least two days written notice, personally, or by leaving at his most notorious place of abode, if he be absent from the city, of the fact of the challenge and of the time and place a hearing will be had. The Mayor shall hear the question and if it appears that such person is not legally qualified to vote, shall erase his name from the book. He shall then cause to be furnished to the managers of the election, a list of those registered and not thus removed from the list, and the managers shall allow those persons whose names are on the list furnished them by the Mayor and no others to vote at said election. The City Council may provide that the duties required of the Mayor in this section shall be discharged by a board of three registrars, to be appointed by them. SEC. 8. Be it further enacted, That all officers of said municipality, before entering upon their duties, shall take an oath before the Mayor, or some other person authorized to administer an oath, that he will faithfully perform the duties of the office to the best of his skill and power, and shall give such bond as the City Council shall have by ordinance required. Oath of officers. SEC. 9. Be it further enacted, That the City Council may designate one of its members to Act as Mayor pro tem. and he shall exercise all the powers of Mayor whenever for any cause Mayor cannot or will not act. They shall appoint one of their number Clerk or Treasurer. They shall elect a Marshal, to hold office until January 1st following, unless removed for good cause. The Marshal's salary shall be fixed by the City Council, and shall be effective during the term of the City Council making it. The Mayor, if special emergency calls therefor, may employ special police and fix their compensation, to be approved by the City Council. The City Council shall by ordinance fix the salary of Mayor or Councilmen for the remainder of the present year; and thereafter the outgoing Council shall by ordinance

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fix the salary of the incoming Mayor and Councilmen before the day of election; and on their failure to do so, it shall be the same as that paid on the previous year. Officers, salaries, etc. SEC. 10. Be it further enacted, That the present Mayor and Council of Danielsville shall continue in the offices to which they were elected until their successors are elected and qualified; and said Mayor and Council shall have and exercise all rights, powers, duties and authority conferred upon the City Council by virtue of this charter. Present officers. SEC. 11. Be it further enacted, That the Mayor is the chief executive officer of the city, and shall preside at all meetings of the City Council, except in the trial of an appeal from his decision in the Mayor's Court. He shall have no vote in the City Council except in case of a tie. He is especially charged with the enforcement of the ordinances of the city, and the good government thereof. Mayor's duties. SEC. 12. Be it further enacted, That the Treasurer shall keep safely all funds of the city and pay the same out only on authority of the City Council, and upon vouchers countersigned by the Mayor or a Councilman. As Clerk he shall keep an accurate record of proceedings at meetings of the City Council. He shall also be charged with the keeping of the tax book as herein provided, and with the oversight of the collection of the taxes. Treasurer's duties. SEC. 13. Be it further enacted, That each City Council before retiring from office shall carefully audit the books of the treasurer and examine his vouchers and prepare and publish a statement showing the receipts and expenditures of the year of their administration and the condition of the treasury. They shall also turn over to their successors a statement of all unpaid taxes. Duties of retiring Council. SEC. 14. Be it further enacted, That the City Council shall meet in regular session once a month, at such time and place as may be fixed by ordinance, with power to adjourn over to any other time. The Mayor may call them in special session at any time on notice to each Councilman

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who can be reached with notice, or in the absence of the Mayor any Councilman may so convene the Council. At all meetings of the City Council three shall be a quorum. Sessions. SEC. 15. Be it further enacted, That the Marshal and his assistants, if any, shall execute the orders of the City Council, collect the taxes, and shall have supervision of the streets. He shall have the power of a constable in executing all criminal warrants throughout the County of Madison, and for offenses against the ordinances of said city, he may, within its limits, arrest without a warrant upon information that he deems reliable. The Marshal or Policemen of said city are also authorized to arrest anywhere within the limits of this State any person charged with violating any of the ordinances of said city; provided, that when an arrest is made outside the limits of said city, it must be in obedience to a written warrant issued and signed by the Mayor, Mayor pro tem. or acting Mayor. The Marshal or Policemen are hereby authorized to take bonds payable to the Mayor of said city for the appearance of any person arrested by them before the Police or Mayor's Court for trial, and all such bonds may be forfeited as hereinafter provided for forfeiture of appearance bonds by the Mayor, Mayor pro tem. or Acting-Mayor. Powers and duties of Marshal and his assistants. SEC. 16. Be it further enacted, That all vacancies in the office of Mayor or Councilmen shall be filled by electing thereto some eligible person, at a special election to be held as provided in this charter. Vacancies in the office of Marshal shall be filled by the city Council. Vacancies, how filled. SEC. 17. Be it further enacted, That the City Council shall have power to establish a chaingang or work gang, and confine therein persons who have been sentenced by the Mayor or Police Court of said City, to work upon the streets or public works of said city, and shall have power to make rules and regulations suitable and necessary for the care, management and control of said gangs, and enforce same through proper officers. Chaingang.

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SEC. 18. Be it further enacted, That the Mayor, Mayor pro tem., or Acting-Mayor, when any person or persons are arraigned before the Mayor's or Police Court, charged with violating any of the ordinances, rules or regulations of said City, may for good cause shown by either side, continue the hearing until such time as the presiding judge may think best, and the accused shall give bond and security for his appearance at the appointed time for trial, and in default of bond the accused shall be imprisoned in the city guard house or county jail to await trial. If such bond be given and the accused fail to appear at the time fixed for trial the bond may be forfeited by the presiding officer, and an execution issued thereon by serving the defendant, if anywhere to be found, and his securities with a rule nisi at least two days before hearing said rule nisi, and final judgment passed thereon. The Mayor, Mayor pro tem. or Acting-Mayor shall have power and authority to accept cash in lieu of bond and security for appearance of offenders for trial, and if such offenders shall fail to appear at the time and place fixed for trial, the cash so deposited shall be, by order of the officer presiding, declared to be forfeited to the City of Danielsville. The Mayor, Mayor pro tem. or Acting-Mayor shall have power and authority to punish persons convicted of violating the ordinances of said city by a fine not exceeding one hundred dollars, by imprisonment in the guard house or county jail for a term not exceeding one hundred days, either or both, and to compel the payment of fines imposed by imprisonment. Labor in the chaingang or on the streets, not exceeding one hundred days, may be imposed as an alternative to fine or imprisonment. The presiding officer shall have power to compel the attendance of witnesses and the production of books and documents, and may punish for contempt of court in the same manner as judges of the Superior Courts. The Mayor, Mayor pro tem. or Acting-Mayor shall have power to issue warrants for the arrest of persons committing offenses against the ordinances of said city, and said warrants may be executed by the proper officers in any part of this State; they shall further have all the powers of a Justice of the Peace in

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issuing warrants for State offenses committed within the limits of said city, and in holding courts of inquiry and making commitment thereof and if in any trial before him it appears that there has been an offense committed against the State, he shall bind the offender over to the proper Court. Mayor's Court. SEC. 19. Be it further enacted, That any person convicted in the Police or Mayor's Court may obtain certain certiorari directly from the decision of the officer presiding in said court under the same rules as certiorari is obtained from the decision of County Judges in criminal cases, or he may waive this right to apply for certiorari and may, within four days from the rendition of the decision in the Police or Mayor's Court, enter an appeal to the City Council, who shall hear the case anew, and their decision shall be final. Certiorari. Appeal. There shall be no certiorari from the decision of the Council. The officer presiding at the trial of the appeal shall vote on the case, and in case of a tie the decision of the officer first trying the case shall be affirmed. SEC. 20. Be it further enacted, That the City Council may by ordinance establish a Recorder's Court in lieu of said Police or Mayor's Court, and elect a Recorder, and define his duties, and fix his salary, his powers being those prescribed for the Mayor, but without appeal to the Council. Recorder's Court. SEC. 21. Be it further enacted, That the City Council shall have power to tax all personal property of its citizens and all real property within the corporate limits not exceeding one-half of one per cent. of its value. They shall provide by ordinance for the return of all such property for taxation to the Clerk, who shall make a digest thereof and submit the same to the City Council not later than September 1st, each year. Should the City Council be dissatisfied with any return, they may require the person making it to appear before them, and after investigation may alter such return to conform to the truth. Should any real estate be not returned the Clerk shall assess the same and

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enter it on his digest. Should any personal estate liable to tax in said city be not returned, he shall likewise assess and double tax it. It shall be the duty of persons to pay all taxes for which they may be liable by December 20th, of each year, and in default thereof the Clerk shall issue execution against them, which execution may be levied on any property real or personal belonging to the defaulter, and such property shall be sold under the provisions of Section 879 and following of the Civil Code of 1910. Taxation. SEC. 22. Be it further enacted, That the recitats in deeds under a sale for municipal taxes or assessments in said city shall be evidence of the facts as recited in any court of this State, and shall be taken as prima facie true. Recitals in deeds. SEC. 23. Be it further enacted, That the City Council shall have power to tax all occupations carried on temporarily or permanently within the said municipality where not prohibited therefrom by law, and may require the prepayment of such taxes under such regulations and penalties as they may fix. Occupation tax. SEC. 24. Be it further enacted, That the City Council shall have power to tax railroads, telegraph companies, telephone companies, banks and all other form of property under the law respectively applicable to each. They shall have power to tax, license and regulate hotels, boarding houses, livery stables, garages, means of public transportation, billiard tables, ten pin alleys, shows and exhibitions, drays, markets, dealers in oysters and fish, restaurants, places of amusement, soda fountains, peddlers, and all other business, calling or vocation not exempt from license under the laws of this State. The foregoing enumeration shall not be construed as excluding any other occupation or business from the taxing power of said city. Special taxes and licenses. SEC. 25. Be it further enacted, That the following sections of the first volume of the Code of Georgia of 1895 shall be of force and effect as law in relation to the City of Danielsville and are included in this Charter in like manner

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as if set out in detail herein, except in so far as they may be inconsistent with what is herein otherwise enacted, to-wit: Sections 692, 696, 702, 704, 707, 708, 709, 717, 718, 723, 724, 732, 733, 734, 735, 740, 741, 742, 744 and 755; the City Council shall, in the exercise of their police powers have full power and authority to pass such ordinances as they may think proper to more effectually prohibit the illegal sale of spirituous, vinous, malt or intoxicating liquors within the incorporate limits of the City of Danielsville, and to that end may provide ordinances punishing any person or persons keeping or having in said city spirituous, vinous, malt or intoxicating liquors for illegal sale. Code sections aplicable. Prohibition of the sale of liquor, etc. SEC. 26. Be it further enacted, That the City Council shall have the power to grant franchises for the use of their streets for the erection of telegraph lines, electric light lines, car lines, and for other public utilities. They may prohibit all persons, firms and corporations to whom they do not grant a franchise from using said streets for the erection of poles, wires or encroachments of any kind. Franchises. SEC. 27. Be it further enacted, That the City Council shall have full power over existing streets and highways and shall have full power to enlarge, improve, close up and alter the same and to lay out and establish new ones. Should they be unable to acquire needed lands for such purposes by agreement, they are to exercise the powers of eminent domain to condemn the same under the procedure defined in the Civil Code of 1910, Section 5206 and following. All inhabitants in said city who would be liable to road duty in Madison County if not resident in said city, shall be liable to work upon the streets in said city upon summons by the Marshal not exceeding ten days in each year or to pay such commutation tax as the City Council may fix, not exceeding five dollars. Defaulters may be summoned before the Mayor's Court, and if without good excuse, may be fined not exceeding ten dollars, or sentenced to work on the streets not exceeding twenty days or both. Streets, etc., control of. Commutation tax. SEC. 28. Be it further enacted, That the City Council may organize a fire department and make all needful regulations

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relating thereto. They may establish fire limits and may regulate the manner in which houses or other structures may be built, or altered in any portion of the city; they may require the removal of unsafe buildings, walls or openings near the street. They may maintain a system of waterworks, gas works, electric lights or other lighting plant, sewerage and other utilities of like nature, and may prescribe and enforce all needful regulations respecting the same. They may contract with any person or corporation to furnish lights for the streets of said city for a period of ten years. The City of Danielsville, through its City Council or through officers provided for by them, may carry on any business not contrary to the laws of this State. Fire department, fire limits, etc. Public utilities. SEC. 29. Be it further enacted, That in case the Mayor or any Councilman while in office shall be guilty of malpractice, or wilful neglect of office, or the abuse of the powers conferred upon him, or shall be guilty of any conduct unbecoming his station, or convicted of and sentenced for violating the criminal law of this State involving moral turpitude, he shall be subject to be impeached by the City Council, and upon conviction by not less than three votes, shall be removed from office. Removal of officers. SEC. 30. Be it further enacted, That all ordinances, rules and regulations heretofore adopted by the Mayor and Council of Danielsville, which are now in force and not inconsistent with or repugnant to any provisions of this Act shall remain in full force and effect under this charter until repealed, altered or amended by the City Council of Danielsville. Ordinaries, etc., now in force. SEC. 31. Be it further enacted, That the City Council of Danielsville shall have power and authority to adopt a code of ordinances and to amend or repeal the same or any part thereof. City Code. SEC. 32. Be it further enacted, That the Mayor, Mayor pro tem, Acting-Mayor, or Clerk shall have power and authority to administer any and all oaths which may be necessary in conducting the business of said city. Power to [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text].

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SEC. 33. Be it further enacted, That all property rights and obligations formerly appertaining to the city of Danielsville are vested as fully in the City of Danielsville as they were before the granting of this charter. Property rights and obligations. SEC. 34. Be it further enacted, That the City Council may create and abolish at their discretion such offices as they may deem necessary, and elect officers to fill them, and may prescribe the duties of such officers under such regulations as they may ordain. Offices and officers. SEC. 35. Be it further enacted, That the City Council shall have authority to establish, maintain and enforce quarantine regulations and pass all needful ordinances respecting the same. Quarantine regulations. SEC. 36. Be it further enacted, That the City Council of Danielsville shall have full power and authority to pass all ordinances that they may consider necessary for the peace and good order, health and prosperity, comfort and security, of said city and the inhabitants thereof, and that may be deemed necessary to foster and promote virtue and good morals in said city; to suppress lewdness, gaming and disorderly conduct, and to enforce such laws and ordinances by such penalties as are authorized by this charter; they may adopt and enforce any and all ordinances which they may consider advisable and necessary to carry out and execute the powers herein granted said city, and said City Council hereunder. They may make and enforce such ordinances, rules and regulations for the government of their body, and all officers of said city, and do any and all other acts and exercise all other powers conferred upon them by this Act or that may be done or exercised under the laws of this State, conferring powers upon municipal corporations, and not inconsistent with the laws of this State. The enumeration of powers contained in this Act shall not be considered as restrictive, but the City Council of Danielsville and the authorities of said city may exercise all powers, rights, and jurisdictions as they might if such enumeration were not made, and where under this charter

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rights are conferred or powers granted, but the manner of exercising them is not fully prescribed, the City Council may prescribe the method of exercising them or they may prescribe additional modes and regulations of procedure, not repugnant to the interests and purposes of this Act, or the laws of this State. Power to enact laws. SEC. 37. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict herewith are repealed. Approved August 16, 1913. DARIEN, CITY OF, CHARTER AMENDED. No. 33. An Act to amend the Charter of the City of Darien, so as to allow cash to be deposited in lieu of bonds, in police cases, to authorize the forfeiture of same and for other purposes. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That from and after the passage of this Act it shall be lawful for any person charged with an offense within the jurisdiction of the Police Court of the City of Darien to deposit in cash with the City Clerk and ex-officio Clerk of the Police Court the amount of the required bond instead of executing an appearance bond. Darien, City of, cash may be deposited in lieu of bond, when. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That in any case where any person has deposited a sum of money in lieu of bond, for the appearance in police court of a person charged with an offense which said court has jurisdiction to try, and such person fails to appear to answer such charge when same is called at the appointed time, such sum so deposited shall be forfeited by the owner thereof, and shall be paid over by the Clerk of said police court to the City Treasurer as the property of the City of Darien. Forfeiture of cash deposited in lieu of appearance bond.

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SEC. 3. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved August 4, 1913. DAVISBORO, SCHOOL DISTRICT OF, ELECTION FOR. No. 126. An Act to incorporate the Davisboro School District, in the Town of Davisboro, County of Washington and State of Georgia; to define the boundaries of same; to regulate the management of the schools therein; to provide a revenue for the schools; to provide a Board of Education and to confer upon them certain powers; also to provide for the ratification or rejection of this Act by the qualified voters of the Town of Davisboro; to repeal the Act incorporating and establishing the Davisboro School District, approved August 22d, 1905, and for other purposes. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, That from and after the passage and ratification of this Act, the control and management of all the schools in the Davisboro School District, incorporated under and by virtue of this Act, shall be vested in O. H. P. Beall, J. L. Hattaway, W. J. Henderson, J. S. Gibbs, J. W. Alred, J. H. Taylor and S. J. Taylor, Jr., and their successors in office, who are hereby constituted a body corporate under the name and style of Board of Education of the Town of Davisboro, and by that name shall have and use a common seal, and shall have power to have, hold, receive, enjoy, possess, and retain to themselves and successors in office, for school purposes, by gift, endowment, purchase or other lawful means any estate or estates of real or personal property; and by said name be capable of suing and being

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sued, impleading and being impleaded, in any court of law or equity in this State, whenever the school interest of said school districts may, in their discretion, be advanced thereby and use the funds arising therefrom for school purposes. Davisboro, school district. Board of Education. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That the corporate limits of said Davisboro School District shall be the incorporate limits of the Town of Davisboro. Corporate limits. SEC. 3. Be it further enacted, That said Board of Education shall determine among themselves, by lot or otherwise, the term of office of its members, the term of office of two of said members shall expire upon the first day of January, 1915, the term of office of two other of said members shall expire upon first day of January, 1916, and the term of office of the remaining three members shall expire upon the first day of January, 1917, and their successors shall be elected by the remaining members of said board, at the first meeting of said board after the expiration of the term of office of such members, and the term of office shall be for two years. In case of any vacancy otherwise than by expiration of term of office, said board shall elect members to fill said vacancies at the next meeting of the board after such vacancies occur, or as soon thereafter as practicable. No person shall be a member of the board who is not a bona fide resident of the town. Terms of office. Vacancy, [Illegible Text] filled. SEC. 4. Be it further enacted, That the necessary funds for establishing, conducting, maintaining and supporting such school shall be derived as follows: First, it shall be the duty of said Board of Education at or before the time for the annual levy of the taxes in and for the Town of Davisboro for general purposes, to make known to the Mayor and Aldermen of the said Town of Davisboro, the amount of funds or rate per centum on the total valuation of the taxable property in said town, necessary, in their discretion, for establishing, conducting, maintaining, building and equipping said schools; and it shall be the duty of said Mayor and Aldermen of the said Town of Davisboro, and they are hereby authorized, empowered and required to levy

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each year a special tax, sufficient to raise the amount recommended by said Board of Education not to exceed onehalf of one per centum, on all property, both real and personal, subject to taxation in said town and collect the same as other taxes are levied and collected for general purposes in said town, and when collected and as collected shall be passed and credited to the school account of said town and turned over to the Treasurer of the said Board of Education. Second, the county school authorities of Washington County are hereby authorized, required and directed to pay over to the Treasurer of said Board of Education such part of the State and county school fund as may be their just pro rata share thereof, the amount to be thus paid shall be paid at the same time and in the same manner that the teachers of the County of Washington are paid. Funds for support of school, [Illegible Text] derived. SEC. 5. Be it further enacted, That the said Board of Education shall at its first meeting after the ratification of this Act, elect one of its own members to be President of said board, who shall serve for the term for which he was chosen, they shall also elect a Secretary and Treasurer for such term as may be fixed by said board, but no member other than the Secretary and Treasurer shall receive any compensation as such for their services, the said Secretary and Treasurer shall receive as compensation for his services the sum of twenty-five dollars per annum to be paid out of such funds as said board may have in its hands which may be lawfully used for such purpose, and shall give bond for the faithful performance of his duties in such amount as said board may require. President. Secretary and Treasurer. SEC. 6. Be it further enacted, That said Board of Education shall have full and complete control of all the schools in said school district, may establish and maintain schools for white and colored pupils, but no white child shall be allowed to attend a colored school, nor shall any colored child be allowed to attend a white school, they may in their discretion discontinue any such school or schools, in their discretion may employ teachers, superintendents and other employees and fix their compensation and they are also authorized

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and empowered to discharge, suspend or remove any and all such employees whenever in their discretion they shall deem it to be for the best interest of the schools to do so. Children of non-residents and such others, as may not be entitled to the benefit of these schools, may be admitted upon such terms as may be prescribed by said Board of Education, said terms not in conflict with the laws of this State. Said Board of Education is also authorized and empowered to charge pupils residing in said district an entrance or matriculation fee not to exceed the sum of three dollars per annum. And any child between the ages of six and eighteen, living in Washington County, but outside the corporate limits of the Town of Davisboro, shall be allowed to attend said schools and pursue the public school studies only, free of charge, for the full term of the public schools of Washington County. Powers of board. SEC. 7. Be it further enacted, That said Board of Education shall have full power and authority to make by-laws for the government of their own body, rules and regulations for the government of the schools, they shall also have power to enforce the same. Government. SEC. 8. Be it further enacted, That any member of said Board of Education guilty of malfeasance or gross misconduct shall be removed from office by a majority vote of the board. Removal from office. SEC. 9. Be it further enacted, That any citizen of said school district who is a property holder in said district, shall be eligible to membership on said Board of Education and a majority of the whole board shall constitute a quorum and decide all questions and elections. Eligibility. Quorum. SEC. 10. Be it further enacted, That after the ratification of this Act, the Board of Education of Washington County shall not establish nor maintain any other school or schools, grant any license to or contract with any other persons to teach school of any character within two (2) miles of the limits of the Town of Davisboro, nor shall any

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of the school funds be paid to any school or teacher in said district other than herein provided for. County schools. SEC. 11. Be it further enacted, That said Board of Education shall upon the first day of August of each year render to the Mayor and Council an itemized statement showing all funds received by them and the source from which received and the purposes for which said funds were expended. Statements. SEC. 12. Be it further enacted, That as soon as practicable after the passage of this Act, the Board of Education herein named shall call an election by the qualified voters of the Town of Davisboro for the purpose of ratifying or rejecting this Act, said election to be held at the usual place for holding elections for Mayor and Aldermen for said Town of Davisboro and under the same rules and regulations; that the question submitted at said election shall be For Public Schools and Against Public Schools. The result of said election shall be certified by the managers thereof to the said Board of Education as herein named who shall declare the same. If the majority of the votes cast in said election shall be For Public Schools, then this Act shall become of full force and the Act, approved August 22d, 1905, incorporating Davisboro School District shall be, and is, hereby repealed. Election for ratification. SEC. 13. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved August 16, 1913. DECATUR, TOWN OF, CHARTER AMENDED. No. 144. An Act to amend an Act approved August 11th, 1909, creating and establishing a new charter for the Town of Decatur, in DeKalb County, Georgia, to be found in the

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Acts of the General Assembly of Georgia for 1909, commencing on Page 757, and through to Page 815, inclusive, so as to authorize the election of the Clerk of Council, Marshal, Treasurer, Superintendent of Public Construction and Water Works; fix their salaries, and for other purposes. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That Section 5 of said Act be amended by adding immediately after the word Qualified, being the last word of line seven of Section five, the following words and figures, to-wit: Decatur, Town of, Charter amended. That beginning with the officers elected for the year 1914, neither the Mayor nor any member of Council shall be eligible to re-election to succeed himself, and shall not be eligible to re-election until after a period of two years shall have elapsed between the expiration of the first term to which he was elected and and the beginning of the next term for which he seeks election. So that said section when so amended shall read as follows: Section 5. Be it further enacted, That on the first Wednesday in December, 1909, there shall be elected for said town, by the qualified voters therein by ballot, a Mayor and one Councilman from each of the three wards directed to be created hereunder, who shall hold office for two years and until their successors are elected and qualified. That beginning with the officers elected for the year 1914, neither the Mayor nor any member of Council shall be eligible to re-election to succeed himself, and shall not be eligible to re-election until after a period of two years shall have elapsed between the expiration of the first term to which he was elected and the beginning of the next term for which he seeks election. Officers not eligible for re-election. On the first Wednesday in December, 1910, there shall be elected for said town, by the qualified voters therein by ballot, one Councilman from each of said three wards,

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whose term of office shall be for two years and until his successor is elected and qualified, and as the terms of office of the Mayor and Councilmen elected as above required, to-wit, the Mayor and three Councilmen in 1911 and three Councilmen in 1912; their successors shall be elected in the same manner and for like terms, so that each ward shall be entitled to and have two Councilmen; provided, that each of said Councilmen shall be voted for and elected by all of the voters of said town respective of ward lines, it being the intention of this Act that Councilmen shall reside in and be eligible for election only from the wards in which they reside, but all elections shall be by general tickets. Election of Officers, terms, etc. The terms of office of the Mayor and Councilmen elected under the provisions of this Act shall commence on the first Monday of the January following their election, and shall be for two years and until their successors are elected and qualified. On the first Monday in January after their election the Mayor and Council-elect shall meet with the holdover members of Council at the town hall or other usual place of holding council meetings in said town, and there shall severally take, before some officer authorized by law to administer oaths, the following oath of office, to-wit: I do solemnly swear that I will well and truly demean myself as Mayor (or Councilman, as the case may be), of the Town of Decatur for the ensuing term, and that I will faithfully enforce the charter and ordinances of said town, to the best of my ability, without fear or favor, and in all my actions as Mayor (or Councilman) act as I believe for the best interest of said town, so help me God. Should the Mayor or any Councilman be absent from said meeting, he or they may take said oath of office as soon thereafter as possible. The Mayor and Council shall provide, by ordinance, for regular meetings, not less than one a month, and may hold such special or call meetings as the business of the town may require, to be convened as provided by ordinance. Sessions. In the event the office of Mayor, or any one or more of the Councilmen shall become vacant by death, resignation,

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removal from the town or ward, or otherwise, the Mayor and Council, or in case the Mayor's office is vacant, the Council shall order an election for the purpose of filling such vacancy or vacancies, by giving notice, such as may be provided by ordinance, and by publication in a newspaper published in said town; and such election shall be held, returns made and results declared in the same manner as in the regular elections for Mayor and Councilmen as hereinafter prescribed; provided, that in case such vacancy or vacancies occur within sixty days preceding the regular municipal elections in said town, then, in that event the said vacancy or vacancies may be filled by the Mayor and Council, or by the Mayor pro tem., in case of vacancy in the Mayor's office, and persons so elected as Councilmen or the Mayor pro tem., as the case may be, shall be duly empowered and qualified to fill such vacancies until the regular election. Vacancies, how filled. Should the Mayor or any member of Council fail or refuse to perform the duties of his office for a period of two consecutive months, provided such failure is not from providential cause, the office may be, in the discretion of the Council, or the Mayor and the remaining members of Council, declared by resolution vacant, and the vacancy filled as before provided. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That Section nine of said Act be amended by adding after the words, Absolutely closed, in the ninth line of said Section nine the following words and figures, to-wit. It shall be the further duty of the Clerk of said town to open said books of registration on two different days in each of the wards of said Town of Decatur, of the period which they are required now by said charter to be kept open, at some accessible and convenient place in said wards, which said books shall be opened in said wards at six o'clock A. M., and remain open for the purpose of registering of voters until nine o'clock P. M. That five days prior to the time of opening the said books of said town for registration for any election there shall be published in the county newspaper

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in which the Sheriff's advertisements are published, a notice, signed by the Clerk of Council, stating the time and place in each ward of said town where said books will be held open for the purpose of registering the qualified voters of said town as aforesaid. So that said section when so amended shall read as follows: Section 9. Be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the Clerk of said town upon the first Monday in November of each year, to open a registration book for the registration of the qualified voters of said town. Said book shall be kept open at such hours as the Mayor and Council may prescribe each and every day (Sunday and legal holidays excepted) until the Wednesday before the first Wednesday in December, when it shall be fairly and absolutely closed. It shall be the further duty of the Clerk of said town to open said books of registration on two different days in each of the wards of said Town of Decatur, of the period which they are required now by said charter to be kept open, at some accessible and convenient place in said wards, which said books shall be opened in said wards at six o'clock A. M., and remain open for the purpose of registering of voters until nine o'clock P. M. That five days prior to the time of opening the said books of said town for registration for any election, there shall be published in the county newspaper in which the Sheriff's advertisements are published, a notice signed by the Clerk of Council stating the time and place in each ward of said town where said books will be held open for the purpose of registering the said qualified voters of said town as aforesaid. Registration of voters. It shall be the duty of the Clerk, upon application in person, and not by proxy, of any male citizen who is qualified to vote for members of the General Assembly, who has paid all taxes of every character legally imposed and demanded by the authority of said town, and who upon the day of election, if then a resident, will then have resided in said town for ninety days prior thereto, to allow such

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person to register his name and color, recording on said book besides the applicant's name, his age, occupation or business and the street in said town on which he resides. Said Clerk shall not knowingly permit any one to register who is not lawfully entitled to do so, and shall in every case before registering the applicant, administer to him the following oath: You do solemnly swear that you are a citizen of the United States and of the State of Georgia; that you have resided in said State for twelve months, in this county for six months and in Decatur for three months next preceding this registration, or that by the date of the next town election, if then a resident, you will have done so, and that it is your intention to remain a resident until the said day of election; that you are twenty-one years of age or will be so prior to said day of election; that you have paid all taxes due the Town of Decatur and all taxes required by the laws of this State, except taxes for this year, so help you God. It shall be the duty of the Clerk of said town to prepare a list of the names of voters registered, after it has been purged by the Mayor and Council, in alphabetical order, and furnish the managers of the election with a complete list of the registered voters, in alphabetical order, certified under his official signature and seal of office, at or before the polls are opened. The managers shall keep said lists before them during the election and shall not permit any one to vote in said election whose name does not appear thereon, and when said election is over, it shall be the duty of said managers to return said lists to the Clerk, to be by him safely kept and preserved. The registration for white and colored shall be made out separately. Registrattion list. For any intermediate or special election in said town for any purpose, the Clerk shall open said registration book at least thirty days before the date fixed for such election and shall close the same five days before the day of election, and prepare and furnish the registration book lists as hereinbefore provided. Registration for special election. Notice of the opening of the registration book for all elections shall be given in such manner as the Mayor and

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Council shall prescribe at least twenty days before the closing thereof. Notice of opening of registration book. Should the name of any person qualified to vote in any election and who registered therefor with the Clerk in due time and form, be accidentally omitted from the registration lists furnished the managers of said election, the Clerk of said town may certify under his official signature and seal to such accidental omission to place his name on the lists, and that he is and was duly and legally registered in due time and from before the registration books were closed, and thereupon and by filing said certificate with the managers, such person shall be allowed to vote. Accidental omissions of names from lists. Any person voting in any election held in said town, who is not qualified to vote therein, under the provisions of this Act, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be punished as prescribed by the laws of this State for illegal voting. Illegal voting. After said registration books are closed, and prior to the day of any election for which said registration is had, the Mayor and Council shall examine, revise and purge said lists, as made up and returned to them by the Clerk, of all illegally registered voters or persons disqualified from voting for any lawful reason; provided, that before removing any name therefrom, written notice shall be served on the person or persons deemed disqualified at least 12 hours before final action therein by the Mayor and Council, that such person may show cause, if any, why such action should not be taken. Purging of lists. SEC. 3. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That Section eleven of said charter be amended by striking therefrom the second paragraph of said section and inserting in lieu thereof the following: That on the first Wednesday in December, 1913, and on the first Wednesday in December of each year thereafter there shall be elected for said town, being at the same time that the Mayor and Town Council election takes place by ballot, a Clerk of Council, a City Treasurer, a Marshal or

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Chief of Police, a Superintendent of Public Construction and Water Works, whose terms of office shall be for a term of one year each and until their successors are elected and qualified. No person shall be eligible to election to any of the offices mentioned in this section who is not a qualified voter under the charter and ordinances of the Town of Decatur. Amending clauses. It shall be the duty of the Mayor and Town Council on the first meeting night of each year to fix the salaries of the said officers whose election is provided for in this section. Said salaries shall not be changed thereafter during their respective terms of office, and to be paid monthly out of the general revenues of said city; provided, however, that the salary of the Clerk of Council shall not exceed $75.00 per month; the salary of the Superintendent of Construction and Water Works shall not exceed the sum of $125.00 per month; the salary of the Marshal shall not exceed $75.00 per month; the salary of the Treasurer shall not exceed the sum of $10.00 per month. Said Section eleven is also amended by striking therefrom paragraph four (4) of said Section eleven. Said Section eleven is also amended by adding immediately after the word Elected, in the last lines of said section, the following: Provided, however, That the salary of the Mayor shall not exceed the sum of $150.00 per year. The salary of the Mayor pro tem. shall at the same time be fixed by ordinance and shall not exceed the sum of $50.00 per year. The salary of the Councilmen, except that of the Mayor pro tem. which is above provided for, shall at the same time be fixed by ordinance and shall not exceed $25.00 per year. So that said section when so amended will read as follows: Section 11. Be it further enacted, That at the first regular meeting of the Mayor and Council, which shall be

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held on the first Monday in January of each year after the regular municipal election in December for the purpose of reorganization, the Council shall elect one of the number Mayor pro tempore, for a term of one year, who shall, in the absence or disqualification of the Mayor, or during vacancy in said office perform and discharge all the duties and exercise all of the authority of the office of Mayor upon taking the usual oath. That on the first Wednesday in December, 1913, and on the first Wednesday in December of each year thereafter, there shall be elected for said town, being at the same time that the Mayor and Town Council election takes place by ballot, a Clerk of Council, a City Treasurer, a Marshal or Chief of Police, a Superintendent of Construction and Water Works, whose terms of office shall be for one year each and until their successors are elected and qualified. No person shall be eligible to election to any of the offices mentioned in this section, who is not a qualified voter under the charter and ordinances of the Town of Decatur. Election of officers. It shall be the duty of the Mayor and Town Council on the first meeting night of each year to fix the salaries of said officers, whose election is provided for in this section. Said salaries shall not be changed thereafter during their respective terms of office and to be paid monthly out of the general revenues of said city; provided, however, that the salary of the Clerk of the Council shall not exceed $75.00 per month. The salary of the Superintendent of Construction and Water Works shall not exceed the sum of $125.00 per month. The salary of the Marshal shall not exceed the sum of $75.00 per month. The salary of the Treasurer shall not exceed the sum of $10.00 per month. Salaries of Officers. Each of said officers shall take such oaths of office, give such bonds, and perform such duties as shall be fixed by ordinance; provided, that all official bonds shall be payable to the Town of Decatur. Said Mayor and Council shall have the power and authority in their discretion to suspend and remove such officers from office or impose fines on said officers; provided, that before removal or fine said officer shall be entitled to a hearing before the Mayor and Council

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on the charges preferred under such rules as the Mayor and Council may fix. Oaths and bonds. The salary of the Mayor shall be fixed by ordinance at the last meeting of the Mayor and Council to be in 1909, and biennually thereafter, which said salary shall not be changed during the term for which a Mayor is elected; provided, however, that the salary of the Mayor shall not exceed the sum of $150.00 per year. Salary of Mayor. The salary of the Mayor pro tem. shall at the same time be fixed by ordinance and shall not exceed the sum of $50.00 per year. Salary of Mayor pro tem. The salary of the Councilmen, except that of the Mayor pro tem. which is above provided for, shall at the same time be fixed by ordinance and shall not exceed $25.00 per year. Salaries of Councilmen. SEC. 4. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That before this Act goes into effect that this Act be submitted to the qualified voters of said Town of Decatur at a special election which shall be called by the Mayor and Town Council of said Town of Decatur, to be held on the first Wednesday in November, 1913. Election for ratification. SEC. 5. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the question that shall be submitted to the voters of said Town of Decatur in said election shall be: For the amendment which provides that Mayor and Councilmen are ineligible for successive re-election, and for the election of Clerk of Council, Town Marshal, Town Treasurer, Superintendent of Construction and Water Works, by vote of the qualified voters of said Town of Decatur, and Against the amendment which provides that Mayor and Councilmen are ineligible for successive re-election, and for the election of Clerk of Council, Town Marshal, Town Treasurer, Superintendent of Construction and Water Works, by vote of the qualified voters of said Town of Decatur. Question submitted. SEC. 6. Be it further enacted, That in the event a majority of the qualified voters of said town cast their vote

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in said election in favor of the question, For the amendment which provides that the Mayor and Councilmen are ineligible for successive re-election, and for the election of Clerk of Council, Town Marshal, Town Treasurer, Superintendent of Construction and Water Works, by vote of the qualified voters of said Town of Decatur, that the same be, and the same is, hereby amended, and the Act shall be effective. Amendment, when effective. SEC. 7. Be it further enacted, That only registered qualified voters be allowed to vote at said election and no person shall be declared qualified to vote under said charter of said Town of Decatur hereinbefore referred to and described. Voters. SEC. 8. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the Mayor and Council of said Town of Decatur shall provide for the immediate opening of the registration books and for the registration of qualified voters of said town and keep said books of registration open until ten days before said election, at which time they shall cause the same to be closed. Registration for election. SEC. 9. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That said election shall be held and managed as directed in Section 6 of the said charter of said Town of Decatur and all the rules therein laid down are to be made applicable to the holding and management of the election. That said managers shall declare the result, and if a majority vote for the said amendment, then they shall declare the election in favor of said amendment. If a majority vote against said amendment, then they shall declare the amendment lost. Election, how held. SEC. 10. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved August 16, 1913.

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DUBLIN, CITY OF, CHARTER AMENDED. No. 174. An Act to amend the charter of the City of Dublin, in the County of Laurens, approved August 15th, 1910; also to amend an Act amending said charter of the City of Dublin, approved August 9th, 1911, by repealing Section one of said Act approved August 9th, 1911, and providing in lieu thereof the manner of certiorari from the Recorder's Court, and for other purposes. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That Section 1, on page 1112 of the Act amending the Act creating a new charter for the City of Dublin, Laurens County, Georgia, and approved August 9th, 1911, be stricken and repealed and the following inserted in lieu thereof: That there shall be no appeal from the judgments or decisions of the Recorder's Court, of the City of Dublin, except by writ of certiorari to the Superior Court of said county. That whenever any person convicted in said court, or his attorney, shall give notice that he intends to apply for a writ of certiorari it shall be the duty of the Mayor or the Recorder or other officer presiding over said court to suspend said sentence until said certiorari shall have been heard and determined by said Superior Court, and in case of appeal from the decision of the Superior Court to the Supreme Court or the Court of Appeals, until there is a final determination of said case in the said court of last resort. But no person convicted in said Recorder's Court shall be released from custody until he shall have given a good and sufficient bond and security, to be fixed and approved by the presiding officer of said court, for his appearance to carry out and perform said sentence in the event the same is affirmed. Dublin, City of, Recorder's Court, certiorari from. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That Section 19 of the Act creating a new charter for the City of Dublin, appearing on page 630 of the Acts of 1910, shall be amended by

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striking the word Five appearing in the fourth line of said section after the word exceed and before the hundred and insert in lieu thereof the word six, so that said section when amended will read as follows: SEC. 19. Be it further enacted, That the term of the office of the Mayor shall be two years, and until his successor is elected and qualified. He shall receive a salary to be fixed by the board of Aldermen not to exceed six hundred dollars per annum. He shall be the Chief Executive officer of the city and shall have general supervision over all its affairs. Shall sign all deeds and contracts except deeds made for property sold at public sale under execution, which shall be signed by the Marshal; approve all bills and vouchers for the payment of money, and shall be clothed with veto power as hereinafter set out. It shall be his duty to see that the laws of this State and the ordinances of the city are faithfully executed within the corporate limits of the city. He shall keep the Board of Aldermen advised from time to time of the general conditions of the city, and shall recommend such measures as he may deem necessary or expedient for the welfare thereof. He may call the Board of Aldermen together at any time when deemed necessary by him, and shall preside over the same. He shall devote as much time as may be necessary to the business of the city, and shall not be absent from the State for a longer period than 15 days together, nor from the city for more than twenty consecutive days, with leave of the Board of Aldermen. Mayor's salary. SEC. 3. Be it further enacted, That Section 21 of the Act creating a new charter for the city of Dublin, appearing on page 631 of the Act of 1910, shall be amended by striking the word three appearing in the third line of said section after the words exceeding and before the word dollars and insert in lieu thereof the word six; also by striking the word three appearing in the seventh line of said section after the word than and before the word dollars and insert in lieu thereof the word six; also by striking the word one appearing in the fifth line of said

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section after the word than and before the word hundred and insert in lieu thereof the word two, so that said section when amended will read as follows: SEC. 21. Be it further enacted, That each of said Aldermen shall receive as compensation for his services, out of the treasury of the city, a sum not exceeding six dollars for each session of the Board of Aldermen actually attended by him. That no Alderman shall receive more than two hundred dollars per annum in the aggregate; provided, also, that no Alderman shall receive more than six dollars for attendance during one week, nor shall any service in one week be estimated for compensation in any one week. Said compensation herein provided for shall be in full for all services rendered the city and shall be fixed by the Mayor and Board of Aldermen. It shall be the duty of the city Clerk to keep a faithful record of the attendance of every Alderman on the sessions of the board and compensation herein provided for shall be paid only on his certificate of such actual attendance, which said certificate shall accompany the treasurer's vouchers. Compensation of Aldermen. SEC. 4. Be it further enacted, That section two on page 1113 of the Act amending the Act creating a new Charter for the City of Dublin, Laurens County, Ga., approved August 9th, 1911, of the Acts of 1911, shall be amended by striking the word one appearing in the sixth line of the amended Section 36 of said Act, after the word for and before the word year and insert in lieu thereof the word two, so that said section when amended will read as follows: SEC. 36. Be it further enacted, That in addition to the officers already named, there shall be a City Treasurer, a City Clerk, a City Marshal, a City Sexton, a City Attorney, and a City Engineer, and such other officers or agents of the city as the Mayor and Aldermen may by ordinance prescribe. These officers shall serve for two years and until their successors are elected and qualified, unless sooner removed for cause, to be judged by the Mayor and Aldermen

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by a two-thirds vote. They shall be elected by the Mayor and Aldermen by a majority vote of the whole board. Terms of officers. SEC. 5. All laws and parts of laws in conflict with the above Act are hereby repealed. Approved August 16, 1913. EAST ELLIJAY, TOWN OF, CHARTER AMENDED. No. 145. An Act to amend Section 3 of an Act incorporating the Town of East Ellijay in the County of Gilmer, and for other purposes, approved August 4th 1903, by striking after the word from in the second line of said Section the remainder of said Section, and inserting in lieu thereof, the words, the crossing of the streets in front of the residence of W.H. Foster, in said town, one-half mile in every direction, except that part of such territory as is now included within the corporate limits of the City of Ellijay, and for other purposes. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That from and after the passage of this Act, Section 3, of Act, incorporating the town of East Ellijay in the County of Gilmer, approved August 4th, 1903, be amended by striking after the word, from, in the second line of said Section, the remainder of said Section, and inserting in lieu thereof, the words, the crossing of the streets in front of the residence of W. H. Foster, in said town, one-half mile in every direction, except in a northeasterly direction, where the one-half mile limit will intersect with the Cartecay River, and the said limits shall be the south bank of said river, in a westerly course to a ravine at the corner of the lot of E. T. Ray about two hundred yards above the public bridge; thence across said river, the original limit

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of one-half mile, thence a southerly course along the Jarrett Mountain the half mile limit to the city limits of Ellijay. East Ellijay, Town of, corporate limits. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and they are, hereby repealed. Approved August 16, 1913. EAST LAKE, TOWN OF, CHARTER AMENDED. No. 113. An Act to amend the charter of the Town of East Lake, in the County of DeKalb, State of Georgia, by withdrawing from the corporate limits of said town, except for the purpose of police supervision and protection, certain territory now embraced within the corporate limits of said town and for other purposes. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That from and after the passage of this Act, that certain portions of the territory, which is herein-below described, originally embraced within the corporate limits of the Town of East Lake in accordance with the Act of incorporation, approved on August 14th, 1908, be and the same hereby is removed and excluded from the limits of said town, except that the constituted authorities thereof shall retain control and supervision over said territory for all legitimate police purposes just the same as if said territory had remained an integral part of said town. That said territory embraced in this Act and which is hereby taken out of the limits of said town is described as follows. East Lake, Town of, corporate limits. All that tract or parcel of land in land lots one hundred and eighty-one (181) and one hundred and eighty-two (182) of the fifteenth (15th) District of DeKalb County, Georgia, more particularly described as follows:

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Beginning at the southeast corner of Skiff Avenue and Morgan Street, running thence east along the south side of Morgan Street four thousand four hundred and sixteen (4416) feet to the intersection of said Morgan Street with an unnamed thirty foot street; running thence south along the west side of said unnamed thirty foot street eighteen hundred and forty-eight and five-tenths (1848.5) feet to East Lake Street; running thence west along the north side of Lake Street, three thousand and two and threetenths (3002.3) feet; thence north two hundred and ten (210) feet; thence west along the north side of a ten foot alley thirteen hundred and sixty (1360) feet, to Skiff Avenue; thence north along the east side of Skiff Avenue sixteen hundred and forty (1640) feet to point of beginning. All that tract or parcel of land lying and being in land lot one hundred and eighty-one (181) of the fifteenth (15th) District of DeKalb County, Georgia: Commencing at a point on the northeast corner of Morgan Street and Green Avenue, running thence east along the north side of Morgan Street two hundred and thirty-nine (239) feet more or less; thence northwardly along an unnamed street in a curved line three hundred and forty (340) feet more or less, to Herman Street; thence west along the south side of Herman Street one-hundred and ninety-three (193) feet to Green Avenue; thence south along the east side of Green Avenue three hundred and thirty-six and three-tenths (336.3) feet to the beginning point. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved August 16, 1913. EASTMAN, CITY OF, CHARTER AMENDED. No. 82. An Act to amend an Act creating a new charter for the City of Eastman, in the County of Dodge, define its

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limits, create a municipal government therefor, declaring its rights and powers, and for other purposes, approved August 22nd, 1907, and an amendatory Act thereto, approved August 16th, 1909, so as to provide for the manner of election of the Mayor and Aldermen of the City of Eastman, in the County of Dodge, prescribe the duties of certain officials of the city of Eastman, creating a city budget of expense to be incurred by said city, provide for a levy of taxes to raise funds for the payment of said budget, to provide that the system of water works in said city shall never be sold or leased, and for other purposes. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That Section 18 of an Act entitled an Act to create a new charter for the city of Eastman, in the County of Dodge, define its limits, create a municipal Government therefor, declare its rights and powers, and for other purposes, be and the same is hereby amended by striking the entire section and substituting in lieu therof the following: In addition to such duties as may be prescribed by the Mayor and Council, it shall be the duty of the Clerk to attend all meetings of the Council, keep a careful and accurate record of its proceedings, including a record of the yea and nay votes on all questions before the Council; keep an accurate set of books showing in detail all items of income and expense of said city, present to the Council monthly a detailed statement of the financial condition of said city, showing in itemized form the receipts and expenditures for the previous month, from what source received and for what purpose expended, which statement he shall cause to be published monthly in the newspaper in which the Sheriff's and Ordinary's legal advertisements are published in said city, said statement to show to whom each item was paid, the amount paid for each item, and for what purpose said payment was made; he shall carefully collect all revenues due said city from whatever source, the said Clerk and his bondsmen being hereby made responsible for any sum that he shall fail to collect through omission or

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negligence; he shall carefully inspect all supplies or articles purchased by said city, and weigh the same when necessary in order to see and ascertain that said goods received measure up to requirements as ordered and report thereon to the Mayor and Council of said city; he shall read all water meters in said city each month and collect all accounts due said city for water; furnish to the Mayor and Council such information as may be requested by either, open his books at any time to any citizen of said city requesting to see the same; remain in his office and devote to his office work at least three days in each week, notice of which three days so assigned for such work shall be posted on the door of the Council chamber, so that same can be read by any person or persons having business to transact, and to perform such other duties as may be required of him by the Mayor or by the City Council. Eastman, City of, charter amended. Duties of Clerk of Council. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That Section 2 of an Act entitled, An Act to amend an Act incorporating the City of Eastman, in the County of Dodge, approved August 22nd, 1907; to define the limits of said city of Eastman, and for other purposes, be amended as follows: By striking from said amendatory Act the entire Section 2 above referred to and inserting in lieu thereof the following: Be it enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all elections for municipal officers of said city or for other purposes shall be under the supervision of and conducted by three managers, to be designated by the Mayor and Council, who shall be citizens of said city, and entitled to vote in the election for officers thereof and before entering upon their duties shall subscribe to an oath to faithfully and impartially discharge the duties of such managers and truly declare the result of such election. Said managers shall keep two lists of voters and two tally sheets and at the conclusion of the count shall deposit the same, together with the votes cast, and a certificate of the result of the election, with the Clerk of the Council, declaring those persons receiving the highest vote elected. The place of holding said election shall be designated by the Mayor and Council, and the polls shall be kept

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open between the hours of seven o'clock a. m. and four o'clock p. m. Elections. how held. SEC. 3. Be it further enacted, That Section four of said amendatory Act, referred to as an Act approved August 16th, 1909, entitled An Act to amend an Act incorporating the City of Eastman, in the County of Dodge, approved August 22nd, 1907; to define the limits of said city of Eastman, and for other purposes be amended by striking therefrom the language contained in said section and substituting the following, that the same shall read as follows: Be it enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the municipal government of said city shall be vested in a Mayor and five Councilmen, who shall constitute the City Council and who shall be selected one from each of the four wards of the city and one from the city at large, and who shall be elected and whose terms of office shall be as follows: On the second Monday in January, 1914, an election shall be held in the city of Eastman, at a place to be designated by the Mayor and Council of said city for the purpose of electing a Mayor, and Councilmen for each the third and fourth wards of said city, said Aldermen to be elected for a period of one year each, and at which said election a Mayor shall be elected for one year. Thereafter, on the second Monday in January of each year an election shall be held as hereinbefore set out, on the second Monday in January each year, as aforesaid, at which election, a Mayor and five Councilmen shall be elected, one Councilman for each of the four wards of said city, and one Councilman at large, all of whom shall be elected for a term of one year. The present Councilmen of the first and second wards and the present Councilman at large to serve the terms for which they were elected. All officers of said city shall serve until their successors are elected and installed. Mayor and Councilmen. SEC. 4. Be it further enacted, That Section 12 of the amendatory Act referred to in the third paragraph of this Act, and being the same Act identified as the Act approved August 16th, 1909 be and the same is hereby amended by striking the entire Section of said Act. Section 12 of Act of Aug. 16, 1909, stricken.

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SEC. 5. Be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of one of the policemen, in addition to the other duties now imposed on them, said policeman to be designated by the Mayor and Council of said city, to keep an accurate record of the electric arc lights used and burned by said city, to be kept by numbers, and a complete statement of the number of lights burning, and of those not burning each night in the month, and to make a [Illegible Text] of same. Said report to be in writing and to be entered upon the minutes of said city, open to inspection by any citizen of said city. Duties of policemen. SEC. 6. Be it further enacted, That the water works of said city shall remain the property of said city, under the supervision of its Mayor and Councilmen, and shall not be sold or leased to any person, persons, firms or corporation. Water Works. SEC. 7. Be it further enacted, That no real estate or real property belonging to said City of Eastman, shall ever be sold, unless by authority conferred by a two-thirds vote of the qualified voters of said city, at an election to be held for that purpose, to be called by the Mayor, after resolution voted by the Council authorizing the Mayor to call such election and providing for said election to be held. Said election to be held in the manner prescribed for holding elections, in and for the city of Eastman, and to be held at any time after giving 30 days notice of the call for said election, the time and place where to be held, said notice to be published once a week for four weeks immediately preceding said election, and notices to be posted in three public places 30 days. Sale of real estate belonging to the city. SEC. 8. Be it further enacted, That an expense budget shall be made up yearly by the Mayor and Council of said city as a basis for levying taxes upon all property in said city, both real and personal, which taxes shall be levied in the same manner as prescribed by the general law for the levy of taxes upon such property. Said expense budget to state specifically the amounts to be raised and the purposes for which raised. And when such taxes shall have been levied, the amounts collected thereunder to be applied

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solely for the purposes for which raised and any fund raised for a specific purpose shall be used for no other and only for the specific purpose for which it was levied. Expense budget. SEC. 9. Be it further enacted, That not more than one fourth of one per cent shall be levied upon property, real and personal, in said city of Eastman for the purpose of paying the expenses of furnishing electric lights to said city, nor shall any of the revenues raised by the city from any other source be applied to the payment of the expenses of furnishing electric lights to said city. Tax rate. SEC. 10. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict herewith be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved August 11, 1913. EASTMAN, CITY OF, PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM AMENDED. No. 90. An Act to amend an Act to establish a system of Public Schools for the Town of Eastman; to provide for a Board of Education; to empower the Mayor and Council of said town to levy and collect a tax for the maintenance thereof; to issue bonds for the purpose of raising revenue to build, equip and maintain first-class high school and academy buildings in said town; to authorize the County School Commissioner of Dodge County to pay over to said Board of Education such part of the State school fund as may be the pro rata share of said town, and for other purposes. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That Section 1 of the original Act establishing a system of public schools in and for the City of Eastman, approved December 15, 1894, be and the same is hereby repealed,

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and in lieu thereof the following is substituted, to-wit: Section 1. The General Assembly of Georgia do enact, that on the second Monday in January, 1913, and regularly every two years thereafter, there shall be held in the City of Eastman, an election by ballot for the purpose of electing five persons from the citizens of said city, who shall constitute the Board of Education of said city. At said election all of said persons shall be elected for a term of two years, and all of said persons so elected shall serve until their successors are elected and qualified. All vacancies in said board occasioned by death, removal, resignation, or otherwise, shall be filled by the remaining members of said board until the next regular election for choosing members of said board, when said vacancy shall be filled as aforesaid. Said election shall be called by the Mayor and Council of said city in the same manner as the election for Mayor and Council of said city is called and shall be held at the same time and in conjunction with the election of the Mayor and Council of said city, under the same rules and regulations as govern the election of the Mayor and Council of said city, and all electors qualified to vote in the election for Mayor and Council of said city shall be qualified to vote for members of said Board of Education. Eastman, City of, public school system amended. Election of Board of Education. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That Section 2, of the original Act establishing a Board of Education in and for the City of Eastman, be, and the same is, hereby amended as follows: By adding after the word necessary and before the word to in the seventh line of said Act the following, to-wit: Provided, that no one shall be employed or appointed as a teacher in such schools, or as superintendent of same, who is related within the third degree of affinity or consanguinity to any member of the said Board of Education, so that said section, when so amended, will read as follows: Section 2. Be it further enacted, That the said Board of Education shall have authority to devise, design and adopt a system of public schools in said town; to modify and change the same from time to time; to establish such schools as they may deem proper; to prescribe the curriculum, appoint and employ teachers

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for said schools and a superintendent for same if deemed necessary; provided, that no one shall be employed or appointed as a teacher in such schools, or as superintendent of same, who is related within the third degree of affinity or consanguinity to any member of the said Board of Education; to suspend or remove such teachers and superintendent; to fix their compensation; to provide school houses by rent, building, purchase or otherwise, in the discretion of the board; to make and hold titles to such property, and to make such by-laws, rules and regulations for their own government, and that of the superintendent, teachers and pupils of said school as they may deem proper and not [Illegible Text] conflict with the laws of this State, and to do any and all acts promotive of the best educational interests of said town not in conflict with the provisions of this Act or the laws of the State. Teachers. SEC. 3. Be it further enacted, That Section 4 of said Act be, and the same is, hereby amended by striking therefrom the last line of said section and inserting in lieu thereof the following: Newspaper in said town or city in which the Sheriff's sales and Ordinary's legal advertisements are published, so that said section when so amended will read as follows: Section 4. Be it further enacted, that said Board of Education shall keep regular minutes of its proceedings, to be authenticated by the President and by the Secretary for the term, which shall at all times be open to inspection by the Mayor and Council or any citizen of said town. The Board of Education shall furnish the Mayor and Council, from time to time, an estimate of the funds required for the maintenance of said schools, and shall make a report annually in writing to the Mayor and Council by the first Monday in August, giving the condition of the public schools, the attendance therein, the receipts and expenditures for the school year ending July 31st, with such other information and recommendations as they may deem proper, which said report shall be published in the newspaper in said town or city in which the Sheriff's sales and Ordinary's legal advertisements are published. Publication of reports of board.

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SEC. 4. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved August 11, 1913. EDISON, CITY OF, CHARTER AMENDED. No. 57. An Act to amend an Act and the amendments thereof, creating the City of Edison in lieu of the Town of Edison and for other purposes, approved August 20, 1906, so as to provide for the paving of sidewalks in certain parts of said city; provide methods for paving same; give the Mayor and Council the power and authority to require the property owners in the business section of said town to pave the sidewalks bounding their property; to provide a method of procedure therefor and enforcement thereof; to create a Bond Commission for said city and prescribe its duties; and to fix the boundary line of said city on the south side of said city; to change the time for holding the annual election of Mayor and Councilmen of said City of Edison; to change the time for opening the registration books for the registration of voters and the closing of said books, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same, That the Act creating the City of Edison in lieu of the Town of Edison, approved August 20, 1906, be, and the same is, hereby amended by adding at the end of Section twenty-seven of said Act the following paragraphs which shall be numbered beginning with section twenty-nine and so on through this amendment, to-wit: Edison, City of, charter amended. SECTION 1. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the Mayor and Council of the City of Edison shall, after the passage of this Act have the power and authority

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to require the owners of real property in the business section of said city and within the fire limits as established or may hereafter be established by said city, to pave the sidewalks bounding their property, or pay for said paving by complying with the following provisions of this Act. Paving of sidewalks. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted by authority of the same, That said Mayor and Council shall not have authority to order paved or to pave any sidewalks, as hereinafter provided for, except in the following manner: Said sidewalks shall be paved with cement or mixture of cement and other ingredients that may be as durable as what is known as cement tiling, pentagon shape, or shall be paved with cement tiling, pentagon shape, width, thickness, etc., as may be designated by said Council. The width of said sidewalks tile shall also be in discretion of said Mayor and Council, and the curb also designated by the said Mayor and Council. Character of paving required. SEC. 3. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That when in the discretion of said Mayor and Council aforesaid, a sidewalk or sidewalks bounding any real estate in the business section of said city, or within the fire limits of said city, should be paved, it shall be the duty of the said Mayor and Council to pass a resolution providing that the owners of said real estate shall be notified as provided by this Act, to pave such sidewalk or walks. Such resolution specifically describing the walk or walks to be paved, the manner in which it shall be paved, and shall be spread upon the minutes of said Council. Resolution providing for paving. SEC. 4. Be it further enacted, That when the said Mayor and Council have passed a resolution as is provided for in Section three of this amendment the Clerk of said city shall issue a writ, bearing test in the name of the Mayor of said city, calling on the owner of said real estate, to show cause, if any he has, at the next regular meeting of said Council, why he should not pave the sidewalk or walks bounding his said real estate. Said Clerk shall attach a certified copy of said resolution hereinbefore provided for, to said writ. Said writ shall be substantially as follows: Writ to show cause why paving should not be done.

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To A. B., you are required to be and appear before the Mayor and City Council of the City of Edison at its next regular meeting to be held at the council Chamber in the City of Edison, at..... o'clock..... M. on the..... day of....., 191....., to show cause, if any you have, why you shall not pave the sidewalk or walks, as provided in the attached resolution. Witness the Honorable..... Mayor of said city, this the..... day of....., 191..... ..... Clerk. SEC. 5. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That when the writ shall have been issued as now provided for, the same shall be served on the tenant in possession of said real estate, by the Marshal of said city, any Constable of said State or any Sheriff, or Deputy Sheriff of said State, at least twenty days before the date of the meeting of said Council to which the writ has been made returnable; provided, that if there is not a tenant in possession, that a service shall be perfected on the owner of the real estate. And in case the owner is not a resident of said State, service shall be deemed sufficient upon its being made to appear that the writ has been deposited in the United States Postoffice at Edison, Georgia, properly stamped and addressed to the said owner at his most notorious place of abode, or his place of business, 25 days before the meeting of the Council to which same is made returnable; provided, further, that if service be perfected, by any of the ways provided for, too late for the time for which the writ is made returnable, further service will not be necessary, but such writ is hereby made returnable to the next regular meeting of said Council thereafter. Services of writ. SEC. 6. Be it further enacted, That at the time and place specified as hereinbefore provided, the land owner shall show cause, if any he has, why he should not pave the sidewalk or walks bounding his property with the material and in the manner hereinbefore provided. And if in the judgment of the Mayor and City Council, he does not show sufficient cause, the said Mayor and Council shall have the

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power and authority to order him to pave such sidewalk or walks according to the specifications provided herein, within such time as they may allow him, and upon the failure of such land owner to pave such sidewalk or walks as aforesaid within the time specified, the said Mayor and Council shall cause the same to be paved at the expense of the said City of Edison to be charged against said land owner and upon the failure of said land owner to pay the Clerk of said city upon demand the actual cost of the construction of said sidewalk or walks, or such part thereof as the said Mayor and Council shall require of the said land owner, said Clerk shall issue an execution as other executions provided for in the charter of said city are issued against said land owner therefor, which execution shall be a special lien, superior to all liens, except liens for taxes, due the State or the county, and shall be a general lien on all the property, both real and personal, as may be owned by such land owner, after the issuance of said execution. And said execution shall be enforced as other executions issued under the authority of the said charter of the said city are enforced. Sidewalks, when paved. SEC. 7. Be it further enacted and it is hereby enacted, That a commission, to be known as the Edison Bond Commission, may be appointed by the Mayor of said city and said appointments confirmed by the Council thereof, consisting of four freeholders of said city, and qualified voters of said city for the term of four years each, two of which Commission shall on the first appointment made by said city hold office for two years only and the other two for four years each, and after the appointments made by the Mayor and Council all succeeding Commissioners shall hold their offices for four years and until their successors are appointed and qualified. The Said Commissioners to receive such remuneration, as may be allowed by said city, and can hold any other office in said city that may be intrusted to them. Edison Bond Commission. SEC. 8. It shall be the duty of said Commission to see that the sinking fund provided for in reference to bonds due by said city, be provided for, that the interest shall be

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kept up and paid at the proper time, and it shall also be their duty to keep such funds as may be so allowed, belonging to said city, invested as required by law. It shall be their duty to keep on hand a full and detailed statement and record of all bonds owed by said city or owned by said city, the amounts due on bonds by said city, and the amounts due to said city on bonds, and to, in every way, provide for the payment of such bonds due by city and for the collection of such amounts as may be due to said city for bonds. It shall also be the duty of said Commission to at least once a year audit the water and light books of said city and make a clear, full and complete statement of the contents of same; provided, that the last two sections above made, shall be put into effect only by ordinance of said City Council. Duties of the commission. SEC. 9. Be it further enacted, That the boundary line of said City of Edison be changed as follows, to-wit: Beginning at the point on east side of G. F. and A. Railroad, where the said railroad crosses the south boundary line of the corporate limits of said city, and running north to a point up said east side of said railroad, two hundred and fifty feet north of where Bay Branch crosses said railroad, and thence running in an easterly direction to a point two hundred feet east of the Cuthbert and Arlington Public Road and two hundred and fifty feet north of Bay Branch, then due south to where the southern boundary line now stands, so that all the land south of the line above described will be without the corporate limits of said city. Corporate limits changed. SEC. 10. Be it further enacted, That the Act approved August 20, 1906, creating the City of Edison be, and the same is, hereby amended by striking the word January in the second line of the 4th Paragraph of said Act, and inserting in lieu thereof the word December, so that hereafter the Mayor and Councilmen of said city shall be elected on the first Saturday in December in each year instead of in January. Election of officers. SEC. 11. Be it further enacted, That Section 6 of said aforesaid Act be, and the same is, hereby amended by

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striking the words On Monday in the first line of said section and inserting in lieu thereof the words On the first Monday in January, so that the newly elected officers aforesaid will begin their term of service thereafter on the first Monday in January of each year, or as soon thereafter as practicable as provided in said Section 6. Terms of office. SEC. 12. Be it further enacted, That Section 8 of the aforesaid Act approved August 20, 1906, be, and the same is, hereby amended by striking the word October in the 3rd line of said Section 8 and inserting in lieu thereof the word September, so thereafter the registration book or books mentioned in said section shall be opened on the first of September in each year instead of October. Registration book. SEC. 13. Be it further enacted, That Section 8 of the aforesaid Act be further amended by striking from said Section eight wherever it appears therein the word December and inserting in lieu thereof the word November, so that hereafter said registration book or books shall be closed annually on the first of November, and that objections to the list of registered voters delivered to the Mayor as provided in said section shall be made to any one or more persons so registered by the fifteenth of November instead of December as heretofore provided for in Section eight. Closing of registration book. SEC. 14. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved August 7, 1913. FOREST PARK, TOWN OF, CHARTER AMENDED. No. 109. An Act to amend an Act to incorporate the Town of Forest Park, in the County of Clayton; to prescribe its limits; to provide for a Mayor and Council of said town and

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prescribe their duties and powers and the manner of their election; to provide for the government of said town, and for other purposes, approved August 14, 1908, so as to authorize the enforcement of ordinances, rules and regulations by labor on the streets and public works of said town, and for other purposes. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by authority of same, That Section 8 of the above recited Act be and the same is hereby amended by adding at the end thereof the following: Or by labor on the streets and public works of said town not exceeding sixty (60) days. The collection of any and all fines may be enforced by execution and levy and sale of the property as provided for the collection of taxes, so that said section when amended shall read as follows: Section 8. Be it further enacted, That said Mayor and Aldermen of said town shall have power to enforce its ordinances, rules and regulations by fine not exceeding fifty ($50.00) dollars, or imprisonment not exceeding thirty (30) days, or by labor on the streets and public works of said town not exceeding sixty (60) days. The collection of any and all fines may be enforced by execution and levy and sale of property as provided for the collection of taxes. Forest Park, Towns of, charter amended. Enforcement of ordinances. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved August 16, 1913. GENEVA, TOWN OF, INCORPORATED. No. 201. An Act to incorporate the town of Geneva, in County of Talbot; to define its corporate limits; to provide for a Mayor and Council and other officers of said town; to prescribe their duties and powers; to repeal Act of October 18th, 1870, and for other purposes.

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SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That from and after the passage of this Act the Town of Geneva, in the County of Talbot, be, and is, hereby incorporated under the name of the Town of Geneva. Geneva, Town of, incorporated. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted by the aforesaid authority, That the corporate limits of the said Town of Geneva shall be as follows: One-half mile in every direction from the Depot of the Central of Georgia Railroad in said town. Corporate limits. SEC. 3. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the municipal authorities of said Town of Geneva shall be a Mayor and 4 Councilmen, a Marshal and Clerk to be elected by Council, all salaries of officers to be fixed by the Mayor and Council. The said Mayor and Councilmen hereby constitute the body corporate under the name of the Town of Geneva, and by the said name may sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, purchase and hold real estate and personal property necessary to enable them the better to discharge their duties and needful for the good order, government and welfare of said town, and by same name shall always have perpetual succession. Mayor and Councilmen. SEC. 4. Be it further enacted, That on the 1st Wednesday in January, 1914, and annually thereafter on the same day and same month an election shall be held in said town for a Mayor and Councilmen thereof, said election to be under such supervision, rules and regulations (not inconsistent with the laws regulating county elections) as the Council may prescribe. That A. W. Parker of said town is hereby appointed Mayor and J. M. McCrary, A. S. Persons, S. T. Smith and A. T. Maund are hereby selected and appointed Councilmen of said Town of Geneva. Election of officers. First Mayor and Councilmen. Said named Mayor and Councilmen to serve until their successors are elected and qualified. Said Mayor and Councilmen to take the usual oath before entering upon the discharge of their duties. SEC. 5. Be it further enacted, That all persons who have been bona fide residents of said town for three months preceding

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an election therein and who are qualified to vote for members of the General Assembly shall be allowed to vote at any election held in said town. Qualified voters. SEC. 6. Be it further enacted, That the Mayor and Councilmen and such officers of said town as are hereinafter provided for shall after election or appointment to office and before entering upon the duties thereof, take and subscribe the following oath (which may be administered by any officer authorized by laws of Georgia to administer oaths): I do solemnly swear or affirm that I will faithfully discharge all duties incumbent upon me as Mayor or Councilman or other officer of the Town of Geneva according to the best of my ability, so help me God. Oath. Said oath with the certificate of the officer administering the same shall be filed with the officer instrusted with the records of the town. SEC. 7. Be it further enacted, That the Mayor and Council shall have power and authority to elect such Marshals, Clerks, and other subordinate officers as may be deemed necessary for carrying on the power herein granted and to prescribe the duties and compensation of such officers and require of them such bond as they may deem necessary, payable to such town in its corporate name. Said Mayor and Council shall have the power and authority to elect a non-resident of said town Marshal if they deem it best to do so. Election of subordinate officers. SEC. 8. Be it further enacted, That the Council of said town shall have the power therein to lay off, close, open, and keep in good order and repair, roads, streets and sidewalks for the use of the public or any citizen thereof, to prevent injury or annoyance to the public or individual from anything dangerous or unwholesome; to protect places of Divine Worship in and about places where held; to abate anything which in the opinion of a majority of the whole Council shall be a nuisance; to protect the property and persons of said town; to preserve the peace and good order therein, and for this purpose to appoint, when necessary,

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a police force to assist the Marshal in discharge of his duty; to provide for the usual assessment of taxable property therein, which in no event shall be greater than one-half of one per cent of the value of the taxable property; to adopt rules and regulations for the government of its own body. The Council shall have power to make and pass all needful orders, ordinances and by-laws, not contrary to the Constitution and laws of Georgia, to carry into effect the foregoing powers conferred upon said town, and to this end may prescribe and impose and enact reasonable fines, penalties and imprisonment in the town prison, if there be one, or the county jail, for a term not exceeding twenty days. Powers of Council. SEC. 9. Be it further enacted, That the Mayor of said town shall have authority to bind over or commit to jail offenders against any criminal law of Georgia, whenever in the course of investigation before him a proper case therefor shall be made out by evidence. Commitments. SEC. 10. That said Mayor and Council shall have power to elect Mayor pro tem., who shall perform all duties of the Mayor when for any cause he cannot be present to perform the duties of his office; also to fill any vacancy that may occur in the office of Mayor or Council or any subordinate officer of said town. Mayor pro tem. SEC. 11. Be it further enacted, That said Mayor and Council shall have full power and authority to require any person, firm, company or corporation, whether a resident or non-resident of said town, engaged in or carrying on, or who may engage in, prosecute or carry on any trade, business, calling, vocation or profession within the corporate limits of said town, by themselves or their agent or agents, to register their names and business, callings, vocation or profession annually, and to require such person, company or corporation to pay for such registration and for license to prosecute, carry on or engage in such business, calling or profession, such amount as the said Mayor and Council may prescribe. Occupation or license tax.

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Said Mayor and Council may provide by ordinance for the punishment of all persons, firms, companies, or corporations required by ordinance to pay such occupation tax, or take out license for same, who engage in, or offer or attempt to engage in, such business, profession or occupation before paying such tax or taking out such license, or who fail to comply in full with all the requirements of the town and Council in reference thereto. SEC. 12. Be it further enacted, That the Mayor of said town shall be the chief executive officer thereof; he shall see that the ordinances, by-laws, rules and regulations of Council are faithfully executed; he shall have control of the Police of said town and appoint special Police when he may deem necessary. He shall have power to issue executions for all fines, penalties and costs imposed by him, or he may require immediate payment thereof, and in default of such immediate payment he may imprison the offender as hereinbefore provided. Duties of Mayor. SEC. 13. Be it further enacted, That the Act approved October 18th, 1870, incorporating said Town of Geneva be, and the same is, hereby repealed. Old charter repealed. SEC. 14. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved August 18, 1913. GIBSON, TOWN OF, NEW CHARTER FOR. No. 267. An Act to create a new charter for the Town of Gibson, in the County of Glascock, and to reincorporate said town and define its territorial limits; to continue in operation, confirm and consolidate all Acts heretofore passed incorporating said town and amending the charter thereof; to provide that all ordinances, rules,

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regulations and resolutions of said town now in force, not in conflict with this Act, be preserved, continued in force, valid and binding until the same are repealed or amended by the Mayor and Town Council of said town; to declare and consolidate the rights and powers of said corporation; to prescribe the rights, powers, duties, liabilities, and qualifications of all officers, and the manner of their election and removal from office; to provide for the retention in office of the present officers of said town until the elections provided for in this charter are held; to provide the manner and time for all elections in said town; to provide for the qualification of all electors or voters therein, and for the registration of the same; to provide the Mayor's Court and the trial and punishment therein of all offenders against the laws of said town and the manner of appeal therefrom; to provide for a municipal chaingang and the working of prisoners therein and for the combination of municipal chaingang with the county chaingang, or for the delivery of its convicts to the county chaingang authorities and receive for same compensation in work upon its roads, bridges or other public works or by the exchange of an equal number of convicts; to provide a fire department, a board of health, a water and light commission, a police department and to prescribe the rights, powers, duties and liabilities of the same; to authorize the Mayor and Town Council to maintain and operate a system of water works and sewers and electric plant; to authorize said town to borrow money and issue bonds and other evidence of debt for public purposes; to provide for public parks and cemeteries; to provide for streets, avenues, lanes, alleys, sidewalks and crossings and for the laying out, opening, grading, working, and paving the same; to provide for the assessment, levy and collection of an ad valorem tax on all property, real and personal, for general purposes, and for paying the principal and interest of the bonded debt of the town; to authorize the assessment and collection of tax for working the streets of said town; to authorize the

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taxation and license of all kinds of business trades, professions, shows, exhibitions and entertainments in said town; to provide for the maintenance and supervision of the public schools of said town; to provide for the maintenance of a public library; to provide for the abatement of nuisances; to prohibit the sale of intoxicating liquors in said town; to prohibit the keeping or storing for all illegal purposes of all intoxicating liquors; to provide for search of the same, and the seizure and destruction thereof, and the punishment of the offenders; to prohibit the assembling or congregating of persons for illegal purposes; to grant encroachment on the streets; to force the connection of all closets, etc., with the sanitary sewers, to provide penalties for failure to do so, and regulate the manner in which the town shall direct the work to be done; to provide for all matters and things necessary, proper and incident to, as obligations of said town, all outstanding bonds and other legal obligations of said town; and for other purposes. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same, That the corporate existence and identity, territorial limits and jurisdiction of the Town of Gibson, in the County of Glascock, and State of Georgia, with all the corporate rights, powers and privileges conferred, and all duties, obligations and liabilities imposed by law, are hereby preserved unto said town except as altered or changed or amended by this Act; all resolutions and ordinances thereof now in force not in conflict herewith shall remain unchanged, subject, however, to be hereafter amended or repealed by the duly constituted authorities of said town. All property and property rights now held, owned or possessed by said town, and all pending suits or claims by or against said town are preserved and unaltered. Gibson, Town of, new charter. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That the corporate limits of the said Town of Gibson, be and they are, hereby extended to the distance of a radius of one-half of one mile

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from the center of the court house square of Glascock County, Georgia. Corporate limits. SEC. 3. Be it further enacted, That the municipal government of said town shall be vested in a Mayor and four Councilmen to be elected as hereinafter provided and such other officers as the Mayor and Councilmen may consider right and proper to elect or appoint, as hereinafter provided. That said Mayor and Councilmen shall constitute the legislative department of said town and as such shall have full power and authority, from time to time, to make and establish such rules, laws and ordinances, regulations and orders as may to them seem right and proper respecting streets, sidewalks, alleys, lanes, parks, open courts, railroads, street railways, automobiles, bicycles, carriages, drays, hacks, cabs, wagons, airships, livery and sale stables, hitching places, butcher and slaughter pens, markets, public houses, hotels, public boarding houses, sleeping apartments, restaurants, opera houses, theaters, picture shows, dance halls, and other places of amusement, bowling alleys, pool and billiard rooms, garages, shops, mills, factories, ginneries, soda fountains, barber shops, telephone and telegraph and express companies, gas, water, and light and electric companies, booths, stands, warehouses, tents, and all and every other matter and thing whatsoever, that may be by them considered necessary or proper or incident to the good government of said town, and to the peace, security, health, happiness, welfare, protection, convenience of the inhabitants of said town, and for preserving the peace, good order and dignity of said government. This enumeration of powers shall not be construed as restrictive to said powers alone, but shall include all and every other thing and act necessary or incident to municipal government, and shall not conflict with any special power or authority given to said town government by this Act, or by any Act or Acts heretofore passed, but shall be construed as in addition to and in aid of such powers. Mayor and Councilmen. SEC. 4. Be it further enacted, That the Mayor and four Councilmen of Town of Gibson shall collectively be

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known as the Town Council of Gibson. On the second Tuesday in January each year hereafter in the Town of Gibson, there shall be held an election for Mayor and four Councilmen. Said election shall be held in Court House of said county or in the Council Chamber of said town or at any such other place as the Town Council may designate and give ample notice thereof to the public. The officers aforesaid and their successors in office, shall serve for a term of one year each and until their successors are elected and qualified. Provided, however, that the present incumbents shall hold office until the expiration of the term of office for which they were elected. The Mayor and two Councilmen shall constitute a quorum. In the event of a vacancy occurring in the office of Mayor or of any member of the Council, from any cause, then in that event the Town Council of Gibson shall have power and authority to order and shall order an election to fill such vacancy and said election shall be held within thirty days from the date of the order aforesaid, during which time not less than fifteen days notice of said election shall be published by posting notice of same at the place of holding said election and at two other public places in the Town of Gibson. Said election or elections shall be held at the usual place of holding elections for Mayor and Council for the Town of Gibson, and in all other respects regulated, managed and controlled in the manner hereinafter provided for the election of such officers. The term of office of Mayor and Councilmen shall begin the first Tuesday in February following his or their election, except in the event of the election of any one or more of said officers to fill a vacancy, in which event the officer elected to fill a vacancy shall qualify within two days after the declaration of the results of his election, and shall fill the unexpired term of the officer whose term he fills. Returns of all elections shall be made to the Mayor and Town Council, who shall receive same and declare the results thereof. Town Council of Gibson. Election of officers, terms of office, etc. SEC. 5. Be it further enacted, That every male person, who shall have attained the age of twenty-one years and who is a citizen of the United States and who shall have

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resided and had his domicile in the State of Georgia for one year, and in the County of Glascock for six months and in the Town of Gibson for six months next preceding the date of election, and who shall have paid all State and county taxes since the adoption of the present Constitution of the State of Georgia, and who shall have paid all municipal taxes and licenses and done all work on the streets required of him by the Town of Gibson since the approval by the Governor, of this charter, and who are otherwise qualified to vote for the members of the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and who have registered as hereinafter provided, shall be qualified to vote at any election held in the Town of Gibson under this charter. Qualified voters. SEC. 6. Be it further enacted, That any citizen of the Town of Gibson who shall have paid all taxes and licenses due by him to the Town of Gibson, and shall have done all street work legally required of him by the Town Council and who is a qualified voter for members of the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and who has resided in said town six months next before said election, shall be qualified to vote in any election for Mayor and Council and other municipal elections. The Town of Gibson shall have power and authority to pass such rules and regulations as they may deem proper providing the registration of voters in their municipal elections, and the furnishing of a list thereof to the managers. All municipal elections shall be held by two managers, who shall each have a Clerk, all of whom shall be qualified voters of the election held. A manager of said elections to be qualified as such, must be either a Justice of the Peace, or Notary Public ex-officio Justice of the Peace of the militia district in which said town is located, or Ordinary of the County of Glascock, or a freeholder of the Town of Gibson, the managers and clerks at all such elections shall be designated by the Mayor and Council, members of the Council shall not be disqualified because they hold such office and said elections shall otherwise be held under the same rules and regulations as are now or may hereafter be provided by law for the election of

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members of the General Assembly of Georgia, except as herein otherwise provided. Qualified voters. Registration, elections, etc. SEC. 7. Be it further enacted, That in all elections held for the purpose of authorizing the issuing of bonds by the Mayor and Council of said town and in all special elections for any purposes whatever, a special registration shall be prepared in the same manner and under the same rules and regulations provided in this Act for the election of Mayor and Councilmen of said town, and no such bond election or special election shall be held without special registration thereof, unless said election shall occur within three months after the close of the registration book for the election just proceding, or unless there shall have been no previous registration law in force in said town. Special registration. SEC. 8. Be it further enacted, That the Town Council shall appoint two persons as managers and two persons as Clerks who are qualified under section six of this Act to act as such, to hold each municipal election. It shall be the duty of the managers to receive, count and verify the votes polled, and to make return thereof to the first regular or call meeting of the Town Council. Each of said managers before entering upon his duties shall take and subscribe the following oath before some officer authorized by law to administer oaths: I do solemnly swear that I will faithfully and impartially conduct the election for which I am appointed manager, and prevent all illegal votes to the best of my ability and power, so help me God. It shall be the duty of the Clerks to keep correct lists of all votes and correct tally sheets of all votes counted, and as far as they can see that such election is properly conducted. Election managers. SEC. 9. Be it further enacted, That if any person offering to vote at any election, in and for said town, by said authorities, as aforesaid, is challenged he shall take the following oath: I do solemnly swear that I am 21 years of age; that I am a citizen of the United States; that I have resided in and had my domicile in the State of Georgia for one year, and in the County of Glascock for six months and

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in the town of Gibson for six months immediately preceding this election; that I have paid all State and county taxes since the adoption of the present Constitution of the State of Georgia, and all municipal taxes and licenses, and have done all street work legally required of me by the authorities of the Town of Gibson; that I am otherwise qualified to vote for members of the General Assembly of Georgia; that I have registered according to law and that I have not voted in this election, so help me God. And no person challenged shall be allowed to vote if he refuses to take said oath. Any person voting illegally at any election in the Town of Gibson shall be liable to the penalties prescribed by the laws of the State of Georgia for illegal voting in the State and County elections, and may be prosecuted for the same in any Court in Glascock County having jurisdiction of the same. Challenge of voters. SEC. 10. Be it further enacted, That the elections held under the provisions of this Act, shall be held by such parties as may be qualified to do so under Section six of this Act, and such as may be selected and designated by the Mayor and Council. The managers of all elections shall before entering upon their duty, be sworn to conduct said elections fairly and impartially and to allow no one to vote who is not justly entitled to do so under the law, nor knowingly prohibit anyone from voting who is so entitled. They shall conduct said election in the same manner and under the same rules as govern elections for State and County officers. The oath of the managers may be administered by any officer authorized by law to administer oaths, or by the Mayor. The polls shall be opened at eight o'clock a. m. and closed at three o'clock p. m. They shall certify the results of the election, stating the number of votes that each person received and turn over said certificate and ballots, lists and tally sheets to the Council then in office, at the first regular or call meeting thereafter, who shall declare the results. Said managers and clerks shall receive for their services, such compensation as may be allowed by the Council then in office. Elections, how held.

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SEC. 11. Be it further enacted, That the persons elected as Mayor and Councilmen shall attend on the first Tuesday, at noon, in February after their election at the usual place of meeting for the purpose of qualifying and taking the oath of office, provided they have not before qualified and taken the oath of office. The Mayor and every Councilman so elected shall take and subscribe before some officer authorized by law to administer oaths, the following oath: I (A. B.), do solemnly swear that I will well and truly perform the duties of Mayor (or Councilman as the case may be) by adopting such measures as in my judgment shall be best calculated to promote the general welfare of the inhabitants of the Town of Gibson and the common interest thereof, so help me God. They shall then immediately enter upon the duties of their respective offices. Mayor and Councilmen shall qualify, when. Oath. SEC. 12. Be it further enacted, That in case of a vacancy in the office of Mayor or on the board of Councilmen either by death, resignation, failure to qualify, or from any other cause, the Mayor and Council, or the Council if the vacancy be Mayor, shall order a special election to fill said vacancy. In every case 15 days notice shall be given as heretofore provided in the Act, and said election shall be held within 30 days of the beginning of said vacancy; but no special registration shall be held for said election; but the registration list of the last election shall prevail. Vacancies, how filled. SEC. 13. Be it further enacted, That no person shall be eligible to hold the office of Mayor unless he be twenty five years of age, a qualified elector of the Town of Gibson and shall have resided in said town two years immediately preceding his election. No person shall be eligible to the office of Councilman, unless he shall have attained the age of 21 years, be a qualified elector of the Town of Gibson, and shall have resided in said town one year immediately preceding his election. Eligibility of officers. SEC. 14. Be it further enacted, That the Mayor of the Town of Gibson shall be the chief executive officer thereof. He shall see that all laws, ordinances, resolutions and rules

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of said town are faithfully executed and enforced; and that all the officers of said town faithfully discharge the duties required of them. He shall have general supervision and jurisdiction of the affairs of said town and shall preside at all meetings of the Town Council. He shall have power to convene the Council in special, call, or extra sessions whenever in his judgment it becomes necessary. On all questions before the Town Council the Mayor or Mayor pro tem, if he be presiding, shall be entitled to vote. Duties and powers of Mayor. SEC. 15. Be it further enacted, That the Mayor and Councilmen and other officers of the town be paid such salary for their services as may be fixed by the Mayor and Town Council of the Town of Gibson. Salaries of officers. SEC. 16. Be it further enacted, That should the Mayor or any member of the Town Council be guilty of malpractice in office or wilful neglect of his duties of office, or abuse of the powers conferred on him, or should be guilty of any other conduct unbecoming an officer of the Town of Gibson, he shall be subject to impeachment by the Town Council and on conviction shall be removed from office. Removal of officers. SEC. 17. Be it further enacted, That there shall be a Mayor pro tem. who shall be elected from the Council to preside over that body in the absence or disability of the Mayor; and who shall be clothed with all the rights, powers and duties of the Mayor during the absence or disability of said officer. Before entering upon the discharge of his duties as Mayor pro. tem. he shall take the same oath prescribed for the Mayor, in addition to the oath taken by him as Councilman. Should the Mayor and Mayor pro tem. both be absent or unable from any cause to attend to the duties of Mayor, the Council shall elect a Chairman from their body who shall take the same oath and be clothed with all the powers, rights and duties of Mayor and Mayor pro tem. Mayor pro tem. SEC. 18. Be it further enacted, That the police force of the Town of Gibson shall consist of a Chief Police or Marshal, and such other officers and men as the Town

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Council may by ordinance prescribe. Their term of office shall be for one year, but they or any of them may be suspended or discharged by the Town Council at any time when in their opinion such suspension or discharge becomes necessary for the good of the service or the interest of the town, or their services are no longer needed. The compensation of the above named officers shall be such amount as may be prescribed by the Town Council. They shall have power and authority to arrest all persons within said town guilty of or charged with violating any of the penal laws of this State or any of the ordinances of the Town of Gibson, and all persons committing or attempting to commit any crime against the laws of said State, or any violation of any ordinance of said town. They shall have power and authority to confine all persons arrested in the town prison or the common county jail of Glascock County, and bring them before the Mayor's Court for trial or commitment; provided that all persons, not intoxicated, desiring to give bail for their appearance before the Mayor's court in bailable cases shall be allowed to do so. The amount of bail may be fixed by the Mayor or party acting as Mayor and in his or their absence or failure to do so, by the Chief Police or Marshal. The Chief Police or Marshal, either that the Council may desire to have, or both, shall be elected by said Council, who shall have power to prescribe all rules and regulations for the general management and discipline of the officers and men. Police force. SEC. 19. Be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the Chief of Police or Marshal, either upon written or verbal notice from the Mayor or any member of the Town Council, to prosecute all offenders against the laws of this State, who commit crime within the limits of the Town of Gibson. In case any crime is committed in the presence of the Chief of Police or Marshal, or comes to his knowledge, it shall be his duty to prosecute the same without such notice. Prosecution of offenders. SEC. 20. Be it further enacted, That the Town Council shall have power and authority to establish a fire department

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for said town, should said Council deem it necessary for the welfare and protection of said town, and shall have the right to elect a chief of the fire department and such other officers as they may deem necessary to operate a fire department, fix said officers' term of office, their salary, duties and powers, and shall have the right to discharge any of them they see fit. Fire Department. SEC. 21. Be it further enacted, That in the event the Town of Gibson should at any time issue, sell and thereby become indebted on its bonds and a sinking fund should become necessary to meet payments on said bonds then in that event a sinking fund Ccommission for the Town of Gibson is hereby created, to be chosen by the Town Council as follows: The Town Council as soon as practicable after the occurrence of the above stipulated contingencies shall elect from the citizens of said town three commissioners, one to serve one year and until his successor is elected and qualified and one to serve two years, and until his successor is elected and qualified; and one for three years, and until his successor is elected and qualified; and the successor of each shall hold office for three years and until his successor is elected and qualified; and at the expiration of the term for which each Commissioner is appointed, his successor shall be elected by the Town Council. The members of said Commission shall in no way be connected with the municipal government of said town. The said Commissioners shall, at the first meeting after the election and qualification of the new member, each year, elect from their number a Chairman, who shall serve as Chairman for one year, or until the first meeting of new members as above stipulated, or until his successor is elected and qualified. The Clerk of said town shall be ex-officio Clerk of said board and shall keep a correct record of all of its proceedings. The Treasurer of said town shall keep a correct account of the receipts and disbursements of said Board of Commissioners. Said records and accounts shall be kept in books separate from other books of the municipality. The said Commission shall handle and control such sums as shall from time to time be turned over to it for the purpose

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of raising a sinking fund for the final redemption of the bonds of said town which may hereafter exist and also to provide for the payment of interest thereon. The Treasurer of said town shall, upon his official books, open an account with said Commission and pass to their credit all the money collected by said town to pay the bonded debt of said town and the interest thereon, as soon as such funds are collected, and shall keep said funds so received separate and distinct from the general funds of the town, and shall pay the same or any part thereof upon demand, and as may be required, to said Commission upon their warrant signed by the Chairman of said board. The fund for any specific bonded indebtedness shall be kept separate and distinct from all other funds. Said Commissioners shall keep a record of all of their proceedings, and shall exhibit said record to the Mayor and Council whenever called upon by them to do so. It shall be the duty of the Council to cause to be paid over to said Commission for sinking funds, all taxes levied and collected each year for the purpose of providing funds for the payment of all bonds that may be hereafter issued and for the payment of interest thereon, to be held, controlled and disposed of by said sinking fund Commission as herein provided. Sinking Fund Commission. Duties of officers. SEC. 22. Be it further enacted, That there shall be a board of health to consist of a town physician and two citizens of the town, who shall be appointed by the Mayor and confirmed by the Council, and who shall hold their office for one year and until their successors are appointed and qualified. The Mayor shall be chairman of said board and shall be entitled to vote therein. Said board shall meet once every month or oftener if necessary, during the term of office. Said board shall have full power to institute and enforce all sanitary measures necessary to the preservation of the public health, and likewise for the prevention of the generation and introduction of infectious and contagious diseases. They shall likewise have and exercise absolute power over the subject of quarantine, personal or otherwise, penalties for the violation of which shall be fixed

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by ordinances of the town Council. The compensation of such officers shall be whatever the Town Council may fix. Board of Health. SEC. 23. Be it further enacted, That said Board of Health shall have full power and authority to declare by resolution what acts and things shall be deemed nuisances, injurious to health, how and within what time the same shall be abated, and likewise to declare by resolutions what may be by said Board of Health deemed necessary for the preservation of the public health and for the prevention and generation of infectious and contagious diseases. All ordinances of the Town of Gibson now in force for the prevention of all things mentioned shall have full force and effect until the same are changed either by amendment or otherwise. The Town Council shall by proper ordinances provide for the punishment of offenders against the resolutions of the Board of Health, and the Mayor's Court shall have jurisdiction to try and punish all persons charged with and found guilty of any violation of any resolution of said Board of Health, and the fines arising therefrom shall be paid into the Town Treasury. Powers of Board of Health. SEC. 24. Be it further enacted, That said Board of Health shall have the supervision of all streets, lanes, water closets, together with the drainage and sewers of the town. The small-pox hospitals, pest houses and all other like places shall be under the sole management of said Board of Health. They shall examine all public buildings and places and institutions within the town and compel such sanitary regulations therein as they deem necessary and proper. Said Board of Health shall make a full report of its actings and doings to the Town Council every quarter, together with such recommendations touching the public welfare as they may deem fit and proper, and shall make such other and further reports from time to time as the Town Council may require. Two members of said board and its Chairman shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. The record of the proceedings of this board shall be open to public inspection and shall be filed and kept among the records of the town government. Said Board of Health

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shall have power to declare what are infected parts or places on information satisfactory to them, public notice of which shall be sufficient to give legal effect to all their subsequent acts. They may establish such quarantine regulations, with the approval of the Town Council as are not in conflict with the Constitution and laws of this State or of the United States. Whenever any member of said board shall fail to attend three regular consecutive meetings of said board without sufficient excuse, the Chairman shall report the same to the Town Council, who shall have authority to declare vacant and fill the same as in the first instance. Powers and duties of Board of Health. SEC. 25. Be it further enacted, That the Town Council shall, upon the report of the Board of Health, cause any nuisance likely to endanger the health of the town or any persons therein, to be abated in a summary manner, and when a nuisance is caused by an Act of negligence of any one individual, firm or corporation, the expense of such abatement shall be charged against the party causing the same, and payment thereof be enforced by fine or imprisonment, or both, in the discretion of said Mayor and Council. Abatement of nuisances. SEC. 26. Be it further enacted, That the Town Council shall, on the report of the Board of Health, cause the owner or owners of lots within the town to remove all obstructions that will prevent the natural flow of water and to drain them to their natural state. If the Board of Health deems it necessary to drain such lots more the Town Council shall have power and authority to have done such drainage as they think needful and beneficial to the health of the town. Also upon the report of the Board of Health, to cause the owner or owners of cellars holding water to cause the same to be emptied of the water or filled up if necessary. Whenever the owner or owners of any such lot or lots or cellar or cellars shall refuse, or fail to comply with all the requirements of the Mayor and Council after having notice of the same and a reasonable time in which to comply with same it shall be lawful for the Mayor and Council to have same done at the owner's expense; the said notice may be

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served on the owner or owners, his or their agent or the tenant in possession, and for the amount expended the Clerk of the town shall issue an execution against said owner or owners, to be collected from said property belonging to him; the Marshal shall levy said execution on said property, advertise and sell same under terms and rules of Sheriff's sales; and a sale under such execution by the Marshal shall pass title to the property as fully and completely as a sale by the Sheriff under judgment and execution; and said owner shall be subject to fine or punishment for maintaining a nuisance. Drainage. SEC. 27. Be it further enacted, That no member of any of the boards herein provided for, shall be interested directly or indirectly in any contract made with the town, or receive any profit or emolument for any purchase or sale of material or other articles paid for out of the public revenues, or for which the town becomes responsible. Provided that this section shall not prohibit the merchants of the town from selling to the town such general merchandise as it may need. Contracts, interest of members of Board in. SEC. 28. Be it further enacted, That at the first regular meeting of Town Council, which shall be held on the first Tuesday in February in each year after the regular municipal election in January, for the purpose of reorganization, the Council shall elect one of their number Mayor pro tempore, for the term of one year, who shall, in the absence or disqualification of the Mayor, or during a vacancy in said office, perform and discharge all the duties and exercise all authority of the office of Mayor, upon taking the usual oath. The Town Council shall also, at said meeting, elect a Clerk or Recorder as they may term it, a Treasurer, a Marshal, who may be Chief Police and as many Policemen as in their judgment may be necessary; a City Attorney, if they deem one needed; and such other town officers as the Mayor and Council shall deem necessary in the government of said town, to be fixed by ordinance. Each of said officers shall take such oaths of office, give such bonds, and perform such duties as shall be fixed by ordinance;

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provided, that all official bonds shall be payable to the Town of Gibson. Said Mayor and Council shall have power and authority, in their discretion, to suspend or remove such officer from office, or impose fines on said officers; provided, that before removal or fine, such officers shall be entitled to a hearing before the Mayor and Council, on the charges preferred, under such rules as the Mayor and Council may fix. It shall be the duty of the Mayor and Council, prior to the election of such officers, to fix the salaries, fees and compensation of all officers, agents or employees of said town, which when once fixed, shall not be changed during the term of office of said officers, agents, or employees. All of said officers, agents and employees shall be elected or appointed for terms of one year and until their successors are elected or appointed, as the case may be, and qualified. Mayor pro tem. Election of subordinate officers. Oaths and bonds. Removal of officers. Compensation of officers. Terms of office. SEC. 29. Be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the Clerk to be custodian of the books and records of the town; to attend, make and preserve minutes of all the acts and doings of each meeting of the Town Council; to be ex-officio Clerk of the Mayor's Court and to perform any and all such other duties as are required of him by this Act and which may be required of him from time to time by the ordinances, rules and regulations of the Town Council. Before entering upon the discharge of his duties, he shall take before some officer authorized by law to administer oaths, an oath to faithfully and honestly discharge the duties of his office, and shall execute such bond in such sum as may be required of him by the Council, with good and sufficient security to be approved by the Mayor. He shall, if required by the Council, keep separate and correct accounts of all the several distinct and separate funds received and disbursed, so at all times to show the true condition of such funds. He shall make reports to the Council at regular meetings when called on to do so. Clerk, his duties, etc. SEC. 30. Be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the Treasurer to keep a set of books in which he shall make entries of all sums of money received and all

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sums of money paid out, when, and to whom and for what purpose, and shall give receipts for all sums of money received by him, and shall take receipts for all sums of money paid out by him, (vouchers upon which money is paid out shall be sufficient receipts), which books and receipts shall at all times be subject to inspection by any citizen of said town, and all money paid into the hands of the Treasurer by the provisions of this Act shall be, and the same are, hereby declared to be a fund for the exclusive use of said town. The duties of the Treasurer are such as are now or may be required of him by the ordinances of said town. Before entering upon his duties, he shall take an oath before some officer authorized by law to administer oaths to faithfully and honestly discharge the duties of his office, and shall execute such bond as may be required of him by the Town Council, with good and sufficient security to be approved by the Mayor. He shall make a report of all transactions at each regular meeting of the Council if so required by them. Treasurer, his duties, etc. SEC. 31. Be it further enacted, That all officers elected or appointed by the Town Council shall take such oaths and give such bonds as may be required of them by ordinances of said town, and perform such duties as may be required of them by ordinances, rules and regulations of the Town Council, and to otherwise conform to all requirements made by the Town Council governing such officers. Officers, their oaths, bonds, duties, etc. SEC. 32. Be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the Chief of Police or the Police officer of said town, to levy and collect all executions for taxes or other moneys due the town; to advertise and conduct all sales of property under execution or other process, execute deeds and other conveyances usual in such cases, and to perform all such other services as the Town Council shall by ordinance require. Each Police officer shall take the same oath of office as is prescribed for the treasurer; provided, that nothing herein contained shall prevent the town Council from consolidating and combining the offices of Chief Police

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and Town Marshal and electing the same person to fill both offices. Police officers, their duties, etc. SEC. 33. Be it further enacted, That the Town Council shall have authority by ordinance to prescribe the duties of its attorney, its engineer and all other officers of the town whose duties are not herein prescribed, to fix their salaries and amount of bond they shall give for the faithful performance of their duties, and prescribe the oath to be taken by them. Authority of Council. SEC. 34. Be it further enacted, That a Mayor's Court be, and the same is, hereby established for the Town of Gibson, which shall have jurisdiction to try all offences against the laws and ordinances of the municipal government. Said court shall have power to punish crime and to enforce its sentences by fine or imprisonment in the municipal chaingang or such other place as the town may work its convicts, and power to enforce its judgments by inflicting such penalties as is herein provided and such as may be provided by ordinance not in conflict herewith, punish witnesses for non-attendance, and punish any person who shall counsel or advise, aid or encourage or intimidate a witness whose testimony is material or desired before said court, or who shall absent himself or remove beyond the reach of the processes of the court. Said court shall have full jurisdiction, power and authority throughout the entire County of Glascock, for the purpose of compelling the attendance of witnesses before said court, residing anywhere in said county. Said court shall be presided over by the Mayor pro tem. and when from any cause he cannot serve, by some member of the Council to be selected by the Mayor. Said court shall be held at such time and place as the Mayor and Council may designate and as often as may be necessary to try all offenders against the town ordinance. Mayor's Court. SEC. 35. Be it further enacted, That the Mayor or Mayor pro tem. or any member of the Council who may be presiding in the Mayor's place, shall have power to impose fines for the violation of any law or ordinance of the Town

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of Gibson to an amount not exceeding one hundred dollars, or to imprison offenders in the town prison or Common County Jail for a period of not more than fifty days, or to labor on the public works or streets in the municipal chaingang or such other place as the town may work its convicts, for not more than fifty days, any or all fines, imprisonment and labor in the discretion of the Mayor, may be imposed. He shall also have the same power as Judges of the Superior Courts of this State to punish for contempt by a fine not to exceed five dollars or five days imprisonment in the town prison or county jail. He shall be to all intents and purposes a Justice of the Peace so far as to enable him to issue warrants for offences committed within the corporate limits of the town, which warrants may be executed by the Marshal or any member of the police force of said town, and to try and commit any offender to the jail of Glascock County, or admit to bail in bailable cases for his or her appearance at the next term of a court of competent jurisdiction to try the case, to be held in and for said county. Powers of Mayor or officer presiding over Mayor's Court. SEC. 36. Be it further enacted, That in the absence, sickness or disqualification of the Mayor, the Mayor pro tem. or any member of the Town Council of the Town of Gibson, shall be clothed with all the powers of the Mayor and shall hold the Mayor's Court. Who may hold Mayor's Court. SEC. 37. Be it further enacted, That the Town Council shall have full power and authority to pass all laws and ordinances, rules and regulations necessary and proper to secure the efficient and successful administration of the Mayor's Court. Power to pass laws. SEC. 38. Be it further enacted, That anyone convicted in the Mayor's Court shall have the right of appeal to the Town Council within four days after conviction, upon the same terms and upon complying with the conditions stipulated in Sections No. 5192, 5193 and 5194, of the Civil Code of 1910, but defendants shall not be required to appeal from the judgment or decisions of said Mayor's Court before

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they are entitled to a writ of certiorari to the Superior Court and they shall have the right of appeal from the judgment of the Superior Court, as in other cases. Whenever any person convicted in said court, or his attorney, shall give notice that he intends to apply for the writ of certiorari it shall be the duty of the officer presiding over said court to suspend sentence only to the extent required by law, for the purpose of obtaining a writ of certiorari in criminal cases and in all such cases the defendant shall have only such rights as he is entitled to under the laws of this State. No person convicted in Mayor's Court who enters an appeal or applies for a writ of certiorari, shall be released from custody until he shall have given a good and sufficient bond and security, as provided for in Section No. 5192 of Civil Code of 1910, the amount thereof to be fixed, and it to be approved by the presiding officer of said court. Appeal. Certiorari. SEC. 39. Be it further enacted, That the Town Council shall have power to control all markets and marketing within the town limits, and to pass all ordinances, rules and regulations necessary and proper to control and regulate the market or marketing in said town. They shall have power to prescribe penalties for the violation of the rules and regulations concerning markets and marketing; and any person violating the same shall, on trial and conviction thereof in the Mayor's Court, be punished for the same. Markets and marketing. SEC. 40. Be it further enacted, That the Town Council shall have full and complete power and authority over all the streets, lanes, alleys, sidewalks, crossings, parks and public highways of said town. They shall have the same power to manage, control, direct, work, grade, drain and pave the same, or cause the same to be done. They shall have same power to remove or cause to be removed, any building, stall, booth, tent, steps, gates, fence, post, wire, pole or other obstruction or nuisance thereon; and if the owner of the same shall fail or refuse to move the same within a reasonable time, as may be fixed by the Council, after notice thereto served upon the owner, his agent or

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tenant in charge, then the town authorities may remove the same at the owner's expense, and execution may issue against the owner for the expenses thereof as in case of unpaid taxes, and he shall also be subject to punishment for maintaining a nuisance. They shall have the same power to regulate, layout, open, grade, drain, and control new streets, lanes, alleys, crossings and sidewalks wherever in their discretion it may be necessary or proper to do so. They shall have full and complete power and authority to condemn property and to exercise the right of eminent domain, for the purpose of laying out and opening new streets, lanes, alleys and sidewalks; and for extending, widening, straightening, grading, draining, working or in any manner whatever changing the grade, street lines and sidewalks of said town. Whenever the Mayor and Council shall desire to exercise the power and authority granted in this section, they may do so in the manner provided by Sections 5206 to 5235, inclusive, of the Civil Code of 1910 of Georgia. Streets, etc., regulation and control of. SEC. 41. Be it further enacted, That the Town Council of said town shall have full power and authority to pave or otherwise permanently improve any or all streets, sidewalks or alleys of said town, that are now open or may hereafter be opened out or constructed, and to lay out curbing along any of said streets, sidewalks or alleys. To bear the expenses of the above named work or any other work or improvements said Town Council shall have the same power and authority to levy or assess such amount of tax, both per capita, and ad valorem, as they may in their judgment think necessary; provided, that no ad valorem tax shall be levied until the maximum per capita tax has been levied, and provided further that said Council shall not have authority in levying or assessing either or both of the above named taxes to levy or assess a greater amount than is allowed by the laws of the State of Georgia. Improvement of streets, etc. SEC. 42. Be it further enacted, That the Town Council shall have power and authority to license, regulate and control all hotels, public boarding houses, sleeping apartments,

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opera houses, theatres, picture shows, bowling alleys; to license and regulate drays, hacks, wagons, automobiles and other vehicles used for business purposes and to regulate the speed thereof; to regulate and control all livery and sale stables, garages, places of amusement, telegraph and telephone companies; to regulate and control all express and railroad companies, mills, factories and ginneries and all electric, gas, light and water companies doing business in said town. They shall have power to remove any forge, blacksmith shop, stove pipe or any other thing which shall endanger the town by exposure to fire, whenever in their opinion it shall be necessary as a precaution against fire. They shall have power and authority, upon proof of the existence or maintenance of a bawdy house, or house of ill fame within the town, to remove the same, if they shall refuse and fail to leave after three days notice. Licenses, etc. SEC. 43. Be it further enacted, That the Town Council shall have power and authority to prevent stock from running at large, and to take up and impound any horse, mule, cow, hog, goat, or other domestic animals found at large within the town limits; and to provide by proper ordinances for the redemption or sale of the same, and to enact such laws and ordinances as may be considered necessary to carry out the provisions of this section. Stock law. SEC. 44. Be it further enacted, That the Town Council are hereby expressly authorized and empowered to pass and enforce an ordinance not in conflict with the Constitution and laws of this State or of the United States, to prohibit the storage or keeping of malt, alcoholic or intoxicating liquors of any kind, wine, beer or near beer for illegal purposes, within the corporate limits of the Town of Gibson, and to punish any person or persons for violating the same. Keeping of liquors for illegal purposes. SEC. 45. Be it further enacted, That the Mayor upon complaint, supported by oath or affirmation of any citizen of said town setting forth in writing that to the best of his knowledge and belief wine, beer, near beer, malt, alcoholic

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or intoxicating liquors of any kind are stored for the purpose of, or with the intent to, illegally sell or otherwise illegally dispose of the same in certain described place within the corporate limits of said town, or within the police jurisdiction thereof, shall thereupon issue a search warrant, directed to the Marshal, Chief Police and Policeman of said town, commanding them to enter the suspected place and seize all wine, beer, near beer, malt, alcoholic or intoxicating liquors of any kind therein stored. The officer making the seizure shall hold the goods in custody and make return of his actings and doings to the Mayor upon said warrant. That the Marshal, Chief of Police or any Policeman of said town may seize wine, beer, near beer, malt, alcoholic or other intoxicating liquors, found by him, them or any of them in any case where any of said officers would have been authorized to search for the same, if armed with a warrant, but he shall then within a reasonable time procure a warrant and make a return as above of his actings and doings. The searching or arresting officer shall serve a warrant notice on the person appearing to have said liquors or stimulants in his custody or control, and if no one appears to be in immediate control or custody of the same, then upon the person who appears to have control of the building or other place where the same is found, to appear and defend against the said warrant or accusation, and a hearing shall be had on the same to determine whether the law has been violated by the storing or keeping for illegal purposes, of wine, beer, near beer, malt, alcoholic or other intoxicating liquors; and if such question be determined affirmatively, the goods seized as aforesaid shall be destroyed by the town authorities after the lapse of thirty days from the date of the judgment on said warrant, unless steps be taken to have said judgment reviewed by the higher courts. The officer or officers making said seizure shall also arrest the person appearing to have said liquors in his custody or control, or appearing to have control of the building or place where the same was found, and bring him or them before the Mayor's Court to be tried and punished as the ordinance shall direct. Search warrant, seizure, etc., of liquors kept for illegal sale.

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SEC. 46. Be it further enacted, That from and after the passage of this Act it shall be illegal and a violation of the laws of the Town of Gibson, for two or more persons, within the incorporate limits of said town, to assemble or congregate, in any public or private building, on the streets or at any other place within said town, for the purpose of playing games of any kind for money or other things of value, or for any other immoral or illegal purpose, which is detrimental to the welfare of the town's good order, peace and dignity thereof. Any person violating this section of this Act may be arrested and tried in the Mayor's Court and if convicted may be punished by imprisonment in the municipal chaingang or such other place as the town may work its convicts, not exceeding fifty days; or by confinement in the town prison or county jail not exceeding fifty days; or by a fine not to exceed one hundred dollars; said Mayor may sentence offenders to either or all of said punishment. A chaingang sentence shall not be passed for first offense without alternative of a fine. Assembling or congregating for playing games for money. SEC. 47. Be it further enacted, That the Town Council shall have power and authority to establish and fix fire limits within said town, and from time to time in their discretion to extend and enlarge the same. When said fire limits are so established it shall not be lawful for any one to erect therein any building, or move therein any building already erected or structure of any material other than brick, stone or other incombustible material or such other material as may be authorized by the Town Council; and should anyone erect or cause to be erected, or moved in, any building or structure other than as above authorized within said fire limits, the Town Council after giving to the party erecting or moving in, five days notice, shall cause the same to be removed at the expense of the owner, and such expense shall be collected by execution, as in other cases. Fire limits. SEC. 48. Be it further enacted, That Town Council shall have power and authority to levy and collect a tax on all property, real and personal, within the limits of the town, and upon bonding insurance and other capital employed

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therein. They shall have power and authority to levy and collect a special tax on factories, bankers, agents or managers of gift enterprises, and upon all persons exercising within the town a profession, trade, calling or business of any nature whatever; provided, said tax is not in conflict with the laws of this State. They shall have power and authority to tax all theatrical performances, circuses, street parades, exhibitions or shows of any kind within the corporate limits of the town. They shall have power and authority to levy and collect a street tax on every male inhabitant of the town subject to road duty between the ages of 21 and 50 years; provided, said street tax shall not exceed the sum of five dollars per annum for each person; and provided, further, that such person may satisfy the same by working ten days on the streets under the direction of the town authorities; in case of a failure to do said work or pay said street tax, the Mayor's Court or Town Council may enforce the same by fine, execution or compulsory labor on the streets of said town, in the discretion of the Mayor or Council, hearing and dealing with same. Taxation. SEC. 49. Be it further enacted, That the Town Council shall have power and authority to impose and collect a tax on all dogs within the town in such a manner and mode as they may deem best; provided, that in no case shall the tax or license imposed exceed one dollar per capita per annum on said dogs. Dog tax. SEC. 50. Be it further enacted, That there may be, in the discretion of the Town Council, established in said town, a system of public schools, to be established, conducted, maintained, supported, and provided for in the manner prescribed in this Act. Public schools. SEC. 51. Be it further enacted, That any time after this Act becomes operative, the Mayor and Town Council of Gibson may elect from the citizens of said town four persons, who with the Mayor shall constitute a board of education for said town, and all elections after the first one shall be held on the first Tuesday in February each year, and the

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members of said board shall be elected by the Mayor and Council. The term of office of the members of the Board of Education so elected at said election shall be as follows: The two members of said first board, whose names appear first, when the names of the members of the board are arranged alphabetically, shall hold their office until the first Tuesday in February after their election, and the other two shall hold their office until the first Tuesday in the second February after their election, and thereafter the term of office of each member of the board shall be two years, and until his successor is elected and qualified, unless elected to fill an unexpired term, in such case the one elected shall fill the unexpired term and until his successor is elected and qualified. It shall be the duty of the new Council coming in on first Tuesday in February each year to elect members of the board of education and not the duty of the Council whose office expires on said day. All vacancies occurring in said board from any cause, shall be filled by the Mayor and Council at the next regular meeting thereafter, or at some subsequent regular meeting; provided, that no person shall be eligible to be a member of said board, who has not attained the age of 21 years, and lived in the Town of Gibson one year next preceding his election. The Mayor of Gibson shall be ex-officio a member of said board. He shall have all privileges and authority as other members of the board, except he shall not be eligible to the office of president, vice-president, secretary or treasurer of such board. Board of Education. SEC. 52. Be it further enacted, That within ten days from the date of their election, said Board of Education shall organize by electing a president, vice-president, treasurer and secretary of said board, and such other officers as the board may deem advisable, all of whom shall be elected by said board from their own body, except the secretary and treasurer, who may or may not be a member of said board, who shall give bond with good and sufficient security, payable to Town of Gibson, conditioned for the correct, safe keeping, and proper distribution of all books, records, and funds placed in his charge, as an officer of said

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board of education, in such sum as the board may fix. One person may hold both offices, secretary and treasurer of said board. His compensation shall be fixed by the board previous to his election. It shall not be lawful for said treasurer to pay out any funds except upon order of the Board of Education. The secretary shall keep a record of all the acts and doings of the board, which record shall be open to inspection by any person interested therein. All the officers of said board shall hold their office at the pleasure of the board. No member of said Board of Education shall be eligible to the office of Superintendent of schools, nor to the position of teacher therein, nor to the office of Mayor or Councilman of said town. Said board shall serve without compensation. A majority of said board shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. Any member of said board may be removed from office by the Town Council after a hearing, for failure to discharge his duty, or for misconduct in office. Organization of Board, officers, their duties, etc. SEC. 53. Be it further enacted, That said Board of Education, after their election, shall assume control of its system of public schools in said town, and shall have authority to make such changes therein as they deem for the best interest; to establish such schools as they see proper; to adopt such rules and regulations as they deem necessary for the successful control or operation of the schools; to elect annually a Superintendent, principal and teachers for said schools and fix their salaries; to prescribe the course of study and text books, and books of reference to be used in said schools; to determine the length of the scholastic term and the time of beginning and closing said schools; to suspend or remove the teachers employed in said schools; to build, purchase, lease or rent at least one school house each, for white children and colored children of said town; to furnish such school houses with such furniture, apparatus, appliances and other conveniences as may be necessary for the purpose of said schools and to make such laws, rules and regulations for their own government, and that of the Superintendent, teachers and pupils as they may deem proper and not in conflict with the State laws, and to do

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any and all acts for the best educational interest of said town, not in conflict with this Act or the laws of this State. Powers of Board of Education. SEC. 54. Be it further enacted, That all children between the ages of six and eighteen years of age, whose parents, guardians, or natural protectors, bona fide reside within the corporate limits of said town, shall be entitled to the benefit of said school. Children of like age whose parents, guardians or natural protectors reside out of the corporate limits of said town, and children of any other age whether residents of said town or not, may be admitted into said schools upon such rules as to tuition as said board may prescribe, the funds arising from this source to be applied to the maintenance of said schools. Admission of pupils. SEC. 55. Be it further enacted, That the white and colored children shall be taught in separate schools. Separate schools for white and colored. SEC. 56. Be it further enacted, That said Board of Education shall keep regular minutes of its proceedings, and shall make reports annually on the first Monday in July, to the Mayor and Councilmen of the condition of the public schools and expenditures for the school year passed and such other information and recommendations as they may deem proper, which report shall be published in the official organ of the town. Minutes and reports. SEC. 57. Be it further enacted, That said Board of Education shall, as soon as practicable after their election, submit to the Mayor and Council an estimate of the amount of money needed by them to operate the public schools, for the current scholastic year, and an annual estimate shall be submitted to the Town Council by said Board of Education, on or before the first day of March each year and such assessments shall be levied and collected in the manner and at the time other taxes are levied and collected for town purposes; provided, that no tax collected for the support of said public schools shall exceed thirty-five one hundredths of one per cent. Said Mayor and Council shall pay over to the treasurer of said Board of Education such tax when levied and collected for the support of said schools. Said

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Mayor and Council shall have the authority to appropriate any special taxes collected by said town from any source whatever for the maintenance of said schools. The Board of Education shall not have the authority to contract any debt during any year in excess of the appropriation for the public schools for that particular year. Support of schools. SEC. 58. Be it further enacted, That the State Treasurer shall pay to the Treasurer of said Board of Education annually the pro rata part of the State school funds due to the Town of Gibson. Pro rata part of State fund. SEC. 59. Be it further enacted, That the Board of Education of the Town of Gibson be, and they are, hereby authorized and empowered to purchase, build, erect, furnish, and maintain, other and additional school buildings and premises or lots on which same shall be erected, at such places in said town said board may deem proper and for the use and benefit of the public school system of said town, and for such purpose the Town Council of said town are hereby authorized and empowered in their discretion, to issue and sell such amount of bonds as they may have authority to issue under the laws of this State and in the manner prescribed by the laws of this State, in such denomination as they may deem proper, running for not more than 30 years from the date of their issue and to bear interest at the rate of not exceeding five per cent per annum; the principal and interest of said bonds to be payable in gold coin of the United States of the present standard of weight and fineness, the interest to be payable annually, the principal to be paid at maturity of said bonds; provided, said bonds shall not be sold below par; provided, that the qualification of voters of said town assent to the issue of said bonds as provided by law at an election to be called by the Town Council at such times as they may deem proper and in accordance with the general law of the State of Georgia for such elections. In the event said bonds are authorized and issued, the Town Council shall provide for the levy and collection of an annual tax during the life of said bonds sufficient to raise a fund to pay the interest on

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said bonds annually during said period and also to provide a sinking fund to pay off the principal of said bonds at their maturity. The proceeds of the sale of said bonds, if authorized, issued and sold, shall be applied only for the purpose of purchasing, erecting, furnishing, procuring, owning and maintaining another and an additional school building or buildings and the premises or real estate on which the same shall be erected, for the use and benefit of the public school system of said town as hereinbefore provided and in such manner and at such places in said town as the board of education deems proper. School buildings, equipment, etc. Issuance of bonds. SEC. 60. Be it further enacted, That all taxes due said town of Gibson on all property therein subject to taxation shall be due and payable on the 20th day of December each year. Said Town of Gibson shall have power and authority to regulate by ordinance the manner of making the assessments of such annual collection of taxes and to provide for the issue and levy of executions and the making of sales of property thereunder for any unpaid annual installment of taxes; provided, that the owner of the property sold at such sales shall have the right of redemption and on the same terms as under existing State laws. Assessments and collection of taxes. SEC. 61. Be it further enacted, That from and after the passage of this Act the Town of Gibson shall have and it is hereby invested with full power and authority to establish, equip, maintain and operate a municipal chaingang and pass all necessary rules and regulations for its proper management and operation. The Town of Gibson is hereby invested with power and authority to combine its chaingang with the chaingang of Glascock County for the purpose of constructing and repairing the public roads, bridges or other public works of said town and of said county; or to deliver its convicts, if it so desires to the County of Glascock to be used in the construction and repair of public roads, bridges, or other public works and the said county receiving such convicts shall have the right to compensate the Town of Gibson with work upon its public roads, bridges, or other public works, or

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by exchange of equal number of convicts, upon the approval of the prison commission. The Town of Gibson, its authorities, or the chaingang authorities of Glascock County, should said town deliver its convicts to said County, is hereby invested with full power and authority to work said towns convicts, put upon them shackles and stripes and inflict such punishment as may be necessary and is not in conflict with the laws of Georgia. The Mayor's Court of the Town of Gibson is hereby invested with full power and authority to sentence offenders convicted in said court to such term as is provided in this Act in the municipal chaingang of the Town of Gibson, or in the chaingang of Glascock County, should said town arrange to and deliver its convicts to said county. Municipal chaingang. SEC. 62. Be it further enacted, That for the purpose of raising revenues for the support and maintenance of the Town of Gibson, the Town Council shall have full power and authority to assess, levy and collect an ad valorem tax on all real and personal property, including money, notes, bonds and other evidence of debt, money used in banking, where the bank does not pay tax on it, and every other species of property in said town, owned or held therein subject to taxation; said tax not to exceed seventy-five cents on the one hundred dollars, exclusive of the taxes for public schools, which shall not exceed thirty-five one hundredths of one per cent. per annum, and exclusive of the taxes required and sufficient to pay the annual interest on the bonded indebtedness of said town and to provide a sinking fund for the purpose of paying the principal of said bonded indebtedness as required by law. The ad valorem tax above authorized for the general purposes, and the public school tax and the bonded interest and sinking fund tax shall be levied under separate ordinances, each specifying the purpose for which levied and all proceedings for collecting said taxes shall show the amount due on each of said tax levies. The Town Council shall have power and authority to provide by ordinance for the returns and assessments of all taxable property in said town, and to provide for neglect or refusal to comply with the same. Taxation.

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SEC. 63. Be it further enacted, That the Town Council shall by ordinance provide for the form of all accusations, affidavits and warrants to be issued in all trials or violations of the town ordinances and the procedure in all such trials. All executions in favor of said town, for the enforcement and collection of any fine, forfeiture, assessment, taxes or other claims, demand or debt shall be issued by the Clerk, if there be one, if not then by the Mayor and bear test in the name of the Mayor or other officer presiding in his place, and shall be directed to Chief of Police, Marshal or Police officers of said town and to all and singular the Sheriffs and Constables of this State, and shall state for what issued and made returnable to the Town Council of said town ninety days after the issuing of the same; and it shall be the duty of the Marshal or other collecting officer to levy the same and advertise the sale of any real or personal property so levied upon, in the same manner as Sheriffs' sales of real property or Constables' sale of personal property are required by law to be made. Any sales thereunder shall be made at the place and within the usual hours of Sheriffs' and Constables' sales and under the same rules and regulations as govern Sheriffs' and Constables' sales of similar property. Whenever any real estate is sold for taxes the owner thereof shall have the same rights and privilege of redeeming it as is now provided in such cases by the laws of the State of Georgia. Whenever at any such sales for taxes due no one present shall bid for the property put up for sale as much as the amount of such executions and all costs, after such property shall have been cried a reasonable time, then any duly authorized or appointed agent of the town may bid off such property for said town, and the Marshal or such other officer making the sale shall make the Town of Gibson a deed to the property so sold and deliver the same, and the title thus acquired by the town shall be perfect and valid after the period provided for the redemption by the owner shall have expired and the Marshal or other officers making the sale shall put said town in possession, and the Town Council shall have no right or authority to direct or

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alienate the title of the town to any property so purchased, except by public sale to the highest bidder in the manner prescribed for Sheriffs' sales by the State laws. The Clerk of said town if there be one, if not then the Mayor of said town, shall enter on his execution docket to be kept by him all executions issued, giving the date, amount of each, to whom delivered, the return and all proceedings thereunder; said executions after being satisfied shall be returned to said office and there filed. All sales and conveyances made under execution as provided in this Act shall have all the force and effect of sales and conveyances made by Sheriffs' of this State and the officer making the sale shall have the same power as Sheriffs to put purchasers of property sold by them in possession. Accusations, etc. Executions, enforcement of. SEC. 64. Be it further enacted, That the Town Council shall have the power and authority to lay down, construct and repair sewers and a sewerage system, in said town, including the disposition of sewage matter, and in their discretion to assess the sum of not more than fifty cents per lineal foot for the constructing of such sewers, upon the property and estates respectively abutting on said sewer on each side of the street along which said sewer is laid or constructed and in consideration of the payment of said assessment, the owners of said property or estate shall have the right to have their drains from their abutting property connected with said sewers at their cost and under such rules and regulations as the Mayor and Council may prescribe by ordinance. In case any sewer is laid down or constructed through or over any private property, along the course of any natural drain or otherwise, a like assessment as above named may be assessed upon such abutting property, on each side of said sewer, for lineal foot, making in all not more than one dollar per every foot to be assessed upon such property through which sewers are constructed as aforesaid. The extent and character, material used, and expenses of sewers constructed, as well as the time and manner of constructing the same shall be in the discretion of the Mayor and Council, to be prescribed from time to time, by ordinance. The remaining cost of

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all sewers constructed after the collection of the assessment levied shall be paid by the Town Council, from the Treasury of the town. The assessment provided for above shall have a like lien on property against which assessed, and the same shall be enforced in like manner and under the same procedure as ordinary tax executions. In case any sewer or parts of same shall be located upon or through private property, or such location should be for the public interest, and the owners of said property refuse to grant a right of way for that purpose, and such owner or owners and the authorities of said town cannot agree upon the damages to be paid for such easement, the damages shall be assessed, as in case of property taken under condemnation proceedings, under the laws of this State, for opening, straightening, or widening streets under this charter. Upon payment or tender of the amount of the award the work may proceed, notwithstanding the entering of any appeal. The Town Council, when in their judgment necessary for the preservation of the health of the inhabitants of said town, shall have full power and authority to extend the system of sewerage and drainage beyond the limits of the town and the provisions of this Act as to the construction, maintenance, preservation and protection of such sewerage system and the taking of property therefor, shall apply to the territory without said town limits as may be necessary for the purpose aforesaid. Sewerage. SEC. 65. Be it further enacted, That the Town Council shall have full power and authority for the preservation and protection of all sewers in said town to direct and control the time and manner and places where connections shall be made with said sewers and by whom the work is to be done, and on what terms and conditions and to what extent surface water or drainage shall be permitted to flow in the sewers and at what points, and generally all matters relating to the use, control and repairs of sewers and sewer connections; and its replacing of pavement and other adjacent structures in good sanitary condition, shall be at all times exclusively under the direction and regulation of the Town Council in their fair and legal discretion. Preservation and protection of sewers.

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SEC. 66. Be it further enacted, That the Town Council shall or may provide by ordinance for the execution of the foregoing provisions as to sewers, sewerage, drainage, and sanitation, except as to taking of private property for construction of sewers, by and through such Boards, Committees or officers as they deem best. Ordinances to enforce provisions as to sewers, etc. SEC. 67. Be it further enacted, That the Town Council shall have full and absolute power and authority to control by ordinance all town pipes, sewers, drains, private drains, water closets, privies and the like, in said town and to prescribe their location, structure and use and to make such rules and regulations, and to pass such ordinances concerning them and their use, in all particulars, as may be deemed best for the preservation of the health and comfort of the inhabitants of said town. The Town Council shall have full power and authority to prescribe by ordinance the kind of water closets and urinals or privies which shall be used in the corporate limits, and shall have power and authority to condemn and compel the disuse of the same when they do not conform to the kind prescribed for use by the Mayor and Town Council, or when they shall become and be declared by the Town Council a nuisance. The Town Council shall also have power and authority to order and compel the owner or owners of the property within the town to connect water closets, or urinals on their property with the sewers and sanitary system of said town, when such property is located on or within reasonable distance of a street where there is such a sewer and under such rules and regulations as may be prescribed by the Town Council. Should any property owner fail or refuse to make connections within the time prescribed, the Town Council, through its proper officers and agents, shall have power and authority in the interest of public health, to enact ordinances for the punishment of the offenders by fine or imprisonment or both. Control of town pipes, sewers, drains, etc. SEC. 68. Be it further enacted, That the Town of Gibson is hereby granted power of eminent domain, and the Town Council are hereby authorized and empowered to

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condemn lands within its corporate limits, for the erection of public buildings for said town, for public parks, water supply, sewers, septic tanks, crematories, farms for handling and disposing of sewerage, and for all other public purposes and improvements, such condemnation to be made as provided by Section 64 of this Act, and they are also authorized and empowered to similarly take and condemn personal property in the same manner, when needed for public purposes of said town. Eminent domain. SEC. 69. Be it further enacted, That the Town Council shall have full power and authority to declare what shall be deemed a nuisance in said town, and to provide for the abatement of the same. The Mayor's Court of said town shall have concurrent jurisdiction with the council with respect to the trial and abatement of all nuisances in said town. Nuisances. SEC. 70. Be it further enacted, That the value for taxation of all real and personal property in said town subject to taxation shall be determined by a board of tax assessors, to consist of three disinterested freeholders of said town to be elected annually by the Town Council, who shall take an oath to assess all property, in said town at a fair market value to the best of their skill and knowledge. Said assessors shall be compensated out of the Town Treasury for their services as may be fixed by the Town Council, the same not to exceed the sum of two dollars per day, to each, for every day they are actually engaged in said work, and said assessors shall have no other compensation or emolument whatever. In case any property holder or tax payer shall be dissatisfied with any assessment so made by said assessors he may appeal to the Town Council. Board of Tax Assessors. SEC. 71. Be it further enacted, That the Town Council shall have full power and authority to regulate the running of automobiles, bicycles and other high speed vehicles in said town, to prescribe the rate of speed at which the same may be run and the manner in which the same may be run, the qualifications of the drivers thereof, the registration of

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said machines and all and every act and thing necessary or incident to the safety of the same and of the public. Running of automobiles, etc., regulation of. SEC. 72. Be it enacted, That the Town Council shall have full power and authority to regulate the storing and keeping of gasoline, kerosene and other inflamable or explosive oils and the keeping or storing of gun powder, dynamite, nitro-glycerine and other explosives within the town limits. Inflammable or explosive materials. SEC. 73. Be it further enacted, That the Town Council shall have full power and authority to regulate the running of all railroad trains and all street cars within the Town limits and to prescribe the manner in which the same may be run and the rate of speed of the same. Running of trains and street cars, regulation of. SEC. 74. Be it further enacted, That the Town Council, or water and light commission, whenever such shall be created, shall have the right to make contracts with persons, firms or corporations residing beyond the town limits, to furnish lights or water, or light and water, whenever the same can be done without interfering with the efficient service of the town light and water plant, to the inhabitants of the town. Water and Light Commission. SEC. 75. Be it further enacted, That the Town Council shall have the power and authority to grant franchises, easements, and right of ways, over, in, under, and on public streets, lanes, alleys, sidewalks, parks, and other property of said town on such terms and conditions as they may fix; provided, that franchises shall not be granted for more than a term of thirty years, nor shall they be granted without compensation to said town, to be provided for in said franchise ordinance; provided further, that no franchise shall be granted to the detriment of private property without first fully compensating the owner thereof. Franchises, etc. SEC. 76. Be it further enacted, That the Town Council shall have full power and authority to issue bonds for the purpose of meeting all maturing outstanding bonds of said town and for any purpose of internal improvement whatever,

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under the Constitution and laws of Georgia regulating the issuing of Municipal Bonds. Bonds. SEC. 77. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved August 20, 1913. GLENNVILLE, CITY OF, CHARTER AMENDED. No. 38. An Act to amend the new charter of the City of Glennville; to abolish the School Board of the City of Glennville, and to subrogate the Board of Education of Tattnall County to the control and government of the public schools of the City of Glennville, with all of the rights and powers that are now conferred upon them under the general laws of this State governing the public schools of Tattnall County, and to repeal so much of the Act of 1911, of the General Assembly of the State of Georgia and approved August the 21st, 1911, and commencing on Page 1228, and commencing at Section 54 of said Act and continuing on through said Act to Section 65, inclusive. And to enlarge and increase the powers of the Mayor and City Council of the City of Glennville, and for other purposes. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That on and after the passage of this Act, that Section 54, Section 55, Section 56, Section 57, Section 58, Section 59, Section 60, Section 61, Section 62, Section 63, Section 64, and Section 65, of the Act of the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and approved August the 21st, 1911, and contained in the Acts of 1911, and contained on pages of said Act of 1911 commencing on Page 1261 and continuing on through said Act to Page 1267, inclusive, be and the same is hereby repealed. Glennville, City of, certain sections in Act of 1911 repealed.

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SEC. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the public school of the City of Glennville, be, and the same is, hereby placed under the control and supervision of the School Board of Tattnall County, and the same is to be managed under the general school laws of the State of Georgia, by and through the public school authorities of said Tattnall County, Georgia. Public school, control of. SEC. 3. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the Mayor and City Council of the City of Glennville be authorized and empowered to contract and to be contracted with, and to bind the said City of Glennville for the payment of such contracts when so made, for the purpose of building a court house and jail in the said City of Glennville, whenever the same shall become necessary and expedient to build the same, and to keep any and all the public buildings and grounds attached or belonging to the same in proper and necessary repair. And for this purpose said Mayor and City Council shall have the right to levy a tax upon all of the taxable property of said City of Glennville, of not more than five mills upon the value of said taxable property that is subject to taxation in said city, in addition to the rate of taxation already provided for in the charter of said City of Glennville. Court house and jail, erection and maintenance of. SEC. 4. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved August 5, 1913. GREENSBORO, CITY OF, CHARTER AMENDED. No. 20. An Act to amend an Act entitled An Act to amend, consolidate and supersede the several Acts, incorporating the City of Greensboro, in the County of Greene; to create a new charter and municipal government for said city, and for other purposes, approved July 27, 1904,

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by making the following provisions: (1) For a change in the method of filling vacancies in the offices of Mayor and Aldermen of said city, and by providing how said vacancies shall be filled; (2) that the Mayor and Council of said city shall elect a City Clerk and Treasurer by electing any citizen of said city, who is qualified to hold the office of Alderman therein, as such City Clerk and Treasurer, at a salary of not exceeding seventy-five dollars per month, and, (3) that said city be empowered to organize a chaingang and put at compulsory labor therein all those convicted in the Mayor's Court of having violated any of the ordinances of said city, and for other purposes. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same, That the above recited, Act, approved July 27, 1904, be amended as follows: By striking from the 10th Section of said Act after the word cause in the fourth line of said section all words in said section down to the word in in the 7th line thereof, and by adding after said word cause in lieu of the words stricken the following words: The vacancy or vacancies shall be filled at an election by the Mayor and remaining members of Council, and by striking from said section after the word shall in the 9th line of said section all the remaining words in said section and by adding after said word shall in lieu of the words stricken the following words: Elect a Mayor of said city, either from their own number or by the election of any citizen of said city, who is qualified to hold said office. A quorum is hereby declared to consist of three Aldermen besides the Mayor or Mayor pro tempore, so that said section when amended shall read as follows: Greensboro, City of, charter amended. Section 10. Be it further enacted, That in case of any vacancy among members of Council, either by death, resignation, failure to elect or removal from office or removal from the city, or other cause, the vacancy or vacancies shall be filled at an election by the Mayor and remaining members of Council. In case of the death of the Mayor, his

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resignation, removal from office, removal from the city, or from a vacancy from any other cause in the office of Mayor, the said Council shall elect a Mayor of said city either from their own number or by the election of any citizen of said city, who is qualified to hold said office. A quorum is hereby declared to consist of three Aldermen besides the Mayor or Mayor pro tempore. Vacancies, how filled. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That Section 15 of said Act be amended as follows: By adding after the word respects in the sixth line of said section, the following words: Provided that the Mayor pro tem. shall only serve as such Mayor until Council fills, as elsewhere provided in the amendment of 1913 to this Act, any permanent vacancy in the office of said Mayor, so that said section when amended shall read as follows: Section 15. At its first regular meeting upon organization the Board of Aldermen shall elect one of their number Mayor pro tempore, and in case of resignation, death, removal, disability or disqualification of the Mayor, the Mayor pro tem., so elected shall, upon taking the oath as Mayor, serve as Mayor, with all the rights, powers and duties of the Mayor in all respects; provided, that the Mayor pro tem. shall only serve as such Mayor until Council fills, as elsewhere provided in the amendment of 1913 to this Act, any permanent vacancy in the office of Mayor. If the service of the Mayor pro tem. shall continue for as long as thirty days, he shall be compensated at the same rate and in the same manner that the Mayor is paid, and such compensation shall be deducted from the salary of the Mayor, unless said Mayor's disqualification was from providential cause. Mayor pro tem. SEC. 3. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That Section seventeen of said Act be amended as follows: After the word Council in the third line of Section 17, there shall be added the following words: Or by electing any citizen of said city, who is qualified to hold the office of Alderman therein, as such City Clerk and Treasurer, and there shall be stricken from the fourth

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line of said section the word Mayor and the word Aldermen substituted in lieu thereof, and after the word exceed in the eleventh line of said section, there shall be stricken all words down to the word besides in the 12th line of said section, and in lieu of the words stricken, there shall be substitued these words: Seventy-five dollars per month, so that said section when amended shall read as follows: Section 17. Be it further enacted, That at its first regular meeting the Mayor and Council shall elect a Clerk and Treasurer from their number of Council, or by electing any citizen of said city, who is qualified to hold the office of Alderman therein, as such City Clerk and Treasurer. His qualifications shall be the same as those of the Aldermen; he shall take such oath of office as the Mayor and Council may prescribe, and shall give bond in the sum of not to exceed five thousand dollars, with good and sufficient security, to be approved by the Mayor and Council, for the faithful performance of his duties. He shall be the clerical officer of the Council and his duties shall be such as are prescribed by the ordinances of the city and the Mayor and Council; his compensation shall be a salary of not to exceed seventy-five dollars per month, besides such fees as may be prescribed by the ordinances of the said city. Clerk and Treasurer. SEC. 4. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That Section 24 of said Act be amended as follows: By striking from said section in the tenth line thereof the word Greene and in the 11th line thereof the first word of said line county and substituting in lieu of the words stricken the words City of Greensboro, and by striking the word County, same being the eighth word in the eleventh line of said section, and substituting in lieu thereof the words City of Greensboro, and by adding after the word place in the twelfth line of said section the words within the corporate limits of said city, so that said section when amended shall read as follows: Section 24. Be it further enacted, That the Mayor and Council shall have the power to organize the Mayor's Court, and the Mayor or Acting Mayor shall preside therein and hold sessions

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daily, or as often as may be necessary to clear the guard house. He shall have cognizances of all violations of city ordinances, and may punish all violations of said ordinances by any fine not to exceed one hundred dollars, by imprisonment in the county jail of Greene County or in the city guard house of Greensboro for any term not to exceed ninety days, or by compulsive work for any term not to exceed ninety days in the chaingang of City of Greensboro, upon the public works of said City of Greensboro or by compulsory work at such other place within the corporate limits of said city as the Mayor or acting Mayor may direct, any or all of the above punishments to be inflicted in the discretion of the Mayor or Acting Mayor, and said Mayor or Acting Mayor shall have the authority to impose any of the above punishments in the alternative. Mayor's Court. SEC. 5. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That to Section 23 of said Act that shall be added an additional paragraph, which additional paragraph shall be as follows: That the Mayor and Council of said city shall, in addition to the powers granted in said Act, have the power to organize a chaingang and to put at compulsory labor thereon all those convicted of violating any of the ordinances of the said city, and generally to provide for the proper maintenance, government and control of those convicted of violating any of said ordinances and sentenced to do work in said chaingang. So that said section as amended shall read as follows: Section 23. Be it further enacted, That the Mayor and Council of said city shall be empowered to employ such additional Police or Detective force as the good government of said city may require. The compensation and duties of said force shall be determined and fixed by said Mayor and Council. That the Mayor and Council of said city, shall, in addition to the powers granted in said Act, have the power to organize a chaingang and to put at compulsory labor thereon all those convicted of violating any of the ordinances of said city and generally to provide for the maintenance, government

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and control of those convicted of violating any of said ordinances and sentenced to do work in said chaingang. Chaingang. SEC. 6. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved August 1, 1913. GRIFFIN, CITY OF, CHARTER AMENDED. No. 21. An Act to provide that the members of the Board of Education of the City of Griffin, Georgia, be elected by the qualified voters of the City of Griffin, and for other purposes. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia and it is hereby enacted by said authority, That an Act approved August 15th, 1910, entitled An Act to revise and consolidate the several Acts of the General Assembly of Georgia, granting and amending the charter of the City of Griffin; to amend the charter of said city; to declare the rights and powers of said municipality, and for other purposes, be, and the same is, hereby amended as follows: Griffin, City of, charter amended. The Board of Education or Trustees, for a system of public schools in the City of Griffin shall consist of nine members, two of whom shall be elected, in the manner and at the time hereinafter specified, from each of the four wards of said city and the other or ninth member shall be the Mayor of said city. Said Board of Education shall have full authority and power to maintain, extend, equip, manage and control the system of public schools in said city and shall hold the title to all school property and are authorized to use the same for the benefit of said schools and to improve, insure, rent or lease, encumber or sell the same and

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make title thereto. Said board shall have authority to elect its Chairman and provide rules for its procedure. Board of Education. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted by said authority, That four members of said board, one from each ward, shall be elected on the third Wednesday in September, 1913, for a term of four years commencing October 1st thereafter, and four members, one from each ward, shall be elected at said time for a term of two years commencing October 1st and that each two years thereafter on the third Wednesday in September there shall be elected four members of said board, one from each ward of said city. That each member of said board, at the time of his election, shall be at least 25 years of age, of good moral character, a resident in the ward from which he is elected, a qualified voter under the charter and ordinances of said city and a freeholder. Removal from the ward from which he was elected shall vacate the office of said member. All vacancies shall be filled by election by the Mayor and Council of said city, by ballot, until the next election under this Act. Election and terms of office. No member of the Council during his term of service as such, shall be eligible to serve as a member of this board. SEC. 3. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the members of said board shall be elected, at the times hereinbefore stated, at an election held for said purpose and at which election no other question, matter or person shall be voted for, other than for members of said board and at and in which election all qualified voters of the city under the charter and ordinances thereof, shall be entitled to vote. And each and every qualified voter of this city shall be entitled to vote for each and every member of said board without reference to the ward in which such voter resides, and the candidates receiving the highest number of votes shall be declared elected. Elections, when and how held. All elections under this Act shall be held at the city shall and the Mayor and Council shall provide the election managers, pay all expenses of holding the elections and declare the result thereof at the last regular meeting in

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September following the election, or at a called meeting for this purpose. SEC. 4. Be it further enacted by said authority, That so much of Section 20 of the said Act approved August 15, 1910, and so much of the Acts approved August 8th, 1881 and December 24, 1884, therein referred to, as are in conflict with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Repealing section. Approved August 4, 1913. GRIFFIN, CITY OF, CHARTER AMENDED. No. 48. An Act to amend an Act entitled An Act to revise and consolidate certain Acts of the General Assembly of Georgia granting and amending the charter of the City of Griffin; to amend the charter of said city; to declare the rights and powers of said municipality, and for other purposes, by fixing the powers, authority and duty of the Mayor of the City of Griffin, and for other purposes. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That from and after the enaction of this Act, Section 15 of the Act entitled An Act to revise and consolidate certain Acts of the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, granting and amending the charter of the City of Griffin, to amend the charter of said city, to declare the rights and powers of said municipality, and for other purposes, be amended as follows: By adding after the words for action in the 8th line of Section 15 of said Act, the following, to-wit: The Mayor shall sign all orders, checks, and warrants drawn on the Clerk and Treasurer for the payment of any moneys out of the treasury of said city, and shall execute on behalf of said city all contracts, deeds and other obligations, and no order, checks, or warrant and no contract, deed or other obligation not signed

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by the Mayor shall be valid; provided, however, that by a two-thirds vote Council may direct the Mayor to sign such checks, warrant, order, deed, contract or other obligation that has been ordered by a two-thirds vote of the Mayor and Council and upon such vote taken for the purpose it shall be the duty of the Mayor to so sign the same. Griffin, City of, charter amended. The Mayor shall have the revision of all ordinances, orders and resolutions passed by the Mayor and Council of said city and he shall have four days after the meeting at which said order, ordinance or resolution was adopted in which to file with the Clerk and Treasurer of said city his dissent in writing, and when said dissent is so filed, said ordinance, order or resolution shall be null and void; provided, however, that Council may pass said order, ordinance or resolution notwithstanding said veto by a two-thirds vote of Council exclusive of the vote of the Mayor, taken for said purposes, at the next regular meeting after dissent is filed as provided. So that when said section has been amended, it shall read as follows: Section 15. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the Mayor shall receive a salary of not more than $400.00 per annum, payable monthly. He shall preside at all meetings of the Council which he attends, unless he vacates the chair and calls on Mayor pro tem., or if he be absent, or disqualified to preside, some Alderman. The Mayor shall be entitled to vote on all questions, motions or matters brought before the Council for action. The Mayor shall sign all orders, checks and warrants drawn on the Clerk and Treasurer for the payment of any moneys out of the Treasury of said city, and shall execute on behalf of said city, all contracts, deeds and other obligations and no order, check or warrant and no contract, deed or other obligation not signed by the Mayor shall be valid; provided, however, that by a two-thirds vote, Council may direct the Mayor to sign such check, warrant, order, deed, contract, or other obligation that has been ordered by the two-thirds vote of the Mayor and Council and upon such vote taken for that purpose it shall be the duty of the Mayor to so sign the same. Powers and duties of Mayor.

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The Mayor shall have the revision of all ordinances, orders and resolutions passed by the Mayor and Council of said city and he shall have four days after the meeting at which said order, ordinance or resolution was adopted, in which to file with the Clerk and Treasurer of said city his dissent in writing, and when said dissent is so filed said ordinances, order or resolution shall be null and void; provided, however, that the Council may pass said order, ordinance or resolution, notwithstanding said veto by a two-thirds vote of Council, exclusive of the vote of the Mayor taken for said purpose at the next regular meeting after dissent is filed as provided. Aldermen shall receive each a salary of not more than $150.00 per annum, payable annually. The salary of Mayor and Aldermen shall not be increased or diminished during the term of office for which they are elected. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved August 6, 1913. HARLEM, TOWN OF, NEW CHARTER FOR. No. 133. An Act to create and establish a new charter for the Town of Harlem, in the County of Columbia; to declare the rights, powers and privileges of said corporation, and for other purposes. SECTION 1. Be it further enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same, That the name and style of the corporation shall be Town of Harlem, and by such, its corporate name, it shall have perpetual existence; shall sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, and do all other Acts relating to its corporate capacity. It shall have and

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use a common seal, and shall succeed to all the rights and liabilities of the old corporation. Harlem, Town of, new charter. SEC. 2. The corporate limits shall be and remain as fixed and established by the Acts of the Legislature approved August 20th, 1906, to-wit: Using the Baptist Church in said town as center, the corporate limits of said town shall exist three-fourths of a mile in every direction; provided, however, that it shall rest within the sound discretion of the Mayor and Council to at any time call an election for the incorporation of the contiguous territory whenever at least twenty-five (25) residents therein shall petition the Mayor and Council therefor, which election shall be held as the Mayor and Council may by ordinance prescribe, and all the qualified voters in said district shall be eligible to vote thereat; a majority of those voting being in favor of incorporation, said territory shall be declared duly incorporated. Corporate limits. SEC. 3. The municipal government shall consist of a Mayor and four (4) members of Council, elected from the town at large, and such other officers, servants and agents, not hereinafter enumerated, as said Mayor and Council may, from time to time, lawfully employ or elect. Mayor and Councilmen. SEC. 4. The Mayor and Council shall be the supreme governing body, exercising all the powers herein conferred upon the corporation, and not otherwise specifically delegated. Powers of Mayor and Council. (1) Election for Mayor and members of Council shall be by vote of the people, and shall be held under the election regulations hereafter prescribed, on the second Monday in December. Their terms of office shall begin on the first Monday in January next ensuing and shall continue for two (2) years and until their successors are elected and qualified; the Mayor or any member of Council being ineligible for more than a second successive term. Election of Mayor and Council. (2) The first election held hereunder shall be on the second Monday in December, 1913, for a Mayor and four

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(4) members of Council. The Mayor and two members of Council to serve for a term of two (2) years and until their successors are elected and qualified, and two (2) members of Council to serve for a term of one (1) year and until their successors are elected and qualified, and the next election thereunder shall be held the second Monday in December, 1914, for two members of Council, thus securing a rotation in office, so that the full membership of said body may not be completely changed at one election; provided, that nothing herein contained shall operate to prevent the present Mayor and Councilmen from continuing their offices for their respective terms, and until their successors are elected and qualified. (3) A vacancy occurring in the office of Mayor shall be filled for the unexpired term by a popular election, which shall be called by the Clerk of Council for that purpose, which election shall be held in not more than sixty (60) days after such vacancy occurs, and if for any reason, said Clerk fails to call said election within ten days after said vacancy occurs, any member of Council may call the same; provided, that should said vacancy occur not more than ninety (90) days before the regular election for said Mayor, it shall be discretionary with Council to call an election, or to allow the Mayor pro tem. to serve for the unexpired term. In case of the absence or disability of the Mayor and Mayor pro tem., the members of Council shall choose one of their number to act for such time as may be necessary. Vacancy in office of Mayor, how filled. (4) A vacancy occurring among the members of Council shall be filled for the unexpired term, at an election called by the Mayor for that purpose. Said election to be held in not more than thirty (30) days after said vacancy occurs; provided, that should such vacancy occur not more than ninety (90) days before such member's term of office would expire, it shall be discretionary with the Mayor and remaining members of Council whether or not they shall call said election. Vacancy among members of Council, how filled. (5) The Mayor shall be the presiding officer of Council, shall be entitled to vote on all questions before said body,

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but shall exercise such privilege only in case of a tie. In addition the Mayor shall be the supreme executive officer of the town government, shall see to it that all laws, ordinances and resolutions are properly executed, shall see to it that all officers of the town property perform their duties and shall in all things exercise a general supervision of the town's affairs, making such recommendation to the Council, from time to time, as may to him seem proper for the public good. Mayor's powers and duties. (6) The members of Council, together with the Mayor, shall constitute the legislative department of the government, and as such, no less than the Mayor, it shall be their duty to exercise a watchful care over all the town's interest and more especially to initiate and propose such municipal legislation as may to them seem proper and needful. Legislation. (7) Said Mayor and Council shall have power to punish by execution and attachment for contempts in a penalty not to exceed fifty ($50) dollars, or confinement in the guard house not to exceed thirty (30) days, either or both in their discretion; and in this connection to pass all ordinances deemed proper in the premises; shall have power to establish parliamentary rules for the orderly conduct of business, and shall, before entering upon the duties of their office, each take and subscribe before some officer authorized by law to administer the same, the following oath: I do solemnly swear that I will faithfully and uprightly demean myself as (Mayor or Member of Council) of the Town of Harlem, during my continuance in office; that I will to the utmost of my skill and ability promote the interest and prosperity of said town, that I will not wilfully and knowingly use or be the cause of using tyrannical means towards any citizen or portion of the citizens therein, so help me God. Powers of Mayor and Council. (8) The salary of the Mayor, Clerk and members of Council shall be prescribed by ordinance and shall not be increased or diminished during their terms of office. Salaries of officers. SEC. 5. The Mayor and Council shall elect such municipal officers, agents and servants for such time and on such

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terms as may to them seem proper and reasonable, and all officers, agents and servants so elected shall at all times be subject to the jurisdiction of the Mayor and Council and amenable to their discipline, and said Mayor and Council shall have power to suspend, fine or remove said officers, agents or servants by a majority vote, for any cause that may seem just and proper after a full opportunity to be heard. Election of subordinate officers. SEC. 6. All elections, both general and special, shall be conducted in accordance with the following regulations: Elections, how held. (1) The Mayor and Council shall appoint at least ten (10) days before each election a board of three (3) managers, each of whom shall be a qualified voter and a freeholder in the town, or in lieu thereof one of said board may be a Justice of the Peace, and who shall before entering upon the discharge of their duties, each take and subscribe before some officer authorized by law to administer the same, the following oath: All and each of us do swear that we will faithfully manage this day's election; that we are freeholders (or Justice of the Peace, as the case may be), and voters in said town; that we will make a just and true return thereof, and not knowingly permit any one to vote unless we believe he is entitled to do so according to the laws of the town, nor knowingly prohibit any one from voting who is so entitled by law; and will not divulge how any vote was cast, unless called on under law to do so, so help us God. (2) That all elections shall be held at such place or places as may be prescribed by ordinance. (3) That the votes shall be given by ballot and secretly, no one but the election managers being allowed to be present with the voter, except in case of a challenge, the person challenging immediately withdrawing after the decision of the managers is made. (4) In case a voter is unable by illiteracy or physical incapacity to prepare his ballot, one of the managers may,

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at the voter's request, and in the presence of the other two, prepare his ballot for him. (5) The polls shall be open from eight A. M. to three P. M. central time, unless all the candidates shall in writing agree upon different hours. (6) There shall be kept by the managers, two lists of the names of the voters, which names shall be numbered in the order of their voting, and two tally sheets. (7) As each ballot is received, the number of the voter on the list shall be marked on his ballot before said ballot is deposited in the box. (8) When any voter is challenged, that fact shall be written opposite his name on the list and also on his ballot and he shall be required to take the following oath: I do solemnly swear that I am a citizen of the United States and of the State of Georgia; that I have attained the age of twenty-one years and resided in the State for one year, in the County of Columbia for six months and in the Town of Harlem for six months next preceding the election; that I have paid all taxes which, since the adoption of the present Constitution of the State, have been required of me and which I have had an opportunity to pay, agreeable to law, except for the year in which this election is held, and that I have not voted before at this election, so help me God. Any voter who shall refuse to take the foregoing oath when challenged shall have his ballot rejected. (9) When the votes are all counted there must be a certificate signed by all the managers stating the number of votes each person, or question, as the case may be, voted for or upon, received; and each list of voters and each tally sheet must likewise have thereon the signature of the managers. (10) The oath of the managers, together with their certificate and one tally sheet and list of voters and the ballots shall be securely sealed in an envelope with the names of the managers endorsed thereon and delivered to the

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Clerk of Council, who shall keep same safely and have it at the next meeting of Mayor and Council. The remaining tally sheet and list of voters shall be retained by the managers and by them turned over to the Council at their next meeting when the result of the election shall be declared, and if no objection is made to same within thirty (30) days all of said sheets and ballots shall be destroyed. SEC. 7. All persons qualified to vote for members of the General Assembly, for the County of Columbia, who shall have paid all taxes legally imposed and demanded by the authorities of the town, including street tax, and who shall have resided six (6) months within the jurisdictional limits of the town and have registered as hereinafter provided, shall be qualified to vote at any town election. Qualified voters. SEC. 8. The Clerk of the Council, or in case of his sickness or absence, any officer of the town duly appointed by the Mayor and Council shall designate forty-five (45) days prior to each election, a list for the registration of voters, which list shall be kept open from nine o'clock A. M. until twelve o'clock noon, and from two o'clock P. M. until four o'clock P. M., Sundays excepted, for the space of fifteen (15) days when it shall be finally and absolutely closed at four o'clock P. M. of the fifteenth (15th) day. Registration of voters. (1) Upon application in person, the Clerk or other registering officer shall enter upon the registration list the names, ages, residence and occupation of such persons entitled to register as shall furnish to him satisfactory evidence of their qualification, the names being alphabetically arranged in the registry, the white and colored being kept separate. (2) The registering officer shall be the Judge of the qualifications of those offering to register, with the right of appeal by the applicant for registration to Mayor and Council, but the registrar may, in his discretion administer to the applicant the following oath: I do solemnly swear that I am twenty-one years of age or will be the day of the election, and am qualified by citizenship, residence and payment

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of taxes, to vote for the members of the State Legislature from the County of Columbia; that I will have resided in the Town of Harlem for the last six (6) months at the time of the election and have paid all taxes which have been required of me by the authorities of said town, and which I have had an opportunity to pay, agreeable to law, since the adoption of the present Constitution; so help me God. (3) The Clerk or registering officer shall furnish the managers of the election, prior to the opening of the polls a certified copy of said list, arranged alphabetically with the ages, occupations and residences of the voters therein, white and colored being arranged separately. This shall be the only official registration list, and shall be returned to the Clerk of Council after the election, and by him safely kept and preserved. Registration lists. (4) Any person voting illegally at an election herein provided for shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and punished as prescribed by Section 630 of the Georgia Code. Illegal voting. SEC. 9. There shall be a Town Police Court, conducted in such manner and at such times as the Mayor and Council shall prescribe by ordinance, and in which court the Mayor shall be the presiding officer. In case of the absence or disability of the Mayor the Mayor pro tem. shall preside; Mayor and Mayor pro tem. being absent or unable to preside, a member of Council designated by Council shall preside. Police Court. (1) Said Police Court shall have jurisdiction to try all offenders against the laws and ordinances of the town committed within the corporate limits and to punish for the violation of such ordinances by inflicting such punishment as is prescribed by ordinance under the authority hereinafter provided. The jurisdiction of said Police Court shall further extend to the investigation of any charge involving or amounting to a violation of the Penal Laws of Georgia, when such charge is entered upon the docket of said court and when the offense is alleged to have been committed within the corporate limits of the town, and provided such

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charges are made in writing and verified to the best of the knowledge, information and belief of the person making such charges. Jurisdiction. (2) The Mayor, or other presiding officer of said court, shall have the power to impose fines and inflict punishments for the violation of valid laws and ordinances of the town of Harlem, within the limits prescribed by law, and said Mayor, or other presiding officer, shall also have the same power as Judges of the Superior Court of this State to punish for contempt by a fine not exceeding ten ($10) dollars, and imprisonment in the town guard house not exceeding five (5) days, either or both of said punishments in the discretion of the court. Said Mayor, or presiding officer of said court, shall be to all intents and purposes a Justice of the Peace, in so far as to enable him to issue warrants for the offenses committed within the town of Harlem against the Penal Laws of this State, either before or after a hearing or trial of the charges in said Police Court; provided, the affidavit required by law to obtain warrants is first made before said Mayor or other presiding officer, and such warrants may be executed by the Marshal or other arresting officer of the town. Said Mayor, or other presiding officer of said court, as such ex-officio Justice of the Peace, shall have the power and authority to commit to the jail of Columbia County offenders against the laws of the State of Georgia, and to admit to bail, in bailable cases, for their appearance at the next term of a court of competent jurisdiction to be held in and for the County of Columbia, after legal investigation, and shall, if the evidence in the trial of an offense against the ordinance of the town discloses the violation of any State law, have the same power to bind the offender over as above set forth. Fines and punishments. Commitments. (3) The said Mayor, or other presiding officer of said court, shall have the right and power to suspend, vacate or reduce penalties in said court imposed by him for legal grounds in his judgment and discretion; provided, no fine which has been imposed and collected shall be refunded in whole or in part, except by the Town Council upon written

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recommendation of the Mayor, or other presiding officer who has imposed such fine. Suspension, vacation or reduction of penalties. (4) There shall be kept in said court a docket, upon which shall appear the names of each person arrested for any offense against the municipal ordinances or State Penal Laws, and of each person summoned before court by a subpoena or other writ issued therefrom to answer for the violation of any ordinance of the said town, together with the names of the witnesses against them and a clear and brief statement of the offense with which they are charged. Upon the trial of such persons the sentence imposed or the disposition of the case shall be entered in writing opposite the name and charge, which when signed by the Mayor, or other presiding officer of said court, shall constitute the judgment of the court in such respective cases. Court docket. (5) Said court shall have power to compel the attendance of witnesses in all proceedings, or persons charged with the violation of any of the town ordinances, by subpoena or summons, which subpoena or summons shall be issued by the Clerk of Council and bear test in the name of the Mayor, and shall set forth the nature of the charge or case, and the time set for trial or hearing; and said Mayor shall have the further power to punish for contempt any person who may refuse to answer or obey said subpoena or summons. Powers of court. (6) The right of certiorari from the decision and judgment of said Police Court shall exist in all cases, and shall be exercised under the provisions of the laws of the State of Georgia, in such cases made and provided. Certiorari. (7) Upon the failure or refusal of any person to pay any fine or costs, or to pay any bond after same has been forfeited the same may be enforced and collected by execution issued and directed as is provided for the issuance and collection of tax executions of the town and sales thereunder shall be conducted in the same manner. Executions.

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SEC. 10. The Police force of the town shall consist of a Marshal and such other officers and men as the Council shall prescribe, and shall be elected by said Council for such terms and upon such compensation as may to said Council seem needful and proper. Police force. SEC. 11. Said Town of Harlem shall have power to establish a complete system of drainage for the health and comfort of its inhabitants, and shall have entire and absolute control and jurisdiction of all sewer-pipes, private drains and sewers, water-closets, privies, private vaults, and dry wells in said town with full power to prescribe their location, structure, uses and preservation, and to make such regulations concerning them in all particulars, as may seem best for the preservation of the health of the inhabitants of the town, with power to remove or require such changes in or the total discontinuance of any such contrivances or structures already in existence, or that may hereafter be allowed. Sanitation. (1) The Town of Harlem shall have power, and is hereby empowered, to condemn property for drainage purposes within the corporate or jurisdictional limits of said town, and pay the owners of said property the damages incident to said condemnation. The said town shall proceed in condemning property for said drainage under the terms and provisions as are now or may hereafter be provided by the laws of the State for condemning and taking property for public purposes. The fact that the property sought to be condemned may be owned by a railroad, or other quasipublic corporations, shall be no bar to the exercise of the right of condemnation herein conferred. Condemnation of property. SEC. 12. The Town of Harlem shall have the power to regulate the width, location and grade of all streets, alleys, sidewalks and ways within the town, and shall have the further power to locate, open and lay-off new streets, alleys or ways within the town, to order in any manner or close and vacate any of the same, and to prohibit any one from opening and laying off any new streets, alleys or ways without the consent of the Mayor and Council. Regulation and control of streets, etc.

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(1) For the purpose of opening and laying off any new streets, alleys or ways or extending, widening or altering in any manner any of the streets, alleys or ways of said town, the Town of Harlem is hereby authorized to condemn any property and take the same for such use, and to pay damage to the owner or owners of the same, incident to said condemnation. Said town shall proceed in condemning property for the purposes mentioned under the terms and provisions as are now, or may hereafter be provided by the law of the State in such cases. The fact that the property needed by said town for said purposes may be owned by a railroad or other quasi-public corporation, shall be no bar to the exercise of the right of condemnation herein conferred. Condemnation of property. SEC. 13. The Town of Harlem shall have the power to grant encroachments upon the streets, sidewalks, alleys or ways of the town, on such terms and in such manner as may be by ordinance prescribed, and have the further power to grant privileges and franchises to any person, railroad, street railroad or other corporation to use any part or parts of the streets, alleys or ways in the town upon adequate compensation to be determined by the Mayor and Council upon such terms and conditions as Mayor and Council may prescribe; provided, that said Mayor and Council shall not grant any public franchise to any person, railroad, street railroad or other corporation or companies, without reserving in said grant the right to tax said franchises and further reserve in said grant the right by ordinance from time to time to pass and adopt such ordinances or resolutions regulating the governing or exercise of such franchise as may be deemed expedient or necessary; provided, further, that no grant or franchise shall be for a longer term than twenty (20) years. Encroachments, franchises, etc., power to grant. SEC. 14. That the said town shall have the power to pass any and all ordinances that may be deemed requisite, and proper to the peace, security, welfare, health, good government and conveniences of the town, and to punish for a violation of same in a sum not to exceed the sum of fifty

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($50) dollars or imprisonment in the guard house, or work on streets, not exceeding ninety (90) days, either one or all of these punishments in the discretion of the Mayor or officer trying the offender. Police powers. (1) All ordinances before they are passed shall be read twice, and each reading had at a separate meeting, regular or special, on separate days, and the first reading shall be at a regular meeting of the Mayor and Council; provided, that both readings of said ordinance may be had at the first meeting, upon unanimous consent of the Mayor and Council to that effect; provided, further, that ordinances or resolutions appropriating or involving the expenditure of money or for other than current expenses shall be read twice as above provided and the rule shall not be suspended. Ordinances, how passed. (2) All ordinances and resolutions shall be signed by the Mayor or the officer presiding at the time of their passage and countersigned by the Clerk of Council, after which, same shall be published at least one time in the newspaper in which Sheriff's advertisements for the County of Columbia are published. (3) All ordinances and resolutions and amendments shall be in writing, and have endorsed thereon the name of the Councilman introducing the same, and the date of its reading. Such ordinances or resolutions shall be numbered and filed away and properly preserved. There shall be kept by the Clerk of Council a regular ordinance and regulation book, in which all ordinances and resolutions, after their passage and adoption shall be fairly and accurately engrossed, the record of which shall be signed by the Mayor or Acting-Mayor or the officer presiding at the time of the passage of the same, and countersigned by the Clerk of Council under the seal of the town; provided, that nothing herein contained shall operate to prevent said Mayor and Council from adopting such rules and regulations governing the passage and adoption of ordinances and regulations which do not conflict herewith; provided, further, that nothing contained in this and the previous paragraph shall effect in any manner any existing ordinances of said town.

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SEC. 15. Said town shall have the power and authority by ordinance to pave, remove or repair the pavement of the sidewalks of the town, and to assess the cost of the same against the owners of the property abutting on sidewalks, according to frontage owned by them thereon. Paving of sidewalks. (1) Said town shall have the power and authority by ordinance to grade, pave, macadamize or otherwise improve for travel or drainage, any of the streets, alleys or ways of the town, or to re-grade, re-pave, re-curb, re-macadamize or repair the pavement, curbing, grade or drains of the same, and to assess one-half of the total cost of such improvements against the owners of the property abutting on each side of the streets, alleys or ways so improved, according to the frontage owned by each thereof, and to require any railroad or street railroad company having, or which may hereafter have, tracks running through streets, alleys or ways of the said town so improved, to macadamize or otherwise pave or improve, as the Mayor and Council may direct, the width of their said tracks and two feet on each side thereof; and to require said company to repair or re-pave their aforesaid portions as the Mayor and Council may direct. In the event any such company or companies fail or refuse to comply with said requirements the town may have the same done and the expenses thereof shall be assessed against the said company or companies, and enforced and collected by execution as provided in Paragraph 2 of this section. Grading, paving, etc., of streets. Assessments. (2) That the said town be, and it is, hereby empowered to enforce the payment of the assessments provided for in this section, Paragraph 1, by execution against the abutting property and against the owners of the same, which executions shall be issued and levied like executions for taxes under existing ordinances, or such as may be made applicable to the subject, and said property shall be sold in the same manner, and shall be subject to all the incidents of purchase by the town and redemption by the owner, etc., as provided by Section 732 et seq. of the Code of Georgia of 1895, and amendments thereto; provided, however, that

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to an execution issued under the provisions of this section, the defendant shall have the right to file an affidavit denying that the whole or any part of the amount for which execution issued is due, and the reason why same is not due by and from the defendant, and stating what amount is admitted to be due, which amount so admitted to be due shall be paid before said affidavit shall be received and said affidavit shall be received for the balance, and the affidavit so received shall be returned to the Superior Court of Columbia County and there tried and the issue determined as in cases of illegality, subject to all the pains and penalties provided for in case of illegality for delay. Enforcement of payments of assessments. (3) One publication of the ordinance or ordinances providing for the improvements mentioned in this section, in the newspaper in Columbia County in which Sheriff's advertisements are published shall be sufficient notice to abutting property owners, or railroad or street railroad companies having tracks on the street to be improved, of the contents and provisions of such ordinances, and of the fact that such improvements are to be made. Notice. SEC. 16. Said Town of Harlem shall have the right and power to assess, levy and collect a tax upon all property, both real and personal, within the limits of the town, not to exceed one (1) per cent ad valorem; to levy and collect a specific or occupation tax on all business occupations, professions, callings or trade, public or private, exercised within the town as may be deemed just and proper, and upon franchises and incomes, to fix a license on theatrical exhibitions, circuses and shows of all kinds, in the sale of spirituous and malt liquors, and on drays and hacks, hotels, boarding houses, restaurants, fish stands, billiards, pool and other kinds of table, ten pin alleys, butcher shops, livery stables, auctioneers, and upon all other classes or kinds of businesses legitimately coming within the Police power of the town as may be just and reasonable. The taxing power of said town, except as hereinafter stated shall be as general and complete as that of the State itself. Taxation.

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(1) To provide by ordinance for the return of all real and personal property for taxation, to double tax defaulters for the current or any previous year or years, not in conflict with any limitations prescribed by any of the laws of Georgia; to prescribe the time or times when said returns shall be due, and shall have the power to enforce the collection of same by execution issued by the Clerk of Council directed to the Marshal and bearing test in the name of the Mayor, which execution shall be issued not later than the time prescribed by the State law or city ordinance, not in conflict with said State law, and the sales under such executions shall be conducted as prescribed by Section 732 et seq. of the Code of Georgia, 1895, and the amendments thereto. Return and collection of taxes. (2) To provide by ordinance for the registration of all business occupations that are subject to a specific or license tax, the time or times at which same shall be due, and shall provide penalties for engaging in same without first registering and paying the tax, and shall have the power to enforce the collection, as in the previous paragraph provided. Registration of business occupations. (3) To require each male resident living within the present or future corporate limits of the town between the ages of eighteen (18) and sixty (60), inclusive, to work upon the streets of said town as the Mayor and Council may direct for as many as six (6) days in each year, or in lieu of said work to pay a road or street tax not to exceed the sum of three ($3.00) dollars annually, and further to provide for the collection of said tax by an execution which may be issued, made and levied as other executions for town taxes, and also for the imprisonment not longer than five (5) days, or to work upon the streets not longer than ten (10) days, either or both in the discretion of the officer trying the same, of such residents who fail or refuse, after due notice, to perform the work required or the payment of said tax, and who do not return a sufficiency of property for taxation to pay said execution. Commutation tax. (4) To appoint boards of assessors of real and personal property, consisting of three (3) freeholders in said town,

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who shall assess for taxation the value of all property in the town, both real and personal, and each of said boards, when sitting, shall have all the powers of the court to compel the attendance of parties and witnesses, to require the production of books and papers, and to enforce same by attachment for contempt, which may be punished as herein prescribed for contempt committed before the Police Court. Tax assessors. (5) That the Tax Assessors of said town shall assess the cash market value of all the property, both real and personal, within the corporate limits of said town and turn over such assessment to the Mayor and Council at their regular meeting in April in each year; immediately thereafter the Clerk of Council shall cause to be published in the newspaper in which the Sheriff's advertisements for the County of Columbia appear, a notice that said assessments have been made and turned over to Council, calling upon all property owners to call and inspect the same, and should any property owner be dissatisfied with the valuation placed upon his property by the assessors, he shall have the right to appeal from said assessment to the Mayor and Council; provided, however, that said appeal shall be made within ten (10) days after said notice is published, Sundays excepted, and not thereafter. Assessments of property. SEC. 17. That said Mayor and Council may establish a chaingang for said town of Harlem, for the purpose of working upon the streets, drains or other public works of town, persons convicted and sentenced in the Police Court. That said Mayor and Council shall make all necessary rules and regulations for the proper government of said chaingang; provided, however, that nothing herein contained shall be construed to make it obligatory upon said Mayor and Council to establish such a chaingang; provided, further, that until such time as the Mayor and Council of said town shall see fit to establish a chaingang, those sentenced to work upon the streets shall do so under the direction of the Marshal. Chaingang. SEC. 18. In order to guard against danger, or damage by fire, said town shall have the power to regulate or control

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blacksmith shops, forges, stoves and chimneys, and to cause same to be removed or remedied as safety may dictate; to create fire limits and prescribe the material out of which buildings shall be constructed therein. Fire limits. (1) To take up and impound dogs, horses, mules, cattle or hogs running at large, and to pass such ordinances as may be deemed necessary for the regulation of stock or other animals within the town. Stock law. (2) To require owners of lots to drain same, to fill up excavations or depressions and upon failure to do so after reasonable notice to have same done at owner's expense and enforce collection of same by execution against the property. Drainage. SEC. 19. That said Town of Harlem is authorized and empowered to order an election by the qualified voters of said town at such times as the Mayor and Council may designate to determine whether or not bonds may be issued by the said town in sums not exceeding the sum of seventy-five thousand ($75,000) dollars, to be sold for the purpose of establishing and maintaining an electric light system or for the purpose of establishing and maintaining a water or a water and a light plant, and for operating the same, and for the purpose of establishing, building and acquiring a sewerage system in said town, and for the purpose of building a public school building in said town. Said election shall be held in accordance with the provisions of Section 377 and 380, inclusive, of the Code of Georgia, 1895. At said election the ballots shall be For Water Bonds or Against Water Bonds, For Light Bonds or Against Light Bonds, For Water and Light Bonds or Against Water and Light Bonds, For Sewerage Bonds or Against Sewerage Bonds, For Public School Bonds or Against Public School Bonds. The said Mayor and Council shall determine the amount of bonds necessary for the purpose of installing, purchasing or acquiring a water plant, a light plant, or a water and light plant, and shall advertise the election and name the amount of bonds to be used for that purpose. They shall determine the amount of

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bonds necessary for sewerage and the advertisement shall determine the amount of bonds that shall be used for sewerage purposes. They shall determine the amount of bonds necessary for school purposes, and in the advertisement of the election shall specify the amount of bonds used for school purposes. The bonds so used are to be in such denominations as the Mayor and Council may determine. Elections for bonds. (1) Said Mayor and Council are authorized to sell said bonds so issued by advertising same in at least six (6) of the prominent papers of the county and also the paper in which the Sheriff's advertisements of Columbia County appear for a period of thirty days. Sealed bids for said bonds shall be received and said bonds shall be sold to the highest and best bidder. The sale of said bonds shall be ratified by the Mayor and Council; provided, however, that said bonds shall not bear a higher rate of interest than six (6) per cent., shall not be sold below par and the Mayor and Council will have authority to reject any and all bids. Sale of bonds. SEC. 20. That said bonds as they fall due and the interest coupons or warrants upon said bonds shall be paid by the Clerk of Council by order of the Mayor of said Town of Harlem on presentation at the office of said Clerk when due, or at any such agency elsewhere by ordinance passed before the issuance of said bonds; that the principal of said bonds when they shall become due and the coupons or interest warrants of the same when they shall become due, shall be receivable by the Town of Harlem in payment of all dues to the Town of Harlem and said bonds shall not be taxable directly or indirectly by the Town of Harlem. Payment of bonds and coupons. (1) That as soon as the bonds issued under this Act shall have been signed by the Mayor and Clerk of the Town of Harlem and the corporate seal of said town attached thereto, they shall be kept safely by the Mayor and sold by him in the manner hereinbefore prescribed. Safe keeping of bonds. (2) That said bonds herein authorized to be issued shall be sold as hereinbefore provided and the proceeds of said sale shall be used as herein provided for the Town of Harlem.

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Said bonds shall be executed by the official signatures of the Mayor and Clerk of the Town of Harlem and having affixed the official seal of said town. The coupons or interest warrants shall be signed by the Clerk of the Council and each coupon or interest warrant shall indicate the bond to which it belongs. The Clerk of Council shall keep a record of the numbers and denomination of the bonds issued. Execution of bonds, etc. SEC. 21. The Mayor and Council of the Town of Harlem shall be, and they are hereby, authorized and empowered to annually assess, levy and collect on all property, real and personal, a tax in such sums as may be deemed necessary for the purpose of paying the interest on said bonds, and to create a sinking fund sufficient to redeem and pay off said bonds at their maturity; and the tax so assessed, levied and collected shall be kept separate and distinct from all other taxes and money belonging to said town; and shall be used solely for the payment of the interest on said bonds, as it may accrue, and for the accumulation of a sinking fund for the payment of the principal. Sinking fund. SEC. 22. That the said Mayor and Council of the Town of Harlem be, and they are, hereby authorized and empowered, to buy or erect, own, use and operate for municipal purposes and for profit, a system of water works and electric lights, to make rules and regulations regarding the use of the same by the public, and to provide by ordinance for the punishment of those who illegally use said water, or electricity and who illegally divert the same from their proper channels of transmission; provided, however, nothing in this section shall be construed to give them authority to violate any contracts they might have with other companies doing business in said town and provided, further, that nothing herein shall be construed to make it obligatory upon said Mayor and Council to buy, erect, own and operate a water system or electric light plant. Water works and electric lights. SEC. 23. That the said Mayor and Council of said Town of Harlem shall be, and they are, hereby authorized and empowered to purchase, hold, receive, enjoy, possess and

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retain, for the use and benefit of said town, in perpetuity for a term of years, any estate or estates, real or personal, lands, tenements, hereditaments, of what kind or nature whatsoever, within or without the limits of said town, and they are hereby authorized to sell the same, or exchange for other lands or property. Real or personal property, rights of city as to. SEC. 24. That the Town of Harlem shall have power and is hereby empowered to condemn property for the purpose of erecting, operating or using a water system or electric plant, or for sewers, pipes or electric lines, either within or without the corporate or jurisdictional limits of said town, and pay the owners of said property the damages incident to said condemnation. The said town shall proceed in condemning property, for said water, electric lights, sewers, pipe and electric lines under the terms and provisions as are now, or may hereafter be provided by the laws of the State for condemning and taking property for public purposes. The fact that property may be owned by a railraod or other quasi-public corporation shall be no bar. Eminent domain. SEC. 25. That said Mayor and Council of the Town of Harlem, shall at their first meeting in January of each year choose from their number a Mayor pro tem., who shall in the absence, sickness or disqualification of the Mayor, perform all the duties required of the Mayor, and in case of the absence, sickness or disqualification of the Mayor and Mayor pro tem., the majority of the Council may select one of themselves to act as Mayor temporarily. At the same meeting said Mayor and Council shall elect a Clerk, who may or may not be a member of Council, and who shall also act as Treasurer for the town during the year, unless removed for cause. Mayor pro tem. SEC. 26. In addition to the powers hereinbefore enumerated said town shall have all additional power usually and properly incident to municipal corporations not in conflict with the Constitution of the State of Georgia, or of the United States, as may be necessary to promote the good government of the town or the general welfare of its citizens. Additional powers.

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SEC. 27. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, that all laws and parts of laws in conflict herewith be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved August 16, 1913. HARTWELL, CITY OF, CHARTER AMENDED. No. 186. An Act entitled An Act incorporating the Town of Hartwell in Hart County, Georgia, approved February 26th, 1856, and the various Acts amendatory thereof, so as to authorize the City of Hartwell by and through its municipal authorities, to-wit: The Mayor and Aldermen of said city, to sell the electric light plant, and all machinery, poles, wires and other equipment of said electric light plant now owned by said City of Hartwell, and located in said City of Hartwell, and empowering said Mayor and Aldermen to fix terms and conditions of said sale, and authorizing said City of Hartwell to execute title to said electric light plant. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia, That the Act incorporating the Town of Hartwell, in Hart County, Georgia, approved February 26th, 1856, and the various Acts amendatory thereof be, and the same are, amended as follows: Hartwell, City of, charter amended. SECTION 1. That from and after the passage of this Act the City of Hartwell shall have authority to sell the electric light plant, now owned by the City of Hartwell including all machinery, poles, wires and other equipment of said electric light plant and all real estate on which the buildings of said electric light plants are located. Sale of electric light plant authorized. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the Mayor and Board of Aldermen of said City of Hartwell be, and they are, hereby authorized to make said sale for the City of Hartwell. Mayor and Aldermen authorized to make sale.

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SEC. 3. Be it further enacted, That the Mayor and Aldermen of said City of Hartwell, be, and they are, hereby authorized to fix the price and terms of said sale and execute sufficient title to the purchaser of said electric plant and real estate on which the buildings of said electric light plants are located. Price and terms of sale, etc. SEC. 4. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all laws or parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved August 18, 1913. HAWKINSVILLE, CITY OF, CHARTER AMENDED. No. 120. An Act to amend an Act entitled An Act to create a new charter for the City of Hawkinsville, to revise, consolidate and amend the several Acts pertaining thereto, and for other purposes, approved December 18th, 1902, and the several Acts amendatory thereof subsequently passed, and for other purposes. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same, That the above entitled Act and all Acts amendatory thereof be amended as follows, to-wit: That the City Council of said city shall have authority to lease, purchase or otherwise acquire water-front property within the corporate limits of said city, and also without the corporate limits of said city, but within the County of Pulaski, within this State, and to erect and maintain thereon docks, wharves, warehouses and other buildings and structures necessary or convenient in connection with the establishment, maintenance and operation of such docks, wharves and warehouses. If said City Council shall be unable to secure such water-front property by purchase, they are hereby empowered to acquire the same by condemnation

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proceedings in the same manner and by the same proceedings as they are authorized to condemn private property for public streets. Hawkinsville, City of, water front property, docks, wharves, etc. Condemnation. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That said City Council shall have full rights and authority to maintain, conduct and operate such docks, wharves and warehouses and buildings for receiving, storing, handling and forwarding of goods transported to or to be transported from said city by ships, vessels, steamers, boats or other water craft, and as well for receiving, storage, handling and forwarding of goods, freight and merchandise generally. Docks, wharves, etc., operation of. SEC. 3. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That in the conduct and operation of such docks, wharfage and warehouse business, said City Council shall have the right to charge, receive and collect such reasonable tolls, rates and charges as may be reasonable and proper and subject to such regulations and control as may now exist or may hereafter exist under any general law of the State of Georgia over corporations and individuals operating and conducting similar docks, wharves and warehouses. Said City Council have full right and authority to enact, pass and enforce such ordinances, rules and regulations as may be proper and necessary in connection with the operation, conduct and maintenance of such docks, wharves and warehouses, and shall have full authority to employ such officers and agents as may be required for the conduct of such business. Powers of City Council. SEC. 4. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That said City Council is hereby fully empowered to issue and sell bonds for the purpose of acquiring, improving, maintaining and operating such water-front property, docks, wharves, warehouses and other structures, after such bonds shall have been duly authorized in accordance with the provisions of the laws of this State regulating and authorizing the issuance of bonds by municipalities for municipal purposes, with full right and authority to levy

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and collect an ad valorem tax upon all taxable property within said city for the purpose of so acquiring, improving and operating such property for the purpose of paying off and retiring the principal and interest of such bonds. Bonds, issue and sale of. SEC. 5. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That said City Council shall have the right to sell, lease or otherwise dispose of such water front property, docks, wharves and warehouses for such considerations and upon such terms and conditions as the City Council of said city may determine in the exercise of their discretion. Wharf property, sale, lease, etc., of. SEC. 6. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all laws, charters, provisions and ordinances of said city in conflict with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved August 16, 1913. HELEN, TOWN OF, INCORPORATED. No. 211. An Act to incorporate the Town of Helen, in the County of White, to grant certain powers and privileges to said town, and for other purposes. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, That the Town of Helen, in the County of White, be and the same is, hereby incorporated as a town under the name of the Town of Helen. Helen, Town of, incorporated. SEC. 2. That the municipal government of said town shall be vested in a Mayor and six Aldermen, who are hereby constituted a body corporate under the name and style of the Town of Helen, and by that name and style shall have perpetual succession; shall be capable to purchase, receive and hold any estate or estates of whatsoever kind or nature within or without the corporate limits of said town for the use of such town; shall be capable to sue

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and be sued, and shall have such other rights and privileges as may be herein or hereafter granted to them and from the passage of this Act until their successors are duly elected and qualified as provided therein. Mayor and Aldermen. R. O. Byars, Mayor; J. N. Bonner, J. M. Taylor, B. F. Shuler, W. A. White, Walter Oakes, F. E. Maxson, Aldermen. SEC. 3. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the corporate limits of said town shall extend as follows: Beginning at the Middle of Chattahoochee River south of the corners of original lots of land Numbers 26 and 27; thence running north one-half mile; thence West to corporate limits of Robertstown; thence along said corporate limits to the middle of Chattahoochee River; thence down said River to a point within one-half mile of the northwest corner of the bank building of `Bank of Helen'; thence in a southerly direction within a radius of one-half mile distance at all points from said corner of said bank building of `Bank of Helen,' to a line running due north to a point one hundred and fifty (150) feet east of the end of north side of Main Street Bridge; thence west to middle of said Chattahoochee River; thence down said river to beginning point. Corporate limits. SEC. 4. That on the second Wednesday in December 1914, there shall be an election for a Mayor and six Aldermen in and for the said town, three of said Aldermen to be elected for a term of one year, and said Mayor and three of said Aldermen for a term of two years. Annually thereafter on the second Wednesday in December there shall be an election held for three Aldermen or a Mayor and three Aldermen, as the case may be, with the exception herein provided of those named in the charter as the pro tempore Mayor and Aldermen of said town and those elected in 1914; the officers shall hold office for the term of two years and until their successors are duly elected and qualified. Election of officers, terms, etc. SEC. 5. That all elections for Mayor and Aldermen of said town shall be held at the place where the said Mayor

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and Council shall generally hold the meetings and the polls shall be kept open between the hours of 10 a. m. and 3 p. m. Said election shall be held by three persons, residents in said city, who may be duly appointed in writing by the Mayor of said town, said superintendent to take oath for the due performance of the duties as such, to have powers incident to superintendents of elections, to administer oaths to voters as to their qualification to vote; they shall keep a numbered list of those voting and shall place on each ballot a number corresponding to that opposite voter's name; at the close of said election they shall count the votes, keeping the two tally sheets of same, shall duly declare the results of the election and shall issue certificates of the election under their official signature to the persons receiving the highest number of votes polled. They shall then place in a sealed package all ballots together with the list of those certified by said superintendents to be correct, they shall deposit such sealed package and also the remaining tally sheet duly certified with the Clerk and Treasurer of said town to be by him safely kept; said sealed packages shall not be opened except in case of contest, but shall, at the expiration of two months, (in case there is no contest), be by him destroyed with examination. Said superintendents of election shall be paid as compensation for holding said election one dollar each by the Clerk and Treasurer of said town upon the certificate of the Mayor as to their services until the municipal authorities shall otherwise regulate the compensation for holding such elections. The persons elected at the election provided for in 1914 or at the election held annually thereafter shall on or before the second Tuesday in January after the election take an oath before an officer authorized by law to administer oaths to well and truly perform the duties of the office to which they have been elected, which said oath shall be entered upon the minutes of the acts and doings of said Mayor and Aldermen, no person shall be qualified to hold the office of Mayor or Aldermen who is not qualified to vote at the election. Elections, how held.

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SEC. 6. In the event the office of Mayor or anyone or more of the Board of Aldermen shall become vacant by death, resignation, removal or otherwise, the same shall be filled until the next annual election by a person or persons elected by ballot of the Board of Aldermen at a regular meeting of said board, and such persons so elected shall hold their office until their successors are duly elected and qualified. Vacancies, how filled. SEC. 7. That all persons qualified to vote for members of the General Assembly and who shall have paid all taxes imposed and demanded by said town and shall have resided within its corporate limits for six months prior to any election, shall be qualified to vote at such election. Qualified voters. SEC. 8. That the Clerk and Treasurer or such other persons as shall be designated by the Board of Aldermen, shall open a list for the registration votes at least thirty days prior to any municipal election held for any purpose in said town which said list shall be kept open each and every day (Sunday excepted) during such hours as shall be prescribed by said board until four days (Sundays excepted) preceding the election, when it shall be finally and absolutely closed; during said time it shall be the duty of such registration officers upon the application of any person in person or in writing, who shall be entitled to vote at said election, to register the name of such person, expressing in such registry his age, occupation or business, and place of his residence. The registration officers may in any case require the applicant to appear before him and take the following oath, to-wit: You do solemnly swear that you are a citizen of the United States of America, that you will have resided in the State of Georgia one year immediately preceding the election and within the incorporate limits of the Town of Helen six months preceding the election, that it is your intention to remain a resident of said city continually until the day of election, that you are twenty-one years of age or will be by day of the election, that you have twenty-one years of age or will be by the day of the election, that you have paid all taxes due the town of Helen, that you have made all returns required by the ordinances of said town and that

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you will be qualified to vote for members of the General Assembly by the day of election, so help you God. That it shall be the duty of the registration officers to arrange the names registered in alphabetical order and to post one copy of such list for two days at least preceding each election at some public place in said city. It shall be the duty of said officers to furnish the superintendents of election at the opening of the polls on the day of the election a complete list duly certified of all names arranged in alphabetical order which shall have been registered under the foregoing provisions; the list shall be kept before said superintendents during said election and no person shall be entitled to vote who in addition to the qyakufucatuibs stated in the preceding section has not registered as herein provided, and when the election is over such list shall be deposited in the office of the Clerk and Treasurer to be by him safely kept; provided, however, that none of the provisions of this section relating to registration shall become operative until they shall have been adopted at a regular meeting of the Board of Aldermen of said town, and in the event it shall be necessary to call a special election of officers as prescribed in the preceding section only those persons shall be entitled to vote who were properly registered in time to vote at the regular election provided for therein. Registration of voters. SEC. 9. That any person not qualified to vote who shall vote or attempt to vote in any election in said city, or in the event of the adoption of the provisions of Section 8, of this Act any such person is not registered prior to said election, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction shall be punished as prescribed in Section 1039 of the Penal Code. Illegal voting, punishment for. SEC. 10. That four of the Aldermen shall constitute a majority of the Board of Aldermen; the Mayor shall preside over the meeting of said board and shall vote only in case of a tie, in which case he shall cast the deciding vote; he shall be the chief executive officer of the town; shall take care that the by-laws, orders, resolutions, rules, ordinances,

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regulations and acts of the board are faithfully executed; he shall have ex-officiated the powers and duties of a Justice of the Peace within said town except that he shall have no jurisdiction as such in civil cases; he shall have control of the Marshal and his deputies, and of all special officers appointed by said board for any purpose and he shall appoint a special police upon any special occasion when the need of the case may require; he may cause the arrest and detention of all rioters and disorderly persons in said town before issuing his warrant therefor. Duties of Mayor. SEC. 11. That at the first regular meeting of the Board of Aldermen after the newly elected members have been duly qualified, said board shall elect one of their members as Mayor pro tem. and he shall have all the powers and duties of the Mayor in the absence or disqualification of the Mayor, as presiding officer of the board, as ex-officio Justice of the Peace, as chief executive officer of the city and in the trial of offences and the enforcement of fines or penalties for the violation of the ordinances of the town; the term of office of said Mayor pro tem. as such shall be for one year. Should said board fail to elect a Mayor pro tem. at the time above indicated then such election shall take place as early thereafter as practicable. In the absence or disqualification of both Mayor and the Mayor pro tem. the Board of Aldermen shall select one of their number instead and he shall have all the powers and duties of the Mayor pro tem. during such absence or disqualification. Mayor pro tem. SEC. 12. That Board of Aldermen shall elect a Clerk and Treasurer of said town either from their own body or from the citizens of the town. Such officers shall be elected at the same time and in the same manner as the Mayor pro tem. and his term of office shall be for one year and until his successor shall be elected and qualified; he may be removed by the board for inefficiency, neglect of duty, or other causes at their discretion. He shall keep the minutes of the Board of Aldermen in well bound books and shall preserve them and all other records entrusted to him; he shall receive tax returns collected on municipal taxes, the

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collection of which is not otherwise provided for; issue all license and collect all license fees and other moneys due to the said town, street tax excepted; shall receive all money due said town; shall issue executions against all defaulters for taxes, said execution being directed to the Marshal of said town and his deputies; he shall be the custodian of the funds of said city and shall do and perform all such other duties as may be imposed upon him by the Board of Aldermen; he shall have the authority to appoint some fit and proper person as his deputy to whom he may delegate all the powers conferred upon him and for whose acts he and his bondsmen shall be liable as though done by himself. Such Clerk and Treasurer shall when elected enter into a bond with sufficient securities to be approved by the Mayor of the town of Helen, conditioned faithfully to collect and pay over and account for all taxes and other income of said town from whatsoever source derived, to perform the duties herein prescribed and such other duties as may be imposed upon him by the board. Clerk and Treasurer, their terms of office, duties, etc. SEC. 13. That the Board of Aldermen shall elect a Marshal of said town at the same time and in the same manner as the Mayor pro tem. is elected and his term of office shall be for one year and until his successor is elected and qualified. He may be required to give such bond with sufficient securities to be approved by the Mayor as the board may prescribe. He may be removed from the office by the board at any time for inefficiency, neglect of duty or other cause in their discretion. Said board may also appoint one or more deputies to assist said Marshal in the discharge of his duties, such deputies to hold office for such time and upon the terms as the board shall prescribe. Said Marshal and his deputies shall arrest any person violating any of the penal ordinances, by-laws, rules or regulations of said town and place such persons in the guard house of said town, subject to trial by the Mayor; also to have the power to arrest all persons violating any of the penal laws of this State and place such persons so arrested in said guard house subject to trial before the Mayor's Court or any committing officer of said State; they shall execute and

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enforce the ordinances, by-laws, rules and regulations of said town as may be directed therein. They shall levy and execute all processes issued from the Mayor's Court and all executions for Municipal taxes and shall advertise for sale and sell all property levied upon thereunder. Said advertising being by posted notice thereof in the public places in the town of Helen, twenty days before the date of such sale and the place of such sale being in front of the place where the Mayor and Aldermen shall generally hold their meetings; shall have charge of the working of the streets and of road hands and work-gangs, and shall perform all other duties imposed upon them by the board. The Marshal shall collect all fines imposed by the Mayor's Court and all street taxes and perform all other such services as may be specially required of him by the board. Marshal, his term of office, duties, etc. SEC. 14. That said Marshal, his deputies, and his assistants shall have full power and authority to arrest for a violation of any of the ordinances, by-laws, rules and regulations of said town upon information and belief and without a warrant first being issued for the person who may be arrested. Arrests. SEC. 15. That the Mayor and all officers of said town shall receive such compensation as the Board of Aldermen may prescribe. Compensation of officers. SEC. 16. That the Mayor of said city or in his absence or disqualification, the Mayor pro tem. or in the absence or disqualification of both these officers, anyone of the Aldermen elected as herein prescribed shall hold a Mayor's Court for the trial of all persons charged with violating any of the ordinances, orders, by-laws, rules or regulations of the said town and on conviction shall punish such offenders by fine not to exceed one hundred dollars, or imprisonment in the guard house of said town not to exceed thirty days, or by compelling them to work upon the streets of said town for not more than thirty days and anyone or more of such punishments may be ordered in the discretion of the Court, and the offenders shall also be liable for the cost of the

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court. Said court shall have full power to punish by fine, imprisonment, or work on the streets, persons guilty of contempt to said court, said fine in no case to exceed twenty-five dollars, and said imprisonment not to exceed ten days; said court shall have full power and authority to issue executions directed to the Marshal and his deputies for the enforcement of any and all fines imposed and for the collection of all cost, to provide for the enforcement of its sentences, to imprison in the guard house of said town any and all persons who may be convicted of offences under this Act or the ordinance and regulations passed in pursuance thereto, where the penalty is imprisonment, and to imprison in said guard house any and all persons guilty of such offences where the penalty is a fine and until such fine and cost is paid or otherwise discharged according to law. The presiding officer of said court shall assess and fix the amount of bail of any and all persons brought before him for examination or trial, arrested for the violation of any municipal ordinance, order, by-law, rules or regulations and where the offence charged is a violation of a municipal law, the Marshal shall take a bond in the amount so fixed payable to the Mayor of said town, and said bond and its securities to be approved by said presiding officer or in lieu thereof the Marshal may take a cash deposit of said amount. Upon the trial of any case before the Mayor's Court, either party, dissatisfied with the decision of said Mayor, may upon giving bond and security, appeal his case to the Council, presided over by the Mayor, and from the decision of said Council, may appeal the same to the Superior Court. Mayor's Court. SEC. 17. That where executions are issued for municipal taxes, license, or other fees the cost shall be the same as in the case of executions for State and county taxes and the cost of the Marshal shall be the same as the Sheriff for all services performed by him in the collection of executions for the State and county taxes. In all cases before the Mayor's Court the cost shall be the same as those prescribed by law in trials before a committing magistrate, unless otherwise prescribed by ordinances. Executions, enforcement of.

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SEC. 18. That the Board of Aldermen shall have power and authority to assess, levy and collect annual ad valorem taxes upon all property, real and personal, within the corporate limits of said town, to prescribe rules and regulations for the same and penalties for non-compliance therewith; to fix the time for making tax returns and for paying taxes, notice for which time so fixed shall be given at least four weeks prior to the date so fixed by posting notices thereof in three public places in said city, said tax shall not exceed one-half of one per cent; upon the value of said property for the ordinary current expenses of said town, not more than one-half of one per cent. for educational purposes, not more than one-half of one per cent. for street and bridge purposes, and not more than one half of one per cent. for the payment of the principal and interest of the public debt. If an additional fund is required by said city for internal improvements not herein provided for, or if the amount realized by the levy of one-half of one per cent. shall be insufficient to defray the ordinary current expenses of said city, an additional tax may be levied for these purposes, when the same shall be authorized by a vote of two-thirds of the legal voters of said city who are qualified to vote at an election held for that purpose; the municipal authorities shall cause separate accounts to be kept of all amounts collected and disbursed for each different purpose and each amount shall be applied exclusively to the purpose for which it was collected. Taxation. SEC. 19. That the Board of Aldermen have power and authority to levy and collect taxes on all professions, trades, businesses, business occupations, theatrical exhibitions, shows or other performances exhibited or performed within the town, on all peddlers, venders of medicines, itinerant traders, salesmen, or soliciting agents, hotels, boarding houses, livery stables, and transfer or transportation companies, and all bowling alleys, skating rinks, pool or billiard rooms, and all other game or other games kept or played within the corporate limits of said town, whatsoever the business, occupation, trade, profession, calling, practice, games or game may be, to grant license for the

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same and to regulate them by ordinances and to revoke said license at any time without compensation or notice to the holders thereof in case of any violation of any rules, orders, by-laws, or regulations of said board in the discretion of said board; provided, that no authority shall rest in said board to grant any license or to make any charge for license upon any business, profession or occupation, trade, calling, practice, game or games where the same is prohibited by law duly made and enacted; and provided, further, that it shall never be the right of said board to grant or issue any license for the sale of spirituous, vinous or malt liquors, or intoxicating bitters or ciders within the limits of said town nor to consent in any way to the sale of the same therein, and any person selling or keeping for sale, soliciting orders for the sale thereof, or any one thereof, either in person or by letter, circulars or otherwise shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof in a court of competent jurisdiction shall be punished as in Section 1039 of the Penal Code; the time, place and manner of making tax returns, paying taxes, and securing license shall be prescribed by the Board of Aldermen, the tax returns shall be made to the Clerk and Treasurer and the taxes paid to him; all license granted by the Board of Aldermen shall be issued and signed by the Clerk and Treasurer to whom the license fees shall be paid; for the purpose of collecting all license fees and taxes, the manner of collecting which is not otherwise provided for in this charter, the Clerk and Treasurer, where such fees are not paid within the time fixed by the Board of Aldermen, shall issue executions against delinquents directed to the Marshal to enforce the collection of the same by levy, advertisement and sale as heretofore provided in Section 13 of this charter. The Board of Aldermen shall have power and authority to impose penalties by ordinance on all persons who may carry on any profession, trade, business, occupation, performance, or game without paying the tax or securing the license as may be prescribed. Special taxes, licenses, etc. SEC. 20. That said corporation shall have and enjoy all the rights, powers and privileges incident to such corporations

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and not repugnant to the Constitution and laws of the United States or this State. Charter powers. SEC. 21. That all special taxes or license fees provided for in this Act and all other incomes of said town from any source except ad valorem taxes and street taxes may be appropriated and applied to any purpose for which said town is or may be at any time empowered to levy taxes. Application of taxes. SEC. 22. That Board of Aldermen shall have power to compel persons liable to road duty by the laws of this State who are residents of said city to work on the streets of said town the same number of days that the laws of same State prescribe for road hands on the public roads of said county or in lieu of work thereon, to pay the Marshal of said town an equivalent for said work in money, the amount to be prescribed by ordinance. Said hands shall be allowed to choose between working the streets under the direction of the Marshal or paying the amount prescribed by ordinance, the hands to be warned or notified by the Marshal, at least three days previous to the day of working, which notice shall state such day, the number of days, to work and the amount prescribed by ordinances to be paid in lieu of work and if any hand who has been so notified fails to work said streets and has not before the day of commencing said work paid the equivalent in money, he shall be subject to such penalty as may be prescribed by the Board of Aldermen. All amounts so collected as street tax shall be applied by the Board of Aldermen to the working and improving of the streets of said town. Commutation tax. SEC. 23. That the Board of Aldermen shall have power and authority to establish quarantine regulations against all persons who have been exposed to smallpox, yellow fever, or any other contagious or infectious disease or against any infected locality, to enforce and make effective such regulations, to establish a pest house or camp of detention within or without said town and to cause the removal thereto, and the detention therein of any persons afflicted with any such diseases, said board shall have power in their

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discretion to allow all such persons at their own homes to provide suitable and sufficient guards to successfully quarantine such premises, and said board shall have power to require all persons within said town whether resident or transient to be vaccinated whenever in the opinion of said board the same shall be advisable. It shall have full power to enforce such regulations and to provide penalties for their violation. If the pest house or camp of detention is located beyond the corporate limits of said town, the town authorities shall have the same jurisdiction and powers over it so long as it is used for these purposes as if it were in the corporate limits. Said Board of Aldermen shall have the power to appoint a Board of Health and such other health officers as may be necessary to carry out and enforce the above regulations as may be prescribed by the Board of Aldermen; the powers, duties and compensation of said officers to be prescribed by the Board of Aldermen. Quarantine regulations. SEC. 24. That the Board of Aldermen shall have full power and authority to purchase, construct, own, maintain and operate for the benefit of said town a system of gas works, water works, electric lights, and power and such bridges in and contiguous to said town as may in the opinion of said board be to the interest and advantage of said city and to purchase and hold at such places as may be selected, within or beyond the corporate limits, all lands, water rights, or other property, real or personal, which may be necessary or useful in the provisions of Section 4657 et seq., of the Civil Code; said board shall have full power to contract with all persons and corporations including municipal corporations for the use of water, gas or electric lights or powers or bridges within or beyond the corporate limits of said city and to make all rules and regulations which may be necessary to fix the price of all water, gas, or electricity so used and to collect the same. The town shall have a lien upon the property upon which the same may be used, said lien to be enforced in the same manner. Said city shall have police authority upon and around any and all property so used and occupied, including the mains,

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pipes and for gas, water or electricity. Any person maliciously injuring or interfering with said property shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punished on conviction as prescribed in Section 1039 of the Penal Code. Public utilities. SEC. 25. That upon the vote of two-thirds of the members of the Board of Aldermen at any regular meeting of said board, a system of public schools may be established and maintained in said town; provided, that said board shall by said vote enact as ordinances of said city rules and regulations for the government and operation of said system of public schools as may meet the requirements thereof, and as are not in conflict with existing laws. Public schools. SEC. 26. That should said system of public schools be established as herein provided and it should be found that tax for school purposes herein provided is not sufficient to defray the expenses of such a system of schools such additional tax may be levied for that specific purpose as may be authorized by a vote of two-thirds of the legal voters of said city who are qualified to vote at any election held for that purpose. School tax. SEC. 27. That the Board of Aldermen shall have power and authority to establish and fix a system for grading and draining the streets of said town and shall have power and authority to compel owners of property to construct and keep in repair the sidewalks in their front in accordance with said system; if any owner shall fail to comply with the requirements of the board in this regard the work shall be done under the direction of said board or one of its officers and executions shall be issued for the expense thereof and cost against such owner to be collected as tax executions; the board shall have power and authority to establish a system of sanitary sewerage in said town and to compel all owners to connect therewith and may purchase or condemn any property in or beyond the corporate limits of the town, for work: the expense of putting in sewer mains may be paid by said town, or may be assessed in just proportions by the board upon the owners of all lots, vacant or

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occupied, which are in position to be benefited thereby and said board shall have power to issue executions for such assessments and collect the same in the manner provided for issuing and collecting tax executions. Street improvements. SEC. 28. That the Board of Aldermen shall have power and authority to require all persons sentenced to work upon the streets for the violation of any of the ordinances, by-laws, resolutions, rules or regulations of said town or for contempt of the Mayor's Court to do such work in and directed about the water works, gas or electric plants, or bridges, as may be directed by the Marshal under orders of the board and for this such persons as are doing regular street work in said town shall not be required to work with said work gangs. Work gangs. SEC. 29. That the Board of Aldermen shall have power and authority in said city to lay-off, vacate, open, close, alter, curb, frame and keep in good order and repair, public parks, roads, streets, alleys, sidewalks, cross walks, drains and gulleys, and to improve and light the same and have them kept free from obstructions on or over them, to regulate the width of the sidewalks, foot ways, cross walks, drains and gutters, to be cleansed, paved and kept in good order free and clean by the owners and occupants thereof or at the real property adjacent thereto, to grant easements and encroachments upon said streets, to establish and regulate markets and prescribe the time for holding the same to prevent injury and annoyance to the public or to individuals from anything dangerous, offensive, or unwholesome, to prevent hogs, horses, cattle, sheep, dogs and other animals and all fowls from going at large in said city; to protect places of divine worship in and about the place where held, to abate or cause to be abated anything which in the opinion of a majority of the whole board shall be a nuisance; to regulate the keeping of gunpowder and other combustibles; to provide in or near said city, places for the burial of the dead; to own cemeteries and to regulate interments; to provide for the regular building of houses or other structures; to condemn such structures as are dangerous

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and to require their removal; to establish fire limits and to regulate the material and manner of constructing buildings therein; to make regulations for guarding against danger or damage by fire; to organize, regulate and maintain a fire department for said town, to protect the property and persons of all citizens of said town and to preserve peace and good order therein, to authorize the election of water works, gas works, or electric plants in said city, the construction and operation of street car lines or telephone system or other public utility; to grant franchise for the same on such terms as the board may deem best or to construct, own and operate the same for the town, should such be deemed expedient, to prevent injury or interference with such public utility; to prevent the pollution of the water of the town; to prevent any act or occupation which might unfavorably affect the business or healthfulness of said town or any of its citizens; to regulate and provide for the weighing of coal and other articles sold or for sale in said city; to provide a revenue for the city and appropriate the same for its expenses; to provide for the annual assessment of the taxable property therein; to adopt rules for the regulation and government of its own body and to enact all ordinances, by-laws, resolutions, rules and regulations that may be necessary or proper for the good order, peace, welfare, health, morals, interest, security and improvement of the town of its citizens, and full authority to prescribe, impose and enact reasonable fines, imprisonments and penalties for their violation. Powers of Board of Aldermen. SEC. 30. That from time to time the Board of Aldermen may by two-thirds vote create such officers, boards, commissioners, trustees or other body as it may deem expedient, wise or necessary for the performance of any of the things provided for in this Act, the qualification, duties, salaries and regulations of bodies for the carrying out of the specific duty imposed upon them, to be fixed by ordinance or ordinances passed by a two-thirds vote of the board of Aldermen. Powers of Board of Aldermen.

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SEC. 31. That all laws or parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved August 18, 1913. JACKSON, CITY OF, CHARTER AMENDED. No. 13. An Act to amend an Act approved Aug. 14th, 1909, amending the charter of the City of Jackson and to amend an Act creating a new charter for the City of Jackson approved August 8th, 1908; to define the territorial limits of the City of Jackson, and to change and to amend the charter of the City of Jackson, approved August 8th, 1908; the time for collecting and paying ad valorem taxes; and to condemn personal and real estate beyond the territorial limits of said city, for the purpose of installing a sewerage system and other sanitary purposes for the good health of said city; and to provide for the compensation for the Aldermen of said city, and for other purposes. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia and it is hereby enacted by the same, That an Act approved August 14th, 1909, extending the limits of the City of Jackson be amended and the territorial limits be as follows: Beginning at the point where the corporate limits of the City of Jackson join the original line between the 615th District G. M. and 612th District G. M., Butts County, on the southwest corner of said city; thence, east to the corporate limits of the Town of Pepperton; thence, along the western boundary of the Town of Pepperton to the northwest corner of said corporation of Pepperton; thence, in a westerly direction to the northeast corner of the original corporate limits of the City of Jackson; thence, due west to the right-of-way of the Southern Railway Company; thence due northwest along the northern boundary line of the right-of-way of the Southern Railway

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Company, to a point where the extension of the western boundary line running north and south would intersect the said railway boundary line of the parcel of land belonging to said City of Jackson, where is situated the water works plant of said city; thence along said line south to the Yellow Water Creek; thence, along said creek in a northerly direction to the right-of-way of the Southern Railway Company, and thence, along said southern boundary line of said right-of-way to a point where a spur-track intersects the main line of said railroad leading to the Gate City Ginnery; thence, in a southwest direction to the northeast corner of the present corporate limits of the City of Jackson; thence, due south to where Parkland touches the original district line of the 612th and 615th Districts G. M., Butts County; thence, due west along the boundary line of Parkland; thence, back to point of beginning. Jackson, City of, corporate limits. SEC. 2. Be it enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the City of Jackson, acting by and through its Mayor and Aldermen, shall have all rights of eminent domain and all rights and force to condemn personal and real estate property without the territorial limits of the City of Jackson for the purpose of installing a sewerage system for said city. Sewerage system, right of eminent domain to acquire property for. SEC. 3. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That Section 35 of the charter of the City of Jackson, approved August 8th, 1908, be amended as follows: By striking the words 20th day of December of each year and substituting therefor the following, 20th day of November of each year, so said section when amended shall read as follows: For the purpose of raising revenues for the support and maintenance of the government of said city and defraying the ordinary current expenses therefor. Said Mayor and Aldermen, shall have full power and authority, and it shall be their duty to provide by ordinance for the levy and collection of an ad valorem tax on real and personal property within the corporate limits of said city not exceeding one-half of one per cent thereof. Said levy shall be fixed after the return and assessment of said property

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as provided in 14th and 26th Sections hereof and before the first day of October in each year; all taxes so levied shall be collectible on the 20th day of November of the year for which they shall be so levied. City taxes, when due. SEC. 4. Be it further enacted by the General Assembly, That the Aldermen of the City of Jackson shall be paid not more than two ($2.00) dollars each of the Council actually attended for each meeting; provided, the amount each receives does not exceed fifty ($50.00) dollars per year for each Alderman. Compensation of Aldermen. SEC. 5. All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed. Approved July 31, 1913. KIRKWOOD, TOWN OF, ELECTION FOR BONDS. No. 190. An Act to amend the charter of the Town of Kirkwood, in the County of DeKalb, so as to authorize the Mayor and Council of said town to issue bonds for the purpose of buying real estate for school purposes; to issue bonds for the purpose of extending and enlarging the system of sewerage of said town; to issue bonds for the purpose of grading, paving, macadamizing, or otherwise improving the streets, alleys and lanes of said town; for one or all of said purposes, and for other purposes. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same, That the charter of the Town of Kirkwood, in the County of DeKalb, be, and the same is, hereby amended so as to authorize the Mayor and Council of said town, in their discretion, to issue and sell bonds of said town, for the purpose of buying real estate for school purposes, to an amount not exceeding five thousand dollars; to issue and sell bonds of said town, for the purpose of

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extending and enlarging the system of sewerage of said town, to an amount not exceeding five thousand dollars; to issue and sell bonds of said town, for the purpose of grading, paving, macadamizing, or otherwise improving the streets, alleys and lanes of said town, to an amount not exceeding twenty-five thousand dollars; for one or all of said purposes, within the discretion of the Mayor and Council of said town. Kirkwood, Town of, bonds authorized. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That said bonds shall be issued in denominations of one thousand dollars each, to be fully paid off within thirty years from the date of their issue, and to bear interest at the rate of not exceeding five per centum per annum, payable semi-annually; but the Mayor and Council of said town shall not be authorized to issue bonds to an amount exceeding seven per centum of the assessed value of all the taxable property of said town. The principal and interest of said bonds shall be payable in gold coin of the United States of the present standard of weight and fineness, and the principal shall be paid at the maturity of said bonds. Bonds, denominations, etc. SEC. 3. Be it enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the proceeds of the sale of said bonds, when issued and sold, shall be appropriated and used by the Mayor and Council of said town only for the purpose for which they were issued. Proceeds of sale of bonds. SEC. 4. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That in the event said bonds, or any of them, are issued, the Mayor and Council of said town shall provide for the levy and collection of a special annual tax during the life of such bonds as may be issued sufficient to raise a fund to pay the interest on said bonds semi-annually, and also sufficient to provide a sinking fund to pay off the principal of said bonds at their maturity. Sinking fund. SEC. 5. Be it further enacted by authority aforesaid, That upon the approval of this Act, the Mayor and Council of said town, in their discretion, may order an election held

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to determine whether or not bonds for any of the purposes aforesaid shall be issued; but, if bonds for more than one purpose are to be submitted to the voters, provision shall be made in the submission for a separate vote upon each. The election shall be held in accordance with the provisions of Sections 440, 441 and 442 of the Code of Georgia, 1910, Volume 1. Before any such election is held, registration of the qualified voters of said town shall be had and made as provided by the charter of said town. Election for bonds. SEC. 6. Be it enacted by the authority aforesaid, That those who favor the issue of bonds for the purpose of buying real estate for school purposes shall have written on their ballots For School Bonds, and those who are opposed to the issue of such bonds, shall have written or printed on their ballots Against School Bonds; those who favor the issue of bonds for the purpose of extending and enlarging the system of sewerage of said town shall have written on their ballots For Sewer Bonds, and those who are opposed to the issue of such bonds shall have written or printed on their ballots Against Sewer Bonds; and those who favor the issue of bonds for the purpose of grading, paving, macadamizing, or otherwise improving the streets, alleys and lanes of said town shall have written or printed on their ballots For Street Bonds, and those who are opposed to the issue of such bonds shall have written or printed on their ballots Against Street Bonds. Questions, how submitted. SEC. 7. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That should two-thirds of the qualified voters of said town vote in favor of the issuance of any such bonds, then the same may be issued and sold; but should two-thirds of said qualified voters fail to vote in favor of the issuance of any such bonds, then they shall not be issued, but the Mayor and Council of said town may order other elections therefor, from time to time; provided, no election for the same purpose shall be held oftener than once in twelve months. Future elections.

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SEC. 8. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved August 18, 1913. KRAMER, TOWN OF, INCORPORATED. No. 36. An Act to incorporate the Town of Kramer in Wilcox County. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same, That the Town of Kramer in Wilcox County, be, and the same is, incorporated as a municipal corporation under the name and style of Kramer. Kramer, Town of, incorporated. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That the corporate limits of said town shall be a circle with the present Methodist Church as a center and with a radius of one-half mile, thereby extending one-half mile in each direction from said church. Corporate limits. SEC. 3. Be it further enacted, That the municipal authorities of said town shall be a Mayor and five Councilmen. Municipal authorities. SEC. 4. Be it further enacted, That the Mayor and Council shall be composed of the following persons until their successors are elected and qualified, to-wit: M. C. Guest, Mayor; M. J. Cooley, M. H. Guest, Fred Garrison, H. J. Chandler and C. E. Brown, Councilmen. First Mayor and Council. SEC. 5. Be it further enacted, That there shall be an election held for Mayor and Councilmen on the first Wednesday in January, 1914, and an election shall be held yearly thereafter upon the same date, the officers elected being elected for the term of one year to hold until their successors are elected and qualified. Election of Mayor and Councilmen.

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SEC. 6. Be it further enacted, That all municipal elections shall be governed as near as practicable by the rules for election of members to the General Assembly except as hereinafter provided. The polls shall open at some convenient and accessible place designated by the Mayor and Council at nine o'clock a.m., and be closed at four o'clock p.m. The Managers shall take and subscribe an oath in the presence of some officer authorized to administer oaths or in the presence of each other as follows: All and each of us do swear that we will faithfully superintend this day's election; that we are qualified voters of said town; that we will make a true return of the result of this election; that we will permit no one to vote who is not entitled to vote nor prevent any one from voting who is so entitled. On the day after said election the managers shall issue to the persons who are elected a certificate showing that such person was so elected as aforesaid. Municipal elections, how held. SEC. 7. Be it further enacted, That the Mayor and Council shall take and subscribe before an officer authorized to administer oaths or in the presence of each other the following oath before entering on the discharge of their duties: I do swear that I will faithfully discharge all duties devolving upon me as an officer of the Town of Kramer, to the best of my ability, so help me God. Oath of officers. SEC. 8. Be it further enacted, That no person shall be allowed to vote in any election in said town who has not been duly registered as herein provided, and the person registering as a voter of said town shall be at the time of such registration a duly qualified and registered voter of the County of Wilcox, who shall have been a bona fide resident of Kramer 60 days prior to the election for which he registered as a voter. Qualified voters. SEC. 9. Be it further enacted by authority aforesaid, That it shall be the duty of the Clerk of said town to open a registration book 30 days before each regular election and to require all persons seeking to register, to make oath as follows: Registration of voters.

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I do solemnly swear that I am a qualified and registered voter of the County of Wilcox and that I will have bona fide resided in said Town of Kramer 60 days before the next general election in said town. Whereupon, said person shall register his name in a book kept for that purpose showing also his age and occupation. Said Clerk shall keep said book open until five days before the election, when he shall close the same and furnish said book to the Mayor and Council who shall as a registration board pass upon the qualifications of each voter so registered, with power to strike therefrom the names of all illegal voters, and the said Mayor and Council shall thereupon furnish to the election managers on the day of the election, a list of the qualified voters of said town. Registration lists. SEC. 10. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That no person shall be eligible to the position of Mayor or Councilman of said town or to any other official position therein, unless he is 21 years of age and a qualified voter of said town. Eligibility of officers. SEC. 11. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the Mayor and Council shall have authority to elect a Marshal and a Clerk, and to prescribe the duties of each, to fix the length of time for which they are employed and the amount of their compensation, and to require of them such bond as they may deem necessary. They shall also have like power to elect a Treasurer, fix his duties, the time of his holding office, his salary, and such bond as they see proper. Election of subordinate officers. SEC. 12. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That any vacancy that may occur in the office of Mayor and Council, shall be filled for the unexpired term, by election by the remaining officers of said Board of Mayor and Councilmen, and the Mayor and Councilmen shall receive such compensation as may be fixed by the Mayor and Council, which shall not be increased or diminished during their term of office. Vacancies, how filled.

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SEC. 13. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That said Mayor and Council shall have power to make and pass all ordinances, by-laws, rules and regulations that they may deem necessary for the good government, peace, order and health of said town, and for the enforcement of all powers herein granted. Powers of legislation. SEC. 14. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the Mayor and Council shall have power to levy a tax for the purposes of paying the expenses of said town in a sum not to exceed one and a half per cent on all property, real and personal, which is subject to State tax, and which is in the incorporate limits of said town, and they may require all male persons between the ages of 16 and 50 years, residing in said town, to work on the streets and sidewalks thereof for a period of not exceeding 15 days in each year, or in lieu thereof, they may pay such street tax as the Mayor and Council may prescribe for each year; and the Mayor and Council may also fix a business tax on all businesses carried on in said town and may regulate the matter of the conduct of such businesses in such way as may be in accordance with the general law. Ad valorem tax. Commutation tax. SEC. 15. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That said Mayor and Council shall have power to provide by proper order for the arrest, trial and punishment of offenders against any ordinance of said town and may fix the punishment at a fine not to exceed $50.00 or imprisonment not to exceed 30 days, or labor on said streets not to exceed 30 days or any two of said punishments. Arrest, trial and punishment of offenders. SEC. 16. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the Mayor and Council shall have the power to elect a Mayor pro tem. to act whenever the Mayor is disqualified or from any cause cannot be present to perform the duties of his office. Mayor pro tem. SEC. 17. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the Mayor and Council shall have the power to provide for the collection of taxes, moneys and fines due

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the town; all fi. fas. to be issued by the Mayor of said town and executed by the Marshal thereof. Collection of taxes, etc. SEC. 18. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the Mayor shall have power to try, sentence, and punish offences against the laws of said town, and the said Mayor shall be charged with the duty of seeing that the ordinances, by-laws, rules and regulations of the Mayor and said Council are faithfully executed. He may in his discretion, when he deems it advisable so to do, appoint a special Police to preserve order, enforce ordinances, until the next regular meeting of the Mayor and Council. Powers and duties of Mayor. SEC. 19. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the Mayor and Council shall have the right to provide for the annual return of property for taxation, and they may as a Board, supervise all tax returns and in their discretion place a valuation upon the property returned when they are satisfied that the property has not been returned at its true valuation; provided, however, they shall give the owner of such property or his agent, three days notice of their intention to revise said tax return prior to so doing. All property not returned for taxation within the time fixed by the Mayor and Council, shall be subject to a double tax in their discretion. Tax returns. SEC. 20. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That said Town of Kramer shall have the power of eminent domain, to condemn property for lawful use of said town in accordance with the general laws of said State. Eminent domain. SEC. 21. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That said Mayor and Council shall have the right to abate nuisances as provided by law. Abatement of nuisances. SEC. 22. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the said Mayor and Council and the said Town of Kramer shall have such other rights, powers, and duties as are conferred generally upon municipal corporations of like character by the general laws of the State of Georgia

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as embodied in the Code of 1910, and all Acts amendatory thereof, and such laws are herein incorporated as a part of this charter, except in so far as they may conflict with the provisions hereinbefore set forth. Rights, powers, etc., of Mayor and Council, and of the Town of Kramer. SEC. 23. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved August 5, 1913. LAGRANGE, CITY OF, OFFICE OF CITY RECORDER CREATED. No. 28. An Act to create the office of City Recorder for the City of LaGrange; to provide for the election of a City Recorder; to fix his compensation and bond; to define his powers, duties and liabilities, and for other purposes. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, That from and after the passage of this Act, the Mayor and Council of the City of LaGrange may, in their discretion, elect a City Recorder, whose duty it shall be when so elected to preside at the City Court, known as the Mayor's Court, with as full and ample authority to try and dispose of all cases within the jurisdiction of said court as the Mayor now has under the provisions of the Act approved December 16th, 1901, creating a new charter for the City of LaGrange, and the ordinances passed in pursuance thereto. When sitting as a Recorder's Court, he shall have full power and authority concurrent with the Mayor and any member of the Council to try all offenders against the ordinances of said city and impose such penalties for the violations thereof, as may be prescribed by such ordinances; he shall have the same power the Mayor now has to preserve order, fine for contempt of court, compel attendance of witnesses, issue warrants

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and such other authority that the Mayor now has for the purpose of governing and controlling said court, and for the enforcement of the ordinances of said city. In any hearing before him, where it appears from the evidence that a State offense has been committed, it shall be his duty to require the offender to give bond to appear at the proper court to answer such offense. No appeal shall be had from the decision of the Recorder to the Council of said city, but any person convicted in said Recorder's Court shall have the right of certiorari to the Superior Court of Troup County under the same rules and regulations as now govern applications for certiorari from the decisions of the City Council. LaGrange, City of, City Recorder, his powers, etc. Commitments. Certiorari. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the salary of said Recorder shall be fixed by the Mayor and Council at the time of his election and when so fixed, may not be increased or diminished during the term of office for which determined. He shall hold his office at the pleasure of the Mayor and Council, and shall take such oath and give such bond as may be prescribed by ordinance. Salary of Recorder. SEC. 3. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and they are, hereby repealed. Approved August 5, 1913. LAKE VIEW, TOWN OF, ELECTION TO REPEAL CHARTER. No. 124. An Act to repeal an Act entitled An Act to incorporate the Town of Lake View, in the County of DeKalb; to define the corporate limits thereof; to provide for the election and appointment of officers for same; to prescribe their powers and duties and the manner of their election; to provide for the levying and collection of

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taxes, and for other purposes, to be found in the Georgia Laws for 1910, commencing on Page 853 and through to Page 857, inclusive. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia, That from and after the passage of this Act, the Act incorporating the Town of Lake View, in DeKalb County, in the year 1910, to be found in the Georgia Laws for that year, commencing on Page 853 and extending through Page 857, be, and the same is, hereby repealed. Lake View, Town of, repeal of charter. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That this Act shall not go into effect and become law until ratified by a majority of the legal voters of said town, voting at a special election to be held for said purpose on the first Wednesday in September, 1913. All persons who are legally entitled, fifteen days before such election, to vote for members of the General Assembly, and State House officers, shall be entitled to vote at said special election. Election to ratify repeal of charter, how held, etc. The Ordinary of DeKalb County shall appoint the managers of said election, and said election shall be held in the same manner and subject to the same rules as elections for members of the General Assembly and State House officers. The managers of said election shall make returns of the result of the same to the Ordinary of DeKalb County, and he shall publish notice of the result of the same, once in the newspaper in which the Sheriff's advertisements are published in said county. Those who shall vote for the ratification of this Act shall have printed on their ballots For Charter Repeal, and those opposing ratification of this Act shall have printed on their ballots the words, Against Charter Repeal. In the event a majority of the votes cast in said election shall be for Charter Repeal, then this Act shall go into effect upon publication of notice of the same as hereinbefore provided.

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The registration books for said special election shall be closed fifteen days before the date for holding the same, and it shall be the duty of the legal Registrars of DeKalb County, to furnish to the managers of said election, a correct and certified list of the persons residing within the limits of said town who are qualified to vote at said election. SEC. 3. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved August 16, 1913. LAVONIA, CITY OF, CHARTER AMENDED. No. 134. An Act to amend an Act entitled An Act to incorporate the City of Lavonia in the County of Franklin, and for other purposes, approved July 30th, 1908, by striking from the caption of said Act, the word county, and inserting in lieu thereof the word counties, and by adding after the word Franklin, in the second line of the caption of said Act, the words: And Hart, in the State of Georgia. And by striking from the fourth line of Section 1 of said Act, the word county, and inserting in lieu thereof the word counties, and by adding after the word Franklin in the fourth line of said Section 1 of said Act, the following words: And Hart in the State of Georgia, and for other purposes. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same, That from and after the passage of this Act, the above recited Act, incorporating the City of Lavonia, approved July 30th, 1908, be, and the same is, hereby amended by striking from the caption of said Act, the word county, and inserting in lieu thereof the word counties, and by adding after the word Franklin, in

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the second line of the caption of said Act, the words: And Hart, in the State of Georgia. Lavonia, City of, charter amended. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That the said Act be further amended by striking from the fourth line of Section 1 of said Act, the word county, and inserting in lieu thereof, the word counties, and by adding after the word Franklin in the fourth line of said Section 1 of said Act, the following words: And Hart, in the State of Georgia. SEC. 3. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act, be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved August 16, 1913. LAVONIA, CITY OF, CHARTER AMENDED. No. 228. An Act to amend an Act entitled An Act to incorporate the City of Lavonia in the County of Franklin, and for other purposes, approved July 30th, 1908, by striking from the caption of said Act, the word County and inserting in lieu thereof the word Counties, and by adding after the word Franklin, in the second line of the caption of said Act, the words: And Hart, in the State of Georgia. And by striking from the fourth line of Section 1 of said Act, the word County, and inserting in lieu thereof, the word Counties, and by adding after the word Franklin in the fourth line of said Section 1 of said Act, the following words: And Hart in the State of Georgia, and for other purposes. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same, That from and after the passage of this Act, the above recited Act, incorporating the City of Lavonia, approved July 30th, 1908, be, and the same is,

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hereby amended by striking from the caption of said Act, the word County and inserting in lieu thereof, the word Counties. And by adding after the word Franklin in the second line of the caption of said Act, the words: And Hart, in the State of Georgia. Lavonia, City of, charter amended. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That the said Act be further amended by striking from the fourth line of Section 1 of said Act, the word County, and inserting in lieu thereof, the word Counties. And by adding after the word Franklin in the fourth line of said Section 1 of said Act, the following words: And Hart, in the State of Georgia. SEC. 3. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved August 18, 1913. LAWRENCEVILLE, CITY OF, CHARTER AMENDED. No. 93. An Act to amend charter of the City of Lawrenceville, Georgia. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same, That from and after the passage of this Section 13 of the Act approved August 19th, 1912, be amended as follows: By striking the word sixty in the 10th line of said Section 13, and inserting in lieu thereof the words six months, so that that Section when amended will read as follows: Section 13. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the Mayor, in his absence, the Mayor pro tem., shall have full power and authority to hold, at such times and places and under such rules and regulations as may be described by ordinance, a Mayor's Court for said city for the trial of offenders against the ordinances

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of said city, and impose such penalties for violations thereof as may be prescribed by ordinance, not exceeding a fine of two hundred dollars, and imprisonment and labor on the public works of the city for six months for each offense, but shall in all cases make the sentence in the alternative. The like authority may be conferred upon any Councilman at large by ordinance. Lawrenceville, City of, charter amended. Mayor's Court, fines and imprisonment. SEC. 2. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same, That from and after the passage of this Section 59 of the Acts approved August 19th, 1912, be amended as follows: By striking the words Provided that franchise shall be granted for not more than a term of twenty years in the 5th and 6th lines of said Section 59, and inserting in lieu thereof, the words said Mayor and Council may grant perpetual franchises, so that that section when amended will read as follows: Section 59. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the Mayor and Council of said City shall have the power to grant franchises, easements and rights of way over, in, under and on the public streets on such terms and conditions as they may fix, said Mayor and Council may grant perpetual franchises, not without compensation to the city to be provided for in said franchise. Franchises, etc., granting of. SEC. 3. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved August 11, 1913. LITHONIA, TOWN OF, ELECTION FOR BONDS. No. 23. An Act to authorize the Mayor and Town Council of Lithonia, in the County of DeKalb, to order and have held an election by the qualified voters of said town to determine whether or not bonds shall be issued by the

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Town of Lithonia to be sold for the purpose of erecting, acquiring and equipping a city hall and jail combined for the Town of Lithonia, and to authorize the issue of said bonds, and the assessing, levying and collecting of a tax on all property, both real and personal, in said Town of Lithonia, for the purpose of paying the interest on said bonds, as well as the principal thereof, and for other purposes. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same, That from and after the passage of this Act, the Mayor and Town Council of Lithonia, in the County of DeKalb, be, and they are, hereby authorized and empowered to order and have held an election by the qualified voters of said town at such time as said Mayor and Town Council may designate, to determine whether or not bonds shall be issued by the Town of Lithonia in a sum not exceeding four thousand ($4,000.00) dollars, to be sold for the purpose of erecting, acquiring and equipping a city hall and jail combined for the Town of Lithonia. Lithonia, Town of, election for bonds to erect, equip, etc., a city hall and jail. Said election shall be held in accordance with the provisions of Sections 440 to 443, inclusive, of the Code of Georgia of 1910, and the ballots used in said election shall be For Bonds and Against Bonds. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That if said election herein provided for, be in favor of bonds for said purposes, then the Mayor and Town Council of Lithonia, shall be, and are, hereby authorized to issue bonds of said Town of Lithonia, in a sum not to exceed four thousand ($4,000.00) dollars in the aggregate. Issuance and sale of bonds. Said bonds shall be designated City Hall and Jail bonds for the Town of Lithonia, and shall be of the sum of five hundred ($500.00) dollars each, and numbered from one to seven consecutively, and draw interest at the rate of six per cent per annum, payable annually on such dates as the Mayor and Town Council may fix, and be for a term of eight years. Said bonds, so issued, shall be sold by the

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Mayor and Town Council of Lithonia in such a way as may seem most advantageous to said town for not less than par. The proceeds thereof shall be used by the Mayor and Town Council of the Town of Lithonia for the purpose of erecting, acquiring and equipping a city hall and jail (combined) for the Town of Lithonia, and for no other purpose. SEC. 3. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the Mayor and Town Council of the Town of Lithonia, shall be, and are, hereby authorized and empowered to annually assess, levy and collect tax on all the property, both real and personal, in the corporate limits of said Town of Lithonia, in such sums as they may deem right, proper and necessary for the specific purpose of paying the interest on said bonds, and also to create a sinking fund sufficient to redeem and pay off said bonds at maturity thereof, and that tax, so assessed, levied and collected shall be kept separate and distinct from all other taxes and moneys belonging to said town, and shall be used solely for the payment of the interest on said bonds as it may accrue and for the creation of a sinking fund for the payment of the principal of same. Tax to pay interest and create sinking fund. SEC. 4. Be it further enacted, That after the passage and approval of this Act, the Mayor and Town Council of Lithonia, shall pass an ordinance directing and authorizing the Town Clerk of said town to open a book for the registration of voters in said town for the purpose of qualifying them to vote in said bond election. Registration of voters. Said Mayor and Town Council shall provide when said registration books shall be opened, and how long to remain open and the oath that shall be administered to the applicant for registration before he registers. It shall be the duty of the Town Clerk to prepare a list of said names of registered voters in alphabetical order, certifying same under his official signature, at or before the opening of the polls. Registration lists.

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The managers of said election shall keep said list before them during the election, and shall not permit any one to vote in said election whose name does not appear thereon. SEC. 5. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That if the election herein provided for shall be against the issue of said bonds the Mayor and Town Council of said town, may at any time after the expiration of one year from the date of said first election, order another election under the provisions of this Act, and may so continue until the issuance of said bonds is authorized by the legal voters of said town in the manner provided by law. Future elections provided for. SEC. 6. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all laws and parts of laws now in force in conflict with the provisions of this Act, be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved August 5, 1913. LITHONIA, CITY OF, NEW CHARTER FOR. No. 27. An Act to create a new charter for the City of Lithonia, Georgia; to fix the incorporate limits; to create the officers of said city and define their duties and fix their compensation; to provide for public improvements and the proper sanitary and Police Regulation for said city, and for other purposes. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That from and after the passage of this Act and as hereinafter provided, the inhabitants of the territory now embraced in the corporate limits of the Town of Lithonia, located in the County of DeKalb and State of Georgia, be, and they are, hereby incorporated under the name and style of the City of Lithonia, and by

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that name shall be, and are, hereby vested with all the rights, powers and privileges incident to municipal corporations in this State, and all the rights, powers, titles, property, easements and hereditaments now belonging or in any wise appertaining to said Town of Lithonia, as heretofore incorporated, shall be, and are, hereby vested in the City of Lithonia, created by this Act. And the City of Lithonia as hereby created, may sue and be sued, contract and be contracted with, plead and be impleaded, have and use a common seal, make and enact, through its Mayor and Council, such ordinances, rules, regulations and resolutions for the transaction of its business and the welfare and proper government of said city as Mayor and Council may deem best, and which shall be consistent with the laws of the State of Georgia and of the United States. And said City of Lithonia shall be able in law to purchase, hold, receive, enjoy, possess and retain in fee simple or for any term of years, any estate or estates, real or personal, lands and tenements or hereditaments of what kind or nature whatsoever, within the limits or without the limits of said city for corporate purposes. Said City of Lithonia, created by this Act, is hereby made responsible as a corporate body, for all legal debts, liabilities and undertakings of said Town of Lithonia, as heretofore incorporated. Lithonia, City of, new charter. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That the Government of said City of Lithonia shall be vested in a Mayor and five (5) Councilmen. The present Mayor and Councilmen of said Town of Lithonia shall continue in office until the fourth Wednesday in January, 1914, and until their successors are elected and qualified and they and their successors and associates shall have and exercise all the rights, powers and duties hereby conferred upon the Mayor and Council of said City of Lithonia, created by this Act. Mayor and Councilmen. SEC. 3. Be it further enacted, That the corporate limits of the City of Lithonia shall extend in every direction, one-half () mile from the present depot site of the Georgia Railroad and Banking Company, and the said corporate limits shall be the same as the Town of Lithonia, under

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the Acts incorporating the same; provided, that the Mayor and Council shall be empowered to extend the limits of said City of Lithonia to either three-fourths ([frac34]) of a mile, or one (1) mile, by ordinances; provided, further, that the extension shall not be made except two-thirds of the legally qualified voters of said City of Lithonia shall vote in an election held for that purpose, to extend the limits to either three-fourths ([frac34]) of a mile, or one (1) mile, and in that event, the parties who will be included in the new territory shall be allowed the privilege of voting and participating in said election as other qualified voters of said City of Lithonia. Corporate limits. SEC. 4. Be it further enacted, That there shall be held on the second Wednesday in January, 1914, an election, at which election a Mayor and five (5) Councilmen shall be elected. The term of the Mayor who shall be elected at said election shall be for two (2) years from the fourth Wednesday in January, 1914, and the two (2) Councilmen who receive the highest number of votes at said election shall hold office for the term of two (2) years from the fourth Wednesday in January, 1914, and the remaining three (3) Councilmen elected shall hold office for the period of one (1) year from the fourth Wednesday in January, 1914. In case of a tie for Councilmen, they shall determine by lot which shall hold for two years and which for one year. Mayor and Councilmen, election and terms of. On the second Wednesday in January, 1915, an election shall be held, at which election three (3) Councilmen shall be elected, to hold office for the term of two (2) years, and thereafter there shall be held annually on the second Wednesday in January of each year, an election, at which election there shall be elected officers to fill the terms expiring on the fourth Wednesday in January thereafter; all officers shall hold their offices until their successors are elected and qualified. On the fourth Wednesday in January, 1914, or as soon thereafter as practicable, the Mayor and Council-elect shall meet at the usual place for holding Council meetings in

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said City of Lithonia, or at any other place named by them, and shall there severally take before some officer authorized to administer oaths by law, the following oath of office, to-wit: I do solemnly swear that I will well and truly demean myself as Mayor (or as Councilman, as the case may be,) of the City of Lithonia for the ensuing term, and that I will faithfully enforce the charter and ordinances of said City of Lithonia to the best of my ability, without fear or favor, and will in all my actions as Mayor (or Councilman) act as I believe for the best interests of said city, so help me God. Should the Mayor or any Councilman be absent from said meeting, he, or they, may take said oath of office as soon thereafter as possible. Oath. The Mayor and Councilmen shall provide by ordinances for regular meetings, not fewer than one in each month, and may hold such special meetings as the business of said city may require, to be convened as provided by ordinance. Sessions. In the event the office of Mayor or any one of the Councilmen become vacant by death, resignation or removal from the City, or otherwise, the Mayor and Council, or in case the Mayor's office is vacant, the Council shall order an election for the purpose of filling the vacancy or vacancies, by giving such notice as will be provided by ordinance, and the election shall be held, returns made and result declared in the same manner as in the regular election for Mayor and Councilmen, as hereinafter provided; provided, that should the vacancy or vacancies occur within sixty days preceding the regular election of said city, then, and in that event, the vacancy or vacancies may be filled by the Mayor and Council, or the Mayor pro tem., in case of vacancy in the Mayor's office and Council; the person or persons so elected shall be duly empowered and qualified to fill the vacancy or vacancies until the regular election. Vacancies, how filled. The Mayor and Council shall at their first meeting after being elected, or as soon thereafter as practicable, elect from their number a Mayor pro tem., who shall, in the absence of the regular Mayor, act for him and in his stead, and be

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clothed with all the power vested in the newly elected Mayor. Mayor pro tem. Should the Mayor or any one of the Councilmen fail or refuse to perform the duties of his office for the period of two (2) consecutive months, the office may, in the discretion of the Council, or the Mayor and the remaining members of same, be declared vacant, by resolution, and the vacancy filled as provided; provided, the failure or refusal is not from providential causes. Vacancy declared upon failure of officer to perform his duties. SEC. 5. Be it further enacted, That no person shall be eligible to the office of Mayor or Councilman of said city unless he shall have resided in said city not less than one year immediately preceding his election, and shall be a qualified voter in municipal elections for officers of said City of Lithonia. Eligibility of officers. SEC. 6. Be it further enacted, That all persons qualified to vote for members of the General Assembly in this State, and who shall have paid all taxes due the State and county, and all taxes, fines and moneys of every nature legally imposed and demanded by the authorities of said city, and who shall have resided in said city six months prior to the election at which they offer to vote, and who shall have registered as required by the registration laws or ordinances of said city, shall be qualified to vote at any election held under the provisions of this charter. Qualified voters. SEC. 7. Be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the Clerk of said City of Lithonia, upon the first Monday in November, 1913, and each year thereafter upon the same date, to open registration books for the purpose of registering qualified voters of said city; said book shall be kept open at such hours as the Mayor and Council shall direct, each and every day, Sundays and legal holidays excepted, until the Wednesday at noon before the first Saturday in January each year, when it shall be fairly and absolutely closed. Said Clerk shall not knowingly allow any one to register who is not legally qualified to do so, and shall in every case before registering the applicant administer

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to him the following oath: You do solemnly swear that you are a citizen of the United States and of the State of Georgia; that you have resided in this State for twelve months and in this county for six months and in Lithonia six months next preceding this registration, or that, by the date of the next city election, if then a resident, you will have done so, and that it is your intention to remain a citizen until said day of election; that you are 21 years of age, or will be so prior to said election; that you have paid all taxes required by the laws of the State of Georgia, and all taxes, fines and moneys of every nature due the City of Lithonia, legally imposed, so help you God. Registration of voters. It shall be the duty of the Clerk to prepare a list of said names of registered voters, after it has been purged by the Mayor and Council, in alphabetical order, certifying same under his official signature and seal of office, at or before the opening of the polls. The managers shall keep said lists before them during the election, and shall not permit any one to vote in said election whose name does not appear thereon; and when said election is over, it shall be the duty of said managers to return said list to the Clerk, to be by him safely kept and preserved. The registration for whites and colored shall be kept separately. Registration lists. For any intermediate or special election in said city, for any purpose, the Clerk shall open a registration book at least thirty days before the date fixed for said election, and shall close same five days before said election, and shall prepare and furnish registration list as hereinbefore provided. Notice of the opening of the registration book at all general and special elections shall be given in such manner as Mayor and Council shall prescribe. Registration for special elections. SEC. 8. Be it further enacted, That all elections held under the provisions of this charter, and all elections in which any subject or question is submitted to the qualified voters of said City of Lithonia, shall be managed by a Justice of the Peace, or some other judicial officer, and two freeholders, who are citizens of said City of Lithonia owning

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realty therein; provided, that in the absence of the Justice of the Peace, or other judicial officer, three (3) freeholders shall be qualified to act as managers. Each of said managers before entering upon his duties shall take and subscribe before some officer authorized to administer oaths the following oath: Each of us do swear that we will faithfully and impartially conduct this election according to law, and will prevent all illegal voting, to the best of our skill and knowledge, and make true returns thereof, so help me God. Elections, how held. Said managers shall keep or cause to be kept two lists of voters at said election and two tally sheets. All elections shall be held in the city hall or other convenient place designated by the Mayor and Council, and the voting shall be by ballot. The polls shall be opened at 8 o'clock a. m., and closed at 3 o'clock p. m., standard or central time. The persons receiving the highest number of votes for the respective offices shall be elected. The managers and Clerks for all elections held under the provisions of this charter shall be named and appointed by the Mayor and Council prior to the election, and the Mayor and Council shall determine and provide for the pay of the managers and clerks. Said managers shall make returns of elections to the Clerk of the Mayor and Council, and deliver all election papers and ballots to him, who shall destroy them in thirty (30) days after such election, if no contest or contests be filed. SEC. 9. Be it further enacted, That at the first regular meeting of the Mayor and Council of said city after their election and qualification, they shall elect a Recorder and a City Clerk. Said Clerk shall be ex-officio Tax Receiver and Tax Collector and Clerk of the Recorder's Court of the City of Lithonia, and Clerk of the Mayor and Council. They shall also elect a Chief of Police and such additional Policemen as the Mayor and Council may deem fit. Said Mayor and Council shall have authority to employ a City Attorney and such other officers as they may deem necessary in the governing of said city. All said officers shall

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hold their office at the pleasure of the Mayor and Council, and shall be paid out of the city funds by an order drawn by the Clerk on the City Treasurer and countersigned by the Mayor, or in his absence, by the Mayor pro tem., and all other expenditures shall be paid by order drawn and countersigned in the same manner. And said officers as chosen by the Mayor and Council shall give bond in such sums as may be required by the Mayor and Council, conditioned for the faithful performance of their duties and for the accounting for all moneys entrusted to their keeping. Election of subordinate officers. SEC. 10. Be it further enacted, That during the sickness, absence or disqualification of the Mayor, the Mayor pro tem., or, in the event of his sickness, absence or disqualification, any one of the Councilmen chosen by the Council, shall be clothed with all the rights, powers, and privileges of the Mayor, and shall perform the duties of the Mayor. In case of absence, etc., of Mayor, who shall preside. SEC. 11. Be it further enacted, That the Mayor, or Mayor pro tem., and three (3) members of Council shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of any business before the Council; and a majority of the votes cast shall determine all questions and elections before the Council. On all questions before the City Council, the Mayor, or Mayor pro tem., if he be presiding, shall be entitled to vote only in case of a tie. All elections for officers by the Mayor and Council shall be held by ballot. Said Mayor and Council shall hold their meetings within the limits of said city, at such time and place as they see proper. Quorum, etc. SEC. 12. Be it further enacted, That the Mayor of said city shall be the chief executive officer of said City of Lithonia. He shall see that all laws, ordinances, rules and regulations of said city are faithfully, fully and impartially executed and enforced, and that all officers, employees and agents of said city faithfully and impartially discharge the duties required of them. He shall have general supervision and jurisdiction of the affairs of said city,

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and shall preside at all meetings of the Council. He shall have the power to convene the Council in extra session whenever in his judgment it becomes necessary so to do. He shall have the right and authority to remit or suspend any sentence or judgment of the Recorder's Court, upon recommendation by the Recorder. Powers and duties of Mayor. SEC. 13. Be it further enacted, That it shall be lawful for any Police officer of said city, to arrest with or without warrant any person or persons within the corporate limits of said city, who, at the time of arrest or before that time, has or have been guilty of violating any of the ordinances of said city, and whom he has reason to believe, from reliable information, has or may have been guilty; to hold such person or persons so arrested until a speedy hearing of such matter before the proper officer can be had, and to this end, said arresting officers are authorized to imprison and confine any person or persons arrested by them, in the city prison or in the city jail, for a reasonable length of time. The police officers of said city are authorized to the same extent as Sheriffs of this State, to execute warrants placed in their hands, charging any person with violating the criminal laws of this State. The Police officers of said city are also authorized to arrest anywhere in the State any person charged with violating any ordinance of said city; provided, when the arrest is not made within twenty-four hours after the offense is committed, said Police officers are not authorized to arrest such offender outside of the corporate limits of said city except in obedience to written warrants signed by the Recorder, Mayor, Mayor pro tem. or Acting Mayor. Said Police officers may take bond for the appearance of any person arrested by them for violation of city ordinances, before the Recorder's Court for trial, and all such bonds may be forfeited, as provided by ordinance for forfeiture of appearance bonds, by the Recorder, Mayor, Mayor pro tem. or Acting Mayor. The Mayor and Council of said city shall have power and authority to authorize and empower the Police or any Police officer of said city to summon any and all by-standers to aid in the arrest of any person or persons violating any

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ordinance of said city or any criminal law of this State, and provide punishment for any person or persons failing or refusing to obey such summons. Powers and duties of police officers. SEC. 14. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the Mayor shall have no vote except in case of a tie. He shall have the power to veto all ordinances, orders and resolutions passed by the Mayor and Council. When such ordinances, orders or resolutions contemplate payment of any sums of money, or liability on the part of the city for the same, said Mayor shall have four (4) days after the meeting at which Council passed such ordinance, order or resolution, wherein to file with the Clerk of the Council his dissent in writing thereto; but the Council may pass such order, ordinance or resolution over the veto of the Mayor by a majority vote of Council, said vote to be taken by yeas and nays and entered upon the minutes. In the absence of the Mayor, a like power shall be exercised by the Mayor pro tem. Mayor votes when. Veto power of Mayor. SEC. 15. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the Legislative Department of the City of Lithonia shall be vested in a Board of Council. The Mayor and Board of Council shall be styled The Mayor and Council. Legislative Department. SEC. 16. Be it further enacted, That the Mayor shall receive a salary of not less than one hundred ($100.00) dollars, nor more than five hundred ($500.00) dollars per year, payable monthly, and he shall receive no other fees or perquisites in connection with his office. His salary shall be fixed by the preceding Mayor and Council at their last regular meeting in each year. Salary of Mayor. The Councilmen shall each receive the sum of twenty ($20.00) dollars per year, payable semi-annually, and also be relieved from paying any street tax. Compensation of Councilmen. The Chief of Police and Deputy Policemen, the City Clerk, Treasurer and City Attorney, and such other officers as may be elected by the Mayor and Council, shall receive such salary as the Mayor and Council shall fix. Salaries of subordinate officers.

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SEC. 17. Be it further enacted, That a Recorder's Court be, and the same is, hereby established for said City of Lithonia, which court shall have jurisdiction to try all offenses against the laws and ordinances of said municipal corporation. Said court shall have power to enforce its judgments by inflicting such penalties as may be provided by ordinances, punish witnesses for non-attendance and for contempt and also punish any person who shall counsel or advise, aid or encourage or intimidate a witness whose testimony is material or desired before said court, or who shall absent himself or go away or remove beyond the reach of the processes of the court. Said court shall have full jurisdiction, power and authority throughout the entire County of DeKalb for the purpose of compelling the attendance of witnesses before said court, residing anywhere in said County of DeKalb. Said court shall be presided over by the Recorder, or, in his absence or disability or disqualification by the Mayor or Mayor pro tem., or any member of the City Council, and said court shall be held every Monday afternoon, and from day to day if the same becomes necessary, or at any other time, and at any place, that may be named by the Mayor and Council, and as often as may be necessary to try all offenders against the city ordinances. Recorder's Court, its jurisdiction, etc. SEC. 18. Be it further enacted, That the Recorder shall be elected by the Mayor and Council of the City of Lithonia, and shall hold his office at the pleasure of the Mayor and Council, and shall be paid such salary as the Mayor and Council shall prescribe and fix. Said Recorder shall be at least twenty-five (25) years of age, and shall have resided for one year next preceding his election in the City of Lithonia, and shall be a qualified voter therein, and shall not hold any other office in said city; and before entering upon the duties of his office, he shall take an oath before some officer authorized to administer oaths, that he will truly, faithfully and honestly discharge the duties of his office, to the best of his skill and ability, without fear, favor or affection, reward or the hope thereof, and do even justice between the city and the accused. The Recorder may be removed

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from office by the City Council after trial and conviction had before the same, upon written charge of neglect of duty, malpractice in office, or other conduct unbecoming the station. The vote of a majority of the City Council shall be necessary for such conviction and removal. The Recorder, when elected, shall be clothed with all the rights, powers and privileges of the Mayor as to said Recorder's Court, and shall preside over said court. Recorder, election of, etc. SEC. 19. Be it further enacted, That the Recorder or Mayor or Mayor pro tem. or any member of the City Council in the Recorder's Court shall have power to impose fines for the violation of any law or ordinance of the City of Lithonia to an amount not exceeding two hundred ($200.00) dollars, or to imprison offenders in the city jail for a period of not more than ninety (90) days, or to labor on the public works or streets in the city chaingang for not more than ninety (90) days, any or all, both fine and imprisonment and labor, in the discretion of the Recorder. He shall also have the same power as Judges of the Superior Courts of this State for contempts by a fine not to exceed fifty ($50.00) dollars, or imprisonment in the city jail not to exceed fifteen (15) days. He shall be to all intents and purposes a Justice of the Peace, so far as to enable him to issue warrants for offenses committed within the corporate limits of the city, which warrants may be executed by any member of the Police force of said city, and to try and commit the offenders to the jail of DeKalb County, or admit them to bail in bailable cases for their appearance at the next term of a court of competent jurisdiction to be held in and for said county. Powers of Recorder. SEC. 20. Be it further enacted, That in the absence, sickness or disqualification of the Mayor and of the Recorder, the Mayor pro tem or any member of the City Council of said city shall be clothed with all the powers of the Mayor and Recorder, and shall hold the Recorder's Court. Who may preside over Recorder's Court. SEC. 21. Be it further enacted, That the Mayor and Council shall have full power and authority to pass all laws and ordinances, rules and regulations necessary or

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proper to secure the efficient, successful administration of the Recorder's Court. Power to pass laws to make effective Recorder's Court. SEC. 22. Be it further enacted, That any one convicted in the Recorder's Court shall have the right of appeal by certiorari, to the Superior Court of said county, with the right of appeal from the judgment of the Superior Court, as in other cases; provided, that whenever any person convicted in said court, or his attorney shall give notice in writing that he intends to apply for a writ of certiorari, it shall be the duty of the Mayor or Recorder or other officer presiding over said court, to suspend sentence until said certiorari shall have been heard and determined by said Superior Court, and in the case of appeal from the decision of the Superior Court to the Supreme Court or the Court of Appeals, until there is a final determination of said case in such court of last resort But no person convicted in said Recorder's Court shall be relieved from custody until he, she or they shall have given a good and sufficient bond and security, to be fixed and approved by the presiding officer of said court, for his appearance to carry out and perform said sentence, in the event the same is affirmed. Certiorari. SEC. 23. Be it further enacted, That the Recorder shall not have the right to remit any fine imposed in said court when once imposed, but said Recorder may make such recommendation to the Mayor as he may desire, who has authority for such action in the premises. Fines, how remitted. SEC. 24. Be it further enacted, That the Mayor and Council shall, at their first meeting in January, 1914, and thereafter as hereinafter specified, elect a Board of Tax Assessors for said city; said Board of Tax Assessors to be composed of three citizens, qualified voters and freeholders of said city, whose duty it shall be to annually assess the true market value of all real estate situate in said city, and all personal property of every nature subject to taxation, and to make returns of the same to the Clerk of Council at such time as may be fixed by ordinance by Mayor and Council. At the first election under the provisions of this

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charter, one of the assessors shall be elected for one (1) year, one for two (2) years and one for three (3) years, and as these terms expire, their successors shall be elected for terms of three (3) years each. Vacancies on said board shall be filled by the Mayor and Council as they occur, and failure to perform their duties, shall vacate their offices automatically. Tax assessors. Election of assessors. Vacancies, how filled. Each member of said Board of Tax Assessors shall receive such compensation as shall be fixed by the Mayor and Council, and be paid as ordered by the Mayor and Council after the work of assessment for the year has been completed. Compensation. Each assessor, before entering upon his duties, shall take and subscribe the following oath: I do swear that I will faithfully and impartially, without fear or favor, discharge the duties of Tax Assessor for the City of Lithonia, and assess all property in said city subject to taxation at its true cash market value, to the best of my skill and knowledge, so help me God. Oath. SEC. 25. Be it further enacted, That persons making their returns shall not be required to return the value of their real estate, but shall return a correct and full description of the same, which description shall be filed with the Clerk of Council for said Board of Assessors. It shall be the duty of said Assessors to carefully examine the returns of all personal property as made, located in or owned by persons residing in said city, and in case of a failure to make true and full return thereof at the cash market valuation, to assess the true market value thereof; and should any person fail, refuse or neglect to return his personal property or any portion thereof, as required, subject to taxation in said city, said board shall assess the same and make returns thereof, as required. Any person dissatisfied with the assessment of any property under the provisions of this Act, shall have the right to appeal the same, in writing, to the Mayor and Council; provided, said appeal be filed within thirty (30) days after the return of said assessment, and the decision of the Mayor and Council, after

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hearing thereon, at a time fixed by them, of which due notice shall be given, shall be final. Tax returns. Assessments. SEC. 26. Be it further enacted, That the Mayor and Council shall have power and authority to provide by ordinance when tax returns shall be made, under the provisions of this charter, and to provide penalties for failure to make returns as required and to provide when and how taxes due said city shall become due, and in what length of time and in what periods shall be paid, and to issue execution against all persons who do not pay their taxes by the time fixed by ordinance. The Mayor and Council, in their discretion, may provide for the payment of any or all taxes in installments, and at different periods, provided all shall become due not later than January 1st of each year. Time of making returns and collections. SEC. 27. Be it further enacted, That for the purpose of raising revenues for the support and maintenance of the City of Lithonia, the Mayor and Council of said city shall have full authority to assess, levy and collect an ad valorem tax upon all real estate and personal property, including money, notes, bonds and other evidences of debt, money used in banking, and every other species of property in said city or around or held therein, subject to taxation; said tax not to exceed fifty cents on the hundred dollars, exclusive of all the taxes for public schools authorized by law and the taxes that may be required to pay annual interest on any indebtedness which may be incurred by said city, and any taxes which may be required as a sinking fund for the purpose of paying the principal of said bonded indebtedness, as required by law. The ad valorem tax above authorized for general purposes, and the public school tax and the bonded interest and sinking fund tax shall be levied under separate ordinances, each specifying the purpose for which it was levied, and all proceedings for collecting said taxes shall show the amount due on each of said tax levies. The Mayor and Council shall have power and authority to provide by ordinance for the returns and assessment of all taxable property in said city, and to provide penalties for

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neglect and refusal to comply with same, as elsewhere provided in this Act. Ad valorem tax. SEC. 28. Be it further enacted, That the Mayor and Council shall have full power and authority to require any and every person, firm, corporation or company, whether resident or non-resident of said city, who may engage in, prosecute or carry on any trade, business, calling, vocation or profession within the corporate limits of said city, by themselves or by their agents, to register their names, business, vocation, calling or profession, annually, and to require said person, firm, company or corporation to pay for said registration, and for a license to prosecute, carry on or engage in such calling, business or profession, such an amount as the Mayor and Council shall prescribe by ordinance; provided, that there shall be a separate license for each business, calling, vocation or profession, and no person securing a license for any particular business, calling or vocation shall be allowed to carry on any other business, calling or vocation thereunder, or at any other place of business than at the place for which the license was granted. The Mayor and Council may provide by ordinance for the punishment of all persons, firms, companies or corporations required by ordinance to register and secure and pay for said license, who fail to register, take out and pay for the license, or who engage in such business, profession or occupation before compliance with the provisions of such ordinances. Special taxes. SEC. 29. Be it further enacted, That the Mayor and Council shall have power and authority to prohibit or to license and regulate billiard tables, pool tables, ten-pin alleys and any and all tables or alleys of any kind, kept within said city and used for the purpose of hire, renting or gain, or used or kept in any public store or place to attract trade or patronage, or for the use of which any charge is made, and to charge for such license, if granted, such sum as the Mayor and Council may fix by ordinance, for the calendar year or any part thereof and payable in full in advance. License of billiard tables, etc.

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SEC. 30. Be it further enacted, That the Mayor and Council shall have full power and authority to license, regulate and control, by ordinance, all markets in said city, opera houses and other places of amusement for the public, all hacks, drays, or wagons used for hauling of any kind, and all vehicles used for hire for any purpose, auctioneers, itinerant lightning-rod agents, all fire or life insurance companies doing business in said city, trades of all kinds, itinerant dealers in jewelry, merchandise and all other articles except such as are exempted by the State laws; also any person, firm, company or corporation running or operating a flying jenny, flying horses, and all circuses, side shows and performances of any kind in said city, and all goods, wares or merchandise by sample, or soliciting orders for same, and all other businesses, callings, or vocations which are not exempted from license under the Constitution or laws of Georgia. Said Mayor and Council shall have full power and authority, by ordinance, to regulate the running of automobiles, bicycles, railway trains, or any other vehicle run by electricity, gasoline, kerosene or steam. Power to license, regulate and control markets, opera houses, hacks, etc., etc. SEC. 31. Be it further enacted, That the Mayor and Council of said city shall have power and authority to compel and make all persons between the ages of 21 and 50, subject to road duty under the laws of Georgia, resident in said city, to work on the streets of said city, not to exceed ten (10) days in each year, at such time or times as the Mayor and Council may order, or to pay a commutation tax in lieu thereof, not to exceed three ($3.00) dollars, in any one year, as said Mayor and Council may determine. Should any person liable to work the streets under this section fail or refuse so to do, or to pay the street tax assessed in lieu thereof, after receiving the notice to do so, as the Mayor and Council may require, he shall be deemed guilty of a violation of this section, and on conviction in the Recorder's Court of said city, shall be fined in a sum not to exceed ten ($10.00) dollars, or imprisoned in the city jail, or sentenced to labor on the chaingang of said city, not exceeding twenty (20) days, and any or all of these punishments may be inflicted in the discretion of the presiding

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officer. The Mayor and Council may pass such ordinances as they deem proper or necessary for enforcing the provisions of this section. Commutation. SEC. 32. Be it further enacted, That the Mayor and Council of said city shall have power and authority to impose a tax on dogs owned or kept within said city, not to exceed one ($1.00) dollar per annum each; and shall have power and authority to pass such ordinances as they may deem necessary to collect such tax or otherwise enforce the provisions of this section, and may authorize and direct any police officer of said town to impound any dog or dogs at large within the limits of the city, whose owner has failed or refused to pay said tax, or otherwise failed or refused to comply with such ordinance or regulations, and to provide by ordinance for the sale of such dog or dogs before the impounding house door or pay said impounding fee, tax and costs as may be prescribed by ordinance. Dog tax. SEC. 33. Be it further enacted, That the Mayor and Council of said city shall have power and authority, when necessary, to supply casual deficiencies in the revenues of said city, to negotiate a temporary loan or loans and to execute a note or notes therefor, in the name of the City of Lithonia, signed by the Mayor or Mayor pro tem., as may be provided by special resolutions or ordinances for that purpose, to be passed at a regular or called meeting of the Mayor and Council; provided, that the total sum borrowed in any one year shall not exceed one-fifth (1/5) of one per cent of the assessed value of the taxable property within said city for that year, and, provided, further, that such loan shall always become due and payable and be actually paid in full before the fourth Wednesday of the January following the date of the loan. Power to negotiate loans to supply casual deficiencies. SEC. 34. Be it further enacted, That the Mayor and Council of said city shall have full, complete and exclusive control of the streets, alleys and sidewalks in said city, as well as the parks and squares in said city; and shall have power and authority to condemn property for the purpose of laying out streets, alleys or sidewalks, and for widening,

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straightening and grading, or in any way changing the street lines or sidewalks in said city; and when said Mayor and Council desire to exercise the power and authority as to condemnation, herein granted, it may be done whether the land to be condemned is in the hands of an owner, trustee, executor, administrator, guardian or agent, and shall be done only in the manner prescribed in Sections 5206-5246, inclusive, of the Code of Georgia adopted August 15, 1910. The Mayor and Council may abandon or discontinue such proceedings at any time, upon payment of some sum agreed upon. The Mayor and Council shall have the power and authority to remove or cause to be removed, any buildings, steps, fence, tree, gate, post or other obstruction or nuisance in the streets, alleys, lanes, sidewalks or other places in said city, and enforce the provisions of this section by appropriate ordinances. Control of streets, sidewalks, etc. SEC. 35. Be it further enacted, That the Mayor and Council shall have full power and authority, in their discretion and as hereinafter prescribed, to grade, pave, macadamize or otherwise improve the travel and drainage of the sidewalks, streets, squares, public alleys and lanes of said city, now or that hereafter may be opened, laid out or constructed, and to lay curbing along any of the sidewalks, streets, squares or public alleys. In order to make effective the power and authority hereby given, and to provide funds therefor, said Mayor and Council shall have full power and authority to assess one-half () of the actual cost of paving sidewalks and placing curbing by same, against the real estate abutting on the street, but only on one side of the street on which the sidewalk is improved, if on one side only. Grading, paving, etc. Assessments. Said Mayor and Council shall have full power and authority to assess one-third (1/3) of the cost of grading, paving, macadamizing or otherwise improving any roadway on the street proper, on the real estate abutting on one side of the street improved, and one-third (1/3) of the cost on the real estate abutting on the other side of the street improved; the real estate abutting on both sides of the

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street shall not altogether be assessed more than two-thirds (2/3) of the entire cost, in the discretion of the Mayor and Council. The amount of each piece of real estate abutting on the sidewalk or the street improved shall be a lien on such real estate from the date of the passage of the ordinance providing for the work and making the assessment; that the Mayor and Council shall have full power and authority to enforce the collection of any amount so assessed for such improvements or work done, either upon the sidewalks or streets, by execution to be issued by the Clerk of the Mayor and Council, against the real estate so assessed and against the owner thereof, at the date of the ordinance making the assessment, which execution may be levied by any Police officer of the City of Lithonia on such real estate, and after advertising and other proceedings, as in the case of sale of realty for city taxes, same may be sold at public outcry, to the highest bidder, and such sale shall vest the absolute title in the purchaser; provided, the defendant shall have the right to file an affidavit denying that the whole or any part of the amount for which the execution is issued, is due, and stating what he admits to be due, if any, which amount so admitted to be due shall be paid before the affidavit shall be received; which said affidavit, when received, shall be returned to the Superior Court of DeKalb County, and there tried and the issue determined, as in the case of illegality, subject to all the penalties provided by law in cases of illegality for delay. The lien of the assessment on abutting property, and on street railroad and steam railroad and other companies for street or sidewalk paving, curbing, macadamizing, grading or drainage, shall have rank and priority of payment next in point of dignity to liens for taxes; such liens to date from the ordinance authorizing the work in each case. Lien of assessments. SEC. 36. Be it further enacted, That the Mayor and Council of said city shall have the power and authority to provide for and regulate the curbs and gutters that empty into the sidewalks or streets of said city; to regulate or prohibit (except as such power may be restricted by any general restricting laws) the use of the streets, alleys, sidewalks

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walks or public grounds for any signs, sign-posts, awnings, telegraph or telephone poles, wires for telegraph, telephone or electric light or power purposes, electric light or power poles, horse troughs or watering places, hitching posts or racks, and for posting bills or advertising matter; to regulate or prohibit the carrying of handbills, banners or placards on the streets, sidewalks or public places in said city, and the gathering or holding of public meetings for any purpose therein or thereon; also to compel any telephone or telegraph or electric light or power company having previously located poles and wires in said city, to remove the same to any reasonable location designated by the Mayor and Council; and in case such company shall fail to remove same within thirty (30) days, or such further time as to the Mayor and Council may seem just and reasonable, after notice by any Police officer of said city, it shall have the right and authority to remove the same at the expense of such company and collect the expense of same by execution. Power to regulate use of streets, etc. SEC. 37. Be it further enacted, That the said Mayor and Council shall have the power and authority to regulate, by ordinances, the speed at which automobiles, bicycles and other vehicles of any description shall be driven over or through the streets, alleys or public places in said city, and to prohibit the use of the public sidewalks in said city by other than pedestrians, and to punish for violations of such rules, regulations or ordinances as they may pass upon this subject. Speed regulations. Said Mayor and Council shall also have the right and authority to regulate the speed at which locomotives or trains, or street cars shall be run within the corporate limits of said city, and also, the blowing of whistles and signals by locomotives, stationery engines, and factories, and the quarrying and blasting of stone, and the blasting of wells within the corporate limits of said city, and also, to prescribe by ordinance the length of time for which any engine or railroad train may obstruct passage on the public

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crossings or streets or side walks within the corporate limits of said city. SEC. 38. Be it further enacted, That the Mayor and Council shall have power and authority to grant franchises, easements and rights of way in, over and under, on or along the public streets, lanes, alleys, sidewalks, parks, and other property of said city, upon such terms and conditions as they may fix by ordinance; provided, no such franchise shall be granted until after application for the same, with the description and nature of the franchise, the streets on which desired, and the time at which it shall be occupied and kept open shall have been advertised, at the expense of the applicant, once a week for four weeks, in a newspaper published in said City of Lithonia, or if no newspaper be published in said city, then in a newspaper published in said county of DeKalb; also by posting the above described application at three or more public places in said city for four weeks. Power to grant franchises, etc. SEC. 39. Be it further enacted, That the Mayor and Council shall have full power and authority to lay down, construct, and repair sewers and sewage system or systems in said city, including the disposition of sewage matter, and to assess abutting landowners a reasonable amount for such sewers and drainage, and said landowners, as part compensation, shall have the right to connect their drainage into all of said sewers. Sewerage. SEC. 40. Be it further enacted, That the Mayor and Council of said city may, in its discretion enact any and all ordinances, rules and regulations, necessary to lay out a fire district in said city, and to enlarge, change or modify the same from time to time, to prescribe how and of what material buildings within said district may be erected, how thick the walls shall be, the manner in which chimneys, flues and stove pipes shall be constructed, and to make such reasonable rules, regulations, and requirements as they may deem necessary to so far as possible, protect said city from danger from fire or to prevent or stop conflagration. They

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shall also have power and authority to order changes in the construction and arrangement of chimneys, pipes or flues, or the removal thereof, when in their judgment same are dangerous, or likely to be so, and to compel the owner or occupant to make the changes or alterations ordered by proper ordinances, to collect annual expenses incurred by said city under ordinance passed carrying out the powers granted under this section, by execution as in case of collecting taxes due said city. Fire limits and regulations. SEC. 41. Be it further enacted, That the Mayor and Council may exercise general supervision over all the buildings of every description in said city, and may condemn dangerous walls or construction in any of the same, and shall have the power and authority to exercise said supervision by passing and enforcing suitable and reasonable ordinances. Building ordinances. SEC. 42. Be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the Mayor and Council of said city to provide such fire protection therefor as in their discretion the city can afford, or is able to support, and to this end, they shall have power and authority to organize, equip, and support a fire department, voluntary or paid, to make such appropriations therefor as they may deem advisable, providing needed buildings therefor, and adopt and prescribe such ordinances and regulations as will best promote the object of this section and afford protection from fire and conflagration to property in said city. Fire Department. SEC. 43. Be it further enacted, That the Mayor and Council of said city shall have power and authority to provide for the inspection of steam boilers of said city, to regulate or prevent the storage of gun powder, tar, pitch, rosin, coal, benzine, naptha, nitro-glycerine, turpentine, gasoline, cotton petroleum, kerosene oil, dynamite or other combustible or explosive substances, materials or liquids, within the limits of said city, and to regulate the use of lights in stores or shops, or the building of bonfires; to regulate or prohibit the use of fire crackers, fire works,

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torpedoes, the firing of guns and pistols, and prohibit every kind of gaming and hunting, within the corporate limits of said city. Regulation of combustibles and explosives. SEC. 44. Be it further enacted, That the Mayor and Council of said city shall have authority and power to make and enforce all ordinances necessary or wisely precautionary for the prevention of any contagious or infectious disease or the spreading or the communicating thereof; to declare, maintain, and enforce quarantine rules or regulations in regard thereto, and to punish any violations of said rules or regulations. They shall have power and authority to build or establish or maintain or exercise police powers over a pest house outside the city limits, and for this purpose, they are authorized to buy, hold, rent or receive real estate or buildings beyond the city limits. They shall have the power to compel the removal to the pest house of any person or persons who have small pox or any other contagious or infectious disease, when in their wise and humane judgment, same is for the general welfare and health of said city. They shall have power to compel all persons in said city whether resident or sojourner, to be vaccinated, and may provide vaccine virus, and may provide physicians at the expense of the city to vaccinate all persons who are unable to procure vaccination, and may by ordinance provide punishment for any persons failing or refusing to be vaccinated. Quarantine regulations. SEC. 45. Be it further enacted, That the government, control, management, and protection of the city cemetery, as it is now located, or any enlargement or extension of the limits thereof by purchase, gift or otherwise, and the disposition of the lots therein, is hereby continued and vested exclusively in the Mayor and Council of the City of Lithonia; and said Mayor and Council shall have the power and authority to pass all necessary ordinances, rules and regulations, relating to burial therein, the disposition of lots and the protection and preservation of said cemetery and of burial therein, and to punish for violations thereof; and this power and authority shall be extended over any additions

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to said cemetery or any other grounds bought and to be bought and to be used for cemetery purposes, whether within or without the corporate limits of said city. Cemetery, control and regulation of. SEC. 46. Be it further enacted, That Mayor and Council of Lithonia shall have full power and authority to suppress lewd houses, lewdness, all immoral conduct, gambling and gambling places, within corporate limits of said city; and to this end, may enact such ordinances and provide such penalties for violations, thereof as they may deem necessary to carry out the provisions of this section. Said Mayor and Council shall have the power and authority, upon proof of any house of ill-fame, bawdy house, lewd house or gambling house or place, to vacate and abate the same by causing the occupants thereof to be forcibly removed, after three (3) days notice; and any property owner or agent who shall after notice of the character of the inmates, continue to rent or suffer the same to remain on said premises, shall, upon conviction in the Recorder's Court of said city, be punished as for a violation of the ordinances of said city relating to nuisances. Power to suppress vice. SEC. 47. Be it further enacted, That the Mayor and Council of said city shall have power and authority to prohibit by ordinance, the running at large in said city of horses, mules, cattle, hogs, sheep, goats, dogs and all other animals or fowls, and to prohibit the keeping of hogs, or shall provide the manner in which said hogs shall be kept within the city limits, or if allowed to be kept therein, in the Mayor and Council's discretion, to regulate the places and manner in which they may be so kept. Also, to impound all such animals who may be found upon the streets or other public places, or upon the property of other persons than the owners without the permission or consent of such owner of such property, and to charge such fees for same as said Mayor and Council shall prescribe, and in addition thereto, charge for the keep of any animal thus impounded. Should the owner of any such animal fail or refuse to pay the impounding fee and costs of keeping said animal, the same may be sold at public outcry before the

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city hall, and the proceeds applied to the payment of said fees and costs, under such regulations and rules as the Mayor and Council shall prescribe by ordinance. Stock law. SEC. 48. Be it further enacted, That should any person violating any of the ordinances of said city flee from the jurisdiction thereof, he, or she or they, may be apprehended or arrested wherever found in this State, and the warrant of the Recorder, Mayor, Mayor pro tem. or Acting-Mayor of said city shall be sufficient authority for his or her return and trial upon the charge resting against the person. Should any person after trial and conviction escape, such person may be apprehended or arrested wherever found in this State, and the warrant of either of the officers aforesaid shall be sufficient authority for his or her arrest and return. All persons escaping from the custody of said city or its officers, may be tried for such escape and punished therefor, not exceeding the penalties hereinbefore provided. Said Mayor and Council of said city shall have power and authority to provide for said city a safe and suitable prison for the keeping and detention of prisoners and convicts of said city, and all persons charged with the violation of ordinances of said city, before or after conviction, and to appoint a custodian or keeper thereof. Fugitives from justice. SEC. 49. Be it further enacted, That the Mayor and Council shall, by ordinance, provide for the form of all accusations, affidavits, charges and warrants to be issued in all trials for violations of the city ordinances, and the procedure in all trials. All executions and judgments in favor of said city for the enforcement and collection of any fine, forfeiture, assessment, tax or other claim, demand or debt, shall be issued by the Clerk and bear test in the name of the Mayor or Mayor pro tem. (except when otherwise provided in this charter), and shall be directed to any Police officer of said city and to all and singular the Sheriffs and Constables of this State, and shall state for what issued, and made returnable to the Mayor and Council of said city ninety (90) days after the issuing of the same; it shall be the duty of any Police officer or other collecting officer to

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levy the same and advertise the sale of any real or personal property so levied upon, in the same manner as Sheriffs' sales of real property or Constables' sales of personal property are required by law to be made. Any sales there-under shall be made at the court house in said city, and within the usual hours of Sheriffs' or Constables' sales of similar property. Powers of Mayor and Council to provide for trial of offenders, etc. Whenever any real estate is sold for taxes, the owner thereof shall have the privilege of redeeming it within one year by paying the purchaser the amount paid therefor, with ten (10%) per cent premium thereon, and interest on said principal amount at the rate of seven (7%) per cent per annum. Whenever, at any such sale for taxes due, no person present shall bid for the property put up for sale as much as the amount of such execution and all costs, after such property shall have been cried a reasonable time, then any fully authorized or appointed agent of the city may bid off such property for the city, and the Police officer or such other officer making the sale, shall make the City of Lithonia a deed to the property so sold, and deliver the same, and the title thus acquired by the city shall be perfect and valid, after the period for the redemption by the owner shall have expired, and the Policeman or other officer making the sale, shall put said city in possession, and the Mayor and Council shall have no right or authority to divert or alienate the title to any property so purchased, except by public sale to the highest bidder, in the manner to be prescribed by ordinances of said city. Property sold for taxes, how redeemed. The Clerk of said city shall keep on his execution docket to be kept by him, all executions issued, giving the dates and amounts of each, to whom delivered, the return and all proceedings thereunder; said execution, after being satisfied, shall be returned to the office of the Clerk and there filed. All sales and conveyances made under execution as provided in this Act, shall have all the force and effect of sales and conveyances made by Sheriffs' in this State, and the officer making the sale shall have the same power as Sheriffs' to put purchasers of property sold by them into possession. Execution docket.

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SEC. 50. Be it further enacted, That the Mayor and Council shall have full power and authority, through a committee from its body, or by appointment of any other person, in their discretion, and at any time they deem proper, to examine into the working or conduct and business of any office or offices in said city, and shall have power and authority to demand, send for and compel the presence of all persons or the production of all books or papers, and to swear all persons examined as may be necessary or pertinent to said investigation. It shall be the duty of the Mayor and Council, prior to the first regular meeting of the Mayor and Council in each year, to examine and audit for the year ending on Saturday night preceding the fourth Wednesday in January of each year, all books, vouchers and papers of every official of said city, or of any board thereof, charged with the collecting, keeping or expenditure of any public funds. Powers of Mayor and Council. SEC. 51. Be it further enacted, That the Mayor and Council of said City of Lithonia shall have the power and authority to pass all ordinances that they may consider necessary for the peace and good order, health, prosperity, comfort and security of said city and the inhabitants thereof, and that they may deem necessary to foster and promote virtue and good morals of city; to suppress lewdness, gaming and disorderly conduct, and to enforce such laws and ordinances by such penalties as are authorized in this charter. Said Mayor and Council shall have full power and authority to adopt and enforce any and all ordinances that they may deem advisable and necessary to carry out and execute the powers granted said city and said Mayor and Council hereunder; to make and enforce such ordinances, rules and regulations for the government of their body and all officers of said city, and to do any and all other acts, and to exercise all other powers conferred upon them by this Act, or that may be done or exercised under the laws of this State, conferring powers upon municipal corporations and not inconsistent with the laws of this State. Police regulations.

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SEC. 52. Be it further enacted, That the Mayor and Council shall have the power and authority, so that when it is necessary for said corporations to issue bonds for the purpose of erecting any electric plant, water works, sewer system, build school houses, city hall, city jail, street improvements or other public improvements, to purchase any real estate, to erect any buildings for municipal purposes, and to make any extraordinary debt; the Mayor and Council shall pass an ordinance, setting out clearly and distinctly the object and purpose of issuing bonds, the quantity of bonds to be issued, and when and how to be paid; said ordinance shall also provide for the election by the voters within said corporation, specifying when said election shall be held. Bonds, issuance of. SEC. 53. Be it further enacted, That should an election for the purpose of issuing bonds for any purpose be desired, the present Mayor and Council, or any succeeding Mayor or Council, is hereby vested with full authority and power to call such election, hold the same and declare the result, and issue such bonds as may be carried in said election under provisions of this Act, and the present Mayor and Council or any succeeding Mayor and Council is hereby given full power and authority to hold such election, issue such bonds as may be carried, levy such tax upon all the real estate and personal property in said city as they may deem necessary to pay off said bonds or interest on the same, and to levy and collect such taxes upon all real and personal property in said city and to do any and all other acts and things that may be necessary in the issuing of such bonds under the laws of this State and not inconsistent therewith. Election for bonds. SEC. 54. Be it further enacted, That when an election has been ordered to authorize an issuance of bonds, the full ordinance authorizing the same shall be posted at three of the most public places in said city, for a period of thirty (30) days before said election is held, and at said election, all qualified voters shall be entitled to vote. Those favoring the issuing of bonds shall have written or printed on their

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ballots For Bonds, those opposing the issuing of bonds shall have written or printed on their ballots Against Bonds, for whatever purpose desired. The votes of two-thirds (2/3) of the voters legally authorized to vote, shall be cast For Bonds, in order to authorize the issuance of bonds; provided, only one election shall be held in each year for the same purpose, but any issue of bonds may be submitted again at any time after one year. Should the bond issue carry in an election held as above provided, then the Mayor and Council shall have full power and authority to appoint a number of citizens, in their discretion, who shall be known as Bond Commissioners, and shall fix by ordinance, the manner of electing the number to serve on said board, or Bond Commissioners, and the length of the term of office of each, and their compensation, duties and powers. Elections, how held. Bond Commissioners. SEC. 55. Be it further enacted, That all ordinances, by-laws, rules and regulations heretofore adopted by the Mayor and Council of the Town of Lithonia, which are now in force and are not inconsistent with, nor repugnant to, any of the provisions of this Act, shall remain in force and effect under this charter until repealed, altered or amended by the Mayor and Council. Ordinances not inconsistent with this Act remain in force. SEC. 56. Be it further enacted, That the Mayor and Council of said city shall have power and authority to carry out and effectuate all ordinances, and provide penalties for violations thereof, whenever in their discretion the Mayor and Council may deem necessary, and all further powers granted to the City of Lithonia, as re-incorporated under this Act, be, and are, hereby expressly conferred upon the Mayor and Council of said city, now in office and their successors. Power to enact laws SEC. 57. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the Mayor and Council shall have full power and authority to provide, by ordinance, for the collection of a sanitary tax, and provide for penalties in default of the payment of the same; and said Mayor and Council shall have full power and authority to require the owner of any

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property that may now or hereafter be improved in said city to provide suitable privy or water closet accommodation upon such improved premises whenever, in their judgment and in the opinion of the City Physician, or Mayor and Council, such improvements are necessary to preserve the health or protect the sanitary interests of the citizens or any neighborhood within said city. The Mayor and Council are authorized to enforce the provisions of this section by appropriate ordinance. Sanitary tax and sanitation. SEC. 58. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the territory included within the limits of the City of Lithonia shall be, and is, hereby constituted an independent school district; and that nothing contained in this Act shall modify, change or alter, or in any manner interfere with the Act establishing a public school system for Lithonia, approved August 17, 1908, and Acts amendatory thereof. Public school system. SEC. 59. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all Acts of the General Assembly heretofore passed, incorporating the Town of Lithonia, be, and are, hereby consolidated and superseded by this Act; and that all Acts of the General Assembly inconsistent or at variance with this Act are hereby expressly repealed; and all laws and parts of laws inconsistent herewith are hereby repealed. That all ordinances passed by the Mayor and Council of the Town of Lithonia under its former charter, or any amendments thereof, which are now in force and which are inconsistent with and at variance with this Act, be, and are, hereby repealed; but all ordinances of said Town of Lithonia heretofore passed and now in force, and which are not inconsistent or at variance with this Act, are continued as ordinances of the said City of Lithonia, in full force and effect until same have been repealed by ordinance or resolution of the Mayor and Council of the City of Lithonia provided for by this Act. Former Acts and ordinances. SEC. 60. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the provisions of this Act shall not become operative until the second Wednesday in January, 1914. and

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until the Mayor and Council as elected hereunder, are sworn in and qualified. Effective, when. Approved August 4, 1913. LUDOWICI, TOWN OF, CHARTER AMENDED. No. 121. An Act to amend the charter of Ludowici, Liberty County, Georgia, and for other purposes. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same, That the present charter of the Town of Ludowici, as contained in the Acts of the General Assembly of Georgia, entitled An Act to incorporate the Town of Ludowici, in Liberty County, Georgia; to define its corporate limits; declare its powers, and for other purposes, approved August 23rd, 1905 be, and is, hereby amended to read as follows: Ludowici, Town of, charter amended. SEC. 2. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That the Town of Ludowici (sometimes known as Liberty City), in the County of Liberty, is hereby incorporated under the name and style of the Town of Ludowici. Town of Ludowici incorporated. SEC. 3. Be it further enacted, That the corporate limits of town shall be as follows: On the west by Jone's Creek Swamp; south and southeast by Sweetwater Branch to the Atlantic Coast Line Railway; thence on a northwestern line to the Macon and Darien Public Road to the run of Mill Branch to intersection with Jone's Creek, power being given to the corporate authorities of said town to alter, modify, change, and rectify said boundaries. Corporate limits. SEC. 4. Be it further enacted, That the municipal government of said town shall consist of a Mayor and five

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Aldermen, who are hereby constituted a body corporate, under the name and style of the Town of Ludowici, and by that name shall be capable of suing and being sued in any court of law or equity; make contracts; purchase, hold and dispose of real estate and personalty, and sell, lease and exchange the same, and generally to do all things pertinent to a corporation of such character, whether now allowed by law or which may hereafter be conferred upon the same. Mayor and Aldermen. SEC. 5. Be it further enacted, That the present Mayor D. W. Boggs, and the present Aldermen, J. L. Gill, A. B. Fisher, J. B. Simpson, T. M. Smith and T. F. Chapman, shall hold their offices until their successors are elected and qualified as hereinafter set forth. First Mayor and Aldermen. SEC. 6. Be it further enacted, That on the third Wednesday in January, 1914, and biennially thereafter, on the same day of the same month, an election shall be held in the Council Room of the said town for a Mayor and Aldermen thereof, whose terms of office shall be two years from the day of such election, and until their successors are qualified after election, all persons being eligible to said offices who are qualified at the time to vote for members of the General Assembly of this State, and have resided in said town for three months immediately preceding said election. Such elections shall be held and conducted as are those for county officers, and the certificate of the managers shall authorize the persons declared elected to enter upon the discharge of their duties as such officers, after taking and subscribing the following oaths: The Mayor-elect's oath shall be, I, , do solemnly swear that I will uphold the Constitutions of the State of Georgia and the United States, and that I will faithfully discharge the duties of Mayor of the Town of Ludowici, to the best of my skill and understanding, so help me God. The Aldermen-elect's oath shall be, We , , , and , do solemnly swear that we will uphold the Constitutions of the State of Georgia and the United States, and we will truly and faithfully discharge all of the duties required of us, and each of us, as Aldermen of the Town of Ludowici, to

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the best of our skill and understanding, so help us God. The returns of said election shall be made to the Mayor and Aldermen of said Town. In the event a vacancy occurs for any cause in any of said offices, the same shall be filled as to the Mayor by the Board of Aldermen selecting one of their own number to fill the unexpired term, and as to the Aldermen, by the selection of some fit and proper person by the Mayor and the remaining Aldermen. Election of Mayor and Councilmen. Oath of Mayor. Oath of Aldermen. Vacancy, how filled. SEC. 7. Be it further enacted, That the said Mayor and Aldermen shall have power and authority to elect such Marshals, Clerks, Treasurers, and other officers as they may deem necessary to properly carry on the affairs of the said town; prescribe the duties and fix the compensation of such officials, and require bonds therefrom. The said Mayor and Aldermen shall have power to make and pass all ordinances, by-laws, rules, and regulations, which they may deem necessary for the good order, peace, health, and government of said town, and for the enforcement of the powers herein granted; they shall have exclusive jurisdiction over the streets, alleys, sidewalks, drives, parks, and other public property of said town, keeping the same in good order and removing all obstructions of the same at the expense of the person obstructing; construct and maintain at such time as they may determine, water works, drainage and sewerage systems, lights and other modern improvements, issuing bonds when necessary to pay for the same, establish and regulate police, fire, and sanitary protection for said town, when in their judgment necessary; they shall have power to grant municipal franchises; raise revenue by taxation; and grant licenses to defray the expenses of government; regulate the sale and barter of merchandise within the limits of said town, and the exhibitions of shows, and to impose on the same all proper taxation and license, and generally, to do all things whatsoever not repugnant to the laws of Georgia, which may be incident to municipal corporations. Election of subordinate officers. Powers of Mayor and Aldermen. SEC. 8. Be it further enacted, That a Court to be known as the Mayor's Court is hereby established in said

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town, to be presided over by the Mayor of said town, or by the Mayor pro tempore, during the absence or disqualification of the Mayor, or by any Alderman of said town in the event of the absence or disqualification of both Mayor and Mayor pro tempore, which court shall be held in the Council Room of said town, as often as necessary, or at fixed terms, in the discretion of the Mayor, and said court shall have power to enforce all ordinances, rules and regulations of the said town of Ludowici, Ga., by fines not exceeding one hundred dollars, and, or sentences to work in the chaingang of said town not exceeding fifty days. Mayor's Court. SEC. 9. Be it further enacted, That the said Mayor's Court shall have power to assess the costs in each case against the defendant or defendants, if convicted, in addition to a fine, and, or sentence; and shall have power to assess the costs against the prosecutor, in the court's discretion, in the event the defendant is not convicted. Said costs shall be prescribed by the said Mayor and Aldermen of the said town. Such court shall be conducted as the Superior Courts of this State, so far as the same is practicable, as to the rules of evidence, motions, continuances, and other matters pertaining to courts, or for the trial of offenders against the criminal law. Said court shall have power to fine for contempt, and compel the attendance of witnesses. Powers of Mayor's Court. SEC. 10. Be it further enacted, That when any person or persons are brought before the said Mayor's Court charged with violating any of the ordinances, rules or regulations of the said town, and the hearing thereof, for good cause shown by either side, shall be continued to some other time as the court may name, the accused shall be required to give bond and security for his appearance at the time appointed for trial, or be imprisoned to await the trial. The amount of such bond shall be fixed by the Court, and the sufficiency of the security determined by the court or the Clerk of Council. Provided, that in any case the accused shall be allowed to give a cash bond. Appearance bond, etc. Cash bond allowed.

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SEC. 11. Be it further enacted, That if such bond be given and the accused fail to appear at the time appointed for the trial, the bond may be forfeited by the court, and upon calling in open court, by the Marshal of said town, for the surety or sureties to produce the body of their principal, which not being done, the bond shall be summarily forfeited. In the event the defendant deposits a cash bond and fails to appear at the time appointed for trial, the same shall be forfeited to the town, by the Mayor, after the Marshal of said town shall have called in open Court for the defendant, and no response had to said call. Forfeiture of recognizance. Forfeiture of cash bond. SEC. 12. Be it further enacted, That in the event any person convicted in said Mayor's Court is not satisfied with the judgment of said Court, he shall have the right, upon the payment of the costs which have accrued in his case, to appeal to the Mayor and Aldermen in Council, within four days after conviction, upon giving bond to be fixed by the court. Appeal. SEC. 13. Be it further enacted, That should any person, after violating any of the ordinances, rules, or regulations of the said town, flee from the jurisdiction thereof, such person may be apprehended whenever and wherever he may be found in this State; and the warrant of the Mayor or Mayor pro tempore of said town shall be sufficient authority for his arrest, return, and trial upon the charges resting against him. And should any person, after trial and conviction for violating any of the ordinances, rules, and regulations, of the said town, escape, he may be apprehended whenever and wherever he may be found in this State; and the warrant of the Mayor or Mayor pro tempore of said town shall be sufficient authority for his arrest and return; and all persons thus escaping from the custody of said town may be tried again for such escape, and upon conviction, punished as prescribed by ordinance for such escape. Fugitives from justice. SEC. 14. Be it further enacted, That the Mayor and Aldermen of said town shall have authority and power to establish and maintain a chaingang for the purpose of working

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on the streets and elsewhere in said town, such persons as are convicted and sentenced by the Mayor's Court of said town for violating the ordinances, rules and regulations of the said town, to work in said chaingang; and the Mayor and Aldermen of said town are impowered to pass all necessary rules and laws for the regulation of said chaingang not in conflict with the laws of Georgia. Chaingang. SEC. 15. Be it further enacted that the Clerk of Council of said town, shall be, by virtue of his office, Registrar of said town, and shall open his books for registration of voters thirty days before each regular or special election. When applying for registration, each and every person shall take and subscribe the following oath: I do solemnly swear that I have attained the age of twenty one years; that I am a citizen of the United States; that I have resided in the State of Georgia for the last twelve months; that I have resided in the Town of Ludowici for the last three months; that I have paid all State, county and municipal taxes required of me since the adoption of the Constitution of 1877, and that I now consider the Town of Ludowici my home, so help me God. Registration of voters. SEC. 16. Be it further enacted, That when said registration book shall have been closed, which shall be five days before the election, the Registrar shall turn the same over to the Mayor and Aldermen in Council assembled, and they shall purge the same of any illegal voters, or names of any illegal voters found thereon, first having given to each and every person whose name is suspected of being illegally on said registration list, two days notice to appear before them at such time and place as they may designate, to show cause, if any he has, why his name should not be stricken from said list. After the said list shall have been purged, the Clerk shall furnish to the managers of the said election at least one copy of the voters list, alphabetically arranged, before the time of the opening of the polls, which list shall govern the managers in said election. No candidate for election to any office in said town shall be eligible to participate in the holding of said election. Purging of registration lists. Lists furnished election managers.

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SEC. 17. Be it further enacted, That the Mayor and Aldermen of said town shall have power to enact ordinances to prevent horses, cattle, hogs, sheep, goats, dogs, and fowls from running at large in said town, or loose on the streets of said town, and to prevent the keeping of hogs in the corporate limits of said town, or to regulate the manner in which they must be kept, if allowed to remain. The said Mayor and Aldermen shall have full authority to enact ordinances providing for the capture and impounding of any such animal or fowl, and to remove hogs from the town and to punish all owners of such animals and fowls, who refuse to obey any ordinance passed by said Mayor and Aldermen to carry this authority into effect. Stock law. SEC. 18. Be it further enacted, That the Clerk of Town Council shall on the first day of March in each year open a book for the return of any and all property, real or personal, located in said town for the purpose of levying an ad valorem tax for the purpose of defraying the expenses of the government of said town and any and all such property, whether owned by residents or non-residents, both realty and personalty, and each and every other property, or chose in action, shall be returned to said Clerk for the purpose of taxation. Said tax return book shall be kept open in the office of said Clerk from the first day of March until the first day of May, at which time the said book shall be closed. Provided, that the said Clerk shall have the right to furnish tax return blanks for the taking of said returns, and when transcribed from said return sheets to said book, such shall be as effective and binding upon the property owner as if same was recorded there by said tax payer. If on the second day of May, immediately following the closing of the said return book, any property of any kind, in the said Town of Ludowici, is not returned for taxation, it shall be the duty of the Clerk of Town Council to make a return of said property, and the value shall be fixed by him, which amount shall be double what it was for the preceding year, to be diminished by the Mayor and Aldermen, if in their opinion the return was not made for some reasonable excuse. In cases where the property

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was not returned the preceding year, then the value fixed by the Clerk shall be the fair market value of the said property. Tax returns. SEC. 19. Be it further enacted, That all ad valorem taxes on each and every kind of property located in said town shall be paid on or about the first day of November in each year, to the Clerk of Council, and if said taxes are not paid on or by the first day of November, the Clerk of Council is hereby authorized, and it is his duty, to issue his execution against the owner, if known, and if not known to him, then against the property, giving a full and complete description of said property, and which execution shall be directed to the Town Marshal of the Town of Ludowici, requiring him to levy upon said particular property, and out of the same to make by levy and sale the amount of taxes due on said property for that year, or the preceding year, together with all costs, and that the sale of said property shall be advertised by publication in a newspaper published in Liberty County, once a week, for four weeks before the day of sale, which shall be next first Tuesday after said advertisement of sale has been made as above provided, and after a like notice has been posted at the front of the Council Chamber of the said Town of Ludowici. Provided, that if said property be personalty, then 10 days advertisement by posting notice of said sale at the front of the Council Room of said town, shall be sufficient. And, on the day of sale of any property, either real or personal, the Marshal of the Town of Ludowici shall sell at public outcry before the Council Room door to the highest bidder, for cash, said property, and shall have the right to make such purchaser fee simple title to same. All sales shall be made between the hours of 10 a. m. and 4 p. m. on each and every sale day. And if the owner of said property is not present on the day of sale, and desires a re-conveyance of the same, he may obtain same by paying the amount of the purchase-money on such sale together with all costs of levy, advertisement, execution, etc., and twenty (20) per cent. thereon, as charges, at any time within one year from the date of said sale. And, when any property is sold for taxes due said Town of Ludowici, as above set forth, and

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said property shall bring more than the amount of taxes due said town, and all costs attending such sale, the Marshal shall turn over the excess to the Town Treasurer and take his receipt for the same, which balance shall be held by said Treasurer for the space of two (2) years from the date of sale, subject to be paid to the owner of said property, when he shall satisfy said Treasurer that he was the former owner of said property. And when two (2) years have elapsed, and no claim has been made to said excess, then said excess shall become the property of the Mayor and Aldermen of the Town of Ludowici, and shall be used by them for the public welfare of said town. Collection of taxes. SEC. 20. Be it further enacted, That the Marshal of said town, for making levies, advertising, settling, making deeds, etc., and the Clerk of Council, for issuing executions, and keeping record of same, shall be entitled to such fees as the Mayor and Aldermen of said town shall provide. Fees of Marshal. SEC. 21. Be it further enacted, That the Mayor and Aldermen of the said town shall have power and authority to levy and collect taxes upon all taxable property within the limits of said town, upon all real estate, personal property, money, stock, corporations, choses in action, banks, insurance and other like companies, or agencies, and upon all other sources of profit not expressly prohibited or exempted by laws of this State, thus to raise such sum of money as may be necessary for the maintenance of the government of said town, and the payment of the debts thereof incurred by them in the interest of the health, peace, and good government of the citizens of said town. Provided, that the rate of taxation fixed by the said Mayor and Aldermen shall not exceed one and one-half per centum of the valuation of the property taxed. Taxation, power of. SEC. 22. Be it further enacted, That the Mayor and Aldermen of said town shall have the sole and exclusive right to grant licenses to all businesses, occupations, or trades of any kind, and to fix the amount thereof. And the said Mayor and Aldermen of said town shall have the right

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and power to arrange a graduated scale of licenses for businesses, and business houses, the amounts of such licenses depending upon the amount of capital employed, or stock in trade. And the said Mayor and Aldermen shall, at any time, upon repayment to the license holder, of the amount of unused portions of license, have the right to declare any license void, and shall have the authority and power to abate a nuisance, and when a business becomes a nuisance in said town, the Mayor, and if the Mayor be absent, the Mayor pro tem., shall have the power to summons the offender before him, and shall try him or her for such offense, and upon conviction, the Mayor and Aldermen shall have the right to revoke and cancel any license granted to any such person or persons, and declare them void. Licence taxes. SEC. 23. Be it further enacted, That the Mayor and Aldermen of said town shall have authority to elect from their number a Mayor pro tempore, who shall discharge the duties of Mayor during his absence, or inability from sickness or other cause to perform the said duties; and the said Mayor and Mayor pro tempore shall be, by virtue of their offices, Justices of the Peace as to criminal matters, with power to issue warrants and commit for trial, compel the attendance of witness, whether within the limits of said town or outside, hold examinations, and admit to bail or commit to jail in default thereof. Mayor pro tem. Commitments. SEC. 24. Be it further enacted, That the Mayor and Aldermen of said town shall have power to enact ordinances compelling all male persons living within the corporate limits of said town, between the ages of twenty-one (21) and fifty (50) years, except those exempted by the laws of this State, to work on the public streets of said town, not more than twelve (12) days during each year, or in lieu thereof pay to the Clerk of Council of said town, or other officer authorized by Council to receive and receipt for same, the sum of fifty (50) cents for each and every day he is required to work, and to provide a penalty for the refusal or failure to pay said commutation tax when said work on streets is not accomplished by the persons aforesaid. Commutation tax.

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SEC. 25. Be it further enacted, That the Mayor and Aldermen of said town shall have the authority to enact ordinances prescribing penalties for failing or refusing to pay license tax on any business, trade, or occupation, followed or employed by any person, firm or corporation, as prescribed by the said Mayor and Aldermen of said town. Penalties for failure to pay license tax. SEC. 26. Be it further enacted, That the said Mayor and Aldermen shall have the authority, by ordinance, resolution, or order, to cause to be abated within the limits of said town any nuisance, which may extend to the annoyance of the citizens generally, and which may be manifestly injurious to the public health or safety, which may tend to greatly corrupt the morals of the people of said town, or any considerable portion thereof, whether the same may be a nuisance by common law, or by statute or ordinance of said town, and to enforce the abatement and the removal of such nuisances by the Marshal, any Policeman, or other civil officer clothed with authority. Abatement of nuisances. SEC. 27. Be it further enacted, That the Mayor and Aldermen of said town shall have authority to enact ordinances prohibiting the keeping of whiskey or other intoxicating beverages within the corporate limits of said town, either for sale, or to give away to induce trade or for other purpose. And the Marshal of the Town of Ludowici is hereby empowered and authorized to enter any store-house, or other place of business, or dwelling house, for the purpose of making search for intoxicating drinks or liquors, if any be found therein, and retain the same as evidence against the person or persons residing in, or conducting business within such dwelling house, store house, or other place of business. Provided, that before the said Marshal shall enter such dwelling house, store house, or other place of business, he shall have a warrant from the Mayor or Mayor pro tempore of said town, based upon the affidavit of some person that such person has reason to believe that the resident, or occupier as the case may be, of such dwelling house, store house, or other place of business, has intoxicating drinks or other liquors within said dwelling house, store

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house, or other place of business, for an illegal purpose, which warrant shall be sufficient authority for him to enter and seize as above set forth. And if the person or persons residing in or occupying such buildings shall resist such entry or seizure, such person or persons shall be arrested and brought before the Mayor's Court of said town to be punished, on conviction, for such resistance, as prescribed by ordinance, which said Mayor and Aldermen are hereby authorized to enact. And the said Mayor and Aldermen shall have authority to enact ordinances providing for the revocation of the business license of such occupier of any store house or other place of business if convicted before the Mayor's Court for either keeping on hand such intoxicating drinks or other liquors for illegal purposes as above set forth, or for resisting such entry or seizure and to provide by ordinance, for the abatement as a nuisance, any such dwelling house, store house, or other place of business. Keeping on hand intoxicating beverages for illegal purposes prohibited. SEC. 28. Be it further enacted, That the Mayor and Aldermen of said town shall have power and authority to appoint a Board of Assessors for the Town of Ludowici, which shall be composed of two of the citizens of said town, and the Clerk of Council as an ex-officio member, whose duty it shall be to either approve or disapprove the tax returns made by the property owners, resident or nonresident, according to their opinion as to the fairness of the valuation placed on said property in said town, by a resident or non-resident owners; and if such returns are disapproved, or any part of them, it shall be the duty of the Clerk of Council to give written notice to such person or persons of the action of the board, and cite such person or persons to appear before the board on a given day, which shall not be less than five days after the service of the notice, to show cause if any he or they have, why the valuation placed by them in their returns should not be raised. On such day the board shall assemble in the Council Room of said town, at the hour appointed, and after hearing from such property owners, shall proceed to place a fair valuation upon such property. And, if the property owner is not satisfied with such assessment, it shall be his privilege

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to appeal to Council at the next regular session, and the valuation placed by the Mayor and Aldermen in Council assembled shall be final. Tax Assessors, their duties, etc. SEC. 29. Be it further enacted, That when any bond shall be given as provided for in Section 10 of this Act, and such bond is forfeited as provided for, it shall be the duty of the Clerk of Council to issue his execution against the principal and the sureties, which execution he is hereby authorized to issue, directed to the Marshal of said town, as in cases of tax executions and which execution shall be levied and the property sold as in case of tax sales. Execution against principal and sureties when bond forfeited. SEC. 30. Be it further enacted, That when a defendant is not satisfied with the judgment of the Mayor's Court, and a right of appeal exists as provided for in Section 12, it shall not be lawful for such defendant to take up his case by certiorari until same has been first appealed to the Mayor and Aldermen in Council assembled as provided for in said Section, and the said Mayor and Aldermen have confirmed or sustained the judgment of the said Mayor's Court, either in whole or in part. After said Mayor and Aldermen have confirmed or sustained said judgment of the Mayor's Court, in whole or in part, then said case may be taken up by writ of certiorari to the Superior Court of Liberty County, as provided for in the statutes of Georgia in such cases. Appeal from judgment of Mayor's Court. Certiorari. SEC. 31. Be it further enacted, That said Mayor and Aldermen of said town shall have authority to borrow money and contract loans for the public good of said town, and for the purpose of paying off any debt of said town contracted in a manner not repugnant to the laws of Georgia in regard to municipal corporations. Power to borrow money. SEC. 32. Be it further enacted, That the Mayor of said town shall be the chief executive officer thereof, and shall see that its ordinances, rules, and regulations are enforced; shall have control of the police force of said town, having the right to appoint special policemen as the emergency may arise, and generally shall do all things essential for the proper discharge of his duties as such chief executive. Mayor's powers and duties.

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SEC. 33. Be it further enacted, That the said Mayor and Aldermen shall have authority to levy a special tax for educational purposes. School tax. SEC. 34. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved August 16, 1913. MACON, CITY OF, CHARTER AMENDED. No. 91. An Act to amend an Act to create a new charter for the City of Macon, approved November 21st, 1893, and the several Acts amendatory thereof, and for other purposes. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same, That from and after the passage of this Act, the Mayor and Council of the City of Macon shall have full power and authority to tax and assess the cost of lowering service pipes connecting with sanitary sewers, water mains, or gas mains, or of lowering conduits or other pipes, in the streets or alleys of the City of Macon against the real estate abutting on the street or alley and with which said service pipes connect, and against the owners of said real estate and to enforce the collection of the amount of such cost so taxed and assessed by execution to be issued by the City Treasurer against the said real estate and against the owner thereof and which execution may be levied by the Marshal of the City of Macon upon such real estate and after advertisement as in cases of sale for taxes, the same may be sold at public outcry to the highest bidder and such sale shall vest title in the purchaser thereof. Macon, City of, right to assess and tax cost of lowering service pipes, etc. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That when it becomes necessary in the opinion of the Mayor and Council of the

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City of Macon to grade any street or alley within the corporate limits of the municipality, that thereupon, the Mayor and Council shall require notice to be served upon the property holders owning property abutting on said street, requiring service pipes described in Section 1 of this Act to be lowered by the respective owners of real estate abutting on each side of said street or alley to be graded. Such notice may be served in the manner provided by ordinance or resolution of the Mayor and Council, and if the owner within ten days after receiving such notice fails, refuses or omits to lower such service pipes, then and thereupon, the Mayor and Council of the City of Macon may lower said service pipes, either by its own force or by contract, and tax and assess the costs thereof against such owner, and issue execution therefor, as provided in Section 1 of this Act. Notice of change of grade served, and pipes lowered at cost of owner in case of failure by owner. SEC. 3. Be it further enacted, That the lien given to the City of Macon for the assessment of the cost of lowering service pipes where streets, alleys and sidewalks are to be graded and improved, shall have rank and priority of payment next in point of dignity to the liens in favor of the City of Macon for taxes due said city. Lien of assessment. SEC. 4. Be it further enacted, That the value for taxation of the real and personal property in the city of Macon shall be determined by a tax assessor, to be elected by the Mayor and Council of the City of Macon for a term of two years, in the same manner as other officers of the City of Macon are elected by the Mayor and Council, and by the City Treasurer and the City Marshal. The said Tax Assessor shall be sworn to assess the real and personal property of said city at its fair market value, according to his best skill and knowledge. The Treasurer of the City of Macon and the Marshal of the City of Macon, shall each be ex-officio a City Tax Assessor, and shall have the same powers as the City Tax Assessor in fixing and determining for taxation the value of the real and personal property of said city, and in addition to the oath required of the City Treasurer as Treasurer, and the oath required of the City

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Marshal as Marshal, they shall also be sworn to assess the real and personal property in said city at its fair market value according to their best skill and knowledge. The City Assessor shall give his entire time to the duties of said office, and his duties with reference thereto may be defined in detail by the Mayor and Council of the City of Macon from time to time. The City Treasurer and the City Marshal shall act with the said Tax Assessor in passing finally on the value of property, real and personal, assessed for taxation, and in case of difference of opinion, the decision of any two of the three officers above named, shall determine the value of property assessed by said officers for taxation. In case of dissatisfaction with any assessment made by said officers, the property holder dissatisfied with said assessment may appeal to the Mayor and Council of the City of Macon within the time now fixed by law, or to be hereafter fixed, by resolution or ordinance of the Mayor and Council, and the decision of the Mayor and Council on any such appeal shall be final upon the question. The salary of said City Tax Assessor shall be fixed by the Mayor and Council. City Tax Assessor, his election, duties, etc. SEC. 5. Be it further enacted, That Section 80 of an Act entitled an Act to create a new Charter for the City of Macon and to consolidate the Acts relating to the rights and powers of said corporation, approved November 21st, 1893, and which said section provides for the assessment of real and personal property for taxation by disinterested freeholders of said city, be and the same is, hereby repealed. Section 80 of Act of 1893 repealed. SEC. 6. Be it further enacted, That from and after the passage of this Act, Section 2 of an Act, entitled an Act to amend the charter of the City of Macon and approved August 22nd, 1905, and found on page nine hundred and eighty-two (982) of the Published Acts for 1905, be and the same is hereby amended by striking out of said Section in the eighth (8th) line thereof the words and figures four hundred and twenty ($420.00) dollars, and inserting in lieu thereof the words and figures six hundred ($600.00) dollars, and also by striking out of said section in the sixteenth

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(16th) line thereof the words and figures thirty-five ($35.00) dollars, and inserting in lieu thereof the words and figures fifty ($50.00) dollars, so that said Section two (2), when amended shall read as follows, to-wit: SECTION 2. Be it enacted, That whenever one hundred united persons, who are bona fide owners of real estate located in said city, shall unite with the directors or managers of either of the two public libraries now established and running in Macon, and shall cause to be presented to the Mayor and Council of the City of Macon, a written petition or application bearing the names of these one hundred citizens or real estate owners, which petition shall ask for an appropriation of six hundred ($600.00) dollars for the express purpose of paying the salary of a librarian for the particular library so applying, it shall be the duty of the Mayor and Council to set aside and appropriate that amount of money each year when called for, to be used for that specific purpose, and for no other, and that it shall be the duty of the Treasurer of the City of Macon to pay this money over to the Treasurer of the library or libraries so applying, and to pay it in monthly installments of fifty ($50.00) dollars each, and that the receipt of the Treasurer at the library shall be a sufficient warranty or voucher to the Treasurer of the City of Macon for this money when so paid out by him; provided, that before this receipt is accepted by the Treasurer of the city as his warranty or voucher, it shall be indorsed by a majority of the directors or managers of the libraries to which this money is paid. Appropriation for librarian. SEC. 7. Be it further enacted, That when the Board of Water Commissioners, under the rules made by said board, has shut off the water from premises where supplied, for the non-payment of water rent, the said Board of Commissioners shall not by any authority be compelled to again turn on the water for such delinquent consumer, at such location or elsewhere, until all back water rent due by said delinquent consumer for water furnished or consumed on said premises from which water has been shut off, shall

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have been first paid, including the charges for turning off and on the water supply. Water rent, non-payment of. SEC. 8. Be it further enacted, That Section 9 of the Act to amend an Act to create a new charter for the City of Macon, and the several Acts amendatory thereof, approved August 18th, 1911, and which said Section is found on page 1373 of Georgia Laws for the year 1911, be and the same is hereby repealed. Section 9 of Act of 1911 repealed. SEC. 9. Be it further enacted, That in lieu of said Section 9 repealed as above stated, the following be enacted, to-wit: That from and after the passage of this Act, the Mayor and Council of the City of Macon shall pay annually to the Board of Water Commissioners the gross sum of not less than twenty-five thousand ($25,000.00) dollars for all water used and consumed for all purposes by the municipality, including all hydrants installed and in use at the date and time of the passage of this Act, and the said sum of not less than twenty-five thousand ($25,000.00) dollars shall be paid each year in twelve (12) equal monthly installments. However, for additional hydrants installed by order of the Mayor and Council subsequent to the passage of this Act, the said Mayor and Council shall pay the said Board of Commissioners at a rate not to exceed the rate heretofore paid to the Macon Gas, Light and Water Company. The said Board of Commissioners shall keep in repair the flush tanks so as to prevent waste and leakage. Water supply for city. SEC. 10. Be it further enacted, That Section 6 of an Act to amend an Act to create a new charter for the City of Macon, and the several Acts amendatory thereof, approved August 18th, 1911, and which said Section 6 is found on page 1370 of Georgia Laws for the year 1911, be amended by adding after the word curtilage at the end of the 9th line of said Section and before the word but, at the beginning of the 10th line of said section, the following, to-wit:

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And provided further, That no rate heretofore charged by the Macon Gas, Light and Water Company shall interfere with the right and power of the Board of Water Commissioners to make the minimum flat rate charge for water and the minimum meter rate charge for water, the same, and that from and after the passage of this Act the minimum flat rate and the minimum meter rate charge for water for household purposes, and use upon the curtilage, shall be the same. Water rates. SEC. 11. Be it further enacted, That the premium on the several bonds required by Section 4 of an Act to create a new charter for the city of Macon, approved August 18, 1911, and which said bonds are required to be given by each member of the Board of Water Commissioners, shall be paid out of the funds of the said Board of Water Commissioners. Premium on certain bonds, how paid. SEC. 12. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved August 11, 1913. MACON, CITY OF, CHARTER AMENDED. No. 191. An Act to amend an Act to create a new charter for the City of Macon, approved November 21st, 1893, and the several Acts amendatory thereof, and for other purposes. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same, That the charter of the City of Macon, with the several Acts amendatory thereof, be and the same is hereby amended so as to authorize the Mayor and Council of the City of Macon to close up and discontinue for use, as a public street of the City of Macon, that part of Cherry

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Street in said city, lying between Fifth Street and Sixth Street, and close up and discontinue for use as a public street that portion of Wall Street sometime known as Wall Street Alley in square twenty-five running from Fifth Street to Sixth Street in the City of Macon. Full authority is hereby given to the Mayor and Council of the City of Macon, to completely abolish that portion of Cherry Street lying between Fifth Street and Sixth and that portion of Wall Street lying between Fifth Street and Sixth so that neither Cherry Street from Fifth Street to Sixth Street nor Wall Street or Wall Street Alley, from Fifth Street to Sixth Street shall any longer exist. Macon, City of, given right to abandon a portion of Cherry Street and Wall Alley. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the authority given as set out in Section 1 of this Act to close Cherry Street from Fifth Street to Sixth Street and Wall Street from Fifth Street to Sixth Street is hereby granted upon the following express conditions: Conditions of the grant of authority as set out in Section 1. First: That so much of the part of Cherry Street lying between Fifth Street and Sixth Street as may be determined by the Railroad Commission of Georgia to be necessary for the purpose shall be used and occupied for a Union Passenger Station or depot; that is to say, a passenger station or depot used by the Central of Georgia Railway Company and the other railroads now using the Central of Georgia Railway Passenger Station facing Broadway, formerly Fourth Street and also by the Southern Railway Company; said Union Passenger Station under contract or agreement with the Central of Georgia Railway Company or by order of the Railroad Commission of Georgia, may also be used by any other railroad company now entering the City of Macon or that may hereafter enter said city, under reasonable rules and regulations as to charges to be approved by the Railroad Commission of this State. Second: That any property damages whether actual or consequential arising by reason of closing that part of Cherry Street and Wall Street, described in Section one of this Act, and Pine Street and recoverable under the laws of the State of Georgia at the instance of any property owner,

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shall be assumed and paid by the Central of Georgia Railway Company; and any right of action that may arise under the laws of the State of Georgia, in favor of any property holder, and against said Central of Georgia Railway Company, by reason of closing said streets, mentioned in this Act, shall in no sense be defeated by provisions of this Act but any such legal cause of action as may exist under the law is hereby fully preserved. Third: That said union passenger station shall be constructed of such materials, and of such architectural design and with such facilities as would be in keeping with and meet the demands of a modern progressive city, such as Macon; the plans and specifications for said proposed union passenger station shall be approved by the Mayor and Council of the City of Macon and by the Railroad Commission of the State of Georgia. Fourth: Said railway company shall erect and maintain on its property along its entire frontage, facing Broadway (formerly Fourth Street) and lying between the Southern Express Company Alley and Plum Street, a building or buildings, of brick or stone, not less than two stories high, and not less than eighty (80) feet in depth, to be used by either the said railway company or other persons for business or commercial purposes. The intention of this condition of this Act is that the said building or buildings to be erected at said location shall shut off the view of the dray tracks or the switching yard from Broadway formerly Fourth Street; however, the said Central of Georgia Railway Company shall not be required to erect said building or buildings on said site until after the union passenger station above mentioned and the new freight terminals in the City of Macon have been completed; but when said improvements have been made, the said railway company shall then with reasonable promptness construct the building or buildings at the present passenger depot site, facing Broadway (formerly Fourth Street) and for the use and purposes above mentioned. In the meantime, the present building used as a passenger depot on said site shall not be torn

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down or removed until said railway company is ready to begin the construction of the new building or buildings at said location as provided by the terms this Act. Fifth: That the property lines and street lines on that part of Cherry Street and that part of Wall Street authorized to be closed by this Act, and for the purpose herein-before stated, shall be fixed and determined under the direction and supervision of the City Engineer. Sixth: In no event shall the City of Macon or the Central of Georgia Railway Company be relieved from liability for damages to any property owner by reason of the exercise of any rights conferred by this Act. SEC. 3. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the Mayor and Council of the City of Macon is hereby authorized to close up and discontinue for use as a public street that part of Pine Street in the City of Macon, lying between Fifth Street and Sixth Street in said city. Full authority is given hereby to the Mayor and Council of the City of Macon to completely abolish that part of Pine Street lying between Fifth Street and Sixth Street, the same to be used for railway purposes. Should the Mayor and Council authorize the closing of Pine Street as above mentioned, a street shall be opened by the Central of Georgia Railway Company from Fifth Street to Sixth Street by way of Plum Street, said street to be the width of Plum Street, to-wit: sixty-six and two-third (66[frac23]) feet and shall be laid off from the intersection of Plum Street and Fifth Street through and across the property of the Central of Georgia Railway Company to Pine Street at the Central Railroad shops, so as to make it continuous. The title to said street shall be vested in the Mayor and Council of the City of Macon by the Central of Georgia Railway Company before any of the terms of this Act shall become operative, and the Mayor and Council of the City of Macon shall have full power and control over said street and with full power to require the construction and maintenance of viaducts or

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under-passage for railroad tracks, whenever in its discretion, the public necessities shall require. Authority granted to close part of Pine Street. Street to be opened in event Pine Street closed. SEC. 4. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the Central of Georgia Railway Company within sixty days after the passage of this Act, and in order to receive the benefit of the grants therein mentioned, shall signify in writing to the Mayor and Council of the City of Macon, and to the Railroad Commission of the State of Georgia is acceptance of the provisions of this Act and the grants herein authorized, subject to the conditions set out in Sections two and three respectively of this Act and in so doing shall likewise signify its purpose to erect a union passenger station or depot at Cherry Street between Fifth and Sixth Streets under the orders of the Railroad Commission of the State of Georgia; provided, nevertheless, that the Central of Georgia Railway Company shall have no right or title to any of the property herein described or to close any of the streets hereinbefore mentioned, or any part thereof until it has faithfully complied with all the terms and conditions of this Act and when the provisions of this Act have been so fully complied with all right, title, and interest of said Mayor and Council of the City of Macon and of the State of Georgia in the portions of the streets which are authorized to be closed and abolished by this Act, shall, when so closed and abolished for the purpose herein mentioned and in pursuance of the terms of this Act become vested in said Central of Georgia Railway Company and its successors and assigns; provided, further, that in the event said Central of Georgia Railway Company fails to accept the terms and provisions of this Act, in the manner and within the time herein provided, this Act shall become null and void and inoperative and the Mayor and Council of the City of Macon shall not thereafter have any power to close said streets or any of them, and provided, further, that neither said Central of Georgia Railway Company, nor the Mayor and Council of the City of Macon shall close up or discontinue for use of the general public that part of Cherry Street herein described until actual construction has been

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begun on the union passenger station building. (a) This Act is intended to authorize the Mayor and Council of the City of Macon to enter into a contract with the Central of Georgia Railway Company, upon such terms and conditions as may be prescribed by it not in conflict with the terms of this Act and the Central of Georgia Railway Company shall acquire no right to close any of said streets or any title to any of the lands in said streets and alleys except upon its faithful compliance with all the terms and conditions of this Act and of the contract with the Mayor and Council of the City of Macon herein provided for. The union passenger station shall be constructed before the freight terminals are rearranged and constructed and the title to the street herein authorized to be closed shall not vest in the Central of Georgia Railway Company until the union passenger station is completed in accordance with the plans and specifications approved by the Railroad Commission and the Mayor and Council of the City of Macon. What is required of Central of Georgia Ry. Co. in order to receive benefit of grants herein mentioned. SEC. 5. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the said Central of Georgia Railway Company shall, before closing or occupying any of the said streets which the Mayor and Council of the City of Macon are authorized to convey to it, first pay to any persons owning property on any of said streets, any and all damages to said property that may be sustained by reason of the closing of the streets as herein provided and in the event that the property owner and the said Central of Georgia Railway Company shall fail to agree on the amount of damage to the property of said property owner, located on any of said streets, then the damage to said property shall be ascertained in the manner now provided by law for corporations or persons authorized to take or damage private property for public purposes as provided for in Sections 5206-5235 inclusive of the Code of 1910. Damages, how settled. SEC. 6. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved August 18, 1913.

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MACON, CITY OF, CHARTER AMENDED. No. 243. An Act to amend an Act to create a new charter for the city of Macon, approved November 21st, 1893 and the several Acts amendatory thereof, and providing for the extension of the corporate limits of said city as in this Act defined, and for other purposes. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That the corporate limits of the City of Macon are hereby extended so as to embrace all the territory lying within the following boundary lines, and described as follows, to-wit: Starting at the center of the sanitary sewer manhole at the intersection of Pionono Avenue and Columbus Road; thence along the center of Columbus road, making an angle of twenty-five (25) minutes with sewer line up Columbus Road, and running two thousand one hundred and fifteen (2115) feet to a point B; thence angle right one hundred and five (105) degrees and running seven hundred and thirteen and eighttenths (713.8) feet to a point C; thence angle right four (4) degrees and ten (10) minutes, and running seven hundred and eighteen and seven-tenths (718.7) feet to a point D; thence angle left twenty-seven (27) minutes, and running nine hundred and fifty-six and five-tenths (956.5) feet to a point E; thence angle right ninety-two (92) degrees and twenty-seven (27) minutes, and running four hundred and six and four-tenth (406.4) feet to a point F; thence angle left ninety-one (91) degrees and fifty-three (53) minutes, and running along center of Crescent Avenue two thousand six hundred and forty-eight and six-tenths (2648.6) feet, to a point G; and continuing on same straight line to a point H, which is a point where this line intersects the north line of the right-of-way of the Central of Georgia Railroad; thence angle right along the north right-of-way line of the Central of Georgia Railroad to the center of

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Pionono Avenue, marked I; thence angle right along the center of Pionono Avenue to the starting point A. Macon, City of, corporate limits extended. The description of the above territory is shown by a map made by J. J. Gaillard, City Engineer and which said map is on file in the Clerk's office of the City of Macon as a public record of said city. And the jurisdiction and all of the charter rights and powers of the Mayor and Council of the City of Macon for all purposes, are hereby extended to and over said territory, and the territory included in the above described boundaries is declared and made a part of the City of Macon, and all ordinances, resolutions, rules and regulations of the Mayor and Council of the City of Macon and of the Board of Health of the City of Macon, and the Board of Water Commissioners of the City of Macon, now of force, or that may be enacted in the future, shall be of full force and effect in said territory herein described. The said territory herein described shall be and constitute a part of what is now known as the fourth ward of the City of Macon; provided, however, that the Mayor and Council of the City of Macon shall never have any power or authority to permit or license the sale of any spirituous and malt liquors, or near beer or beer within said territory, and this proviso shall operate as a contract between the Mayor and Council of the City of Macon and the people of the territory by this Act incorporated into the said City of Macon and shall not be subject to repeal. Jurisdiction and charter rights extended. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That full power and authority is hereby vested in the Mayor and Council of the City of Macon to make, declare and enforce all such ordinances, resolutions, rules and regulations as may be passed concerning the use of sewers, and all sanitary measures; and to provide by ordinance for compelling residents, citizens and property holders to make connection with said system of sanitary sewers as may be installed in said territory at their own expense; and to provide for the enforcement of such ordinance under the

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provisions of the charter of the City of Macon, as well as by the issue and levy of executions for that purpose. Sewers and sanitary regulations in annexed territory. SEC. 3. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That this Act shall not operate as a repeal of the Act amending the charter of the City of Macon, providing for incorporation into, and as a part of, said city, territory contiguous to the corporate limits of said city, approved December 13th, 1900, except as to the territory embraced in this Act, and the provisions of the said Act of 1900, is hereby repealed only as to the particular territory described in this Act. Effect of this Act on Amendment of 1900. SEC. 4. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved August 20, 1913. MARIETTA, CITY OF, CHARTER AMENDED. No. 252. An Act amendatory of the several Acts incorporating the City of Marietta, in Cobb County, and the Acts amendatory thereof; to provide that no franchise for a gas plant, electric railroad, electric lights or telephones, shall be granted to corporations or individuals upon and over the streets and alleys of said city, or any such franchise be granted over the streets and alleys of said city without a written application for such franchise shall first be made to the Mayor and Council of said city and approved by a majority vote thereof; to provide that if such franchise shall have received a majority vote of said Mayor and Council, then the same shall be voted upon and ratified by the qualified voters of said city at an election held for such purpose; to provide that a majority of votes cast at said election favorable to said application for such franchise shall be necessary to the

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grant of such franchise; to provide for such elections and submitting such application to the people, and for other purposes. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That from and after the passage of this Act, the Mayor and Council of the City of Marietta, Cobb County, shall not have the power and authority to grant any franchise for a gas plant, electric railroad, electric light or telephones, or other franchises in the nature of a public utility, to corporations, individuals or others, upon and over the streets and alleys of said city without a written application for such franchise shall first be made to the Mayor and Council of said city, and first approved by a majority vote of said Mayor and Council, and then the said application for such franchise shall be voted upon and ratified by the qualified voters of said city at an election to be called by the Mayor and Council for such purpose, and when such question or application is so submitted to said voters of said city and a majority of the votes cast in such election is in favor of the granting of any such franchise, then and in that event, the Mayor and Council shall grant such franchise thus voted on. Marietta, City of, franchises, how granted. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That in the event that any application for such franchise has received a majority vote of the Mayor and Council as aforesaid, then and in that event, the Mayor and Council of said city, are hereby authorized and empowered to have held by the qualified voters of said city at such time as the Mayor and Council may designate within 60 days after such approval by said Mayor and Council, an election to determine whether or not any such franchise shall be granted by said City of Marietta. Said election shall be held in accordance with the provisions of the law now in force in reference to holding elections for city officers in said City of Marietta, and under the same rules and regulations thereof, the ballots used shall have written or printed thereon the words For Franchise and Against Franchise. Election for or against franchise, how held.

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SEC. 3. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the Mayor and Council, in the event that said application for franchise is approved as hereinbefore set out, shall for four weeks prior to such election cause to be published in the paper in which legal advertisements of the County of Cobb are published, the application for any such franchise, together with the proposed franchise to be granted and all necessary information relative thereto. Publication of application, etc. SEC. 4. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That if said election herein provided for is in favor of granting any such franchise, then the Mayor and Council of said City of Marietta shall be and are hereby authorized and empowered to grant and shall grant such franchise thus voted on. Election in favor of franchise, Mayor and Council authorized to grant. SEC. 5. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That if the election herein provided for shall be against the granting of such franchise, the Mayor and Council of said city may at any time after the expiration of one year from the date of such election, again consider the application for franchise for same purpose as before, and if in their judgment the granting of same will redound to the public good and welfare, so recommend, and order another election under the same provisions of the Act and in the same manner as hereinbefore provided. Future elections. SEC. 6. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with the provisions of this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved August 19, 1913. MARIETTA, CITY OF, COMMISSION GOVERNMENT, ELECTION FOR. No. 274. An Act to amend, consolidate and supersede the several Acts incorporating the City of Marietta in the County

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of Cobb, State of Georgia, and to supersede and repeal the several Acts creating Boards of Lights, Water Works and Sewerage for said city; to create a new charter and government of said city by and under a Board of Commissioners to be created therefor; to provide for the election of said Board of Commissioners, define their powers and duties and fix their terms of office; to designate other officers for said city government and define their terms, duties and powers; to enact by-laws, ordinances and rules for the preservation of order and the government of said city and its interests; to provide for the payment of the debts of said city and the Board of Lights and Water Works, and for other purposes. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, That from and after the passage of this Act the City of Marietta, in Cobb County, heretofore made a body politic and corporate by Acts of the General Assembly of said State, shall continue a body politic and corporate, known by the corporate name of the City of Marietta. By said corporate name it may sue and be sued, have and use a corporate seal, buy, hold, exchange, sell and convey property, make all needful and lawful contracts, and by such name transact all its business. Said corporation by and through its Board of Commissioners shall have all the powers and privileges incident to municipal corporations under the laws of the State, and all other powers that are necessary and proper to make, regulate, maintain and preserve a proper and legal government of said city. Marietta, City of, commission government. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted by the General Assembly, That the corporate limits of said city shll extend one mile in every direction from the center of the park in the public square except on the east side where the limits shall be extended as follows: Beginning in the middle of Roswell Street on the line last described one mile from the center of the park in the public square, and next running in an easterly direction along the center of said Roswell Street a distance of one fourth mile; next due north and south at right angles to the center of said street one-fourth

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mile each way so as to make said line one-half mile in length north and south, and thence by parallel lines to the center of said street westwardly to the circumference as described under the first provision of this section. Corporate limits. SEC. 3. Be it further enacted, That the present Mayor and Council of said City shall continue in office during the terms for which they were elected, and the present charter of said city shall continue in force during the remainder of their terms, except as herein otherwise provided. No election for Mayor or Council of said city shall be held on the second Tuesday in December, 1913, as provided by the third Section of the present charter, but in lieu thereof there shall be held in said city on the second Tuesday in December, 1913, an election for three Commissioners to serve said city as hereinafter specified for terms of one, two and three years, the terms of said Commissioners to be determined by lot after their election. Said election shall be held under the provision of Section 3 of the present charter of the City of Marietta and all the terms, conditions and provisions thereof as to the manner of holding said election, the registration and qualification of electors thereunder shall apply to the election of said Commissioners in all respects as they did to the election of the Mayor and Council thereunder. This section of this Act shall become effective from the date of the ratification of this Act by the people of the City of Marietta. Mayor and Council continue in office until terms expire. Election of Commissioners. SEC. 4. The Commissioners provided for in the preceding section of this Act shall be known as the Board of Commissioners of the City of Marietta; their terms of office shall begin when the present Mayor and Council shall finally adjourn on the first Monday in January, 1914, and continue for terms of one, two and three years and until their successors are elected and qualified. Said Commissioners shall elect one of their number Chairman, and they shall each take, subscribe and have recorded on their minutes the following oath: I do solemnly swear that I will faithfully, honestly, impartially and to the best of my ability discharge all the duties of a Commissioner for the

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City of Marietta, during my continuance in office, so help me God. After the first term of said Commissioners, the Chairman shall be elected by the people in the general election, the other two being elected as Commissioners. Board of Commissioners, their terms of office. Oath. SEC. 5. Be it further enacted, That no person shall be eligible to the office of Commissioner under this Act unless he shall have been for at least two years next before his election, a resident of said city, nor unless at the time of his qualification he is a bona fide freeholder in said City, nor unless he be at least twenty-five (25) years of age, nor unless he is entitled to register and vote under the registration laws which may be in force at the time of the election at which said Commissioner is chosen. Eligibility for office of Commissioner. SEC. 6. Be it further enacted, That the Board of Commissioners within ninety days after its organization shall elect three citizens and freeholders of the city, who shall have been residents of said city for not less than three years, and are not less than twenty-five years of age and who shall hold no other official position in said city, as election managers. The terms of office of such election managers shall be three years. They shall hold all elections, whether primary, regular, special or removal municipal elections held under the provisions of this charter, together with such other duties as hereinafter set out. Each of said managers, before entering upon his duties, shall take and subscribe before some Justice of the Peace, or some other officer qualified to administer oaths, or before each other, the following oath: That each of us do swear that we will faithfully and impartially conduct the election held by us, and prevent all illegal voting, to the best of our skill and power, so help me God. Election Managers, their election, duties, etc. SEC. 7. Be it further enacted, That a regular primary election shall be held under this Act in this City on the first Wednesday in November, 1914, and annually thereafter, for the nomination of one Commissioner for said city to succeed those hereinbefore provided for, and on the first Wednesday in December, 1916, and annually thereafter

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a general election shall be held for the election of the Commissioners so nominated. The terms of all Commissioners provided for under this Act except those elected in 1913 shall be three years from the date of the expiration of the terms of their predecessors in office. Said election shall be held at the court house in said city and managed by a Justice of the Peace and two freeholders of said city or three freeholders of said city in the event no Justice is present to act. No person who is a candidate for office of Commissioner under this Act shall act as a manager or clerk thereof. The polls shall be opened at 7 a. m. and kept open until 6 p. m., and the three persons receiving the highest number of votes cast shall be declared duly nominated or elected Commissioners according as the election is a primary election or general election. The result of said election shall be recorded on the minutes kept by said Commissioners. Said elections shall be conducted under the Australian ballot system as heretofore practiced in the municipal elections of this city. Primary election for nomination of Commissioners. Election of Commissioners. Elections, how held. SEC. 8. Be it further enacted, That any person desiring to become a candidate for Commissioner of said city shall at least ten days prior to said primary election file with said board of election managers, over his own signature, a statement of his candidacy. Candidates, required to file statements of candidacy. SEC. 9. Be it further enacted that upon the expiration of the time of filing the statements of candidacy referred to in Section 8, the said election managers shall cause to be published one time in one or more papers published in the City, the names of the persons that will appear upon the primary ballots for Commissioner, and the said election managers shall thereupon cause the primary ballots to be printed and distributed, the primary held, the ballots counted, canvassed and certified, and shall certify the names of the candidate receiving the highest number of votes for Commissioner. Then said board of election managers shall also certify to the City of Marietta for payment of such expense as shall have been properly incurred in holding said primary election, and a like certificate in the case of all

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general elections held under this Act, and said amount of expense shall be a charge against said city, and shall be paid by it in like manner as other miscellaneous expense. In both primary and general, recall or other election the Australian Ballot system now of force shall be continued. Provided, that in the event there shall be a tie vote between any two or more of the candidates for Commissioner receiving the highest number of votes in the primary, then the names of all those so tied shall be certified by the election managers to the said board, and their names shall be placed upon the ballots as candidates for Commissioner in the regular election. Provided, further, that each of the candidates to be voted for in said primary shall, upon his conferring that authority in writing, have from the opening of the polls until the votes shall have been counted and certified by the primary officers, an inspector inside each voting place to watch the primary election. Primary election, how held. SEC. 10. Be it further enacted, That the three candidates receiving the highest number of votes for Commissioner in the primary election and at the same time receiving a tie vote shall be placed on the ballots in the regular election as provided for above; and provided, further, that in case of a tie between any two or more of the candidates receiving the highest number of votes for Commissioner in the regular election, another election shall be held on the following Wednesday to determine and settle the question as to who is the choice between the thus tied candidates and contestants and no other candidates than those thus tied in such regular election shall be voted for in any election held to determine a tie. Regular election. SEC. 11. Be it further enacted, That every Act or deed, whether of commission or omission, denounced by law as an offense in the regular State elections, is hereby declared to be a like offense in the case of any primary, regular, special or removal election held under this Act and be punishable in like form and manner. Unlawful acts in elections, how punished.

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SEC. 12. Be it further enacted, That any candidate for nomination or election under this Act, who shall, to any person pay, give or offer to pay or give, directly or indirectly, money or anything of value, or who shall knowingly suffer any person to do so for the purpose of obtaining the vote or influence of any elector, or of obtaining his vote or influence against an opposing candidate shall be disqualified as Commissioner, in addition to the other penalties prescribed by law for such offenses. And this section shall be construed as to prohibit any candidate for nomination or election under this Act from promising to appoint, or to use his influence for the appointment of any person to a position of income. Purchase of votes or influence directly or indirectly forbidden. Effect on candidate. SEC. 13. Be it further enacted, That the said election managers shall certify two lists of voters, and two tally sheets, and shall place one list of voters and one tally sheet in the ballot boxes with the ballots and seal the same and shall forthwith deliver the same to the Ordinary of Cobb County, Georgia, after three days, if no contest is filed, to be by such officer kept for two years, after which they shall be destroyed. The other list of voters and tally sheet shall be placed in a package and sealed, and forthwith delivered to the Commissioners who shall safely keep the same for two years. The election managers shall at the same time file a report with said Commissioners showing the result of such election which shall by said board be declared. In the event of a contest, notice of such contest shall be filed with the Ordinary of Cobb County within three days after said election, who shall conduct the same in accordance with the provisions relating to contests for Commissioner. Any person or persons who shall examine any ballot cast in any election held under this Act, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction thereof be punished. Election returns. Contests. SEC. 14. Be it further enacted, That said Board of Commissioners shall have and possess, and its members shall, subject to the provisions of this Act, exercise all executive, administrative, legislative and judicial powers now had, possessed and exercised, jointly and severally by the Board

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of Mayor and Councilmen, and also the Board of Lights and Waterworks, and the said Board of Mayor and Councilmen, the Board of Lights and Water Works of said City are each and all hereby abolished, to take effect on the 1st day of January, 1914. Said Commissioners shall have all the powers and duties conferred upon Mayor and Council by Sections 17, 20, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28 and 29 of the charter of the City of Marietta, as approved August 15, 1904, and for the years 1914, 1915, and 1916, they shall have authority to levy and collect 50 cents upon each 100 dollars of taxable property in said city, but thereafter it shall be at the rate of 40 cents per one hundred dollars of taxable property. Wherever the said charter of the City of Marietta confers special powers and duties upon the Mayor of the city, the same shall be conferred upon the Chairman of the Board of Commissioners of said city, unless otherwise provided, and wherever the charter of said city provides that the Clerk of the Council discharge and perform the duties and powers specified, in said charter, the same shall vest in and be done by the Secretary of the Board of Commissioners, unless otherwise provided. The system of registration provided for said city by Sections 4 to 16 inclusive of the present charter of said city as approved August 15th, 1904, is hereby preserved, the Registrars to be elected by the Commissioners from the registration of the voters to be done by the City Clerk. Powers of Board of Commissioners. SEC. 15. Be it further enacted, That the Board of Commissioners shall meet on the 1st Monday of January, 1914, and annually thereafter, and be qualified and enter at once upon the duties of their office. They shall hold regular meetings at least twice each month at the headquarters of the city departments. They shall provide by ordinance for the time for holding regular meetings, and special meetings may be called from time to time by the Chairman of said board, or two members of said board, but no special meeting shall be held until twenty-four hours notice shall have been given to all members of the Board of Commissioners, except such notice is shown to have been waived by all Commissioners upon the minutes of such board. If the business

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at any regular or special meeting be not finished or completed on the day when the same convenes the board may adjourn such meeting to any subsequent day. All meetings of the board shall be held at the time and place provided for such meetings, and such place cannot be changed except by ordinance. All meetings of the Commissioners, whether regular or special, at which any person not a city officer is admitted, shall be open to the public. Two members of said board shall constitute a quorum and the affirmative votes of two members shall be necessary to adopt any motion, resolution or ordinance, or pass any measure unless a greater number is required by any provision of this Act. Said board may adopt rules governing its proceedings. In the event of death or resignation of any one or more of such Commissioners, the election managers shall hold an election by the qualified voters at large within not less than thirty days, nor more than forty days, to fill the unexpired term of such Commissioner or Commissioners, but no primary election need be had preliminary to such election. Sessions. Quorum. Vacancy, how filled. SEC. 16. Be it further enacted, That said Commissioners shall within thirty days after going into office meet and after carefully considering the necessities of each department of said city, make up a budget, estimating and appropriating certain amounts of money to each department, and no Commissioner shall have the right to expend in his department a greater sum than is so set aside, except by unanimous consent of said board, which consent shall be recorded on the minutes. No franchise or right to occupy or use the streets, highways, bridges or public places in the city for any purpose shall be granted unless the application therefor is filed and remains on file with the Clerk for inspection at least one week before the final passage or adoption thereof, and no ordinance or resolution of any kind, or for any purpose, shall become valid and effective until fifteen days after the same shall have been entered and signed by the Chairman of said Commissioners, or by two of the other Commissioners in open meeting, and the minutes shall show that it was so signed and approved, together with the date of such signature or approval. No

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franchise or right to occupy or use the streets, highways, bridges or public places in said city shall be granted, renewed or extended except by ordinance, and in the event a referendum be petitioned for by the required number of voters, as herein provided, every franchise or grant for interurban or street railways, electric light or power plants, heating plant, telegraph or telephone systems, or other public service utilities within said city must be authorized as approved by a majority of the electors voting thereon at a general or special municipal election at which the question to be submitted to the electors shall be printed in appropriate form to the ballot, and said general and special municipal election shall never be held in connection with or upon the same day that any State, County or Congressional election or primary is held. Provided, that if an election is held under this section concerning a franchise, the expenses thereof shall be paid by the party seeking said franchise, and the payment of said expenses must be secured to the satisfaction of said Board of Commissioners before said election is held. Budget estimating and appropriating funds to each department. Franchises, etc., granting of. SEC. 17. Be it further enacted, That should a conflict arise between two Commissioners in the discharge of their respective duties, if said Commissioners are unable to agree, then the controversy is referable to Commissioners as a whole, who shall decide the same. Settlement of controversies between Commissioners. SEC. 18. Be it further enacted, That each member of the Board of Commissioners shall be required to execute and file with the Clerk a surety bond in the sum of twenty-five hundred ($2,500.00) dollars for the faithful discharge of their duties and shall take and subscribe an oath that he will faithfully and impartially demean himself as a Commissioner during his continuance in office, and that he has not in order to induce his election to said office, either directly or indirectly, expressly or impliedly, promised his vote or support to any person for any office or position in the city government of Marietta, or in any of the departments of said city. That he will not knowingly permit his vote in the election or appointment of any person to any

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position in the city government or any department thereof, be influenced by fear, favor, affection, reward or hope thereof, but that he will in discharging the duties of his said office, be governed alone by his conviction of what is best for the public good, preferring no class or private interests and without regard to political influences or private advancement of himself or any one else. Bond and oath. SEC. 19. Be it further enacted, That the executive and administrative powers and authorities and duties in said city shall be distributed into and among three departments, as follows: Departments. (1) Police, fire, sanitary and all other unassigned matters. (2) Water, lights, sewerage. (3) Streets, parks, cemetery. The Board of Commissioners shall elect the Chief of Police, Chief of Fire Department, Superintendent of Water, Lights and Sewerage, City Clerk and such other officers as may be created, and assign them to the departments for which they are elected. Said Board of Commissioners may adopt such rules, regulations, by-laws and ordinances for the government of themselves and the several departments of said city relating to the streets, sidewalks, parks, cemeteries, water, sewerage, electricity and the various fixtures and appliances pertaining to them, to the preservation of peace, promotion of good order and the general welfare and good of said city and its citizens as to them may seem proper, necessary or expedient. They are given general and exclusive jurisdiction over the entire area of said city to enact and enforce all ordinances necessary for the preservation of good order and are given all the powers with reference thereto that the Mayor and Council had under the present charter of said city. Election of heads of departments. Rules and regulations. SEC. 20. Be it further enacted, That the Department of Police, Fire, Sanitary and all other unassigned matters shall be in charge of the Chairman of said Board of Commissioners. He shall audit in writing all bills for all departments

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after the same have been approved by the Commissioner of such other departments, and he shall keep the Board of Commissioners advised from time to time as to all matters pertaining to the general welfare of the city. The Department of Commissioner Water, Lights and Sewerage shall embrace all matters pertaining to water, lights, and sewerage. The Department of Commissioner Streets, Parks, and Cemetery, shall embrace all matters pertaining to Streets, Parks and Cemetery. The Commissioner at the head of each department shall have full and complete charge thereof with the exception of the election of its Superintendent or Chief, as the case may be, and the said Commissioner shall be held responsible for the management and control of his department. The Commissioners as a body shall act as Finance Committee, and shall have the general supervision of all the affairs of the municipality, including especially all matters pertaining to city taxation, finances and revenue. Duties of Chairman. Departments, jurisdiction of. Commissioners, duties of. SEC. 21. Be it further enacted that whenever a difference of opinion shall arise as to what department shall embrace a particular work or matter, either because the same is not herein specifically provided for or because of a difference of opinion as to the proper construction of the foregoing sections, the question shall be determined by the Board of Commissioners in regular session and their conclusion shall be final and binding. In case of difference of opinion as to jurisdiction of a department, settlement. SEC. 22. Be it further enacted, That the Board of Commissioners shall have power from time to time to create, fill and discontinue offices according to their judgment of the needs of the city, and by a majority vote of the members, remove any such officer except as otherwise provided for in this Act, and may by resolution or otherwise prescribe, limit or change the compensation of such officers. Every officer shall receive such salary or compensation as the board shall by ordinance provide, except as limited by this Act. Powers of Commissioners. SEC. 23. Be it further enacted, That within thirty days after going into office, the Board of Commissioners herein

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named shall employ a certified public accountant to open up a system of double-entry books to be kept by each department of the city, and that this system shall be followed by the Clerk. Said Board of Commissioners shall each quarter cause to be printed in one of the newspapers of this city, a statement of all receipts and disbursements by the city, and a summary of its proceedings during the preceding quarter, and at the end of each year, the board of Commissioners shall cause a full and complete examination of all the books and accounts of the city to be made by a certified public accountant, and shall publish the result of such audit in the manner above provided for the publication of statements of quarterly receipts and disbursements. Book-keeping. Statements published. The City Clerk is to be elected as provided for heretofore, and is to be an experienced double-entry bookkeeper, who is to have charge of all clerical work of all departments of the city, and is to be required to furnish a trial balance of all departments of the Commissioners not less than once each month. The duties of this Clerk shall be City Clerk and Tax Collector as is now provided for in the charter of said City, and in addition thereto, shall be bookkeeper and Treasurer, and shall be required to give a surety bond of not less than five thousand ($5,000.00) dollars, and shall be required to carefully file as vouchers, all cancelled checks and receipts in monthly batches for the inspection of the Commissioners as well as the auditor. The City Clerk shall also act as cashier, handling all funds of the city, and shall be required to be furnished with a voucher properly issued and indorsed by the Commissioner of the department from which it is issued, and then approved by the Chairman of the board before making payment. The bondsman of the City Clerk shall be responsible for any neglect or failure on his part to carry out the duties herein defined. City Clerk, his duties, etc. The Clerk shall require each department having employees to furnish him with an itemized pay roll on regular forms that will be adopted, these pay rolls to be certified to by the person in these departments in charge of the employees, and then to be approved as provided for heretofore. These sheets shall be kept on file as vouchers, heretofore

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provided for. The Clerk's salary shall be fixed by the board and shall not exceed fifteen hundred ($1,500.00) dollars per annum, payable monthly. Pay roll. Clerk's salary. The Board of Commissioners shall have authority to employ such assistants for the clerical work for the different departments as in their opinion may be necessary. They shall consolidate all clerical work in one set of officers. Assistants for clerical work. SEC. 24. Be it further enacted, That the compensation for Chairman shall be six hundred ($600.00) dollars per annum, payable in equal monthly installments. The compensation for the other two members of the board shall be four hundred ($400.00) dollars each per annum, and to be paid in a like manner as the Chairman. Compensation of Commissioners. SEC. 25. Be it further enacted, That said Board of Commissioners shall have the power and authority to collect such taxes as to them shall seem proper for new business tax and street tax and this Act shall be construed to repeal and nullify any limit upon their power to fix such taxes as now provided in the charter of said city. Occupation tax to be limited to $25.00 as at present, and street tax not to exceed $3.00 per year. Said Commissioners shall have full power and authority to provide a method to be followed in the manner of returning personal property by the taxpayers of said city. Said returns shall be made by the taxpayers, under oath, to the Clerk of said city upon the blanks furnished by him, and these returns shall be turned over by him to the Commissioners who shall after the examination thereof either accept or reject the same. If any taxpayer's returns are rejected by the Commissioners he shall be notified, and unless he makes his return satisfactory, the matter shall be left to arbitration, each selecting one arbiter and these two the third. Taxation. SEC. 26. Be it further enacted, That the Board of Commissioners shall within thirty days after its first meeting designate a depository for the city funds, and all funds of said city shall be there deposited except, for reasons of safety and security, said funds may be ordered transferred

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to some other depository by the Board of Commissioners. Said funds shall be withdrawn from said depository only on warrants drawn by the City Clerk, approved by Commissioner of the department on account of which payment is made, and countersigned by the Chairman. Depository for [Illegible Text] funds. Funds, how withdrawn. In case of sickness or other inability of any Commissioner to sign or approve any of said warrants, the Chairman or other remaining Commissioner to be designated by resolution of said Commissioners shall sign or approve the same for said sick disabled Commissioner, but said sickness or other disability shall be certified to said bank or banks by the City Clerk under the seal of the City of Marietta. SEC. 27. Be it further enacted, That the Chairman of any Commissioner of the City of Marietta, elected under this Act, may be removed from office by the qualified voters of said city. The procedure to effect such removal shall be as follows: A petition signed by the qualified voters equal in numbers to at least 25 per cent. of the entire vote cast for all candidates for the office of Chairman at the last preceding general municipal election, demanding the election of a successor of the person sought to be removed, shall be filed with the election managers and notice given of such filing by publication at least once in one of the newspapers published in said city, which petition shall contain a general statement of the grounds upon which the removal is sought; the signatures to the petition need not be appended to one paper but each signer shall add to his signature his place of residence. One of the signers of each paper shall make oath before an officer competent to administer oaths that the statements therein made are true as he believes and that each signature to the paper appended is the genuine signature of the person whose name it purports to be. Within fifteen days from the date of filing said petition, said election managers shall examine the same and ascertain whether it is signed by the required number of persons, and whether such persons are qualified persons as shown by the registration books, and they shall

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attach to said petition their certificate showing the result of such examination. If by the said certificate the petition is shown to be insufficient, it may be amended within ten days from the date of said certificate. The election managers shall within fifteen days after such amendment, make like examination of the amended petition, and if their certificate shall hold the same to be insufficient, it shall be returned to the persons filing the same, without prejudice, however, to the filing of a new petition to the same effect. If by their certificate the petition is shown to be sufficient, the said election managers shall at once order and fix the date for holding the said election, not less than thirty nor more than sixty days from the date of their certificate showing that a sufficient petition is filed. The election managers shall make or cause to be made publication of notice and all arrangements for holding such election, and the same shall be conducted, returned and the result thereof declared and the expenses thereof paid in all respects as in other city elections, except that a primary election shall not be required for the nomination of candidates at such removal election. The successor of any officer so removed shall hold office during the unexpired term of predecessor. Any person sought to be removed may be a candidate to succeed himself, and unless he requests otherwise in writing, the said election managers shall place his name on the official ballot without nomination. In such removal election the candidate receiving the highest number of votes shall be declared elected. At such election if some other person than the incumbent received the highest number of votes, the incumbent shall thereupon be deemed removed from office upon the qualification of his successor. In the case the party who receives the highest number of votes should fail to qualify within ten days after receiving notification of election the office shall be declared vacant. If the incumbent receives the highest number of votes, he shall remain in office. The said method of removal shall be cumulative and additional to the methods heretofore existing by law. Removal of Commissioners. SEC. 28. Be it further enacted, That said Board of Commissioners shall at their first meeting in January,

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1914, or as soon thereafter as practicable, and annually thereafter, choose and select a Recorder for said city, who shall be a practicing attorney and has bona fide resided in said city at least one year prior to his said election, who shall have all the powers of the Mayor under the Charter of said city now of force, as to trying and punishing offenders against the ordinances of said city, and also to commit such offenders for violating the State laws. He shall take and subscribe an oath before assuming the duties of his office, to faithfully, impartially and honestly discharge his duties as such Recorder without favor or affection. He shall hold his court at such times as the Commissioners shall prescribe and at such other times as may be necessary to fully discharge the duties of his office. He shall hold his office for a term of one year and shall receive a salary not to exceed $25.00 per month. All the powers of the office of Mayor of said city under its charter as to holding said courts, compelling the attendance of witnesses, punishing for contempt, and enforcing the orders and judgments of said court are vested in said Recorder. His judgments shall be subject to review by the Superior Court upon writ of certiorari as now provided by the general law. Vacancies in the office of said Recorder can be filled by the Board of Commissioners at their pleasure. Recorder, his duties, compensation, etc. SEC. 29. Be it further enacted, That said Commissioners shall well and truly perform and discharge all contracts, obligations and debts of said City of Marietta, including all bonded indebtedness, all promissory notes, unpaid vouchers, issued by said city, together with all other obligations of said city; they shall likewise assume, discharge and pay off all debts, obligations and unpaid vouchers of the said Board of Lights and Water Works and shall assume, carry out and perform all contracts heretofore made by said City of Marietta or by said Board of Lights and Water Works. They shall levy and collect a tax now authorized by law, sufficient to pay the interest on all bonded indebtedness as the same may mature and create a sinking fund sufficient to mature the principal of such bonded indebtedness as it may

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mature. They shall keep the said sinking fund invested by the general laws of this State. Duties of Commissioners. SEC. 30. Be it further enacted, That nothing herein provided shall in any way affect the public school system of said city except that the members of the school board shall be elected by the Commissioners at the time and place now provided by the charter of said city, to be elected by the Mayor and Council. Said Commissioners shall levy, collect and turn over to the Treasurer of the School Board the tax now authorized by law for the support of said public school system. Public school system. SEC. 31. Be it further enacted, That except as herein otherwise provided, this Act shall become effective at the final adjournment of the present Mayor and Council on the first Monday in January, 1914, and that it will then repeal all conflicting laws. Provided, this Act is ratified by a majority of the legal votes cast in an election to be called by the Mayor and Council of said City of Marietta and to be not later than 30 days after the approval of this Act by the Governor, held for that purpose, in which election those favoring the ratification and adoption of this Act shall vote for ratification and adoption, and shall have written or printed on their ballots the words: For Ratification and Adoption of Commission Form of Government, and those opposed thereto shall vote Against Ratification and Adoption of Commission Form of Government. Said election shall be held under the rules and laws applicable to elections for Mayor and Council in the City of Marietta, and shall be by the registered voters of said city, as prepared and perfected under the law now of force for such registration. If the majority of the votes cast in said election be For Ratification then upon the declaration thereof by said Mayor and Council, this Act shall be deemed and stand ratified and adopted and become a law. But if a majority of said votes cast shall be Against Ratification then said Mayor and Council shall declare this Act rejected and of no force and effect. Effective, when. Election for ratification of this Act. Approved August 20, 1913.

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MARSHALLVILLE, TOWN OF, CHARTER AMENDED No. 178. An Act to amend an Act approved August 21, 1906, entitled an Act to incorporate the Town of Marshallville, in the County of Macon; to define its limits, etc., so as to provide a system of registration of voters of said town, and for the appointment of a Board of Registrars; to define the powers and duties of such Registrars; to prescribe their tenure of office; and for the filling of vacancies in such office, and for other purposes. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same, That immediately upon the passage and approval of this Act, the Mayor and Councilmen of the Town of Marshallville shall appoint from among the citizens of said town, three discreet persons, who shall constitute the Board of Registrars in and for said town; the said persons so appointed to hold their office as such Registrars until the next regular election of officers for said town to be held on the first Thrusday in January, 1914, at which time the terms of office of the said Registrars so appointed as in this section provided shall expire. Marshallville, Town of, Board of Registrars. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That at the first regular meeting of the Mayor and Councilmen of said town after the next election of officers thereof on the first Thursday in January, 1914, there shall be appointed by said Mayor and Councilmen from the citizens of said town three discreet persons, who shall constitute the Board of Registrars for said town, one of whom shall hold his office for a term of one year, one for a term of two years, and one for a term of three years; the said Registrars so appointed shall determine by lot among themselves which shall serve for the respective terms as above indicated; and thereafter, at the first regular meeting of the Mayor and Councilmen of said town after each

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annual election of officers, they shall elect one member of said Board of Registrars who shall hold his office for a term of three years; before entering upon the discharge of their duties the said persons so elected or appointed as Registrars, shall take and subscribe before some officer authorized to administer an oath, the following oath of office, to-wit: I do solemnly swear that I will justly and impartially perform and discharge all the duties incumbent upon me as Registrar for the Town of Marshallville, Macon County, Georgia, to the best of my skill and ability, so help me God. Appointment of Registrars, their terms of office, etc. Oath. SEC. 3. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That no person shall be eligible to appointment on said Board of Registrars unless he shall have been a bona fide resident of the Town of Marshallville for at least two years immediately preceding the date of his appointment and shall be a qualified voter in said town; nor shall any member of the Council nor the Mayor of said town be eligible to appointment on said Board of Registrars during their term of office as such Councilmen or Mayor. Eligibility of Registrars. SEC. 4. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That Section 5 of the above recited Act approved August 21, 1906, be, and the same is, hereby amended by striking from said Act all of Section five (5) thereof, and inserting in lieu of said section, the following: That thirty days prior to any regular or special election to be held in said town, it shall be the duty of the Clerk of the Council to open a voters book for the registration of the qualified voters of said town, which book shall be kept open from nine (9) o'clock a. m. to five (5) o'clock p. m., each and every day, except Sundays and legal holidays, until five (5) days before the election, when said book shall be fairly and absolutely closed. When applying for registration, each and every person shall take and subscribe the following oath, which said Clerk is hereby authorized to administer, to-wit: You do solemnly swear that you have attained the age of twenty-one (21) years; that you are a citizen of the United States; you have resided in the State of

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Georgia for the past twelve (12) months, and in the County of Macon for the past six (6) months, and within the corporate limits of the Town of Marshallville for the past (60) sixty days; and you have paid all the State, County and municipal taxes required of you since the adoption of the Constitution of 1877; that you have never been convicted of a felony or larceny, so help you God. Any person who shall take said oath and swear falsely in so doing shall be guilty of a false swearing, and shall on conviction therefor, be punished as prescribed by the statute in such case made and provided. When said voters book shall be closed as above provided, it shall be the duty of said Clerk to immediately prepare and turn over to the said Board of Registrars a true and complete copy of the lists of names so registered on said book, and the said Board of Registrars shall carefully examine the said list, and if upon such examination, the said board should, upon their own information, or upon information furnished by others, believe that any person so registered as a voter is not qualified under the laws to vote, they shall cause a summons to be issued directed to such person requiring him to appear before said board two (2) days thereafter at such place as they may designate in said town, and show cause, if any he has, why his name should not be stricken from the said registration list; and in default of his appearance, or upon his failure to show sufficient reasons to the contrary, his name shall be stricken from said list. The said Registrars shall, after thus purging the said list of all names of persons so illegally registered, shall certify to the correctness of the registration list as thus purged, and transmit the same to the said Clerk of said town, who shall make or cause to be made an alphabetical list of all the names remaining on said list thus purged by said Registrars, and certify the same as being true and furnish the same to the Superintendents of the said election before the time for the opening of the polls; and the voters list so revised and purged by the said Registrars shall remain on file in the office of said Clerk. And upon the failure of the said Registrars, or any one of them, or of the said Clerk, to perform

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form the duties herein required shall subject such defaulting officer to punishment as for a misdemeanor under the laws of Georgia. Registration of voters. SEC. 5. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That should a vacancy occur on said Board of Registrars, either by death, resignation or removal of any member thereof, the said Mayor and Councilmen shall fill the said vacancy by the appointment for such unexpired term of a citizen of said Town of Marshallville, who is eligible under this Act. Vacancies, how filled. SEC. 6. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That there shall be and is hereby created a Water and Light Commission for said Town of Marshallville, to consist of five upright and intelligent citizens of said town of sound business discretion, whose duty and powers shall be to install and build a water works system, and an electric light system for said Town of Marshallville, and when the same shall be so built and installed to take charge of, operate and maintain the said water works and electric light system by and through proper agents and employees for the best interests of the said Town of marshallville. It shall be the duty of said Commission to contract with engineers, contractors, material men, and such others as may be necessary for the building and installing of a water and light plant in said town. When the citizens of said Town of Marshallville shall authorize by proper procedure and necessary vote as required by the Constitution and laws of Georgia, the issuance of bonds by said town through its properly constituted authorities, and the same shall be validated as required by law, the said bonds shall be placed in the hands of said Water and Light Commission to be by them sold and they shall be and are hereby authorized to make such sale of said bonds and receive the proceeds arising therefrom, and to use such proceeds in building, installing and construction of the water and light plant and system for said town as hereinbefore provided. Water and Light Commission.

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SEC. 7. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the said Water and Light Commission provided for in the preceding section, shall be composed of the following citizens of said Town of Marshallville, to-wit: J. M. Simmons, S. H. Rumph, F. J. Frederick, M. S. Ware and R. H. Richard. The said Commissioners shall hold their office for the terms following: One of said Commissioners shall hold until the first Thursday in January, 1915, another until the first Thursday in January, 1916, another until the first Thursday in January, 1917, another until the first Thursday in January, 1918, and another until the first Thursday in January, 1919; and the said Commissioners shall decide by lot among themselves which of them shall hold for the respective terms herein designated; and thereafter the term of office of said Commissioners shall be for five years. Members of Water and Light Commission. SEC. 8. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the Mayor and Council of said Town of Marshallville shall at its first regular meeting after the regular election for town officers to be held on the first Thursday in January, 1915, and at the first regular meeting held after each regular annual election of officers thereafter, elect from among the upright and intelligent citizens of said town, of sound business discretion, one person to fill the place on said Water and Light Commission of the Commissioner whose term shall have then expired. And no person shall be declared elected to said Water and Light Commission unless he shall have obtained the votes of a majority of the entire Council. Elections of Commissioners. SEC. 9. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That in case of a vacancy of said Water and Light Commission by death, resignation or removal of any member thereof, it shall be the duty of the Mayor and Council of said town to elect in the manner hereinbefore prescribed, a citizen of said town to fill such vacancy, who shall hold his office for the unexpired term of the retiring member of said Commission. Vacancy, how filled.

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SEC. 10. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That after the said system of water and electric lights shall have been built and installed by said Commission as hereinbefore provided, it shall be the duty of the said Water and Light Commission to look after, maintain and operate the same, to fix rates to be charged consumers, and they are hereby authorized to provide and enforce reasonable rules and regulations with reference to such rates and the collection thereof and to employ such Superintendents and other officers and employees as shall be necessary to so maintain and operate the said water and light plant; such employees to be paid for their services by the said Commission out of the funds collected for water and lights; provided the income from said plant shall be sufficient for such purpose; and in the event such income shall be insufficient it shall be the duty of the Mayor and Council of said town to levy and collect such tax as may be necessary to supplement the income from said water and light plant in order to defray the expense of operating and maintaining the same. And all expenses generally of the said Water and Light Commission incurred in connection with the performance of their duties as are outlined in this Act, and such others as may become necessary shall be paid first out of the income from said water and light plant, and in the event such income is insufficient therefor, then such excess of expense shall be borne by the Mayor and Council of said town as above set forth. Duties of Water and Light Commissioners. SEC. 11. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That it shall be the duty of the said Water and Light Commission to make reports on the first day of January and July in each year, of its actings and doings and of its receipts and disbursements, which said reports after approval by said Mayor and Council, shall be published by posting written copies thereof at two or more public places in said Town of Marshallville. Reports. SEC. 12. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved August 18, 1913.

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MARTIN, TOWN OF, CHARTER AMENDED. No. 119. An Act to amend the charter of the Town of Martin in Stephens County so as to change the corporate limits of said town. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, That an Act approved August 11th, 1909, as amended by an Act approved August 13th, 1912, changing the corporate limits of the Town of Martin, be, and the same is, hereby amended by striking from said Act the following words, to-wit: thence a westerly course across Jenkins' Ferry Road across the land of E. M. Holland to the land corner of E. M. Holland and J. M. and G. M. Looney; thence a southerly course along said Holland line to the public road that leads to Toms Creek; thence on the north side of said road to the bend of said road just north of J. I. Adams' house; thence across said road along said E. M. Holland's line and J. I. Adams' line to the Jenkins Ferry Road; thence across said road and a direct line with G. C. Smith's and J. I. Adams' line to W. T. Moseley's line; thence, and by adding in lieu of said words so stricken, the following words, to-wit: thence a straight line in the same direction as the last line to the corner of W. P. Garland and W. T. Moseley; thence the same course as the last line. Martin, Town of. Corporate limits changed. SEC. 2. All laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed. Approved August 16, 1913. MAUK, TOWN OF, INCORPORATED. No. 212. An Act to incorporate the Town of Mauk, in the County of Taylor; to define the city limits thereof; to provide

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for a Mayor and Councilmen thereof and other municipal officers, and for the election of their successors; to grant powers and privileges to the same; to provide for the laying out of streets, sidewalks, etc., in said town and to provide for the working of same; to provide for a system of taxation for raising the necessary revenues for defraying the expenses of said town; to provide for the passing of ordinances for the prevention of crimes in said town and to fix the penalties therefor; to provide for the taxation and granting license to all kinds of trade, callings, professions, etc., and the forfeiture of the same; to authorize the establishment of public schools in said town and to provide for the issuance of bonds for such purposes; to authorize the establishment of water works and light plants or either of them in discretion of the Mayor and Councilmen and to provide for the issuance of bonds for such purposes; to provide for Tax Assessors for said town; to provide for a Board of Education for said town; to provide for putting in sewers in said town; to declare and define police powers of said town; to provide for fixing the salaries of the officers of said town, and for other purposes. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That the Town of Mauk in the County of Taylor, be, and the same is, hereby incorporated. Its corporate limits shall extend one-half mile in every direction from the Bank of Mauk, as now located in said town. Mauk, Town of, incorporated. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That the municipal government of said town shall consist of a Mayor and four Councilmen, who shall constitute a body corporate under the name and style of the Mayor and Town Council of Mauk, and by that name they shall have perpetual succession; and may have and use a common seal; may sue and be sued; plead and be impleaded in any court of law or equity in this State; may purchase, have, hold, receive, enjoy and retain to themselves and their successors in office, for the use of the Town of Mauk, any estate or estates, real

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or personal of whatsoever kind or nature and may sell or otherwise dispose of the same for the benefit of said town as they may see proper. Mayor and Councilmen. SEC. 3. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That said Mayor and Council shall be elected by the qualified voters of said town on any Wednesday after the passage of this Act, after notice is given in writing signed by three or more of the citizens within the corporate limits of said town, and posted at one or more public places within said limits at least ten days before the day named in said election notice as the day for holding such election for Mayor and Council for said town. All other elections for Mayor and Councilmen shall be on the first Wednesday in June in each year. The regular term of office for the Mayor and Councilmen shall be one year, commencing on the first Monday in July of each year, or until their successors are elected and qualified, except when a vacancy by death, resignation, or otherwise, such vacancy or vacancies may be filled by appointment and selection of the Mayor and Councilmen, in case of vacancies in the Council, and by the Councilmen in case of a vacancy in the office of Mayor, and persons so selected shall be duly qualified to fill such vacancies. Election of Mayor and Council, terms of office, etc. SEC. 4. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the first election held under this charter may be held under the management of any three bona fide residents of said town, who are qualified to vote for members of the General Assembly. After the first election, the Mayor and Council may appoint any three freeholders, to superintend any subsequent election. The managers before proceeding with the election, shall each take before some person authorized to administer oaths, or if no such be present, each in the presence of the others, the following oath: All and each of us do swear that we will faithfully superintend this day's election; that we are qualified to hold the same; that we will make a just and true return thereof, and not knowingly permit any one to vote unless we believe he is entitled to do so according to the charter of this

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town, nor knowingly prohibit any one from voting who is so entitled, and that we will not divulge for whom any vote was cast unless called upon under the law, so help me God. The managers acting at the first election held under this charter, shall issue to each of the persons elected, a certificate of the results of the election, which certificate shall be sufficient authority to the person so elected to enter upon the discharge of their official duty, after qualification as hereinafter provided. The managers of each subsequent election shall issue to the newly elected Mayor and Councilmen a like certificate, and shall certify the results of the election to the Acting Mayor and Council, which last certificate shall be entered upon the record of the town. Elections, how held. SEC. 5. Be it further enacted, That at such election all persons who shall have resided in said town sixty days before the day of the election, who shall have paid all taxes of every description legally imposed and demanded by the authority of said town, and who shall be qualified to vote for members of the General Assembly, shall be qualified voters; all persons qualified to vote at said election and eligible to hold office according to the Constitution and laws of this State shall be eligible to hold any office in said town. Qualified voters. SEC. 6. Be it further enacted, That all elections held under this charter shall be conducted as nearly as practicable as elections for members of the General Assembly, but the polls shall open at ten o'clock a. m. and close at three o'clock p. m. until the Mayor and Council shall by general ordinance prescribe different hours. Rules governing elections. SEC. 7. Be it further enacted, That at the first regular meeting of the Mayor and Council, said board shall elect one of their members as Mayor pro tem., and he shall have all the powers and duties of the Mayor in the absence or disqualification of the Mayor. Mayor pro tem. SEC. 8. Be it further enacted, That the Mayor and Council shall have power and authority in their discretion, to elect a Clerk and Treasurer and a Marshal; to prescribe their official duties, regulate their fees or compensation,

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and require them, or either of them, to give such bonds for the faithful discharge of their duty, as they may see proper. They shall have the power to remove such officers from office for neglect or breach of duty, or incapacity to discharge their respective duties. Mayor and Council may also, at any time, appoint such special Policemen as they deem proper, to serve for any length of time, and to be discharged at their pleasure. Clerk, Treasurer and Marshal. SEC. 9. Be it further enacted, That all bills for supplies, for work done, for services rendered, or all other claims or demands of whatever kind and character against the said town, shall be filed with the Clerk and Treasurer and by him be referred to the Chairman of the Committee that incurred the expense, or having in charge that particular branch of business of the town. That no funds shall be paid out of the treasury except the bills, account, or other claim, as the case may be, being first approved by the Chairman of the Committee having charge of that particular department, and after said approval the Treasurer of said town shall pay said bill upon the warrant of the Clerk, countersigned by the Mayor, or Mayor pro tem., if the Mayor be absent or disqualified, and not otherwise. Funds, how paid out. SEC. 10. Be it further enacted, That the Board of Councilmen and Mayor shall have power and authority in said town to lay off, vacate, open, close, alter, curb, frame and keep in good order and repair public parks, roads, streets, alleys, sidewalks, cross walks, drains and gulleys, and to improve and light the same and have them kept free from obstructions on or over them, to regulate the width of sidewalks, drains and gutters, to be cleansed, paved and kept in good order free and clean by the owner and occupants thereof or at the real property adjacent thereto, to grant easements and encroachments upon said streets, to establish and regulate markets and prescribe the time for holding the same, to prevent injury and annoyance to the public or to individuals from anything dangerous, offensive, or unwholesome, to prevent hogs, horses, cattle, dogs and other animals and all fowls from going at large in said town, to

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protect places of Divine Worship in and about the place where held, to abate or cause to be abated anything which in the opinion of a majority of the whole board shall be a nuisance, to provide for the regular building of houses or other structures, to condemn such structures as are dangerous and to require their removal, to establish fire limits and to regulate the material and manner of constructing buildings therein, to make regulations for guarding against danger or damage by fire, to organize, regulate and maintain a fire department for said town, to protect the property and persons of all citizens of said town, and to preserve peace and good order therein, to authorize the erection of water works, gas works, or electric plants in said town, the construction and operation of telephone systems or other public utility, to grant franchise for the same on such terms as the board may deem best. Control of streets, etc. SEC. 11. Be it further enacted, That said Mayor and Council shall have power and authority, to levy and collect a special tax upon all billiard or pool tables; ten-pin or nine-pin alleys, and upon all tables and alleys of any kind whatsoever, not forbidden by law, used for purpose of playing on with balls, or pins, or both, within said town; they shall also have authority to levy and collect a tax upon all circuses, sleight of hand performances, theatrical exhibitions, and other shows which may exhibit in said town; such taxes to be for each exhibition, and to be collected if not voluntarily paid, by execution, levy and sale; they shall have authority also to levy and collect a license tax upon any or all business occupations carried on in said town. Special taxes. SEC. 12. Be it further enacted, That for the purposes of raising revenue to defray the ordinary expense incident to the proper support and maintenance of town government, said Mayor and Council shall have full power and authority to levy and collect an ad valorem tax upon all property, both real and personal, in the corporate limits of said town, and which is not exempt by State law, not to exceed one-half of one per cent, but when that amount is deemed insufficient, said Mayor and Council shall have the

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power and authority to levy an additional tax in the mode and manner prescribed by the Constitution and the laws of the State of Georgia. Ad valorem tax. SEC. 13. Be it further enacted, That the Mayor and Council shall have the power and authority to compel each male inhabitant of the town between the ages of sixteen and fifty years, unless exempted by ordinance of said town, to work ten days upon the streets and sidewalks of said town, under the direction and control of the Marshal or to pay such commutation tax not to exceed five dollars in lieu thereof, as Mayor and Council may assess. In case of failure or refusal to do said work, or to pay in lieu thereof said tax, the Mayor may fine said offending person for contempt, and enforce the same by imprisonment in the guard house, or by work upon the streets. Persons subject to the provisions of this section shall not be liable to road duty outside of said town. Commutation tax. SEC. 14. Be it further enacted, That the collection of any taxes or licenses imposed by said town authorities may be enforced by execution issued by the Clerk and Treasurer, in the name of the Mayor and Town Council, directed to the Marshal, who shall levy the executions and sell thereunder. Where real estate is levied upon, it shall be sold in like manner and under the same rules and regulations as govern the Sheriff's sales, except that real estate shall be sold in said town where personal property is levied upon. It shall be advertised by posting in two of the most public places in said town at least ten days before the day of sale, at the expiration of which time, the Marshal shall proceed to sell the property under the same rules and regulations as govern Constables' sales in this State. The Mayor and Councilmen shall prescribe by ordinance the place where the public sales of this character shall take place. Should any property levied upon be claimed by any person not a party to execution, said claim shall be interposed upon the same rules and regulations as regulate other claim cases under the laws of this State and said claim shall be returned

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to and tried by the first term of the Superior Court of Taylor County after the return thereof. Collection of taxes, how enforced. SEC. 15. Be it further enacted, That the Mayor and Council shall have the right to revoke at any time without notice and without trial any license that may have been issued by said town, prorating and returning the unearned portion of the fee or tax charged. Revocation of licenses. SEC. 16. Be it further enacted, That the Mayor and each Councilman elected shall, before proceeding to discharge his official duties, take and subscribe before some person authorized to administer same the following oath: I do solemnly swear that I will faithfully discharge to the best of my ability, the duties of..... of the Town of Mauk. Oath of Mayor and Councilmen. SEC. 17. Be it further enacted, That the Mayor and Council of the Town of Mauk shall elect, at the first or second meeting in each calendar year, three upright, discreet and intelligent persons, who shall be freeholders and residents of said town, as Tax Assessors, who shall hold their office one year, or until their successors are elected and qualified. Said Tax Assessors may be elected from among the members of the Town Council, or from among other persons, and should any vacancy occur in said Board of Assessors, by death, or resignation, removal or refusal to serve, such vacancy shall be immediately filled by said Mayor and Council. Said Mayor and Council shall be exclusive judges of the necessity of declaring a vacancy in said Board of Assessors. Before entering upon the duty of the office of Assessors, each Assessor shall take and subscribe the following: I..... do solemnly swear that I will faithfully perform the duties of Tax Assessor of the Town of Mauk, and will make a true and just valuation of all property therein subject to taxation, according to its market value, so help me God. Tax Assessors. SEC. 18. Be it further enacted, That all lands within the corporate limits of said town, covered by this charter, which are used strictly for agricultural purposes, shall be returned

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for taxes as farming lands, and assessed as such, and when lands are cut up in building lots or mapped out for town lots, the same shall be returned and taxed as other town property. Farming lands. SEC. 19. Be it further enacted, That the said Mayor and Council shall have the power to prohibit, by ordinance, the keeping for unlawful sale any amount of whisky, beer, or intoxicating drinks, by whatever name or names the same may be called; the keeping or maintaining of lewd women, or lewd houses, the keeping of any room or rooms for gambling, the having of any whiskey, beer or other intoxicating drinks for the purpose of sale or giving away on election days; the pursuing of one's ordinary avocation on the Sabbath; from loitering or idling within the jurisdiction of said town. Police Court of said town shall have jurisdiction to try persons for the commission of any of said offenses committed within the limits of said town, and upon conviction punish offenders as hereinafter provided. The said Mayor and Council shall furthermore have full authority to punish by fine, imprisonment in guard house, or at labor upon the streets or public works in said town. Keeping intoxicating liquors for unlawful sale. SEC. 20. Be it further enacted, That there shall be in the Town of Mauk, a court known as the Police Court of the Town of Mauk. Jurisdiction of said court shall extend to all offenders herein provided for, and all others of which municipalities are allowed jurisdiction under the laws of the State of Georgia, whenever said offenses are committed within the corporate limits of said town. Said Police Court shall be held by the Mayor, and in his absence, disqualification or illness, by the Mayor pro tem., at such times and place in said town as in his judgment may be necessary. Said Police Court, upon conviction of any person or persons, may punish offenders by a fine of not more than one hundred dollars, by confinement in the guard house or chaingang of said town for a term of not more than sixty days, either or all in the discretion of said Police Court; that it shall not be necessary in the officers of said town in making arrests for an affidavit to be made or warrant

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to be issued to authorize any arrest for violations of the ordinances of said town. Police Court. SEC. 21. Be it further enacted, That all trials in the Police Court of said town shall be held under such rules and regulations as the Mayor and Council may adopt. Trials, how held. SEC. 22. Be it further enacted, That the said Police Court shall have power to punish for contempt against its lawful authority, whether in its presence or otherwise; to issue summons for witnesses, books, papers, in as full and complete manner as the courts in this State may now do; to punish as for contempt, failure to obey its legal summons; to grant continuances under rules of law; to take bonds and recognizances for appearance at its session, and to forfeit the same under rules and regulations as are now applicable in like procedure in Superior Court of this State, and to do all other acts and things necessary for the proper enforcement of its authority as a court; provided, that no fine for contempt shall exceed the sum of ten ($10.00) dollars or imprisonment in the guard house for more than five days. Powers of Police Court. SEC. 23. Be it further enacted, That any person convicted in the Police Court of said town for violation of any of the ordinances or by-laws thereof, shall have right of certiorari to the Superior Court of Taylor County, or he may have the right to appeal to the Mayor and Council of said town, if the Mayor and Council shall see fit by ordinance to provide for such appeal, otherwise certiorari, as aforesaid, shall be the only remedy. Certiorari. SEC. 24. Be it further enacted, That the Mayor and Mayor pro tem. of said town shall have, in addition to their jurisdiction as municipal officers, the jurisdiction of Justice of the Peace over all the territory embraced in their jurisdiction as municipal officers. Whenever it shall appear that an offense against the laws of the State has been committed within the limits of said town's Police jurisdiction, it shall be the duty of the Mayor and Mayor pro tem., as

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the case may be, after investigation, to commit the offender or offenders to jail, or bail, to answer to the court having jurisdiction of the offense. Commitments. SEC. 25. Be it further enacted, That should any person violating any of the ordinances of said town flee from the jurisdiction thereof, he or she may be apprehended whereever he or she may be found in this State, and the warrant of the Mayor or Mayor pro tem. of said town shall be sufficient authority for his or her return and trial upon the charge resting, and all persons escaping from custody of said town may be tried again for such escape and punished not exceeding penalties hereinbefore provided. Fugitives from justice. SEC. 26. Be it further enacted, That the Mayor and Council of said town shall have the power to establish a guard house and work-gang in said town, and confine at labor there, any persons who have been sentenced by the court of said town to confinement in the guard house or to work upon the streets, sidewalks, or other public works of said town, and shall have power to make all rules and regulations that may seem necessary for the control or government of such work-gangs and enforce the same through its proper authorities. Guard house and work gangs. SEC. 27. Be it further enacted, That the Mayor and Council of said town shall fix the salaries of themselves and other officers of said town government. Salaries of officers. SEC. 28. Be it further enacted, That the Mayor and Councilmen shall hold monthly, semi-monthly or weekly meetings as they may decide upon, and the Mayor or Mayor pro tem. may order such call meetings as emergencies may in his judgment require. They shall require and have kept minutes of such meeting to be preserved for investigation, and such minutes so kept to be handed to their successors in office. Sessions. SEC. 29. Be it further enacted, That the Mayor and Council shall have power to build, maintain and operate, should they see proper, water works, gas works, electric lights systems. Water works, gas works, electric lights.

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SEC. 30. Be it further enacted, That the mayor and Council of said town shall have full power and authority to require the railroad or railroads running through said town, or any portion of it, to make and repair such crossings on their several roads whenever and in such manner as the said Mayor and Council may deem necessary; to place or repair such crossings, or open up and keep open any and all crossings to any and all streets in said town; and the Mayor and Council may pass any ordinance needful for carrying out the provisions of this section; and in case railroads, as aforesaid, shall fail or refuse to make such crossings within five days or to repair same within twenty-four hours after having been notified to do so by the Mayor, or the Mayor and Council of said town, the Mayor and Councilmen shall have the power to create and make same across such railroads and repair same at the expense of said railroad, and may issue execution therefor, and levy and collect the same as provided in case of tax execution. Repair of railroad crossings. SEC. 31. Be it further enacted, That said Mayor and Council shall have full power and authority to require the owner of any improved property, his agent or tenant in possession, to provide suitable privy or water closet accommodation upon such premises as may be prescribed by ordinance by said Mayor and Council. Privies or water closets. SEC. 32. Be it further enacted, That said Mayor and Council shall have authority to establish and maintain such quarantine and other regulations as in their judgment may be necessary to prevent the introduction or spread of any and all contagious or infectious diseases in said town. Quarantine regulations. SEC. 33. Be it further enacted, That said Mayor and Council shall have the authority in their discretion to establish and put into operation a Board of Health and to pass all ordinances and regulations prescribing penalties for violation of the same necessary for the purpose of maintaining such Board of Health, and providing penalties for such violations, to prevent the spread of any contagious or infectious diseases; also, to have complete control of persons

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who have been exposed to contagious or infectious diseases; to make any and all necessary arrangements for the protection of the inhabitants of said town. Board of Health. SEC. 34. Be it further enacted, That the Mayor and Council of said town shall have the power to devise, design, and adopt a system of public schools in the said town and shall have exclusive jurisdiction of all the schools, established under said system, and shall have the authority to purchase land and build school houses for the use of said school, and shall elect a Board of Trustees for said school, consisting of five members, whose term of office shall be one year, and the Mayor or any member of Council shall be eligible as such Trustee and any other bona fide citizens who are qualified to vote shall be eligible as a member of said Board of Trustees, and the Mayor and Council shall have the authority to fill any vacancy in said Board of Trustees. Public schools. SEC. 35. Be it further enacted, That the said Mayor and Council shall in addition to the ad valorem tax levied by said town, levy a tax for the support and maintenance of said schools in a sum not to exceed one-half of one per cent. upon all real and personal property subject to taxation in said town, and to provide for the collection of same as herein provided for the collection of ad valorem tax due said town. School tax. SEC. 36. Be it further enacted, That the Board of Trustees for the public school system of said town shall have the right to elect teachers for said schools, to fix their salaries and to prescribe a curriculum in said schools, to make such by-laws, rules and regulations for the government and control of said school as they think proper. They shall also have the right to discharge any teacher for non-performance of their duty or for any other cause that said Board of Trustees may deem expedient for the best interest of said schools. That said Board of Trustees shall have the right to charge a matriculation fee for all pupils attending said school, both resident and non-resident, of said town,

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and may make said matriculation fee for resident pupils a different amount from that of non-resident pupils and no pupils shall be admitted into said school until they have paid to the Treasurer of said Board of Trustees said matriculation fee and receive from him a card of admittance into said school. Board of Trustees. SEC. 37. Be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the Mayor and Council to prepare and furnish the State School Commissioner each year by the 20th of January, a list of all the pupils in attendance in said school entitled to the State School Fund, and the said State School Commissioner shall pay over to said Mayor and Council such proportion of said educational fund as the pupils are entitled to under the general school law. Pro rata share of State school fund. SEC. 38. Be it further enacted, That said Mayor and Council shall keep a separate account of all money raised by taxation for the support of said school and shall not use same for any other purpose whatever except the support and maintenance of said school, and all moneys paid out by said Board of Trustees shall be done by vouchers, approved by the Board of Trustees and countersigned by the Mayor of said town. School funds, how paid out. SEC. 39. Be it further enacted, That the Mayor and Council shall have authority, in their discretion, to elect a city attorney, and pay for his services such sum as to them seems reasonable and proper. City Attorney. SEC. 40. Be it further enacted, That the Mayor and Council shall have the authority to provide a cemetery or cemeteries for the burial of the dead, either within or without the town; to regulate interments therein and to expend annually an amount sufficient for the proper keeping of said cemetery or cemeteries, but white and colored people shall not be buried in the same cemetery. Cemeteries. SEC. 41. Be it further enacted, That said Mayor and Council shall have power and authority to issue bonds of said town in such sums and at such times as they shall

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see proper, not to exceed in aggregate at any time the sum of five thousand ($5,000.00) dollars, and in such denominations and in such amounts as they see fit; said bonds not to bear interest at a rate in excess of seven per cent per annum, and to run a greater period than thirty years from their date of issue, but may bear a less rate of interest and run for a shorter period from their date of issue in the discretion of the Mayor and Council. Said bonds to be issued, hypothecated, and sold for the purpose of maintaining and operating a system of water works, system of sanitary sewerage, a system of electric lights, a system of public schools and the erection and furnishing of the necessary buildings for such schools, and for street paving. Said bonds shall be signed by the Mayor and countersigned by the Clerk under the corporate seal of the town; and shall be negotiable in such manner as the Mayor and Council may determine to be for the best interest of the town; provided, however, that said bonds shall not be issued for the above said purposes until the same have been submitted to a vote of the qualified voters of said town and approved by two-thirds majority of the qualified voters in said town voting in such election. Municipal bonds. SEC. 42. Be it further enacted, That whenever it is deemed expedient by the Mayor and Council, they shall order an election to be held in said town, for the purpose of determining whether or not there shall be an issue of bonds for any purposes hereinbefore provided, of which election there shall be given thirty days notice by publication in the organ in which legal advertisements of Taylor County are published, and also by publishing a written notice in two public or conspicuous places in said town, stating the day of the election, the amount of the bonds to be issued, what rate of interest they are to bear, whether the interest is to be paid annually or semi-annually, and when the bonds shall be finally paid off. Said election shall be held on the day published in said notice, at such place as may be determined by the Mayor and Council, which place must be designated in the notice of said election, and shall be held by the same person and in the same manner

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and under the same rules and regulations as for the Mayor and Council; same qualifications of voters of said election shall be required at said election for Mayor and Council. That the ballots cast at said election shall contain the words, For Bonds, or Against Bonds, and unless For Bonds shall receive a two-thirds majority of all the voters voting at said election, said bonds shall not be issued; but if For Bonds shall receive a two-thirds majority, said bonds may be issued. Election for bonds. SEC. 43. Be it further enacted, That the Mayor and Council shall have power and authority in addition to all other taxes hereinbefore authorized, to levy and collect an additional tax not to exceed one per centum per annum sufficient to pay off said bonds, with all interest and charges on the same within the period which said bonds have run. Sinking fund, etc. SEC. 44. Be it further enacted, That any officer of said corporation of the Town of Mauk, who may be sued for any act or thing done in his official capacity, may be justified under this charter, and that the provision of this charter may be pleaded, and shall be a full defense to any action brought against the Mayor and Council of said town, or either of them, for any act done by them under and in accordance with ordinance passed in pursuance thereof. Suits against officers, plea of justification, when. SEC. 45. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved August 18, 1913. McCAYSVILLE, TOWN OF, NEW CHARTER FOR. No. 266. An Act to establish a new charter for the Town of McCaysville, in the County of Fannin, State of Georgia; to describe and define the limits of said town;

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to provide for a Mayor and Council, and other officers of said town; to prescribe the rights, duties and powers for the officers and for their election; to grant certain rights and privileges to said town; to authorize and empower the Mayor and Council of the Town of McCaysville to provide for the establishment, maintenance, and government of a system of public schools in and for the Town of McCaysville, Fannin County, Georgia; to provide for a Board of Education for said town and public schools; to provide for the registration of voters under this Act; to authorize and employ the Mayor and Council of the Town of McCaysville to assess, levy and collect a tax for the establishment and maintenance of said public schools and the payment of same to the Board of Education of said town; to provide for the issuance of bonds of said town for the purpose of raising educational revenues, if said authorities shall see fit to issue school bonds; to lease or purchase suitable real estate, lease, purchase, build and equip suitable buildings for establishing and maintaining first-class public schools; to provide for the payment of said bonds and interest thereon; to authorize and empower the Mayor and Council of the Town of McCaysville to appropriate the proceeds from the grant of license to retail spirituous liquors in said town (if there should ever be such) to said public purposes, and also, the proceeds from special taxes to said school purposes, if they see fit; to authorize the County School Superintendent of Fannin County to pay or turn over to said Board of Education of said town, such part of the State and County school fund as may be the just pro rata share of said town, and prescribe the methods of estimating the same, and for other purposes. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia, That from and after the passage of this Act, the municipal government of the Town of McCaysville, Georgia, shall consist of a Mayor and five Councilmen, and they and their successors shall constitute the body corporate under the name and style of McCaysville, under which name and style, shall have power to enter into contracts, sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, in any of the courts of the

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State; to have and use a common seal; to hold all property, both real and personal, which may belong to said town, or which may hereafter be acquired; to acquire both real and personal property, by gift, or purchase or otherwise as may be deemed necessary for the welfare of said town, for public use and management, use, sell, improve, lease or rent said property of said town, as may be deemed best for the corporate interest, by the authorities of said town. McCaysville, Town of, new charter. SEC. 2. The Town of McCaysville, as it shall be constituted under this charter, shall succeed to all the rights and liabilities of the present corporation of said town, and the officers herein provided for shall have perpetual succession, and shall have power from time to time to make, ordain and establish such rules, by-laws, ordinances, resolutions and regulations as shall appear to them necessary and proper for the good government, security, general welfare and interest of said Town of McCaysville, and for the preserving of the health, as will not conflict with the Constitution of said State or United States; provided, however, that the present Council of the Town of McCaysville, to-wit: J. N. Stanley, W. H. McCay, C. L. Parris, Emory Matheus, E. J. Akins and E. L. Gilliam, Mayor shall be and constitute the body corporate of said town of McCaysville, and shall exercise and have all rights and powers, duties and liabilities granted and conferred on the corporate authorities of the Town of McCaysville under the provision of this Act, until their successors are elected and qualified under the provisions of this Act. Charter rights. Present Council. SEC. 3. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That on the second Saturday in January, 1914, there shall be an election held for the purpose of electing a Mayor and five Councilmen, whose term of office shall be one year or until their successors shall be elected and qualified. The election provided for in Section 3 thereof, shall be held by a Justice of the Peace and two freeholders, residents of said Town of McCaysville, or in the event for any cause the Justice of the Peace does not assist in holding said election, then any three freeholders, residents of said town, may

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hold said election; the election holders shall take and subscribe the said oath as is prescribed by law for Superintendents of election for members of the General Assembly of the State of Georgia; they shall have all powers incident to Superintendents of elections and to administer oaths to voters as to their qualification to vote in said election and shall place on ballot a number corresponding with the number appearing opposite their names. At the close of the election they shall count the ballots, keeping two tally sheets thereof, and shall at once declare the results of the election, and shall issue certificates of election to the person receiving the highest number of votes. They shall place all the ballots cast in said election, together with a list of the voters, and one of the tally sheets in a sealed package. The list of voters and tally sheets being duly certified by the election holders to be correct. They shall then deposit with the Clerk of the town the remaining tally sheet and list of voters duly certified to be correct, which tally sheet and list of voters shall be safely kept by said town, together with the sealed package containing the list of voters, tally sheets, and ballots, which shall not be opened by anyone except in case of contest, and be by said Clerk destroyed without examination. The managers of said election shall be paid the sum of one dollar each upon the certificate of the Mayor as to their services. Election of Mayor and Councilmen. SEC. 4. Be it further enacted, That the Clerk of the town shall open a list at least thirty days prior to municipal election for the registration of voters, which list shall be kept open every day except Sunday, and during such hours as shall be prescribed by the Council, until five days prior to said election, not counting Sundays, when said list shall be finally and absolutely closed. During the time that said list is open, it shall be the duty of the Clerk or other persons having same in charge upon application of any person who shall be entitled to vote in coming election, to register the name of such person, giving name and age and occupation and place of residence, and shall require the person registering to take the following oath: You do solemnly swear that you are a

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citizen of the United States of America; that you have resided in the State of Georgia immediately preceding this election one year, and in the County of Fannin six months, and in the Town of McCaysville thirty days preceding next election, and that it is your intention to remain a citizen of said Town of McCaysville until the day of election; that you are twenty-one years old or will be immediately preceding the coming election; that you have paid all the taxes you are due the Town of McCaysville, and have made all the returns required of you by the ordinances of said town, so help you God. It shall be the duty of the registration officer to furnish a list of registered voters alphabetically to the Superintendent of the election, duly certified, to be correct. The Superintendents of said election shall keep this list before them and shall not allow any one to vote who has not complied to the requirement of this election. Registration of voters. SEC. 5. Be it further enacted, That at the first meeting of the Mayor and Council, a Mayor pro tem. shall be elected, whose term of office shall be coincident with that of the Mayor, who shall have all powers and duties of the Mayor. In absence and disqualification of the Mayor, and in the event of the absence or disqualification of the Mayor and Mayor pro tempore, the Council shall elect one of their numbers to Act, who shall have the same rights and powers as the Mayor during said absence or disqualification. At the first meeting of the Council after their qualification, they shall elect one of their number for Clerk, whose term of office shall be the same as that of the Mayor. He shall keep a minute of the Council in a book furnished by him, and shall preserve them and all other records and vouchers entrusted to him. He shall receive tax returns and collect all the taxes due said town. He shall issue all licenses and collect license tax as shall be provided for by the rules and regulations of the Council. He shall receive all the money due said town and keep a correct account thereof, showing from what source the same was derived. He shall issue executions for all taxes which are not paid by the time fixed by the Council for paying the same, which execution

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shall be directed to the Marshal of said town or his deputy. At the first meeting of the Council after their qualification, they shall elect a Treasurer, who shall be the custodian of the funds of the town and he shall keep a record of the same. Mayor pro tem. Clerk. SEC. 6. Three of the Councilmen shall constitute a quorum of the body. The Mayor shall preside over the meeting of said Council and shall vote only in case of a tie, in which case he shall cast the deciding vote. He shall be the chief executive officer of the town, shall take care that the by-laws, orders, rules, regulations, and ordinances of said Council are faithfully executed. He shall have ex-officio, the powers and duties of the Justice of the Peace within the limits of said town, except that he shall have no jurisdiction in civil cases. As such justice he shall have control of the Marshal and his deputies and all special officers appointed by the Council for any purpose, and he shall have power to appoint special Marshals on special occasions when the emergency of the case may require it. He shall have the power to cause the arrest and detention of all boisterous, riotous or disorderly persons. Before issuing his warrant therefor, the Mayor shall have the right to veto any ordinance of the Council, in which event the same shall not become a law unless it subsequently be passed over his veto, by a vote of at least four of the Councilmen, on a yea and nay vote of the Council on their minutes. The Mayor shall have power to punish any and all persons for contempt of court, both before the Town Council and the Police Court, in the sum not to exceed twentyfive dollars or more than five days in the guard house, either or both or any part thereof in the discretion of the court or presiding officer. Quorum. Duties and powers of Mayor. SEC. 7. The Mayor and officers shall receive such salaries as shall be prescribed by the Council as compensation for their services. That the Mayor of the town or in his absence the Mayor pro tempore, shall hold Mayor's Court in said town for the trial of all persons charged with the violation of any of the ordinances, orders, rules, by-laws

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or regulations of said town and shall on conviction punish them by a fine not to exceed fifty dollars, or by compelling them to work on the public streets of said Town of McCaysville, by a term not to exceed thirty days or by confinement in the guard house of said town or in the common jail of Fannin County not more than sixty days, and in the discretion of the presiding officer all or any part of each may be imposed. Salaries of officers. Mayor's Court. SEC. 8. Said court shall have full power and authority to issue executions directed to the Marshal or his deputies for the enforcement of any and all fines imposed and for the collection of all cost, and shall have power to enact by ordinance the enforcement of all its sentences. When any sentences shall provide for a fine and imprisonment, until the fine is paid the jailer of said County of Fannin, upon application of the Mayor of said Town of McCaysville, shall receive the one so fined and confine him in jail of said county in accordance with the terms of said sentence and in a like manner as he receives prisoners sentenced to imprisonment. The jailer shall receive the same compensation as for the keeping of State prisoners, which shall be paid by the Town of McCaysville as other obligations are paid by said town. The presiding officer shall assess in all cases brought before him where any municipal law is violated, as well as in State cases where the defendant has to answer to any offense bailable by the Justice of the Peace, but upon a sentence for contempt of Mayor's Court to confinement for violation of any municipal laws the defendant may at the discretion of the court be confined in the guard house of the Town of McCaysville instead of the county jail. Jurisdiction of Mayor's Court, etc. SEC. 9. Be it further enacted, That where executions are issued for municipals or ad valorem taxes, licenses, taxes, or other fees, the cost shall be the same as that of execution for the State and county taxes and in all cases before the Mayor's Court where the defendant is bound over for State offense the cost shall be the same as received by the Justices of the Peace in like cases. All persons convicted

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in the Mayor's Court shall have the right to appeal to the Council in writing immediately after conviction. The cost when accrued must be paid. In lieu thereof an affidavit in forma pauperis shall be filed with said appeal, for the purpose of trying appeals. The Board of Council shall have a right to convene at any time. They shall have the right to reduce, increase, modify, or nullify the previous sentence, pending the appeal. The accused shall have the right and shall be allowed to give bond for the appearance if he is able to do so, otherwise he shall be confined in the guard house or jail. The person before whom the case was originally tried can conduct the examination of the witnesses in the new trial unless counsel be employed, but he shall not be competent to sit as a member of the Court of Appeals. Executions. Appeal. Bond. SEC. 10. The Town Council shall have power to assess, levy and collect an ad valorem tax upon all property, both real and personal. They shall have power to fix rules and regulations, and to fix penalties for non-compliance therewith, to fix the time for making tax returns and time for paying taxes. Notice of such times being given at least thirty days prior to such fixed times by posting notices at three public places in said town for the ordinary purposes of the municipal government. The Council shall have power to assess an ad valerom tax of not more than six-tenths of one per cent, for the purposes of improving and working the streets and for opening streets and for other extraordinary expenses. They shall have the power and authority to levy an additional tax of not more than four-tenths of one per cent. The Council shall have power to appoint three freeholders, citizens of said town, but who are not members of the Council, as tax assessors, whose duty it shall be to assess any and all property within the corporate limits of said town subject to State and county tax and make a return thereof to the Council under such rules as the Council may prescribe. The Clerk of said town shall receive the returns of all personalty owned and situated in said town by any person, resident or non-resident in addition to the ad valorem taxes herein provided for. The

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Council shall have power to collect a special tax on all billiard tables, pool tables, or ten or nine-pin alleys or alleys of like character, also upon all wheels of fortune or anything of like device run for hazard or chance or for the purpose of inducing trade or for private gain; also for circuses or any like performances. They may levy a tax upon all ball games of any character; also upon all fire and life insurance companies doing business in the town; all telephone and telegraph companies and any person running mills, or loaning money, or any business carried on in said town, such as merchants of any line. Taxation. SEC. 11. They shall have power to tax all livery stables, feed stables and sale stables, drays, hotels, public boarding houses. They shall also have power to tax all transient persons doing business in said town. All the special taxes herein provided for shall be paid to the Clerk of said town before the person shall engage in the business or calling for which he is subject to tax; any person who shall so fail to pay the same before engaging in the business or calling for which he is subject to tax or shall fail or refuse to pay upon notice that he is liable therefor, shall upon conviction be fined double the amount of the tax, together with the cost, or be imprisoned in the guard house or be put to work for not more than thirty days. Special taxes. SEC. 12. In case of non-resident corporations or firms, the agent representing the non-resident corporation or firm, shall be subject to the penalty herein provided for, for doing business without first securing license and paying the tax. Agent of non-resident corporations or firms. SEC. 13. The Council shall have full control and authority to lay out, widen, or straighten, open or close, alter, drain and keep in good repair, all roads, streets, alleys, crosswalks, sidewalks and bridges in said town for the use of the public, to fill up or repair any public well in said town, to provide proper drainage and sewerage for said town, to provide punishment for filling up any drainage

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or sewerage, either on public or private property by imprisonment or labor on the public streets. Control of streets, etc. SEC. 14. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all persons subject to road duty under the laws of this State and who reside within the corporate limits of said Town of McCaysville, shall be liable to street duty in said town not to exceed ten days in any one year under the direction of the officers of the said town; provided, however, that the Board of Council provide a commutation tax in lieu of such work on the streets not to exceed five dollars, which when paid shall relieve the party from street duty that year. Commutation tax. Such street duty shall become due on the first day of February of each year, and if not paid when demanded by the Marshal, if the work demanded is not performed when required, the Marshal shall return such as defaulters and unless satisfactory excuse is rendered before the Mayor, said defaulter shall be fined double the amount of the tax assessed or not more than thirty days labor on the streets at the discretion of the Mayor. All money collected as a street tax shall be implied to the improvement of the streets, and no other purpose. Defaulters. SEC. 15. The Council shall have power to levy a tax on dogs not to exceed two dollars per head per annum, which tax shall be added to the general tax fund of the town. Dog tax. SEC. 16. The Council shall have power to remove from the streets, or cause to be removed from the streets, alleys, sidewalks, crossways, at the expense of the owner any building, porch, steps, fence or other obstruction thereon, or abate or cause to be abated any nuisance in any street, sidewalk or alley, or any other nuisance in said town; to determine and declare what is a nuisance and abate the same. Nuisances. SEC. 17. The Council shall have power and authority to regulate private water closets, butcher pens, shops,

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stores, flues, chimneys, in said town at the expense of the owner, and have them repaired if same become dangerous to the public or to private property of the town. They shall have power to regulate the keeping of domestic animals, and to prevent the same from running at large in said town, to provide for impounding and sale of same, to regulate the keeping of public or private stables and all other property that may become dangerous or offensive to the citzens of said town. Sanitary regulations. SEC. 18. The Council shall have power and authority to pass ordinance to prevent the blockading of the streets of said town, alleys or sidewalks and hitching only at such places as may be designated and to prescribe for same. They shall have power to regulate the use of firearms, fire works and other dangerous and noisy and offensive explosives used in sports or otherwise in said town. Blockading streets, etc. SEC. 19. They shall have power upon proof of the existence of any rowdy or lewd house or gambling house or house where any intoxicating liquor is stored or kept for illegal sale, to abate the same and to this end the Marshal of said town shall have power and authority upon any reasonable grounds of suspicion or upon the affidavit of any person that any house is used for that purpose, to enter the same and make search, and may seize any property found therein, or arrest any person therein when such property is therein kept or stored for illegal purposes or practices, and bring said property and person before the Mayor to be dealt with as the ordinances direct. Suppression of vice. SEC. 20. Said Town Council shall have power and authority to grant franchises to electric light companies, water works companies, telegraph and telephone companies, and any other corporation desiring to do business in said town. Franchises. SEC. 21. Said Town Council shall have power to establish a chaingang in said town to be composed of all violators of the ordinances of said town who may be sentenced

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thereto, or may fail or refuse to pay the fine imposed, or such other convict as the Council may see fit to hire or employ; said convict to be in charge of the Marshal or his deputy or such person as the Council may select. The person in charge of such convicts shall compel them to obey orders and do good work, and to that end, he is hereby authorized and empowered to whip any and all refractory convicts. Such municipal corporation shall have all the rights, privileges and power incident to such corporations which are not in conflict with the laws of this State or the United States. Chaingang. SEC. 22. The Council shall have power to enact ordinances in regard to the observance of the Sabbath day, and to prohibit any and all persons from opening their places of business on that day for the purpose of trade, except in cases of emergency, necessity or charity, and shall have a right to prohibit all games or any form of amusement within the limits of said town which is not consistent with the observance of the day. Observance of Sabbath. SEC. 23. At the first meeting of the Council after their qualification, they shall elect a Marshal, whose term of office shall be the same as that of the Mayor, or until removed by the Council. He shall be required to give bond in the sum, such as the Council may prescribe, for the faithful discharge of his duties, and for the accounting for and paying over to the Clerk of any and all moneys which may come into his hands belonging to said town, which bond shall be payable to the Mayor of the said Town of Mc-Caysville. Marshal. SEC. 24. The Marshal may be removed at any time for inefficiency, neglect of duty or any other cause in the discretion of the Council. They may appoint one or more Deputy Marshals for such terms as may be prescribed by them, whose duties shall be the same as that of the Marshal. Said Marshal and his deputies shall have power and authority to arrest all parties violating any of the penal ordinances of the said town and confine them in the guard

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house or common jail of Fannin County, subject to trial before Mayor's Court or some Magistrate as provided for by the law. Said Marshal shall execute and enforce the ordinances, rules and regulations of said Council as may be provided therein. They shall levy and execute all processes issued by Mayor's Court, and all executions for municipal taxes, and shall advertise and sell property levied upon in same manner as the Sheriff is required to advertise property levied upon for State and county taxes, except that the advertisement shall be posted at the Council room door and three other public places in the said Town of McCaysville, and the sale shall be had before the Council room door. Duties of marshal and his deputies. SEC. 25. The present charter of the Town of McCaysville shall remain in force until the passage of this Act by the Governor. Present charter. SEC. 26. Said Council shall have full power and authority to establish quarantine against any person or place that may be affected with any contagious disease, and to enforce the same, and shall also have power to establish pest houses and maintain the same when it may be deemed necessary to prevent the spread of contagious diseases. Quarantine. SEC. 27. Be it further enacted, That the Mayor, or any member of the Council upon conviction of malpractice in office or neglect of duty, shall be removed and his office declared vacant, and the same shall be filled as herein provided. Removal of officers. SEC. 28. The Mayor and Councilmen shall be liable to punishment as others for the violation of ordinances of said town. Officers liable for violation of ordinances. SEC. 29. The Mayor, by and with the consent of the Council to be determined by a vote at any regular meeting or special meeting, may upon proper grounds revoke any license granted to any person, when it shall appear that said person or persons are keeping a place for immoral or illegal purposes or who permit the gathering of boisterous

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or riotous assemblages in or around their place of business. The Council may declare such place a nuisance and abate the same as such. Revocation of licenses. SEC. 30. No officer shall have any interest in any contest directly or indirectly in which the town is interested or is a party. Neither shall any member of the Council be allowed to vote upon any question in which he has any personal interest. Interest of officers. SEC. 31. All the elections held under the provisions of this Act, shall be held between the hours of 8:00 o'clock a. m. and 6:00 o'clock p. m., and in no event shall the polls be closed before 4:00 o'clock p. m. Opening and closing of polls. SEC. 32. Be it further enacted, That the corporate limits begin at the center of Fighting Town Creek, where State line crosses between the State of Georgia, and the State of Tennessee; thence up said creek to the mouth of King Town Branch; thence due south to the original land line between lots of land Nos. 33 and 48 running east and west; thence east with said line to Ocoee River; thence a northern direction to the top of first little knoll just southeast of railroad bridge; thence a northern direction to the top of first hill southeast of Parristown; thence a northern direction to the original corner on the State line between Georgia and Tennessee; thence said State line to the beginning point, at the center of Fighting Town Creek. Corporate limits. SEC. 33. The General Assembly do enact (the Mayor and Council of the Town of McCaysville having so recommended, and having duly given public notice thereof), that from and after the passage of this Act, there shall be established, conducted, maintained, supported, and provided for by local taxation and otherwise, in the manner hereinafter prescribed in this Act, a system of public schools in and for the Town of McCaysville, Fannin County, Georgia. Public schools. SEC. 34. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That there shall be a Board of Education for said town, under the name and style of McCaysville Board of

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Education, with the right to sue and be sued in the corporate name, and whose duty it shall be to establish, manage and control said public schools. Said Board of Education to consist of five members, to be elected by the Mayor and Council of said town, within thirty days from the time this Act goes into effect, or as soon thereafter as practicable, two of whom shall hold their office for three years, two for two years, and one for one year from the date of their qualification, and to continue in office until their successors are elected and qualified; and every year thereafter their successors in office shall be elected the first Tuesday in January, or as soon thereafter as practicable, of such years as their term expires, for a term of one year, this being the term of office after the first election. All vacancies from said board from death, resignation, removal from town, or otherwise, shall, for the unexpired term, be filled by the Mayor and Council of said town, at their first regular meeting after said vacancy occurs, or as soon thereafter as practicable. The members of said Board of Education shall continue in office, unless removed until their successors are elected and duly qualified. No person shall be eligible to membership on said board who is Mayor or Councilman, nor any other person, unless he is twenty-one years old, has resided in said town for at least one year next preceding his election, and is a freeholder owning real estate within the corporate limits of said town. Each person elected a member of said board shall qualify by taking and subscribing to an oath similar to the one required of the members of the County Board of Education, before the Mayor or one of the Councilmen of said town, to faithfully discharge the duties as a member of said Board, and which oath shall be recorded upon the minutes of the Mayor and Council of the Town of McCaysville. Board of Education. SEC. 35. Be it further enacted, That the Mayor and Council of said town are hereby authorized and empowered to remove by a two-thirds vote any member of said board, at any time, and for any legal cause or reason, for the best interest of the public schools. Removal of members of Board.

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SEC. 36. Be it further enacted, That within thirty days from their election, said board shall organize, and that the officers of said board shall be President, Vice-President, a Treasurer and a Secretary, and such other officers as the board may deem advisable, all of whom shall be elected by said board from members of the board, except the Secretary and Treasurer, either of whom may be selected from the board by the members thereof or some person not a member of the board, as the said board may think best. The Treasurer, before entering upon the duties of his office, shall take an oath to faithfully discharge his duties, and give bond and security, to be approved by said board, in such amount as said board may require; provided, same is not less than twice the amount going into his hands annually, conditioned for the faithful discharge of his duties, which bond shall be payable to the McCaysville Board of Public Education; and said board in said name is hereby authorized and empowered to bring and maintain any suit or action in the courts of this State on said bond for any breach thereof for the Treasurer, and should said board refuse so to act, then the Mayor and Council of the Town of McCaysville are hereby authorized and empowered to sue on said bond for the use of said corporation, and the proceeds of such suit to be applied to the public schools of said town. Said Treasurer shall pay out no money except by written order of the board, which order shall be recorded in the minutes of said board. Officers of Board, their duties, etc. SEC. 37. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That said Board of Education shall have the power, and it is hereby made their duty, to speedily advise, design and establish, under this Act, in said town, a system of public schools, to modify the same from time to time; to establish such schools as they may deem proper for the whites and the blacks, and which, for the two races, shall be entirely separate and distinct from each other, and not more than one for each race, unless the Mayor and Council of said town shall, at a regular meeting, direct the opening of more than one public school for each of the two races, and which the Mayor and Council of said town are hereby authorized

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and empowered to do, when they may deem it proper so to do. Powers and duties of Board. SEC. 38. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That said board shall keep regular, full and complete minutes of all acts done and proceedings had by them, the same to be authenticated by the signature of the President and Secretary for the time being, which shall, together with all books kept by the officers of said board, at all times be open to the inspection of the Mayor and Council, or any citizen of the town; shall supervise, regulate and make efficient said school system; shall prescribe a curriculum, the text-books, and books of reference to be used in said school; elect and employ teachers and, if they so desire a Superintendent for said schools; to fix the schools as to the length of terms, and the time of beginning and closing said schools; shall have the right and authority to suspend or remove such teachers and Superintendent, or for legal cause whenever, in their discretion, they may deem it best so to do; to fix the salary or compensation of teachers and Superintendents and pay the same; to make such by-laws, rules and regulations for the government of said board and the members and officers thereof, and also of the Superintendent, the teachers and pupils of said schools as they may deem proper, when not in conflict with this Act and the laws of the State; to establish grades in said school and to provide for the necessary conveniences and necessary furniture, apparatus and all appliances of every kind whatsoever, for said school, and to do any and all Acts to promote the best educational interest of said town and the successful operation of said schools, not in conflict with the provisions of this Act, or the laws of the State. Powers and duties of Board. SEC. 39. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That said board is hereby authorized and empowered to receive, hold, apply, sell, or expend, any donation, gift, or bequest of property of any kind, personal or real, or money, made to said board for the benefit of said schools. Donations, etc.

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SEC. 40. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That said board shall, out of the funds going into their hands, provide school houses by building, renting, or purchasing suitable buildings and furnishing and properly equip the same for school purposes. The title of all property, both real and personal, purchased by said board out of the funds derived through the corporation of the Town of McCaysville, shall vest in and be taken in the name of the corporation of the Town of McCaysville, but the use, control and supervision thereof shall be in said Board of Education. School buildings. SEC. 41. Be it further enacted, That said board is hereby authorized and employed to receive, in their corporate name, and to make any disposition they see fit for educational purposes, by sale or otherwise, and convey by bill of sale or deed, the title to any and all property, real or personal, given or donated to said board, for the benefit of the public schools, and reinvest the proceeds of the same as said board deems most conducive to the interest of the public schools. Said board is also authorized and empowered to exchange, sell and convey the personal property acquired by funds arising through or from the corporation of the Town of McCaysville, but all realty so acquired can only be sold and conveyed by the corporation of the Town of McCaysville for educational purposes. Disposition and use of property donated. SEC. 42. Be it further enacted, That said board shall keep a regular set of books, in which shall be entered all moneys and other property, real and personal, by them received, and for what purpose, and there shall also be entered upon said books all moneys paid out, the amount, when paid, to whom paid, and for what purpose. All moneys shall be duly and properly deposited in some reliable and responsible bank, and all payments of said moneys shall be made by Clerk on said bank, against said deposits, and all such transactions shall be properly entered in the books of said board. These books shall be at all times open to the inspection of the Mayor and Council of the town, and any citizen thereof. Said board shall each be

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personally liable to the Mayor and Council of the Town of McCaysville for any funds given into the hands of said board for public schools, and by the board used for any purpose than the public schools. Keeping of books. SEC. 43. Be it further enacted, That said board shall, from time to time, and also whenever requested by the Mayor and Council of the town, furnish the Mayor and Council an estimate of the amount of the funds required for the support and maintenance of said schools, and shall, on or before the first Monday in July of each year, make a written report to the Mayor and Council of McCaysville, giving therein an estimate of the amount needed for the schools for the next scholastic year, and stating therein the condition of the school property and the schools themselves, showing the number of pupils in attendance, with such other information and recommendations as they may deem proper, and which report shall be published, if the Mayor and Council shall so direct. Said board shall, as soon after their appointment as practicable, furnish to the Mayor and Council an estimate of the amount of money, properly itemized, needed by them to establish, support and maintain said schools for a term of not less than eight scholastic months. Estimates for maintenance of schools. SEC. 44. Be it further enacted, That said board shall annually, on or before the first Monday in July of each year, present, in writing, to the Mayor and Council of the town, a full itemized statement or bill of particulars showing all receipts and expenditures by them during the last scholastic year, ending June 30, accompanied with the proper vouchers. Statements. SEC. 45. Be it further enacted, That all officers elected by said board shall hold their offices at the pleasure of the board, who may remove or suspend such officers whenever the board deems it best to do so. Suspension of officers. SEC. 46. Be it further enacted, That no member of the board shall be eligible to the office of Mayor or Councilman, or to the position of Superintendent or teacher in said

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school, and no member of said board shall receive any compensation for his services on said board, except he be Secretary or Treasurer, as herein provided for. Members of Board. SEC. 47. Be it further enacted, That the board shall fix such compensation for both the Secretary and Treasurer as they deem right and proper, to be paid out of the school funds in their hands, but such compensation must be fixed prior to the election of these officers, and shall not be changed during the time the person elected holds office. The term of office of the Secretary and Treasurer shall be such a period as the board may fix, with the right vested in the board to change the term whenever they see fit so to do. Compensation of Secretary and Treasurer. SEC. 48. Be it further enacted, That the public school herein provided shall run for a period of not less than eight, nor not more than ten scholastic months in each year. School terms. SEC. 49. Be it further enacted, That all the children between the ages of six and eighteen years, who bona fide reside within the corporate limits of said town with their parents, guardians or natural protectors, as the case may be, and whose parents, guardians or natural protectors also bona fide reside within the corporate limits of said Town of McCaysville, and when such child or children and parents, guardian or natural protector, have so resided for one month next preceding the application to enter said school, shall be entitled to the benefit of said school and no such child or children shall be required or compelled to pay any tuition for such course of studies as are provided by law in the public schools of the several counties of the State; but said board may, in their discretion, require each child in said town entering said school to pay an incidental fee, not to exceed fifty cents per month, and a matriculation fee not exceeding five dollars per year, payable in whole or installments, as the board may require, and said board may admit children of like ages into said schools, whose parents, guardians, or natural protectors do not reside within said corporate limits, upon such terms and regulations and upon the payment of such tuition, matriculation

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fee and incidental fees, as the board may, in their discretion, prescribe from time to time. Said board may also provide for the admission of pupils under six and over eighteen years of age into said schools, whether residents of said town or not, on such terms and conditions as the board shall from time to time prescribe; provided, that a residence of one month of pupils of school age in said county shall not be required in order that said pupils may receive a benefit of the school fund for the public school term; provided, further, that no incidental or matriculation fee shall be charged to any pupil of school age in said county during the public school term, unless so ordered by said board. Who are entitled to school privileges. SEC. 50. Be it further enacted, That all sums of money derived from tuition, matriculation fee and incidental expenses, shall become a part of the fund for the support and maintenance of said schools, and be so used and accounted for. SEC. 51. Be it further enacted, That under no circumstances shall any white child be admitted into or taught in a colored school, nor any colored child be admitted into or taught in a white school, but said schools are to be forever kept entirely distinct and separate. Separate schools for white and colored. SEC. 52. Be it further enacted, That if at the election herein provided for, the vote shall be in favor of public schools, then the Mayor and Councilmen of said Town of McCaysville are hereby authorized and empowered to assess, levy and collect annually a tax in addition to that now allowed by law, not to exceed one-half of one per cent, on the taxable property of said town, and which shall be used solely and exclusively for the purpose of establishing and maintaining said schools for a period of not less than eight, nor more than ten scholastic months in each year, or to paying the bonds hereinafter provided for, and the accruing interest thereon, and providing furniture, apparatus, grounds and buildings for said schools. This tax shall be collected by the first of September of each year after the same is assessed and levied, and turned over to the Board

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of Education of said town to be used for the purposes aforesaid. School tax. SEC. 53. Be it further enacted, That all the net proceeds arising from issuing license to retail spirituous liquors within the Town of McCaysville shall constitute a part of the public school fund of said town, and as such shall be by the Mayor and Council of said town, turned over to the McCaysville Board of Public Education, to be used for said purpose as in this Act provided, if any such licenses shall ever be so granted. The Mayor and Council shall also have the right, if they see fit to exercise it, to appropriate such special taxes, collected from said town from any source whatever, to the support and maintenance of said schools. Licenses applied to school funds. SEC. 54. Be it further enacted, That authority is hereby granted to the Trustees of any school or church, white or colored, now in said Town of McCaysville, or that may hereafter be in said town, to turn over and legally convey any school or church property, real or personal, that they hold, to the McCaysville Board of Public Education, for the public schools of said town, and all property so turned over and conveyed by the Trustees of a white school or church shall be used exclusively for the establishing, support and maintenance of the public schools for white children in said town, and all property so turned over and conveyed by the Trustees of any colored school or church, shall be used exclusively for the establishing, support and maintenance of the public schools for colored children in said town. And, further, the public school property, now within the corporate limits of said town, is hereby made a part of the public school property in and for said town. Donations to white and colored kept separate and so applied. SEC. 55. Be it further enacted, That moneys arising from, furnished or collected by the corporation of the Town of McCaysville under this Act for the establishment, maintenance and support of the said public schools, shall be paid over to the McCaysville Board of Public Education upon said board giving bond with good security, payable to the corporation of the Town of McCaysville, in such sum as

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the Mayor and Council may fix, conditioned for the faithful application of all said funds in establishing and maintaining the public schools in this Act provided for; provided, it shall be optional with the Mayor and Council to exact such bond, or not, as they may deem best. School fund. SEC. 56. Be it further enacted, That the Board of Education of Fannin County shall not establish or open any school within the corporate limits of McCaysville, nor have any authority or voice in the management of the schools therein established under the provision of this Act by the McCaysville Board of Public Education and that all the public school property now owned, and controlled by the said County Board of Education, within the corporate limits of said town, is hereby made a part of the public school property of said town, and as such under the control and supervision of the Board of Education of said town. County public schools. SEC. 57. Be it further enacted, That the County School Superintendent of Fannin County shall pay over to the McCaysville Board of Public Education the pro rata share of the State and county school fund to which said town is entitled according to the number of children of school age residing within the corporate limits of said town, said town being hereby declared to be entitled to the same proportion of said school fund as the total numbers of children of public school age residing within the corporate limits of the town bears to the total number of children of school age residing within the limits of Fannin County, as shown by the last school census. The amount so to be paid, shall be paid at such times as the teachers of the county are paid, and when paid shall be expended by said board for the support and maintenance of the public schools of McCaysville in such manner as the said board sees most wise and expedient. State and county school fund. SEC. 58. Be it further enacted, That befoe this Act shall become operative and go into full foce and effect, it shall be submitted to the qualified voters of said Town of McCaysville to determine whether or not said public schools

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shall be established and maintained, and to this end the Mayor and Council of said town shall, within thirty days from the passage and approval of this Act, order an election in conformity with the provisions of Article 8, Section 4, Paragraph 1, of the Constitution of this State, on the question of local taxation to establish and support said system of public schools, of which four weeks notice shall be given, signed by the Mayor and Clerk of the Council and published in any public newspaper of said town, and if none in said town, then in the newspaper of said county in which the Sheriff advertises, and also posted at three or more public places in said town in addition to this newspaper advertisement, and which election shall be held at the regular meeting of the Mayor and Council of said town under the same rules and regulation and qualifications as are required for the election of Mayor and Councilmen, and the order of the Mayor and Council calling said election shall be fully recorded upon the books of the Mayor and Council of said town. Those in favor of public school and local taxation therefor shall have written or printed on their tickets, For Public Schools, and those opposed shall have written or printed on their tickets, Against Public Schools. The managers of said election shall make return of the result of said election by ten o'clock a. m. of the day succeeding the election, to the Mayor and Council of said town, who shall at twelve o'clock m. of the same day succeeding said election, or as soon thereafter as practicable, meet and open said returns and declare the result thereof, and which result shall be entered upon the minutes of the Council. If two-thirds of the qualified voters of said town, measured by the number of votes cast at the last general election of Mayor and Councilmen of the town shall be For Public Schools, then this Act shall take effect immediately, and the Mayor and Councilmen shall forthwith proceed to carry it into effect, by assessing, levying, and collecting the tax, electing the Board of Education, and doing all those things herein required of them for the establishment of said schools. Should this Act fail of adoption at said election, the Mayor and Councilmen may submit the

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same to another election under the same rules, regulations and qualifications, after the expiration of six months, and so continue to submit it until the same is favorable to the adoption of this Act; provided, election shall not be had therefor oftener than every six months, and it shall be the duty of the Mayor and Councilmen to order the election on the written request of ten freeholders until the result is for public schools provided the elections are six months apart. Election for ratification of this Act. SEC. 59. Be it further enacted, That for the purpose of enabling the McCaysville Board of Public Education to purchase, lease or rent suitable real estate, and to purchase, build or repair suitable buildings for public schools, and to supply the same with furniture, apparatus, appliances and conveniences provided for in this Act, the corporation of the Town of McCaysville is hereby authorized and empowered to issue bonds of said town in a sum not exceeding ten thousand dollars, the same is to be signed by the Mayor of McCaysville, and attested by the Clerk of Council, under the corporate seal of said town, and of denominations of not less than fifty dollars and not more than five hundred dollars each, and to bear interest at the rate of not exceeding seven per cent per annum, payable annually at such time and place as the Mayor and Council may determine. Said bonds to be known as public school bonds of the Town of McCaysville and to become due and payable at such time and place, not exceeding twenty years after the same are issued, as the Mayor and Councilmen may fix and determine. Said bonds shall have coupons attached to them for each installment of interest, which coupons shall be signed by the Mayor of the town, and the Clerk of the Council, and the principal and interest coupons shall be paid at maturity. Said bonds, when so issued by the corporation of the Town of McCaysville, to be sold, hypothecated, or negotiated in any such manner and in such sums, and at such times as may be for the best interest of the town, and the objects of this Act, but not for less than par value; and only so much of the same shall be issued, sold, hypothecated, or negotiated as the Board of Education may require for the purposes

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specified herein, and the Mayor and Councilmen may deem right and proper and necessary. Before issuing said bonds, the question of issuing the same shall be submitted to the qualified voters of the Town of McCaysville on a day to be designated by the Mayor and Councilmen, notices of which shall be published in a newspaper published in said town, if any, and also in the newspaper in which the Sheriff advertises for the County of Fannin, and published four weeks before the election. No person shall vote at said election who is not qualified to vote for Mayor and Councilmen of the town. All persons favoring the issue of said bonds shall have written or printed on their ballots, For Issuing Bonds, and all opposed shall have written or printed on their ballots, Against Issuing Bonds, and if two-thirds of the qualified voters of said town, according to the provisions of Section 508 (1) of the Code of Georgia of 1882, shall be for issuing bonds, the Mayor and Councilmen of said town shall issue said bonds, and for the purpose of providing for the payment of interest on the bonds so issued and negotiated, as well as for the principal, and the right to call in or retire said bonds in time and manner as above provided for, shall be inserted on the face thereof. The proceeds of said bonds shall, when issued, sold, hypothecated, or negotiated as herein provided, be turned over to the McCaysville Board of Public Education to be applied by said board to leasing or purchasing suitable lots and buildings, or lots and erecting buildings thereon for said public school, and furnishing and equipping the same, and for no other purpose shall said proceeds be used. Should the vote be against issuing the bonds, the Mayor and Councilmen are hereby empowered to order other elections upon the same after the lapse of six months between said elections, and such election shall be by the Mayor and Councilmen ordered on the written petition so to do of ten freeholders of said town, provided, said elections shall be six months apart. School bonds, how issued, etc. SEC. 60. Be it further enacted, That the elections to determine whether bonds shall be issued or not, shall be

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separate and distinct from all other elections in said town, and when due or carried, the Mayor and Councilmen are hereby authorized, and empowered, and required to assess, levy and collect such tax annually upon all the taxable property, real and personal, within the corporate limits of said town, as will be necessary to carry out the provisions of this section, and the payment of the principal and interest of said bonds, which tax shall be separately assessed, levied and collected for the specified purpose herein designated, and shall not be used for any other purpose whatever; and said Mayor and Councilmen shall also provide a sinking fund for the payment and redemption of said bonds as the same shall become due, and any money remaining in hand received and collected by taxation under this Act after the payment of the maturity bonds and interest coupons for such year, shall be held as a part of the sinking fund for the payment of the bonds and interest next thereafter maturing. The corporation of the Town of McCaysville shall have the right, after the expiration of five years, to retire one-half of said bonds, and at the expiration of ten years to retire the other half of said bonds, and said bonds shall be issued in the name of the corporation of the Town of McCaysville at different times. Power to levy tax to pay interest on bonds and create a sinking fund. SEC. 61. Be it further enacted, That the Mayor and Councilmen may, in their discretion, prior to the election hereafter had under the provisions of this Act, order a registration of the persons qualified to vote at such election, which registration shall close ten days prior to the day of election, said registration to be made by the Clerk of Council and no person shall be allowed to register who is not a bona fide resident of said town, and who is not otherwise qualified to vote in the general election of said town. A list of the persons registered for said election shall be posted at the place of holding said election of said town for five days prior to said election. It shall be lawful for any taxpayer of the town to contest the legality of the registration of any voter by filing notice thereof, with the Mayor of said town, with the grounds thereof, and not less than three days before said election. The Mayor and Councilmen shall immediately

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proceed in a summary way to hear such contest, after giving notice to the persons whose right to register is contested, and shall have the right and power to direct the names of such person or persons found to be illegally registered to be stricken from the registration list, and the decision of the Mayor and Councilmen shall be final and conclusive, and not appealable from. Said registration list so made, shall be conclusive as to who are the qualified voters of the said town and entitled to vote at said election. The Clerk of the Council shall, on or before the day of any election held under this Act and before the polls are opened, furnish to the superintendent of said election a list of the persons registered for said election arranged in alphabetical order. Any person who shall vote at any election held under this Act, who is not entitled to vote, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction shall be punished as prescribed in Section 4310 of the Code of Georgia of 1882. Registration of voters, etc. SEC. 62. Be it further enacted, That each and all elections held under this Act shall be held under the rules and regulations, as govern the election of Mayor and Councilmen, except that no person shall be allowed to vote at any election held under this Act who is not specially registered for said election. The superintendent of said election shall make returns to the Mayor and Council, who shall open said returns in open session at twelve o'clock m. on the next day succeeding the election, or as soon thereafter as practicable, and declare the result, which shall be entered on the minutes of the proceedings of the Mayor and Councilmen of said town. Elections, how held. SEC. 63. Be it further enacted, That no funds arising from bonds issued under Section 58 of this Act, except the sum set apart for the payment of the principal and interest on said bonds, shall be paid out by the Treasurer for the town, except on such claims for property purchased, leased or rented, or work done as shall have been audited by the Board of Education and approved by the Mayor and Councilmen of said town; it shall be the duty of the Mayor and Councilmen to examine each account or claim submitted for

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approval, and unless satisfied of its correctness, it shall be the duty of the Mayor to call a meeting of the Council of said town and to notify the Board of Education of the time and place of such meeting to decide upon the correctness or justness of such claim, and the decision of the Mayor and Councilmen shall be final and conclusive. Funds arising from sale of bonds. SEC. 64. Be it further enacted, That in case of the breaking out of any epidemic or contagious disease, the board shall have power to stop or prevent any child that had been exposed to it, or liable to contract it, for such time as said board may deem prudent and safe. Epidemic, etc. SEC. 65. Be it further enacted, That if any question as to the right of any child to enter said school shall arise, and the decision of the board is not satisfactory, there may be an appeal to the Mayor and Councilmen entered by the parents, guardian, next friends, or natural protector of such child, within five days from the decision of the board, the appeal to be in writing, and the Mayor and Council shall, as speedily as possible, hear and determine said appeal, giving both sides, the appellant and the board, notice of the time and place of hearing, and the decision of the Mayor and Councilmen shall be final and conclusive. Right of any child to enter school, how determined. SEC. 66. Be it further enacted, That all moneys raised by the corporation of the Town of McCaysville from taxation, bonds, or otherwise, shall be used only in paying the tuition of children, between the ages of six and eighteen years. School funds, how used. SEC. 67. Be it further enacted, That the child of no person shall have the benefit of said public schools who fails or refuses to pay all taxes assessed against him or her by the corporation of the Town of McCaysville, and which he or she is legally liable for. Benefit of schools, who shall not receive. SEC. 68. Be it further enacted, That assessment of taxes, all funds arising or collected under this Act, shall by the corporate authorities of the Town of McCaysville, be kept separate and distinct from other assessments and collections

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of said town, and are to be used solely for the purpose herein designated, and the Mayor and Councilmen shall have kept a separate, full and distinct itemized account, showing all moneys raised and received, when and how and, from what, and the disposition of the same, to whom, when, and for what paid. School tax kept separate. SEC. 69. Be it further enacted, That the Mayor and Councilmen of the Town of McCaysville, are hereby authorized and empowered to pass any and all ordinances, bylaws, rules and regulations for the carrying out of the provisions of this Act, not in conflict with the laws of this State, or the provisions of this Act. Power to enact laws. SEC. 70. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act, be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved August 20, 1913. MEANSVILLE, TOWN OF, INCORPORATED. No. 45. An Act to incorporate the Town of Meansville in the County of Pike; define its corporate limits; provide a municipal government thereof; prescribe their powers and duties, and for other purposes. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That from and after the passage of this Act, the Town of Meansville in the County of Pike, be, and the same is, hereby incorporated under the name and style of the Town of Meansville, by which name it may sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, contract and be contracted with and exercise the powers and privileges hereinafter delegated. Meansville, Town of, incorporated. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the corporate limits of said town shall be as follows:

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The center beginning at the Southern Railroad Depot, thence running northwesterly along Southern Railroad to northwest corner at first railroad crossing north of depot where the public road crosses the railroad, known as the Ferguson Crossing; thence running in a straight line in an easterly direction to corner of lands of B. A. Means, Miss Mary Kelly and Mrs. M. A. Nelson, making northeast corner, being about two hundred yards north of the public road running from Meansville to Barnesville; thence running south in a straight line on the land line between lands of Mrs. M. A. Nelson on the east side and lands of Miss Mary Kelley, J. A. Barrow and Means and Reeves on the west side to the Southern Railroad; thence southward along Southern Railroad to north end of Southern Railroad trestle, said trestle being first trestle south of depot and making southeast corner; thence running in a straight line westerly to culvert in public road running from Meansville to Molena, said culvert being the nearest one to residence of W. M. Coker and making southwest corner; thence running in a straight line northerly to Southern Railroad crossing known as Ferguson Crossing at starting point at northwest corner. Corporate limits. SEC. 3. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the municipal government of said town shall be vested in a Mayor and five Councilmen, and that I. R. Bloodworth be Mayor and W. F. Reeves, E. B. Storey, C. W. Sullivan, E. M. Slade and A. C. Jones be Councilmen of said town until their successors are elected and qualified as hereinafter provided. Mayor and Councilmen. SEC. 4. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That on the first Wednesday in February of each year an election shall be held in said town for a Mayor and five Councilmen and those receiving the highest number of votes for such offices shall be declared elected and shall hold their offices for one year and until their successors are elected and qualified. No one shall vote for or be eligible to such office who is not a qualified voter for members of the General Assembly of this State and who has not resided

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within the corporate limits of said town for six months prior to the date of such elections. Said elections shall be held and conducted in the same manner as elections for county officers and the certificates of the managers, who shall declare the results of such elections, shall be sufficient authority for the persons so elected to qualify and enter upon the discharge of the powers and duties of the offices to which they have been elected. Before entering upon the discharge of the duties of such office each Councilman shall on the third Wednesday in February take and subscribe the following oath, which may be administered by any officer of this State who is empowered to administer oaths: I do solemnly swear that I will faithfully discharge the duties devolving upon me as Councilman of the Town of Meansville, without favor or affection, to the best of my ability, so help me God. The Mayor shall in like manner take and subscribe a similar oath before entering upon his duties as such Mayor. Election of Mayor and Councilmen. SEC. 5. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That if vacancies occur in the office of Mayor or Councilmen, the remaining members shall fill such vacancy by electing some qualified person to such office for the remainder of the unexpired term. Said Mayor and Council shall have power to fix their meetings, elect such ministerial officers as they deem necessary, prescribe their duties, fix their compensation and determine the size of their bonds where bonds are required, to pass all ordinances and by-laws they deem proper for the good order and general welfare of the citizens of said town, not inconsistent with the Constitution and laws of the State. Vacancies, how filled. SEC. 6. Be it further enacted, That the Mayor of said town shall have authority to try all persons charged with a violation of the ordinances of said town at any time and punish persons proven guilty by a fine not to exceed fifty dollars or thirty days imprisonment or to work upon the streets of said town thirty days. Trial of offenders. SEC. 7. Be it further enacted, That from the Councilmen elected, a Mayor pro tempore shall be chosen, who

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shall act instead of the Mayor when he is absent, disqualified, or under other disabilities. Mayor pro tem. SEC. 8. Be it further enacted, That the Mayor and Council shall have the power to levy and collect a tax not to exceed one-half of one per centum upon all real and personal property within the corporate limits of said town, to lay out streets and lines and to compel all persons within the corporate limits of said town who are subject to road duty to work on the streets of said town, or they may at their discretion, impose a commutation tax in lieu of said work on the streets of said town, the Mayor and Councilmen being exempt from road duty. Taxation. Commutation tax. SEC. 9. Be it further enacted, That the said Mayor and Council shall elect one of their number as Clerk and Treasurer, and shall have the power to elect a Marshal and such officers as they deem necessary for the purpose of carrying into effect the purpose of this Act, and that said Marshal, Mayor or Councilmen may arrest without warrant, any person guilty of a violation of the ordinances of said town or reasonably suspected thereof, and bring the offender before the Mayor's Court for trial; to this end the said Marshal, Mayor or Councilmen, as the case may be, may summon any of the bystanders as a posse to assist in such arrest and to provide a punishment for any person failing or refusing to obey such summon. Clerk, Treasurer, Marshal, etc. SEC. 10. Be it further enacted, That when said Mayor or Mayor pro tem. holds a court in the Town of Meansville to try offenders against the ordinances of the town, he shall have the power to sit as a Justice of the Peace, and shall have the right to commit to jail of Pike County or admit to bail (provided the offense be bailable) for any violation of the State's laws, and the Jailer of Pike County shall be authorized to receive all such persons so committed and delivered by said authorities to him, the same as other prisoners committed to him. Mayor's Court. SEC. 11. Be it further enacted, That the Mayor and Council shall have the power to require a license of persons

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giving exhibitions and shows of all kinds, also power to regulate and license butcher pens, the sale of beef, fish and fresh meats of all kinds, blacksmith shops, railroad and express companies, and business houses of all kinds, also factories, etc. Licenses. SEC. 12. Be it further enacted, That the sale of spirituous, malt or intoxicating liquors or beverages shall never be licensed in said town, and the sale thereof is hereby forever prohibited. Prohibition. SEC. 13. Be it further enacted, That the Mayor and Councilmen of said town shall have the power to define a public nuisance and to abate the same and punish those maintaining the same. Nuisances. SEC. 14. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved August 6, 1913. MEIGS, TOWN OF, CHARTER AMENDED. No. 122. An Act to amend the charter of the Town of Meigs in the Counties of Thomas and Mitchell, approved August 24, 1905, so as to provide for the election of six instead of seven Aldermen; for the election of the Mayor by popular vote; to define the eligibility of said Mayor and Aldermen; how their offices may be declared vacant; to provide for registration of the voters of said town, and for other purposes. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same, That the charter of the Town of Meigs in the Counties of Thomas and Mitchell as created by an Act approved August 24th, 1905, be, and the same is, hereby amended by striking

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out all of Section four (4) of said Act, and substituting therefor, the following: Sec. 4. Be it further enacted, That the municipal government of the Town of Meigs shall be vested in a Mayor and six Aldermen, all of whom shall be elected by the qualified voters of said town, who shall have been duly registered as hereinafter provided. Meigs, Town of. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That Section five of said Act be, and is, hereby amended by striking out all of the first five lines of said section after the word enacted in the first line and before the word said elections in the fifth line and inserting instead the following: That an election shall be held in said town on the second Tuesday in January, 1914, for the election of a Mayor, who shall be elected for one year, and for six Aldermen, three of whom shall serve for one year and three for two years, the three receiving the highest vote cast at said election, shall constitute those who serve for two years, and the three next highest those for one year. Said election to be held annually thereafter, for the election of a Mayor and three Aldermen; the term of office of the latter being for two years, or until their successors are elected and qualified. Any qualified registered voter of said town, shall be eligible for the office of Mayor or Alderman. Mayor and Aldermen. Election of Mayor and Aldermen. SEC. 3. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That it shall be the duty of the Town Council, 30 days before an election, to open a book for the registration of the qualified voters of said town, which book the Town Council shall provide. Said book shall be kept in some convenient place until ten days before said election, when it shall be closed. It shall be the duty of the Clerk during the time when said book is open upon the application of every male person who is qualified to vote for the members of the General Assembly and who is otherwise qualified under this charter to register the name of such person recording on said book opposite applicant's name, age, occupation or business and the place of his residence. Before registering an applicant, the Clerk shall administer to him the following oath: You do solemnly swear that

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you are a citizen of the United States; that you have resided in the State of Georgia for twelve months, in the County of Thomas or the County of Mitchell for six months, and in the Town of Meigs sixty days next preceding this registration, or by the date of the next town election, if still a resident of said town, you have fulfilled these conditions; that it is your intention to remain a resident of the town until the day of election; that you are twenty-one years old; that you have paid all taxes due the Town of Meigs, and that you have made all returns required of you by the ordinances of said town, so help you God. Registration of voters. After said book is closed, no person shall be allowed to register until thirty days before another town election, when the book shall be opened again. When said book is closed, it shall be the duty of the Clerk to make out a list of voters, in alphabetical order, the white voters separate from the colored and to deliver said list to the managers of the election on the day of the election, and when the polls are first opened. Said list must be certified to under the hand of the Clerk of said town. SEC. 4. Be it further enacted, That should the Mayor or any Alderman refuse to perform the duties of his office for two consecutive months or be guilty of any misconduct in the performance or non-performance of his official duties, the office or offices may, in the discretion of the remaining members of Council, be declared vacant; provided, that this power to declare any office vacant, shall not be exercised until the party whose office is affected shall have not less than ten days notice of the intention of the Town Council to investigate his conduct with a view of declaring his office vacant, which notice shall be written and specify the time and place of hearing, and said party affected shall have the right to be present at said hearing, have compulsory process to compel the attendance of such witnesses as he may wish subpoenaed in his behalf and to be represented by Council, if he so desires. Removal of officers.

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SEC. 5. Be it further enacted, That the Mayor and Councilmen shall be ineligible to hold any other office or position under said town or serve as a member of the Board of School Trustees. Mayor and Councilmen ineligible to hold other office. SEC. 6. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act, be and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved August 16, 1913. MOULTRIE, CITY OF, CHARTER AMENDED. No. 181. An Act to amend an Act of the General Assembly of Georgia, approved November 20, 1901, entitled An Act to create a new charter for the City of Moultrie, in the County of Colquitt, and for other purposes, and the Acts amendatory thereto, so as to confer power and authority on the City of Moultrie to pave, curb, remove or repair the sidewalks of said city, and assess the entire cost of such grading, curbing, removing or repairing against abutting property owners, according to frontage, and to grade, macadamize, pave, or otherwise improve, for travel or drainage, the streets, alleys or ways of the City of Moultrie, and assess two-thirds of the cost of such grading, paving, macadamizing, or improvement against the owners of abutting property, according to frontage, and to grade, pave, macadamize or otherwise improve the width of the tracks and two feet on each side of track of street railway companies, and railway companies running through or across the streets, alleys or ways of said city, and assess the entire cost of such improvements against such street railway companies or steam railway companies, to provide for the collections of such assessments, and for other purposes. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the

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same, That an Act approved November 20, 1901, entitled An Act to create a new charter for the City of Moultrie, in the County of Colquitt, and for other purposes, and the various Acts amendatory thereto, be and the same is, hereby amended by adding thereto an additional section to read as follows, to-wit: Moultrie, City of, charter amended. Section 59. (1) Said city shall have power and authority by ordinance to pave, curb, remove or repair the sidewalks of said city, and to assess the entire costs of the same against the owners of the property abutting on such sidewalks, according to the frontage owned by them thereon. Sidewalks. (2) Said city shall have power and authority by ordinance to grade, pave, macadamize or improve, for travel or drainage, any of the streets, alleys or ways of said city, and to assess two-thirds of the costs of such grading, paving, macadamizing or improving against the owners of the property abutting on each side of the streets, alleys or ways so graded, paved, macadamized or improved, according to the frontage owned by each on such streets, alleys or ways, and said city shall have power and authority to grade, pave, macadamize and otherwise improve, as they shall deem proper, the width of and two feet on each side of the tracks of any street railway company, or steam railway company, that may run, now or hereafter, through or across the streets, alleys or ways of said city, and to assess the entire cost of such improvements against such street railway company or steam railway company, and the same shall be enforced and collected by execution as is provided in paragraph three of this section. Street paving, etc., assessments. (3) The said City of Moultrie is hereby empowered to enforce the payment of the assessments provided for by paragraphs 1 and 2 of this section by execution against the abutting property owners and the abutting property, which said execution shall be issued and levied like executions for taxes under existing ordinances, or such as may hereafter be made applicable to the subject, and said property shall be sold in the same manner, and shall be subject to all the

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incidents of purchase by the city and redemption by the owner, etc., as is provided by Section 879, et seq., of the Code of Georgia, of 1911, and the amendments thereto; provided, however, that to an execution issued under the provisions of this section the defendant shall have the right to file an affidavit denying that the whole or any part of the amount for which execution is issued is due, and the reason why same is not due, which amount so admitted to be due shall be paid before the affidavit is received, and said affidavit shall be received for the balance, and said affidavit so received shall be returned to the Superior Court of Colquitt County, and there tried and the issue determined as in cases of illegality, subject to all the pains and penalties provided for under cases of illegalities filed for delay. Collection of assessments. (4) When any property of Colquitt abuts upon any sidewalk in said city, the said City of Moultrie shall have power and authority to pave, curb, remove or repair the same and assess the whole cost of the same against the county, according to frontage, and when such property abuts upon any street, alley or way that is graded, paved or otherwise improved by the said City of Moultrie, said city shall have power and authority to assess against said Colquitt County, its proportionate part of two-thirds of the cost of such grading, paving or improving, according to frontage, and the method of collection, in case of refusal to pay, shall be by suit against the County Commissioners of Colquitt County in some court of competent jurisdiction. County property. (5) One publication of the ordinance or ordinances providing for the improvements mentioned in this section, in the newspaper in Colquitt County in which the Sheriff's advertisements are published, shall be sufficient notice to abutting property owners, or street railway companies or steam railway companies having tracks on the streets, alleys or ways to be improved, of the contents and provisions of such ordinances, and of the fact that such improvements are to be made. Notice.

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SEC. 2. All laws and parts of laws in conflict with the provisions of this Act are hereby repealed. Approved August 18, 1913. NEWBORN, TOWN OF, NEW CHARTER FOR. No. 159. An Act to create a new charter for the Town of Newborn, to revise, consolidate and amend the several Acts pertaining thereto, and for other purposes. SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by authority of same, That from and after the passage of this Act the inhabitants of the territory now embraced in the corporate limits of the Town of Newborn, located in the County of Newton, State of Georgia, be, and they are, hereby incorporated under the name and style of the Town of Newborn, and by that name shall be, and are, hereby vested with all the rights, powers and privileges, title, property, easements and hereditaments now belonging or in any wise appertaining to said Town of Newborn, as heretofore incorporated, shall be, and are, hereby vested in the Town of Newborn created by this Act, may sue and be sued, contract and be contracted with, plead and be impleaded, have and use a common seal, make and enact through its Mayor and Council such ordinances, rules, regulations and resolutions for the transaction of its business and the welfare and proper government of said town as to said Mayor and Council may seem best, which shall be consistent with the laws of the State of Georgia and with the laws of the United States. And said Town of Newborn shall be able by law to purchase, hold, rent, lease, receive, sell, exchange, enjoy, possess and retain in perpetuity, or for any term of years, any estate or estates, real or personal, lands, tenements, and hereditaments within or without the limits of said town for corporate purposes. Said Town of Newborn, created

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by this Act is hereby made responsible as a body corporate for all legal debts, liabilities and undertakings of said Town of Newborn as heretofore incorporated. Newborn, Town of, new charter. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That said corporation shall include all the territory embraced in the circle whose center shall be at the point of the junction of Main and Johnson Streets, as said streets are now named and designated in said town, and whose radius shall be three-fourths of a mile in length, and said corporation shall include the area in said circle. Corporate limits. SEC. 3. Be it further enacted, That the government of said town shall be vested in a Mayor and four Councilmen. The present Mayor and Councilmen of the Town of Newborn shall continue in office until the expiration of the term for which they were elected, and until their successors are elected and qualified; and they and their successors and associates shall have and exercise all rights, powers and duties conferred on the Mayor and Council by this Act. Said Mayor and Council may, by ordinance, fix the salary for the Mayor and each Councilman of said town in a sum not to exceed twenty-five dollars for Mayor per annum, and for each Councilman a sum not to exceed twelve dollars per annum, provided, the salary fixed shall not take effect until the succeeding term. No Mayor and Council shall change or fix a salary to take effect during their term of office. Mayor and Councilmen. SEC. 4. Be it further enacted, That the Mayor and Councilmen of said town shall be elected on the first Monday of December of each year. Said Mayor and Councilmen shall hold their office for one year, or until their successors are elected and qualified. Their terms of office shall commence on the first day of January of each year. In the event a vacancy occurs in the office of Mayor or Councilmen, by reason of resignation, removal from the town, death, or otherwise, said vacancy shall be filled by the remaining members of the Mayor and Council of said town. Election of Mayor and Councilmen.

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SEC. 5. Be it further enacted, That any two citizens who are freeholders in said town may superintend the election of Mayor and Councilmen, and each of said managers, before entering on his duties, shall make oath before some officer qualified to administer an oath, that he will faithfully and impartially conduct such election and prevent all illegal voting to the best of his skill and power, and said managers shall cause to be kept two lists of voters and two tally sheets at said election. Said managers shall give their certificates of election to the persons elected, which shall be conclusive of this fact, and the persons having the largest number of votes shall be entitled to such certificates. The polls at each and every election held in said town and pertaining to the same, shall be opened at two o'clock p. m., and shall close at five o'clock p. m. Elections, how held. SEC. 6. Be it further enacted, That if the managers of any election shall have reasonable doubt as to the qualifications of any voter, or should any vote be challenged, they shall administer to said voter the following oath: You do solemnly swear that you are a citizen of the State of Georgia, that you have attained the age of twenty-one years, that you have resided one year in the State and for the last three months within the limits of the Town of Newborn and that you have paid all taxes legally required of you, so help you God. Challenge of voters. SEC. 7. Be it further enacted, That any person voting illegally at any election herein provided, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction shall be punished as prescribed by the laws of Georgia. Illegal voting. SEC. 8. Be it further enacted, That said Mayor and Councilmen shall, before entering on the duties of their respective offices, subscribe to the following oath, which may be administered by any officer of this State qualified to administer oaths: I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will faithfully and impartially discharge all the duties incumbent upon me as the Mayor (or Councilman) of the Town

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of Newborn, according to the best of my ability, so help me God. Oath of Mayor and Councilmen. SEC. 9. Be it further enacted, That no person shall be eligible to the office of Mayor or Councilman unless he be twenty-one years of age or over, and shall have resided in said town for twelve months next preceding his election, and shall have paid all taxes required of him by said town. Eligibility of officers. SEC. 10. Be it further enacted, That the qualifications to vote in said town shall be the same as for the election of members of the General Assembly, except that no person shall be entitled to vote in any election appertaining to the officers or affairs of said town unless he shall have resided in said town for three months next preceding the election. Qualified voters. SEC. 11. Be it further enacted, That said Mayor and Council shall have power and authority to elect such Marshals, Clerks, and other subordinate officers as may be deemed necessary for carrying on the powers herein granted, and to prescribe the duties and compensation of such subordinate officers, and to require of them such bonds as they may deem necessary. Election of subordinate officers. SEC. 12. Be it further enacted, That the Mayor and Council or a majority of them, shall have full power and authority to impose, levy and collect such taxes upon all real and personal property, and on all notes, evidences of debt and other choses in action, kept or possessed or owned within the corporate limits of said town, on business and trades, as they may deem necessary for the support of the government of said town; and they may enforce the collection of said taxes and also all fines imposed by them in such manner as they, by law or ordinance, may prescribe. They shall also have power and authority to require all persons subject to road duty under the laws of the State to work on the streets, alleys and sidewalks of said town; but they may receive in lieu of said work such commutation fee as said Mayor and Council may prescribe, which shall be used only in working the streets, alleys and sidewalks in said town. Taxation.

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SEC. 13. Be it further enacted, That the Mayor shall be the chief executive of said town. He shall see that all laws, ordinances and rules of the town are faithfully executed and enforced, and that all officers faithfully discharge the duties required of them. He shall preside at the meetings of the Mayor and Council of said town and shall have the right to vote on all questions before said body except upon questions where he is disqualified by reason of interest or otherwise. Mayor's duties. SEC. 14. Be it further enacted, That at the first meeting of the Mayor and Council after their election and qualification, it shall be the duty of said body to elect a Mayor pro tem. from one of their members, who shall perform all the duties of the Mayor when from any cause he cannot be present to execute the duties of his office. Mayor pro tem. SEC. 15. Be it further enacted, That the Mayor, or in his absence or disqualification the Mayor pro tem., shall, as often as may be necessary hold Police Court, to be known as the Mayor's Court, for the trial of offenders against the laws and ordinances of said town. Said Mayor shall have full power and authority, upon conviction, to sentence such offenders to pay a fine not exceeding fifty dollars, or to be imprisoned not exceeding thirty days, or be put at labor upon the streets or public works in said town for a period not to exceed fifty days, either or all of said penalties may be imposed in the discretion of the court. Said court shall have power to preserve order, compel the attendance of witnesses, and to punish for contempt not exceeding ten dollars or twenty days imprisonment. Police Court. SEC. 16. Be it further enacted, That any person convicted before the Mayor or other presiding officer of said court may enter an appeal from the judgment of said court to the Council; provided, the appeal is entered within four days after the judgment complained of is pronounced; and provided, further, that the defendant pay all costs accrued in the case and gives bond to abide by the final judgment in the case, which bond must be approved by the Clerk or the

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Marshal. The Town Council shall, as early thereafter as practicable, hear and determine said case so appealed, and shall investigate the case de novo. They shall have power, if they find the defendant guilty, to decrease or increase the fine imposed by the Mayor. Appeal. SEC. 17. Be it further enacted, That the Mayor and Council of the Town of Newborn shall have the power to organize one or more chaingangs, and to confine to labor therein, persons who shall have been sentenced by the courts of said town to work upon the streets, or who have not paid their street tax, and shall have power to make all rules and regulations that may be suitable, usual or necessary for the government, discipline and control of such workgangs, and to enforce the same through its proper officers. Chaingangs. SEC. 18. Be it further enacted, That said Mayor and Council shall have power to lay out, open, and abolish streets and alleys of said town, to extend and change the same as the public interest may require, by paying the owner just compensation for the property taken for such purposes. Streets, etc. SEC. 19. Be it further enacted, That said Mayor and Council shall have power to provide by ordinance for the collection of all taxes, moneys, and fines due to said town, by execution issued by the Mayor or by the Mayor pro tem. of said town, and the levy of same by the Marshal of said town upon any real or personal property of the defendant to be found in the county, and said Marshal's levies and sales shall be had under the same rules and regulations as are now provided by law for Sheriffs' and Constables' levies and sales in this State. Executions. SEC. 20. Be it further enacted, That upon the arrest of any person upon a charge of violating any of the ordinances or by-laws of said town, if it shall appear upon the trial of such person that there is probable cause of having violated some of the criminal laws of this State, said officer trying said case shall issue his warrant committing said

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person to the common jail of said county to answer to said charge to the Superior Court of the county. If said case is one bailable by a Justice of the Peace, bail shall be appraised by said committing officer. Commitments. SEC. 21. Be it further enacted, That the keeping for sale, selling, offering for sale, or giving away as a beverage of any spirituous, vinous, malt, or fermented wines or liquors within the corporate limits of said town be, and the same is, hereby prohibited forever. And the Mayor and Council of said town shall have no power or authority to license the sale thereof, and it shall be their duty to enforce this prohibition by the enactment of necessary ordinances with suitable penalties for violation. Keeping intoxicating liquors for [Illegible Text] sale, prohibited. SEC. 22. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That it shall be the duty of every citizen and property owner, and they are hereby required to make annual returns under oath to the Clerk of said town, within the time prescribed by law by the Mayor and Council of said town, of a full and complete schedule of all their property, held in their own right or in behalf of others. At the expiration of the time fixed by law for making said returns it shall be the duty of said Clerk to turn over to the Mayor and Council all of said returns received. It shall be the duty of said Mayor and Council to scrutinize carefully each and every return made by any tax payer of said town, and if they find property unreturned, or if they find in their judgment the property embraced in the return to be below the market value of the property, or the return is incomplete or incorrect, they shall complete or correct said return and shall fix the market value on said property. Said Mayor and Council shall give such property owner or his agent notice to show cause before them at a certain time and place why said valuation should not be raised and said return collected. Written notice served by the Marshal of said town or put in the postoffice correctly addressed shall be deemed sufficient notice. After said hearing is had or the time fixed for the hearing has expired, said Mayor and Council may alter the assessment or not as they deem just

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and right. In no case shall the Mayor and Council increase or correct the return of any tax payer in said town unless he shall have been given the notice for a hearing as herein provided. Whatever basis of market valuation said Mayor and Council may agree upon, it shall be their duty to require that all property in said town be returned on this basis without any discriminations to any person whatsoever to the end that the burden of taxation may be equitable and just. In all cases the decision of said Mayor and Council shall be final. Tax returns. SEC. 23. Be it further enacted, That the Mayor and Council of said town shall have power to grant franchises, easements, and rights of ways over, in, under, and on the public streets, lanes, alleys, sidewalks, and other property of said town on such terms and conditions as said Mayor and Council may fix. Franchises, etc. SEC. 24. Be it further enacted, That the Mayor and Council of said town is hereby empowered and authorized to levy and collect annually on all the taxable property in said town a tax, which, when added to sums now received from the State and county for school purposes, will produce sufficient revenue for the payment of the teachers in the public schools for a term of nine months; provided, in no case shall said Mayor and Council levy a tax under this clause of more than three mills on the dollar. The public schools of said town are to remain under the jurisdiction and control of Board of Education of Newton County. The moneys raised under this section shall be used for school purposes and for no other purpose whatsoever, and before the Clerk of said town shall pay over to the Board of Education of said town any of said money, the Secretary of said Board of Education shall file with the Mayor and Council an itemized statement showing how and to whom, and for what purposes the money received from the Clerk of said town was expended. This section shall not become effective until it shall have been submitted to an election and carried by a two-thirds majority of the qualified voters of said town. The Mayor and Council shall, as soon as practicable

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after the ratification of this Act, call an election for this purpose, and shall give notice of the date of said election by posting a copy of this section of their ordinance adopting this section, together with the date of the election in three public places in said town at least fifteen days before the date of said election. The election shall be held under the same rules and regulations as the regular election for municipal officers and all persons entitled to vote in the regular election for municipal officers shall be qualified voters in said election. Each person voting in said election shall have written or printed on his ballot For Local Tax, or Against Local Tax. In the event two-thirds of the qualified voters in said election vote For Local Tax, then the Mayor and Council of Newborn are empowered to levy and collect the tax authorized by this section. If the voters should fail to adopt this section, the Mayor and Council shall have power to call another election under the same rules and regulations as the first election; but elections on this section shall not be held oftener than every six months. Taxation for school purposes. SEC. 25. Be it further enacted, That bonds may be issued by the Town of Newborn by the passage of an ordinance setting forth the purpose of said bonds, the amount of bonds desired to be issued, the rate of interest on same, how and when payable, and the date and time of maturity of said bonds. Said ordinances shall be advertised for not less than thirty days (30) by posting copies of same in three public places in said town, together with the time and place of holding an election, at which election the question of the approval or the disapproval of said bonds shall be submitted to a vote of the qualified electors of said corporation and the result declared in the same way as that of a regular election of the municipal officers of said corporation. If a two-thirds majority of said electors shall approve said ordinance by their ballots, the bonds may be issued as provided herein, and said bonds may be signed by the Mayor and Clerk under the seal of the corporation. Bonds, how issued.

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SEC. 26. Be it further enacted, That in addition to the other powers specially delegated to the Mayor and Council by this charter, they shall have power to prevent injury or annoyance to the public or individuals from anything dangerous, offensive or unwholesome; to protect Divine Worship in and about the places where held; to regulate the keeping of gun powder and other combustibles; to provide for the burial of the dead and regulate interments; to regulate and control the public meetings and public speakings on the streets of said town; to regulate and control and fix a license for all traveling vendors of goods, wares, or merchandise; to regulate and fix a license for all shows, circuses, or other public entertainments in said town for the purpose of private gain; to regulate and fix a license for all fortune-tellers in said town, whether palmists, phrenologists or any other kind where they charge therefor; to regulate and fix a license for all bands of itinerants, whether they are what is commonly known as gypsies or not, for camping within the corporate limits of said town. To regulate and control all telephone lines operated in the town, and to fix rates, hours and otherwise regulate the system or systems that have phones or any number of them in the town; to regulate and control all electric companies in the town selling electricity for lighting, heating, or for any other purpose. Said Mayor and Council shall have power and are required to supervise and regulate the service, fix the rates, fix the requirements of the equipment and lines of all electric companies, whether said companies generate the current in said town or whether it is brought to said town over transmission lines or otherwise; and to do generally all other acts and things which in the judgment of the Mayor and Council will improve the morals, health, comfort, safety, and convenience and general welfare of the citizens of the town. Powers of Mayor and Council. SEC. 27. Be it further enacted, That all ordinances passed by the Mayor and Council, shall before coming operative, be entered upon the minutes of the Mayor and Council, and a copy posted in one of the most public places in said town; provided, however, that in case of urgency, the urgency

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to be judged by the Mayor and Council and this fact referred to in the ordinance, the same shall become operative at once. Passage of ordinances. SEC. 28. Be it further enacted, That the Mayor and Council of Newborn shall have authority to pass all such ordinances as may be necessary to carry into effect the provisions of this Act, not inconsistent with the Constitution and laws of this State or of the United States. Power to pass ordinances. SEC. 29. Be it further enacted, That nothing herein contained shall be construed to take away from the authorities of the Town of Newborn, any of the powers granted to it by the Act approved December 15, 1894, except when portions of that Act are in conflict with this. Act, how construed. SEC. 30. Be it further enacted, That all ordinances heretofore adopted by the Mayor and Council of the Town of Newborn for said town and which are now in force, and which are not inconsistent with this Act shall remain in full force and effect; and all persons holding office in said town shall hold their offices for and during the terms for which they were elected as officials in and for said town; provided, that said Mayor and Council of the Town of Newborn, may at any time repeal, alter, or amend any or all of said ordinances, or for good cause vacate said offices. Ordinances heretofore adopted. SEC. 31. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved August 16, 1913. NORWOOD, TOWN OF, CHARTER AMENDED. No. 18. An Act to amend the Act of 1885 incorporating the Town of Norwood, Georgia, as amended in the Acts of 1888, 1903, 1908 and 1912, so as to authorize the Mayor and

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Council of the Town of Norwood to incur an indebtedness of not exceeding five thousand dollars for the purpose of purchasing or erecting a school house, and to float bonds therefor. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia, That the Act incorporating the Town of Norwood, Georgia, approved October 7th, 1885 and the various Acts amendatory thereof be, and the same are, hereby amended in the following manner, to-wit: That froma nd after the passage of this Act the Mayor and Council of the said Town of Norwood, Georgia, shall be authorized to incur an indebtedness of not exceeding five thousand dollars for the purpose of purchasing or erecting a school building, or buildings, for said Town of Norwood, either by making a contract to purchase a building, or buildings, already erected, or by making contracts for the erection of a building, or buildings, for school purposes. Norwood, Town of. Power to incur [Illegible Text] for school buildings. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That before incurring said indebtedness either for the purchase or erection of a school building, or buildings, that said Mayor and Council shall pass an ordinance providing for the purchase or erection of the building or buildings, and shall state in said ordinance the amount to be expended, and that the question of whether or not said contract at and for the price named in said ordinance shall be carried into effect shall be submitted to a vote of the citizens of the Town of Norwood, Georgia, who are qualified to vote for members of the General Assembly of Georgia. Submission of question to voters. SEC. 3. Be it further enacted, That the ordinance of said Mayor and Council of said Town of Norwood, Georgia, providing for the erection or the purchase of a school building, or buildings, as hereinbefore provided for, shall, after having been enacted by said Mayor and Council, be advertised at three or more public places in the Town of Norwood, and shall be advertised in the official organ of the County of Warren for the space of four weeks, after which time an election shall be held in the Town of Norwood at the place

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where elections for Mayor and Council are usually held, to determine whether or not the citizens of the Town of Norwood approve the action of said Mayor and Council, and said election shall be held as elections for the Mayor and Council of said Town of Norwood are now held, except that it shall be held on any day named by said Mayor and Council in said advertisement of their intention to hold said election, which said advertisement shall state the amount of money proposed to be expended by said Mayor and Council in the erection of said school building, or buildings, or in the purchase of the same, and shall also state the time for holding said election. Notice of election. SEC. 4. Be it further enacted, That at said election, as hereinbefore provided, held in said Town of Norwood, Georgia, those voting in favor of the purchase, or erection of a school building, as provided in the ordinance of the Mayor and Council, shall have printed, or written, on their tickets For Bonds, and those voting against the purchase, or erection, of a school building, or buildings, as provided in the ordinance hereinbefore provided for, shall have written, or printed, on their tickets Against Bonds. If at said election two-thirds of the qualified voters of the Town of Norwood who are residents of said town and qualified to vote for Mayor and members of the General Assembly vote in favor of the issuance of said bonds, then said election shall, by said Mayor and Council, be declared in favor of bonds; but if at said election two-thirds of the qualified voters of said Town of Norwood, as hereinbefore stated, shall not vote in favor of the issuance of said bonds, then said election should be declared against bonds and the Mayor and Council shall not be authorized to issue bonds for the purposes hereinbefore stated. Election, how held. SEC. 5. In the event the said election shall be in favor of bonds then, and in that event, the Mayor and Council shall be authorized to proceed to make a contract for the purchase, or erection, of a school building or buildings, as in the ordinance herebefore provided for stipulated, and shall be authorized to proceed to issue bonds covering the

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amount of said contract price as stipulated in the ordinance hereinbefore provided for. Contract for school buildings. Issuance of bonds. SEC. 6. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all Acts and parts of Acts in conflict with the foregoing Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved July 31, 1913. OAKFIELD, TOWN OF, CHARTER AMENDED. No. 63. An Act to amend the charter of the Town of Oakfield, and for other purposes. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That from and after the passage of this Act, the Act of 1903, approved December 6, 1903, creating the charter of the Town of Oakfield, Georgia, be amended as follows: SEC. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That Section 5 of the Act of 1900, approved December 6, 1900, be amended as follows: By striking from said section the words second Tuesday in January, 1901, and inserting in lieu thereof the words first Wednesday in December, 1913, and by adding at the end of said Section 5, the following: This amendment not to affect the Mayor and Council of the Town of Oakfield now holding office, except that their respective terms of office shall expire on the first Wednesday in December, 1913 and 1914, according as they have heretofore been elected to a one year or a two year term, so that said Section 5, when amended, shall read: Sec. 5. Be it further enacted, That on the first Wednesday in December, 1913, and each year thereafter on said day, an election shall be held in the Council Chamber of said town for a Mayor and Aldermen. Three of said Aldermen shall hold their office for one year and until their

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successors are elected, and two of said Aldermen shall hold their office for two years and until their successors are elected and qualified, but no one shall be eligible to the office of Mayor or Alderman, nor vote for said officers who are not qualified to vote for members of the General Assembly of this State, and who have not resided in said town for three months just previous to said election. Said election shall be held and conducted in the same manner as elections for county officers in this State and the certificate of the managers shall be sufficient authority to the persons elected to enter upon the discharge of the duties of the office to which they have been elected. The returns of the election shall be made to the Mayor and Council of said town. In the event that the office of Mayor or any of the Board of Aldermen shall become vacant by death, resignation, removal or other cause, the Mayor, or in case his office is vacant, a majority of the Aldermen, shall order a new election to fill said vacancy, notice of which shall be given at least twenty days before said election is held, the same to be conducted as provided in this Act supra. This amendment not to affect the Mayor and Council of the Town of Oakfield now holding office, except that their respective terms of office shall expire on the first Wednesday in December, 1913 and 1914, according as they have heretofore been elected to a one year or a two year term. Oakfield, Town of, charter amended. Election of Mayor and Councilmen. SEC. 3. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That Section 12 of the Act of 1900, approved December 6, 1900, be amended by striking from the fifth line of said section the words one-half of, so that same, when amended, shall read: Sec. 12. Be it further enacted, That said Mayor and Aldermen shall raise revenue necessary to defray the expenses of said town government by taxation and license, and that the taxation for said purpose on both real and personalty shall not exceed one per cent; that they shall have power to regulate the sale of merchandise and other commodities in said town by taxation and special license to defray the expenses of the town government, and said corporate authority shall have power and authority to tax all shows and exhibitions which may exhibit

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within the corporate limits in a sum not exceeding that of the State tax and to prohibit the same altogether when they deem it best for the financial or moral influence of said town. They shall also have power and authority to require all persons subject to road duty under the laws of this State, who reside within the corporate limits of said town, to work on the streets, alleys, sidewalks, drives or other public property of said town, not exceeding fifteen days per annum, but they may receive in lieu of said work such commutation fee or tax as they may prescribe, but said tax in no event to be more than one dollar per day for each day required to work on said public works. Taxation. SEC. 4. Be it further enacted, That the Mayor and Council of the Town of Oakfield shall have full power and authority to pass ordinances prohibiting any horse, mule, cow, hog, goat, sheep or other domestic animals from running at large within the limits of said town, and to take up and impound any such animal found at large within the limits of said town, and to provide by proper ordinance for the redemption or sale of the same, and to enact such laws and ordinances as may be considered necessary to carry out the provisions of this section. Stock law SEC. 5. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the Mayor and Council of said Town of Oakfield may, by resolution, whenever they deem it to the best interest of the citizens of said town, order an election to be held in said town at such time as they may name, for the purpose of determining whether or not a system of public schools shall be established and maintained by, in, and for said town. All qualified voters of said town who favor said public school system, shall have written or printed on their ballot the words For Public Schools, and those opposed shall have written or printed on their ballot the words Against Public Schools; and in case a majority of the qualified voters of said town voting at said election shall vote For Public Schools, then said system of public schools shall be established, maintained and operated as in this Act provided. Notice of said election shall be posted

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at three conspicuous places in said town for four weeks preceding said election. Said election shall be held under the usual rules governing other municipal elections in said town, and the returns of same shall be made to, and the result declared by the Mayor and Council of said town. In case any election held under this Act shall result Against Public Schools, then another election may be held by order of said Mayor and Council at the expiration of twelve months after such election, and in the same manner as above provided; and so on in similar manner from time to time until said public school system is adopted by a majority of the qualified voters of said town voting. Election for public school system provided for. SEC. 6. That when a public school system is thus adopted by and for said town upon the recommendation of its corporate authorities and upon the approval of its qualified voters as aforesaid, then said town shall have power and authority to establish and maintain a system of public schools in and for said town, which shall be free to all the children of said town as provided by the general laws of the State regulating such matters. Public school system upon approval of voters. SEC. 7. That said public school system shall be under the general control and management of a Board of Education, which shall consist of three members, two of whom shall be elected by the Mayor and Aldermen of said town, the Mayor of said town being always ex-officio the third member of said board. As soon as said public school system is adopted as aforesaid, it shall be the duty of the Mayor and Aldermen to elect from the citizens of said town, two members of said board, one of them to hold office for one year and one for two years, and until their successors are elected and qualified. At the expiration of the first terms of office, as above provided, the terms of office shall always be two years (except as to said ex-officio member) and until their successors are elected and qualified. Vacancies occuring in the board by death, resignation, removal from town or other causes, shall be filled for the unexpired term by said Mayor and Aldermen as soon thereafter as possible. Board of Education.

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SEC. 8. Said Mayor and Aldermen shall provide said board with adequate buildings, grounds, furniture, equipments and other necessaries for said public school system, or else with sufficient funds with which to purchase same. Said Mayor and Aldermen shall also maintain public schools and provide funds and revenues for that purpose (in addition to those derived from the State and county and other sources) in the following manner, to-wit: At or before the beginning of each scholastic year, said board shall furnish to the Mayor and Aldermen a written estimate of the funds necessary for the support and maintainance of said public schools for the ensuing year, whereupon said Mayor and Aldermen are hereby empowered, and it shall be their duty, to raise the funds required by said estimate by the assessment and levy of a special annual ad valorem tax upon all the taxable property subject to taxation in said town, including corporate, public service and railroad property, not to exceed one-half of one per cent. upon the value thereof. The funds thus raised by said special tax shall be known as School Tax and shall be paid over quarterly to said Board of Education or its Treasurer and same shall be used only for public school purposes. Buildings, grounds, equipment, etc. School funds. SEC. 9. Said board shall make suitable by-laws, rules and regulations for its own government and shall elect from their number such officers as they deem necessary and shall prescribe the duties of said office, and none of the members of said board shall receive any compensation. The Treasurer of said board before entering upon the discharge of his duties shall give bond in at least the sum of one thousand dollars as fixed by the board, to account for all funds that may come into his hands, and the expense of making said bond, if any, shall be paid by said town. Said board is hereby authorized to operate, manage and supervise said public school system and to perform all necessary acts and devise and adopt all necessary and expedient ways and means for the proper operation of said system; to fix and prescribe the course of study and text-books for same; to select and employ a superintendent or principal and teachers for said schools and fix their salaries and remove them,

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at discretion; to make suitable regulations for the government of said schools and for the superintendent or principal and teachers and pupils; to make suitable sanitary, disciplinary and hygienic regulations for said schools and pupils; and to do all and every other act or acts as may be expedient for the proper conduct and operation of said schools. Government of Board, officers, etc. SEC. 10. Separate schools for white and colored pupils shall be provided; and said board may provide for the payment of such rates of tuition as it may deem proper for all pupils who are not residents of said town or who are not of school age or who are not otherwise entitled to free tuition in said schools. Separate schools for white and colored races. Tuition. SEC. 11. That the Board of Education of the County of Worth, and the authorities of said county are hereby prohibited from establishing and maintaining any other school or schools in said town, and from paying any part of the common school fund of the State or county, or other school funds, to any other school or schools, or school children in said town, not a part of the public school system herein provided. Schools and school funds. SEC. 12. That said public school system shall receive its pro rata share of the State or county or common school fund or funds direct from the State Superintendent of Schools, whose duty it shall be to pay over to the Treasurer of said board the pro rata share of the State and county, or common school fund or funds, to which said town and the children attending said public school system are entitled, according to the number of children of school age, residing in said town, increased by the number of children of school age residing without the limits of said town, but in Worth County, as provided by the laws of the State who attend said school system, together with such other allowances as may be due or payable to said public school system and the children attending same under laws now in existence or which may hereafter be enacted. Pro rata share of State and county funds. SEC. 13. That said Board of Education of said town shall keep minutes and books of account, which shall always

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be open to inspection of the Mayor and Aldermen of said town, or any tax payer of said town, and said board shall render to said Mayor and Aldermen, on a date to be fixed by said Mayor and Aldermen, an itemized statement of the receipts and expenditures of said school system for the preceding scholastic year, together with such recommendations and suggestions as the may see fit to make. Minutes, statements, etc. SEC. 14. That said board shall cause a school census to be taken of the children residing in said town as soon as possible after the adoption of the public school system herein provided for, and furnish same to the State Superintendent of Schools, and regularly thereafter as provided by law. School census. SEC. 15. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the Mayor and Aldermen of said town shall have the power to employ an attorney at law to represent said town, and shall pay therefor such sum per annum as they deem proper. Legal counsel. SEC. 16. That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved August 11, 1913. OCILLA, CITY OF, CHARTER AMENDED. No. 81. An Act to amend an Act incorporating the City of Ocilla, in Irwin County, Georgia, approved December 18, 1902, and as amended by an Act approved August 23, 1905, and as amended by an Act approved August 22, 1907, and as further amended by an Act approved August 16, 1909; to provide for the extension of the incorporate limits of the City of Ocilla, south on lots of land numbers fifty and fifty-one, and to fix the boundaries of said city, and for other purposes.

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SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same, That from and after the passage of this Act the charter of the City of Ocilla, Georgia, approved December 18th, 1902, and as amended by an Act approved on August 23rd, 1905, and as amended by an Act approved on August 22nd, 1907, and as further amended by an Act approved on August 16th, 1909, be, and the same is, hereby amended as follows: By striking and repealing all of said amendatory Act approved August 16th, 1909. By striking and repealing all of the amendatory Act approved August 22, 1907, after the word Georgia in the twelfth line of Section 1 of said Act, and inserting in lieu thereof the following: Beginning at the northeast corner of lot of land number forty-two in the Fifth Land District of Irwin County, Georgia; thence to run south along the original line of said lot of land number forty-two to the southeast corner of the same; thence to run west along the southern line of said lot of land number forty-two to the right-of-way of the Seaboard Air Line Railway; thence to run in a southeasterly direction along the east side of the right-of-way of said Seaboard Air Line Railway to the terminus of said railway; thence in the same direction along the east side of the right-of-way of the Ocilla Southern Railway Company to a point two hundred and fifty feet south of South Boulevard; thence in a straight line west to the west side of Beech Street extended; thence north to the south side of South Boulevard; thence due west along South Boulevard to the west side of Apple Street extended; thence north along Apple Street extended, and Apple Street to the south side of First Street; thence west along the south side of First Street to the west side of Almond Street; thence along the west side of Almond Street to the South side of Second Street; thence along the south side of Second Street to the west side of Arborvitae Street; thence north along the west side of Arborvitae Street extended a straight line through lot of land number forty-three in the Fifth Land District of said county, and across the right-of-way of the Atlanta, Birmingham and Atlantic Railroad Company

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to the north side of said railroad right-of-way; thence in an easterly direction along said right-of-way to the west side of Quincy Avenue, the same being a point three hundred and twenty yards west of the east original line of said lot number forty-three in the Fifth Land District of Irwin County; thence north along the west side of Quincy Avenue a distance of two hundred and seventy-one yards; thence east a distance of four hundred and twenty-seven yards to the west side of Irwin Avenue; thence north along the west side of Irwin Avenue to the right-of-way of the Seaboard Air Line Railway; thence in a northerly direction along the west side of the right-of-way of said Seaboard Air Line Railway to a point opposite Kirkland Avenue, the same being a point on lot of land number five in the Fifth land District of Irwin County, nine hundred and forty yards north of the south original line of said lot number five; thence east to the east side of College Street; thence south a distance of twenty-two hundred and forty-eight feet; thence east to the original land line dividing original lots numbers five and six in the Fifth Land District of Irwin County, intersecting said line at a point seven hundred and ninety-eight feet from the northeast corner of lot of land number forty-two; and from thence south along the line between said lots numbers five and six to the northeast corner of said lot number forty-two, the starting point. Ocilla, City of, charter amended. Corporate limits. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved August 11, 1913. OCILLA, CITY OF, PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM ABOLISHED. No. 40. An Act to repeal an Act, approved December 17th, 1902, and amended by an Act approved August 13th, 1910, to

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establish a public school system within the corporate limits of the City of Ocilla in Irwin County, Georgia, and for other purposes. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That from and after the passage of this Act, the above recited Act and the amendment thereto, establishing a public school system for the City of Ocilla, be, and the same is, hereby repealed; and the public school system of the City of Ocilla is hereby abolished; provided, however, this Act shall not go into effect until an Act creating the public school system for the City of Ocilla is passed. Ocilla, City of, public school system abolished. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved August 4, 1913. OCILLA, CITY OF, PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM ESTABLISHED. No. 58. An Act to establish, maintain, and operate a public school system in the City of Ocilla, Irwin County, Georgia, to create a Board of Education for a certain period of time, and to prescribe their powers and duties; to provide for the raising of revenue to maintain said school; to authorize and require the State School Commissioner to pay over to the Board of Education of said city such part of the school funds of the State as may be pro rata share to said school system, and to provide for election of the Board of Education for said school system and prescribe its powers and duties, and for other purposes. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by authority

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of the same, That from and after the passage of this Act there shall be established in the City of Ocilla, Irwin County, Georgia, a system of public schools to be maintained and supported as provided for in this Act. Ocilla, City of, public school system established. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That before this Act shall be operative, an election shall be held on the 3rd day of September, 1913, to ascertain the sense of the qualified voters of said city, under the provisions of this Act, as to whether or not public schools shall be established and maintained in said city. The voters at said election shall have printed or written on their ballot the words For Public Schools or Against Public Schools and if at said election two-thirds of the qualified voters of said city shall cast their ballots for public schools, then this Act shall become operative. All voters qualified to vote for members of the General Assembly of Georgia and residing in said city shall be held qualified to vote at said election, and said, election shall be held as the elections for Mayor and Aldermen are held for said city. That the Mayor and Aldermen shall give ten days notice of the holding of said election by publication in the Ocilla Star, a newspaper published in said city. There may be an election held every six months until this Act is approved by the qualified voters of said city, as herein provided for, if not approved on said 3rd day of September, 1913. The managers of said election shall count the ballots and declare the results thereof, which result shall be certified to by the managers, and together with all the papers, tickets, lists of voters, and tally sheets turned over to the Mayor and Aldermen of said city, who shall inspect the same and see that the result so declared is correct, and preserve all of said tickets and papers for thirty days, if no contest is filed; and if a contest is filed to said result, the same shall be heard and decided as contests for election of Mayor and Aldermen of said city. Election to ratify this Act. SEC. 3. Be it further enacted, That there shall be a Board of Education in the City of Ocilla whose duty and power it shall be to take charge of the Ocilla Schools and

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maintain the public school system by this Act established. The following citizens of Ocilla, Georgia, are hereby created the first members of said Board of Education of Ocilla, S. R. Sikes, L. J. Tucker, C. A. Walker, J. D. Paulk, D. C. Smith, whose term of office shall continue to and expire on the first Tuesday in January, 1915; provided, however, they shall hold until their successors are elected and qualified. Their successors in office shall be elected by popular vote at the regular election held for Mayor and Council on the first Tuesday in January, 1915. Board of Education. First members of Board. SEC. 4. Be it further enacted, That the Board of Education of the City of Ocilla shall consist of not less than five members, who shall be elected for a term of two years at an election held to elect a Mayor and Council for the City of Ocilla, and all persons qualified to vote for Mayor and Council shall be eligible to vote for the members of the Board of Education of the City of Ocilla. Should a vacancy occur in said Board the remaining members thereof shall proceed to elect some citizen of Ocilla to fill said vacancy. Election of school board. SEC. 5. Be it further enacted, That no one shall be a member of the Board of Education of the City of Ocilla except citizens of the United States, and the City of Ocilla. and who are qualified under the law to vote for members of said Board. Each member of the Board of Education of the City of Ocilla shall, before entering upon his duties as such members, take and subscribe to the following oath, I , do solemnly swear that I will faithfully discharge the duty of the office of member of the Board of Education for the City of Ocilla, Georgia, to the best of my ability, so help me God. Which oath shall be administered by the Mayor of Ocilla or any Justice of Peace or other judicial officer of the State of Georgia, residing in Irwin County. Qualifications. Oath. SEC. 6. Be it further enacted, That said Board of Education shall elect from their body a Chairman and Chairman pro tem., a Secretary and Treasurer, which two offices

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may be held by the same person. The Secretary and Treasurer shall give a bond under such terms as the members of said board shall prescribe, and shall receive such salary as may be fixed by said board. The Treasurer shall not pay out any money except as ordered by the Board of Education or under such rules as they may prescribe for the paying of bills. Officers of Board. SEC. 7. Be it further enacted, That said board shall have the power to determine the length of the scholastic term, its beginning and close, may adopt such a system of study as they may deem proper. Said board shall have the power to elect annually a superintendent and teachers of said schools of Ocilla, and fix the salaries of the same, and salaries of the officers of said board; to adopt such rules and regulations as may be necessary for the successful conduct of said schools; shall choose and adopt text books and reference books to be used by pupils of said schools and shall have general oversight and management of said schools, and shall do such other acts not inconsistent with the laws of this State as may promote the efficiency of the system of education under their charge. Said Board of Education shall have the power to sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, in any court of this State; to have and use a seal; to take and hold real and personal property that they may acquire by purchase, donation or otherwise in trust for purposes set forth in this Act, to go to the City of Ocilla in case the system of public schools is abolished, provided that all property donated shall be subject to the conditions specified in the deed of gift. The said Board of Education of the City of Ocilla is hereby clothed with the authority to negotiate loans, if such be necessary for the prompt payment of its teachers or other employees and for the improvement of the buildings or grounds, either through the Mayor and Council of Ocilla or directly of itself on behalf of and to be binding upon itself and its successors, which said loans shall not exceed, and are to be paid out of, its own income, from the State, County, City or otherwise, for the scholastic year in which the loans are contracted. Power and jurisdiction of Board.

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SEC. 8. Be it further enacted, That said Board of Education shall, as early as practicable each year, by resolution require the Mayor and Aldermen of said city to levy and collect an ad valorem tax on all the taxable property of said city for school purposes for that year, an amount not to exceed three and one-half mills, or thirty-five cents on the $100.00 and when collected to be turned over to said board properly, to be used for the purposes of this Act. That the State School Commissioner shall pay over directly to the officer designated by said board the pro rata share of the State school funds due and coming to the children taught in the school under this Act, to be by the board extended in the maintenance of said schools. There shall be separate school for the whites and blacks under this Act. School tax. SEC. 9. Be it further enacted, That the County Board of Education of Irwin County be, and the same is, hereby authorized and required to pay annually to said Board of Education of the City of Ocilla, the pro rata share of the school fund due on all such children of lawful ages as attend the public schools in said City of Ocilla, County of Irwin, but without the limits of said City of Ocilla. Pro rata share of common school fund. SEC. 10. Be it further enacted, That all laws, parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved August 8, 1913. OGLETHORPE, CITY OF, CHARTER AMENDED. No. 17. An Act to amend an Act approved August 19,

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1911, entitled An Act entitled an Act to amend an Act to incorporate the town of Oglethorpe in the County of Macon, approved November 28, 1900; to provide for the election of a Mayor and Aldermen, defining their duties, etc., so as to abolish the Water, Light and Bond Commission as provided for in said Act of August 19, 1911, and to vest in the Mayor and Council of said City of Oglethorpe, the control, and operation of the water and light plant in said City; to increase the number of Councilmen for said city; to amend Section 9 of the said Act of August 19, 1911, so as to prescribe the compensation of the Clerk and Treasurer of said city, and for other purposes. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same, That Sections 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26 and 27 of the above recited Act approved August 19, 1911, wherein and whereby a Water, Light and Bond Commission was established and created for said City of Oglethorpe be, and the same are, hereby repealed, and the said Water, Light and Bond Commission is hereby abolished. Oglethorpe, City of, charter amended. Water, Light and Bond Commission abolished. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the maintenance, operation, management and control of the water and light plant of said city of Oglethorpe, be and it is, hereby vested absolutely in the Mayor and Council of said City of Oglethorpe, and the said Mayor and Council are hereby vested with all the authority and powers with reference to said water and light plant, which were conferred upon the said Water, Light and Bond Commission under the above recited Sections of said Act of August 19, 1911, and it shall be the duty of the said Mayor and Council to provide for the operation of said water and light plant, to employ such superintendents and officers as may be necessary to successfully operate the same, and to levy and collect such taxes as may be necessary to supplement the income from said plant in order to maintain and operate it for the benefit of said City of Oglethorpe. Water and light plant, Mayor and Council control. SEC. 3. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That Section 1 of the said Act of August 19, 1911, be, and it is hereby amended by striking from said Section 1, the word four in the sixth line thereof, and inserting in lieu thereof the word five, so that said Section 1 when so amended will read as follows: Be it enacted by the

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General Assembly of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same, That the town of Oglethorpe in the County of Macon be, and the same is, hereby incorporated as a town under the name of the City of Oglethorpe. The corporate powers of said town shall be vested in a Mayor and five Councilmen, and by the name of the City of Oglethorpe they may sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded and exercise all other corporate powers that may be necessary in performing their duties. City of Oglethorpe. Mayor and Councilmen. SEC. 4. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That at the next regular election to be held for Councilmen in said City of Oglethorpe on the first Thursday in December, 1913, there shall be elected three Councilmen who shall hold their office for a term of two years and until their successors are elected and qualified as provided in said Act of August 19, 1911. Election of Councilmen. SEC. 5. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That Section 9 of the above recited Act of August 19, 1911, be and it is hereby amended by adding after the word monthly and before the word Fifty in the twenty-third line of said section the following: Provided, however, that said Mayor and Council may provide for compensation of said Clerk and Treasurer either by stated salary, or by salary in addition to costs and fees for services rendered, to be prescribed by said Mayor and Council, or by fees and costs alone, as in their discretion may seem best; and said Mayor and Council are hereby authorized to prescribe such fees and costs for said Clerk and Treasurer as they may deem proper, to carry out the terms of this provision, so that said Section 9, when so amended shall read as follows: Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the Clerk and Treasurer, before entering upon the discharge of his duties, shall give bond with good security, payable to the City of Oglethorpe, in the sum of two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500.00) conditioned for the faithful discharge of his duties as Clerk and Treasurer, and to pay out all sums received by him upon the proper warrants drawn by the proper town authorities, and

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to make a full accounting of the same; that said Clerk and Treasurer shall be ex-officio, Tax Collector of said city; that he shall collect all taxes that are assessed either ad valorem or license taxes, and shall make a monthly report to the Mayor and Council of said City. The said Clerk and Treasurer shall keep a strict account of all moneys paid over to him by the Water, Light and Bond Commission, keeping a separate account of the same, showing all sums received and paid out. He shall keep an account showing all moneys received by him and the amount paid out, and a record of all vouchers paid him. He shall issue executions against tax defaulters and deliver them to the Marshal, taking his receipt for the same. He shall be paid not exceeding seven hundred and fifty dollars per annum, to be fixed by the Mayor and Council, for his services, to be paid monthly; provided, however, that said Mayor and Council may provide for compensation of said Clerk and Treasurer either by stated salary, or by salary in addition to costs and fees for services rendered, to be prescribed by said Mayor and Council, or by fees and costs alone, as in their discretion may seem best; and said Mayor and Council are hereby authorized to prescribe such fees and costs for said Clerk and Treasurer as they may deem proper, to carry out the terms of this provision. Fifty cents shall be taxed as cost for each execution issued by him to be paid by the defendant in execution when collected, which shall be paid into the general fund of the city. Should the City Council prefer a Security Company bond in the place of an individual bond, the amount of the premium on such bond shall be paid by the City Council. Compensation of Clerk and Treasurer. SEC. 6. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with the provisions of this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved July 31, 1913.

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OGLETHORPE, CITY OF, PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM AMENDED. No. 54. An Act to amend an Act approved August, 1911, entitled an Act to amend an Act entitled an Act to establish a system of public schools in the Town of Oglethorpe, Macon County, approved December 26, 1890, so as to repeal Sections 6 and 7 of said first named Act of August, 1911, and to provide for the collection of matriculation fees in said school, and for other purposes. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same, that Sections 6 and 7 of the above recited Act of August, 1911, be and the same are, hereby repealed. Oglethorpe, City of, public school system, Sections 6 and 7 of Act of 1911 repealed. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That in addition to the taxes levied and collected in said City of Oglethorpe for the support and maintenance of the public schools therein, the Board of Education of said city is hereby authorized to charge matriculation fees of pupils entering the said public schools, such fees not to exceed the sum of seven ($7.00) dollars for each pupil for the scholastic year of nine (9) months, and to be paid at such times and in such manner as the said Board of Education may prescribe. The said matriculation fees, and the taxes so levied and collected to constitute a general fund for defraying the expenses of operating the said schools in said City of Oglethorpe. Matriculation fees. SEC. 3. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with the provisions of this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved August 7, 1913.

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OSIERFIELD, CITY OF, CHARTER REPEALED. No. 129. An Act to repeal an Act approved August 19th, 1912, by the General Assembly of Georgia, entitled An Act to incorporate the City of Osierfield in the County of Irwin, State of Georgia; to define the corporate limits of said city; to provide for a Mayor and Aldermen and other officers of said city; to provide for the compensation of the Mayor and Aldermen of said city; to provide their powers and duties; to confer upon said Mayor and Aldermen the power to enact municipal ordinances for the governing and control of said city; and to provide the enforcement of said ordinances and for penalties for the violation of same; to provide for all matters of concern of said city, and for other purposes. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same, That the Act approved August 19th, 1912, incorporating the Town of Osierfield, in Irwin County, Georgia, be, and the same is, hereby repealed. That said Act shall only become effective after said city has paid all its indebtedness, and said indebtedness, if any, shall be paid not later than January 1st, 1914, and said Mayor and Aldermen shall have power to levy sufficient tax to liquidate present indebtedness. Osierfield, City of, charter repealed. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict herewith are hereby repealed. Approved August 16, 1913. PAVO, TOWN OF, CHARTER AMENDED. No. 76. An Act to amend the charter of the Town of Pavo, Georgia, in the Counties of Thomas and Brooks, approved August

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21st, 1911, so as to change the corporate limits and change the corporate center, and for other purposes. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That the charter of the Town of Pavo in the Counties of Thomas and Brooks in said State, referred to in the caption of this Act be, and the same is, hereby amended by striking out all of Section one and substituting therefor the following: That the municipal government of the Town of Pavo shall consist of a Mayor and five Councilmen, who are hereby constituted a body corporate under the name and style of the Town of Pavo and by that name shall have perpetual succession, shall have a common seal and be capable in law and equity to purchase and to hold, receive, enjoy, possess and retain to them and their successors in office, and for the use of the Town of Pavo, any real and personal estate of whatever kind or nature within the jurisdictional limits of the Town of Pavo, and shall by the same be capable to sue and be sued, in any court of law or equity in this State and shall succeed to all the rights and liberties of the present corporation, and the corporate limits of the Town of Pavo shall be three-fourths of one mile in each and every direction from a point where the center line of County Line Street intersects the center line of Harris Street. Pavo, Town of. Mayor and Councilmen. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved August 11, 1913. PINEVIEW, TOWN OF, CHARTER AMENDED. No. 189. An Act entitled an Act to amend the Act approved on December 10th, 1902, entitled An Act to incorporate the

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Town of Pineview, in the County of Wilcox, State of Georgia, etc., approved August 22, 1907, so as to change the corporate limits of said town, and for other purposes. SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That the Act approved December 10th, 1902, incorporating the Town of Pineview in the County of Wilcox, as amended by the Act approved August 22, 1907, be, and the same is, hereby amended by striking Section 2 of said original Act, incorporating said town and also Section 2 of said amendatory Act. Pineview, Town of, charter amended. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the above recited Acts be further amended by substituting in lieu of Section two of said Acts as above stricken the following: The corporate limits of said town shall include the following territory in the County of Wilcox, State of Georgia, to-wit: Commencing at the southwest corner of the Lot No. 85 in the 5th land District of said county and running west [frac34] of a mile; commencing at the same point and running east [frac34] of a mile; commencing at the same point and running south [frac34] of a mile; commencing at the same point and running north to county lines of said Counties of Pulaski and Wilcox; said corporate limits of said town forming a parallelogram, the south line thereof being parallel with the north lines, which north line is the county line between Pulaski and Wilcox Counties; the north line and the south line being of equal length; the east and west line also being parallel with each other and being of equal length; the center of the west line and the south line and the east line of the corporate limit of said town being each [frac34] of a mile distant from the southwest corner of said Lot No. 85. Corporate limits. SEC. 3. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all laws and portion of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved August 18, 1913.

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PLAINVILLE, TOWN OF, CHARTER AMENDED. No. 210. An Act to amend the charter of the Town of Plainville. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Assembly of Georgia, That on and after the passage of this Act, the charter of the Town of Plainville, in Gordon County, Georgia, is hereby amended as follows: That the corporate limits of said town shall be five hundred fifty yards (550) in every direction from the center of Earls Ferry Road at the intersection of the Rome Road on west side of Southern Railroad, with the exceptions of the south which shall only extend to the Floyd and Gordon County line. This corporate limit to take the place of the present corporate limit of one-half mile in every direction. Plainville, Town of, corporate limits. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the time of holding election for Mayor and Councilmen shall be the first Saturday in January of each year instead of first Saturday in December as at present. Also by the aforesaid authority there will be a Mayor and three Councilmen instead of a Mayor and five Councilmen as at present. Election of Mayor and Councilmen. SEC. 3. Be it further enacted, That the Police officer shall have authority to arrest any person or persons violating any of the ordinances wherever found within or without the limits of the said town. The Mayor and Councilmen of said town shall exercise jurisdiction and Police authority over any territory it may own or control without the limits of said town for sewerage or drainage purposes. Arrests. Police power of Mayor and Councilmen. SEC. 4. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the Mayor and Council of said Town of Plainville may require and provide for the registration of voters for any or all elections for any purpose in said town and are hereby empowered to make and enforce such rules and regulations by ordinance for this purpose as they deem best not inconsistent with the laws of this State. Registration of voters.

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SEC. 5. Be it further enacted, That the said Mayor and Council of said town shall have the right and power to provide for and regulate the curbs and gutters that empty into the street or sidewalks in said town, to regulate or prohibit except as such power may be restricted, or limited by any existing laws, the use of the streets, sidewalks and public grounds for signs, sign post, awnings, telegraph and telephone poles, horse troughs, and racks, and for posting hand bills and for advertising to regulate or prohibit the carrying of banners, hand bills and placards on the streets and sidewalks and public places of said town; also to compel any telegraph or telephone company having previously erected poles in said town to remove same to any location designated by the Mayor and Council; in case said telephone or telegraph company shall refuse to remove same in thirty days after having been duly notified to do so, said authorities shall have the right and authority to remove the same at the expense of said company, and to collect the cost of so doing by execution. Regulation of curbs, gutters, etc. SEC. 6. Be it further enacted, That the Mayor and Council of said town shall have full power to require the railroad running through said town, or any portion thereof, to make and repair such crossings on their several roads whenever and in such manner as said Mayor and Council shall deem necessary to place or repair such crossings, or to open and keep open any and all streets in said town, now or hereafter established, and the Mayor and Council may pass any ordinance needful for carrying out the provision of this section; and in case the railroad as aforesaid, shall fail or refuse to make such crossings within ten days, or to repair same within five days, after having been notified to do so, the Mayor and Council shall have the power to create and make same across such railroads and repair same at the expense of said railroad; and may issue execution therefor, and levy and collect the same as provided in the case of other executions in favor of said town. Repair of railroad crossings. SEC. 7. Be it further enacted, That the Mayor and Council of said town shall have the right and authority to provide

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for the inspection of steam boilers, to regulate and prevent the storage of gunpowder, tar, pitch, rosin, coal, benzine, naptha, nitro-glycerine, turpentine, cotton, petroleum, kerosene-oil, dynamite, or other combustible or other explosive substance or material, within the limits of said town; and to regulate the use of lights in stables and shops or other places; to regulate or prevent the sale or use of fireworks, fire-crackers, torpedoes, sky-rockets, roman-candles, firing of guns, pistols, anvils, building bon-fires, and every kind of hunting within the corporate limits of said town. Regulation of combustibles and explosives, etc. SEC. 8. Be it further enacted, That the Mayor and Council of said town shall have power and authority to prevent horses, mules, cattle, hogs, sheep, dogs, goats and all other animals or fowls from running at large in said town and to prevent and to prohibit the keeping of hogs within its limits, or regulate the manner in which they must be kept if allowed to remain, and also to impound such animal or animals when found upon the streets of said town, and to charge such fees for same as they may prescribe and in addition thereto, charge for the keeping of any animals so impounded. Also when the owner or owners of any animal or animals shall fail or refuse to pay the impounding fee and cost of keeping, said animal or animals may be sold at public outcry and the proceeds applied to the payment of said fee and cost of keeping said animal or animals under such rules and regulations as may be prescribed by the Mayor and Council. Stock law. SEC. 9. Be it further enacted, That the Mayor and Council of said town shall have full and complete control of the streets, sidewalks, alleys and squares in said city, and shall have full power and authority to condemn property for the purpose of laying out new streets and alleys, and for widening, straightening and grading or in any way improving the streets, lines or sidewalks of said town, and when the Mayor and Council of said town shall desire to exercise the power and authority granted in this section, it may be done, whether the land to be condemned is in the

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hands of the owner, trustee, executor, administrator, guardian or agents, in the manner provided by Sections 4657-4685, inclusive, of Volume (2), of the Code of Georgia, of 1895, and the Acts amendatory thereof. The Mayor and Council may abandon such proceedings at any time upon payment of the accrued cost. The Mayor and Council shall have full power and authority to remove or cause to be removed any buildings, steps, fence, gate, post or other obstructions or nuisances in the public streets, lanes, alleys, sidewalks, or other public places, in said city and to enforce the provisions of this section by appropriate ordinances. Control of streets, etc. SEC. 10. Be it further enacted, That the Mayor and Council of said town may, by ordinance, provide for a board of health, to consist of such number, to hold office at such length of time and to have such powers and duties, and to receive such compensation, if any, as the Mayor and Aldermen may by ordinance provide. The Chairman of the Committee on Sanitary Affairs of said town shall be ex-officio a member of the Board of Health. It shall be their duty to meet as often as necessary, or as the Mayor and Council may prescribe and to visit every portion of the town. Then to report to the Mayor and Council all nuisances which are likely to endanger the health of said town or any inhabitant. Said Mayor and Council shall have power upon report of said Board of Health, to cause such nuisances to be abated and the recommendation of said board to be carried out in a summary manner at the expense of the party whose act or negligence caused said nuisance, or owner of the property upon which the same may be located, as the Mayor and Council may elect; and execution may issue against said party to collect the expenses of removal of said nuisance, which may be collected by the Marshal, and by levy and sale as other executions are collected in favor of said town. Board of Health. SEC. 11. Be it further enacted, That said Mayor and Council shall have full power and authority to cause owners of lots or parts of lots, wells and cellars, if same should

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prove a nuisance or the Board of Health should recommend that said lots, wells or cellars, be filled or drained, to cause the owners to fill or drain said lots, wells or cellars to the level of the streets or alleys upon which said lots, wells or cellars are located. That if the owners or occupants of the lots, wells or cellars shall fail or refuse after reasonable notice, either to themselves or agents, as said Mayor and Council may elect, to comply with the requirements of the said Mayor and Council by draining and filling said lots, wells or cellars, it shall be lawful for said Mayor and Council to have this work performed and the amount so expended collected by execution; and the sale under such execution shall pass complete title to the property. Filling and and draining of wells, cellars, lots, etc. SEC. 12. Be it further enacted, That said Mayor and Council may, by ordinance, declare what shall be a nuisance in said town and provide for the abatement of the same. The Mayor's Court in said town shall have concurrent jurisdiction with the Mayor and Council of said town in respect to the trial and abatement of all nuisances and annoyances in said town. Nuisances and abatement thereof. SEC. 13. Be it further enacted, That said Mayor and Council shall have full power and authority to pass such ordinances as they may think proper to effect the sale of spirituous, vinous, malt or intoxicating liquors within the corporate limits of the Town of Plainville; and to that end may provide ordinances punishing any person or persons keeping in said town, spirituous, vinous, malt or intoxicating liquors for illegal sale or dispensing same for advertising purposes, or in order to secure trade, or ordinances punishing any person or persons who may purchase in said town, any of said liquors from any person or persons illegally selling, by himself or agents, any of said liquors within the corporate limits of said town. Keeping intoxicating liquors for the purpose of illegal sale prohibited. SEC. 14. Be it further enacted, That the Marshal and Policeman of said town shall have full power and authority to enter, and if necessary, to break open and enter, any

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place in said town where the Mayor and Council may have reasonable cause to believe or may suspect to be a blind tiger, or a place where spirituous, vinous, malt or intoxicating liquors are sold; and to seize the stock of said liquors and the apparatus for selling same. And said Mayor and Council shall have full power and authority to abate as a nuisance any place in said town, where said Mayor and Council shall have reasonable cause to believe a blind tiger is conducted, or where the above liquors are sold; and to arrest the offender or offenders and upon conviction of any person or persons for maintaining a nuisance, as above stated, and as a punishment for same, said Mayor and Council, or said Mayor, shall have full power and authority to cause the Marshal and Policeman of said town to seize and destroy the stock of liquors of said person or persons and the apparatus for selling same; and otherwise punish the offender or offenders as may be prescribed by ordinance. The said Mayor and Council shall have full power and authority by ordinance to carry into effect and to enforce the provisions of this section. Blind tigers, abatement of as nuisances, etc. SEC. 15. Be it further enacted, That said Mayor and Council may and shall enact any and all ordinances, rules and regulations necessary to lay out a fire district in said town, and enlarge, change or modify its limits from time to time, to prescribe when, how and of what material buildings in said limits may be erected or covered; how thick the wall must be, the manner in which the chimneys, stove pipes and flues shall be constructed; to change all things that they may deem necessary to protect said town so far as possible from danger of fire, and to prevent conflagration. They also shall have power and authority to order any changes in the construction or arrangement of stove pipes or flues, or the removal thereof, when in their judgment the same is dangerous or likely to be so. And to make the owner or occupant pay the expenses of the change, as they may elect, which may be collected by execution; and if any person, firm or corporation shall erect any building which is not in accordance with the laws and ordinances of said town said Mayor and Council may order said building

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removed; and if said person, firm or corporation shall not remove said building after notice to do so, then said Mayor and Council shall have power and authority to remove the same at the expense of the owner, which expense may be collected by execution. Fire district, building regulations, etc. SEC. 16. Be it further enacted, That said Mayor and Council may exercise general supervision over all buildings of every character within said town, and shall have the right and authority to exercise said supervision by passing and enforcing such ordinances as may be appropriated. Building supervision. SEC. 17. Be it further enacted, That the Mayor and Council of said town shall have power, upon the proof of any house of ill-fame, bawdy house, lewd or gaming house, to abate the same by causing the occupants thereof to be forcibly removed after three days notice, and any owner or agent who shall, after notice of the character of the immates continue to rent or suffer the same to remain on their premises, shall, upon conviction before the Mayor, be punished as the ordinances of the town may prescribe. Suppression of vice. SEC. 18. Be it further enacted, That said Mayor and Council shall have full power and authority to acquire, on behalf of the town of Plainville, by gift, purchase or otherwise, grounds suitable for such park or parks as in their judgment will be to the interest and welfare of the citizens of the said town. They shall have power and authority to improve and keep up the same, and to that end may appoint such officers and employees as in their judgment may be necessary and compensate them therefor. They shall have the right to draw on the ordinary expense fund of said town for said purposes or upon any other fund not otherwise appropriated according to law. Parks. SEC. 19. Be it further enacted, That the Mayor and Council of said town shall have power to adopt and enforce ordinances for the protection of shade trees on the street and public places in said town and to prevent the cutting, injuring or mutilating thereof by telephone or telegraph

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linemen or others, unless same is done with the consent and under the direction of said Mayor and Council or some officer appointed to direct same. Shade trees. SEC. 20. Be it further enacted, That the Mayor and Council of said town shall have power to impose a tax on all dogs within said town, and shall have power to enact ordinances providing for the collection of said tax, and authorizing the town Policeman to kill any dog or dogs, running at large in said town whose owners fail or refuse to comply with such ordinances. Dog tax. SEC. 21. Be it further enacted, That said Mayor and Council shall have the power to control and regulate the running and operating of all locomotives, trains, street cars, automobiles and all vehicles for transportation of persons or freight in said town; to prevent unnecessary noises from locomotives, steam whistles, bells or other contrivances, that may disturb the peace and comfort of the citizens, and to adopt the necessary ordinances for these purposes and to provide penalties and enforce same for a violation thereof. Running of trains, etc., regulation of. SEC. 22. Be it further enacted, That the Mayor and Council shall have power to pass ordinances and regulations to prevent idleness and loitering within the corporate limits of the town and to prescribe penalties for violation thereof. Idleness and loitering. SEC. 23. Be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the Mayor and Council of said town to provide fire protection therefor and they shall have power to organize and equip a department for this purpose, either paid, or volunteer; to make such appropriations as are advisable for this purpose and providing any buildings necessary therefor, and to adopt such ordinances and regulations as will best promote the object of this section and for the protection of the property from fires. Fire Department. SEC. 24. Be it further enacted, That the Mayor and Council of said town shall have power and authority to enforce,

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by execution, the collection of any amount due, or to become due, to said town for taxes, fines, assessments, license fees, water rates or otherwise, which execution shall be issued by the Secretary or Clerk and bear test in the name of the Mayor, and be directed to the Marshal of said town, and the Sheriff, and Constables of this State, who are hereby authorized and required to execute all writs, processes, warrants, executions, rules and order of said Mayor or Mayor and Council. All sales of said Marshal shall be advertised and conducted as Constable sales. When personal property is levied upon, and when real estate is levied upon, sales shall be advertised and made as Sheriffs' sales except that such sales shall be advertised in a newspaper published in said Town of Plainville, and if no newspaper is so published, therein, a paper in which the Sheriffs' sales of Gordon County are published, and such sales shall be had within the legal hours of sale on the first Tuesday in the month before Council Chamber of said town. Said Marshal shall make conveyance of all property so sold as Sheriffs' deeds are made, and put purchasers in possession, and such sales and conveyances shall have the same force and pass the same title as Sheriffs' deed. All claims and illegalities filed to any execution shall be returned for trial to any court in Gordon County having jurisdiction of the same, and there tried as other claims and illegalities. All executions so issued shall be a lien upon all the property of the defendant from the date thereof and shall have rank and precedent as provided by the laws of this State. Executions and sales thereunder. SEC. 25. Be it further enacted by the authority of the same, That from and after the passage of this Act, the Mayor and Council of the Town of Plainville, in Gordon County, Georgia, shall have the power and authority to establish a chaingang for said town, under such rules and regulations as they may deem proper, not inconsistent with the laws of this State. Chaingang. SEC. 26. Be it further enacted, That upon trial of any person or persons before the Mayor of said town, or such officer as may be authorized to try offenders for the violation

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of any law, ordinance or ordinances of said town, may, in addition to a fine, require the person or persons convicted to work on the chaingang, or may, if the fine is not paid, require the person convicted to work on the chaingang in lieu thereof not exceeding four days for every dollar imposed; provided, that in no event shall the person convicted be required to work for a term exceeding ninety days for one offense. Punishment of offenders. SEC. 27. Be it further enacted, That the maximum fine limit of said Town of Plainville, Gordon County, Georgia, shall be one hundred dollars, and the maximum chaingang limit shall be ninety days or both at the discretion of the trial judge. Maximum fine or chaingang limit. SEC. 28. Be it further enacted, That the Mayor and Council are hereby authorized to grant franchises to telephone, telegraph, or other public service utilities as they may deem proper. Franchises. SEC. 29. Be it further enacted, That in addition to the powers of taxation already conferred upon and possessed by Mayor and Council of said Town of Plainville, they shall have power and authority to regulate, control and collect a special or license tax from all opera houses, livery stables, hacks and other vehicles used for hire, and keepers of stallions and jacks, auctioneers, itinerant traders, theatrical performances, shows, circuses and exhibitions of all kinds, itinerant lightning-rod dealers, emigrant agents, clock and store peddlers of all kinds, itinerant dealers in jewelry, spectacles, medicines and all other traveling or itinerant venders of articles, wares and merchandise, except such as are exempted by laws of this State; also every keeper of a pool, billiard or bagatelle table kept for public use or gain; every keeper of a shooting gallery, ten pin alley or any other stand or place for any game or play with balls, cards, dice, rings, or other contrivances; every person running a flying jenny or flying horses, bicycle or skating rink; all solicitors and canvassers selling goods, wares or merchandise by sample or retail to consumers, and all other establishments,

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business, callings or vocations, whether by individuals or firms, or corporations which are not under the Constitution and laws of this State exempt from taxation. They shall also have power to provide the method of collecting any or all such license or special taxes, and to fix and enforce penalties against any of such occupations or individuals, firms or corporations exercising any such priviliges without first having paid such special tax or obtained such license. Special taxes. SEC. 30. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That until ordinances and by-laws shall be adopted in conformity with this charter, those now of force within said corporation not inconsistent herewith shall remain of force. Ordinances now of force. SEC. 31. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved August 18, 1913. RENO, TOWN OF, INCORPORATED. No. 193. An Act to incorporate the Town of Reno, in the County of Grady, to define the corporate limits thereof; to provide for a Mayor and Council; and also to provide for the manner of their election; to provide for the enacting of all necessary ordinances; to provide penalties for the violation of same, and for other purposes. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That the Town of Reno, in the County of Grady, be, and the same is, hereby incorporated as a town under the name of the Town of Reno. Reno, Town of, incorporated. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the corporate limits of said town be as follows;

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Commencing on the original west line of lot of land No. 274, in the 19th District of Grady County, Georgia, 35 yards north of the point where the Pelham and Havana Railroad crosses said line; thence due east 373 yards; thence due south 152 yards; thence due west 61 yards; thence due south 167 yards; thence due west 365 yards; thence due north 324 yards to the point of beginning. Corporate limits, SEC. 3. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the municipal authority of said town shall be a Mayor and three Councilmen who are hereby constituted a body corporate under the name and style of the Town of Reno, and by that name and style shall have perpetual succession and shall have and use a common seal, may sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, may purchase and hold such property, real or personal, as may be necessary for the good order, government and welfare of said town, and shall have the right to create a lien or lease on same for the purpose of securing credit for said town and may sell said property, real or personal, if it shall appear to be to the interest of said town, the same to be left to the judgment of the Mayor and Council. Mayor and Council men. SEC. 4. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That on the first Wednesday in December, 1913, and annually thereafter, an election shall be held for Mayor and three Councilmen for said town, which said election shall be held by a Justice of the Peace and two freeholders, residents of said county, or by three freeholders. The managers shall conduct all elections as nearly as practicable as elections for members of the General Assembly are conducted, except as herein otherwise provided. The polls at all elections shall be open at some convenient and accessible place in said town at nine o'clock a. m. and be closed at 4 o'clock p. m. The managers at said election shall take and subscribe before an officer authorized to administer oaths, and in the absence of such officer, in the presence of each other the following oath: All and each of us do swear that we will faithfully superintend this day's election; that we are qualified as required by the charter of the Town of

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Reno to hold the same; that we will make just and true returns thereof, and not knowingly permit anyone to vote unless we believe him to be entitled to do so under the charter of this town, or knowingly prevent anyone from doing so who is so entitled, and that we will not divulge for whom any vote was cast unless called upon under the law to do so, so help us God. Within five days after said election the said managers shall issue to the newly elected Mayor and Councilmen a certificate of election, showing to what office that person was elected and for what period of time. Election of Mayor and Councilmen. SEC. 5. Be it further enacted, by the authority aforesaid, That C. F. Rehberg be, and he is, hereby appointed and designated as Mayor of said town until his successor is elected and qualified; that J. H. Strickland, I. A. Baggett, C. W. Connell be and they are hereby appointed and designated as Councilmen of said Town of Reno to serve until their successors are elected and qualified; said election to be held at the time specified in Section 4 of this Act. First Mayor and Councilmen. SEC. 6. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That before entering upon the discharge of their duties the Mayor and Council shall take and subscribe before any officer authorized to administer oaths the following oath: I do solemnly swear that I will faithfully discharge all the duties involving upon me as Mayor and Councilmen (as the case may be) of the Town of Reno to the best of my ability, so help me God. Oath of Mayor and Councilmen. SEC. 7. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That in all elections held under the charter of the Town of Reno, no person shall be allowed to vote who is not duly registered as hereinafter provided, nor shall any person be allowed to vote at said election who has not been a bona fide resident of said town for at least 60 days prior to said election, nor who is not qualified to vote for members of the General Assembly. Qualified voters. SEC. 8. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That it shall be the duty of the Clerk of said Board of Councilmen to open registration book or books 30 days before

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each regular annual election, for the registration of the qualified voters of said town, which book or books shall be kept open from 9 o'clock a. m. to 12 o'clock m., and from 2 o'clock p. m. to 4 o'clock p. m., each day except Sunday and legal holidays, until within five days before the election, when said book or books shall be closed. It shall be the duty of said Clerk to administer to any person applying for registration the following oath: You do solemnly swear that you are a citizen of the United States; that you have resided in Georgia for twelve months, and will have resided in the town of Reno 60 days before the date of the next annual town election; that you are 21 years old and have paid all taxes due to the Town of Reno, and that you have made all returns required of you by the ordinances of said town, so help you God. Upon which said Clerk shall register the name, age and occupation of such person; said Clerk shall, on the day of each election furnish the election managers a list of the registered voters of said town certified by him as such official. Registration of voters. SEC. 9. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That any person voting at an election of said town who is not a qualified voter according to the provision of this charter, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be punished as prescribed in the Penal Code of said State. Illegal voting. SEC. 10. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That no person shall be eligible to the position of Mayor and Council unless he is over the age of 21, a citizen of the United States and of the State of Georgia, and shall have resided in the Town of Reno at least 6 months prior to his election. Eligibility of Mayor and Councilmen. SEC. 11. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That said Mayor and Councilmen shall have the authority to elect a Marshal and also a Clerk and Treasurer, and prescribe the duties of each; to fix their salaries and require of them such bond as they may deem necessary. Marshal, Clerk and Treasurer.

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SEC. 12. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the officers elected in said Town of Reno at each annual election shall enter upon the discharge of their duties on the first day of January, next succeeding, and shall continue the discharge of the duties of said position until their successors are elected and qualified. Terms of office. SEC. 13. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That any vacancy that may occur from any cause in the office of Mayor and Councilmen shall be filled by the election by the remaining members of the Council and the Mayor, or by the Council in case the vacancy be in the office of Mayor, said election to be made from the citizens of the Town of Reno who are eligible to the office under the terms of this charter. Vacancies, how filled. SEC. 14. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the Mayor of the town shall receive such compensation for his services as may be fixed by the Council, which shall not be increased or diminished during his term of office. Mayor's Compensation. SEC. 15. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That said Mayor and Council shall have the power to make and pass all ordinances, by-laws, rules and regulations that may be necessary for the good government, peace, order and health of said town; to have the enforcement of all powers herein granted provided they are not repugnant to the Constitution and laws of the State of Georgia or the United States. Power to enact laws. SEC. 16. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That said Mayor and Council shall have the power to levy a tax not to exceed 3 mills on all property, real or personal, subject to taxation by the laws of the State of Georgia within the corporate limits of said town, for the purpose of paying the expense of said town government; they shall also have the power and authority to require all persons subject to road duty under the laws of this State to work on the streets and sidewalks of said town, but they

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may receive in lieu thereof such commutation fees as such Mayor and Council may prescribe. Taxation. SEC. 17. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That whenever anything for which State license is required shall be done within said town the Mayor and Council may require a town license therefor, and may impose a tax thereon for the use of said town. They shall have the power to license and regulate the management of hotels, private boarding houses, livery stables, private and public transportation through the town, and shall also have the power to tax any person operating any kind of business, mercantile or otherwise in addition to the ad valorem tax provided for by law, to levy a tax upon billiard tables, ten pen or nine pen alleys, or tables and alleys of any kind used for the purpose of playing with balls or pins, or both, within said town, and on all contrivances of whatever kind used for the purpose of gaining. They shall also have the power to tax all shows taxable by the State which may exhibit within said town, and said Mayor and Council shall have the power to pass all ordinances necessary to carry into effect the provisions of this section, and shall have power, if they see proper, to prohibit any of the things named in this section by proper order. License taxes. SEC. 18. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That there shall be a lien upon all personal property and real estate within said town for all taxes assessed thereon and for all fines or penalties which may be assessed or imposed upon the owners thereof by the authorities of said town, from time to time, which shall have power over all other liens except for taxes due the State and county and may be enforced in the same manner as now prescribed by law for the enforcement of the liens for State and county taxes, or in such other manner as the Mayor and Council, by ordinance, may prescribe. Lien of taxes. SEC. 19. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the Mayor and Council shall have the power to provide for the arrest, trial and punishment of offenders

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against any ordinance, by-law or regulation of said town, by fine, imprisonment, or work on the streets of said town, and may impose either one or all of said punishments. Provided, said fine shall not exceed the sum of $25.00 and said imprisonment or time of labor shall not exceed 25 days. Arrest, trial and punishment of offenders. SEC. 20. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That said Mayor and Council shall have the power to elect a Mayor pro tem., from among the Councilmen elected for said town who shall perform all the duties and exercise all the powers of the Mayor when from any cause the Mayor elect cannot be present to perform the duties of his office. Mayor pro tem. SEC. 21. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the Mayor and Council shall have the power to provide by ordinance for the collection of all taxes, moneys, and fines due said town by execution issued by the Mayor and executed by the Marshal thereof. Executions. SEC. 22. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the Mayor shall have the power to try, sentence and punish all offenders against the laws of said State; to compel the attendance of witnesses, and to administer oaths, to admit any offender to bail or commit him to the guard house or county jail. Trial and punishment of offenders. SEC. 23. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the Mayor of said town shall be the chief executive officer thereof; he shall see that all orders, by-laws, ordinances, acts and resolutions of the Mayor and Council are faithfully executed; he shall be an ex-officio Justice of the Peace of said town, and shall exercise all the powers invested by law in a Justice of the Peace in reference to the penal laws of said State; he may appoint a special police when he may deem it necessary, of whom he shall have full control; he shall have power to issue all executions, penalties and costs imposed by him as well as executions for taxes due after the time has expired by ordinance that they should be paid. Mayor's powers and duties.

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SEC. 24. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the Mayor and Council of said town shall have the right to provide for the annual return of property, both real and personal, for taxes by the citizens and tax payers of said town and shall have the right to supervise all the returns thus made and fix a just valuation upon all such property subject to taxation in said town; and to revise and correct said returns. Tax returns. SEC. 25. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the Mayor and Council shall have the power to issue bonds for public improvements of said town, subject to the limitations and regulations in such cases provided by the Constitution and laws of the State of Georgia. Bonds, issuance of. SEC. 26. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That said Mayor and Council shall have the power of eminent domain to condemn property and to layout streets, alleys, and public highways within the corporate limits of said town of Reno, and for the improvements of streets and the erection of sidewalks. Eminent domain. SEC. 27. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act, be and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved April 18, 1913. RENTZ, TOWN OF, CHARTER AMENDED. No. 209. An Act to amend an Act entitled an Act to incorporate the Town of Rentz, in Laurens County, Georgia, approved August 21, 1905, so as to authorize the creation of a public school system for said town; to provide for the issuance of bonds for the support of the same; to change and fix the rate of taxation for said town and to provide Tax Assessors therefor; to enlarge the corporate limits

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and to provide for the lighting of said town, as well as to grant franchises for said purpose if deemed expedient, and for other purposes. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the Mayor and Aldermen of said town be, and they are, hereby authorized at any time after the passage of this Act to establish a system of public schools within said town and to levy such taxes on both real and personal property therein as may be necessary to support and maintain the same; said fund, however, not to be used for any other purposes; but before said public school system shall be adopted it shall be submitted to the qualified voters of said town, for which purpose the Mayor and Aldermen of said town are authorized, whenever they may deem it expedient, to order an election of which thirty days notice shall be given in the newspaper published in said town, if one be published therein, and if one be not published therein then by publication of said notice for said time in the official organ of said county and likewise by three written or printed notices posted in three public or conspicuous places in said town, which election shall be held under the same rules and regulations as are elections for Mayor and Aldermen of said town and the qualifications of voters shall be the same. Those favoring a public school system shall have written or printed on their ballots the words For public schools, those opposed to public schools shall have written or printed on their ballots Against public schools, and if two-thirds of the ballots cast in such election be For public schools, this section and those following on the same subject shall immediately become operative in said town. Should the election provided for in this section be Against public schools, the said Mayor and Aldermen may call another election, and as many elections as may be deemed necessary or advisable by said Mayor and Aldermen until this section is adopted. Rentz, Town of, election to establish public school system. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That should a system of public schools be established in said town as provided for in the preceding section, the Mayor and Aldermen shall

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elect not less than three nor more than five citizens of said town to constitute a Board of Education for said town; the Mayor or any member of the Board of Aldermen shall be eligible as a member of said Board of Education. The said Board of Education shall be elected annually at the first regular meeting of the Mayor and Aldermen held in July of each and every year and shall hold their office until their successors are elected and qualified, except that the Board of Education may at its first regular meeting after said election or as soon after the adoption of system of public schools as practicable, may proceed and elect a Board of Education for said town, said Board of Education to hold office until the election and qualification of the board held at the next annual election as herein before provided. In case of resignation or death of any member of said board the vacancy shall be filled at the next regular meeting of the Mayor and Aldermen unless the same shall be held within ten days after such vacancy occurs, in which event it shall be at the next succeeding regular meeting thereafter. Board of Education. SEC. 3. Be it further enacted, That the said Board of Education provided for in the preceding section shall have power to design and adopt a system of public schools for said town; to appoint or elect a superintendent and elect such teacher or teachers for said schools as may be deemed necessary; as well as to suspend or remove such superintendents, teacher or teachers; to fix compensation for such superintendent and teachers; to provide school houses by rent, building, purchase, or otherwise, but the title to all such property when once acquired shall remain in said town; to make such rules and regulations for the government of themselves and said schools as to them may seem proper, and not in conflict with the laws of this State or the rules and regulations of the State Board of Education. All children entitled to the benefit of the public schools under the laws of this State, and whose parents, guardians, or natural protectors bona fide reside within the corporate limits of said town shall be admitted into said schools upon payment of such incidental fee only as said board may

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deem necessary, but children of non-residents and such others as may not be entitled to the benefits of these schools under the provisions hereinbefore stated may be admitted upon such terms as shall be prescribed by said Board of Education not conflicting with the laws of this State and the rules of the State Board of Education as aforesaid; that when said public school system has been adopted in said town it shall be the duty of said Board of Education to have prepared and furnished to the State School Commissioner immediately on passage of this Act and its adoption at an election as hereinbefore specified and annually thereafter by the first day of December of each year a list or census of pupils residing in said town entitled to the school fund, in which list or census shall be included those pupils residing outside of the corporate limits of said town but who attend the public school therein. And it shall be the duty of the State School Commissioner to pay to the Clerk and Treasurer of the Town of Rentz, or other proper party, such portion of the public school fund as its number of pupils as above defined entitles it to, in accordance with provisions of Section 1525 of the Code of 1910. Jurisdiction and powers of Board. SEC. 4. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That when said public school system is adopted the Board of Education of said town shall determine what amount of money it will be necessary to raise by taxation to defray the expenses of said school for the ensuing year and shall lay the same before the Mayor and Aldermen who shall be required to levy and collect the same and the amount so levied and collected shall be used for no other purpose and shall be only on the order of the said Board of Education. School tax. SEC. 5. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That after said public school system shall have been adopted by said Town of Rentz the educational authorities of the County of Laurens shall not contract with any person or persons to teach any school of any character in said town except upon the consent and approval by the Board of Education of said town, nor shall any of the State school fund

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be paid to any school in said town other than the public school contemplated by this Act after it shall have been adopted. Schools and pro rata share of State school funds. SEC. 6. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That any and all provisions of the general law which may now or hereafter be of force in said State relating to the establishment, maintenance and operation of public schools in cities and towns shall become a part of the public school system of said town. Provisions of the general law. SEC. 7. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the Mayor and Aldermen of said town shall have the right whenever they may deem advisable to establish or make such provisions for the lighting of said town by electricity, gas, or otherwise as they may deem advisable or may, if they see fit and proper, permit any other person, firm or corporation to light said town and for this purpose may grant franchise to such person, firm or corporation for any period not more than fifteen years, permitting the erection and maintenance of light plant and fixtures in said town. Lighting of town. SEC. 8. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That said Mayor and Aldermen may order an election to be held in said town on the question of issuing bonds of said town for public improvement, especially for the purpose of purchasing land and the erection thereon of school buildings and providing the furniture and apparatus for the same, and for the erection of gas works or electric light plant, or other means of lighting said town, either one and all as may be deemed expedient and for the purpose of maintaining the same. Notice of said election shall be given in the same manner as is provided for the election for establishment of public school system as hereinbefore provided, and the election shall be held in the same manner as is provided for other elections in said town so far as the same is applicable. All parties qualified to vote, the Mayor and Aldermen of said town and none other shall be qualified to vote for the purposes enumerated in this section, and

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all ballots at such elections shall have written or printed thereon the words, for bonds, or against bonds. If twothirds of the qualified voters of said town voting in said election shall vote for bonds the Mayor and Aldermen shall and they are hereby authorized, empowered, and directed to issue bonds of said town not to exceed in the aggregate the sum of $15,000 and of such denomination as the Mayor and Aldermen shall deem advisable, said bonds to bear interest not to exceed six per cent. per annum to be paid annually and to mature at any time not longer than thirty years. Said bonds shall be signed by the Mayor of said town and shall be countersigned by the Mayor and Aldermen thereof, and be negotiable in such manner as said Mayor and Aldermen shall determine to be to the best interest of said town and the funds derived from the sale of said bonds shall be used for the purpose for which intended and for none other. Elections for bonds. SEC. 9. Be it further enacted, That the Mayor and Aldermen shall immediately levy and collect a [Illegible Text] tax on the taxable property of said town to pay the interest on said bonds as the same shall become due and also to provide for the redemption of said bonds as the principal shall become due. Tax to pay interest on bonds and create a sinking fund. SEC. 10. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That Section 14 of said Act be, and the same is, hereby amended as follows: Beginning at the word and in the fourth line of said section and extending through the word property in the seventh line of said section and striking the words and the taxation for said purpose, on both realty and personalty, shall not exceed one-half of one per cent. on the value of said property and inserting in lieu thereof the following: The rate of taxation for the ordinary current expenses of said town shall not exceed one-half of one per cent. on the value of said property with the privilege, however, of raising such additional tax as may be necessary to meet the extraordinary expenses of said town as contemplated by and provided in Section

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865 of the Code of 1910, so that said section when so amended shall read as follows: Section 14. Be it further enacted, That said Mayor and Aldermen shall have power and authority to raise revenue to defray the expenses of said town government, and other expenses of said town by taxation and license; the rate of the taxation for the ordinary current expenses of said town shall not exceed one-half of one per cent. on the value of said property with the privilege, however, of raising such additional tax as may be necessary to meet the extraordinary expenses of said town as contemplated by and provided in Section 865 of the Code of 1910; that they shall have the power to regulate the sale of merchandise and all kinds of business by imposing special business or professional license for taxes not otherwise prohibited by law; they shall have power to tax all shows or exhibitions subject to taxes under the State laws, that may show within the limits of said town and in the discretion of the Mayor, or Mayor and Aldermen, to prohibit from showing within said town. Tax rate. SEC. 11. Be it further enacted, That the value for taxation for the real and personal property in said town shall be determined by three disinterested freeholders of said town to be elected annually by the Mayor and Aldermen of said town who shall be duly sworn to assess the real and personal property of said town at a fair nominal value according to the best of their skill and knowledge and the said Mayor and Aldermen are authorized to pay said tax assessors such compensation for services as said Mayor and Aldermen may deem advisable. In case of dissatisfaction of any assessment so made the property holder dissatisfied may at any time within ten days after said board of assessors shall make its report to the Mayor and Aldermen, appeal to the Mayor and Aldermen, whose decision upon the question shall be final. Tax Assessors. SEC. 12. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That Section 2 of the above recited Act be, and the same is, hereby amended by striking out the word one-half

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in the fourth line of said section and inserting in lieu thereof the words three-fourths of a so that said section when so amended shall read as follows: SEC. 13. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the corporate limits of said town be as follows: Beginning at the point where Bates Avenue crosses the Dublin and Southwestern Railroad and extending three-fourths of a mile in every direction from said point. Approved August 18, 1913. ROBERTSTOWN, TOWN OF, INCORPORATED. No. 105. An Act to incorporate the Town of Robertstown, in the County of White, to grant certain powers and privileges to said town, and for other purposes. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, That the Town of Robertstown, in the County of White, be, and the same is, hereby incorporated as a town under the name of the Town of Robertstown. Robertstown, Town of, incorporated. SEC. 2. That the municipal government of said town shall be vested in a Mayor and six Aldermen, who are hereby constituted a body corporate under the name and style of the Town of Robertstown, and by that name and style shall have perpetual succession; and shall be capable to purchase, receive and hold any estate or estates of whatsoever kind or nature, within or without the corporate limits of said town for the use of such town; shall be capable to sue and be sued, and shall have such other rights and privileges as may be herein or hereafter granted to them and from the passage of this Act until their successors are duly elected and qualified as provided therein. Mayor and Aldermen.

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John W. Robinson shall be Mayor, and J. J. Kimsey, J. H. Barker. W. W. Curtis, J. B. Sims, D. L. Pitner and Henry Clark shall be Aldermen of and for said Town of Robertstown. First Mayor and Aldermen. SEC. 3. That the incorporate limits of said town shall extend as follows: The center of the public square shall be the center of said town, and the limits thereof shall extend one-half mile in every direction from said point. Corporate limits. SEC. 4. That on the second Wednesday in December, 1914, there shall be an election for a Mayor and six Aldermen in and for the said town, three of said Aldermen to be elected for a term of one year, and said Mayor and three of said Aldermen for a term of two years. Annually thereafter on the second Wednesday in December, there shall be an election held for three Aldermen or a Mayor and three Aldermen, as the case may be, with the exception herein provided of those named in the charter as pro tempore Mayor and Aldermen of said town and those elected in 1914; the officers shall hold office for the term of two years and until their successors are duly elected and qualified. Election of Mayor and Aldermen. SEC. 5. That all elections for the Mayor and Aldermen of said town shall be held at the place where the said Mayor and Council shall generally hold the meetings, and the polls shall be kept open between the hours of 10 a. m. and 3 p. m. Said election shall be held by three persons, residents in said city, who may be duly appointed in writing by the Mayor of said town, said superintendents to take oath for the due performance of the duties as such, to have powers incident to superintendents of elections, to administer oaths to voters as to their qualifications to vote; they shall keep a numbered list of those voting and shall place on each ballot a number corresponding to that opposite voter's name; at the close of said election they shall count the votes, keeping the two tally sheets of same, shall duly declare the results of the election and shall issue certificates of the election under their official signature to the persons receiving

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the highest number of votes polled. They shall then place in a sealed package all ballots, together with the list of those certified by said superintendents to be correct; they shall deposit such sealed package and also the remaining tally sheet duly certified, with the Clerk and Treasurer of said town to be by him safely kept; said sealed packages shall not be opened except in case of contest, but shall, at the expiration of two months (in case there is no contest), be by him destroyed with examination. Said superintendents of election shall be paid as compensation for holding said election one dollar each by the Clerk and Treasurer of said town upon the certificate of the Mayor as to their services until the municipal authorities shall otherwise regulate the compensation for holding such elections; the persons elected at the election provided for in 1914 or at the election held annually thereafter, shall on or before the second Tuesday in January after the election, qualify by taking an oath before an officer authorized by law to administer oaths to well and truly perform the duties of the office to which they have been elected, which said oath shall be entered upon the minutes, of the acts and doings, of said Mayor and Aldermen; no person shall be qualified to hold the office of Mayor or Aldermen who is not qualified to vote at the election. Elections, how held. SEC. 6. In the event the office of Mayor or anyone or more of the Board of Aldermen shall become vacant by death, resignation, removal, or otherwise, the same shall be filled until the next annual election by a person or persons elected by ballot of the Board of Aldermen at a regular meeting of said board and such persons so elected shall hold their office until their successors are duly elected and qualified. Vacancies, how filled. SEC. 7. That all persons qualified to vote for members of the General Assembly and who shall have paid all taxes imposed and demanded by said town and shall reside within its corporate limits for six months prior to any election, shall be qualified to vote at such election. Qualified voters.

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SEC. 8. That the Clerk and Treasurer or such other persons as shall be designated by the Board of Aldermen, shall open a list for the registration of voters at least thirty days prior to any municipal election held for any purpose in said town, which said list shall be kept open each and every day (Sundays excepted) during such hours as shall be prescribed by said board, until four days (Sundays excepted) preceding the election, when it shall be finally and absolutely closed; during said time, it shall be the duty of such registration officers upon the application of any person in person or in writing who shall be entitled to vote at said election, to register the name of such person, expressing in such registry, his age, occupation, or business, and the place of his residence. The registration officers may, in any case, require the applicant to appear before him and take the following oath, to-wit: You do solemnly swear that you are a citizen of the United States of America; that you will have resided in the State of Georgia one year immediately preceding the election and within the incorporate limits of the Town of Robertstown, six months preceding the election; that it is your intention to remain a resident of said city continually until the day of the election; that you are twenty-one years of age or will be by the day of the election; that you have paid all taxes due the Town of Robertstown; that you have made all returns required by the ordinances of said town and that you will be qualified to vote for members of the General Assembly by the day of election, so help you God. That it shall be the duty of the registration officers to arrange the names registered in alphabetical order and to post one copy of such list for two days at least preceding each election at some public place in said city. It shall be the duty of said officers to furnish the superintendents of election at the opening of the polls on the day of the election, a complete list, duly certified, of all names arranged in alphabetical order which shall have been registered under the foregoing provisions; the list shall be kept before said superintendents during said election and no person shall be entitled to vote who in addition to the qualifications stated in the preceding section has

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not registered as herein provided, and when the election is over, such list shall be deposited in the office of Clerk and Treasurer, to be by him safely kept; provided, however, that none of the provisions of this section relating to registration shall become operative until they shall have been adopted at a regular meeting of the Board of Aldermen of said town, and in the event it shall be necessary to call a special election of officers as prescribed in the preceding section, only those persons shall be entitled to vote who were properly registered in time to vote at the regular election provided for therein. Registration of voters. Registration lists. SEC. 9. That any person not qualified to vote, who shall vote or attempt to vote in any election in said city, or in the event of the adoption of the provisions of Section 8, of this Act, any such person shall register prior to said election shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction shall be punished as prescribed in Section 1039 of the Penal Code. Illegal voting, punishment for. SEC. 10. That four of the Aldermen shall constitute a majority of the Board of Aldermen, the Mayor shall preside over the meeting of said board and shall vote only in case of a tie, in which case, he shall cast the deciding vote; he shall be the chief executive officer of the town; shall take care that the by-laws, orders, resolutions, rules, ordinances, regulations and Acts of the board are faithfully executed; he shall have ex-officio the powers and duties of a Justice of the Peace within said town except that he shall have no jurisdiction as such in civil cases, he shall have control of the Marshal and his deputies, and of all special officers appointed by said board for any purpose and he shall appoint a special police upon any special occasion when the need of the case may require; he may cause the arrest and detention of all riotous and disorderly persons in said town before issuing his warrant therefor. Duties and powers of Mayor. SEC. 11. That at the first regular meeting of the Board of Aldermen after the newly elected members have been duly qualified, said board shall elect one of their members

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as Mayor pro tem. and he shall have the powers and duties of the Mayor in the absence or disqualification of the Mayor, as presiding officer of the board as ex-officio Justice of the Peace, as chief executive officer of the city and in the trial of offenses and the enforcement of fines or penalties for the violation of the ordinances of the town, the term of office of said Mayor pro tem. as such shall be for one year. Should said board fail to elect a Mayor pro tem. at the time above indicated, then such election shall take place as early thereafter as practicable. In the absence or disqualification of both Mayor and Mayor pro tem. the Board of Aldermen shall select one of their number instead, and he shall have all the powers and duties of the Mayor pro tem. during such absence or disqualification. Mayor pro tem. SEC. 12. That Board of Aldermen shall elect a Clerk and Treasurer of said town, either from their own body or from citizens of the town. Such officer shall be elected at the same time and in the same manner as the Mayor pro tem., and his term of office shall be for one year and until his successor shall be elected and qualified; he may be removed by the board for inefficiency, neglect of duty, or other causes at their discretion. He shall keep the minutes of the Board of Aldermen in well bound books and shall preserve them and all other records entrusted to him; he shall receive tax returns collected on municipal taxes, the collection of which is not otherwise provided for; issue all licenses and collect all license fees and other money due to the said town, street tax excepted; shall receive all money due said town; shall issue executions against all defaulters for taxes, said executions being directed to the Marshal of said town and his deputies; he shall be the custodian of the funds of said city and shall do and perform all such other duties as may be imposed upon him by the Board of Aldermen; he shall have the authority to appoint several fit and proper persons as his deputies to whom he may delegate all the powers conferred upon him and for whose acts he and his bondsmen shall be liable as though done by himself. Such Clerk and Treasurer shall, when elected, enter into a bond with sufficient securities to be approved

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by the Mayor of the Town of Robertstown, conditioned faithfully to collect and pay over and account for all taxes and other income of said town from whatsoever source derived, to perform the duties herein prescribed and such other duties as may be imposed upon him by the board. Clerk and Treasurer, his duties, etc. SEC. 13. That the Board of Aldermen shall elect a Marshal of said town at the same time and in the same manner as the Mayor pro tem. is elected and his term of office shall be for one year and until his successor is elected and qualified. He may be required to give such bond with sufficient securities to be approved by the Mayor as the board may prescribe. He may be removed from the office by the board at any time for inefficiency, neglect of duty or other cause in their discretion. Said board may also appoint one or more deputies to assist said Marshal in the discharge of his duties, such deputies to hold office for such time and upon the term as the board shall prescribe. Said Marshal and his deputies shall arrest any person violating any of the penal ordinances, by-laws, rules or regulations of said town and place such persons in the guard house of said town, subject to trial by the Mayor; also, to have the power to arrest all persons violating any of the penal laws of this State, and place such persons so arrested in said guard house, subject to the trial before the Mayor's Court or any committing officer of said State; they shall execute and enforce the ordinances, by-laws, rules and regulations of said town as may be directed therein. They shall levy and execute all processes issued from the Mayor's Court and all execution for municipal taxes and shall advertise for sale and sell all property levied upon thereunder. Said advertising being by posted notice thereof in the public places in the Town of Robertstown, twenty days before the date of such sale and the place of such sale being in front of the place where the Mayor and Aldermen shall generally hold their meetings; shall have charge of the working of the streets and of road hands and workgangs, and shall perform all other duties imposed upon them by the board. The Marshal shall collect all fines imposed by the Mayor's

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Court and all street taxes and perform all other such services as may be specially required of him by the board. Marshal, his duties, etc. Deputies. SEC. 14. That said Marshal, his deputies and his assistants shall have full power and authority to arrest for the violation of any of the ordinances, by-laws, rules and regulations of said town upon information and belief and without a warrant first being issued for the person who may be arrested. Arrests. SEC. 15. That the Mayor and all officers of said town shall receive such compensation as the Board of Aldermen may prescribe. Compensation of officers. SEC. 16. That the Mayor of said city, or in his absence or disqualification, the Mayor pro tem. or in the absence or disqualification of both of these officers, any one of the Aldermen elected as herein prescribed, shall hold a Mayor's Court for the trial of all persons charged with violating any of the ordinances, orders, by-laws, rules, or regulations of the said town and on conviction shall punish such offenders by fine not to exceed one hundred dollars or imprisonment or by compelling them to work upon the streets of said in the guard house of said town not to exceed thirty days, town for not more than thirty days and any one or more of such punishments may be ordered, in the discretion of the court, and the offenders shall also be liable for the cost of the court. Said court shall have full power to punish by fine, imprisonment, or work on the streets, persons guilty of contempt to said court, said fine in no case to exceed twenty-five dollars, and said imprisonment not to exceed ten days; said court shall have full power and authority to issue executions directed to the Marshal and his deputies for the enforcement of any and all fines imposed and for the collection of all cost, to provide for the enforcement of its sentences, to imprison in the guard house of said town any and all persons who may be convicted of offenses under this Act, or the ordinance and regulations passed in pursuance thereto, where the penalty is imprisonment and to imprison in said guard house all persons guilty of such

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offenses where the penalty is a fine and until such fine and cost is paid or otherwise discharged according to law. The presiding officer of said court shall assess and fix the amount of bail of any and all persons brought before him for examination or trial arrested for the violation of any municipal ordinances, order, by-laws, rules or regulations, and where the offense charged is a violation of a municipal law, the Marshal shall take a bond in the amount so fixed payable to the Mayor of said town, said bond and its securities to be approved by said presiding officer or in lieu thereof the Marshal may take a cash deposit of said amount. Upon the trial of any case before the Mayor's Court, either party dissatisfied with the decision of said Mayor, may upon giving bond and security, appeal his case to the Council, presided over by the Mayor and from the decision of said Council, may appeal same to the Superior Court. Mayor's Court. SEC. 17. That where executions are issued for municipal taxes, licenses, or other fees, the cost shall be the same as in the case of executions for State and county taxes, and the cost of the Marshal shall be the same as the Sheriff for all services performed by him in the collections of the executions for the State and county taxes. In all cases before the Mayor's Court the cost shall be the same as those prescribed by law in trials before a committing magistrate, unless otherwise prescribed by ordinances. Executions. SEC. 18. That the Board of Aldermen shall have power and authority to assess, levy and collect annual ad valorem taxes upon all property, real and personal, within the corporate limits of said town, to prescribe rules and regulations for the same and penalties for non-compliance therewith; to fix the time for making tax returns and for paying taxes, notice for time so fixed shall be given at least four weeks prior to the date so fixed by posting notices thereof in three public places in said city; said taxes shall not exceed one-half of one per cent upon the value of said property for the ordinary current expenses of said town, not more than one-half of one per cent for educational purposes, not more than one-half of one per cent for street

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and bridge purposes, and not more than one-half of one per cent for the payment of the principal and interest of the public debt. If an additional fund is required by said city for internal improvements not herein provided for, or if the amount realized by the levy of one-half of one per cent shall be insufficient to defray the ordinary current expenses of said city, an additional tax may be levied for these purposes, when the same shall be authorized by vote of two-thirds of the legal voters of said city who are qualified to vote at an election held for that purpose; the municipal authorities shall cause separate accounts to be kept of all amounts collected and disbursed for each different purpose and each amount shall be applied exclusively to the purpose of which it was collected. Taxation. SEC. 19. That the Board of Aldermen shall have power and authority to levy and collect taxes on all professions, trades, businesses, business occupations, theatrical exhibitions, shows, or other performances exhibited or performed within the town, on all peddlers, venders of medicines, itinerant traders, salesmen, or soliciting agents, hotels, boarding houses, livery stables, and transfer or transportation companies, and all bowling alleys, skating rinks, pool or billiard rooms, and all other games, or other games kept or played within the corporate limits of said town, whatsoever the business, occupation, trade, profession, calling, practice, games, or game may be; to grant license for the same and to regulate them by ordinances and to revoke said license at any time without compensation or notice to the holders thereof in case of any violation of any rules, orders, by-laws, or regulations of said board in the discretion of said board; provided, that no authority shall rest in said board to grant any license or to make any charge for license upon any business profession or occupation, trade, calling, practice, game or games, where the same is prohibited by law duly made and enacted; and provided, further, that it shall never be the right of said board to grant or issue any license for the sale of spirituous, vinous, or malt liquors, or intoxicating bitters or ciders within the limits of said town, nor to consent in any way to the sale of the same therein,

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and any person selling or keeping for sale, soliciting orders for the sale thereof, or any one thereof, either in person or by letter, circulars or otherwise, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof in a court of competent jurisdiction, shall be punished as in Section 1039 of the Penal Code; the time, place and manner of making tax returns, paying taxes and securing license shall be prescribed by the Board of Aldermen, the tax returns shall be made to the Clerk and Treasurer and the taxes paid to him; all license granted by the Board of Aldermen shall be issued and signed by the Clerk and Treasurer to whom the license fees shall be paid; for the purpose of collecting all license fees and taxes, the manner of collecting which is not otherwise provided for in this charter, the Clerk and Treasurer where such fees are not paid within the time fixed by the Board of Aldermen shall issue executions against delinquents directed to the Marshal, to enforce the collection of the same by levy, advertisement and sale as heretofore provided in Section 13 of this charter; the Board of Aldermen shall have power and authority to impose penalties by ordinance, on all persons who may carry on any profession, trade, business, occupation, performance, or game without paying the tax or securing the license as may be prescribed. Special taxes. SEC. 20. That said corporation shall have and enjoy all the rights, powers and privileges incident to such corporations and not repugnant to the Constitution and laws of the United States or of this State. Corporate rights. SEC. 21. That all special taxes or license fees provided for in this Act and all other incomes of said town from any source except ad valorem taxes and street taxes may be appropriated and applied to any purpose for which said town is, or may be at any time, empowered to levy taxes. Appropriation, etc., of taxes. SEC. 22. That Board of Aldermen shall have power to compel persons liable to road duty by the laws of this State who are residents of said city to work on streets of said town the same number of days that the laws of same State

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prescribe for road hands on the public roads of said county or in lieu of work thereon, to pay the Marshal of said town an equivalent for said work in money, the amount to be prescribed by ordinance. Said hands shall be allowed to choose between working the streets under the direction of the Marshal or paying the amount prescribed by ordinance, the hands to be warned or notified by the Marshal at least three days previous to the day of working, which notice shall state such day, the number of days to work, and the amount prescribed by ordinances to be paid in lieu of work and if any hand who has been so notified fails to work said streets and has not before the day of commencing said work paid the equivalent in money, he shall be subject to such penalty as may be prescribed by the Board of Aldermen. All amounts so collected as street tax shall be applied by the Board of Aldermen to working and improving of the streets of said town. Commutation tax. SEC. 23. That the Board of Aldermen shall have power and authority to establish quarantine regulations against all persons who have been exposed to small pox, yellow fever, or any other contagious or infectious disease or against any infected locality, to enforce and make effective such regulations, to establish a pest house or camp of detention within or without said town and to cause the removal thereto and detention therein of any person afflicted with such diseases; said board shall have power in their discretion to allow all such persons at their own homes provide suitable and sufficient guards to successfully quarantine such premises; said board shall have power to require all persons within said town, whether resident or transient, to be vaccinated whenever in the opinion of said board the same shall be advisable. It shall have full power to enforce such regulations and to provide penalties for their violation. If the pest house or camp of detention is located beyond the corporate limits of said town, the town authorities shall have the same jurisdiction and powers over it so long as it is used for these purposes as if it were in the corporate limits. Said Board of Aldermen shall have the power to appoint a Board of Health and such other health officers as may be

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necessary to carry out and enforce the above regulations as may be prescribed by the Board of Aldermen; the powers, duties and compensation of said officers to be prescribed by the Board of Aldermen. Quarantine regulations. SEC. 24. That the Board of Aldermen shall have full power and authority to purchase, construct, own, maintain and operate for the benefit of said town, a system of gas works, water works, electric lights, and power and such bridges in and contiguous to said town as may in the opinion of said board be to the interest and advantage of said city, and to purchase and hold at such places as may be selected, within or beyond the corporate limits, all lands, water rights, or other property, real or personal, which may be necessary or useful in the provisions of Section 4657 et seq. of the Civil Code: said board shall have full power to contract with all persons and corporations including municipal corporations for the use of water, gas, or electric lights or power, or bridges within or beyond the corporate limits of said city and to make all rules and regulations which may be necessary to fix the price of all water, gas, or electricity so used and to collect the same for the price of all water, gas, lights, electricity, so used. The town shall have a lien upon the property upon which the same may be used, said lien to be enforced in the same manner; said city shall have police authority upon and around any and all property so used and occupied, including the mains, pipes and for gas, water and electricity. Any person maliciously injuring or interfering with said property, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall be punished on conviction as prescribed in Section 1039 of the Penal Code. Public utilities. SEC. 25. That upon the vote of two-thirds of the members of the Board of Aldermen at any regular meeting of said board, a system of public schools may be established and maintained in said town; provided, that said board shall by vote enact as ordinances of said city, rules and regulations for the government and operation of said system of

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public schools as may meet the requirements thereof, and as are not to conflict with existing law. Public schools. SEC. 26. That should said system of public schools be established as herein provided and it should be found that tax for school purposes herein provided is not sufficient to defray the expenses of such a system of schools, such additional tax may be levied for that specific purpose as may be authorized by a vote of two-thirds of the legal voters of said city who are qualified to vote at any election held for that purpose. School tax. SEC. 27. That the Board of Aldermen shall have power and authority to establish and fix a system of grading and draining the streets of said town and shall have power and authority to compel owners of property to construct and keep in repair the sidewalks in their front in accordance with said system; if any owner shall fail to comply with the requirements of the board in this regard, the work shall be done under the direction of said board or one of its officers, and executions shall be issued for the expenses thereof, and cost against such owner to be collected as tax executions; the board shall have power and authority to establish a system of sanitary sewerage in said town and to compel all owners to connect therewith and may purchase or condemn any property in or beyond the corporate limits of the town, for work; the expense of putting in sewer mains may be paid by said town or may be assessed in just proportions by the board upon the owners of all lots, vacant or occupied, which are in position to be benefited thereby and said board shall have power to issue executions for such assessments and collect the same in the manner provided for issuing and collecting tax executions. Grading and draining of streets. Construction, etc., of sidewalks. Sewerage. SEC. 28. That the Board of Aldermen shall have power and authority to require all persons sentenced to work upon the streets for violation of any of the ordinances, bylaws, resolutions, rules, or regulations of said town or for contempt of the Mayor's Court, to do such work in and directed about the water works, gas and electric plants, or

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bridges, as may be directed by the Marshal under orders of the board and for this such persons as are doing regular street work in said town shall not be required to work with said workgangs. Work gangs. SEC. 29. That the Board of Aldermen shall have power and authority in said city to lay off, vacate, open, close, alter, curb, frame and keep in good order and repair, public parks, roads, streets, alleys, sidewalks, crosswalks, drain and gulleys, and to improve and light the same and have them kept free from obstructions on or over them, to regulate the width of the sidewalks, foot ways, crosswalks, drains and gutters, to be cleansed, paved and kept in good order, free and clean by the owner and occupants thereof at the real property adjacent thereto, to grant easements and encroachments upon said streets, to establish and regulate markets and prescribe the time for holding the same, to prevent injury and annoyance to the public or to individuals from anything dangerous, offensive, or unwholesome, to prevent hogs, horses, cattle, sheep, dogs and other animals and all fowls from going at large in said city, to protect places of Divine Worship in and about the place where held, to abate or cause to be abated anything which in the opinion of a majority of the whole board shall be a nuisance, to regulate the keeping of gunpowder and other combustibles, to provide in or near said city, places for the burial of the dead; to own cemeteries and to regulate interments; to provide for the regular building of houses or other structures; to condemn such structures as are dangerous, and to require their removal; to establish fire limits and to regulate the material and manner of constructing buildings therein; to make regulations for guarding against danger or damage by fire; to organize, regulate and maintain a fire department for said town, to protect the property and persons of all citizens of said town, and to preserve peace and good order therein; to authorize the election of water works, gas works, or electric plants in said city, the construction and operation of street car lines or telephone systems or other public utility; to grant franchise for the same on such terms as the board may deem best or to construct,

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own and operate the same for the town, should such be deemed expedient, to prevent injury or interference with such public utility; to prevent the pollution of the water of the town; to prevent any act or occupation which might injuriously affect the business or healthfulness of said town or any of its citizens; to regulate and provide for the weighing of coal and other articles sold or for sale in said city; to provide a revenue for the city and appropriate the same for its expenses; to provide for the annual assessment of the taxable property therein; to adopt rules for the regulation and government of its own body and to enact all ordinances, by-laws, resolutions, rules, and regulations that may be necessary or proper for the good order, peace, welfare, health, morals, interest, security, and improvement of the town, or its citizens, and full authority to prescribe, impose and enact reasonable fines, imprisonments, and penalties for their violation. Powers of Board of Aldermen. SEC. 30. That from time to time the Board of Aldermen, may by two-thirds vote, create such officers, boards, commissioners, trustees or other body as it may deem expedient, wise or necessary for the performance of any of the things provided for in this Act, the qualification, duties, salaries and regulations of bodies for the carrying out of the specific duty imposed upon them to be fixed by ordinance or ordinances passed by two-thirds vote of the Board of Aldermen. Powers of Board of Aldermen. SEC. 31. That all laws or parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved August 16, 1913. ROME, CITY OF, CHARTER AMENDED. No. 11. An Act to amend an Act entitled An Act to amend, consolidate and supersede the several Acts incorporating

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the City of Rome, Floyd County, State of Georgia, to create a new charter and municipal government for said city, and extending and defining the corporate limits thereof, and to declare the rights and powers of said corporation, and for other purposes, approved August 17th, 1909. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same, That Section 70 of an Act entitled An Act to amend, consolidate and supersede the several Acts incorporating the City of Rome, Floyd County, State of Georgia; to create a new charter and municipal government for said city and extending and defining the corporate limits thereof, and to declare the rights and powers of said corporation, and for other purposes, approved August 17th, 1909, be and the same is hereby amended as follows: By striking from said section the words the space between each track, and inserting in lieu thereof the following words: Not more than 4 feet, in which event they shall pay for paving and macadamizing all space between such tracks. Rome, City of, charter amended. Paving and macadamizing between street car tracks. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be and the same are hereby repealed. Approved July 30, 1913. ROYSTON, CITY OF, CHARTER AMENDED. No. 184. An Act to amend an Act approved August 24, 1905, entitled an Act to incorporate the City of Royston in the Counties of Franklin, Hart and Madison; to provide for the manner of the election of Mayor of said city; fix his term of office; to provide the manner of election of a Board of Education of said city and for other purposes.

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SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same, That Section 2 of this Act approved August 24, 1905, incorporating the City of Royston be, and the same is, hereby amended by striking from the third line in said section the word one, between the word of and the word year and inserting in lieu thereof the word two. Royston, City of, charter amended. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That Section 63 of said Act be and the same is hereby amended by striking all of said Section 63 of said Act and inserting in lieu thereof a new section which shall be known as Section 63 and shall read as follows: On the 1st meeting of the Mayor and Council in January, 1914, and annually thereafter at the first regular meeting of said Mayor and Council in January, they shall elect three qualified citizens of said city who shall constitute a Board of Education of said city. The manner of election and term of office shall be as follows: One member shall be elected for a term of one year, one for a term of two years and one member for a term of three years, all of whom shall serve until their successors are elected and qualified. Vacancies by death or otherwise are to be filled by election by the Mayor and Council at any regular meeting or called meeting for that purpose. At the expiration of the term of office of any member elected as above provided, their successors shall be elected for a term of three years, so that there shall be elected annually on the first meeting night in January, one member who shall serve for a term of three years. Board of Education. SEC. 3. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the provisions of this amendment shall not become effective until ratified by a majority of the qualified voters of the City of Royston, at the next regular election to be held in said city on the first Wednesday in December, 1913. Election for ratification of this amendment. SEC. 4. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That there shall be printed on the ballots prepared for use in the election of city officials the words For two

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year term of Mayor and Against two year term for Mayor, and if a majority of the ballots cast are for two year term for the Mayor of said city, then the Mayor elected at such election shall hold his office for a two year term and his successors shall be elected biennially thereafter. Should a majority of the ballots cast be against a two year term, then the amendment provided in Section 1 of this amendment shall be held not to have been ratified and said section shall remain at it is. Term of Mayor, how submitted to voters. SEC. 5. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That said ballots shall also have printed on them the words, For Ratification of Section two and Against Ratification of Section 2, and if a majority of the ballots cast in said election are for ratification of Section two, then said Section 2 of this Act is to become operative, but should a majority of said ballots be cast against said ratification then Section 63 of the Act approved August 24, 1905, is to remain as it now reads. Section two, how submitted to voters. SEC. 6. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act shall be and are hereby repealed if the provisions of this Act are ratified in the manner provided herein. Approved August 18, 1913. SAVANNAH, CITY OF, PRIMARY ELECTIONS PROVIDED FOR. No. 236. An Act to provide for the holding of primary elections in the City of Savannah, Georgia, for the selection of Mayor and Aldermen for said city; to fix the rules and regulations under which such primaries shall be held; the qualifications of voters therein, and for other purposes.

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SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same, That on the first Wednesday in January, 1915, and upon the same day in each alternate year thereafter, primary elections shall be held in the City of Savannah by all political parties which have State or National organization and which desires to have candidates in the general election for Mayor and Aldermen to be held during such year. Savannah, City of, primary elections. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That at such primary elections each candidate for Mayor shall be entitled to name one manager and one clerk at each voting box. Selection of election managers. SEC. 3. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That at said primary elections every person qualified to vote in the next succeeding regular municipal election and who is further qualified under the rules of his party, shall be entitled to vote. Qualified voters. SEC. 4. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That at all such primary elections there shall be the same number of boxes, the same hours for voting and the same description of ballots used as are provided for by the Act entitled An Act to regulate municipal elections in the City of Savannah; to provide penalties for violation thereof; and for other purposes, approved August 9th, 1912. The Chairman of each political party shall in such primary elections perform the duties prescribed for the Clerk of Council in the said last mentioned Act. Regulations for holding elections. SEC. 5. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the executive committee of each political party having jurisdiction thereof shall have the authority to arrange and provide for all the rules and regulations and details of the primary not herein provided for and not inconsistent with anything provided for in this Act. Rules and regulations, how provided. SEC. 6. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That no person shall be entitled to become a candidate

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in the regular general election in said city for Mayor or Aldermen who has not been nominated by a political party of the description aforesaid at a primary election held under the terms of this Act, unless any person desiring to enter in said regular general election as an independent candidate shall within five days before said general election in said City file with the Clerk of Council of said city a petition endorsing his candidacy signed by not less than one-third of the persons registered and qualified to vote in the next succeeding general election. No votes shall be counted for any person who has not been so nominated by his said party or for any independent candidate who has not filed the petition aforesaid. Candidates. SEC. 7. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the candidate for Mayor receiving the highest number of votes in his party shall be declared the nominee of his party, and the twelve candidates for aldermen receiving the highest number of votes in their party shall be declared the nominees of their party. Nominees. SEC. 8. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved August 19, 1913. SCOTLAND, TOWN OF, CHARTER AMENDED. No. 176. An Act to amend an Act to incorporate the Town of Scotland, in the Counties of Telfair and Wheeler, approved August 19th, 1911, by changing the corporate limits of said town, and by changing the tax limits from one-half of one per cent. to one per cent. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That the Act entitled an Act to

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incorporate the Town of Scotland, in the Counties of Telfair and Wheeler, etc., be, and the same is, hereby amended by striking from said Act the second section and inserting in lieu thereof the following: Be it further enacted that the corporate limits of said town shall be as follows: Beginning at the north corner of lot of land number 255 in the 10th Land District of Wheeler County, and running thence along the northeastern boundary line of said lot and of lots 304 and 305 in the 7th Land District of Telfair County to the east corner of said lot number 305; and running thence along southeastern boundary of said lot number 305 to a point half way between the east corner and south corner of said lot 302 in said last named district; thence at right angles in a northwesterly direction across said lot 302 and lot 303 in said 7th District and lot 226 in said 10th District to a point on the northwest boundary line of said lot 226 half way between the north corner of said lot 226 and the west corner of said lot and running thence along said northwestern boundary line of said lot 226 and of said lot 255 to the north corner of said lot 255, the starting point; said corporate limits of said town to embrace all of said lots 255, 304 and 305, and the northeast half of said lots 302, 303, and 226. Scotland, Town of. Corporate limits. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That Section 9 of said Act be, and the same is, hereby amended by striking from the eighth line the words one-half of, so that said section when amended will read as follows: Be it further enacted, That for the purpose of raising revenues to defray the ordinary expenses incident to the proper support and maintenance of town government, that said Mayor and Council shall have full power and authority to levy and collect an ad valorem tax upon all property, both real and personal, in the corporate limits of said town, and which is not exempt by State law, not to exceed one per cent., but when that amount is deemed insufficient, said Mayor and Council shall have power and authority to levy an additional tax in the mode and manner prescribed by the constitution and the laws of the State of Georgia. Tax rate.

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SEC. 3. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this law be, and the same is, hereby repealed. Approved August 18, 1913. SCOTLAND, TOWN OF, PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM ESTABLISHED. No. 200. An Act to establish a system of public schools in the Town of Scotland, Georgia; to provide for the carrying on, management, control and support of the same; to provide for a Board of Education and other officers of said school system and prescribe their powers and duties, and for other purposes; to provide for bonds and voting in thereof, for the purchase or lease of property in which to carry on the school system, after submitting the same to the qualified voters of the Town of Scotland, and the same is ratified by a two-thirds vote thereof. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same, That from and after the passage of this Act, there may be established in the Town of Scotland, in this State, a system of public schools, to be established, conducted, maintained, supported and controlled in the manner provided in this Act. Scotland, Town of, public school system established. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That after the ratification of this Act as hereinafter provided, the Mayor and Council of the said Town of Scotland shall elect two members of the Board of Education of said public school system, who shall hold office until the regular election of the police and other town officers by said Mayor and Council in the succeeding calendar year. After said first regular meeting for the election of the police and other officers of said town as elected by the Mayor and Council at the time, as now or may

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hereafter, be fixed by the charter of said Town of Scotland, the said Mayor and Council shall elect two members of said board, the first term of office of one of said members shall be for one year and that of the other of said members shall be for two years, and thereafter the regular term of office of their successors shall be for a term of two years, and until their successors are elected and qualified, it being the purpose of this Act to have one member of said board elected each year, in the manner as above set out. All vacancies otherwise occurring in said board shall be filled immediately by said Mayor and Council and such members shall hold for the balance of the unexpired term. In addition to the two members of said board so elected the Mayor of the Town of Scotland shall be ex-officio Chairman of the Board of Education and he, with the other two members elected by the Mayor and Council, shall constitute the Board of Education of the Town of Scotland, with the right in them and their successors to take and hold in trust for the said Town of Scotland any grant or devise of land or donation or bequest of money or other property made to it for educational purposes with the right to sue and be sued; that they have the right to purchase suitable lot or lots for school building and to erect thereon a school building or buildings and that they have the further right and power if they see fit to rent, lease or take over for a term of ten years, with the privilege of removal, from any person or corporation, school dormitory and other buildings, equipment and furnishings and grounds for school purposes; to liquidate certain debts in consideration of such lease, and to construct other buildings on said leased premises, to provide for remodeling, enlarging, heating, repairing, improving, furnishing and otherwise preparing and keeping such leased premises in condition to successfully carry on a modern school system. The said Board of Education are authorized and empowered to establish and maintain a high school on said leased premises, to conduct dormitories, to put buildings thereon by donations from others, to make contracts and to do any and every other thing that may be necessary or proper for the conduct and carrying on of said

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public and high school system in the Town of Scotland. The qualifications for members of the Board of Education shall be the same as prescribed in the charter for Mayor and Councilmen of said town. Board of Education, their election and terms of office. Vacancies, how filled. Powers and duties of Board. SEC. 3. Be it further enacted, That before the entering upon the discharge of the duties of said office each member of said board shall take and subscribe the following oath: I (A. B.) do solemnly swear that I will faithfully discharge the duties devolving upon me as a member of the Board of Education of the Town of Scotland, to the best of my skill and ability and in accordance with what shall to me appear for the best interest of the community and the cause of education, and without fear, favor, affection, reward or the hope thereof, so help me God. A majority of said board shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. Oath. SEC. 4. Be it further enacted, That the Mayor, being ex-officio Chairman of said board, shall at the first meeting after the election of new members as herein provided, cause said board to be organized for the ensuing year by electing a Chairman pro tempore, to act in the absence or disqualification of the Chairman, and also by electing some competent person as Secretary, each of said officers to be elected by ballot or acclamation of said board, as they see proper. The former to be an officer of said board, as they see proper. The former to be an officer of said board, but the Secretary and Treasurer may be some citizen of said town who is an earnest advocate of public schools and in the opinion of the board otherwise qualified to perform the duties of the office. The members of said Board of Education shall receive no compensation for their services as such. Officers of Board. SEC. 5. Be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the Secretary and Treasurer to keep a record of all the official acts and doings of the Board of Education, which record shall at all times be kept open to inspection of any tax payer of the said Town of Scotland. He shall also give bond in sufficient amount with good security to be adjudged of by the Board payable to the Board of Education of

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the Town of Scotland, for the faithful discharge of his duties, and the safe keeping and proper disbursement of all money which may come into his care by reason of his said trust. He shall receive all public school money from the proper authorities, receive and receipt for all incidental fees, and all other moneys he may be entitled to receive, and keep a record of all moneys so received and paid out by him and take proper vouchers for all disbursements, but shall pay out no funds except by order of the board entered upon the minutes. He shall receive such compensation for his services as may be fixed by said board as hereby authorized to contract for and pay out of the public school funds. Secretary and Treasurer, his bond, duties, etc. SEC. 6. Be it further enacted, That said Board of Education shall elect a superintendent and teachers and other officers for the public school of Scotland, fix their salaries, contract with them as such and pay the same out of the moneys coming into their hands; and shall have the right and authority to suspend or remove said superintendent or teacher whenever in their discretion they deem it best to do so, and shall suspend or expel any pupil from attendance, when in the opinion of a majority of the board it shall be for the interest of the school, and their action in so doing shall be final and conclusive. Said board shall also be empowered and it shall be their duty to borrow money for the support and maintenance of said school, when necessary, and repay the same with legal interest from the funds coming into their hands, and they shall at all times supervise, regulate and make efficient said school system, fixing the length of the term and the time of opening and closing of the same, prescribe the curriculum, the textbooks and books of reference to be used therein and shall do any and all such other acts, not inconsistent with the laws of this State, as may promote the system of education. Superintendent, teachers, etc., election of, etc. Support and maintenance of school. SEC. 7. Be it further enacted, That said Board of Education shall annually make to the Mayor and Council of said town, a written report of all moneys received and disbursed by them, and shall accompany said report with a full

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itemized statement, accompanied with vouchers for all money disbursed, and the same shall be published by the Mayor and Council and paid out of the town Treasury. Reports of Board. SEC. 8. Be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the Board of Education to establish such grammar schools and high schools as may be necessary for the education of the children attending said schools, and the tuition, where any is to be charged, in said schools, or any school or schools established by this board, shall be prescribed by the board. The board may, in its discretion, require each pupil entering any of said schools to pay reasonable matriculation fees, to be paid upon its entrance, or in such installments as the board may direct; provided, however, that no tuition or fee is applicable to a child entering said schools solely on the common school funds. Children of non-residence may be admitted to such schools upon such terms as may be prescribed by the board. Establishment of schools, tuition, matriculation fees, etc. SEC. 9. Be it further enacted, That it shall be lawful for the County School Commissioner of Telfair County or other counties of the State, to make contract with the said Board of Education of said town to teach pupils of school age residing in their respective counties and outside the corporate limits of the Town of Scotland, and to pay said board out of that portion of the common school fund of the State belonging to their respective counties, in like manner and under the same provisions as teachers in the common schools of their respective counties are paid; provided, however, that in case the rate of tuition for non-resident children, as fixed by said board, is higher than the public school rate, authorized to be paid by the County School Commissioner, then said Board of Education shall have the right to charge, contract with and collect said difference from the parent or guardian of said non-resident pupils. Contracts with county school commissioners, etc. SEC. 10. Be it further enacted, That the Board of Education of the Town of Scotland, shall prepare and take a census, annually, after the passage and ratification of this Act, of all the children residing in said Town of Scotland,

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who are, under the law, entitled to participate in the State public school fund, and furnish a report of the result of said census to the State School Commissioner on or before the first day of September of each year. School census. SEC. 11. Be it further enacted, That upon receipt of the foregoing report of the result of said census the State School Commissioner shall apportion said Town of Scotland its pro rata share of the State school fund based upon the result of said annual census, and pay over such pro rata share of the State school fund to the Secretary and Treasurer of the Board of Education of the Town of Scotland. Pro rata share of State school fund. SEC. 12. Be it further enacted, That the State school fund shall be supplemented by an ad valorem tax levied by the Mayor and Council of the Town of Scotland, as follows: The Board of Education shall by the first of September of each year make an estimate of the amount necessary to be raised that year for the additional support of public schools in said town and place this estimate before the Mayor and Council of said town and when the same is approved by said Mayor and Council it shall be their duty when making the annual tax levy for the current expenses of said town to levy a school tax along with the other town taxes upon all taxable property within the corporate limits of the Town of Scotland and the said Mayor and Council are hereby authorized and required to levy said school tax and collect, or have the same collected by the town officers, along with the other ad valorem taxes of said town in the same manner as other town taxes are levied and collected; provided, however, that said Mayor and Council shall have no authority to levy and collect more than one per cent. of the value of all taxable property within said town for school purposes. School tax. SEC. 13. Be it further enacted, That provisions shall be made by the Board of Education for the education of both white and colored children within said town, but that separate schools shall be provided for separate races. Separate schools for white and colored races.

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SEC. 14. Be it further enacted, That before this Act shall become operative it shall be submitted to the qualified voters of the Town of Scotland, for which purpose the Mayor and Council thereof shall order an election of which thirty days notice shall be given in any paper published in said town or Telfair County, and at two or more public places in town, which said election shall be held under the same rules and regulations as are required for Mayor and Council of said town and the qualifications for voters shall be the same. Those voting in said election in favor of public schools shall have written or printed on their ballot, For Public Schools, and those opposed shall have written or printed on their ballots, Against Public Schools. The managers of said election shall make return to the Mayor and Council of said Town of Scotland, who shall open said returns and declare the result of said election at the first regular meeting thereafter, and if a two-thirds of those voting in said election shall vote for public schools, then this Act shall take effect immediately, otherwise, not. Should this Act fail of adoption, however, at said first or any other subsequent election held for this purpose, the Mayor and Council may, in their discretion, submit the same to another election under the same rules and regulations as are herein prescribed for the first election after the lapse of one year from any election when the same shall have been previously defeated, and, if at any subsequent election the same should be adopted by the two-thirds vote it shall then become effective. Election for ratification of this Act. SEC. 15. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the Mayor and Council of said town shall have power and authority to issue bonds of said town not to exceed ten thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be, in their judgment, necessary for the purchase of suitable lot for school buildings and erecting thereon a school building thoroughly equipped for school purposes, or for building, enlarging, remodeling or repairing, heating or repairing, or leasing premises and for liquidation of debts in consideration of a lease for a term of years, of land and buildings for school purposes. Said bonds may be issued of such

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denominations, and with such rate of interest, not exceeding six per cent. per annum as the Mayor and Council may determine upon. They shall run for a term not to exceed thirty years, and said Mayor and Council may provide for the maturing of said bonds at any time during said thirty years, and the said Mayor and Councilmen shall designate when the interest on said bonds shall become due and payable. Said bonds, when issued, shall be sold for not less than par and their proceeds turned over to the Board of Education of said town, to be used by said board for the purpose of paying off certain debts in consideration of a lease for a term of years of certain buildings and grounds for school purposes and for erecting thereon certain buildings, remodeling, heating, and furnishing and enlarging such buildings as may be already on said premises. Issuance of bonds. SEC. 16. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That before said bonds shall be issued it shall be recommended by said town Board of Education, and the question of their issuance shall be submitted to the legally qualified voters of said town. For this purpose the Mayor and Council upon the recommendation of the town Board of Education shall order an election of which at least thirty days notice shall be given by publication of such notice in any newspaper in the town or the county, and posted in at least three places in said town. Said election shall be held and governed by the same rules and regulations as elections for Mayor and Councilmen, and the qualifications of voters shall be the same. Each voter shall have written or printed on his ballot the words For Bonds, or Against Bonds, and if two-thirds of the qualified voters of said town shall vote for bonds, it shall be the duty of the Mayor and Councilmen to issue same, and in event the said bond election shall not carry, it shall be the duty of said Mayor and Councilmen upon the recommendation of said town Board of Education to order another election, provided said election shall not be held oftener than twelve months. Election for bonds. SEC. 17. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That at or before the time of issuing any of said bonds

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the Mayor and Councilmen of the Town of Scotland shall provide for the levy and collection of an annual tax, if necessary, in addition to all other taxes authorized by law, and of sufficient amount to pay promptly the principal and interest of said bonded debt, nor shall any part of said funds so raised be used for any other purposes. Tax to pay interest on bonds and create a sinking fund. SEC. 18. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved August 18, 1913. SHARPSBURG, TOWN OF, NEW CHARTER FOR. No. 22. An Act to create a new charter for the Town of Sharpsburg, in the County of Coweta. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same, That the Town of Sharpsburg, in the County of Coweta be, and the same is, hereby reincorporated under the name and style of the Town of Sharpsburg, and by that name shall be, and is, hereby invested with all the rights, powers and privileges incident to municipal corporations in this State, and all the rights, powers, titles, privileges, properties, easements and hereditaments now belonging or in any wise appertaining to said Town of Sharpsburg, as heretofore incorporated, shall be, and are, hereby vested in the Town of Sharpsburg created by this Act. The said Town of Sharpsburg created by this Act may sue and be sued, contract and be contracted with, plead and be impleaded, have and use a common seal, make and enact through its Mayor and Board of Councilmen such ordinances, rules and regulations for the transaction of its business and the welfare and proper government of said town as to said Mayor and Councilmen may seem best and which shall be consistent with the laws of the State of Georgia and the United

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States. The said Town of Sharpsburg shall be able in law, to purchase, hold, receive, enjoy, possess and retain in perpetuity, or for any term of years, any estate or estates, real or personal, lands, tenements and hereditaments of what kind or nature whatsoever within the limits or without the limits of said town, for corporate purposes. The Town of Sharpsburg, created by this Act, is hereby made responsible as a corporate body for all the legal debts, liabilities and undertakings of the said Town of Sharpsburg heretofore incorporated. Sharpsburg, Town of, new charter. Rights, powers and privileges. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That the corporate limits of said Town of Sharpsburg shall extend three eights (3/8) of a mile in every direction from the center of a public well in said town at the junction of Depot Street and Turrentine Road. Corporate limits. SEC. 3. Be it further enacted, That the government of said town shall be vested in a Mayor and four Councilmen. The present Mayor and Councilmen shall continue in office until the expiration of the term for which they were elected, and until their successors are elected and qualified, and they and their associates shall have and exercise all rights, powers and duties hereby conferred on the Mayor and Councilmen of said Town of Sharpsburg created by this Act. Mayor and Councilmen. SEC. 4. Three Councilmen or the Mayor and two Councilmen shall constitute a quorum of the Town Council. The concurrent vote of three Councilmen or the Mayor and two Councilmen shall be necessary to the passage of any ordinance, order, resolution or other official act of the Town Council. The Mayor may vote on any question. The Council may elect from their number a Mayor pro tempore, who shall have the same authority in all matters as is given the Mayor whenever the Mayor, for any reason, cannot or will not act, or declines to do so. Quorum. Passage of ordinances, etc. Mayor pro tem. SEC. 5. The Mayor or any Councilman may be impeached and removed from office upon being convicted by the concurrent vote of three members of the Council for malpractice

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in office or grossly immoral conduct, or of any act amounting to a felony under the laws of this State or involving moral turpitude. The officer upon being so accused shall be given a fair trial before the other members of the Council and if convicted may obtain certiorari according to the rules of law of this State, but pending the hearing of such certiorari such officer shall be suspended from office. Removal of officers. SEC. 6. The Mayor and Councilmen of said Town of Sharpsburg shall be elected on the first Saturday in December of each year for the term of one year and until their successors are elected and qualified. If an election is not held at the time prescribed, a special election may be called by the City Council of which election ten days public notice shall be given. Vacancies in the office of Mayor or Council may be filled by the remaining members of the Council, or a majority of them, electing any one of their body to the office of Mayor or electing any citizen of said town as Councilman. Election of Mayor and Councilmen. SEC. 7. All elections held under the provisions of this charter, and all elections in which any subject or question is submitted to the qualified voters of said Town of Sharpsburg, shall be superintended and managed by a Justice of the Peace or some other judicial officer, and two freeholders who shall be citizens of said town and own real estate therein, or three freeholders, all of whom shall be citizens of said town and own real estate therein, and each of said managers shall before entering on his duties, take and subscribe before some Justice of the Peace, or other officer qualified to administer an oath, or before each other, the following oath: We, and each of us, do swear that we will faithfully and impartially conduct this election and prevent all illegal voting to the best of our skill and power, so help us God. Said managers shall keep, or cause to be kept, two lists of voters and two tally sheets. All elections shall be held at such place as shall be designated by ordinance of the Mayor and Council, and all voting shall be by ballot. The polls shall open at 2 p. m. and close at 6 o'clock p. m. The persons receiving the highest number of votes for the respective offices shall be declared elected.

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The managers of all elections shall be appointed by the Mayor and Councilmen. Elections, how held. SEC. 8. The said managers shall certify two list of voters and two tally sheets, and shall place one of said tally sheets and one list of voters in the ballot box, together with the ballots, and seal the same, and shall forthwith deliver the same to the Ordinary of Coweta County, Georgia. The other tally sheet and list of voters, together with a certificate showing the result of the election, shall be placed in a package and sealed and forthwith delivered to the Clerk of the city, who shall safely keep the same until the then Mayor and Councilmen meet again, at which meeting he shall deliver said package to the said Mayor and Councilmen who shall open the same and declare the result of the election, if no notice of contest has been given. If notice of contest has been given, then all further proceedings shall be postponed until the contest shall have been determined. If the result of any election held in said town is contested, notice of said contest shall be filed with the Ordinary of Coweta County within three days after such election setting forth all the grounds of contest and upon payment of a fee of ten dollars in advance to the Ordinary, the said Ordinary shall, within two days after he receives the same, cause a copy of said notice to be served by the Sheriff or his deputy on the contestee, if said contest is for an office; and if the result of any election in which any question is submitted is contested, then said Ordinary shall cause notice to be served on the Mayor of the town and published one time in the official newspaper of the town, and if no newspaper is published in said town, then said notice shall be published in the official organ of the County of Coweta. Said Ordinary shall fix a time of hearing said contest which shall not be later than ten days after service has been perfected, of which time both parties shall have five days notice before the hearing. The contestor shall pay the Sheriff or his deputy two dollars in advance for serving notice of contest. All contests shall be heard in the court house of Coweta County. Said Ordinary is authorized to hear and determine any contest, and the losing party shall pay

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all cost, for which said Ordinary is authorized to render judgment and issue execution. Returns. Contests. SEC. 9. All persons qualified to vote for members of the General Assembly in this State, and who shall have paid all taxes legally imposed and demanded by the authorities of said town, and shall have resided in said town six months prior to the election at which they offer to vote, and shall have registered, if registration be required by the Ordinances of said town, shall be qualified to vote at any election provided for in this charter. Qualified voters. SEC. 10. No person shall be eligible to the office of Mayor or Councilman of said town unless he be of the age of twenty-one years, a citizen of the United States of America, and shall have resided in said town one year immediately preceding his election, and shall have registered, if registration be required by the ordinances of said town, and shall have paid all taxes due to and demanded by said city. Eligibility of officers. SEC. 11. On the first Monday in January of each year the persons elected to the office of Mayor and Councilmen shall appear at the council chamber in said town and take and subscribe before some judicial officer or the then Mayor of said town, the following oath, to-wit: I do solemnly swear that I will well and truly perform the duties (of Mayor or Councilman as the case may be) of the Town of Sharpsburg to the best of my skill and ability, and as to me shall seem to the best interest and welfare of said town, without fear, favor or affection, so help me God. And shall forthwith enter upon the discharge of the duties of his office. A failure to qualify for fifteen days after the said first Monday in January, unless for providential cause, shall operate to vacate the office of either the Mayor or any Councilman-elect. Oath of Mayor and Councilmen. SEC. 12. The Mayor and Council may provide by ordinance for the registration of voters prior to any and all elections held in said town, and provide that no person

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shall be allowed to vote who has not registered; provided, that the registration books shall be opened forty days immediately preceding said election, and be closed ten days before said election; provided, that no registration shall be necessary unless required by ordinance adopted by the Mayor and Council of said town. Registration of voters. SEC. 13. The salary of the Mayor and Councilmen shall be prescribed each year by the Mayor and Council, either at the beginning or closing of the year. Salaries of Mayor and Councilmen. SEC. 14. The Mayor and Council of the Town of Sharpsburg shall have power and authority to enact all such ordinances from time to time as are necessary to carry into effect the provisions of this charter; to suppress disorderly conduct; to protect life and property; to maintain the public peace, protect the public health, which are not repugnant to the Constitution and laws of the United States or of this State. Power to enact laws. SEC. 15. The Mayor and Councilmen shall hold monthly, semi-monthly or weekly meetings as they may decide upon, and the Mayor or Mayor pro tem., when the Mayor for any reason does not act, may order such call meetings as emergencies may require. Sessions. SEC. 16. The Mayor and Council shall have authority to pass all such ordinances, by-laws, rules and regulations as may, in their discretion, be necessary to enforce all of the laws of the State of Georgia applicable to municipal corporations, and which laws in so far as they are not in conflict with this Act, are made a part thereof, and to provide penalties for their violation. They shall have general and exclusive jurisdiction over the streets, alleys, by-ways, sidewalks, commons, public squares of the city and may provide against obstructions and nuisances thereupon. They may lay such drains and gutters therein as are necessary and shall take all necessary and proper means for keeping the corporate limits of the city, or the limits of its Police jurisdiction, free from garbage and filth of all kind. They shall have power to summarily abate nuisances whenever

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in their judgment such nuisance is injurious to the health, comfort or convenience of the inhabitants of said town, either with or without complaint against such nuisance. They may regulate the running of locomotives, cars and automobiles whether run by steam, electricity or other power. They may provide regulations relative to keeping, storage or sale of gunpowder and explosives or inflammable oils, chemicals or powders in said town. Authority and jurisdiction of Mayor and Council. SEC. 17. The Mayor and Council shall have authority to elect a city Marshal, a Treasurer, City Clerk, City Attorney, City Physician, City Tax Assessors, a Recorder, together with such other officers as the necessities of the town demand. They may prescribe the duties of the officers and fix their salaries. All such officers shall be elected for a term of one year, and until their successors have been elected and qualified. The Mayor or Mayor pro tem., whenever the Mayor does not act, may appoint such extra Policemen as may be necessary in cases of emergencies, and such extra Policemen may receive such compensation as may be agreed upon or as may be fixed by the Mayor and Council. Either or all officers elected by said Mayor and Council may be dismissed from office at any time by a two-thirds vote of the Mayor and Council, and all officers shall take oath to faithfully discharge the duties of their respective offices, and give such bond and security as may be required by the Mayor and Council. Election of subordinate officers. SEC. 18. For the purpose of raising the revenue to defray the ordinary current expense incident to the proper support and maintenance of the town government, the said Mayor and Council shall have full power and authority to levy and collect an ad valorem tax upon all property, both real and personal, in the corporate limits of said town, and which is not exempt by State law, not to exceed onehalf of one per cent, but when that amount is not sufficient, said Mayor and Council shall have power to levy and collect an additional tax in the mode and manner prescribed by the Constitution and laws of the State of Georgia. In addition to the taxes for ordinary current expenses herein allowed,

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the Mayor and Council may levy an extraordinary tax, not to exceed one-half of one per cent on the taxable property of the town, to be used only for educational purposes, for paving and macadamizing the streets, or for paying the principal and interest of the public debt. Ad valorem tax. SEC. 19. Every person owning or holding property of any kind within the corporate limits of the city on the first Monday in February of each year after the passage of this Act, shall return the same for taxation under oath at any time from and after the first Monday in February and until the first Monday in May of each year to the Town Clerk or other officer authorized to receive tax returns for the town. SEC. 20. Every male person between the ages of twenty and fifty years, who has resided in said town for thirty days, shall be liable and subject to work the streets of said town not to exceed ten days in each year, or to pay a commutation tax in lieu thereof not exceeding five dollars in any one year as said Mayor and Council may determine. Any person subject to work the streets who shall refuse to work or pay the tax in lieu thereof, shall be guilty of violating this section and may be punished as prescribed in Section 29 of this Act. Commutation tax. SEC. 21. The Mayor and Council shall have the right to establish a guard house and chaingang in said town, provide for the confinement of prisoners therein during the hours they are not engaged in labor, provide for their maintenance during the period of their imprisonment, provide for furnishing said prisoners with convict suits, employ guards and convict bosses, and generally to provide for the control and proper government of said convicts. Guard house and chaingang. SEC. 22. The Mayor and Council shall have full power and authority to license, regulate and control by ordinance, and shall have power and authority to levy a business or occupation tax for the purpose of raising revenue, on all taverns, hotels, boarding houses, cafes, restaurants, saloons

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for sale of ice cream, ices, etc., livery stables, sale and feed stables, hacks, drays and other vehicles; auctioneers, vendue masters, itinerant traders, theatre and theatrical performances, dummy or street railroads, oil mills, bottling works, ice works, laundries, water works, gins, shows and exhibitions of all kinds; itinerant lightning rod dealers, immigrant agents, book agents, peddlers, pool and bagatelle tables kept for public play; shooting gallery, ten-pin alley, upon the keeper of any table, stand or device or place for the performance of any game or play; upon flying horses or other contrivances; bicycle, velocipede or skating rinks, insurance agents, life, fire and accident or other insurance agents; loan agents for any and all kinds of business; banks and bankers, brokers and commission merchants of all kind and dealers in futures; slaughter houses, beef markets, green grocers, dealers in fresh oysters, vegetables, fruits, breads and other articles of food; contractors and builders, and all mechanics or artisans; barber shops, junk shops, pawn-brokers, and upon all and every other establishment, business, calling, trade or avocation not heretofore mentioned and which under the Constitution and laws of Georgia are subject to license or special tax. Special taxes, licenses, etc. SEC. 23. The Mayor and Council shall have the sole and exclusive power and authority to regulate the sale of intoxicating liquors whether spirituous, vinous or malt, in said town; to grant licenses for the sale of same; to fix the fees for said license; to establish such regulations and restrictions with reference to the sale of the same as they deem necessary and proper; to grant or refuse license to any applicant as to them may seem best; provided, that no license shall be issued in conflict with any law or laws of the State of Georgia, and provided, that the license for retailing such shall not be less than five thousand dollars per annum; to prohibit the storage and keeping of wines, beer, malt, alcoholic or intoxicating liquors of any kind for illegal purposes, or prohibit the same from being brought into said town for said purpose, and punish within the limits prescribed in this charter any person or persons violating the same. Regulation of sale of intoxicating liquors, etc.

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SEC. 24. The Mayor and Council of said town may demand payment of any and all licenses or specific taxes authorized by this Act or the laws of Georgia, in the amount fixed by ordinance as a condition precedent to beginning or continuing in any business, trade, profession or calling, for which a specific tax or license is required. Should any person, firm or corporation engage or continue in any business, trade, profession or calling, for which a specific tax or license is required by said town by ordinance, and shall fail or refuse to pay the same on demand to the proper authorities of said town, he shall be liable to prosecution in the Police Courts of said town and may be fined or imprisoned, either or both, in the discretion of the court. Payment of specific taxes. SEC. 25. The Mayor and Council shall have power and authority to establish by ordinance a fiscal year from which and to which all licenses shall date. Should any person natural or artificial apply for license for any business in said town at any time after the fiscal year has begun, the Mayor and Council shall have power and authority to require of such person the same amount as required for license for the full year and in no case shall the Mayor and Council be required to prorate the amount of the license for a term less than a full year; provided, that no change in the fiscal year shall operate to the injury of any person who has paid the amount of the license required of him. Fiscal year. SEC. 26. The Mayor and Council shall have power and authority to inforce by execution the collection of any debt or claim due the town for taxes, licenses, rents, impounding fees, fines and forfeitures, charges for laying sewers or drains, for cleaning or repairing privies or for abating nuisances and for any and all levies, assessments and demands due the town. Said execution to be issued by the Clerk of the town and to bear test in the name of the Mayor against the property, person, corporation or firm, against which or from whom such debt or demand is owing. Such executions to be directed to all and singular the Marshal, Deputy Marshal and Policeman of the Town of Sharpsburg, who are authorized to levy the same upon the property against

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which it is issued or on the property of the person against whom such execution shall have issued. The property levied on shall be sold in the following manner, to-wit: The property levied on shall be sold by the Marshal or his deputy at public outcry, under the laws governing Sheriffs' sales to the highest bidder before the door of the council chamber or at such other place as the Mayor shall determine. Notice of which place shall be stated in the advertisement of the sale of said property. If said property so levied upon be personal property, it shall be advertised by posting notices in three public and conspicuous places in said town for ten days before the day of the sale, and if the property levied on be real estate, he shall advertise the same once a week for four weeks in the newspaper in said County of Coweta, wherein Sheriffs' sales are advertised. All sales as above provided shall be at public outcry to the highest bidder for cash. Said Marshal, or his deputy, making such sale, shall execute title to the purchaser, and shall have the same power to place the purchaser in possession as Sheriffs' of the State have. Executions, their enforcement, etc. SEC. 27. The Mayor and Council shall, at their first regular meeting in each year elect three upright, intelligent and discreet persons, who shall be citizens and qualified voters of said town and own real estate therein, as town Tax Assessors. Said Tax Assessors, or either of them, may be removed from office for sufficient cause, to be judged of by the Mayor and Council. It shall be the duty of said Assessors to assess the value of all real estate in said town for the purpose of taxation by said town, and the said Mayor and Council shall have power and authority to provide rules for their government. The said Tax Assessors shall make returns of the assessments made by them to the Mayor and Council thirty days before the time for collecting taxes. When said return is made, said Assessors shall fix a time for hearing objections to their assessments and the Clerk of said town shall give each owner of property, whose tax return has been increased, at least ten days notice of such meeting, stating therein the amount of such increase. If the property has been given in by agent, notice to the

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agent shall be sufficient. If the owner is not a resident of the city, and has no known agent residing therein, the Mayor and Council shall have power to prescribe by ordinance, what notice, if any, shall be given. Said Mayor and Council shall have authority to prescribe for assessing the value of all property, both real and personal, not returned for taxation, and for doubling tax defaulters. The said tax Assessors shall receive such compensation for their services as the Mayor and Council shall prescribe and no more. Tax Assessors, their duties, etc. SEC. 28. There shall be a Mayor's Court in said town for the trial of all offenders against the laws and ordinances of said town to be held in the council chamber as often as necessary. The Mayor of said town, unless disqualified, shall preside over said court. In the absence or disqualification of the Mayor the Mayor pro tem. shall hold said court, and in the absence or disqualification of both the Mayor and Mayor pro tem. any one of the Councilmen may hold said court. Said court shall have power to preserve order and compel the attendance of witnesses; to punish for contempt by imprisonment not exceeding five hours, or fine not exceeding five dollars, one or both. The presiding officer of said court shall have power and authority to sentence any offender to labor in the town chaingang, or workgang, or on the streets for a period not exceeding thirty days; provided, this sentence shall only be imposed as an alternative to fine and imprisonment, or impose a fine not exceeding one hundred dollars or imprisonment in the town guard house, or other place of confinement, not exceeding ninety days. Either one or all of said sentences may be imposed. Sentence may be cumulative. The Mayor and Council shall have power and authority to provide by ordinance what procedure shall be adopted for the trial of alleged offenders in the Mayor's Court of said town. Mayor's Court, its jurisdiction, etc. SEC. 29. In no case shall it be necessary for affidavit to be made or warrant to issue to authorize arrest to be made for violation of any ordinance of said town. Arrests.

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SEC. 30. Any person convicted in the Mayor's Court for a violation of any ordinance of said town, shall have the right of certiorari to the Superior Court of Coweta County under the laws governing certiorari from inferior courts. Certiorari. SEC. 31. The Mayor and Council shall have jurisdiction over all cemeteries belonging to, or located in said town, and may provide by ordinance for a public cemetery. They may elect such employees to superintend the care thereof as they deem proper. They may appropriate money for the care thereof. They may enact ordinances to prevent trespass therein, and to prevent any person from defacing any work therein. They may regulate the charges for grave digging, hearse fees and any and everything pertaining to the care and operation of such cemeteries. Cemeteries. SEC. 32. The Mayor and Council shall have the right to exercise supervision over all buildings within the corporate limits of said town and whenever in their judgment, any building or structure is dangerous to the life or health of any citizen, they may order the removal or improvement of such building or structure on proper case made. They shall have the right to condemn such building or structure as a nuisance or call on the owner or the tenant in possession to immediately abate the same. In the event the owner or tenant in possession refuses to abate the nuisance within a reasonable time, such time to be determined by the Mayor and Council, then said Mayor and Council may cause the same to be done and issue execution against the premises for the cost of abating such nuisance. They may also provide by ordinance for the punishment of any person or persons failing or refusing to abate a nuisance after notice has been given such party to abate the same. Buildings, supervision over SEC. 33. The Mayor and Council of said town shall have power and authority to open, lay out, widen, straighten, or otherwise change the streets, alleys or lanes of said town, and shall have power to lay off, vacate, close up, alter, open, curb, pave or drain the roads, streets, bridges, alleys,

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sidewalks, cross walks, drains or gutters for the use of the public or any citizen of said town; to grant right-of-way to railroads, street railroads, water works, gas works, electric power companies, telegraph and telephone wires or lines throughout the streets and alleys of said town upon such terms and conditions as the Mayor and Council may prescribe. Whenever the Mayor and Council in the exercise of the authority herein conferred to open, lay out, straighten, widen or otherwise extend or change any of the streets or alleys of said town shall find it necessary to take private property for such purpose and cannot agree with the owner or owners thereof, they may condemn the property under the general laws of the State of Georgia, Sections 5206 and 5235 of Volume 1, 1910, Code of the State of Georgia; provided, that the town of Sharpsburg may at any time before appeal abandon the condemnation proceedings. Streets, etc. Franchises. Eminent domain. SEC. 34. The Mayor and Council shall have authority to establish and maintain such quarantine and other regulations as in their judgment may be necessary to prevent the introduction and spread of any or all contagious and infectious diseases in said town. Quarantine regulations. SEC. 35. The Mayor and Council shall have power and authority to provide against hazard and damage by fire, and to that end may declare any portion of the town a fire district, and may define the limits thereof. They may prescribe what material may or may not be used in erection of buildings in such fire district and may punish any person violating the provisions of any ordinance in this behalf. Whenever it shall appear that any building or structure is being erected in such fire district contrary to the ordinances covering such subject, the Mayor and Council shall have power and authority to summarily direct the owner or owners of such structure to immediately tear down and remove the same or to so change the material as to make it comply with the ordinances for such cases; provided, should such owner fail or refuse to comply with such order, they may summarily have the same removed

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and execution shall issue against such owner for expenses so incurred by the town. Fire district. Building regulations. SEC. 36. Should any person who has violated any of the ordinances of the town flee from the jurisdiction thereof, he may be apprehended wherever he may be found in this State and the warrant of the Clerk of the town shall be sufficient authority for his return and trial upon the charge resting upon him; and should any person after trial and conviction of the violation of any ordinance of the town escape, he may be apprehended wherever he may be found in this State and the warrant of the Town Clerk shall be sufficient authority for his arrest and return, and all persons escaping from custody of said town may again be tried for such escape and punished as provided herein. Fugitives from justice. SEC. 37. The Marshal or any police officer of said town shall release any person arrested within the corporate limits of said town upon said person giving a bond payable to said Town of Sharpsburg, to be approved by the Marshal or Mayor of said town, conditioned to pay the obligee in said bond an amount fixed by the Marshal or Mayor of said town in the event the person arrested fails to appear before the corporate authorities of said town at the time and place specified in said bond, and from time to time until said person is tried for the offense for which arrested. Should such person fail or refuse to appear at the time and place fixed and recited in the bond, said bond may be forfeited before the Mayor's Court of said town of Sharpsburg, as the Mayor and Council may provide by ordinance. Appearance bonds. Forfeiture of bonds. SEC. 38. The Mayor of said town shall be the chief executive officer of the Town of Sharpsburg. He shall see that all the laws, ordinances, resolutions and rules of said city are faithfully and fully executed and performed, and that all the officers of the town shall faithfully discharge the duties required of them. He shall have general jurisdiction of the affairs of the town. He shall preside at all meetings of the Mayor and Council of said town. Mayor's powers and duties. Approved August 4, 1913.

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SPRINGFIELD, CITY OF, CHARTER AMENDED. No. 155. An Act to amend the Act of August 19th, 1912, incorporating the City of Springfield so as to more clearly define the maximum rate of taxes for said city by inserting after personal, and before within, on page 1329, line 2 of Paragraph C of Section 54 of said Act, the words, Provided, however, that the total tax levy for all purposes in any one year shall not exceed 5 mills on the dollar, and for other purposes. SECTION 1. Be it enacted and it is hereby enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, That from and after the passage of this Act, on Page 1329, line 2 of Paragraph C of Section 54 of the Act of August 19th, 1912, be, and the same is, hereby amended by inserting after the word personal and before the word within in the section, paragraph and line where found as above given, the words provided, however, that the total tax levy ad valorem for all purposes in any year, shall not exceed 5 mills on the dollar so that when said section is so amended the same shall read as follows, to-wit: (C) Should any election, or elections, held as herein provided for, result in favor of the issuance of bonds, then in such event, said City Council shall at and before the time of issuing the bonds authorized by such an election provide for the assessment, levy and collection during the life of said bonds of an annual tax upon all property in said city subject to taxation sufficient in amount to pay principal and interest of said bonds, and the Mayor and Aldermen are hereby authorized to annually assess, levy and collect a tax on all property not to exceed 2 mills on the dollar, both real and personal, provided, however, that the total tax levy ad valorem for all purposes in any year, shall not exceed 5 mills on the dollar, within the corporate limits of said city in such a sum as they may deem necessary, right and proper, for the specific purpose of paying the interest on said bonds and the principal at their maturity. The tax so assessed, levied

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and collected to be kept separate and distinct from all other taxes and shall be used solely for the payment of interest and principal on said bonds except that the Mayor and Aldermen shall have the right to invest a sinking fund accumulated to pay the principal of said bonds as provided by the laws of Georgia. Springfield, City of, charter amended. Tax rate. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved August 16, 1913. SWAINSBORO, CITY OF, CHARTER AMENDED. No. 197. An Act to alter and amend the 39th Section of an Act approved December 6th, 1900, entitled An Act to incorporate the City of Swainsboro, in the County of Emanuel; provide for Mayor and Council; to fix the number of Councilmen not less than five; to provide for all elections necessary therein; to locate voting places and methods of holding elections; to prescribe the qualification of Mayor and Councilmen, their terms of office and election; to confer on said Mayor and Councilmen certain duties, powers and privileges; to designate the qualification of voters; to provide for the government of said city, and to regulate the police and officers thereof, their terms of office, salaries, duties, etc.; to provide how said city may be divided into wards, the number and all regulations for the same; to define the corporate limits of said city and its location; to provide for public improvements of said city; to lay out streets, alleys, sidewalks, driveways, and other public grounds, and for maintaining the same; to provide for the issuing of bonds for public improvements and especially for public schools, school property, electric lights, and water works; to provide how, when and under what circumstances

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and in what way and for what amount said bonds may be issued; to provide for the payment of said bonds and to levy taxes for said purposes; to provide for the assessment of taxes for said city on any and all kinds of property or business therein; to provide a penalty for the illegal handling, sale or furnishing of intoxicants therein; to enact all necessary ordinances and to provide penalties for the violation of the same; to provide when this Act shall go into effect, and for other purposes, by prohibiting the authorities of said city from exercising the powers conferred by said section upon them, so far as the same may relate to the property (live stock) of non-residents. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same, That the 39th Section of an Act approved December 6th, 1900, which provides for the incorporation of the City of Swainsboro in the County of Emanuel, which Section reads as follows: Be it further enacted, That the City of Swainsboro, and said Council thereof, shall have the authority to exercise all rights, duties and privileges given to the cities of this State under the general laws of the State, not inconsistent with the provisions of this Act; to prevent, allow or refuse to prevent or allow, the erection of telephone systems, streets, railways of all kinds and similar enterprises in so far as their decision and conduct does not conflict with the laws of the State of Georgia; to have the right and authority to prevent hogs, cows, horses, stock, cattle of all kinds, from running at large in said city; to impound the same as may be by them prescribed, and to punish any owner of said stock who wilfully turns them out for the purpose of allowing to run at large any stock, be, and the same is, hereby amended by inserting after the word stock on the 13th, and last line of said section the following words, to-wit: Provided that the authorities of said city shall not exercise the powers conferred by this section over or above the property or live stock of such persons as do not reside within the corporate limits of said City of Swainsboro, so that said section when so amended shall

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read as follows: Be it further enacted, that the City of Swainsboro and said Council thereof, shall have the authority to exercise all rights, duties, and privileges given to the cities of this State under the general laws of the State not inconsistent with the provisions of this Act; to prevent, allow or refuse to prevent or allow the erections of telephone systems, street railways of all kinds and similar enterprises in so far as their decision and conduct does not conflict with the laws of the State of Georgia; to have the right and authority to prevent hogs, cows, horses, stock and cattle of all kinds from running at large in said city; to impound the same as may be by them prescribed, and to punish any owner of such stock who willfully turns out for the purpose of allowing them to run at large, any stock; provided, that the authorities of said city shall not exercise the powers conferred by this section over or above the property or live stock of such persons as do not reside within the corporation of said City of Swainsboro. Swainsboro, City of, charter amended. Stock law. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved August 18, 1913. SYCAMORE, CITY OF, CHARTER AMENDED. No. 89. An Act to amend an Act incorporating the City of Sycamore, in the County of Turner, State of Georgia, approved August 19th, 1912, Acts of 1912, Page 1424, No. 624 to change the limits of said city, to authorize the issue of bonds of said city bearing six per cent. maximum interest, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That the Act establishing a Charter for the City of

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Sycamore, in Turner County, Georgia, approved August 19th, 1912, be, and the same is hereby amended as follows: Sycamore, City of, charter amended. SECTION 1. That the limits of said City of Sycamore as now defined in the above named Act be, and the same are, hereby changed so as to include the territory within the following described and designated boundaries, to-wit: Begining at a point in the center of the main line of the Georgia Southern and Florida Railroad, five-eighths ([frac58]) of a mile north of Willis Street in said city, said point being herein designated as station A; and running thence in a westerly direction at right angle from said railroad three-eighths ([frac38]) of a mile to a point herein designated as station B; thence in a southerly direction at right angle from said station B, one and one-fourth (1) miles to a point herein designated as station C; thence in an easterly direction at right angle from said station C three-fourths ([frac34]) of a mile to a point herein designated as station D; thence in a northerly direction at right angle from said station D, one and one-fourth (1) miles to a point herein designated as station E; and thence in a westerly direction three-eights ([frac38]) of a mile at right angle from said station E to starting point herein designated as station A. Corporate limits changed. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That Section No. 58 of the present charter of said City of Sycamore, as established by the above named Act, be, and the same is, hereby amended by striking the word five in the eighth line of said section therefrom, and inserting in lieu thereof the word six, so that said section as hereby amended shall authorize the authorities in said section named to issue and sell bonds of said city in the manner and by said section authorized, bearing interest not to exceed a rate of six per cent. per annum (exclusive of expense and commissions of floating and the sale of such bonds) instead of a maximum rate of five per cent. bonds as by said section originally provided. Bonds, maximum rate of interest.

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SEC. 3. That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this amending Act, be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved August 11, 1913. TALBOTTON, TOWN OF, NEW CHARTER FOR. No. 269. An Act to repeal the present Charter of the Town of Talbotton; to provide a new Charter for said town; to define its limits; to provide a Mayor for same; to define his powers and duties; to provide a Clerk, Marshal, Night Marshal, and other necessary officers for said town; to define their powers and duties; to provide how the revenue of said town shall be raised; to enable said town to levy special license taxes; to provide for the appointment of tax assessors; to enable said town to issue bonds; to define the power and authority of said town as a municipality; to provide for the maintenance of streets, cemeteries, and public schools; to provide water and lights for said town; to provide for the registration of voters in said town; to provide for election of officers; to regulate any and all businesses of any kind or nature within said town, and for other purposes. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same, That all Acts of the General Assembly heretofore passed incorporating the Town of Talbotton, and conferring powers on the same, are hereby consolidated into and superseded by this Act, and all provisions of former Acts inconsistent with or at variance with this Act or any provision hereof are hereby expressly repealed, and all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Talbotton, Town of, new charter. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, that from and after the passage and approval of this Act, the inhabitants of the territory now embraced in the corporate limits of the Town

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of Talbotton in the County of Talbot and State of Georgia, be, and they are, hereby incorporated under the name and style of the Town of Talbotton, and the said Town of Talbotton is hereby chartered and continued a town under the corporate name of the Town of Talbotton, and by that name shall have perpetual succession, and is hereby invested with all the rights, powers and privileges incident to municipal corporations in this State; and all rights, powers, titles, property, easements and hereditaments, within or without its corporate limits, now belonging to the Town of Talbotton, shall be, and are, hereby vested in said Town of Talbotton, as created and reincorporated by this Act; the said Town of Talbotton as incorporated in this Act may in its corporate name sue and be sued, contract and be contracted with, plead and be impleaded, have and use a common seal; make and enact, through its Mayor and Council all such ordinances, by-laws, rules, regulations, and restrictions for the transaction of its business, and peace, good order, health, welfare, and proper government of said town as to said Mayor and Council seem best and consistent with the Constitution and laws of the State of Georgia and of the United States. And the said Town of Talbotton shall have the right and power to purchase, hold, rent, lease, sell, exchange, enjoy, possess, and retain in perpetuity, or for any term of years, any property, estate or estates, real or personal, lands, tenements and hereditaments of whatsoever kind within or without the limits of said town for corporate purposes. Said Town of Talbotton as incorporated by this Act, shall succeed to all rights of and is hereby expressly made responsible, as a body corporate, for all the legal debts, liabilities and undertakings of the said Town of Talbotton, its Mayor and Council, as a body corporate, as heretofore, and in previous acts incorporated. Powers. SEC. 3. Be it further enacted, That the corporate limits of said Town of Talbotton shall extent one mile in every direction from the court house of Talbot County, Georgia, now situated in said town. Corporate limits.

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SEC. 4. Be it further enacted, That the municipal government of said Town of Talbotton shall be, and is, hereby vested in a Mayor and six Councilmen. That the present Mayor and the present Aldermen of said town shall continue in the offices to which they were elected until the second Saturday in January, 1914, or until their successors are elected and qualified, as the Mayor and Councilmen under this Act, and said Mayor and Aldermen shall have and exercise all the rights, powers, duties and authority conferred upon the Mayor and Councilmen under and by virtue of this new charter for said Town of Talbotton. The present six Aldermen becoming the six Councilmen provided for by this Act. Mayor and and Councilmen. SEC. 5. Be it further enacted, That on the second Saturday in January, 1914, there shall be elected for said town, by the qualified voters therein, by ballot, a Mayor, six Councilmen and a Marshal. The term of office of the Mayor and Councilmen first elected hereunder, and of their successors shall be for one year, or until their successors are elected and qualified. The term of office of the Mayor and Councilmen elected under the provisions of this Act shall commence on the Tuesday in January following their election. On the Tuesday in January following their election the Mayor and Councilmen-elect shall with the outgoing Mayor and Councilmen meet at the usual place of holding Council meetings in said town, and there shall severally take and subscribe, before the Ordinary of Talbot County, the Clerk of the Superior Court of Talbot County, some Justice of the Peace of said county, or the retiring Mayor, the following oath of office, to-wit: I do solemnly swear that I will well and truly demean myself as Mayor (or Councilman, as the case may be) of the Town of Talbotton for the ensuing term, and that I will faithfully enforce the charter and ordinances of said town, to the best of my ability, without fear or favor, and in all my actions as Mayor (or Councilman) act as I believe for the best interest of said town, so help me God. Should the Mayor or any Councilman be absent from said meeting he may take said oath of office as soon thereafter as possible. The Mayor and

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Council shall provide by ordinance for regular meetings not less than one a month and may hold such special or called meetings as the business of the town may require to be convened as provided by ordinance. In the event the office of Mayor, or any one or more of the Councilmen shall become vacant by death, resignation, removal from the town, or otherwise, the Mayor and Council or in case the Mayor's office is vacant, the Council shall order an election for the purpose of filling such vacancy or vacancies, by giving notice such as may be provided by ordinance and by publication in a newspaper published in said town; and such election shall be held, returns made, and results declared in the same manner as in the regular election for Mayor and Councilmen as hereinafter prescribed; provided, that in case such vacancy or vacancies occur within sixty days preceding the regular municipal election in said town, then, in that event, the said vacancy or vacancies may be filled by the Mayor and Council, or by the Mayor pro tem. in case of a vacancy in the office of Mayor, and persons so elected as Councilmen or the Mayor pro tem. as the case may be, are duly empowered and qualified to fill such vacancies until the regular election. Should the Mayor or any member of the Council fail or refuse to perform the duties of his office for a period of two consecutive months, provided such failure is not from providential causes, the office may be in the discretion of the Council, or the Mayor and the remaining members of the Council, declared by resolution vacant and the vacancy filled as before provided. Election of Mayor and Councilmen. Terms of office. Oath. Meetings. Vacancies, how filled. Mayor pro tem. Vacancy declared, when. SEC. 6. Be it further enacted, that all elections held under the provisions of this Charter, and all elections in which any subject or question is submitted to the qualified voters of said Town of Talbotton, shall be managed by three freeholders, or two freeholders and a Justice of the Peace, who shall be citizens of said town and freeholders therein. Each of said managers before entering upon his duties shall take and subscribe before some Justice of the Peace, or other officer qualified to administer oaths, or before each other, the following oath: Each of us do swear that we will faithfully and impartially conduct this election according

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to law, and will prevent all illegal voting to the best of our skill and knowledge, and make true returns thereof, so help me God. Said managers shall keep or cause to be kept two lists of voters at said election and two tally sheets. All elections shall be held at the court house in said town. The polls shall be opened at 7 o'clock a. m. and closed at 5 o'clock p. m. central time; electors shall be allowed to vote for six Councilmen but no less. The person receiving a majority of the legal votes cast for the particular office for which he is offering shall be elected. The managers for all elections held under the provisions of this charter shall be named and appointed by the Mayor and Council prior to the election, and the Mayor and Council shall determine and provide for the pay of managers. All the provisions of this section shall apply to all primary elections held for the purposes of nominating candidates for office in the regular municipal elections in said town, except the appointment of managers. Elections, how held. SEC. 7. Be it further enacted, That the said managers shall certify two lists of voters and two tally sheets and shall place one list of voters and one tally sheet in the ballot box, with the ballots cast in said election and seal the same under their signatures and shall forthwith deliver the same to the Ordinary of Talbot County. The other list of voters and tally sheet shall be placed in a package and sealed and delivered forthwith to the Clerk of said town, who shall safely keep the same, and at the first meeting of the Mayor and Council occurring on the first Tuesday night in January after said election, or as soon thereafter not to exceed fifteen days, as possible deliver the said package to the Mayor and Council who shall open the same and declare the results therefrom. If an election in said town is contested, notice of said contest must be filed in writing with the Ordinary of Talbot County, plainly setting forth the grounds of contest or illegality, within three days after said election and upon payment of ten dollars as a guarantee of cost to said Ordinary, in advance by the contestant or contestants, the Ordinary shall within two days after the contest is filed make a copy of the same and

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cause the same to be served by the Sheriff, or his deputy, on the contestee if the contest is for an office; and if the result of an election in which any question has been submitted is contested, then said Ordinary shall cause the notice and copy of contest to be served on the Mayor and published one time in any newspaper published in said town. Said Ordinary shall fix the time of hearing said contest, which shall not be later than ten days after service has been perfected, of which time both parties shall have five days written notice. The contestant shall pay the Sheriff or his deputy in advance, two dollars for service, and notice of contest, and the contest shall be held at the court house in said county. The Ordinary is authorized, empowered and directed to hear and determine any contest and the losing party shall pay all costs for which the Ordinary shall issue the usual execution, when necessary. Election returns. Contests. SEC. 8. Be it further enacted, That all persons qualified to vote in this State for members of the Legislature and who shall have paid all taxes, legally imposed and demanded by the authorities of said town and who shall have resided in said town one month prior to the election at which they offer to vote and who shall have registered as required by the registration laws or ordinances of said town, shall be qualified to vote at any election held under the provisions of this charter. In addition to such other qualifications as shall be hereinafter provided for office-holders of said town, no person shall hold any office in said town, elective by the people, who is not a qualified voter of said town. Qualified voters. SEC. 9. Be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the Clerk of said town, upon the first Monday in November of each year to open a registration book for the registration of qualified voters of said town. Said book shall be kept open at such hours as the Mayor and the Council may prescribe each and every day (Saturdays and legal holidays excepted) until the second Saturday in December, when it shall be fairly and absolutely closed. It shall be the duty of the Clerk, upon application in person, and not by proxy, of any male citizen who is qualified to vote for members of

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the General Assembly, who has paid all taxes of every character legally imposed and demanded by the authority of said town, and who upon the day of election, if then a resident, will then have resided in said town for thirty days prior thereto, to allow such person to register his name and color, recording on said book beside applicant's name, his age, occupation or business. Said Clerk shall not knowingly permit any one to register who is not lawfully entitled to do so, and shall in every case before registering the applicant, where there is any doubt as to applicants' right to register, administer to him the following oath: You do solemnly swear that you are a citizen of the United States and of the State of Georgia; that you have resided in said State twelve months, in this county for six months and in Talbotton for thirty days next preceding this registration or that by date of next town election, if then a resident, you will have done so, and that it is your intention to remain a resident until said day of election; that you are twenty-one years of age or will be so prior to said day of election; that you have paid all taxes due the Town of Talbotton, and all taxes required by the laws of this State except taxes for this year, so help you God. It shall be the duty of the Clerk of said town to prepare a list of the names of voters registered, after it has been purged by the Mayor and Council, in alphabetical order, and furnish the managers of the election with a complete list of the registered voters, certified under his official signature and seal of office, at or before the polls are open. The managers shall keep said list before them during the election and shall not permit anyone to vote in said election whose name does not appear thereon and when said election is over, it shall be the duty of said managers to return said lists to the Clerk to be by him safely kept and preserved. The registration for white and colored voters shall be made out separately. For any intermediate or special election in said town for any purpose, the Clerk shall open the registration book at least thirty days before the date fixed for such election and shall close the same five days before the day of election, and prepare and furnish the registration lists as

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hereinbefore provided. Notice of the opening of the registration book for all elections shall be given in the newspaper published in said town, at least twenty days before the closing thereof. Should the name of any person qualified to vote in an election, and who registered therefor with the Clerk in due time and form, be accidentally omitted from the registration list furnished the managers of said election, the Clerk of said town may certify under his official signature and seal to such accidental omission to place his name on the lists, and that he is and was duly and legally registered in due time and form before the registration books were closed and thereupon and by filing said certificate with the managers, such person shall be allowed to vote. Any person voting in any election held in said town, who is not qualified to vote therein under the provisions of this Act, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be punished as prescribed by the laws of this State for illegal voting. After said registration books are closed and prior to the day of any election for which said registration is had, the Mayor and Council shall examine, revise and purge said list, as made up and returned to it by the Clerk, of all illegally registered voters or persons disqualified from voting for any lawful reason; provided, that before removing any name therefrom, written notice shall be served on the person or persons deemed disqualified at least 12 hours before final action thereon by the Mayor and Council, that such person may show cause, if any he can, why such action should not be taken. Registration of voters. Registration lists. SEC. 10. Be it further enacted, That no person shall be eligible for the office of Mayor or Councilman of said town unless he shall have resided in said town not less than one year immediately next preceding his election, and shall be a qualified voter in municipal elections for officers of said town, and who has not been convicted and sentenced for any violation of the criminal laws of Georgia involving moral turpitude and who is entitled to register under the registration laws of said town. Eligibility for office of Mayor or Councilmen.

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SEC. 11. Be it further enacted, That at the first regular meeting of the Mayor and Council, which shall be held Tuesday following the second Saturday in January, or as soon thereafter as possible, the Council shall elect one of their number Mayor pro tempore, for a term of one year, who shall, in the absence or disqualification of the Mayor or during vacancy in said office, perform and discharge all the duties, and exercise all of the authority of the office of Mayor, upon taking the usual oath. The Mayor and Council shall also, at said meeting, elect a Clerk and Treasurer, and a night Marshal, and as many other policemen as in their judgment shall seem necessary, a City Attorney, if they deem one needed, a Board of Tax Assessors and a Board of Health, and such other town officers as the Mayor and Council shall deem necessary in the government of said town, to be fixed by ordinance. Each of said officers shall take such oaths of office, give bonds, and perform such duties as shall be fixed by ordinance; provided, that all official bonds shall be payable to the Mayor and his successors in office for the use of the Town of Talbotton. Said Mayor and Council shall have power and authority in their discretion to suspend and remove such officers from office, or impose fines on said officers; provided, that before removal or fine, said officers shall be entitled to a hearing before the Mayor and Council on the charges preferred, under such rules as the Mayor and Council may fix. It shall be the duty of the Mayor and Council, prior to their election to fix the salaries, fees, or compensation of all the officers, agents, or employees of said town, which when once fixed shall not be changed during the term of office of said officer, agent, or employee. All of said officers, agents, and employees shall be elected or appointed for terms of one year; and until their successors are elected, appointed, and qualified. The salary of the Mayor shall be fixed by ordinance at the last meeting of the Mayor and Council to be held in 1913, and yearly thereafter, which said salary shall not be changed during the term for which a Mayor is elected. Provided, that when the Mayor and Council fail to fix the salary

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of Mayor he shall receive what he had been receiving prior to the time for fixing same. Election of Mayor pro tem. and subordinate officers, etc. SEC. 12. Be it further enacted, That the Mayor or the Mayor pro tem. and four Councilmen shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, provided a less number shall have authority to compel the attendance of enough to constitute a quorum and a majority of the votes cast shall determine questions before them; provided, that the Mayor or Mayor pro tem., if he be presiding in the absence of the Mayor shall vote only in case of a tie vote, and provided, further, that all votes making appropriations of or authorizing the expenditure of town funds, or fixing the salaries of officers, agents or employees shall be by yeas and nays, duly recorded on the minutes, and shall require a majority of the members of the Council in favor of it before it can become effective, and provided, further, that on any question any Councilman may demand the yea and nay vote, and on such demand the vote shall be so taken and recorded on the minutes. The Mayor or the Mayor pro tem. when performing the duties of Mayor shall have veto power, and may veto any resolution or ordinance passed by the Council in which event the same shall not become a law or have the effect of a law, unless subsequently and at the next regular meeting thereafter it shall be passed over his veto by a two-thirds vote of the entire Council duly recorded on the minutes; but unless he shall file in writing with the Clerk of said town, his veto of any measure passed by the Council with his reason for withholding his assent, within three days after its passage, the same shall become a law just as if signed and approved by said Mayor, but he may approve the same in writing and the same shall go into effect immediately. Quorum. Mayor or Mayor pro tem., duties and powers of. SEC. 13. Be it further enacted, That the Mayor of said town shall be the chief executive officer of the town of Talbotton. He shall see that all laws, ordinances, resolutions and rules of said town are faithfully, fully and impartially executed and enforced, and that all of the officers, employees, and agents of said town faithfully and impartially

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discharge the duties required of them. He shall have the general supervision and jurisdiction of the affairs of said town, and shall preside at all meetings of the Council. He shall have the power to convene the Council in extra session whenever, in his judgment, it becomes necessary, and shall do so whenever requested by two Councilmen in writing. He shall be ex-officio a member of the Board of Education and of all other boards authorized by law in said town now in existence or hereafter created. Mayor's duties. SEC. 14. Be it further enacted, That it shall be lawful for the Marshal, or any police officers of said town, to arrest without warrant any person or persons, within the corporate limits of said town, who, at the time of said arrest, or before that time, has or have been guilty of violating any ordinance of said town, or who he has reasonable belief or reliable information has or have been guilty and to hold such person or persons so arrested until a speedy hearing of the matter before a proper officer can be had and to this end said arresting officers are authorized to imprison and confine any person arrested by them in the town prison or in the jail of Talbot County, for a reasonable length of time. The Marshal and the police officers of said town are authorized to the same extent as Sheriff's of this State to execute warrants placed in their hands charging any person with violating the criminal laws of this State. The Marshal and police officers of said town are also authorized to arrest anywhere within this State any person charged with violating any ordinance of said town; provided, when arrest is not made within twenty-four hours after the offense is committed, said Marshal and police officers are not authorized to arrest the offender outside the corporate limits of said town, except in obedience to written warrant signed by the Mayor, Mayor pro tem. or Clerk and Treasurer. The said Marshal or any police officer may take bonds for the appearance of any person arrested by them for violations of town ordinances before the police court for trial, and all such bonds may be forfeited as hereinafter provided for forfeiture of appearance bonds by the Mayor or Mayor pro tem. The Mayor and Council of said town

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shall have power and authority to authorize and empower the Marshal or any police officer of said town to summon any or all bystanders to aid in the arrest of any person or persons violating any ordinance of said town or any criminal law of this State and to provide punishment for any person failing or refusing to obey such summons. Arrests. Appearance bonds. Power to summon bystanders to aid in arrests. SEC. 15. Be it further enacted, That the Mayor and Council shall have power and authority to establish and prescribe by ordinance a fee and costs bill for the officers of said town. After January 15, 1914, said fees and costs, when collected shall be paid into the town treasury and accurate accounts kept thereof. All compensation of any paid officer or official of said town shall be, after said time, by salaries fixed by ordinance, and regularly drawn from the treasury by the customary warrants, and no officer of said town shall receive or be entitled to receive any other compensation than as so fixed, nor any part of the fees or costs as above provided. Fee and costs bill. SEC. 16. Be it further enacted, That the Mayor, or in his absence, the Mayor pro tem. or in case of the absence or disqualification of both the above, any Councilman of said town, to be designated in writing by any other two Councilmen, may hold and preside over a court, said town to be called the Mayor's Court, for the trial of all offenders against the laws and ordinances of said town, to be held as often as necessary, or at such times as may be fixed by the Mayor and Council. Said Mayor's Court shall have power and full authority to preserve order, compel the attendance of witnesses, order, and compel the production of books and papers to be used as evidence, and to punish for contempt, or disobedience to any of its mandates. Said court shall have full authority and power to punish after conviction, all violations of the charter or any ordinances of said town by fine, not to exceed one hundred dollars, by imprisonment in the town prison, or in the county jail, (having previously arranged such with the county authorities), not to exceed thirty-days, and to work on the streets of said town in the town chaingang or on such other public works

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as the Mayor, or person presiding over the Mayor's Court may direct, not to exceed ninety days; and one or more of these punishments may be inflicted by the Mayor, Mayor pro tem. or presiding Councilman in his discretion, and the fine imposed may be collected by execution. The Mayor, Mayor pro tem. or presiding Councilman, as the case may be, shall have full authority and power in said Mayor's Court, if the offense charged against the prisoner be beyond his jurisdiction, to examine into the facts of the case; or if, on the trial of any offender before said court, it develops from the evidence that he or she is probably guilty of a violation of any criminal law of this State, to commit the offender or offenders to jail or bail them, if the offense is bailable by the Justice of the Peace, to appear before the next Superior Court of Talbot County. The Mayor and Councilmen of said town shall be to all intents and purposes a Justice of the Peace as to issuing warrants for offenses committed against the charter and ordinances of the town, or against any of the criminal laws of this State and are authorized to issue warrants for the arrest of such offenders. Mayor's Court, jurisdiction and powers. SEC. 17. Be it further enacted, That the Mayor, Mayor pro tem., or the presiding Councilman, when any person or persons are arraigned before the Mayor's Court for a violation of any of the town ordinances, rules or regulations, may for sufficient cause shown by either side, continue the hearing to such time as the case may be adjourned to, and the accused may be required to give bond and security for his or her appearance at the appointed time for trial, or he may be imprisoned to await trial. If such bond be given and the accused fails to appear at the time fixed for trial the bond may be forfeited by the Mayor, Mayor pro tem., or presiding Councilman, and an execution issued thereon after serving the defendant, if any to be found, and his security with a rule nisi, at least five days before the hearing of said rule nisi requiring him or her, or them to show cause why said bond should not be forfeited. Continuance. Appearance bond. Forfeiture of bond.

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SEC. 18. Be it further enacted, That the Mayor and Council of said town of Talbotton shall have power and authority to organize one or more chain or work gangs and to confine persons therein who have been sentenced by the Mayor's Court to work on the streets or public works of said town, and shall have power to make such rules and regulations as may be necessary and suitable for the care, safekeeping and control of such gangs, and to enforce same through its proper officers. Chaingangs. TAX ASSESSORS. SEC. 19. Be it further enacted, That the Mayor and Council shall at their meetings in Tuesday after the second Saturday in January, 1914, elect a Board of Tax Assessors for said town, to be composed of three citizens, qualified voters and freeholders in said town, whose duty it shall be to annually assess the true cash market value of all real estate situated in said town subject to taxation and to make returns of the same to Clerk of Council at such times as may be fixed by ordinance by the Mayor and Council. At the first election under the provisions of this charter one of said assessors shall be elected for one year, one for two years, and one for three years, and as these terms expire, their successors shall be elected for terms of three years. Vacancies in said board shall be filled by the Mayor and Council, as they occur. Each member of said board shall receive such compensation as may be fixed by the Mayor and Council, after the work of assessment for each year has been completed. Each assessor before entering upon his duties, shall take and subscribe the following oath: I do solemnly swear that I will faithfully and impartially, without fear or favor, discharge the duties of Tax Assessor of the Town of Talbotton, and assess all property in said town subject to taxation, at its true cash market valuation to the best of my skill and knowledge, so help me God. Tax Assessors. TAX RETURN. SEC. 20. Be it further enacted, That persons making their tax returns shall not be required to return the value

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of their real estate but shall return a correct and full description of the same which description shall be filed by the Clerk of Council with said Board of Assessors. It shall be the duties of said assessors to carefully examine the returns of all personal property located in or owned by persons residing in said town, and in case of failure to make a true and full return thereof at cash market valuation, to assess the true cash market value thereof; and should any person fail, refuse, or neglect to return his or her personal property or any portion thereof subject to taxation in said town, said board shall assess the same and make returns thereof as required. Any person dissatisfied with the assessment of any property under the provisions of this Act, shall have the right to have the matter referred to arbitrators: The Mayor to choose one arbitrator and the property owner to choose one arbitrator and the two arbitrators so chosen shall choose the third arbitrator. After a hearing thereon at a time fixed by them their decision shall be final. Tax returns. SEC. 21. Be it further enacted, That the Mayor and Council shall have authority and power to provide by ordinance when tax returns shall be made under the provisions of this charter, and to provide penalties for failure to make returns as required and to provide when and how taxes due said town shall become due and in what length of time and in what periods shall be paid, to fix a penalty for the nonpayment of taxes when due, and to issue executions against all persons who do not pay their taxes by the time fixed by ordinance; provided, the time of payment and the closing of the tax books shall not be fixed later than December 20th of each year. Penalty for failure to make returns. TAXES. SEC. 22. Be it further enacted, That for the purpose of raising revenues for the support and maintenance of the Town of Talbotton and for keeping the streets and sidewalks in repair, and for other lawful purposes, the Mayor and Council of said town shall have full power and authority to assess, levy and collect an ad valorem tax on all real

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and personal property, and every other species of property in said town or owned or held therein subject to taxation; provided, no tax shall be levied on any real estate used for farming purposes in excess of five acres in said town. Said tax not to exceed the rate provided by law in Section 864 of Civil Code of 1911, exclusive of the taxes for public schools authorized by law. The ad valorem tax above authorized for general purposes and the public school tax shall be levied under separate ordinances, each specifying the purpose for which levied and all proceedings for collecting said taxes shall show the amount due on each of said tax levies. The said Mayor and Council shall have power and authority to provide by ordinance for the returns and assessments of all taxable property in said town, and to provide for neglect or refusal to comply with the same, as elsewhere provided in this Act. Whenever the amounts raised by the above means are insufficient for the purposes for which they are raised, additional amounts may be raised as provided in Sections 867, 869, 870, 871, of Civil Code of Georgia, 1911, and for the purposes specified in those sections. Those sections being made a part of this charter whenever necessary to proceed under them. Ad valorem taxes. SEC. 23. Be it further enacted, That Sections 872 to 875 both inclusive of the Civil Code of Georgia, of 1911, shall apply to the taxation of all railroads by the said Town of Talbotton. Taxation of railroads. SEC. 24. Be it further enacted, That Sections 876 to 878 both inclusive of the Civil Code of Georgia, 1911, shall apply as to garnishment and interest of tax executions for the Town of Talbotton. Sections of Civil Code applicable. SEC. 25. Be it further enacted, That Sections 879 to 885, both inclusive of the Civil Code of Georgia, 1911, shall apply as to sales for municipal taxes, and redemption of property sold. Sections of Civil Code applicable. SEC. 26. Be it further enacted, That the Mayor and Council shall have full power and authority to require any and every person, firm, company or corporation, whether

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resident or non-resident of said town, who may engage in, prosecute or carry on any trade, business, calling, vocation or profession within the corporate limits of said town by themselves or by their agents, to register their names, business, calling, vocation or profession annually, and to require said person, firm, company or corporation to pay for said registration and for a license to prosecute, carry on or engage in such business, calling or profession, such amount as the Mayor and Council shall prescribe by ordinance; provided, that there shall be a separate license for each business, calling or vocation, and no person securing a license for any particular business, calling or vocation shall be allowed to carry on any other business, calling or license thereunder; provided, further, that no person shall carry on said business under said license at any other place except by special permit of the said Mayor and Council; said Mayor and Council shall have full power and authority to grant another person to continue the same business under the same license whenever said business shall have changed hands, but no person shall continue said business under said license without special permission from the Mayor and Council. The Mayor and Council may provide by ordinance for the punishment of all persons, firms, companies or corporations required by ordinance to register and secure and pay for said license, who fail to register, take out and pay for said licenses or who engage in or attempt to engage in such business, profession or occupation before compliance with the provisions of such ordinances. It shall not be within the power or authority of said Town of Talbotton, its Mayor and Council, or any official therein to give or grant any license to conduct or carry on any business, avocation, or calling in said town, in violation of the laws of this State in reference to the observation of the Sabbath day, nor shall said town, the Mayor and Council nor any official thereof ever have power or authority to give, grant or permit any license or any authority to keep for sale, to manufacture, give away, barter, sell or exchange within the limits of said town any spirituous, alcoholic, malt, vinous, or intoxicating liquors, drinks, bitters, mixtures, beverages

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or concoctions, or any imitations or substitutes thereof or therefor, each of said acts and articles being hereby declared a public nuisance and not for the peace, welfare and good order of said town. The Mayor and Council shall have full power and authority to use the funds raised by means of issuing license under this section for any purpose termed extraordinary expenses under the statute laws of the State of Georgia, or they may use same for paying ordinary expenses of said town. They shall not be restricted in the use of said moneys, so long as they are expended so as to produce public benefit to the citizens of the town as a whole. A separate account of all moneys so raised shall be kept by the Clerk and Treasurer and any appropriations of same shall specify out of what funds it shall be paid. License taxes. SEC. 27. Be it further enacted, That the Mayor and Council of the Town of Talbotton shall have full power and authority to declare any business or calling that by reason of its nature might tend to increase idleness, a nuisance and refuse to grant a license to a person to pursue such calling or profession or to carry on such business within the corporate limits of said town. May refuse license, when. SEC. 28. Be it further enacted, That the Mayor and Council shall have full power and authority to make an assessment on the various lots or tracts of land, and lot owners in said town for sanitary purposes, not to exceed five dollars per annum on each lot so assessed, and said Mayor and Council are fully empowered to collect the same by execution against the lots so assessed and the owners thereof, in the same manner as is provided in this charter for the collection of other town assessments or taxes. The sanitary tax so collected shall be used solely for sanitary purposes. The Mayor and Council shall have power and authority to prescribe by ordinance what shall constitute a lot for sanitary purposes and assessments, provided that no residence lot shall be fixed at less than twenty-five feet front, and provided, further, that no sanitary assessment shall be made against vacant property, nor shall any residence lot with dwelling thereon be sub-divided. Sanitary tax.

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COMMUTATION STREET TAX. SEC. 29. Be it further enacted, That the Mayor and Council of said town shall have power and authority to require and compel and make persons between the ages of nineteen and fifty, subject to road duty under the laws of Georgia, resident in said town, to work on the streets of said town not to exceed ten days in each year, at such time or times as the Mayor and Council may order, or to pay a commutation tax in lieu thereof, not to exceed five dollars in any one year, as said Mayor and Council may determine. Should any person liable to work the streets under this section fail or refuse to do so, or to pay the street tax assessed in lieu thereof, after having received due notice so to do, as said Mayor and Council may require, he shall be deemed guilty of a violation of this section, and on conviction in the Mayor's Court of said town, shall be fined in a sum not exceeding ten dollars or imprisoned in the town prison or jail of Talbot County or by labor on the chaingang of said town not exceeding twenty days. The Mayor and Council shall pass such ordinances as they may deem proper and necessary for enforcing the provisions of this section and for the collection of such tax. Commutation tax. DOG TAX. SEC. 30. Be it further enacted, That the Mayor and Council shall have power and authority to impose a tax on dogs owned or kept within said town and shall have power and authority to pass such ordinances as they deem necessary to collect such tax or otherwise enforce the provisions of this section, and may authorize and direct the Marshal and police officers of said town to impound or kill any dog or dogs at large, within the limits of said town, whose owner has failed or refused to pay said tax, and obtain evidence thereof as prescribed by ordinance, or who fails, or refuses to otherwise comply with any such ordinance or regulation. Dog tax. POWER TO ISSUE BONDS. SEC. 31. Be it further enacted, That whenever in the judgment of the Mayor and Council of said town of Talbotton

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it shall become necessary to issue bonds for the purpose of establishing a system of water works, electric light, or other permanent improvements of any kind that shall be of a permanent and lasting benefit to all the people of the Town of Talbotton, as a whole, they shall have full power and authority to do so by complying with the provisions contained in Sections 440 to 462 both inclusive of the Civil Code of Georgia, 1911. Said bonds not to exceed $40,000.00, all told. Issuance of bonds. DEBTS OTHER THAN BONDED INDEBTEDNESS. SEC. 32. Be it further enacted, That whenever the Mayor and Council of said town desire to contract a debt without issuing bonds, they shall have full power and authority to do so by complying with Sections 463 to 467, both inclusive, of the Civil Code of Georgia, 1911; provided, said indebtedness is such as is described in said sections and provided, that the total indebtedness so contracted shall not exceed one-fifth of one per centum of the assessed value of the taxable property within said town for that year, and provided, that loans shall always become due and payable and be actually paid in full before December 31 of the year in which borrowed. Debt other than bonded indebtedness. SEC. 33. Be it further enacted, That the Mayor and Council of said town shall have full, complete and exclusive control of the streets, alleys, sidewalks, parks and squares in said town and of the use thereof and shall have full power and authority to condemn property for the purpose of laying out new streets, alleys, or sidewalks, and for widening, straightening and grading, or in any way changing the street lines and sidewalks of said town, and when said Mayor and Council desire to exercise the power and authority as to condemnation herein granted, it may be done, whether the lands to be condemned are in the hands of the owner, trustee, executor, administrator, guardian or agent, and shall be done only in the manner prescribed in Sections 5206 to 5235, both inclusive, of the Civil Code of Georgia, of 1911, and the Acts amendatory thereof. The

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Mayor and Council may abandon or discontinue such proceedings at any time upon payment of accrued costs. The Mayor and Council shall have full power and authority to remove or caused to be removed, any building, step, fence, tree, gate, post or other obstruction or nuisance in the streets, alleys, lanes, sidewalks or other public places in said town, and to enforce the provisions of this section by appropriate ordinance. The Mayor and Council shall have full and complete power to alter, change or re-establish the grade of any street or sidewalk, now or hereafter opened or laid out in said town, and said Town of Talbotton shall not be held responsible to any abutting land owner for changing the level of said street or sidewalk when said street or sidewalk is improved thereby in the judgment of said Mayor and Council. Control of streets, etc. SEC. 34. Be it further enacted, That the Mayor and Council shall have full power and authority, in their discretion and as hereinafter prescribed, to grade, pave, macadamize or otherwise improve the travel and drainage of the sidewalks, streets, squares, public alleys and lanes of said town, now or that may be hereafter opened, laid out or constructed, and to lay curbing along any of the sidewalks, streets, squares, or public alleys. In order to make effective the power and authority above given and to provide funds therefor, said Mayor and Council shall have full power and authority to assess the actual cost of paving sidewalks and placing curbing by the same, against the real estate abutting on the streets but only on the side of the street on which the sidewalk is improved, if on one side only; provided, always, that the property owner may be allowed to have this work done himself and pay for same, if done according to instructions of Mayor and Council or similar to the way the rest of said block is done. Said Mayor and Council shall have full power and authority to assess one-third of the cost of grading, paving, macadamizing, or otherwise improving any road way or street proper on the real estate abutting on one side of the street improved, and one-third of the cost on the real estate abutting on the other side of the street so improved; the real estate

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abutting on both sides of the streets shall not together be assessed more than two-thirds of the entire cost, in the discretion of the Mayor and Council; provided, that no curbing shall be laid and no sidewalk or street be paved or macadamized, nor no assessment made, under the authority, power, and provisions of this section, unless the person owning real estate which has at least two-thirds of the frontage on the sidewalks, or the street, or on the portion of the sidewalk or the street, the improvement of which is desired, shall in writing request the Mayor and Council to make such improvement, when said Mayor and Council may, in their discretion, provide by ordinance for such improvement, and provided, further, that no request shall be considered and no work done for less than an entire block. The amount of the assessment on each piece of real estate abutting on the sidewalks or sidewalk or street improved shall be a lien on said real estate from the date of the passage of the ordinance providing for the work and making the assessment, and the Mayor and Council shall have full power and authority to enforce the collection of any amount so assessed for such improvements or work done, either upon the sidewalks or streets, by execution to be issued by the Clerk of the Council against the real estate so assessed, and against the owner thereof at the date of the ordinance making the assessment, which execution may be levied by the Marshal of the town on such real estate, and after having advertised same and had other proceedings, as in case of sale of realty for town taxes, the same may be sold at public outcry to the highest bidder, and such sale shall vest absolute title in the purchaser; provided, that the defendant shall have the right to file an affidavit denying that the whole or any part thereof is due, and stating what he admits to be due, if any, which amount so admitted to be due shall be paid before the affidavit, when received, shall be returned to the Superior Court of Talbot County and there tried and the issue determined, as in cases of illegality, and subject to all the penalties provided by law in cases of illegality for delay. The liens for assessment on abutting property,

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for street or sidewalk paving, curbing, macadamizing, grading, or drainage, shall have rank and priority of payment next in point of dignity to liens for taxes, such liens to date from the passage of the ordinance authorizing the execution of the work in each case. Grading, paving, etc. Assessments. Lien of assessments. Executions and sales. SEC. 35. Be it further enacted, That the Mayor and Council of said town shall have power and authority to provide for and regulate the curbs and gutters that empty into the sidewalks or streets of said town; to regulate or prohibit the use of the streets, alleys, sidewalks and public grounds for signs, sign posts, awnings, telegraph or telephone poles, wires for telegraph, telephone or electric lighting or power purposes, electric light or power poles, horse troughs or watering places, hitching posts or racks and for posting bills and advertising matter; to regulate or prohibit the carrying of hand bills, banners or placards on the streets, sidewalks or public places of said town, and the gathering or holding of public meetings for any purpose therein or thereon. Also, to compel any telegraph or telephone or electric light or power company having previously erected poles and wires in said town, to remove same to any reasonable location designated by the Mayor and Council, and in case such company shall fail or refuse to move the same to any location designated by the Mayor and Council to remove same at the expense of such company and collect same by execution. The said Mayor and Council shall have power and authority to regulate, by ordinance, the speed at which automobiles, bicycles, and other vehicles of any description shall be driven over or through the streets, alleys, or public places in said town, and to prohibit their running on or using the sidewalks of said town, and to punish violations of such rules, regulations or ordinances as they may pass on this subject. Said Mayor and Council shall have power and authority to regulate the speed at which locomotives or trains shall run or be run within the corporate limits of said town, also the blowing of whistles and signals by locomotives, stationary engines and factories within the corporate limits, and also to prescribe by ordinance the length of time for which any railroad

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train or engine may obstruct or prevent passage of the public over any public crossing or street or sidewalk within said town. Regulation of curbs, gutters, etc. SEC. 36. Be it further enacted, That the Mayor and Council of said town shall have full power and authority to require the railroads running through said town or a portion thereof, to make and repair public crossings for pedestrians or vehicles over or across their several roads whenever and in such manner as said Mayor and Council shall deem necessary; to make or repair such crossings, or to open or keep open any street in said town crossing them; and the Mayor and Council may pass any ordinance needful for carrying out the provisions of this section. Railroad crossings, repair of. SEC. 37. Be it further enacted, That whenever it shall be necessary the Mayor and Council shall have full power and authority to lay out, construct and control all lines of sanitary sewer pipes necessary for the drainage of said town and to assess abutting land owners not to exceed one dollar per lineal foot for the laying and constructing of same and shall have power and authority to collect said assessments in the way and manner provided for collecting assessments for street improvements set out in Section 36 of this Act. Said Mayor and Council shall have full power and control of said sewer lines when so constructed and may make all needful rules and regulations for preserving same and keeping them in the most sanitary condition. Sanitary sewer pipes. SEC. 38. Be it further enacted, That the Mayor and Council shall have full power and absolute authority to control by ordinance, all city pipes, sewers, drains, private drains, water closets, privies, pig pens, cow pens, and the like, in said town, and to prescribe their location, structure and use, and to make such rules and regulations, and to pass such ordinances concerning them or their use, in all particulars, as may be deemed best for the preservation of the health of the community and comfort of the inhabitants of said town. The Mayor and Council shall have full power and authority to require all persons or owners of

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any of the above enumerated to keep same in a clean and sanitary condition and to punish said owners for a violation of any rule or regulation made in regard to same. Said Mayor and Council may in their descretion declare any of above a public nuisance and proceed to have same abated. Control of city pipes, sewers, etc. SEC. 39. Be it further enacted, That the Mayor and Council of said town shall have full power and authority to declare what shall be deemed a nuisance in said town, and to provide for the abatement of the same. The Mayor's Court of said town shall have concurrent jurisdiction with the Mayor and Council with respect to the trial and abatement of all nuisances in said town. SEC. 40. Be it further enacted, That there shall be established in the Town of Talbotton, Georgia, situated in the County of Talbot, a system of public schools to be maintained and supported as provided for in this Act. Public school system. SEC. 41. Be it further enacted, That the limits of said public schools shall be co-extensive with the corporate limits of said Town of Talbotton, and the jurisdiction of said Town of Talbotton shall extend over said territory fully and completely for the purposes of this Act. Limits of schools. SEC. 42. Be it further enacted, That the management and control of all schools in said town shall be vested in a board to be known as the board of school trustees of the Town of Talbotton, composed of seven persons and which board, by that name and style, shall have perpetual succession; have and use a common seal; have a right to sue and be sued, and have power to purchase, receive and to hold to them and their successors in office, for school purposes, any estate, real, personal, and of every kind and character. Board of school trustees. SEC. 43. Be it further enacted, That any person qualified to vote for members of the General Assembly, and living within the corporate limits of said Town of Talbotton, shall be eligible as a member of the Board of School Trustees of said town. Eligibility of members.

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SEC. 44. Be it further enacted, That J. M. Heath, J. A. Bryan, A. J. Perryman, W. C. Thomas, L. W. Smith, E. H. Spivey, and C. C. Grant, shall be, and are hereby constituted the Board of School Trustees of said town, to carry into effect the provisions of this Act. Should a vacancy or vacancies occur at any time in the Board of School Trustees, the same shall be filled by an election to be held by the remaining members thereof. First Trustees. SEC. 45. Be it further enacted, That said Board of School Trustees shall, as early as practicable each year, by resolution, require the Mayor and Council of said town to levy and collect an ad valorem tax on all taxable property within the corporate limits of said town for school purposes for that year, in an amount not to exceed one-half of one per cent, and when so collected to be turned over to the Board of School Trustees promptly, to be used for the purposes of this Act, and it shall be the duty of said Mayor and Council of said town, when such resolution is passed and presented to them, to levy, collect and turn over said tax money, as provided in this Act. School tax. SEC. 46. Be it further enacted, That said Board of School Trustees shall have a Chairman, Vice-Chairman, Secretary and Treasurer from their own number. No member shall receive compensation for services except the Secretary and Treasurer, whose compensation shall be fixed by the Board of Trustees at the beginning of his term, and shall not thereafter be changed during said term. The Secretary and Treasurer shall give good and sufficient bond, to be fixed by said Board of School Trustees, and to be made payable to that body and their successors in office, which bond shall be approved by the Chairman of the Board of School Trustees. Officers of Board. SEC. 47. Be it further enacted, That the County School Superintendent of Talbot County shall pay over directly to the Treasurer of said Board of School Trustees the amount of all school funds which should be paid to the Talbotton schools under the rules and regulations of the County Board of Education of said County of Talbot. Pro rata share of State school fund.

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SEC. 48. Be it further enacted, That said Board of School Trustees shall have power to adopt a system of public schools in said town; to elect a superintendent and prescribe his duties, and to remove him for cause, in their discretion; to employ, suspend, or remove teachers and to fix their compensation by salary or otherwise; to provide school buildings, and by rent, building, purchase, or otherwise, to make and hold title to said property; to make such rules and regulations for the government of themselves and such schools as they deem proper, not in conflict with the laws of this State, and to do any and all things promotive of the above educational interests of said town not in conflict with the provisions of this Act or the laws of this State; provided, said Board of Trustees shall not have the power to purchase property or sell it without the consent of the majority of the qualified voters of said town, to be ascertained by an election to be held for that purpose, notice of which election shall be given by said Board of Trustees for twenty days prior to the holding of same, in a newspaper published in said town, and which election shall be in accordance with the laws governing elections of Mayor and Council of said town, and in which election the returns shall be made to the Board of School Trustees, who shall publish the same in a newspaper published in said town. Any citizen living within said town and who is qualified to vote in said election may contest the legality of said election, or correctness of said returns, in the same manner as contests are made in the election of Mayor and Council of said town. Power of Trustees. SEC. 49. Be it further enacted, That there shall be established a school for not less than seven nor more than ten scholastic months in each year, the length of said term to be in the discretion of said Board of School Trustees. The curriculum in said schools shall be only such as is taught in the system of public schools maintained by the State, except for pupils wishing to study the higher branches of education, in which event the Trustees may provide for a higher curriculum on such terms as they may deem best. There shall be one and only one school for

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white children, and one and only one school for colored children. All children entitled to the benefit of public schools under the laws of this State, and whose parents, guardians or natural protectors reside within said town, shall be admitted to the aforesaid schools, white children into the white school, and colored children into the colored school, upon the payment of such admittance fee only as the Board of School Trustees may deem necessary. The children of non-resident and such others as may not be entitled to the benefit of these schools shall be admitted upon such terms as may be prescribed by said Board of School Trustees, not in conflict with the laws of this State. School term, curriculum, etc. Two schools, one for white and one for colored. Admission. SEC. 50. Be it further enacted, That the Board of Education of Talbot County shall not establish any other schools or contract with any other person to teach a school of any character in the school limits of said town, nor shall any of the State school funds be paid to any other school in said school limits of said town than the schools herein provided for. County Board of Education. SEC. 51. Be it further enacted, That the taxes provided for in this Act shall be an additional and separate tax to that provided elsewhere in this charter, and shall be returned, levied and collected as the ad valorem taxes of the Town of Talbotton are returned, levied and collected, except said tax shall be returned, levied and collected for school purposes only, and shall be kept separate from the funds of said municipality and shall be, as soon as collected, turned over by the officers of said town to said school board, and shall embrace all the taxable property within the corporate limits of said town. The officers of said town, whose duties it is to collect the taxes of said town, are hereby authorized, empowered and required to collect the taxes provided for in this Act; and the Clerk of the Town Council may issue executions in the name of the Mayor of said Town Council to enforce the collection of said taxes, and the Marshals of said town or the Sheriff of Talbot County, are hereby authorized and empowered to levy and, by sale or otherwise, collect said taxes in the

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same manner as the taxes of the Town of Talbotton are collected. School tax. SEC. 52. Be it further enacted, That the Board of School Trustees shall annually make a report to the public in writing of the condition of said schools, and oftener if they deem necessary, and they shall accompany their report with the Treasurer's report, with a full and itemized statement of all moneys received and expended by said board. Reports. SEC. 53. Be it further enacted, That the control, management and title to all public school property within the corporate limits of the Town of Talbotton, Georgia, as well as the control of all public schools within said town, is hereby vested in The Board of School Trustees of the Town of Talbotton, as said property was vested in said board by the Act approved August 22, 1907, establishing a public school system of the Town of Talbotton, and later approved by the people of the Town of Talbotton in an election held for the purpose of determining whether or not said Act should become operative. School property, control of, etc. SEC. 54. Be it further enacted, That the provisions of the Act of 1907 establishing a public school system for the Town of Talbotton, approved August 22, 1907, and later approved by two-thirds of the qualified voters of the Town of Talbotton at an election held to determine whether or not said Act should become operative, and found on pages 935 to 939, both inclusive, of the Georgia Laws of 1907, be incorporated in and consolidated with this charter in so far as it does not conflict with this charter and become a part of this charter. Consolidation of old school law with this charter. SEC. 55. Be it further enacted, That the Mayor and Council of said town, may in their discretion, enact any and all ordinances, rules and regulations necessary to lay out a fire district in said town, and to enlarge, change or modify the same from time to time, to prescribe how and of what material buildings within said district may be erected,

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how thick the walls shall be, the manner in which chimneys, flues, and stovepipes shall be constructed, and to make such reasonable rules, regulations and requirements, as they may deem necessary to so far as possible protect said town from danger from fire or to prevent or stop conflagration. They shall also have power and authority to order any changes in the construction or arrangements of chimneys, stovepipes or flues, or the removal thereof, when in their judgment the same are dangerous or likely to be so, and to compel the owner or occupant to make the changes or alterations ordered by proper ordinances, and collect any expenses incurred by the town, under any ordinances passed carrying out the powers granted under this section by execution as of collecting other costs due said town. The Mayor and Council may exercise general supervision over all buildings of every character in said town and may condemn dangerous walls or construction in any of the same, and shall have the power and authority to exercise said supervision by passing and enforcing suitable and reasonable ordinances. The Mayor and Council shall have power to regulate, control or forbid as a public nuisance, the establishment, location or operation, within said town, of any fertilizer factory, planing mill or other manufacturing establishment, shop or business, the conduct, establishment or operation of which disturbs or interferes with the peace, comfort or health of citizens of said town or is calculated to damage or depreciate property for residential purposes. Fire limits, building regulations, etc. Factories and mills. SEC. 56. Be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the Mayor and Council of said town to provide such fire protection thereof whenever, and as in their discretion, the town can afford or is able to support, and to this end shall have power and authority to organize, equip and support a fire department, volunteer or paid, and to make such appropriations therefor as they may deem advisable, providing needed buildings therefor, and to adopt and prescribe such ordinances and regulations as will best promote the objects of this section and afford protection from fire or conflagration, to property in said town. Fire Department.

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SEC. 57. Be it further enacted, That the Mayor and Council of said town shall have power and authority to provide for the inspection of steam boilers in said town, to regulate or prevent the storage of gunpowder, tar, pitch, rosin, coal, benzine, naptha, nitro-glycerin, turpentine, cotton, petroleum, kerosene oil, dynamite, or other combustibles or explosive substances, materials, or liquids, within the town limits; and to regulate the use of lights in stores or shops or the building of bonfires; to regulate or prohibit the use of fireworks, fire crackers, torpedoes, sky rockets, Roman candles, the firing of guns, pistols and anvils, and to prohibit every kinds of gaming and hunting within the corporate limits of said town. Regulation of combustibles, explosives, etc. SEC. 58. Be it further enacted, That the Mayor and Council of said town shall have full power and authority to elect a Board of Health from three or less of the practicing physicians of said town; to prescribe their duties, fix their qualifications and provide for their compensation, prior to their election. Their terms of office shall be for one year. Board of health. SEC. 59. Be it further enacted, That the Mayor and Council of said town shall have full power and authority to make and enforce all ordinances necessary or wisely precautionary for the prevention of any contagious or infectious disease or the spreading or communicating thereof; to declare, maintain and enforce quarantine rules or regulations in regard thereto, and to punish any violations of any of the said rules and regulations. They shall have power to build or establish or maintain and exercise police powers over a pest house within or outside of said town limits, and for this purpose they are authorized to buy, hold, rent or receive real estate or buildings within or beyond said town limits. They shall have power to compel the removal to the pest house of any person or persons who have small pox or other contagious or infectious diseases, when in their wise and humane judgment it is best for the general welfare and health of said town. They shall have power to compel all persons in said town, whether resident or sojourners, to be vaccinated and may provide vaccine

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and employ physicians, at the expense of the town, to vaccinate all persons who are unable to procure vaccination, and may by ordinance provide for persons failing or refusing to be vaccinated. Quarantine regulations. SEC. 60. Be it further enacted, That said Mayor and Council shall have full power and authority to make all needful rules and regulations, for and concerning the cemetery, known as Oak Hill Cemetery, located within the corporate limits of said town; to maintain and keep same, provided none of the citizens of Talbot County shall ever be prohibited from using same for burial purposes. Cemetery, rules and regulations as to. SEC. 61. Be it further enacted, That the Mayor and Council of said town shall have full power and authority to adopt and enforce ordinances for the protection and preservation of shade trees on the streets, public places, cemeteries and parks in said town and to prevent the cutting, impairing or mutilation thereof by telephone, telegraph, electric light linemen or employees, or any other person, unless the same is done under and with the express and formal consent of the Mayor and Council or some officer appointed by them to direct the same and then, only when absolutely necessary for the public service or safety. Shade trees, etc., protection of. SEC. 62. Be it further enacted, That the Mayor and Council of said town shall have full power and authority to protect by suitable ordinance and enforcement, all places of Divine Worship and all schools within said town, and to prohibit loitering or idling in or about the same or the grounds thereof; or any other conduct in or about the same tending to annoy the services or duties being carried on or performed therein, or the occupants of said institutions or the ground attached thereto. Said Mayor and Council shall also have power and authority by suitable ordinance to prevent and punish any boisterous, unseemly, indecent or disorderly conduct or behavior or any unseemly or improper gathering on the streets, sidewalks, alleys or public places or buildings or vacant property within said town or in or about or near any residence therein. Police regulations.

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SEC. 63. Be it further enacted, That the Mayor and Council shall have full power and authority to suppress lewd houses, lewdness and all immoral conduct; gambling and gambling places, within the corporate limits of said town, and to this end may enact such ordinances and provide such penalties for violations thereof as they deem advisable or necessary to carry out the provisions of this section. Said Mayor and Council shall have power and authority upon proof of any house of ill-fame, bawdy house, lewd house, gambling place or house used for the purpose of illegal sale of any intoxicating drink in violation of the State Prohibition Laws, to vacate and abate the same by causing the occupants thereof to be forcibly removed after three days notice, and any property owner or agent who shall after notice of the character of the inmates, continue to rent or suffer the same to remain on said premises shall upon conviction in the Police Court of said town, be punished as for a violation of the ordinances of said town relating to nuisances. To further enable the authority of said town to carry out any ordinance which may be passed upon this section, the police officers of the said town shall have full authority on reasonable suspicion to search any house or place for evidence of a violation of any ordinance passed under this section. Should they find any intoxicating liquors of any kind prohibited of sale by the State laws or any imitations of same, they shall have authority to seize same and destroy them. Said houses or places described in this section being hereby declared to be a public nuisance. Suppression of vice. SEC. 64. Be it further enacted, That the Mayor and Council of said town shall have full power and authority to prohibit by ordinance the running at large in said town of horses, mules, cattle, hogs, sheep, goats, dogs, and all other animals or fowls and to prohibit the keeping of hogs within said town limits, or if allowed to be kept therein, the Mayor and Council's discretion, to regulate the manner and places in which they may be kept. Also to impound all such animals when found upon the streets or public places or upon the property of persons other than the owners without permission or consent of the owners of

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such property, and to charge such fees for same as said Mayor and Council may prescribe, and in addition thereto, charge for the keep of any animal so impounded. Should the owner of any such animal refuse to pay the impounding fee and costs of keeping said animal, the same may be sold at public outcry before the town hall and the proceeds applied to the payment of said fees and costs, under such rules and regulations as the Mayor and Council may prescribe by ordinance. Stock law. SEC. 65. Be it further enacted, That should any person violating any of the ordinances of said town flee from the jurisdiction thereof, he or she may be apprehended and arrested, wherever found in the State, and the warrants of the Mayor, Mayor pro tem., or any Councilman of said town shall be sufficient authority for his or her return and trial upon the charge resting against such person, and should any person after trial and conviction escape, such person may be apprehended or arrested wherever found in this State and the warrant of either of the officials aforesaid, shall be sufficient authority for his or her arrest and return; all persons escaping from the custody of said town or its officers, may be tried for such escape and punished therefor not exceeding penalties hereinbefore provided. The said Mayor and Council shall have full power and authority to provide for said town, a safe and suitable prison for the keeping and detention of prisoners and convicts of said town and of persons charged with a violation of the ordinances of said town before or after conviction, and to appoint a custodian or keeper thereof. Fugitives from justice. Prison. SEC. 66. Be it further enacted, That said Mayor and Council shall, by ordinance, provide for the form of all accusations, affidavits and warrants to be issued in all trials or violations of the town ordinances, and the procedure in all such trials. All executions in favor of said town for the enforcement and collection of any fine, forfeiture, assessment, taxes or other claim, demanded on debt, shall be issued by the Clerk and bear test in the name of the Mayor or Mayor pro tem., and shall be directed to the

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Marshal of said town, and to all and singular the Sheriffs and Constables of this State, and shall state for what issued and be made returnable to the Mayor and Council of said town ninety days after the issuing of the same; and it shall be the duty of the Marshal or other collecting officer, to levy the same and advertise the sale of any real or personal property so levied upon, in the same manner as Sheriffs' sales of real property or Constables' sales of personal property are required by law to be made. Any sales thereunder shall be made at the place and within the usual hours of Sheriffs' and Constables' sales, and under the same rules and regulations as govern Sheriffs' and Constables' sales of similar property. Whenever any real estate is sold for taxes the owner thereof shall have the privilege of redeeming it within one year by paying the purchaser the amount paid therefor, with ten per cent premium thereon and interest on said principal amount at the rate of seven per cent per annum. All deeds to real estate shall be made and signed by the Marshal as deeds to real estate are made and signed by the Sheriff. Procedure for trial and punishment of offenders. SEC. 67. Be it further enacted, That the Mayor and Council shall have full power and authority through a committee from its body, or by appointment of any other person, in their discretion and at any time they deem proper, to examine into the working or conduct and business of any officer or office in said town, and shall have power and authority to demand, send for and compel the presence of persons or the production of all books and papers, and to swear all persons summoned, as may be necessary or pertinent to said investigation. And it shall be the duty of the Mayor and Council, prior to the first regular meeting of the Mayor and Council, in each year, by suitable committees, or otherwise, to examine, and audit for the year ending on December 31st, preceding, all books, vouchers and papers of every official of said town or of any board thereof charged with the collection, keeping or expenditure of any public funds. Investigation of offices, auditing accounts, etc.

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SEC. 68. Be it further enacted, That the Mayor and Council shall prescribe by ordinance how and by whom purchases of supplies, materials and other necessary articles, for said town or for any department thereof, shall be made or contracted in behalf of said town, and no purchase or agreement or contract of purchase, made in any other manner or by any other person, than as prescribed in such ordinances, shall be valid or binding on said town. Purchase of supplies. SEC. 69. Be it further enacted, That in case the Mayor, or any Councilman, while in office shall be guilty of malpractice or wilful neglect in office, or the abuse of the powers conferred upon him, or shall be guilty of any conduct unbecoming his station, or convicted and sentenced for violating any criminal law of this State involving moral turpitude, he shall be subject to be impeached by the Mayor and Council, or by Council in case of the Mayor, and upon conviction by not less than four votes, shall be removed from office. Removal of officers. SEC. 70. Be it further enacted, That it shall not be law-ful for any official of said Town of Talbotton to be interested directly or indirectly in any transaction with, sale to, work for or contract of the Town of Talbotton or any department of government or service of said town, involving the expenditures of any public funds of said town. Any violation of this section by the Mayor or any Councilman, or other officer of said town, shall on conviction thereof be punished, as for a misdemeanor under the Code of Georgia, 1910. Contracts with town, officers shall not be interested in. SEC. 71. Be it further enacted, That after the close of each fiscal year, the Clerk of the town shall make and submit to the Mayor and Council at the first regular meeting in the new year, a full tabular statement of the assets and resources and liabilities of the town, with an itemized estimate of the probable receipts, and of the probable necessary expenses for the coming year, and shall from month to month at the first regular meeting in each month of the Mayor and Council, submit a statement of all appropriations

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and expenditures made and authorized by the Mayor and Council to the end of the preceding month, chargeable against the estimated income for that year. Statements of assets liabilities, etc. SEC. 72. Be it further enacted, That any of the officers of said Town of Talbotton who may be sued for any act or thing done in his official capacity may be justified under this charter, and the provisions of this charter may be pleaded and shall be a full defense to any action brought against the Mayo or Council or other officers of said town or either of them, under and in accordance with the ordinances passed in pursuance thereof. Official acts, officers sued for, may plead justification. SEC. 73. Be it further enacted, That the Mayor and Council of said Town of Talbotton shall have power and authority to pass all ordinances that they may consider necessary for the peace and good order, health, prosperity comfort and security of said town and the inhabitants thereof and that may be deemed necessary to foster and promote virtue and good morals in said town; to suppress lewdness, gaming, and disorderly conduct and to enforce such laws and ordinances by such penalties as are authorized in this charter. The said Mayor and Council shall have full power and authority to adopt and enforce any and all ordinances they may consider advisable and necessary to carry out and execute the powers granted said town, and said Mayor and Council hereunder; to make and enforce such ordinances, rules and regulations for the government of their body, and all officers of said town, and to do any and all other acts and exercise all other powers conferred upon them by this Act or that may be done or exercised under the laws of this State conferring powers on municipal corporations and not inconsistent with the laws of this State. Powers of Mayor and Council. SEC. 74. Be it further enacted, That all ordinances, by-laws, rules and regulations heretofore adopted by the Mayor and Council of the Town of Talbotton which are now in force and not inconsistent with nor repugnant to any provision of this Act shall remain in full force and effect

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under this charter, until repealed, altered or amended by the Mayor and Council. Laws, etc., heretofore adopted, effect of. SEC. 75. Be it further enacted, That authority to carry out and effectuate by ordinances, and to provide penalties for violations thereof, whenever in their discretion the Mayor and Council may deem it necessary, and all further powers granted to said Town of Talbotton, as reincorporated under this Act, be and are, hereby expressly conferred on the Mayor and Council of said town in office, and their successors. Powers of Mayor and Council. SEC. 76. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act, be, and the same, are hereby repealed. Approved August 20, 1913. TOCCOA, CITY OF, CHARTER AMENDED. No. 94. An Act to amend an Act chartering the City of Toccoa, Georgia, approved December 20, 1897, Acts 1897, Page 341, as amended, so as to authorize the Mayor and Council of the City of Toccoa, Georgia, to contract with a bank or banks making the highest and best bids to pay interest quarterly on the daily balances of the City of Toccoa; to abolish the office of City Treasurer; to combine the offices of City Clerk, City Tax Collector and other subordinate offices, and to change the manner of electing the City Clerk, and for other purposes. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That an Act chartering the City of Toccoa, Georgia, approved December 20, 1897, (Acts 189, Page 341) and the several Acts amendatory thereof be, and the same are, hereby amended, as hereinafter set forth in this Act. Toccoa, City of, charter amended.

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SEC. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the Mayor and Council of the City of Toccoa shall have authority to contract with a bank or banks making the highest and best bids to pay interest quarterly on the average daily balances of the funds of the City of Toccoa, and that the said municipal authorities shall not less than sixty days before the expiration of the present term of office of the City Treasurer, after first publishing a ten day's notice in some public gazette of Stephens County, Georgia, and at the door of the City Hall in the said City of Toccoa, made a contract with a bank or banks for handling the funds of the said city and award said contract to the bank or banks making the highest and best bids to pay interest on the average daily balances of the city, and that said bank or banks selected to receive the funds of said city shall give good and sufficient bond made payable to the City of Toccoa in such sum as may be prescribed by said municipal authorities, and shall perform such duties in the handling of said funds as may be required by the Mayor and Council, and that said bank or banks to which said contract shall be awarded shall act in said capacity from the expiration of the present term of office of the City Treasurer for the term of one year and until their successors are selected and contracted with, unless ordered to be transferred to another depository, as hereinafter provided. Contracts with banks to pay interest on deposits. SEC. 3. Be it enacted, That when said contract has been completed all funds of the city including special funds, bond proceeds and school moneys, shall be deposited with said bank or banks and shall remain there until expended or transferred. Said funds shall be withdrawn from said bank or banks on warrants drawn by the city Clerk in payment of accounts approved by the Mayor and Council and countersigned by the Mayor; provided, that warrants for officers' salaries and all fixed charges may be drawn by the Clerk and countersigned by the Mayor without any additional approval by the Council. In case of sickness, or other inability of the Mayor to countersign said warrants, same may be approved by the Mayor pro tem. or by a

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majority of the Council, but said sickness or other disabilities shall be certified to said bank or banks by the City Clerk under the seal of the City of Toccoa, Ga. For reasons of safety and security said funds may be ordered transferred to another depository by the Mayor and Council. Funds on deposit, how withdrawn. SEC. 4. Be it further enacted, That the Mayor and Council of the City of Toccoa shall within sixty days after their first meeting after the annual election on the first Thursday in January, 1915, and on each year thereafter, and within sixty days after each annual election thereafter, contract with a bank or banks making highest and best bids to pay interest quarterly on the average daily balances as above specified. When contract shall be made. SEC. 5. Be it enacted further by the authority aforesaid, That the office of City Treasurer of the City of Toccoa be, and the same is, hereby abolished, but that the provisions of this Act as to this office shall not take effect until after the expiration of the present term of office of the Treasurer of Toccoa. City Treasurer, office of, abolished. SEC. 6. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the office of City Clerk be changed, and the same is hereby changed from a municipal election office to a subordinate office to be filled by the Mayor and Council of the City of Toccoa, and that said Mayor and Council shall upon their first regular meeting after the annual election on the first Thursday in January, 1914, elect the City Clerk, and that the said municipal authorities shall impose upon said Clerk such duties as they may see fit and wise, and pay said officer whatever salary they may think adequate for the services rendered, and that said officer shall hold his office at the will of the Mayor and Council, and shall take oath before entering upon the discharge of his duties, and give bond in such sum as the Mayor and Council may require; that said officer, or City Clerk, shall perform the duties of Clerk to the Council, Tax Collector, collector of water rents, and such other duties as Council may see fit to impose upon him, and shall maintain offices in the City

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Hall; but no provisions of this Act shall interfere with the present tenure of office of the present City Clerk. City Clerk, election of, etc. SEC. 7. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the Mayor and Council of the City of Toccoa shall have authority to pass all ordinances necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act. Authority to pass ordinances. SEC. 8. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved August 11, 1913. TUNNEL HILL, TOWN OF, CHARTER AMENDED. No. 43. An Act to amend Act of the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, approved March 4th, 1856, incorporating the Town of Tunnel Hill, in Whitfield County, Georgia; to change the corporate limits of said town; to change the date of holding elections for Commissioners of said town; to confer greater authority on the Chairman of the Board of Commissioners, and for other purposes. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same, That from and after the passage of this Act, the Act approved March 4th, 1856, incorporating the Town of Tunnel Hill, in Whitfield County, Georgia, be, and the same is hereby amended as follows: That the latter clause of Section 8 of said Act, defining the corporate limits of said Town of Tunnel Hill, be, and the same is, hereby repealed. That in lieu thereof, the following corporate line is established. Beginning on the north side of said town, where Cherry Street turns to right angle into Cleveland Street, and run west 350 yards; thence south 1050 yards; thence east 350 yards; thence southeast 600 yards; thence north 300 yards to Western Atlantic Railroad; thence

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west with said railroad 350 yards; thence north 850 yards; thence west 350 yards to point of beginning. The boundary inside of this line shall be known and distinguished as the Town of Tunnel Hill, Georgia. Tunnel Hill, Town of. Corporate limits. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That Section 9 of said Act be, and the same is, hereby amended as to the time of holding the election for Town Commissioners. So that said Section, so far as it relates to holding said election, shall read as follows: That on the first Monday in December, 1913, and on the first Monday in December in each year thereafter, shall be held an election for Town Commissioners. Election of Town Commissioners. SEC. 3. Be it further enacted, That Section 15, of said Act be, and the same is, hereby amended so as to increase the authority of the Chairman or temporary Chairman of said Board of Commissioners by adding after the word Chairman, in the 8th line of said section, the following: That the Chairman, or temporary Chairman, shall have full power and authority, to hear evidence and try all persons charged with violation of the ordinances of said town; to, upon conviction, impose a fine not to exceed twenty-five dollars. Upon default of payment, imprison the defendant, not to exceed 30 days, or work on the streets of said town, not to exceed 20 days. Upon sufficient evidence produced, bind all persons charged with violating the penal laws of this State over to the next term of the Superior Court in and for said county; provided, the offense charged was committed within the corporate limits of said town of Tunnel Hill. Powers of Chairman. SEC. 4. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts thereof herewith conflicting are repealed. Approved August 4, 1913.

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UNADILLA, TOWN OF, CHARTER AMENDED. No. 12. An Act to amend an Act of the Legislature incorporating the Town of Unadilla, in the County of Dooly, approved December 24, 1890, so as to authorize and empower the Mayor and City Council of the City of Unadilla to exercise the right of eminent domain generally, specially and for all other purposes pertaining to the condemning of property, for the purpose of opening, laying out or widening the streets, alleys or parks, or for the erection of any public buildings necessary for said city or any of its departments, or for the changing of any streets, side walks, alleys or drive ways, or for any other purposes. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That from and after the passage of this Act, the Act of the Legislature incorporating the Town of Unadilla, in the County of Dooly, approved December 24, 1890, be, and the same is, hereby amended by striking out all of Sections one and two on page ten in the charter of Unadilla, of said Act after the enacting clause and inserting in lieu thereof the following: That the said Mayor and City Council of Unadilla, shall have full power and control over the streets, sidewalks, alleys and parks of the city, and shall have full power and authority to condemn property for the purpose of opening, laying out or widening of streets, alleys or parks, or for the erection thereon of any public buildings necessary for said town or any of its departments, or for the changing of any streets, sidewalks, alleys or driveways or for any other public purpose, and whenever the said Mayor and City Council shall desire to exercise the power granted in this Section, it may be done as provided in Sections 5206 and 5246, both inclusive of Volume 2 of the Code of Georgia of 1911, and the Acts amendatory thereof, and the same may be done whether the land sought to be condemned is in the hands of the owner

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or a trustee, administrator, guardian or other agent or representative, or otherwise as provided by said section of the Code. Said Mayor and City Council will have full power and authority to remove, or cause to be removed, any obstructions or nuisances in the public streets, lanes, alleys, sidewalks, driveways, or other public places in said city; to enforce all the provisions of this section as well as any other section in this charter by appropriate legislation. Unadilla, Town of, charter amended. Control over streets, etc. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved July 30, 1913. UNDILLA, TOWN OF, CHARTER AMENDED. No. 74. An Act to amend an Act of the Legislature incorporating the Town of Unadilla, in the County of Dooly, approved December 24, 1890, so as to make the corporate limits of said town two miles north and south and two miles east and west, the center of said town being a corner stone on the right-of-way of the Georgia Southern and Florida Railway, and near the residence of Joe E. Quattlebaum, in said town, and for other purposes. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same, That from and after the passage of this Act, the Act of the Legislature incorporating the Town of Unadilla, in the County of Dooly, approved December 24, 1890, be, and the same is, hereby amended by striking out all of Section three (3) of said Act on page one (1) of the Charter of Unadilla, and after the enacting clause and inserting in lieu thereof the following: That the corporate limits of said town be two miles north and south and two miles east and west, the center of said town being a corner

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stone on the right of way of the Georgia Southern and Florida Railway, and near the residence of Joe E. [Illegible Text], in said town. Unadilla, Town of, charter amended. Corporate limits. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved August 11, 1913. VALDOSTA, CITY OF, CHARTER AMENDED. No. 62. An Act to amend Section five of an Act entitled An Act to incorporate the City of Valdosta, approved November 21st, 1901, Acts 1901, page 670, as amended, so as to provide for the registration of voters in the City of Valdosta, and for other purposes. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same, That Section five of an Act entitled An Act to incorporate the City of Valdosta, approved November 21st, 1901, Acts 1901, Page 670, as amended, be, and the same is, hereby amended by adding at the end thereof the following words, to-wit: Provided the Mayor and Council of the City of Valdosta may be proper ordinances provide for the registration of such voters and require them to register as an additional qualification, so that said Section five of said Act shall read as follows: Be it further enacted, That every male citizen of the City of Valdosta, incorporated under this Act, twenty-one years of age, who shall have resided in this State a year next preceding the election, and six months within the corporate limits of the City of Valdosta next preceding the election, and shall have paid all taxes which may have been required of him, and which he may have had opportunity to pay agreeably to law, except for the year of the election, and the payment of all fines, licenses and registration fees required of him by

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said city, and not convicted of any crime involving moral turpitude and not pardoned, shall be qualified to vote at any election held in the City of Valdosta, for any purpose whatever; provided, the Mayor and Council of the City of Valdosta may by proper ordinances provide for the registration of such voters and require them to register as an additional qualification. Valdosta, City of, charter amended. Registration of voters. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict herewith be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved August 11, 1913. WAYCROSS, CITY OF, CHARTER AMENDED. No. 118. An Act to amend An Act to provide and establish a new charter for the City of Waycross, approved August 17, 1909, by defining the duties of certain officers of said city; creating the office of Recorder; authorizing additional taxation; authorizing special assessments for water and sewer mains, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same, That the Act providing and establishing a new charter for the City of Waycross, in the County of Ware, etc., approved August 17, 1909, and the several Acts amendatory thereof be, and the same are, hereby amended as follows: Waycross, City of, charter amended. SECTION 1. (First) The Mayor and Council of the City of Waycross are authorized and empowered to construct along any of the streets of said city, and over any private property, a sewer system to be known as a sanitary sewer system, and this authority may be exercised at different times and in different sections of said city, in streets where sewers are now laid or in new streets, in the manner and to the extent deemed best by said Mayor and Council. In all

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cases where a sewer is laid along any street, an amount equivalent to the actual cost of laying such sewer of a sufficient size to meet the needs of the property abutting on such street shall be assessed pro rata upon the real estate abutting on each side of such street; and in consideration of the payment of such assessment, the owners of such real estate shall have the right to connect their property with said sewer. The remaining cost of such sewers shall be paid by the city out of any funds available for the purpose. Sanitary sewer system. (Second) Said Mayor and Council shall also have authority to assess against abutting property the cost of extending house connections to the property line at the time such sewers are laid. The cost of such connections shall be added to the cost of the construction of the sewers, and the total cost shall be assessed against such abutting property. In case any sewer is constructed through or over any private property along the course of any natural drain or otherwise, a like assessment shall be made against such property abutting on each side of such sewer, and in consideration of the payment of such assessments the owners of such property an each side of such sewer shall have the right to connect their property with the sewer. Real estate situated on street corners having a frontage on two streets, shall be assessed for the frontage on the street on which a sewer is first laid and when a sewer is laid on the other street, seventy-five feet of frontage shall be exempt from assessment. Assessments. (Third) The Mayor and Council are authorized to levy and construct sewers for said city of whatever form or material in their judgment may be proper, without the limits of the City of Waycross, to as full an extent as is now authorized within the limits of the city, to construct and operate plants, means and methods for the disposal of sewage without the City of Waycross, as well as within the limits of said city, and to condemn lands and interests in real estate for the construction of sewers, plants, means and methods, for the disposal of sewage without the limits of the city, in whatever direction and to whatever extent they may deem necessary and proper. Sewers, etc., without city limits.

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(Fourth) The Mayor and Council shall have authority to regulate and control the time and manner in which sewer connection shall be made, the terms and conditions upon which, and the persons by whom the work shall be done, the replacing of paving and other adjacent structures in good condition, the inspection of sewer connections and plumbing, the licensing of competent persons as plumbers, and all other matters relating to sewers, sewer connections and plumbing, and to require compliance by individuals with the regulations thus adopted. Sewer connections. (Fifth) All provisions of the Act of August 22, 1905, and the new charter of the City of Waycross, approved August 17, 1909, and Acts amendatory thereof, and other laws relating to assessments for street improvements, regulating the manner and time of making such assessments and the collection thereof in cash or installments, and the issuance and levy of executions therefor and the issuance of notes payable therefrom, shall be applicable to assessments for sewer construction provided for in this statement. Assessments, regulation of, etc. SEC. 2. (First) Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That at the first regular meeting of the Mayor and Council of said City of Waycross, after the passage and approval of this Act, a judicial officer, to be known as Recorder shall be elected by the Mayor and Aldermen of said City of Waycross in the manner other officers of said city are now elected. The Recorder shall hold his office from the date of his election and qualification until the first Saturday in January, 1915. Beginning with the general election to be held for the election of Mayor and Aldermen on the first Saturday in January, 1915, and at the general election held for the municipal officers every two years thereafter, there shall be elected a Recorder in the same manner now provided for the election of the municipal officers of said city who shall hold office for two years until his successor is elected and qualified. Recorder, election of. (Second) No person shall be eligible to the office of Recorder unless he shall be, at the time of his qualification,

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at least twenty-one years of age, shall have resided in the City of Waycross not less than two years next preceding his election, and shall be a practicing attorney-at-law in good standing. Qualifications of Recorder. (Third) Said Recorder shall preside as judge in the Police Court heretofore established in said city, and try and determine all cases therein, without a jury. He shall be clothed with all the powers as judge of said court that were conferred on the Mayor of the city by said Act providing and establishing a new charter for the City of Waycross, approved August 17, 1909, and shall exercise all the functions as Judge of said Police Court as fully as if said Recorder had been named in said Act wherever the Mayor of the City is named. Powers of Recorder. (Fourth) The Recorder shall be paid monthly a salary not to exceed seventy-five dollars per month, to be fixed by the City Council, and the same shall not be increased or decreased during his term of office. Before entering upon his duties of office he shall take and subscribe the following oath, which shall be entered upon the minutes of the City Council to-wit: I solemnly swear that I will uprightly demean myself as Recorder of the City of Waycross, and that I will faithfully and impartially discharge all the duties incumbent on me as presiding Judge of the Police Court of said city, according to my best ability and understanding, and agreeably to the laws and constitution of the United States and the charter and ordinances of the City of Waycross, so help me God. Salary. Oath. (Fifth) The Recorder shall hold said Police Court at stated hours daily, Sundays excepted, or as often as the exigencies of the business may demand. In case the Recorder is absent from the city, sick, disqualified or for other cause is unable to hold said court, the Mayor or any Alderman of said city may preside and act as Judge of said court in his place and while so doing shall be clothed with all the rights and powers of such Recorder. In case a vacancy shall occur in said office from any cause, such vacancy shall be

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filled in the same manner as vacancies in the office of Mayor or Aldermen as now filled. Police Court. (Sixth) The Recorder may be removed from office by the Mayor and Council for cause to be judged of by them in the manner now provided by Section 55 of said Act approved August 17, 1909, for the impeachment and removal from office of the Mayor, Aldermen and other officers of said city. Removal of Recorder from office. SEC. 3. In addition to the taxes and assessments now authorized by law to be levied and collected subject to the restrictions now made by law, the Mayor and Council shall have full power in the same manner other taxes are levied and collected, to levy and collect annually a special tax not to exceed one-fourth of one per centum on all property, real and personal, within the corporate limits of said city, as now or hereafter laid out, which is taxable under the laws of the State for the purpose of making permanent street improvements. Tax for street improvements. SEC. 4. Be it further enacted, That the provisions of Section 1 and 3 of this bill shall not become effective till the same is submitted to the qualified voters of the City of Waycross at the regular election for ratification or rejection at the next election held for the election of Mayor and Council for said City of Waycross, the voters favoring the same having written or printed on their ballots For Ratification Assessment Water and Sewer Mains, and For Ratification Increase Tax Assessment, and those desiring to vote against said provisions shall have written or printed on their ballots Against Ratification Assessment Water and Sewer Mains, and Against Ratification Increase Tax Assessment. Should a majority of votes cast at said election be for ratification of either or both of said provisions, then, and in that event, such provision shall become operative; otherwise the same shall not. Election for ratification of Sections 1 and 3 of this Act. SEC. 4. All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed. Approved August 16, 1913.

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WAYCROSS, CITY OF, CHARTER AMENDED. No. 268. An Act to amend the Act providing and establishing a new charter for the City of Waycross, in the County of Ware, etc., approved August 17, 1909, and the several Acts amendatory thereof, to provide for the submission of this Act to the qualified voters of said city, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same, That the above entitled Act, providing and establishing a new charter for the City of Waycross, in the County of Ware, etc., approved August 17, 1909, and the several Acts amendatory thereof, be and the same are, hereby amended as follows: Waycross, City of, charter amended. SECTION 1. That the number of Aldermen in said city is hereby increased so that hereafter there shall be two Aldermen from each ward of the city as now laid out or as may hereafter be constituted or added; such Aldermen to be elected by the vote of the entire city and their term of office to be for two years and vacancies to be filled in the Aldermanic Board, all as now provided by law. Therefore, at the next election to be held for Mayor and Aldermen in said city, a Mayor shall be elected, and two Aldermen shall also be elected from each ward of the city, except those three wards the Aldermen from which hold over for the year 1914, and in such wards only one Alderman shall be elected from each of said wards at said time; and all of said Aldermen so elected at said next election shall hold office for two years and until their successors are elected and qualified. At the next election thereafter to be held in said city on the first Saturday in January, 1915, an Alderman shall be elected from each of said three wards, which Aldermen hold over for the year 1914, as aforesaid, whose terms of office shall be for only one year, so that the Mayor and entire Aldermanic Board shall then go out of office at the

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same time. At the election to be held on the first Saturday in January, 1916, and biennially thereafter, the Mayor and entire Aldermanic Board shall be elected, two Aldermen from each ward as aforesaid, whose term of office shall be for two years and until their successors are elected and qualified, so that thereafter there will be no hold-overs in the Aldermanic Board. None of the Aldermen of said city shall after the 1st day of January, 1914, receive any compensation whatever for their services. Number of Aldermen increased, election, terms of office, etc. SEC. 2. That the business and affairs of said city, and the administration of the same, be and the same are, hereby divided into five departments, to-wit: Departments. 1. Police Department, which shall have control of the Patrolmen, Policemen, Watchmen and other officers and employees constituting the Police force of the city. Police Department. 2. Fire Department, which shall have control of the firemen and other officers and employees constituting the fire force of the city. Fire Department. 3. Department of Public Works, which shall have control of the water works, streets, lanes, sewers, drains, culverts, bridges, trash and sanitary carts, and the public property of the city, and of all public works and of the officers and employees engaged and employed in said department. Department of Public Works. 4. Health Department, which shall have control of the sanitary inspection of the city, isolation and quarantine matters, abatement and suppression of nuisances, inspection of slaughter pens, butcher shops, dairies and dairy products, foods, food stuffs, meats, fruits, vegetables, etc., as well as stores, shops and other places where foods, meats, provisions, etc., are stored, and also of other sanitary matters and of vital statistics, as well as of the officers and employees engaged and employed in said department. Health Department. 5. Department of Finance, which shall also include the Clerk's office of the City Council, (the Clerk of Council to be the head of this department), which shall have control of the keeping and supervision of books, records and accounts

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of the city, the preparation and keeping of the tax digest of the city and the collection of taxes and other moneys due the city, the issuing of licenses and collection of license fees, the collection of assessments and other financial matters and affairs of the city, and also of the officers and employees engaged and employed in said department. Department of Finance. SEC. 3. Provided, however, that the City Council may by ordinance add any additional powers, functions and duties to be included in and performed by any of the above named departments, and may create new or additional departments, and may combine any of the departments above named and the duties and functions thereof, and may change any of the powers, duties and functions above set forth from one department to another and may create such officers in any of said departments as may be deemed necessary; and shall make such rules and regulations as may be deemed wise and expedient for the efficient and economic administration of the city's affairs. Power of Council over departments. SEC. 4. That the administrative or executive functions of the city government shall be entirely separated from its legislative functions, and the City Council shall be limited to the exercise of legislative and regulative powers, and shall have no authority to perform the administrative work of the city or to execute its laws and ordinances, but the management and administration of the affairs and business of the city shall be vested elsewhere as hereinafter set forth. Executive functions and legislative functions separated. SEC. 5. That the qualified voters of the city shall be allowed to choose between the provisions of Sections 5a and 5b, immediately following, and only one of said sections, as determined by such voters, shall become operative and effective. Administrative officer, Mayor or City Manager? SEC. 5a. That the management and administration of the affairs and business of the city shall be, and is, hereby vested in the Mayor of the city and under him in the heads of the different departments of the city who shall take their orders and directions from the Mayor in accordance with the ordinances, resolutions, regulations and

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line of policy determined upon by the City Council and the provisions of the charter of the city, as hereby amended; provided, however, that the Mayor shall continue to be the presiding officer over the City Council as heretofore and shall have the right to cast the deciding vote in case of a tie, and shall be clothed with the veto power as provided by existing laws, and shall also have the right to vote in the selection of such city officers as shall be elected by the City Council under the terms of the charter of the city as hereby amended. The Mayor shall be the executive officer and official head of the city government, with all the rights and powers conferred upon him by said new charter of the city and the Acts amendatory thereof, including this Act, and he shall have general supervision over the departments of the city and over the administration of its affairs. He shall have and keep an office at or near the city hall of said city, which he shall keep open at a stated hour each day, where he can be found by the public or any person having business with the city, and shall devote sufficient time daily to the duties of his office for the proper discharge of same, and he shall receive a salary of $1,200.00 per annum, payable monthly. He shall appoint the heads of the different departments of the city government, subject to confirmation by City Council. Subordinates in these departments shall be under Civil Service rules, as hereinafter provided, and shall be appointed by the heads of departments, subject to approval by the Mayor, except those receiving wages not exceeding $45.00 per month, who shall be hired by the heads of the different departments. The heads of the departments of the city may be removed or discharged by the Mayor for incompetency, inefficiency or for other satisfactory cause. In case the Mayor shall be absent from the city, sick or otherwise disqualified, or incapacitated from acting, the Mayor pro tem. shall discharge his functions and exercise his powers, and in the event the Mayor pro tem. shall thus act as Mayor for as long as a week at a time, he shall receive the salary coming to the Mayor for such time, which amount shall be deducted from the Mayor's salary, unless otherwise determined by the

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City Council. The Mayor shall recommend to the City Council, from time to time, such measures as he may deem expedient for the city and shall keep the Council advised as to the financial condition and needs of the city. He shall cause to be transmitted to the heads of the several departments of the city written notices of all acts, resolutions, ordinances and regulations of the City Council relating to such departments, respectively, or to the duties or work of the same. He shall prepare and submit to the City Council such reports of the workings of the city government as he may deem expedient, and shall also submit an annual report which shall consolidate the special reports of the several departments of the city. He shall also see that the ordinances, resolutions, regulations and policies of the City Council are enforced and faithfully executed and carried out. Powers and duties of Mayor as administrative and executive officer. SEC. 5b. That an officer to be known as City Manager is hereby created, who is hereby clothed with the power and duty of looking after the management and administration of the affairs and business of the city, and who shall be the administrative and executive head of the city government, under the immediate direction and supervision of the Mayor, but in accordance with the ordinances, resolutions, regulations and line of policy determined upon by the City Council and the provisions of the city charter as hereby amended. The City Manager shall be appointed by the Mayor at the first meeting of the City Council each year, subject to confirmation by the Aldermanic Body, and shall receive a salary of from $1,800.00 to $2,400.00 per annum to be fixed by the City Council, and his salary shall not be increased or diminished during his term of office. He shall be a man of good judgment and discretion and shall not hold any other office or employment and shall not be interested in any contract, job or work for the city or in the profits or emoluments thereof. He shall hold office for the term of one year and until his successor is appointed and qualified; provided, however, that he may be removed at any time for incompetency, inefficiency or cause satisfactory to themselves by the Mayor and majority of the Aldermanic

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Body, acting concurrently, or else by a two-thirds vote of the Aldermanic Body acting alone, in which event it shall be the duty of the Mayor to at once appoint a new City Manager, subject to confirmation by the Aldermanic Board as aforesaid to fill the unexpired term. Before entering upon the discharge of his duty, he shall give a bond in the sum of $5,000.00 with good security, to be approved by the City Council and filed with the Clerk of Council, conditioned for the faithful performance of the duties of his office and for the faithful accounting for all moneys and property belonging to the city that may come into his hands; and shall also take the following oath: I do solemnly swear that I will well, faithfully and impartially discharge the duties of my office as City Manager of the City of Waycross, to the best of my skill, knowledge and ability, in accordance with the Constitution and laws of the State of Georgia and the charter, ordinances, resolutions and regulations of the City of Waycross, so help me God. The City Manager shall devote his entire time and attention to the duties of his office and shall have entire charge and control of all the executive and administrative work of the city in its various departments, and of the heads of the several departments of the city. He shall see that the ordinances, resolutions, regulations and policies of the City Council are enforced and faithfully executed and carried out. He shall appoint the heads of the different departments of the city, subject to confirmation by the City Council, and shall have the right to remove them at any time for incompetency, inefficiency or other satisfactory cause. Subordinates of these departments shall be under Civil Service rules and shall be appointed by the heads of the several departments, subject to approval by the City Manager, except employees receiving wages of not exceeding $45.00 per month, who shall be hired by the heads of the different departments. The heads of the various departments of the city shall, under the direction and supervision of the City Manager, as aforesaid, look after the administrative and executive work in their several departments, respectively. The City Manager shall be also ex-officio head or Chief of the Department of

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Public Works of the city, as hereinbefore provided for; provided, however, that with the concurrence of the Mayor and two-thirds of the Aldermanic Board, some other competent person may be appointed as the head of this department, but such appointment shall not be good for longer than the calendar year for which the appointment is made. The Mayor of the city is hereby especially charged with the duty of supervising and directing the City Manager in accordance with the provisions of the city charter as hereby amended, and in accordance with the ordinances, resolutions and regulations and the line of policy adopted and determined upon by the City Council, and the City Manager shall take his orders and directions from the Mayor in accordance therewith. The City Manager shall attend all meetings of the City Council and shall be entitled to a seat in City Council and to take a part in its discussions, but shall have no right to a vote at its meetings. He shall recommend to the City Council from time to time such measures as he may deem expedient for the city and shall keep the City Council advised as to the financial conditions and needs of the city. He shall transmit to the heads of the several departments written notice of all acts, ordinances, regulations and resolutions of the City Council relating to such departments, respectively, or to the duties or work of same. He shall prepare and submit to the City Council such reports as may be required by that body and also an annual report which shall consolidate the special reports of the several departments of the city. He shall also perform such other duties not in conflict with the charter of the city or this Act, as the City Council may determine by ordinance or resolution. He shall have an office at or near the city hall, where he can be found by the public or any person having business with the city, at a certain stated hour each day. During the absence, sickness or other disability of the City Manager, so that he cannot perform the duties of his office, the Mayor of the city shall perform his duties during such time; or at his option, the Mayor may designate some properly qualified person to exercise the duties of the office during such time, who shall receive the salary coming to the

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City Manager for such period, which amount shall be deducted from the salary of the City Manager, unless otherwise determined by the City Council. Powers and duties of City Manager, as administrative and executive officer. SEC. 6. That the heads of the various departments of the city shall perform the duties and functions and shall have the powers imposed and conferred upon them by City Council, not inconsistent with the charter of the city as hereby amended, and shall hold their office for the term of one year or until their successors are appointed, unless sooner removed for incompetency, or other satisfactory cause, as herein provided; and the subordinates in such departments, except those receiving wages not exceeding $45.00 per month, shall be under Civil Service rules as hereinafter provided and shall hold office as provided by said rules. Duties of heads of departments, terms of office, compensation, etc. SEC. 7. That the City Treasurer, City Attorney and City Tax Assessor or Assessors, and City Tax Collector shall be elected by the Mayor and Aldermen as heretofore, and shall hold their office for the term of one year, or until their successors are elected and qualified, unless sooner removed for cause as provided by the charter of the city and this amendment, and said officials, like the heads of departments, shall not be under Civil Service rules. Election of subordinate officers. SEC. 8. The books of account of the city shall be audited by an expert accountant at least one time each year, and the result of such examination shall be filed in the office of the Clerk of Council and shall be open for the inspection of the public. Books of account SEC. 9. (1) That a Civil Service Board, consisting of three members, is hereby created for said city. The Mayor and Aldermen shall at the first meeting held in January, 1914, elect such members, all of whom shall be qualified electors of the city and their term of office shall be two, four and six years, respectively, from the date of their election. Every two years thereafter the Mayor and Aldermen shall at the first meeting in January, or as soon thereafter as practicable, elect a member of said board for a term of six years, so that after the first members of the board are

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elected as above provided, the term of office of such members shall always be for six years. They shall serve without compensation. Said board shall elect its own Chairman and the Clerk of Council shall be the Secretary thereof. No member of the Civil Service Board shall hold or be a candidate for, any State, county or other municipal office during his term of office as a member of said board. Before entering upon their duties the members of the board shall take and subscribe the following oath: I do solemnly swear that I will faithfully and impartially discharge all duties devolving upon me as member of the Civil Service Board of the City of Waycross; that I will endeavor to secure and maintain an honest and efficient city force, free from political or personal influence or control; that I will select and nominate persons for employment by said city solely with reference to fitness for position and the good of the city and not from any personal or political motives, so help me God. Civil Service Board. (2) That said Civil Service Board shall as soon as possible after being elected classify all positions and offices in the government of the city, the salary or wages of which exceed $45.00 per month, except the offices filled by election by the people, and those held by the heads of departments of the city, not exceeding six in number, and the City Treasurer, City Attorney, City Tax Assessor or Assessors and City Tax Collector. They shall prescribe proper Civil Service rules and proper regulations governing such positions and officers, and for the selection and promotion of all employees to fill such position and offices. Such regulations shall provide reasonable and practicable examinations for determining the mental and physical fitness of all applicants for employment by said city, which examinations shall be open, competitive and free; they shall also provide for a period of probation before appointment is made permanent, for length and tenure of service, for promotion on the basis of merit, experience and record and for permanent tenure during good behavior and efficient service. Duties and powers of Civil Service Board.

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(3) That all positions and offices classified under the provisions of this amendment shall be filled only from the lists of eligibles prepared by the Civil Service Board, which board shall certify the names of applicants for appointment to the appointing authority in the order in which they appear on such lists. Appointments to positions and offices. (4) That no employees of officers appointed under the provisions of this Act shall be dismissed from service except for a just cause and after fair hearing before, and trial by, said Civil Service Board. Dismissal of employees. (5) That all persons in the employ of the city at the time of the organization of the Civil Service Board, in positions or offices classified by the terms of this Act shall be required to submit to such free, open and non-competitive examination as to their physical and mental fitness for the duties required of them as may be prescribed by said board, and upon passing such examination, they shall be retained in the positions held by them respectively without further examination or approval, unless dismissed or removed from service for cause and after a hearing and trial before the Civil Service Board, as above provided. Examination of present employees, etc. SEC. 10. That nothing contained in this Act shall in any wise affect the Public School System of the city or the Board of Education having charge of same, or the Park and Tree Commissioners of the city. Public School System and Park and Tree Commissioners not affected. SEC. 11. This Act shall not become effective unless approved by the qualified voters of the City of Waycross at a special election, which is hereby called in and for said city, to be held on the first Saturday in October, 1913, under the usual rules and regulations governing regular city elections in said city, at which election the voters of the city who were duly registered for the last general election for Aldermen in said city, who are still residents of the city and who have not since become disqualified, shall be allowed to vote, and in addition, the Mayor and Aldermen shall open the registration books for other qualified voters of the city to become registered for the special election hereby called,

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who were not registered for said last election, but who will be qualified to vote at said special election; such registration books to close at seven o'clock p. m., standard railroad time on September 20th, 1913. Two propositions shall be submitted to the qualified voters at said special election, to-wit: Whether this Act shall be approved or not; and if so, whether the provisions of Section 5a of this Act, providing that the Mayor shall be the executive officer of the city, or the provisions of Section 5b of this Act, providing that a City Manager shall be the executive officer of the city, shall become operative. The voters favoring the provisions of this Act, shall have written or printed on their ballots the words For Revision of the City Charter, and those opposed, the words Against Revision of the City Charter, and at the same time the voters favoring the provisions of Section 5a of this Act, providing that the Mayor shall be the executive officer of the city, shall have written or printed on their ballots the words If Charter Revised, Prefer Mayor as Executive Officer, and those favoring the provisions of Section 5b of this Act, providing that the City Manager shall be the executive officer of the city, shall have written or printed on their ballots, the words If Charter Revised, Prefer City Manager as Executive Officer. All ballots cast shall indicate the choice of the voter on both propositions or questions submitted, and should any ballot fail to indicate the preference or choice of the voter on both propositions or questions, same shall be disregarded and the ballot so cast shall not be counted and canvassed and the result declared in the usual way governing other elections in the city. If a majority of the votes cast and counted as above provided are Against Revision of City Charter, then none of the provisions of this Act shall become effective; on the other hand, if a majority of the votes so cast and counted are For Revision of the City Charter, and also at the same time a majority of the votes so cast and counted show a preference for the Mayor as Executive Officer, then this Act shall become effective and Section 5a of this Act shall be operative, and Section 5b considered stricken and of no force and effect; but if a

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majority of the votes so cast and counted as above provided should be For Revision of the City Charter, and at the same time a majority of the votes so cast and counted show a preference for a City Manager as Executive Officer, then the provisions of this Act shall become effective and Section 5b of this Act, providing for a City Manager, shall be operative instead of Section 5a, which last named section shall then be considered stricken and of no force and effect; and the Mayor and Aldermen of the city shall declare the result of the election in accordance herewith. Election for ratification. SEC. 12. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved August 20, 1913. WAYCROSS, CITY OF, CHARTER AMENDED. No. 164. An Act to amend An Act to amend Section 17 of the charter of the City of Waycross, relating to the power and authority vested in the Mayor and Aldermen of said city, to lay out, open, widen, straighten, or otherwise change the streets and alleys thereof, and for other purposes named, approved August 22d, 1905, by authorizing the Mayor and Aldermen to issue executions for assessments, payable in the future, at such times as they may fix, and for other purposes. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same, That the Act approved August 22, 1905, relating to the power and authority vested in the Mayor and the Aldermen of the City of Waycross, to lay out, open, widen, straighten, or otherwise change the streets and alleys thereof, be, and the same is, amended by adding to the end of said Act the following words, to-wit: Waycross, City of, charter amended.

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SEC. 2. Whenever the Mayor and the Aldermen shall deem it proper in their discretion to grade, pave, drain, or otherwise improve for travel and drainage, any streets and alleys of said city, they shall have made a survey of such streets and alleys and plans, specifications and estimates of the cost of such grading, paving, drainage and other improvements, which plans and specifications shall establish and fix the grades of the streets to be improved and the size and location of all drains, sewers and water mains. They shall divide the streets and alleys on which such improvements are to be made into improvement districts, describing each of such districts by name, number and designating the streets and alleys and parts of streets and alleys to be included in each district. They shall have authority to require all sewer and water connections to be laid to the curb line or propery line in front of improved or unimproved lots, before the improvements are made, and if such connections are not laid by the property owners, they may be laid by the city, and the cost thereof assessed against the lots as a part of the cost of the improvements. Grading, paving, draining of streets, etc. SEC. 3. On the completion of the improvements on the streets and alleys in any portion of an improvement district, the Mayor and Aldermen shall have authority to ascertain the proportionate cost of such improvement in such portion of such district, including street intersections, headers, curbing drains and intakes, chargeable to abutting property, street railroad companies and other property and persons, and to assess such cost against such property and persons, and to make such assessments payable within such time as they may fix, and to collect them in the manner provided by law. Assessments. SEC. 4. The Mayor and Aldermen shall have full power and authority to adopt such system of equalizing assessments in each improvement district as may be just and proper, estimating the total cost of all improvements made or to be made in each district, and prorating two-thirds of the entire cost thereof on the real estate in such improvement

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district according to its frontage on the street or portion of the street improved. Equalizing assessments. SEC. 5. Any street railroad company or other railroad company having tracks, or which may hereafter construct tracks through, along or across the streets and lanes of said city shall be required to pave, macadamize or otherwise improve said streets, as the City Council may prescribe, the width of its tracks, that is between its tracks, and also for two feet on each side of its tracks; provided, however, that said street railroad company or other railroad company shall have the right to pave, macadamize or otherwise improve said streets along its tracks, after due notice by resolution of the City Council, and in the event said street railroad company or other railroad company shall fail or refuse to comply with the terms of said resolution, then and in that event the City Council shall have the right and power, at its option, to do such work itself or by a contractor at its instance and to bill said street railroad company or other railroad company for the cost and expense of same, and in default of payment, to issue an execution for the cost and expense of such work against such street railroad company, or other railroad company, which shall be a lien on all property of such street railroad company or other railroad company in said city next to point of dignity to the liens in favor of the City of Waycross for taxes due said city, such lien to exist from the date of the passage of the ordinance authorizing the execution of the work in each case; provided, further, however, that if it is mutually agreeable to the City Council and to such street railroad company, or other railroad company, having or constructing tracks upon any street to be paved, macadamized or otherwise improved, as aforesaid, that such paving, macadamizing or other improvement shall not be placed between the tracks of the street railroad company or other railroad company as above provided but same shall be left open and the street shall be paved, macadamized or otherwise improved outside of the tracks for a width to be decided by the City Council, then and in such event said street railroad company or other railroad company shall pay for a width

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of such paving, macadamizing or other improvement equal to the width of its tracks and two feet on each side, and the cost thereof shall be a lien against all the property of such street railroad company from the date of the passage of the ordinance authorizing the execution of the work, as above set forth, and said city may do the work itself, or have it done by a contractor, as above provided, and bill the street railroad company or other railroad company, for the cost and expense thereof, just the same as if said work had been done between the tracks and for two feet on each side of said railroad tracks, and should said street railroad company or other railroad company fail to pay such bill or bills within the time fixed by the Council, then said City Council may cause executions to be issued against said street railroad company or other railroad company, which shall be a lien of the same rank and dignity as above provided against such company, and against all its property in said city, just as if said work had been done between the tracks of the railroad and two feet on each side, as above provided for, and in such event the street railroad company, or other railroad company, shall not thereafter be required to pave, macadamize or otherwise improve between its tracks on such streets where such company pays for such improvement not made between its tracks but outside thereof under the agreement aforesaid. Street or other railroad companies required to pave streets, how. SEC. 6. The Mayor and Aldermen shall have authority to make assessments for street and alley improvements, payable in cash, within such time as they may fix, or in installments, at such time, or times, in the future, as they may fix; to require persons liable for assessments, if they elect to pay in installments, to declare their election in writing within a time to be fixed by the Mayor and Council, deferred payments in all cases to bear interest at the rate of seven per cent per annum; to issue executions against the property assessed, payable at such time or times in the future as they may fix; and to provide that on default of any installment, the remaining installments shall immediately become due and payable. Assessments, how payable.

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SEC. 7. The Mayor and Aldermen shall have authority to issue notes or obligations of the City of Waycross, maturing at such time or times as they may fix, and payable from assessments against property for street and alley improvements, and from the proceeds of executions issued for the collection thereof; provided, that they shall not be authorized to incur any obligation payable from general funds of said city, in excess of the revenues for the year in which incurred. Issuance of notes to pay for improvements. SEC. 8. All the provisions of this Act respecting assessments for street and alley improvements, and the payment thereof in installments, and the issuance of executions therfor, and the issuance of notes or obligations payable therefrom, shall apply to grading, pavements, curbing, drains, sidewalks, and other improvements heretofore made on the streets and alleys of said city, for which payment has not yet been made, as well as to all improvements now in progress and to be made in the future. Improvements heretofore made. SEC. 9. The Mayor and Aldermen of said city shall have full power and authority to prescribe all such other rules and regulations as may, in their discretion, be necessary to grade, pave, drain and otherwise improve the streets and alleys of said city, and to assess the cost thereof against abutting property, and to enforce by execution, the payment of such assessments and to carry out all the provisions of this Act and all other laws on the subject of street and alley improvements. Powers of Mayor and Aldermen as to improvements. SEC. 10. All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed. Approved August 16, 1913. WAYCROSS, CITY OF, PARK AND TREE COMMISSION ESTABLISHED. No. 131. An Act to establish a Park and Tree Commission for the City of Waycross, to define its jurisdiction and powers, and for other purposes.

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SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That a Park and Tree Commission is hereby created and established in and for the City of Waycross, the same to consist of five Commissioners to be appointed as hereinafter set forth, and also of the Mayor and Chairman of the Standing Committee of the City Council on Streets and Lanes, for the time being, who shall be ex-officio members of said Commission, said two ex-officio members, however, having no right to vote in the proceedings of said Commission. Any person over twenty-one years of age, who is a resident of the City of Waycross and has been a resident for at least one year prior to his appointment, shall be eligible to appointment as a Commissioner, or member of said Commission. Waycross, City of, Park and Tree Commission. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That at the first regular meeting of the City Council in January, 1914, the Mayor of the city shall appoint five Commissioners as members of said Park and Tree Commission, subject to confirmation by the City Council, the terms of said Commissioners being as follows: One for the term of two years, two for the term of four years and two for the term of six years from the first Monday in January, 1913, respectively, or until their successors are appointed. At the expiration of the terms of office above stated, the Mayor of the city shall appoint the successors of the Commissioners above provided, respectively, for, subject to like confirmation by the City Council, the full term of six years, or until their respective successors are appointed; and similarly thereafter the offices of said Commissioners shall be filled regularly by appointment of the Mayor, subject to confirmation by the City Council, the terms of all Commissioners thus appointed for a period of six years, or until their successors are appointed. The Commissioners so appointed by the Mayor shall exrecise the functions of their office, unless rejected by the City Council, and if rejected the Mayor shall have the right to continue appointing until an appointee shall be satisfactory to the City Council, it being the intent hereof that the appointee shall begin to act as Commissioner

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as soon as he is appointed by the Mayor, pending the action of the City Council upon said appointment. If his appointment is confirmed by the City Council, then each member so confirmed shall take and subscribe the following oath of office in a book to be kept for the purpose before some officer authorized to administer the same, to-wit: I swear that I will faithfully and impartially discharge all the duties devolving upon me as a member of the Park and Tree Commission of the City of Waycross, during my continuance in office; and that I will neither be concerned or interested pecuniarily, directly or indirectly, in any contract for work done or material furnished for or on behalf of any work or improvement or preservation of the parks, squares, grass plats, trees, flowers or cemeteries of said city, while a member of said Commission. Should a vacancy occur in said Commission at any time from death, resignation, removal from the city or from other cause, the vacancy shall be filled for the unexpired term in the same manner as the office was originally filled. Said Commissioners shall serve without compensation. Commissioners, appointment, terms of office, etc. SEC. 3. Be it further enacted, That said Park and Tree Commission shall have exclusive management and control of all matters and things relating to the care, preservation, improvement, adornment, good order and regulation generally of the parks, squares, grass plats, trees flowers and shrubs of said city and of the cemeteries in or controlled by said city, as well as the planting of, arrangement, pruning, trimming, and caring for trees, shrubs, flowers and grass in the parks, squares, and cemeteries aforesaid, and also in and along the streets of said city; it shall determine what trees may be removed from said parks, squares, streets and cemeteries aforesaid, and what trees may be planted therein and when such removal or planting shall take place, and it shall superintend and take charge of such planting and removal. It shall also make such rules and regulations as may seem to said Commission proper, touching the matters and things within its jurisdiction, which rules and regulations shall be submitted to the Mayor and Aldermen of the city and when approved by them shall become

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binding and effective, and after being so approved provision shall be made by the City Council for any penalties necessary for the due observance of said rules and regulations. Jurisdiction of Commission. SEC. 4. Be it further enacted, That said Commission shall elect one of its members as Chairman and one as Vice-Chairman and shall adopt such rules for its government as it may prescribe. It shall keep a record of its proceedings and shall elect one of its members as Secretary for such purpose. It shall hold a stated meeting each month at the city hall, and such other meetings as may be necessary from time to time, or as may be called by the Chairman or in his absence, the Vice-Chairman of the Commission. Three of said Commissioners shall constitute a quorum to transact business. The Chairman, or in case of his absence from the city, sickness or other disqualifications, the Vice-Chairman, shall preside at all meetings and be the general executive officer of the Commission. Chairman. Secretary. Meetings. Quorum. SEC. 5. Be it further enacted, That said Commission at the beginning of each fiscal year shall make up a detailed budget of the expenditures necessary to be made by it in carrying out the purposes of the Commission as above set forth, and of the amount of money needed by it for such purposes, and it shall then be the duty of the City Council to make the necessary appropriation for the year to meet such expenditures, or as much thereof as the condition of the city treasury and the demands of the city will allow; and said Commission shall have entire charge and control of said appropriation and of the expenditure thereof, and the same shall be paid out of the city treasury upon bills or requisitions certified to by the Secretary of the Commission and approved by the Chairman, or in his absence, by the Vice-Chairman thereof. Said Commission shall have control of its own labor and of all work done in the parks, squares and cemeteries and streets of said city in the care, preservation and arrangement of the trees, shrubs, grass plats and flowers in same; provided, however, that said Commission shall not have the power to appoint a keeper

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of any of the cemeteries in or controlled by said city, but such official or officials shall be appointed by the proper authority of the city government as provided by the laws and regulations of the city, and shall be paid out of the general funds of the city, but shall be under the control of said Park and Tree Commission. Appropriation, control and expenditure of. SEC. 6. Be it further enacted, That accurate accounts of expenditures made by said Commission shall be kept and regular reports made to the City Council. The Commission shall submit on or before the 1st day of January of each year, to the City Council, its reports for the preceding year showing all its actings and doings, its receipts and expenditures of money, with such recommendations as it may see fit to make relating to this department. The Mayor of the city shall have the right to make such recommendations in writing to said Commission from time to time as he may deem proper, as well as the right of free access at all times to the records and proceedings, books and papers of said Commission, and any Committee of said Council, appointed by the Council or by the Mayor for the purpose, shall at any time have a similar right of such access to and inspection of the proceedings, books and papers of said Commission. The City Engineer shall act as adviser of said Commission and shall be subject to its call and directions. Reports to City Council. SEC. 7. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved August 16, 1913. WAYCROSS, CITY OF, PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM AMENDED. No. 187. An Act to amend an Act establishing a system of public schools for the Town of Waycross, approved October 22,

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1887, and the several Acts amendatory thereof, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same, That the Act of the General Assembly of said State establishing a system of public schools for the Town (now City) of Waycross and empowering the Mayor and Council of said town (now city) to levy and collect a tax for the support and maintenance thereof, etc., approved October 22, 1887, and the Act amendatory thereof, approved December 26, 1888, be, and the same are, hereby amended as follows, to-wit: Waycross, City of, public school system amended. SECTION 1. That in addition to the seven members of the Board of Education now provided for by said Acts, the Mayor of the City of Waycross for the time being shall always also be ex-officio a member of the Board of Education of said city, and as such shall have the same rights, powers and privileges as the other members of said board. Board of Education, Mayor, ex-officio member. SEC. 2. That section VII of said amendatory Act, approved December 26, 1888, be, and the same is, hereby stricken so that the limit of taxation for public school purposes in said city shall be one-half of one per cent., on the real and personal propery of said city as provided by Section 1 of said original Act approved October 22, 1887. School tax rate. SEC. 3. That Section III of said amendatory Act be amended so as to allow said Board of Education to elect or appoint the Superintendent of the Public Schools of said city as the Secretary of said board. Secretary of Board. SEC. 4. That the Public School System of said city shall receive its pro rata share of the public or common school fund or funds direct from the treasury of the State, and it shall be the duty of the State Treasurer and the State Superintendent of Schools to pay over to the proper officer under said public school system authorized by law to receive same the pro rata share of the State Public Common School Fund or Funds to which the public school system

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of said city and the children attending same are entitled, according to the number of children of school age residing in said city, increased by the number of children of school age residing without the limits of said city but in Ware County who attend said school system, as provided by Section 1551 of the Code of Georgia, 1910, together with such other allowances and funds as may be due or payable to said public school system and the children attending same under existing law or laws that may hereafter be enacted; all such funds to be exclusively for the use and benefit of said public school system and not to be used for any other purposes. Pro rata share of State school fund. SEC. 5. That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved August 18, 1913. WESLEY, TOWN OF, INCORPORATED. No. 192. An Act to incorporate the Town of Wesley, in Emanuel County, Georgia; to define the corporate limits of said town; to provide for the election of a Mayor and five Councilmen, and other officers of said town, and to prescribe their powers and duties; to declare and define the Police powers of said town, and to provide for all matters of municipal concern and cognizance; to provide penalties for the violation of ordinances passed by said Mayor and Councilmen; to provide for the erection of school buildings, and maintenance of a school system for said town and for the construction and maintenance of a sewerage and water works system and electric lights and gas plant; to provide for the grant of such franchises as may be necessary; to provide for fire, police, and sanitary protection; to provide for raising of revenues by taxation, special taxes, license taxes and occupation taxes to defray the expenses of the town

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government and pay the town debts; to provide that all property now owned by said town shall become the property of said town under this charter and that all valid, legal contracts heretofore entered into by the corporate authorities of said town shall be good and valid against the town under this charter, and provide for the laying off of streets, alleys, and sidewalks and drive ways, and other public grounds and the maintaining of the same, and for other purposes. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That the inhabitants of the territory embraced within the limits of one-half a mile in every direction from the center of the railroad crossing in Wesley, Georgia, where the Central of Georgia Railroad crosses the Georgia and Florida Railroad in the Town of Wesley, Emanuel County, Georgia, at its present location, be incorporated under the name and style of the Town of Wesley. And said Town of Wesley is hereby incorporated, and by that name and style shall have perpetual succession, may have and use a common seal, may sue and be sued, may plead and be impleaded in any court of law or equity in the State; shall be capable in law or in equity to purchase, have and hold, receive and enjoy, possess and retain for corporate purposes, any estate or estates, real or personal, of whatever kind or nature within or without the jurisdictional limits of the Town of Wesley and may sell or otherwise dispose of the same for the use and benefit of said town, as to the Town Council may seem proper, the Mayor of said town, by direction of the Town Council, making deed to any property sold or disposed of by said town. Wesley, Town of, incorporated, corporate limits etc. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That the government of said Town of Wesley shall be vested in a Mayor and five Councilmen, who shall compose the Town Council of Wesley. Mayor and Councilmen. SEC. 3. Be it further enacted, That G. C. Daniel is hereby appointed Mayor, to serve until February first, 1915, and E. Johnson, U. G. Martin, W. K. Cook, G. A. Fountain,

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R. A. Koon, are hereby appointed Councilmen to hold their offices until the first annual election as hereinafter provided. First Mayor and Councilmen. SEC. 4. Be it further enacted, That on the first day of February, 1915, and each year thereafter on said day an election shall be held at some designated place in said town for a Mayor and Councilmen, who shall hold office for one year from the date of their election and until their successors are elected and qualified; but no one shall be eligible to the office of Mayor or Councilmen or eligible to vote for Mayor or Councilmen who is not qualified to vote for members of the General Assembly of this State and who has not resided in said town three months previous to said election. Said election shall be held and conducted in the same manner as elections for county officers in this State, and the certificate of the managers shall be sufficient authority to the person elected to qualify and enter upon the discharge of the duties of the office to which he may have been elected. The returns of said election shall be made to the Town Council of Wesley, who shall make or cause to be made a record of the results of said election as declared by the managers thereof. In the event the office of Mayor or Councilman shall become vacant by death, removal from town, resignation or otherwise, the Mayor or in case his office is vacant a majority of the Councilmen, shall order a new election to fill said vacancy, notice of which shall be given at least ten days before the date of the election by posting written notices at not less than three public places in said town, which election shall be conducted as provided above. Election of Mayor and Councilmen. SEC. 5. Be it further enacted, That before entering upon the discharge of the duties of their offices, the Mayor and Councilmen shall subscribe the following oath: I do solemnly swear that I will discharge all the duties devolving upon me as Mayor (or as Councilman, as the case may be) of the Town of Wesley, Georgia, according to law and to the best of my ability and understanding, conserve the best interest of said town, so help me God. Which

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oath may be administered by any person authorized by law to administer oaths. Oath of officers. SEC. 6. Be it further enacted, That said Town Council shall have power to elect Marshals, Clerks, Treasurer, and other subordinate officers as they may deem best for the proper carrying on of the powers herein granted and prescribe the duties and compensation of said officers and to require of them such bonds as they may deem proper. Election of subordinate officers. SEC. 7. Be it further enacted, That the said Town Council shall have power and authority to make and pass all ordinances, rules and regulations they may deem necessary for the good order, peace, health, and government of said town and for the enforcement of all powers herein granted; provided, they are not repugnant to the Constitution and laws of this State and of the United States. Power to enact laws. SEC. 8. Be it further enacted, That the said Town Council of said town shall have power to enact all ordinances necessary to suppress vice or immorality or to foster virtue, intelligence, and good morals in said town and to enforce the observance of their ordinances by fines, imprisonment or work on the public works, not to exceed fifty ($50.00) dollars fine, imprisonment in the town guard house for thirty days or work on the public works, such streets, driveways, etc., for thirty days, any one or all, in the discretion of the court trying the offender. Suppression of vice. SEC. 9. Be it further enacted, That the Town Council shall have exclusive jurisdiction over the streets, alleys, sidewalks, drive-ways and other public property of said town. Jurisdiction over streets, etc. SEC. 10. Be it further enacted, That the Town Council shall have the power to lay out such streets, alleys, driveways and parks as they deem to be for the best interest of said town, and to this end may institute condemnation proceedings in the name of the town or may buy the same; condemnation proceedings to be governed as prescribed in

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Title 2, Chapter 9, Articles 1, 2, 3 and 4 of the Code of Georgia, of 1911. Power to lay out streets, etc. SEC. 11. Be it further enacted, That the Town Council of said town shall have the authority to construct and maintain a system of sewerage and water works for the benefit of said town and to regulate fire, police, and sanitary protection as they may deem proper; and the Town council of said town shall have the authority to grant rights-of-way over and through the streets and lanes and alleys of said town to railroad companies and street railroad companies and to grant franchises by proper ordinances to electric companies, water works companies and sewerage companies, or to other like utilities or to grant same to any person or corporation, under such restriction and for such time as they may see proper. Public utilities. SEC. 12. Be it further enacted, That said Mayor and Council shall raise revenue necessary to defray the expenses and pay the indebtedness of said town government, by taxation ad valorem license and occupation taxes. They shall have the power to regulate the sale of merchandise and other commodities by license taxes and to impose any special tax or occupation tax on dealers, agents, show men, exhibitions and upon any and all occupations which may be carried on or engaged in within said town, limited only by the Constitution and laws of Georgia and of the United States. They may compel all persons sojourning in said town for the space of thirty days who are subject to perform road duty under the laws of Georgia to work upon the streets of said town, not to exceed fifteen days and may provide for the payment of a commutation tax in lieu of street work, if they think best, not to exceed seven dollars per annum. Taxation. SEC. 13. Be it further enacted, That the Mayor of said town shall be the executive officer of said town and shall hold a Mayor's Court when necessary to try and punish offenders and shall have the power of justice of the peace in criminal matters to issue warrants and bind offenders over to the courts having jurisdiction to try them. Mayor's Court.

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SEC. 14. Be it further enacted, That all laws in conflict with this Act be, and they are, hereby repealed. Approved August 18, 1913. WEST POINT, CITY OF, NEW CHARTER, ELECTION FOR. No. 165. An Act to amend, consolidate and supersede the several Acts incorporating the City of West Point, in the County of Troup, State of Georgia, to create a new charter and municipal government for said corporation; to declare the rights and powers of the same; to provide for the creation of a Board of Commissioners for administering all the affairs of said City; to provide for new officers and agents thereof; to regulate the election qualifications, duties, rights and powers of the various officers and agents therefor; to provide for the recall of elective officers, and for other purposes. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same, That the corporate exists and identity, name, territorial limits and jurisdiction of the City of West Point, with all its corporate rights, properties, powers and privileges conferred, and all duties, obligations and liabilities imposed by law, and all debts and demands, choses in action, causes of action and actions in favor of said city, and all debts and demands, actions, causes of actions and rights of actions against said city, are hereby preserved unto and against said city except as altered and amended in this Act. All resolutions and ordinances thereof now in force and not in conflict herewith shall remain unchanged, except as hereafter amended or repealed by the duly constituted authorities of said city. West Point, City of new charter. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That the governing board of said city, to-wit: The Mayor and Council and all the Boards, Trustees, Commissioners, officers and agents thereof

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be, and the same are, hereby abolished; and that in lieu thereof a governing board for said city to be known and designated as the Board of Commissioners for the City of West Point is hereby created, together with the various Boards, Trustees, Commissioners, officers and agents hereinafter set out. Board of Commissioners. SEC. 3. Be it further enacted, That said Board of Commissioners of the City of West Point shall consist of three Commissioners, all of whom shall be elected by the qualified voters of the city at large as hereinafter provided. Their terms of office shall be three years from the first Wednesday in January following their election and until their successors are elected and qualified; provided, however, that at the first election held under this Act, the candidate for commissioner receiving the highest number of votes shall be elected to a full term of three years, the candidate receiving the second highest number of votes shall be elected to a term of two years, and the candidate receiving the third highest number of votes to a term of one year. Election of Commissioners, terms of office, etc. SEC. 4. Be it further enacted, That no person shall be eligible to the office of Commissioner unless he shall have been for at least one year before his election a citizen of Georgia and a resident of said city, nor unless at the time of his qualification he is a bona fide freeholder of said city, not convicted of any crime involving moral turpitude; nor unless he is entitled to register as a voter under the election laws which may be in force at the time of his election. Eligibility of officers. SEC. 5. Be it further enacted, That the Justice of the Peace and the Notary Public, who is an ex-officio Justice of the Peace in and for the 701 District, Georgia Militia, of Troup County, Georgia, and their successors in office, together with one freeholder of the City of West Point, to be chosen by them shall constitute the Board of Election Managers for said city and shall manage all elections of the City of West Point, general and special, under the provisions and laws of the State of Georgia and the provisions of this Act; provided, that if at any time there shall be a vacancy in the office of Justice of the Peace or Notary Public

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who is an ex-officio Justice of the Peace at the time of the holding of any election herein contemplated, the Board of Commissioners of the City of West Point shall designate a freeholder in lieu of such Justice of the Peace, who shall co-operate with the remaining Justice of the Peace as herein provided; and in case of a vacancy in both of the offices of the Justice of the Peace, then the Board of Commissioners of the City of West Point shall name two free-holders of the City of West Point to act as election managers, who shall choose a third freeholder as herein provided. Election Managers. SEC. 6. Be it further enacted, That the first election for Commissioners of the City of West Point shall be held on the second Wednesday in December next ensuing the passage of this Act and annually thereafter and such special elections as may be required in said city by the law of the State of Georgia and the ordinances of said city shall be held at such time as shall be required by said laws and ordinances. First election, when held. SEC. 7. Be it further enacted, That each of said election managers before entering on his duties shall take and subscribe before some Justice of the Peace or other officer qualified to administer oaths, or before each other, the following oath: Each of us do swear that we will faithfully and honestly conduct the election held by us and prevent all illegal voting to the best of our skill and endeavor, so help us God. Oath of Election Managers. SEC. 8. Be it further enacted, That any person desiring to become a candidate for Commissioner of the City of West Point shall at least ten days prior to the election file with the said Board of Election Managers and over his own signature a statement of his candidacy, that he has the qualification prescribed by this Act, and that he requests that his name be printed upon the official ballot; and at the same time he shall file with said Board of Election Managers a petition of not less than ten qualified voters of said city requesting said candidacy. The said election managers shall then have prepared an official ballot containing the

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names of all candidates, which official ballot and no other shall be used in the election. Notice of candidacy. SEC. 9. Be it further enacted, That upon the expiration of the time for filing the statements and petitions of candidates the said election managers shall at once cause to be published in one or more newspapers of the City of West Point the names of the persons that will appear upon the official ballot. The election shall then be held, the votes counted and canvassed and certified to the Mayor and Council of the City of West Point at the first of said elections, and at each subsequent election to the Board of Commissioners of said City of West Point; and the candidates elected shall be declared by said governing body of the City of West Point entitled to the office to which they are so elected. All expenses of said elections, together with the compensation of the managers as provided by the laws of Georgia, shall be certified by said election managers to the governing body of the City of West Point, and paid by said city. Election, held. SEC. 10. Be it further enacted, That every voter participating in said election shall be required to vote for as many candidates as there are officers to be elected, and no ballot containing the names of fewer candidates than the full number to be elected shall be counted, but such defective ballots are declared void, and shall be rejected and disregarded in counting the votes and declaring the result of the election. Rules for voting. SEC. 11. Be it further enacted, That every act or deed, whether of omission or commission, declared by law to be an offence in the regular State elections, is hereby declared to be a like offense in any election held under this Act and to be punished in like form and manner. Offenses in elections, law applicable. SEC. 12. Be it further enacted, That any candidate for election under this Act who shall to any person pay, give, or offer to pay or give, directly or indirectly, money or anything of value, or who shall knowingly suffer any person to do so for the purpose of obtaining the vote, aid or influence

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of any elector or of obtaining his vote, aid or influence against an opposing candidate, shall be disqualified as Commissioner, in addition to the other penalties prescribed by law for such offense. And this section shall be construed to prohibit any candidate for election under this Act from promising to appoint, or to use his influence for the appointment of any person to a position of income. Purchasing of vote or influence, etc., prohibited. SEC. 13. Be it further enacted, That within five days after the election each candidate so voted for shall file in the office of the Clerk of the Superior Court of Troup County, Georgia, an itemized statement of the moneys spent by him in promoting his candidacy, to whom the same shall have been paid and for what purpose and by whom the same was furnished, if by another person than himself, and any candidate failing to file such itemized statement with an affidavit of himself that the same is correct, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and punished therefor as prescribed by the laws of the State of Georgia, and in addition shall be disqualified from holding the office in case he shall have been elected thereto; and the office shall thereupon become ipso facto vacant. Campaign expenses, publication of, etc. SEC. 14. Be it further enacted, That the said election managers shall certify two lists of voters and two tally sheets and shall place one list of voters and one tally sheet in the ballot box with the ballots and seal the same and shall deliver the same to the Ordinary of Troup County, Georgia, to be by such official kept for two years and then destroyed. The other list of voters and tally sheet shall be placed in a package and sealed and forthwith delivered to the Clerk of said city, who shall safely keep the same, and deliver it to a special meeting of the Mayor and Council of said city to be called by the Mayor and Council not more than ten days and not less than three days after said election (and subsequent to the first election to the Board of Commissioners of the City of West Point, who shall perform a like duty) with a report from said election managers showing the result of such election, which result shall be by said governing body declared. In the event of a contest,

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notice of such contest shall be filed with the Ordinary of Troup County within three days after said election, who shall thereafter conduct the same in accordance with the provisions relating to contests for Mayor and Aldermen. Election returns. Contests. SEC. 15. Be it further enacted, That the annual meetings of the Board of Commissioners of the City of West Point shall be held on the first Wednesday in January, 1914, and upon the first Wednesday of each succeeding January thereafter. At such meetings the said Commissioners shall elect one of their number to be Chairman, and he shall be known as the Chairman of the Board of Commissioners of the City of West Point. The salaries of said Commissioners shall not exceed two hundred dollars per annum; and the salary of the Chairman shall be in addition thereto the sum of two hundred dollars per annum. Chairman. Salaries of Commissioners. SEC. 16. Be it further enacted, That said Board of Commissioners of the City of West Point shall have, possess and exercise all of the executive, administrative, legislative and judicial powers now had, possessed and exercised, jointly and severally, by the Mayor and Council of the City of West Point and by all of the officers, agents, Boards, Trustees and Commissioners as now constituted with the additions, exceptions and qualifications herein set out. The terms of office of the present Board of Mayor and Councilmen and all other officials, agents and employees of whatever kind, character, or nature, shall cease and determine at the beginning of the term of the Board of Commissioners of the City of West Point first held. Powers of Commissioners. SEC. 17. Be it further enacted, That the Board of Commissioners of the City of West Point shall meet on the first Wednesday of January next after their election, be qualified, and enter at once upon the duties of their office. They shall hold regular meetings at least twice a month. They shall provide by ordinance for the time of holding such regular meetings, and special meetings may be called from time to time by the Chairman or two members of the Board of Commissioners; but no special meeting shall be held until twenty-four hours notice shall have been given all

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members of the Board, except such notice is shown to have been waived by all the Commissioners upon the minutes of the board. If the business at any regular or special meeting be not completed on the day when the same convenes the board may adjourn such meetings to any subsequent day that week. All meetings of the Board shall be held at the time and the place provided for such meetings, and such place cannot be changed except by ordinance. All meetings of the Commissioners whether regular or special shall be open to the public. Two members of the Board shall constitute a quorum and the affirmative votes of two members shall be necessary to adopt any motion, resolution or ordinance, or pass any measure. Said Board shall adopt rules governing its own proceedings. Sessions. SEC. 18. Be it further enacted, That said Board of Commissioners of the City of West Point, shall cause to be printed in a newspaper or in pamphlet form a quarterly statement of all the receipts and disbursements of the city and a summary of its proceedings during the preceding quarter and furnish printed copies thereof to all persons who shall apply therefor at the office of the City Clerk. Said statement shall contain in detail each item of money received by the city and from what source received and each item spent and for what purpose and to whom paid. Said statement shall also contain as a part thereof a complete detailed and itemized statement of the receipts and expenditures by and on behalf of each of the public utilities belonging to the City of West Point. There shall be a separate statement for each utility, and the same shall contain a summary showing A, what sum has been paid for salaries and wages; B, what sum for operating materials; C, what sums for repairs, and maintenance; D, what sums for extensions and additions. And in case of extensions and additions a full statement of character and extent of such extensions and additions, with the cost thereof. Statement of receipts and disbursements, etc. SEC. 19. Be it further enacted, That at no time shall the utilities of the City of West Point be operated upon a schedule of rates and charges which is insufficient to produce

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enough income to pay all of the expenditures charged to such utility. In estimating the amount of expenditures for each utility there shall be charged against it all the items hereinbefore required to be set forth in the statement concerning the same, and in addition any payment of sinking fund and interest due upon the bonds or other indebtedness incurred for the construction or acquisition of such utility; nor shall any credit be allowed to said utility for free service or services rendered by it to the City of West Point; but the Commissioners shall at all times and under all circumstances so manage said utilities and so arrange the income therefrom that the same shall be self-sustaining and not be a charge upon the other incomes of the City of West Point. Provided, that the requirements of this section shall not become effective before July 1st, following the installation of the first Board of Commissioners of the City of West Point. Utilities, schedule of rates, etc. SEC. 20. Be it further enacted, That in the event of a vacancy in said Board of Commissioners of the City of West Point, the same shall be certified by the remaining members to the election managers hereinbefore provided for and they shall call and hold a special election by the qualified voters of the said city at large within not less than thirty days or more than forty days to fill such vacancy. Said election shall be held and the result declared as regular elections are held. Vacancies, how filled. SEC. 21. Be it further enacted, That any Commissioners of the City of West Point may be removed from office by the qualified voters of said city and in the following manner: A petition signed by the qualified voters equal in number to at least 50 per cent of the entire vote cast in the last preceding general municipal election, demanding the election of a successor to the person sought to be removed shall be filed with the Board of Election managers and notice given of such filing by publication at least once in one of the newspapers published for said city. Said petition shall contain a general statement of the grounds upon which the removal is sought. It shall not be necessary that

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all of the petitioners shall sign one paper but more than one copy of the same petition may be used for this purpose. One of the signers of each copy of the petition for removal shall make oath before an officer competent to administer oaths that each signature to the paper offered is the genuine signature of the person whose name it purports to be. Within fifteen days from the date of filing said petition said election manager shall examine the same and ascertain whether it is signed by the required number of voters and whether such voters are qualified as shown by the registration books and they shall then attach to said petition their certificate showing the result of such examination. If by the said certificate the petition is shown to be insufficient, it may be amended within ten days from the date of said certificate in any respect either of matter or form. The election managers shall within fifteen days after such amendment make like examination of the amended petition and if their certificate shall hold the same to be insufficient it shall be returned to the persons filing the same without prejudice, however, to the filing of a new petition to the same effect. If by their certificate the petition is shown to be sufficient the said election managers shall at once order and fix the date for holding an election, not less than thirty days nor more than sixty days from the date of their certificate showing that a sufficient petition is filed, at which election shall be determined first, whether or not the Commissioner sought to be removed shall be removed; the second, if removed, a person to succeed him in office. The election managers shall at once make or cause to be made publication of notice and all arrangements for holding such election in one or more newspapers published in the City of West Point, and the said election shall be conducted, returned and the results thereof declared and the expenses thereof [Illegible Text] in all the respects as in other city elections. Candidates to succeed the Commissioners sought to be removed shall file with said election managers ten days before said election a statement of their candidacy and a request to be placed upon the official ballot in all respects as in the general elections herein provided. Any person to be removed

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may be a candidate to succeed himself, and unless he requests otherwise in writing the said election managers shall place his name on the official ballot without nomination. In such removal election the candidate receiving the highest number of votes shall be declared elected. If a candidate other than the incumbent receives the highest number of votes said incumbent shall thereupon be deemed removed from the office upon the qualifications of his successor. This method of removal shall be cumulative and additional to the methods now existing by law. Removal of officers. SEC. 22. Be it further enacted, That the Chairman of the Board of Commissioners of the City of West Point shall be the executive head of the City of West Point. In him shall be vested all the powers now residing in the Mayor of the said City of West Point and such other powers as may now or hereafter be conferred upon him by law. He shall also be in direct charge of the finances of the City of West Point by and with the advice of the remaining Commissioners. Powers of Chairman. SEC. 23. Be it further enacted, That the said Chairman shall designate one of the remaining Commissioners to be Commissioner of the Department of the Public Utilities, who shall have immediate charge of the Public Utilities of the City of West Point. The other Commissioners shall be designated by the Chairman as Commissioner of the Department of Government. He shall have charge of the police, fire department, streets, parks, sewers, cemeteries, schools, public safety and other governmental functions of the City of West Point. But in all matters and questions a majority vote of the Commissioners shall determine the action of the board, the Commissioner in charge of the department to be affected being the executive agent of the board for carrying out the action determined upon. Commissioners named as heads of departments, their duties, etc. SEC. 24. Be it further enacted that the following officers and agents for the carrying on of the business of the City of West Point are hereby provided, to-wit: Boards and officers.

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A Board of Three Sinking Fund and Bond Commissioners. A Board of Three Election Managers. A Board of Three School Trustees. A Board of Three Tax Assessors. A Superintendent of Public Works. A Marshal who shall be Chief of Police, and such other police as in the discretion of the Board of Commissioners be advisable. A Clerk and Treasurer of the Board of Commissioners of the City of West Point. Such other and further agents and employees as the Board of Commissioners of the City of West Point deem advisable for the proper management of the city's business. SEC. 25. Be it further enacted, That the terms of all the officers hereinbefore enumerated shall be for a term of one year, beginning on the first Wednesday of January of each year. They shall be elected by the Board of Commissioners. All of said officers shall hold office at the will of said Board of Commissioners and may be removed by said Board of Commissioners at any time by a majority vote of said Board and their successors chosen for the remainder of their term, however, that the Board of Bond and Sinking Fund Commissioners and Board of School Trustees shall be elected for a term of three years, one member being elected at the first election for a full three years, one for two years and one for one year; and shall not be removed by the Board of Commissioners of the City of West Point except upon formal charges for malfeasance in office and after a due hearing upon said charges; and the decision of the Board of Commissioners of the City of West Point upon said charges, shall be reviewable by certiorari to the Superior Court of Troup County, Georgia. Provided, further, that nothing in this section shall apply to the Board of Election Managers. Election of officers, terms, etc. SEC. 26. Be it further enacted, That the Board of Election managers shall be constituted as hereinbefore set out.

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They shall hold the regular election therein provided for and in addition shall call and hold such special elections as shall be required under the provisions of this or other Acts, and shall hold the election for the ratification or rejection of this Act. Board of Election Managers. SEC. 27. Be it further enacted, That the Board of Bond and Sinking Fund Commissioners shall be the trustees of the sinking fund of the City of West Point. They shall receive and receipt for all payments of interest, sinking fund, etc., due by the city to them and to the bond holders of the city and shall receive and receipt for all income for the investments made by them of said fund. They shall make prompt payments of all interests due by the city to its various bond holders; and shall be general trustees of the city's bonded indebtedness and the principals and interests of the sinking funds provided for the payment thereof; they shall have power to employ such clerical aid as may be allowed them by the Board of Commissioners of the City of West Point, which clerical help shall be paid for by the City of West Point. Board of Bond and Sinking Fund Commissioners. SEC. 28. Be it further enacted, That the Board of School Trustees shall have charge of the public schools of the City of West Point, including the buildings and grounds occupied by same. They shall have power and authority to employ a superintendent and such principals, teachers and other aid as will be necessary for the proper conduct of the schools. They shall elect by their vote a Treasurer, to whom shall be paid by the City of West Point the amount of school taxes collected by said city. They shall receive and receipt for such funds as may be provided for the public schools by the State of Georgia; and they shall administer all of the school funds in their hands in accordance with the law and the object of its appropriation. They shall make annual reports to the Board of Commissioners of the City of West Point on the first day of July of each year of their accounts and all such other matters as they may think proper or as shall be called for by the Board of Commissioners. Board of School Trustees.

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SEC. 29. The Board of Tax Assessors shall be constituted and have the power and duty of the board as now existing. Board of Tax Assessors. SEC. 30. Be it further enacted, That the powers and duties of the Marshal and Treasurer shall be as now existing. In addition they shall discharge such other and further duties as may be imposed upon them by the Board of Commissioners of the City of West Point. Marshal and Treasurer. SEC. 31. Be it further enacted, That the Superintendent of Public Works shall have the superintendence, care and management of the streets, parks and cemeteries of the City of West Point, and such other public works as he may be required to perform by the Board of Commissioners of the City of West Point. In addition he shall be warden of the chaingang of the City of West Point and shall perform all the duties of said office as regulated by the said Board of Commissioners. Superintendent of Public Works. SEC. 32. Be it further enacted, That in addition to the powers, duties and responsibilities of the officers of the City of West Point as herein provided, they shall have such powers, duties and responsibilities as shall be fixed by the Board of Commissioners of the City of West Point in all particulars as the said Board of Commissioners shall deem proper, subject, however, to the regulation of this Act. The salaries of all such officers, agents, trustees and Commissioners shall be fixed by the Board of Commissioners of the City of West Point, and they shall give bond for the faithful discharge of their duties as the Board of Commissioners of the City of West Point shall deem proper; and all salaries shall be payable at such time and in such installments as may be fixed by the Board of Commissioners. Powers, duties, etc., of officers. SEC. 33. Be it further enacted, That any resident of the City of West Point, male or female, of the age of 21 years and of good moral character shall be eligible to membership upon the Board of School Trustees. School Trustees, who are eligible to. SEC. 34. Be it further enacted, That at the first meeting of the Board of Commissioners of the City of West Point in

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February of each year they shall make up an apportionment sheet wherein shall be apportioned the amount to be expended by each department of the City of West Point between the date of the said meeting and the like meeting to be held in February of the ensuing year. And it shall be the duty of the said Board of Commissioners of the City of West Point to so manage the expenditures of the said City as that no department shall exceed the appropriation made therefor during the ensuing fiscal year except in cases of extreme emergency, in which case a minute shall be made upon the record of the Board of Commissioners setting forth the emergency requiring the increased appropriation and the amount of said appropriation. And the said Board of Commissioners of the City of West Point shall within ten days after the same is made cause the said appropriation sheet to be published in one or more newspapers published in the City of West Point one time. Appropriations, expenditures, etc. SEC. 35. Be it further enacted, That before the grant of any franchise, permit, easement, or right-of-way in, under, or over the streets, alleys, lanes, sidewalks and other property of the City of West Point made by the Board of Commissioners of said city, the applicant therefor shall publish in a newspaper designated by the Board of Commissioners of the City of West Point a copy of the application for said grant, which shall set forth particularly the terms and particulars of the right sought, including the length of time for which the same is to be granted and all of the details of the said grant, which publication shall be made at least ten days before a regular meeting of the Board of Commissioners at which the same is to be submitted. That the same shall be read in open meeting and shall then lie over until the next regular meeting of said Board of Commissioners. And if the said franchise, permit, easement, or right-of-way, shall be granted by the said Board of Commissioners the said applicant therefor shall cause the fact of such grant to be published in the newspaper aforesaid for two consecutive issues. And such grant shall not become of force until a strict and full compliance with the provisions of this section and the expiration of twenty days

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from its passage by the Board of Commissioners of the City of West Point. Provided, also that no franchise, permit, easement, or right-of-way, on, under or over the streets, alleys, lanes, sidewalks and other property of the city shall be granted for a longer term than twenty-five years; and provided also that the same shall only be granted upon condition of the annual payment to the City of West Point of such sum therefor as the Board of Commissioners of the City of West Point shall deem proper. If within said twenty days there shall be filed with the Board of Election Managers of the City of West Point a petition signed by not less than 50 per cent of the registered voters of said city, as shown by the registration list in effect at the preceding general election, said election managers shall thereupon call a special election to be held not less than thirty days nor more than sixty days therefrom, at which election shall be submitted to the qualified voters of said city the question of the affirmation or rejection of the said grant. And if a majority of the votes cast at said election should be in favor of the said grant the same shall be affirmed and become immediately effective and if the said majority shall be opposed to the grant, the same shall be at once annulled and revoked. The provisions of this Act regulating the removal of officers shall also apply to all petitions and sections for the revocations of grants herein contemplated. Granting of franchises, etc. SEC. 36. Be it further enacted, That the Board of Election Managers herein provided for shall hold an election for the City of West Point on the first Wednesday in November, 1913, wherein shall be determined whether or not the provisions of this Act shall become effective. Said election shall be held in all respects as provided in this Act for other elections in the City of West Point. Official ballots prepared by said election managers shall have printed thereon For New Charter and Against New Charter, and the voters participating in said election shall strike from said ballot one of the above phrases so that the said ballot shall indicate their purpose and the vote to be cast by them. If a majority of those voting in said election favor the adoption of the provisions of this Act, then the same

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shall become effective and operative; but if a majority of those voting oppose the adoption of the provisions of this Act, then the same shall not become effective and operative. The result of said election shall be within three days thereafter certified to the Mayor and Council of the City of West Point by said election managers and the said Mayor and Council of the City of West Point shall at once publish the result of such election. Election for ratification of this Act. SEC. 27. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict herewith be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved August 16, 1913. WOODBURY, CITY OF, CHARTER AMENDED. No. 150. An Act to provide and establish a charter for the City of Woodbury, in the County of Meriwether, to change its corporate name to the City of Woodbury and define its corporate limits; to provide certain rights, powers and privileges on same; to continue and confirm certain powers heretofore granted to the Town of Woodbury; to provide for the condemning of private or public property for the use of said city and to define a method of arriving at the value of such property and compensating the owner thereof; to authorize the City of Woodbury to establish a system of water works and a system of electric lights and a system of sewerage, under such restrictions as are provided for by State laws, whenever in the judgment of the Mayor and Council of said city such course may be deemed advisable; to issue bonds for any one or all of the purposes under such restrictions as are provided that the regulations and ordinances now in force in the Town of Woodbury may be enforced in said City of Woodbury; and to provide for all other matters of municipal regulation, concern and welfare, and for other purposes.

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SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same, That the name of the municipal corporation heretofore existing in the County of Meriwether said State, under the name of the Town of Woodbury, be and the same is, hereby changed to the City of Woodbury; and said municipal corporation is hereby reincorporated and made and continued as a body corporate and politic under said name of the City of Woodbury without any break in the continuity of its existence, it being the same corporation under a new name; and under said name said city shall have perpetual succession, and the right to contract and be contracted with, to sue and be sued, to plead and be impleaded, and to have and use a common seal, to do such things as may be needful for the government, good order and welfare of said city and its inhabitants, to exercise such rights, powers, functions, privileges and immunities as belong to municipal corporations generally under the law, as well as those hereinafter specially enumerated, and to do all other acts and things relating to its corporate capacity; and also under said name to purchase, hold, lease, receive, enjoy, possess and retain for the use and benefit of said city, any property, real or personal, of whatever kind or nature whatsoever within the limits or without the limits of said city, for corporate purposes, and to hold all property and effects now belonging to said municipal corporation for the purposes and intents for which the same were granted or dedicated; and to use, manage, improve, sell, convey, rent or lease, or otherwise deal with any and all property at present owned or which may be hereinafter acquired by said city. Woodbury, Town of, name changed, City of, charter powers. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That the corporate limits of said city shall extend three-quarters of a mile in every direction from the middle of Greenville Street where Depot Street intersects said Greenville Street. Corporate limits. SEC. 3. Be it further enacted, That all corporate rights, powers and privileges now possessed by and all duties imposed by law upon said municipal corporation of the Town

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of Woodbury are hereby preserved unto said city under its new name of the City of Woodbury. All Acts and parts of Acts of the General Assembly of the State relating to said town and all resolutions, regulations and ordinances heretofore adopted by the authorities of said town and in force therein at the time of the approval of this Act, and all parts of same, shall remain in force save such of each as are in conflict with the provisions of this Act. Such ordinances, regulations and resolutions may be hereafter amended or repealed by the Mayor and Aldermen of said city. All property and property rights now held, owned or possessed by said city, and all obligations of every kind and character due to or by said municipal corporation shall remain unchanged and of full force. All pending suits or claims by or against said city are preserved intact and unaltered. The present Mayor and Aldermen and the present officers and employees of the Town of Woodbury shall continue to discharge the duties of their respective offices and positions until their successors are elected and qualified, or appointed, as the case may be, or until they are removed in accordance with the provisions of this charter or the ordinances of the city. Corporate rights, etc., of Town of Woodbury preserved. Mayor and Aldermen. SEC. 4. Be it further enacted, That on the first Wednesday in January, 1914, and every one year thereafter on the same date an election shall be held in the council chamber of said city for a Mayor and four Councilmen, who shall hold their offices for one year, and until their successors are elected and qualified; but none shall vote or be eligible to office of Mayor and Council who are not qualified to vote for members of the General Assembly of this State. Said election shall be held and conducted in the same manner as elections for officers in this State and a certificate of the managers shall be sufficient authority to the persons elected to enter into the discharge of the duties of the office to which they have been elected. In the event that the office of Mayor or any member of the Board of Councilmen shall become vacant by death, resignation or removal or other cause, the Mayor or in case his seat is vacant, the majority of the Councilmen shall order a new election,

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notice of which shall be given at least twenty days before said election is held, the same to be conducted as provided in this Act. Election of Mayor and Councilmen. Vacancies, how filled. SEC. 5. Be it further enacted, That before entering on the discharge of their duties the Mayor and the Councilmen shall subscribe to an oath to faithfully discharge such duties as shall devolve upon them as officials of the City of Woodbury. The following oath shall be administered to and taken by the Mayor and Councilmen, before some officer authorized by the laws of Georgia to administer oaths, to-wit: I do solemnly swear that I will well and truly demean myself as Mayor (or Councilman, as the case may be) of the City of Woodbury for the ensuing term, and that I will faithfully enforce the charter and ordinances of said city to the best of my ability without fear or favor, so help me God. Should the Mayor or any Councilman be absent when the officers qualify, he or they shall take the oath of office as soon as possible thereafter. Oath of Mayor and Councilmen. SEC. 6. Be it further enacted, That there shall be a Mayor pro tem. of said City of Woodbury who shall be elected by the Council of the said City of Woodbury, who shall preside and act as Mayor of said city during the absence or disqualification of the Mayor of said city. Mayor pro tem. SEC. 7. Be it further enacted, That the Mayor or Mayor pro tem. and a majority of said Council shall, for all purposes under this charter, constitute a quorum for the transaction of any and all business, whether legislative or judicial, and it shall require at least three affirmative votes to pass any resolution or ordinance; and the Mayor shall only be allowed to vote on any question or ordinance that may arise before the Mayor and Council only when there is a tie. Quorum. Mayor votes, when. SEC. 8. The salary of the said Mayor of said city shall not exceed two hundred dollars per annum and the salary of each Councilman shall not exceed the sum of twenty-five dollars per annum; said salaries to be fixed by the Mayor and Council. Salaries of officers.

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SEC. 9. Be it further enacted, That said Mayor and Council shall have power to pass all such ordinances, by-laws, rules and regulations as may in their discretion be necessary to enforce all of the laws of the State of Georgia applicable to municipal corporations, and which laws in so far as they are not in conflict with this Act are made a part thereof, and to provide penalties for their violation. They shall have power and authority to lay off, open, close, alter, vacate, curb, pave and keep in good order, repave all streets, alleys, sidewalks, crosswalks, drains and gutters for the use of the public or any of the citizens thereof and to improve and light the same and have them kept free from obstructions on or over them; and to regulate the width of sidewalks on the streets, and to order the sidewalks, footways, crosswalks, drains and gutters to be curbed and paved and kept in good order, free and clean, by the owners and occupants thereof, or the owners or occupants of the real property next adjacent thereto; to establish and regulate the markets; to prescribe the time of holding same; to prevent injury or annoyance to the public or individuals from anything dangerous, offensive or unwholesome; to prevent hogs, cattle and other animals or fowls of all kinds from going at large in said town; to protect places of Divine Worship in and about the premises; to abate or cause to be abated anything which in the opinion of the Mayor and Council shall be a nuisance; to regulate the keeping of dynamite and other combustibles; to abate or cause to be abated, nuisances in the form of lewd or bawdy houses or houses suspected of being such, and places keeping or suspected of keeping for unlawful sale any liquors, wines, beers or other intoxicating alcoholic drinks by whatever name or names the same may be called; to provide in or near said city places for the burial of the dead, and to regulate interments therein; to provide for the regular building of houses or other structures and for the making of division fences by the owner of adjacent premises, and a drainage of lots by proper drains and ditches, to make regulations against danger by fire and to provide limits in which no wooden buildings shall be erected;

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to protect the property and person of the citizens of said town; to preserve peace and order therein, and for this purpose the said Mayor or Mayor pro tem. shall appoint, when necessary, a police force to assist the Marshal or Chief of Police in the discharge of such duties; to provide the powers and define the duties of all officers appointed or elected by the Mayor and Council and to fix their terms of office and compensation, require and take from them bonds, when necessary, payable to the City of Woodbury in its incorporate name, with such security and with such penalty as the Mayor and Council may see fit, conditioned for the faithful discharge of their duty; to erect or authorize or prohibit the erection of water works, gas works, or electric lights in said town; to prevent injury to or pollutin of same or to the same, or to the water or healthfulness of said city; to make such rules and regulations as they may deem proper regulating the running of locomotives or cars, whether run by steam, electricity or other power; to enact ordinances preventing the delivery within the incorporate limits of said city of wine, beer, whiskey or other intoxicating liquors, by any corporation, company, partnership or by any other person or persons directly or indirectly, and to enact ordinances providing for penalty for so doing. Said city is further authorized and empowered to enact ordinances to provide for the seizure and forfeiture to city of such intoxicants within the corporate limits of said city, and for the disposition of same by sale or otherwise in the hands of any corporation, company or person whatsoever. Said city is further authorized and empowered in the exercise of its police powers to provide for and enact any other ordinance looking to the regulation, restriction, suppression or prohibition of liquor traffic, legal or otherwise, within the corporate limits of said city; provided, however, that the provisions of this Act shall be held and construed to apply to domestic commerce and intrastate shipments as distinguished from shipments from beyond state and interstate commerce; to regulate and provide for the weighing of hay, coal and other articles sold, or for sale, in said city, and to provide a revenue

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for said city, and to appropriate same for expenses of said city; to pass all laws, ordinances and regulations for the protection of inhabitants of said city against small-pox and other contagious or infectious diseases, or for the care of those who may have such diseases or suspected of having them. Powers of Mayor and Council. SEC. 10. Be it further enacted, That for the purpose of raising revenues to defray the ordinary expenses incident to the proper support and maintenance of city government, that said Mayor and Council shall have full power and authority to levy and collect an ad valorem tax upon all property, both real and personal, in the corporate limits of said city, and which is not exempt by State law, not to exceed one-half of one per cent, but when that amount is deemed insufficient, said Mayor and Council shall have power and authority to levy an additional tax in the mode and manner prescribed by the Constitution and laws of the State of Georgia. Ad valorem tax. SEC. 11. Be it further enacted, That every male person between the ages of twenty-one and fifty years, who has resided in said city thirty days, shall be liable and subject to work on the streets of said city, not to exceed fifteen days in each year, at such time or times as the Mayor and Council may require, or to pay a commutation tax in lieu thereof, not to exceed five dollars in any one year, as said Mayor and Council may determine. Should any person liable to work the streets under this section fail or refuse to do so, or to pay said tax assessed in lieu thereof, having received due notice to do so, as said Mayor and Council may require, shall be deemed guilty of a violation of this section, and on conviction in the Police Court of said city shall be fined in a sum not exceeding five dollars nor less than the amount of street tax so assessed, or by imprisonment in the guard house, or by labor in a chaingang of said city, not exceeding thirty days. Said Mayor and Council may pass such ordinance as they may deem proper for the enforcing of this section. Commutation tax. Defaulters.

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SEC. 12. Be it further enacted, That the Mayor and Council of the City of Woodbury shall have power to establish a guard house and work gang in said city and to confine at labor therein any persons who have been sentenced by the court of said city, to work upon the streets, sidewalks or other public works of said city, and shall have power to make all rules and regulations that may seem necessary for the control or government of such work gang and enforce the same through its proper authorities. Guard house and work gang. SEC. 13. Be it further enacted, That the Mayor and Council of said city shall have full power and authority to license, regulate and control by ordinance all taverns, hotels, boarding houses, cafes, saloons for the sale of ice cream and other ices, etc., livery stables and lots, hacks, drays and other vehicles, auctioneers, vendue masters, itinerant traders, theatres and theatrical performances, dummy or street railroads, oil mills, ice works, laundries, water works, shows, circuses, exhibitions of all kinds; itinerant lightningrod dealers, emigrant dealers, peddlers of clocks, stoves, machines or any other article of merchandise whatsoever; itinerant venders of any and all kinds of goods, wares, merchandise or other things; pool and bagatelle tables kept for public playing, every table, device or stand or place for the performance of any game or play, whether played with sticks, balls, rings; upon flying horses or contrivances; bicycles, vehicles or skating rinks; insurance agents, life, fire, accident or other insurance companies; loan agents for any and all kinds of business; real estate agents, banks and bankers, brokers and commission merchants of all kinds; keepers of slaughter-houses, beef markets, green grocers; dealers in fresh oysters, or fish, vegetables, fruits, breads and other articles of food; contractors and builders, and all machinists or artisans; barber shops, junk shops, pawn-brokers and upon all and every other establishment, business, calling, trade or avocation not heretofore mentioned, and which, under the Constitution and laws of Georgia, in the amount fixed by ordinance, as a condition precedent to beginning or continuing in any business, trade, profession or calling in said city, for which a license is required.

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Should any person engage or continue in any business, trade, profession or calling for which any specific tax or license is required by said city, by ordinance, and shall fail or refuse to pay the same on demand of the proper authority of said city, he shall be liable to prosecution in a Police Court of said city, and may be fined or imprisoned in the discretion of the court. The provisions of this section shall apply to all persons, natural or artificial. Licenses, regulations, etc. SEC. 14. Be it further enacted, That the Mayor and Council of said city shall have power and authority to make and establish, by ordinance, a fiscal year from which and to which all license shall date. Should any person apply for license in said city for any business for which license is required, at any time after the fiscal year has begun, the Mayor and Council shall have authority to require of such person the same amount as required for license for the whole year; provided, that no change in the fiscal year shall operate to the injury of any person who has once paid the amount of license required of him. Fiscal year from which licenses shall date. SEC. 15. Be it further enacted, That the Mayor and Council shall have full power and authority to enforce by execution the collection of any debt or claim due said city for taxes, licenses, rents, impounding fees, forfeitures for laying sewers or drains, for cleaning or repairing privies, for abating nuisances and for any and all levies, assessments, debts and demands due said city. Said executions to be issued by the Clerk of said city and to bear test in the name of the Mayor against the property, person, corporation or firm against which or from whom any such debt or demand is owing, such execution to be directed to all and singular, the Marshal, Deputy Marshal, and Policeman of the City of Woodbury, who are authorized to levy the same upon the property against whom it is issued, or on the property of the person against whom such execution shall have been issued, and the same shall be sold in the following manner, to-wit: The property levied upon shall be sold by the Marshal or his deputy at public outcry, under the laws for Sheriffs' sales, to the highest bidder, before the

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council chamber or at such other place as the Mayor may determine, notice of which place shall be stated in the advertisement of the sale of such property. Executions and sales. If said property so levied on shall be personal, it shall be advertised by posting notices at two or more public and conspicuous places in said city for ten days before the day of sale, and if the property levied upon shall be real estate, he shall advertise the same once a week for four weeks in public gazette wherein the Sheriffs' sales are advertised for the County of Meriwether or in some newspaper published in the City of Woodbury, before selling the same. All sales as above provided shall be sold at public outcry, to the highest bidder, for cash. Said Marshal or Deputy Marshal making such sale shall execute title to the purchaser and shall have the same power to place the purchaser in possession as Sheriffs' of State have. SEC. 16. Be it further enacted, That the Mayor and Council of the City of Woodbury shall elect, at their first or second meeting in each calendar year, three upright, discreet and intelligent persons, who shall be freeholders and residents of said city, as Tax Assessors, who shall hold their office one year, or until their successors are elected and qualified. Said Tax Assessors may be elected from among the members of the City Council, or from among other persons, and should any vacancy occur in said board or Assessors by death, resignation, removal or refusal to serve, such vacancy shall be immediately filled by said Mayor and Council. Said Mayor and Council shall be exclusive judges of the necessity of declaring a vacancy in said Board of Assessors. Before entering upon the duties of the office of Assessors, each Assessor shall take and subscribe the following: I do solemnly swear that I will faithfully perform the duties of Tax Assessor of the City of Woodbury and make a true and just valuation of all property therein subject to taxation according to fair market value, so help me God. Said Assessors shall receive such pay for their services as the Mayor and Council may fix. Tax Assessors, election of, etc. Vacancies, how filled. Oath.

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SEC. 17. Be it further enacted, That the Tax Assessors may hear during the progress of their investigation such evidence as to value of property in said city as they may deem advisable. If any person is dissatisfied with the valuation of his or her property, as fixed by the Assessors, he shall have a right to appeal to a full Board of Assessors and then to the Mayor and Council. Said appeal shall be entered within four days from the date upon which the written or printed notice hereafter provided for has been mailed by the Clerk of said city. Said appeal shall be substantially as follows, to-wit: The undersigned being dissatisfied with the action of the City Tax Assessors with reference to the valuation of his or her property subject to taxation in said city, comes within ten days from date on which notice of action of said Assessors was mailed to him and demands an investigation of said property by the Mayor and Council of the said city. Appeal from assessments. Upon the filing of said appeal with the Clerk of said city, it shall be the duty of the Mayor to fix a day upon which said hearing will be had and give the appellant five days notice in writing of said hearing; notice to the agent or attorney at law of said appellant shall be sufficient. At said hearing said Mayor and Council shall hear all legal and competent testimony, and enter judgment accordingly. The appeal hearing hereinbefore provided for shall be signed by the tax payer, his agent or attorney at law. SEC. 18. Be it further enacted, That immediately after report of said Assessors is filed with the City Clerk, it shall be his duty to mail a written or printed notice to each and every person the value of whose property, as returned for taxation, has been raised by the Assessors, advising such person of the action of the Assessors and specifying the property the valuation of which has been increased. Notice of raising assessment. SEC. 19. Be it further enacted, That the said Mayor and Council shall have power to prohibit, by ordinance, the keeping for unlawful sales any amount of whiskey, beer or intoxicating drinks, by whatever name or names the same shall be called; the keeping and maintaining of lewd women,

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or lewd houses; the keeping of any room or rooms for gambling; the having of any whiskey, beer or other intoxicating drinks for the purpose of sale or giving away on election day; the pursuing of one's ordinary avocation or labor on the Sabbath; from loitering or idling within the jurisdiction of said city. Police Court of said city shall have jurisdiction to try persons for the commission of any of said offenses committed within the limits of said city, and upon conviction, punish offenders as hereinafter provided. Keeping intoxicating liquors for unlawful sale, prohibition of. SEC. 20. Be it further enacted, That there shall be in the City of Woodbury a court known as Police Court of the City of Woodbury. Jurisdiction of said court shall extend to all offenses herein provided for, and all others of which municipalities are allowed jurisdiction under the laws of the State of Georgia, whenever said offenses are committed within the corporate limits of said city. Said Police Court shall be held by the Mayor at such time and places in said city as in his judgment may be necessary. Said Police Court, upon conviction of any person or persons, may punish offenders by a fine of not more than one hundred dollars, by confinement in a guard house or chaingang of said city for a term of not more than sixty days, either or all, in the discretion of said Police Court. Police Court, jurisdiction, etc. SEC. 21. Be it further enacted, That the Marshal or Marshals or Police of said City of Woodbury shall have the power to make arrests as are now provided by the laws of this State for Sheriffs and Constables making arrests. Arrests. SEC. 22. Be it further enacted, That all trials in the Police Courts of said City of Woodbury shall be presided over by the Mayor or the Mayor pro tem., who shall keep a docket upon which shall be placed each case which is for trial by him. Presiding officers of Police Court. SEC. 23. Be it further enacted, That said Police Court shall have power to punish for contempt against its lawful authority, whether in its presence or otherwise; to issue summons to witnesses, books, papers, in as full and complete

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a manner as the courts in this State may now do; to punish as for contempt failure to obey its legal summons; to grant continuances under rules of law; to take bonds and recognizances for appearances at its session, and to forfeit the same under rules and regulations as are now applicable in like procedure in Superior Courts of this State, and to do all other acts and things necessary for the proper enforcement of its authority as a court; provided, that no fine for contempt shall exceed the sum of ten ($10.00) dollars or imprisonment in a guard house for more than five days. Powers of Police Court. SEC. 24. Be it further enacted, That any persons convicted in the Police Courts of said city for a violation of the ordinances or by-laws thereof, shall have the right to appeal to the Mayor and Council of said city if said Mayor and Council shall see fit by ordinance to provide for such appeal. Appeal. SEC. 25. Be it further enacted, That the Mayor and Mayor pro tem. of said city shall have, in addition to the jurisdiction of Justices of the Peace over all, the territory embraced in their jurisdiction or municipal offices. Whenever it shall appear that an offense against the laws of the State has been committed within the limits of said city's Police jurisdiction, the Mayor or Mayor pro tem., as the case may be, after investigation, in his discretion may commit the offender or offenders to jail, or bail, to answer to the court having jurisdiction of the offense. Commitments. SEC. 26. Be it further enacted, That said Mayor and Council shall have authority, in their discretion, to establish and put into operation a Board of Health, and to pass all ordinances and regulations, prescribing penalties for violation of the same necessary for purposes of maintaining such Board of Health, and providing penalties for such violation, to prevent the spread of any contagious or infectious diseases; also to have complete control of persons who have been exposed to contagious or infectious diseases; and to make any and all necessary arrangements for their protection and protection of inhabitants of said city. Board of Health.

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SEC. 27. Be it further enacted, That said Mayor and Council shall have the right to exercise supervision over all buildings within the corporate limits of said city, and they shall have power to prevent the erection of any building within said city without the person or persons wishing to build first appealing to the Mayor and Council and obtaining a special permit; said permit shall specify the kind of building to be erected, the kind of material to be used in its construction, and the place where same shall be erected; this applies to all buildings or structures, however small the cost of erecting the same may be, or however insignificant the value of the building or structure may be when completed, and whenever in the judgment of the Mayor and Council any structure or building is dangerous to the life or health of the citizens, on proper case made in terms of the laws of the State of Georgia, they shall have the right to condemn such building as a nuisance, and call on the owner or tenant in possession to immediately abate the same; and in the event the owner or tenant in possession fails or refuses to abate such nuisance within a reasonable time, such a time to be determined by the Mayor and Council, then said Mayor and Council may cause the same to be done, and issue execution against said premises for the cost of abating such nuisance. Said Mayor and Council may likewise pass and enforce an ordinance fixing a penalty to be assessed against any party failing or refusing to abate a nuisance after such party has had notice to abate same. Building regulations. SEC. 28. Be it further enacted, That the Mayor and Council shall have power to build, maintain and operate, should they see proper, street railways, water works, gas works, electric light wires, lines or systems or they shall have the power to grant right-of-way to railroads, street railways, water works, gas works, electric lights, telephone lines or wires throughout the streets and alleys of said city upon such terms, conditions and restrictions as said Mayor and Council may prescribe. Public utilities. Said Mayor and Council shall have power to issue bonds for the purpose of erecting, maintaining and operating any

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of said public utilities in the manner hereinafter provided, and whenever said Mayor and Council shall, in the exercise of their authority conferred in this charter, find it necessary to take private property as they cannot agree with the owner or owners thereof as to compensation to be paid they may take such properties upon the following terms: Bonds, issuance of. SEC. 29. Said Mayor and Council shall cause to be served such owner or owners, or his or their agents, written notice of their intention to condemn such property which notice must describe the property sought to be used, the time and place, when and where the proceedings to condemn such property will be held, which shall not be less than five days from the date of the service of such notice. Condemnation of property. SEC. 30. It shall be the duty of the Mayor and Council to appoint one freeholder in said city, and the owner or owners of the property sought to be condemned, or his or their agents, shall appoint another freeholder; provided, that if said owner, or owners, or his or their agents, shall fail or refuse such freeholders, then the Mayor and Council shall appoint a second freeholder and the freeholders appointed in either of the above ways shall elect the third freeholder, and the three freeholders shall, after taking an oath to faithfully discharge their duties, hear all legal evidence offered by the parties and assess the damage or compensation to be paid to the owner or owners of such land, and under their award, which must be signed by at least two of such freeholders. Said award shall then be filed with the City Clerk; should the first two freeholders, as above provided for, be unable to agree upon a third, then said Mayor and Council shall likewise appoint the third freeholder. Proceedings to condemn property. SEC. 31. Provided, that either party dissatisfied with the award of the Assessors may, within four days after the same filed, enter an appeal to the Superior Court of Meriwether County. The Mayor and Council may, after payment to owner or owners, or his or their agent, of the sum found by the Assessors, proceed to appoint, lay off,

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straighten, or otherwise change said street, ward, alley or lane, and take said land pending an appeal by the owner or owners of any land sought to be condemned for such purposes. Appeal from award of Assessors. SEC. 32. Be it further enacted, That said Mayor and Council, shall have authority to establish and maintain such quarantine and other regulations as in their judgment may be necessary to prevent the introduction or spread of any and all contagious or infectious diseases in said city. Quarantine regulations. SEC. 33. Be it further enacted, That should any person violating any of the ordinances of said city flee from the jurisdiction thereof, he may be apprehended whenever he may be found in this State, and the warrant of the Mayor or Mayor pro tem of said city shall be sufficient authority for his return and trial upon the charge resting, and all persons escaping from custody of said city may be tried again for such escape, and punished not exceeding penalties hereinbefore provided. Fugitives from justice. SEC. 34. Be it further enacted, That said Mayor and Council shall have power and authority to elect the City Marshal, who shall be the Chief of Police of the city and as many Policemen as in their judgment, they may see proper; street overseers, attorney, city physician, and such other officers as the necessities of the city may demand; they may, by ordinance, prescribe the term of office and the duty of such officers and fix their salaries. Election of subordinate officers. SEC. 35. Be it further enacted, That said Mayor and Council shall have full power and authority to require the owner of any improved property, his agent or tenant in possession, to provide suitable privy or water closet accommodation upon such premises as may be prescribed by ordinance by the said Mayor and Council. Sanitary regulations. SEC. 36. Be it further enacted, That said Mayor and Council shall have power and authority, by ordinance, to provide suitable regulations on the subject of drainage, sewers and plumbing and all and everything else that may be

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necessary for improving of the sanitary condition of said city. Said Mayor and Council are authorized to lay down sewerage through private property in said city, or outside corporate limits of said city, if such be necessary for the public welfare; provided, before so doing, they shall regularly condemn such private property by the method hereinbefore laid down for the taking of private property by the State. Station. SEC. 37. Be it further enacted, That said Mayor and Council may have power and authority to issue bonds of said city in such sums and at such times as they shall see proper, not to exceed in the aggregate at any time the sum of five thousand ($5,000.00) dollars, and of such denominations and in such amount as they see fit; said bonds are not to bear interest at a rate in excess of five per centum per annum and to run for a greater period than thirty years from their date of issue, but may bear a less rate of interest and run for a shorter period from their date of issue, in the discretion of the Mayor and Council. Said bonds to be issued, hypothecated and sold for the purpose of maintaining and operating a system of water works, system of sanitary sewerage, system of street railways, a system of public schools and the erection and furnishing of the necessary buildings for such school and for street paving. Said bonds shall be signed by the Mayor and countersigned by the Clerk under the corporate seal of the town, and shall be negotiable in such manner as said Mayor and Council may determine to be for the best interest of the town; provided, however, that said bonds shall not be issued for the above said purposes until the same shall have been submitted to a vote of the qualified voters of said city and approved by two-thirds majority of the qualified voters of said town voting in such election. Bonds, issuance of, for public utilities. SEC. 38. Be it further enacted, That whenever it is deemed expedient by the Mayor and Council, they shall order an election to be held in said city for the purpose of determining whether or not there shall be an issue of bonds for any purposes hereinbefore provided, of which election

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there shall be given thirty days notice by a publication in the organ in which legal advertisements of Meriwether County are published, and in some paper published in the City of Woodbury, and also by publishing a written or printed notice in three public or conspicuous places in said eity, stating the day of election, the amount of bonds to be issued, for what purpose they are to be issued, what rate of interest they are to bear, whether the interest is to be paid annually or semi-annually, and when bonds shall be finally paid off. Said election shall be held on the day published in said notice, at such place as may be determined by the Mayor and Council, which place must be designated in the notice of said election, and shall be held by the same person and in the same manner and under same rules and regulations as for Mayor and Council; same qualifications of voters of said elections shall be required at said election for mayor and Council. That the ballots cast at said election shall contain the words For Bonds or Against Bonds, and unless For Bonds shall receive a two-thirds majority of all the voters voting at said election, said bonds shall not be issued; but if For Bonds shall receive a two-thirds majority, said bonds may be issued. Election for bonds, when. SEC. 39. Be it further enacted, That the Mayor and Council of said city shall provide, by ordinance, such rules and regulations as to them may be proper in order to establish and maintain a system of free schools in said City of Woodbury, that all fees, forfeitures and costs arising from the Police Court of said city be used for school purposes. Free schools. SEC. 40. Be it further enacted, That Mayor and Council of said city shall have power and authority to grade, pave, macadamize, cove, or otherwise improve the streets and sidewalks, squares, public roads, lanes or alleys in said city with rock, brick, asphalt, or such other material as in the judgment of the Mayor and Council is most economical and durable. In order to carry into effect the above, said Mayor and Council shall have the power and authority to assess not more than two-thirds of the cost of

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paving or otherwise improving the streets and sidewalks, including two-thirds of the cost of curbing necessary on the real estate abutting on such a street or sidewalk. Said Mayor and Council shall have full power and authority to equalize by an ordinance passed for that purpose, the assessments against all real estate for the above purposes as to them seem just and proper, estimating the total cost of each improvement made and prorating the cost thereon on the real estate according to its frontage on the street or portion of the street so improved, or according to the area of said property, either or all, as may be determined by ordinance passed for that purpose. The amount of assessment on each piece of real estate shall be a lien on said real estate from the date of the passage of the ordinance providing for the work and making the assessments. The Mayor and Council shall have power and authority to enforce collection for the amount of an assessment so made for work, either upon the streets or sidewalks, by execution issued by the City Clerk against the real estate improved and assessed for the amount assessed against the owner at the date of the ordinance making such assessments, which execution may be levied by the Marshal or any Policeman of said city on such real estate, and after advertising and other proceedings, as in case of tax sales, the same shall be sold at public outcry to the highest bidder. Such sale shall vest absolute title in the purchaser. Said City Marshal, or Policeman acting for him, shall have authority to eject occupants and put purchaser in possession; provided, the owner of such real estate shall have the right to file his affidavit denying the whole or any part of the amount for which execution is issued, and stating the amount which he admits to be due, which amount admitted to be due, together with all cost, shall be paid before the affidavit shall be received and the affidavit shall be returned to the Superior Court of Meriwether County and there tried and the issue determined, as in cases of illegality filed for the purposes of delay only. The Mayor and Council shall have power and authority to pave the whole surface of the streets, without giving any railroad or street railroad

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company, or other property holder occupant of the street the option of having the space to be paved by themselves or by contract at his or her instance, the object being to prevent delay and secure uniformity. The lien for assessments on abutting and on street railroads and other railroad companies for street or sidewalk paving, curbing, macadamizing, grading or draining shall have rank and priority of payment next in point of dignity to liens for taxes, such liens to date from the passage of the ordinance authorizing the work in each instance. Said Mayor and Council shall have power and authority to prescribe, by ordinance, such other rules as they, in their discretion, think necessary to grade, pave, drain, macadamize or curb the streets, sidewalks and alleys of said city and to collect the cost thereof by execution against the adjacent property owner and railroad companies or other occupants of the streets or alleys of said city. Grading, paving, etc. Assessments. Lien of assessments. Enforcement of collection of assessments. SEC. 41. Be it further enacted, That should the Mayor and Council determine, in accordance with the provision hereinbefore made, to issue bonds for any of the set out, then they shall have power and authority in addition to all other taxes hereinbefore authorized, to levy and collect an additional tax not to exceed one per centum per annum sufficient to pay off said bonds, with all interest and charges on the same within the period which said bonds have to run, and it shall be the duty of said Mayor and Council, in the published notice of any election for the issuance of any bonds for any of the purposes herein provided, to state the amount of annual tax it will be necessary to levy and collect to pay the same. Tax to pay interest on bonds and create a sinking fund. SEC. 42. Be it further enacted, That any officer of the said corporation of the City of Woodbury who may be sued for any act or thing done in his official capacity may be justified under this charter, and that the provision of this charter may be pleaded and shall be a full defense to any action brought against the Mayor and Council of said city, or either of them, for any act or acts done by them, under

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and in accordance with its provisions and in accordance with the ordinances passed in pursuance thereof. Officer sued for offieial act may plead justification. SEC. 43. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved August 16, 1913.

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PART IV.RESOLUTIONS

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RESOLUTIONS. Appropriation to Pay Salary of Clerk in Insurance Department. Appropriation to Pay Salary of Second Assistant State Librarian. Appropriation to Pay Expenses of T. H. Kimbrough as Member of Cotton Tare Committee. Appropriation to Pay Refund to J. H. Oxford et al. Authorizing Governor to Borrow Money to Supply Deficiencies. Authorizing Governor to Call Out National Guard in Chatham County. Authorizing Committee on School for Deaf to Visit Institutions. Authorizing Committees to Visit Convict Camps. Authorizing Committee to Visit State Sanitarium. Authorizing Governor to Enter into Agreement with Ducktown Sulphur, Copper and Iron Ore Company. Authorizing Governor to Enter into Agreement with Tennessee Copper Co. Providing for Appointment of a Commission to Revise the Civil and Criminal Procedure of the State. Providing for a Commission to Investigate the School Book Condition. Recommending Preservation of Fort Frederica. Relative to Honorable John C. Hart. Relative to Preparing Statement of Unfinished Business of Legislature. Relative to Unfinished Business of General Assembly. Relative to Unfinished Business of the House of Representatives. Relative to a Legislative Reference Bureau. APPROPRIATION TO PAY SALARY OF CLERK IN INSURANCE DEPARTMENT. No. 1. A RESOLUTION. To supply a deficiency in the Appropriations for 1913, and to authorize the payment of the annual salary for the Clerk in the Insurance Department of the State, as provided by law in Section 284 of the Code of 1910, Volume 1 and to the approval of the warrants drawn under said Act, and for other purposes. WHEREAS, Under the law contained in Section 248 of the Code of 1911, Volume 1, the Clerk of the Insurance Department is allowed a salary of eighteen hundred dollars. Six hundred of which to be paid out of the Insurance fees, and,

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WHEREAS, The appropriation Act by an oversight did not contain an appropriation for this six hundred dollars aforesaid, and under the opinion of the Attorney-General it must be provided for, Therefore be it resolved by the General Assembly that the Appropriation Act of 1911, fixing appropriations for 1912 and 1913, be, and the same is, hereby amended by appropriating the sum of six hundred dollars per annum for each of said years, to be paid from the fees from Insurance Companies, and the Comptroller-General is hereby authorized to approve the warrants heretofore issued by the Governor (but not approved for want of the necessary appropriation) and also such other warrants as may issue to pay the salary fixed by law. Clerk of Insurance Department. Appropriation to pay salary of. Approved July 18, 1913. APPROPRIATION TO PAY SALARY OF SECOND ASSISTANT STATE LIBRARIAN. No. 8. A RESOLUTION. WHEREAS, By an Act approved August 19, 1912, the salary of the Second Assistant State Librarian was increased from seven hundred and fifty dollars to one thousand dollars, and, WHEREAS, No appropriation has been made to cover said increase, Be it therefore resolved by the General Assembly of Georgia that the sum of $340.98 be, and the same is, hereby appropriated for the purpose of paying amount due on said increased salary from August 19, 1912, to December 31, 1913, said amount to be paid out of any funds not otherwise appropriated. Second Assistant Librarian, appropriation to pay salary of. Approved August 16, 1913.

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APPROPRIATION TO PAY EXPENSES OF T. H. KIMBROUGH AS MEMBER OF COTTON TARE COMMITTEE. No. 7. A RESOLUTION. Resolved by the House, the Senate concurring, That the sum of one hundred and eight and thirty-hundredth, ($108.30) dollars be, and the same is, hereby appropriated for the purpose of paying the expenses of Hon. T. H. Kimbrough as a member of the Committee appointed by a joint resolution of the House and Senate, in attending the conventions at Washington, D. C., and Raleigh, N. C., with reference to the cotton tare and other incidental expenses thereto attached, which resolution was approved August 5th, 1912. And the Governor shall draw warrant for said sum of one hundred and eight and thirty-hundredth, ($108.30) dollars, payable to the said T. H. Kimbrough. Cotton Tare Committee, appropriation to pay expenses of T. H. Kimbrough. Approved August 16, 1913. APPROPRIATION TO PAY REFUND TO J. H. OXFORD, ET AL. No. 20. A RESOLUTION. WHEREAS, J. H. Oxford, Crouch and Collier, Ward and Johnson, M. L. D. Hunt and Palace Market, C. Lawhorne, proprietor, applied for and had issued to each of them a license to sell near beer in Dawson, Terrell County, Ga., for the year 1911, each paying therefor the sum of three hundred dollars, making a total of fifteen hundred dollars, and, WHEREAS, By a law passed by the General Assembly and found on Page 500 of the Acts of the General Assembly of

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1911, the sale of near beer was prohibited in Terrell County, Georgia, and each of said named parties were forced to discontinue their business four months and 11 days before the license expired. Be it therefore resolved by the General Assembly of Georgia, That the sum of five hundred dollars be and the same is hereby appropriated to be paid one hundred dollars to J. H. Oxford, one hundred dollars to Crouch and Collier, one hundred dollars to Ward and Johnson, one hundred dollars to M. L. D. Hunt, one hundred dollars to Palace Market, C. Lawhorne, proprietor, out of any funds arising from near beer license, and the Governor is hereby directed to draw his warrants accordingly. J. H. Oxford et al., appropriation to pay refund to. Approved August 20, 1913. AUTHORIZING GOVERNOR TO BORROW MONEY TO SUPPLY DEFICIENCIES. No. 5. A RESOLUTION. Authorizing the Governor to borrow money to supply deficiencies upon reasonable terms. Be it resolved by the House of Representatives, the Senate concurring, That should it become necessary at any time during the years 1913, 1914, and 1915, to supply deficiencies in revenue, the Governor shall be, and he is, hereby authorized to borrow on the best and reasonable terms he can, a sum of money sufficient, not to exceed five hundred thousand dollars, to supply deficiencies in such years within the terms of the Constitution, and the money borrowed shall be for the purposes specified and no other. Governor authorized to borrow money to supply deficiencies. Approved August 15, 1913.

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AUTHORIZING GOVERNOR TO CALL OUT NATIONAL GUARD IN CHATHAM COUNTY. No. 4. A RESOLUTION. WHEREAS, the County Commissioners of Chatham County, Georgia, have ordered closed certain roads in said county during the continuance of the Vanderbilt and Grand Prize Automobile Races to be held in Savannah November 24th, to November 27, 1913, and the Sheriff of said county having requested the assistance of the military organizations in the National Guard of Georgia, stationed in said County for the protection of life and property during said races, Therefore be it resolved, That the Governor of the State of Georgia be, and is, hereby authorized by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, upon the request of the Sheriff of said county, to order out such portions of the said National Guard of Georgia, stationed in said county, as volunteer their services, for the purpose of assisting the Sheriff of said county in carrying out his orders and the orders of the County Commissioners of said county looking to the preservation and protection of life and property in said county during said races, the services thus rendered by said National Guard to be without expense to the State. Governor authorized to call out National Guard, when. Approved August 7, 1913. AUTHORIZING COMMITTEE ON SCHOOL FOR DEAF TO VISIT INSTITUTIONS. No. 3. A RESOLUTION. Be it resolved by the House of Representatives, the Senate concurring, that the Committees on Georgia School for the Deaf be permitted and authorized to make visit of

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inspection to said institutions during the interim between the Sessions of 1913-1914, and that the members of said Committee be allowed their expenses and per diem not to exceed four days. School for Deaf, [Illegible Text] Committee. Approved August 6, 1913. AUTHORIZING COMMITTEES TO VISIT CONVICT CAMPS. No. 12. A RESOLUTION. Authorizing the Penitentiary Committees of the House and Senate to visit the convict camps of the State in vacation; to authorize the House Committee to visit the State Prison Farm in vacation; to appropriate money for the per diem and expenses of the committeemen, and for other purposes. Be it resolved by the House, the Senate concurring, That the House and Senate Penitentiary Committees be, and they are, hereby authorized to visit the convict camps of the various counties of this State in vacation for the purpose of inspecting same. Committees authorized to visit Prison Farm and convict camps. Resolved further, That the Penitentiary Committee of the House, which has not yet inspected the State Prison Farm be, and they are, hereby authorized to make such inspection in vacation. Resolved further, That the members of said committees be allowed the usual per diem of members of the General Assembly together with traveling and hotel expenses and that a sufficient amount of money is hereby appropriated to pay said per diem and expenses to be paid upon itemized statements approved by the Chairman of the members committee. The time consumed in the investigation shall

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not exceed ten days for the convict camps and two days for the State Prison Farm. Approved August 16, 1913. AUTHORIZING COMMITTEE TO VISIT STATE SANITARIUM. No. 15. A RESOLUTION. Resolved by the House, the Senate concurring, That the Committee on State Sanitarium of the House and Senate be authorized to visit the State Sanitarium at Milledgeville during the recess of the General Assembly and that they be allowed their per diem and actual expenses. Said per diem not to exceed five days. State Sanitarium, Visiting Committee. Approved August 18, 1913. AUTHORIZING GOVERNOR TO ENTER INTO AGREEMENT WITH DUCKTOWN SULPHUR, COPPER AND IRON ORE COMPANY, (LIMITED). No. 16. A RESOLUTION. Authorizing the Governor of the State of Georgia to enter into an agreement with the Ducktown Sulphur, Copper and Iron Company, (Limited), for and on behalf of the State of Georgia, or to take a decree of injunction against said company, and for other purposes. WHEREAS, An action entitled State of Georgia by it's Attorney-General, Complainant, versus Tennessee Copper Company and Ducktown Sulphur, Copper and Iron Company, (Limited), Defendants, is pending in the Supreme Court of the United States, and,

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WHEREAS, pending the final determination of said cause, the State is willing to and desires to provide for the compensation by said companies to individual citizens of the State who may suffer injury at the hands of said companies or either of them, and, WHEREAS, Pursuant to the policy of the State of Georgia from the inception of said litigation, to protect its citizens and at the same time to do no unnecessary injury to said copper industry, the present session of the Legislature of the State of Georgia has passed a resolution entitled, A resolution authorizing the Governor of the State of Georgia to enter into an agreement with the Tennessee Copper Company for and on behalf of the State of Georgia, and for other purposes, which resolution authorizes and directs the Governor of the State of Georgia to enter into an agreement with the Tennessee Copper Company for and on behalf of the State of Georgia by which said agreement said Tennessee Copper Company shall annually deposit the sum of sixteen thousand five hundred ($16,500.00) dollars under certain conditions and provisions, and with certain limitations, as in said resolution, which embodies said contract, is all specifically and in detail mentioned and set out. Now therefore be it resolved by the General Assembly of Georgia, That the Governor be, and he is, hereby authorized and directed to enter into an agreement or stipulation with the Ducktown Sulphur, Copper and Iron Company, (Limited), for the same length of time and under the same terms, conditions, and limitations as are mentioned and provided by said contract with the Tennessee Copper Company, and with the exception that the amount to be deposited by the said Ducktown Sulphur, Copper and Iron Company, (Limited), for the arbitration of all claims shall be the annual sum of eight thousand five hundred ($8,500.00) dollars to be deposited and distributed under the same terms and with the same provisions and limitations as are provided in said contract with the Tennessee Copper Company, as set out in said aforementioned resolution. Governor authorized to enter into agreement with Ducktown Copper Co.

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Be it further resolved, That in the event the said Ducktown Sulphur, Copper and Iron Company, (Limited), shall fail, refuse or decline to enter into such contract with the State of Georgia, and to deposit said fund annually as above set out, the Governor is authorized and directed to make prompt application for final decree of injunction against said defendant, Ducktown Sulphur, Copper and Iron Company, (Limited), in said cause in the United States Supreme Court. Resolved further, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this resolution be and the same are hereby repealed. Be it further resolved, That this resolution take effect from and after its passage. Approved August 19, 1913. AUTHORIZING GOVERNOR TO ENTER INTO AGREEMENT WITH TENNESSEE COPPER COMPANY. No. 2. A RESOLUTION. Authorizing the Governor of the State of Georgia to enter into an agreement with the Tennessee Copper Company for and on behalf of the State of Georgia, and for other purposes. WHEREAS, An action entitled State of Georgia by its Attorney General, Complainant, versus Tennessee Copper Company, et al. Defendants is pending in the Supreme Court of the United States, and, The State of Georgia recognizing that Tennessee Copper Company has been, and is endeavoring to control the gases generated in the treatment of its ores, and being willing that said company shall have an extension of time for opportunity

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to demonstrate the efficiency of its acid plant and acid making appliances and to make all necessary improvements to maintain said plant and appliances to the highest known standard of efficiency is therefore willing to extend the time as hereinafter mentioned and specifically set out, and, Governor authorized to enter into agreement with Tennessee Copper Co. WHEREAS, It has been the policy of the State of Georgia, from the inception of said litigation, to protect her citizens and at the same time to do no unnecessary injury to said copper industry, and realizing the vast interests involved to the said Copper Companies and the people dependent thereon and the citizens of Georgia living in the vicinity of said copper operations, as well as the benefits derived through the manufacture of sulphuric acid, and otherwise, to the citizens of Georgia and of the South generally, and, WHEREAS, The State of Georgia is unwilling in any wise to waive its right, except under the terms and for the time as hereinafter set out, but has always insisted and now insists upon its right to an ultimate decree of injunction against either or both of said Copper Companies if the same should become necessary, and, WHEREAS, The State is willing to and desires, pending the final determination of said cause, to provide for the compensation by the Tennessee Copper Company to the extent as hereinafter provided of individual citizens of the State who may suffer injury at the hands of the said Tennessee Copper Company. Now therefore be it resolved by the General Assembly of Georgia, That the Governor of the State of Georgia be, and he is, hereby authorized and directed to enter into the following agreement with the Tennessee Copper Company for and on behalf of the State of Georgia, to-wit:

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In the Supreme Court of the United States, October Term, 1913. AGREEMENT AND STIPULATION. In the above entitled cause it is agreed and stipulated by and between the State of Georgia, by and through His Excellency, John M. Slaton, Governor of said State, hereinafter called the State and the Tennessee Copper Company, hereinafter call the company, as follows: 1. The company agrees that it will maintain and operate its acid plant and its acid making appliances and its processes at the highest practical state of efficiency. Acid plant, operation of. 2. The company further agrees that from and after the passage of this resolution, and up to October 1st, 1913, and from April 10th to October 1st, both inclusive, of each and every year, beginning with the year 1914, it will not, during the life of this agreement, operate more green ore furnaces than it finds necessary to permit of operating its sulphuric acid plant at its normal full capacity. Green ore furnaces, operation of. 3. The company shall make sworn reports to the Governor of the State, or such person as he may designate, as to the tonnage of green ore smelted and tonnage of acid made during operations under this contract, such reports to be made at such intervals, and in such form and manner as may be prescribed by the Governor of the State, or such person as he may designate, with full right on the part of such person as the Governor may designate, to inspect the plant of the company, at such time or times and for such period of time during the life of this contract between said

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dates of each year as to the Governor may seem advisable or necessary for his information as to such tonnage of ore smelted and acid made during said period from year to year, the compensation of such inspector not to exceed one hundred and twenty-five ($125.00) dollars per month during the time engaged in such work, to be paid by the Tennessee Copper Company on the warrant of the Governor, exclusive of the amount of sixteen thousand five hundred ($16,500.00) dollars hereinafter provided. Reports. Inspector. 4. The company agrees to set aside on or before August 15, 1913, and on or before January 10th, on every year thereafter during the life of this contract, in some National Bank to be selected by it and approved by the Governor, the sum of sixteen thousand five hundred ($16,500.00) dollars, which shall be available during that year, and during succeeding years as hereinafter provided, for the payment of awards that may be made for damages caused by Sulphur Dioxide Gases from the plant of the company, by a Board of Arbitration to be constituted as provided in clause 5 hereof. Fund to pay awards of damages. 5. Said Board of Arbitration shall be composed as follows: The Tennessee Copper Company shall appoint one arbitrator, whose compensation and expense shall be paid by the Tennessee Copper Company. The Governor of the State of Georgia shall appoint one arbitrator, whose compensation shall, together with actual expenses incurred, while engaged in work of such board, be paid out of the said fund. The Governor of the State of Georgia shall appoint a referee, who shall, when necessary, and upon notice as hereinafter provided, act as a standing umpire and whose compensation and actual expenses, while engaged in the work of such board shall be paid, one-half by the Tennessee Copper Company, and one-half out of said fund. The decision of the arbitrator for the State and for the company in cases where they agree shall be rendered in writing, and shall be final. Board of Arbitration. Whenever said two arbitrators cannot agree, they, or either of them shall notify said umpire by such notice as

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may be prescribed under the rules and regulations mentioned in the sixth paragraph hereof, and the decision of any two of the three members of said board as constituted shall be final. Said arbitrators shall personally investigate each claim submitted for arbitration hereunder by citizens of Georgia for damage to their crops or timber, caused by Sulphur Dioxide fumes from the plant of the company, and shall appraise such damage, if any, and make an award in cash out of said fund therefor, which award shall be paid upon such warrant as may be prescribed in the rules referred to in Section six hereof. 6. Immediately upon this contract becoming effective or as soon thereafter as may be convenient, the Governor of the State of Georgia or such person as he may designate, and a representative of the company, shall meet and formulate rules and regulations for the government of the arbitration proceedings satisfactory to the Governor. Rules governing arbitration proceedings. 7. Whenever there shall remain in said fund at the end of each or any year any portion thereof, the fund so remaining shall be cumulative, and such surplus shall be applied to the satisfaction of such awards as may be made in excess of sixteen thousand five hundred ($16,500.00) dollars during any succeeding year or years of the life of this contract, provided, however, that such balance as may remain of such accumulated fund at the expiration of this contract shall revert to the company. Whenever the expenses and compensation of the arbitrators appointed by the State of Georgia and the awards of such Board of Arbitration shall, in the aggregate exceed the sum of sixteen thousand five hundred ($16,500.00) dollars during any calendar year, such excess shall be paid out of the funds available for the following year or years during the life of this contract under such conditions as may be prescribed by the rules mentioned in the sixth paragraph hereof. Fund to pay awards, application of. The company agrees to be bound by each and every award made by said Board of Arbitration to the aggregate

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extent of and not exceeding the amount of money available for payment of such awards out of the sixteen thousand five hundred ($16,500.00) annual appropriation. Company bound by awards. 8. No citizen of the State of Georgia, having or claiming to have any right of action for damages on account of injury, shall be bound by the terms of this contract, unless such citizen shall voluntarily submit his claim to arbitration under the rules and regulations referred to in paragraph sixth. Submission of claims. 9. The State agrees that, provided this contract shall not have been breached by the company, it will not, within at least three years from and after October 1st, 1913, apply for injunction or other relief against the Tennessee Copper Company in the above entitled matter. Upon the termination of this agreement, whether by breach by the Tennessee Copper Company or by lapse of time, the rights and defenses of the parties hereto shall not be abridged, and the status of the above entitled cause shall be as though no contract had been entered into between the parties, and the State shall have the right to undertake to obtain relief therein, and the company shall have the right to undertake to make defense thereto, except that upon cancellation or termination hereof as above provided, the company agrees that it shall not have the right to and will not make the defense that the State has waived or been deprived of the right to an ultimate decree of injunction because this contract has been entered into between the parties hereto. Agreements upon part of State. 10. Whenever from time to time, in the opinion of the Governor of the State, there shall arise the necessity for a determination of the bona fide performance of this contract, then, upon thirty days written notice to the company, addressed to it at No. 2 Rector Street, New York City, the company shall appoint one arbitrator of its own selection; the State by the Governor, shall appoint the State Chemist of the State of Georgia, or such other person as the Governor may deem proper, as Arbitrator for the State; and such two arbitrators shall select some competent

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person as umpire, and in the event said two arbitrators cannot agree on an umpire, then such umpire shall be appointed by the President of the University of Virginia; which board so created shall determine the question of the bona fide performance of this contract, and a majority finding of such board on that question shall be final and binding upon the parties hereto, and in the event such finding is that there has been a breach of this contract by the company, the State may thereupon at its election, treat this contract as at an end, and the status of the above entitled cause shall thereupon be as though no contract had been entered into between the parties, and the State shall have the right to undertake to obtain relief therein, and the company shall have the right to undertake to make a defense thereto. In the event of cancellation, as provided in this clause, any funds then on deposit under the terms hereof, shall remain on deposit until exhausted by payments of such awards and expenses as may have theretofore been made or as may thereafter, during the period covered by this contract, be made under the terms hereof. Arbitration. 11. Neither of the parties hereto admits any of the claims or contentions of the other parties hereto in the above entitled cause, and nothing herein contained shall be construed as any admission by the company that any damage is now being or will hereafter be done to property of citizens of Georgia or to the State of Georgia. Nothing herein contained construed as an admission. 12. This contract unless terminated by breach as provided in paragraph 10 shall remain in effect for at least the period of time hereinbefore provided. It shall continue thereafter unless at least six months previous notice in writing shall be given by either party to the other party of its intention to terminate the contract. Period of contract, etc. This agreement is made subject to its being permitted by the court to be filed or entered in the above entitled cause in the Supreme Court of the United States in lieu of the stipulation heretofore entered at the October Term, 1910.

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Be it further resolved, That said agreement shall be binding and effective from and after the date of its execution. Resolved further, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this resolution be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved August 6, 1913. PROVIDING FOR APPOINTMENT OF A COMMISSION TO REVISE THE CIVIL AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE OF THE STATE. No. 13. A RESOLUTION. WHEREAS, The public interests require that the Civil and Criminal procedure now provided by law and followed in the courts of record in this State, of both original and appellate jurisdiction, should be subjected to such wholesome revision and alteration as will tend to make the same more consonant with the spirit of our times, with a view to the prevention of unnecessary and burdensome delays, in the administration of final justice between parties, litigant, and to the end that all litigation, contested and uncontested, may be advanced to final judgment as speedily as possible, with due regard to the rights of parties and the orderly administration of justice. Resolved by the Senate of Georgia, the House concurring, That a Commission of seven be constituted to consist of two members of the Senate, to be appointed by the President, three members of the House, to be appointed by the Speaker, and two citizens of this State skilled in knowledge of the law, to be appointed by the Governor, which Commission shall serve without compensation, and whose duties shall be to investigate and consider the subject of a general revision and alteration of the Civil and Criminal procedure

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now provided by law and followed in the courts of record in this State, of original as well as appellate jurisdiction, and report to the next session of the General Assembly, recommending or suggesting such legislation as will in the judgment of the commission provide the best revised system of procedure in the aforesaid courts. Commission to revise civil and criminal procedure. Approved August 16, 1913. PROVIDING FOR A COMMISSION TO INVESTIGATE THE SCHOOL BOOK CONDITION. No. 17. A RESOLUTION. WHEREAS, The contract for school books for the public schools of Georgia expires this year, and, WHEREAS, It appears that the present prices paid for school books are exorbitant when compared to the prices of other school books. Be it resolved therefore by the House of Representatives, the Senate concurring, That a joint committee of eight, composed of the State Superintendent of schools and two other members of the State Board of Education, in addition to said Superintendent, to be selected by said board, who, together with two members of the Senate appointed by the President of the Senate, and three members of the House appointed by the Speaker of the House, shall be a Committee to inquire into and report as soon as practicable on the reasonableness of the present price of school books, and inquire into the prices of books used elsewhere and also as to the practicability of the State furnishing school books for use in the public schools at cost of publication, and to make all investigation that may be necessary touching upon the furnishing of all books used in the Common and High Schools receiving State aid at cost of publication, and delivery of the same. Commission to investigate school book condition.

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Be it further resolved, That said Committee is hereby clothed with authority to subpoena witnesses, to take evidence, to employ a stenographer, and compel the production of documents and do such other acts as are necessary for this investigation. Be it further resolved, That said Committee shall make a report of its investigation, together with the testimony thereof, to the present session of the General Assembly, provided the investigation shall be concluded in time to render such report at the present session of the General Assembly. If the report, together with the testimony thereof be not rendered to the present session of the General Assembly, then such report, together with the testimony thereof, shall be made at the next regular session of the General Assembly. Be it further resolved, That said committee is authorized to sit at such times and places as said committee may direct, and if said investigation is not concluded before the adjournment of the present session of the General Assembly, then the members of said Committee, except the State Superintendent and two other members of the Board of Education selected by said board, shall receive each a per diem of four dollars and actual necessary expenses incurred in this investigation, except while the legislature is in session, which shall be sworn to, and when approved by the Chairman and Vice-Chairman of the Committee, said per diem and expenses shall be paid out of any fund in the State Treasury not otherwise appropriated. Be it further resolved, That the State Board of Education or School Book Commission is hereby authorized to make new contracts or in its discretion renew the present contracts for school books for five years at the regular time as provided by law, this year with the proviso that said contract can be abrogated as to any adoption after twelve months notice to the publishers of said book or books.

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Be it further resolved that all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this resolution be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved August 18, 1913. RECOMMENDING PRESERVATION OF FORT FREDERICA. No. 14. A RESOLUTION. Recommending the preservation by the United States of Fort Frederica, St. Simons Island, Georgia. WHEREAS, General James Edward Oglethorpe, A. D. 1735, erected Fort Frederica at Fort Frederica upon the Island of St. Simons in the County of Glynn and State of Georgia and then by his determined opposition and his victory at the Battle of Bloody Marsh, overthrew the Spanish invasion and established the safety of the people of Georgia, and, Fort Frederica, recommendation to preserve. WHEREAS, The patriotic ladies of Georgia have at much expense erected suitable monuments commemorating that battle, and, WHEREAS, said Fort is in part immediately upon the shore and exposed to the attacks of the waters of Frederica River, and some years ago, by the encroachment of the waters, had been partially destroyed but was restored by those ladies as best they could with the limited means at their command, but such restoration was necessarily limited, and, WHEREAS, it now appears that the waters are rapidly washing the adjacent banks and undermining the foundation of said Fort and that unless steps are taken for its preservation, the entire building will be lost,

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Therefore be it, and it is, hereby resolved by the Senate of Georgia, the House of Representatives concurring therein, That the Congress of the United States is recommended and earnestly requested to provide for an accurate survey of that portion of the waters of Frederica River aforesaid, adjacent to and bearing upon the western shore of the Island of St. Simons at said Fort Frederick or Frederica, with a view to ascertaining the cost of protecting the same from the future encroachment of the waters and preserving the said Fort for the benefit of the people of Georgia and as a part of the history of the state. Resolved further, That if the said survey, having been made, shows that the object sought, namely: The protection and preservation of said Fort is feasible, that the Congress of the United States is hereby urged to make such appropriation of money as may be necessary to effectuate such preservation. Approved August 16, 1913. RELATIVE TO HONORABLE JOHN C. HART. No. 6. A RESOLUTION. WHEREAS, it is announced that the Honorable John C. Hart of the County of Greene will be appointed by His Excellency, the Governor, Tax Commissioner of this State in accordance with an Act this day approved, and that the said John C. Hart has signified his willingness to accept said appointment, and WHEREAS, The said John C. Hart is now under contract with the State of Georgia to represent the State in certain suits for taxes brought against several railroad corporations of this State, his compensation being conditional upon recovery, and, Appointment as Commissioner shall not affect existing contracts with State.

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WHEREAS, His duties as Tax Commissioner would in no wise conflict with his performance of his part of the contract or contracts aforesaid, it is, Resolved by the General Assembly of Georgia, That it is the sense of the General Assembly that the acceptance on the part of the Honorable John C. Hart of the office of Tax Commissioner of this State and his performance of the duties of said office should and will conflict in no wise with any contracts existing between the said John C. Hart as attorney, and the State of Georgia; and, Further, That the appointment of the said John C. Hart to the office aforesaid and his acceptance of same will not and should not nullify or void the future operation of said contracts. Approved August 16, 1913. RELATIVE TO PREPARING STATEMENT OF UNFINISHED BUSINESS OF LEGISLATURE. No. 10. A RESOLUTION. Resolved by the House of Representatives, the Senate concurring, That Jno. T. Boifeuillet, Clerk of the House, and C. S. Northen, Secretary of the Senate, be instructed to prepare, publish and mail to each member of the General Assembly a statement showing the unfinished business of this session at the time of adjournment, and the states of each pending bill and resolution. Unfinished business of Legislature. Approved August 16, 1913,

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RELATIVE TO UNFINISHED BUSINESS OF GENERAL ASSEMBLY. No. 9. A RESOLUTION. Resolved by the House of Representatives, the Senate concurring, That the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President of the Senate, the Clerk of the House of Representatives and the Secretary of the Senate be, and they are, hereby authorized to remain at the Capitol five days after the adjournment of the General Assembly for the purpose of affixing their official signatures to all bills and resolutions passed previous to said adjournment, and that they be allowed their per diem for said time. Unfinished business of General Assembly. Resolved, That the Chairman, respectively of the enrollment and Auditing Committees of the House and Senate, together with the members of the Senate Enrollment Committee, and eight members of the House Enrollment Committee to be designated by the Chairman thereof, and two members of the House auditing Committee and two members of the Senate Auditing Committee, to be designated by the Chairman thereof, and the Chairman of the House Engrossing Committee and four members of the House Engrossing Committee, to be designated by the Chairman thereof be, and they are, hereby authorized to remain at the Capitol five days after the adjournment of the General Assembly for the purpose of bringing up the unfinished business of the session, and that they be allowed their per diem for said time. Resolved further, That the Postmistress of the House be, and she is hereby authorized to remain at the Capitol five days after the adjournment of the General Assembly for the purpose of distributing and forwarding the members mail, and that she be allowed her per diem for said time.

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Resolved further, That two porters of the House and two porters of the Senate be, and they are, hereby authorized to remain at the Capitol five days after the adjournment of the General Assembly, and that they be allowed their per diem for said time. Approved August 16, 1913. RELATIVE TO UNFINISHED BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. No. 11. A RESOLUTION. Resolved by the House, the Senate concurring, That all bills, resolutions, etc., on the Calendar and undisposed of at the adjournment of the present session of the General Assembly go over to the next regular session to convene in 1914, as unfinished business of the present session. Unfinished business in House. Approved August 16, 1913. RELATIVE TO A LEGISLATIVE REFERENCE BUREAU. No. 18. A RESOLUTION. WHEREAS, The members of the General Assembly of Georgia are often in need of accurate information relating to proposed legislation and matters pertaining to the welfare of the State; and, WHEREAS, There is not now in the State a reference library or place where such information may be quickly had; and,

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WHEREAS, The Congress of the United States and the General Assemblies of many of the States of the Union have created Legislative Reference Bureaus for the purpose of supplying such information; Be it resolved by the House of Representatives, the Senate concurring, 1. That a Commission of five be appointed by the Governor to investigate the workings of the legislative reference bureaus of other States, and report to the next session of the General Assembly its opinions and findings as to the advisability of establishing such a bureau in Georgia, the probable cost of installing and operating, and other matters pertinent thereto. Commission to investigate Legislative Reference Bureaus. 2. That the State Librarian and at least one member from each the House and Senate, be members of said Commission. 3. That the Members of said Commission shall serve without expense to the State. Approved August 19, 1913.

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Report of W. J. Speer, Treasurer, Showing Receipts and Disbursements at the State Treasury for Year Ending December 31, 1912. RECEIPTS. Dr. Dr. 1912 1911 To Balance in the Treasury $ 727,076.00 $ 618,923.85 To Abstract Companies' Tax 45.00 63.00 To Attorneys' Fees, Supreme Court 20.00 ..... To Adding Machine Companies 90.00 90.00 To Agencies 1,080.00 1,440.00 To Artists 1,980.23 2,026.00 To Auctioneers 742.50 855.00 To Automobile Agents 11,565.00 9,518.50 To Back Taxes 17,501.88 ..... To Ball and Other Parks 112.50 112.50 To Bicycles 1,107.00 999.00 To Billiards and Pool 44,226.64 40,700.62 To Bottlers 4,207.50 4,458.50 To Building and Loan Fees ..... ..... To Cash Registers 540.00 ..... To Cigarette Dealers 29,050.38 27,533.86 To Clerks' Cost Court of Appeals 287.50 1,586.75 To Clerks' Cost Supreme Court 1,047.50 ..... To Cold Storage Tax 6,426.00 6,403.50 To Corporation Tax (ad valorem) 47,336.13 44,476.17 To Cost on Fi Fas .50 4.50 To Detective Agents 18.00 18.00 To Directory Tax ..... 90.00 To Fines and Forfeitures 500.00 ..... To Dividends on Stocks 2,782.00 2,735.50 To Dog Tax 92,598.52 120,817.98 To Electric Shows 7,591.50 5,887.00 To Express Companies' Tax 6,096.03 6,037.02 To Fees from Fertilizers 70,722.13 78,310.24 To Fees from Pure Food 16,697.29 16,083.66 To Games 1,251.00 1,831.00 To Game Protection Fund 8,500.00 2,000.00 To General Tax 3,302,490.20 2,989,490.33 To Insolvent General Tax 1,039.85 5,405.76 To Insolvent Poll Tax 223.80 1,422.87 To Insolvent Dog Tax 16.88 4.97 To Insurance Agents 15,997.50 16,537.50 To Insurance Fees 33,503.20 30,738.47 To Insurance Tax by Companies 165,374.42 152,040.64 To Interest from Depositories 9,352.71 8,674.10 To Investment Companies 200.00 400.00 To Lease Indian Springs 110.00 110.00 To License Fees, Near Beer 243,540.00 248,855.00 To Lightning Rods 90.00 90.00 To Loan Agents 324.00 468.00 To Locker Tax 37,980.00 21,150.00 To Manufacturers Soft Drinks 2,388.22 2,122.64 To Money Refunded 147.64 1,949.42 To Mowing Machine Agents 130.00 ..... To Northeastern Railroad 3,745.00 3,745.00 To Occupation Tax (Capital) 46,665.32 48,306.15 To Office Fees 19,258.18 26,663.00 To Oil Fees 34,179.39 20,500.18 To Palmists 378.00 247.50 To Pawnbrokers 10,057.50 8,707.50 To Peddlers 16,605.00 9,807.43 To Pensions Refunded 23,454.10 18,744.31 To Pistols 7,717.50 9,134.00 To Poll Tax 296,231.78 296,251.44 To Railroad Tax 548,882.51 554,867.88 To Railroad News Companies 540.00 540.00 To Real Estate Agents 3,222.00 3,535.97 To Rental W. A. Railroad 420,012.00 420,012.00 To Rental Public Property ..... 120.00 To Rinks 94.00 189.00 To Sale of Acts 823.96 1,023.06 To Sale of Codes 1,059.60 5,250.90 To Sale of Journals 14.50 11.50 To Sale of Records 197.20 316.30 To Sale of Court of Appeal Reports 3,479.61 2,361.05 To Sale of Supreme Court Reports 11,457.35 11,299.71 To Sale of Crops 28,678.73 ..... To Sale of Rubbish 54.36 20.00 To Sewing Machine Agents 2,797.00 2,718.00 To Sewing Machine Companies 1,500.00 1,500.00 To Show Tax 11,195.50 8,778.70 To Sleeping Car Companies 3,839.95 3,232.50 To Slot Machines 1,541.25 1,758.19 To Soda Fount Tax 6,033.03 6,014.25 To Specialists 99.00 189.00

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To Street Railroad Tax 82,872.56 ..... To Telegraph Tax 5,312.85 5,279.81 To Telephone Companies' Tax 34,142.32 30,637.61 To Temporary Loan 200,000.00 200,000.00 To Traders 211.50 270.00 To Typewriter Agents 495.00 445.50 To Weighing Scales 121.50 144.00 To Wild Lands Sale 109.20 1,419.19 To Building Loan Association ..... 10.00 To Insurance Public Property ..... 337.73 To Mowing Machine Companies ..... 30.00 To Sale of School Land ..... 490.00 Total $ 6,741,185.90 $ 6,177,370.21

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DISBURSEMENTS. Cr. Cr. 1912 1911 By Academy for Blind $ 30,000.00 $ 22,999.96 By Agricultural Schools 110,000.00 132,000.00 By Binding Codes 305.15 206.40 By Binding Journals 550.00 550.00 By Board of Health 31,000.00 21,500.00 By Civil Establishment 230,817.66 228,731.78 By Clerk's Cost Court of Appeals ..... 1,012.50 By College for Colored 7,340.00 8,000.00 By Cemetery (Confederate) Marietta ..... 2,300.00 By Cemetery Resaca ..... 1,500.00 By Contingent Fund 16,544.79 15,974.61 By Contingent Fund Railroad Commission 3,000.00 3,000.00 By Contingent Fund Court of Appeals 1,386.42 1,380.43 By Contingent Fund Supreme Court 896.91 1,260.14 By Department of Agriculture 42,232.15 33,092.79 By Georgia Experiment Station 711.97 595.34 By Geological Fund 9,370.83 9,191.78 By Georgia Normal and Industrial College 44,844.30 81,205.70 By Georgia Normal and Industrial College, Special ..... ..... By Horticultural Fund 23,104.00 27,000.00 By Incidental Expense General Assembly 69.43 60.25 By Indexing House and Senate Journals 150.00 150.00 By Indian Springs Public Comfort House 110.00 110.00 By Inspection of Oils 1,469.57 1,200.00 By Insurance Public Buildings, Etc 37,138.54 1,105.94 By Land Script Fund Interest 6,314.14 6,314.14 By Legislative Pay Roll 75,992.95 68,448.67 By Library Fund 2,881.18 2,517.69 By Library Fund, Court of Appeals 1,839.06 1,150.01 By Military Fund 27,500.00 30,328.32 By North Georgia College (Dahlonega) 19,730.00 21,500.00 By Overpayment Taxes Refunded 11,401.91 5,531.23 By Pension Fund 1,215,940.00 1,199,209.00 By Pension Fund, Special Appropriation ..... ..... By Prison Fund 84,999.93 79,999.99 By Printing Fund 47,383.69 32,909.11 By Printing Fund Geological Department 4,470.76 1,350.00 By Printing Fund Railroad Commission 1,985.14 2,279.26 By Public Buildings and Grounds 37,886.58 28,413.42 By Publishing Ga. Records (Colonial Confederate) 2,706.64 7,409.60 By Publishing Georgia Reports 9,872.38 7,852.52 By Public Debt 382,785.00 388,085.00 By Rate Expert Fund 4,112.48 2,604.06 By Reprinting Georgia Reports, Old ..... ..... By Reward Fund 2,400.00 3,150.00 By Roster Fund 3,242.83 1,460.40 By School for the Deaf 39,681.34 47,326.66 By School Fund 2,123,096.15 1,875,338.61 By School of Technology 68,750.00 105,000.00 By School of Technology, Special Appropriation ..... ..... By Soldiers' Home 35,000.00 25,000.00 By Solicitors-Generals' Fees 7,150.00 7,880.00 By Special Appropriations, Miscellaneous 21,216.09 7,680.17 By Special Appropriations, 1st District School 2,000.00 ..... By Special Appropriations, 3d District School 2,000.00 ..... By Special Appropriations ..... ..... By State Normal School 38,500.00 46,874.75 By State Sanitarium 530,000.00 468,991.99 By State University, Support Fund 56,125.00 45,500.00 By State University for Agricultural College 94,700.00 60,000.00 By State University for Farmers' Institute 2,500.00 2,500.00 By State University for Summer School 5,000.00 5,000.00 By Stationery, General Assembly 1,136.61 273.49 By Tuberculosis Sanitarium 19,753.54 50,000.00 By Temporary Loan Refunded ..... 201,000.00 By Agricultural, Industrial and Normal, Valdosta 30,000.00 ..... By Johnson Monument Fund 2,500.00 ..... By Department Commerce and Labor 4,063.54 ..... By Game Protection Fund 7,416.88 ..... By Inspection of Fertilizers 1,842.85 ..... By Printing and Binding Codes ..... 17,288.50 By Insurance Department Fund 750.20 ..... Total $ 5,627,668.59 $ 5,450,294.21 By Balance in State Treasury Dec. 30, 1911 ..... 727,076.00 By Balance in State Treasury Dec. 31, 1912 1,113,517.31 ..... $ 6,741,185.90 $ 6,177,370.21

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Supreme Court of Georgia HON. WILLIAM H. FISH Chief Justice. HON. BEVERLY D. EVANS Presiding Justice. HON. JOSEPH HENRY LUMPKIN Associate Justice. HON. MARCUS W. BECK Associate Justice. HON. SAML. C. ATKINSON Associate Justice. HON. H. W. HILL Associate Justice. GEORGE W. STEVENS Reporter. JOHN M. GRAHAM Assistant Reporter. Z. D. HARRISON Clerk. W. E. TALLEY Deputy Clerk. JAMES W. VAUGHAN Sheriff. Court of Appeals of Georgia HON. R. B. RUSSELL Chief Judge. HON. J. R. POTTLE Judge HON. L. S. ROAN Judge. GEORGE W. STEVENS Reporter. JOHN M. GRAHAM Assistant Reporter. LOGAN BLECKLEY Clerk. W. E. TALLEY Deputy Clerk. P. W. DERRICK Sheriff.

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Superior Court Calendar for 1914 ALBANY CIRCUIT. HON. FRANK PARK, Sylvester, Judge; R. C. BELL, Cairo, Solicitor-General. BakerThird Mondays in March and September. CalhounFirst Mondays in June and December. DecaturSecond Mondays in May and November. DoughertyFourth Mondays in March and September. GradyFirst Mondays in March and September. MitchellSecond Mondays in April and October. TurnerFirst Mondays in February and August. WorthFourth Mondays in January, April, July and October. ATLANTA CIRCUIT. HON. JOHN T. PENDLETON, Atlanta, Judge; HON. WM. D. ELLIS, Atlanta, Judge; HON. GEORGE L. BELL, Atlanta, Judge; HON. B. H. HILL, Atlanta, Judge; HUGH M. DORSEY, Atlanta, Solicitor-General. FultonFirst Mondays in January, March, May, July, September, and November. ATLANTIC CIRCUIT. HON. WALTER W. SHEPPARD, Savannah, Judge; N. J. NORMAN, Savannah, Solicitor-General. BryanFirst Mondays in May and November. EffinghamThird Mondays in April and October. LibertyThird Mondays in February and September. McIntoshFourth Monday in May and first Monday in December. TattnallFirst Mondays in January, April, July, and October. AUGUSTA CIRCUIT. HON. HENRY C. HAMMOND, Augusta, Judge; A. L. FRANKLIN, Augusta, Solicitor-General. BurkeFirst Mondays in April and October. ColumbiaFourth Mondays in March and September. JenkinsSecond Mondays in March and September. McDuffieFirst Mondays in March and September. RichmondThird Mondays in January, March, May, July, September and November.

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BLUE RIDGE CIRCUIT. HON. H. L. PATTERSON, Cumming, Judge; HERBERT CLAY, Marietta, Solicitor-General. CherokeeFourth Monday in February and first Monday in August. CobbSecond Monday in March, third Monday in July, and third Monday in November. FanninFourth Monday in May and third Monday in October. ForsythThird Monday in March and fourth Monday in August. GilmerThird Monday in May and second Monday in October. MiltonFirst Monday in March and third Monday in August. PickensFirst Monday in April and fourth Monday in September. BRUNSWICK CIRCUIT. HON. C. B. CONYERS, Brunswick, Judge; J. H. THOMAS, Jesup, Solicitor-General. ApplingSecond and third Mondays in March and October. CamdenFirst Mondays in April and November. GlynnThird Mondays in May and December, and continuing as long as business may require. Jeff DavisThird and fourth Mondays in February and September. WayneThird and fourth Tuesdays in April and November. CHATTAHOOCHEE CIRCUIT. HON. S. P. GILBERT, Columbus, Judge; GEORGE C. PALMER, Columbus, Solicitor-General. ChattahoocheeFourth Mondays in February and August. HarrisSecond Mondays in April and October. MarionFourth Mondays in April and October. MuscogeeFirst Mondays in February, August and November, and second Monday in May. TalbotSecond Mondays in March and September. TaylorFirst Mondays in April and October. CHEROKEE CIRCUIT. HON. A. W. FITE, Cartersville, Judge; SAM P. MADDOX, Dalton, Solicitor-General. BartowSecond Mondays in January and July. CatoosaFirst Mondays in February and August. DadeThird Mondays in March and September. GordonFourth Mondays in February, May, August, and November. MurraySecond Mondays in February, May, August, and November. WhitfieldFirst Mondays in January and April, fourth Monday in July and second Monday in October.

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Solicitor-General. CORDELE CIRCUIT. HON. W. F. GEORGE, Vienna, Judge; J. B. WALL, Fitzgerald, Ben HillFirst and second Mondays in April and October. CrispThird Mondays in February, May, August and November. DoolyFirst and second Mondays in May and November. IrwinThird and Fourth Mondays in April and October. WilcoxThird Mondays in March, June, September and December. COWETA CIRCUIT. HON. R. W. FREEMAN, Newman, Judge; J. R. TERRELL, Greenville, Solicitor-General. CarrollFirst Mondays in April and October. CowetaFirst Mondays in March and September. HeardThird Mondays in March and September. MeriwetherThird Mondays in February and August. TroupFirst Mondays in February and August. DUBLIN CIRCUIT. HON. K. J. HAWKINS, Dublin, Judge; E. L. STEPHENS, Wrightsville, Solicitor-General. JohnsonThird Mondays in March and September. LaurensFourth Mondays in January, April, July and October (each term two weeks). TwiggsSecond Mondays in January, April, July and October. EASTERN CIRCUIT. HON. WALTER G. CHARLTON, Savannah, Judge; WALTER C. HARTRIDGE, Savannah, Solicitor-General. ChathamFirst Mondays in March, June and December, and last Monday in October. FLINT CIRCUIT. HON. ROBERT T. DANIEL, Griffin, Judge; E. M. OWEN, Zebulon, Solicitor-General. ButtsThird Mondays in February and August. FayetteThird Mondays in March and September. HenryThird Mondays in April and October. MonroeFirst Monday in February and fourth Monday in August. PikeFirst Mondays in April and October. SpaldingThird Monday in January and first Monday in August. UpsonFirst Mondays in May and November.

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MACON CIRCUIT. HON. H. A. MATHEWS, Fort Valley, Judge; JOHN P. ROSS, Macon, Solicitor-General. BibbFirst Monday in February, third Mondays in April and July, and first Monday in November. CrawfordThird Mondays in March and October. HoustonFirst Mondays in April and October. MIDDLE CIRCUIT. HON. B. T. RAWLINGS, Sandersville, Judge; R. LEE MOORE, Statesboro, Solicitor-General. BullochFourth Mondays in April and October. EmanuelSecond Mondays in January, April, July and October. JeffersonSecond Mondays in May and November. ScrevenThird Mondays in May and November. ToombsFourth Mondays in February, May, August and November. WashingtonFirst Mondays in March and September. NORTHEASTERN CIRCUIT. HON. J. B. JONES, Gainesville, Judge; ROBERT McMILLAN, Clarkesville, Solicitor-General. DawsonThird Monday in March and fourth Monday in October. HabershamFirst Monday in March and second Monday in August. HallThird Mondays in January and July. LumpkinThird Mondays in April and October. RabunFourth Mondays in February and August. StephensSecond Monday in February and first Monday in September. TownsFourth Mondays in March and September. UnionFirst Mondays in April and October. WhiteSecond Mondays in April and October. NORTHERN CIRCUIT. HON. DAVID W. MEADOW, Elberton, Judge; Thomas J. Brown, Elberton, Solicitor-General. ElbertSecond Mondays in March and September. FranklinFourth Mondays in March and September. (Also third Mondays in January and Julymaking four terms yearlyif so determined by election to be held December 3, 1913.) HartFourth Mondays in February and August. MadisonFirst Mondays in March and September, second Monday in January and fourth Monday in July. OglethorpeThird Mondays in March and September.

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OCMULGEE CIRCUIT. HON. JAMES B. PARK, Greensboro, Judge; J. E. POTTLE, Milledgeville, Solicitor-General. BaldwinSecond Mondays in January and July. GreeneFourth Monday in January and fourth Monday in July. HancockFourth Mondays in March and September. JasperThird Mondays in February and August. JonesThird Mondays in April and October. MorganFirst Mondays in March and September. PutnamThird Mondays in March and September. WilkinsonFirst Mondays in April and October. OCONEE CIRCUIT. HON. E. D. GRAHAM, McRae, Judge; W. A. WOOTEN, Eastman, Solicitor-General. BleckleySecond Monday in January and first Monday in July. DodgeThird and fourth Mondays in May and November. MontgomeryFirst Mondays in February, May, August and November. PulaskiSecond and third Mondays in February and August. (If City Court is abolished by election to be held October 7, 1913, the terms of the Superior Court shall be as follows: Second Mondays in March, June, September and December.) TelfairThird Mondays in April and October. WheelerFirst Mondays in March and September. PATAULA CIRCUIT. HON. W. C. WORRILL, Cuthbert, Judge; B. T. CASTELLOW, Cuthbert, Solicitor-General. ClayThird Mondays in March and September. EarlyFirst Mondays in April and October. MillerFourth Mondays in April and October. QuitmanSecond Mondays in March and September. RandolphFirst Mondays in May and November. TerrellFourth Mondays in May and November. ROME CIRCUIT. HON. MOSES WRIGHT, Rome, Judge; W. H. ENNIS, Rome, Solicitor-General. ChattoogaSecond Mondays in March and September. FloydSecond Mondays in January and July. WalkerThird Mondays in February, May, August, and November.

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SOUTHERN CIRCUIT. HON. W. E. THOMAS, Valdosta, Judge; JOHN A. WILKES, Moultrie, Solicitor-General. BerrienThird Mondays in March and September. BrooksFirst Mondays in May and November. ColquittFirst Mondays in April and October, and third Mondays in January and July. EcholsTuesdays after second Mondays in March and September. LowndesThird Mondays in May and November. ThomasThird weeks in April and October. TiftFirst Mondays in July and December. SOUTHWESTERN CIRCUIT. HON. Z. A. LITTLEJOHN, Americus, Judge; J. R. WILLIAMS, Americus, Solicitor-General. LeeFirst Mondays in May and November. MaconSecond Mondays in May and November. SchleySecond Mondays in April and October. StewartThird Mondays in April and October. SumterFourth Mondays in May and November. WebsterFirst Mondays in April and October. STONE MOUNTAIN CIRCUIT. HON. C. S. REID, Palmetto, Judge; GEO. M. NAPIER, Atlanta, Solicitor-General. CampbellFirst and second Mondays in February and August. ClaytonFourth Mondays in February and August. DeKalbFirst Mondays in March, June, September and December. NewtonFirst Monday in January, and third Mondays in March, July and September. RockdaleFirst Mondays in April and October. TALLAPOOSA CIRCUIT. HON. PRICE EDWARDS, Buchanan, Judge; J. R. HUTCHESON, Douglasville, Solicitor-General. DouglasThird Mondays in March and September. HaralsonThird Mondays in January and July. PauldingSecond Monday in February and first Mondays in May, August and November. PolkFourth Mondays in February and August.

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TOOMBS CIRCUIT. HON. B. F. WALKER, Gibson, Judge; R. C. NORMAN, Washington, Solicitor-General. GlascockThird Mondays in February, May, August and November. LincolnFourth Mondays in April, July, October and January. TaliaferroFourth Mondays in February, May, August and November. WarrenFirst Mondays in April, July, October and January. WilkesFirst Mondays in May, August, November and February. WAYCROSS CIRCUIT. HON. T. A. PARKER, Waycross, Judge; M. D. DICKERSON, Douglas, Solicitor-General. CharltonFirst Mondays in March and October. ClinchFourth Mondays in March and October. CoffeeFirst and second Mondays in February and September. PierceSecond Mondays in April and November. WareFirst and second Mondays in May and December. WESTERN CIRCUIT. HON. CHAS. H. BRAND, Athens, Judge; J. B. GAMBLE, Athens, Solicitor-General. BanksThird Mondays in March and September. ClarkeSecond Mondays in April and October. GwinnettFirst Mondays in March, June, September and December. JacksonFirst Mondays in February and August. OconeeFourth Mondays in January and July. WaltonThird Mondays in February and August.

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INDEX A ABBEVILLE, CITY COURT OF Abolished 141 AGRICULTURAL DEPARTMENT Appropriation 26 AGRICULTURE, COMMISSIONER OF Duty of as to inspection fees 42 ALAMO, TOWN OF Charter amended 473 Public school system established, election to ratify 474 ALINE, TOWN OF Incorporated 481 ALSTON, TOWN OF Charter amended 484 AMENDMENT TO CONSTITUTION Salary of Judge of Superior Court of Bibb County 30 AMERICUS, CITY OF Charter amended 490 Charter amended 490 ANSWERS OR PETITIONS How verified beyond limits of the State 56 APPLING COUNTY Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues and Board of Road and Bridge Commissioners abolished 315 Board of Commissioners created 316 APPROPRIATIONS For expenses of the Government 1914 and 1915 7 For Agricultural Department, Chemical Department 26

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For repair of Capitol Building and Executive Mansion 26 For State Board of Entomology 27 For salaries of Pure Food and Drug Department 28 For salary of clerk in insurance department 1287 For salary of second assistant State Librarian 1288 To pay refund to J. H. Oxford et al 1289 To pay expenses of T. H. Kimbrough as member of Cotton Tare Committee 1289 ARLINGTON, TOWN OF Charter amended 492 ATHENS, CITY COURT OF Act creating amended 143 ATHENS, CITY OF Charter amended 495 Charter amended 497 Commission Government, election for 499 ATLANTA, CITY OF Charter amended 507 Municipal Court established 145 ATLANTA, JUDICIAL CIRCUIT Additional Judge for 72 AUTOMOBILES Use of Regulated 75 AUGUSTA, CITY OF Election how held 604 Board of Civil Service Commission created 612 Charter amended 618 B BEN HILL COUNTY Board of Commissioners, Act creating amended 327 Commissioners of, election of 336 BIBB COUNTY Pollution of Ocmulgee River prohibited 338 Act authorizing bonds repealed 340

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Bonds of, how issued 341 Appropriation for Macon Hospital 343 Salary of Judge of Superior Court 30 BLACKSHEAR, CITY OF Charter amended 619 BLECKLEY COUNTY Office of Commissioner created 345 BOARD OF ENTOMOLOGY, (STATE) Appropriation for 27 BOARD OF MEDICAL EXAMINERS, (STATE) Established 101 BOLL WEEVIL Quarantine against 46 BONDS, STOCKS, DEBENTURES, SECURITIES Regulation of sale of 117 BOSTON State depository in 40 BOTTLING PLANTS Taxation of 37 BOX SPRINGS, TOWN OF Incorporated 623 BRIDGES, (PUBLIC) CAUSEWAYS AND APPROACHES TO Maintenance of between counties 79 BROOKS, TOWN OF Charter appealed 628 New charter for 629 BUFORD, CITY OF Charter amended 632 BUILDING AND LOAN ASSOCIATIONS Law amended 54 BRYAN COUNTY, COUNTY COURT OF Established 178

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BULLOCH COUNTY Board of Commissioners, Act creating amended 348 C CAMILLA, CITY COURT OF Act creating amended 180 CAMILLA, CITY OF Charter amended 633 CAMILLA, SCHOOL DISTRICT OF Election to incorporate 635 CANTON, TOWN OF Public school system amended 640 CAPITOL BUILDING AND EXECUTIVE MANSION Appropriation for repair of 26 CARNESVILLE, CITY OF New charter for 641 CATOOSA COUNTY Road tax authorized 349 CAUSEWAYS AND APPROACHES TO PUBLIC BRIDGES Maintenance of between counties 79 CHARLTON COUNTY Board of Commissioners, Act creating amended 350 CHARTERS Judges authorized to grant in vacation 100 Railroad, extension of 32 CHATHAM COUNTY Commission, Act creating amended 351 Act to assist Georgia Infirmary repealed 353 Governor authorized to call out National Guard 1291 CHATTAHOOCHEE COUNTY Board of Commissioners created 353

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CHEMICAL DEPARTMENT Appropriation for 26 CHICKAMAUGA, CITY OF Incorporated 665 CHILDREN'S COURTS Presiding officers 58 CHILDREN, MINOR Custody of 110 CIVIL AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE Commission to revise 1302 CLARKE COUNTY Board of Commissioners, authorized to adjust certain claims 357 Board of Commissioners, act creating amended, election to ratify 358 CLAYTON, CITY OF Board of Education 672 CLERK IN INSURANCE DEPARTMENT Appropriation to pay salary of 1287 CLERKS OF SUPERIOR COURTS Recordation of maps, etc. 79 CLERMONT, TOWN OF Incorporated 674 COCHRAN State depository in 41 COCHRAN, CITY OF Charter amended 677 CODE AMENDMENTS (CODE OF 1895) Vol. 2, Sec. 2166, as amended by Act approved August 10, 1910, railroads, extension of charters 32 CODE AMENDMENTS, (CODE OF 1910) Vol. 1, Sec. 950, occupation tax required of corporations 34

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Vol. 1, Sec. 951, foreign corporations, occupation on license tax 35 Vol. 1, Sec. 964, taxation of bottling plants 37 Vol. 1, Sec. 1079, taxation of property, contests between counties 38 Vol. 1, Sec. 1249, Boston, State depository in 40 Vol. 1, Sec. 1249, Cochran, State depository in 41 Vol. 1, Sec. 1795, Commissioner of Agriculture, duty of as to inspection fees 42 Vol. 1, Sec. 1811, General Oil Inspector, salary of 43 Vol. 1, Sec. 2104, Food and Drugs, pure 44 Vol. 1, Secs. 2135 and 2136, Quarantine against Boll Weevil 46 Vol. 1, Sec. 2201, Corporations, change of name, capital stock or places of business 49 Vol. 1, Sec. 2571, navigation companies, directors of 51 Vol. 1, Sec. 2584, railroads, forfeiture of powers 52 Vol. 1, Sec. 2878, building and loan associations and savings and loan companies 54 Vol. 1, Sec. 5645, verification of petition or answer beyond limits of State 6 Vol. 2, Sec. 414, trains, freight, running of on Sunday 57 Vol. 2, Sec. 887, children's courts, presiding officers 58 COFFEE COUNTY Board of Commissioners, abolised 363 Board of Commissioners, created 364 COLLEGE PARK, CITY OF Charter amended 682 COLQUITT, CITY OF Charter amended 692 Charter amended 692 Charter amended 693 COLUMBIA COUNTY Insolvent criminal costs 371 COLUMBUS, CITY OF Charter amended 695

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Charter amended 697 Election for Commission Government 698 COMER, TOWN OF Charter repealed 728 COMER, CITY OF Incorporated 728 COMMERCE AND LABOR, DEPARTMENT OF Act creating amended 82 COMMISSION In regard to lease of Western Atlantic Railroad 137 To investigate school book condition 1303 To revise civil and criminal procedure 1302 COMMISSIONER OF AGRICULTURE Duty of as to inspection fees 42 COMMISSIONER, (STATE TAX) Provided for 123 COMMITTEE To visit institutions for deaf and dumb 1291 To visit convict camps 1292 To visit State Sanitarium 1293 CONSTITUTION, AMENDMENT TO Salary of Judge of superior court of Bibb County 30 CONVICT CAMPS Committee to visit 1292 CORDELE, CITY OF Bond commission provided for 753 Charter amended 756 CORPORATIONS Change of name, capital stock, or place of business 49 Occupation tax of domestic 34 Occupation tax of foreign 35 COTTON TARE COMMITTEE Appropriation to pay expenses of T. H. Kimbrough 1289

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COTTON, TOWN OF Incorporated 757 COUNTIES, TAXATION OF PROPERTY Contests between 38 COUNTY MATTERS Appling County, Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues and Board of Road and Bridge Commissioners abolished 315 Appling County, Board of Commissioners created, election to ratify 316 Ben Hill County, Board of Commissioners, Act creating amended 327 Ben Hill County, Commissioners of, election of 336 Bibb County, Pollution of Ocmulgee River prohibited 338 Bibb County, Act authorizing bonds repealed 340 Bibb County, Bonds of, how issued 341 Bibb County, appropriation for Macon Hospital 343 Bleckley County, office of Commissioner created 345 Bulloch County, Board of Commissioners, Act creating amended 348 Catoosa County, road tax authorized 349 Charlton County, Board of Commissioners, Act creating amended 350 Chatham County, Commission, Act creating amended 351 Chatham County, Act to assist Georgia Infirmary repealed 353 Chattahoochee County, Board of Commissioners created 353 Clarke County, Board of Commissioners authorized to adjust certain claims 357 Clarke County, Board of Commissioners, Act creating amended, election to ratify 358 Coffee County, Board of Commissioners abolished 363 Coffee County, Board of Commissioners created 364 Columbia County, insolvent criminal costs 371 Dodge County, Commissioner, office of, Act creating amended 372

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Dooly County, Board of Commissioners, Act creating repealed 373 Dooly County, Board of Commissioners created 373 Dougherty County, Commissioners of, authorized to make contract with Albany Hospital Association 381 Early County, Board of Commissioners, Act Creating amended 382 Elbert County, Board of Commissioners, Act creating amended 385 Forsyth County, compensation of Ordinary 389 Franklin County, Board of Commissioners, Act creating amended 390 Gordon County, Board of Commissioners, Act creating amended 392 Gwinnett County, Commissioners of, authorized to pay court costs when 396 Heard County, Board of Commissioners, election to abolish 397 Heard County, Commissioner, office of, election to create 398 Irwin County, Board of Commissioners, Act creating repealed 402 Irwin County, Commissioner, office of, created 403 Jones County, Board of Commissioners, Act creating repealed 410 Jones County, Commissioner, office of, created 410 Laurens County, relief of T. B. Hicks 415 Lumpkin County, right to kill squirrels in 416 Macon County, work of chaingang 417 McIntosh County, Board of Commissioners, Act creating amended 418 Miller County, Board of Commissioners, Act creating amended 420 Mitchell County, Board of Commissioners, Act creating amended 420 Murray County, county site changed 423 Newton County, Commissioner, office of, created 424 Pulaski County, Commissioner, office of, abolished 431 Pulaski County, Board of Commissioners, created 432

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Putnam County, Board of Commissioners, Act creating amended 436 Stewart County, Board of Commissioners, sessions of 437 Sumter County, work of chaingang 438 Telfair County, Board of Commissioners created 439 Terrell County, Board of Commissioners, Act creating amended 443 Tift County, Board of Commissioners, Act creating amended 445 Ware County, Board of Commissioners, Act creating amended 449 Washington County, Board of Commissioners abolished 451 Washington County, Board of Commissioners created 452 Wheeler County, Board of Commissioners created 459 Wilkes County, Commissioner, office of, Act creating amended 463 White County, Board of Commissioners, Act creating repealed 465 Methodist Church, Perry, Georgia, sale of real estate by 466 COUNTY POLICE Appointment of 81 COURTS, CHILDREN'S Presiding officers 58 COURTS, JUSTICE Abolished in Atlanta 145 Abolished in Macon 252 COURTS, (CITY, COUNTY AND MUNICIPAL) Abbeville, City Court of, abolished 141 Athens, City Court of, Act creating amended 143 Atlanta, City of, municipal court established 145 Bryan County, county court of, established 178 Camilla, City Court of, Act creating amended 180 Dublin, City Court of, costs in 186 Dublin, City Court of, Act creating amended 187

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Fitzgerald, City Court of, Act creating amended 188 Flovilla, City Court of, abolished 189 Gray, City Court of, established 191 Hazlehurst, City Court of, established 205 Houston County, City Court of, Act creating amended 219 Irwin County, City Court of, established 221 Jackson, City Court of, election to abolish 242 Jeff Davis County, County Court of, abolished 245 Jefferson, City Court of, Act creating amended 246 Jefferson, City Court of, Act creating amended 248 Jones County, County Court of, abolished 249 LaGrange, City Court of, Act creating amended 250 Lexington, City Court of, Act creating amended 251 Macon, City of, Municipal Court established 252 Macon, City Court of, salary of Judge 266 Madison, City Court, Act creating amended 267 Miller County, City Court of, Act creating amended 268 Monroe, City Court of, Act creating amended 269 Ocilla, City Court of, abolished 276 Oglethorpe, City Court of, Act creating amended 277 Pelham, City Court of, Act creating amended 278 Pembroke, City Court of, abolished 281 Pulaski County, City Court of, election to abolish 282 Putnam County, election of Solicitor of County Court 285 Springfield, City Court of, Act creating amended 286 Statesboro, City Court of, Act creating amended 288 Sylvania, City Court of, Act creating amended 290 Valdosta, City Court of, Act creating amended 308 Vienna, City Court of, abolished 311 Custody of Minor Children 110 D DALTON, CITY OF Charter amended 766 DANIELSVILLE, TOWN OF Charter repealed 769

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DANIELSVILLE, CITY OF New charter 770 DARIEN, CITY OF Charter amended 782 DAVISBORO, SCHOOL DISTRICT OF Election for 783 DEBENTURES, STOCKS, BONDS, SECURITIES Regulation of sale of 117 DECATUR, TOWN OF Charter amended 787 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE AND LABOR Act creating amended 82 DIRECTORS OF NAVIGATION COMPANIES Law amended 51 DODGE COUNTY Commissioner, office of, Act creating amended 372 DOMESTIC CORPORATION Occupation tax 34 DOOLY COUNTY Board of Commissioners, Act creating repealed 373 Board of Commissioners created 373 DOUGHERTY COUNTY Commissioners of, authorized to make contract with Albany Hospital Association 381 DRAINAGE Law amended 85 DRUGS AND FOOD (PURE) Law amended 44 DUBLIN, CITY COURT OF Costs in 186 Acts creating amended 187 DUBLIN, CITY OF Charter amended 798

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DUCKTOWN COPPER CO. Governor authorized to enter into agreement with 1293 E EARLY COUNTY Board of Commissioners, Act creating amended 382 EAST ELLIJAY, TOWN OF Charter amended 801 EAST LAKE, TOWN OF Charter amended 802 EASTMAN, CITY OF Charter amended 803 Public school system amended 808 EDISON, CITY OF Charter amended 811 ELBERT COUNTY Board of Commissioners, Act creating amended 385 ENTOMOLOGY, STATE BOARD OF Appropriation for 27 EQUALIZATION OF TAXES Provided for 123 EXECUTIVE MANSION AND CAPITOL BUILDING Appropriation for repair of 26 EXEMPT FROM TAXATION Certain farm products are 122 EXPENSES OF GOVERNMENT Appropriation for 7 FARM PRODUCTS, (CERTAIN) Exempt from taxation 122 FEES, (INSPECTION) Duty of Commissioner of Agriculture as to 42 Oil Inspection, amended [Illegible Text]

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FIRE INSURANCE COMPANIES (FOREIGN) Withdrawal from State 86 FITZGERALD, CITY COURT OF Act creating amended 188 FLOVILLA, CITY COURT OF Abolished 189 FOOD AND DRUGS DEPARTMENT Appropriation for salaries 28 FOOD AND DRUGS (PURE) Law amended 44 FOREIGN CORPORATIONS Occupation tax 35 FOREST PARK, TOWN OF Charter amended 816 FORFEITURE OF POWERS, (RAILROADS) Law amended 52 FORSYTH COUNTY Compensation of Ordinary 389 FORT FREDERICA Preservation of 1305 FRANKLIN COUNTY Board of Commissioners, Act creating amended 390 FRANKLIN SUPERIOR COURT Election to change terms of 61 G GENERAL ASSEMBLY Relative to unfinished business 1308 GENERAL OIL INSPECTOR Salary of 43 GENEVA, TOWN OF Incorporated 817

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GEORGIA TRAINING SCHOOL FOR GIRLS Established 87 GIBSON, TOWN OF New Charter for 821 GIRLS Georgia Training School for 87 GLENNVILLE, CITY OF Charter amended 859 GORDON COUNTY Board of Commissioners, Act creating amended 392 GOVERNOR Authorized to enter into agreement with Ducktown Copper Co. 1293 Authorized to enter into agreement with Tennessee Copper Co. 1295 Authorized to borrow money to supply deficiencies 1290 Authorized to call out National Guard in Chatham County 1291 GRAY, CITY COURT OF Established 191 GREENSBORO, CITY OF Charter amended 860 GRIFFIN, CITY OF Charter amended 865 Charter amended 867 GWINNETT COUNTY Commissioners authorized to pay costs, when 396 H HARLEM, TOWN OF New charter for 869 HART, HON. JOHN C. Relative to certain contracts with State 1306

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HART SUPERIOR COURT Terms of 62 HARTWELL, CITY OF Charter amended 890 HAWKINSVILLE, CITY OF Charter amended 891 HAZLEHURST, CITY COURT OF Established 205 HEARD COUNTY Board of Commissioners, election to abolish 397 Commissioner, office of, election to create 398 HELEN, TOWN OF Incorporated 893 HICKS, T. B., OF LAURENS COUNTY Relief of 415 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Relative to unfinished business 1309 HOUSTON COUNTY, CITY COURT OF Act creating amended 219 I INHERITANCE TAX Provided for 91 INSPECTION FEES Duty of Commissioner of Agriculture as to 42 INSPECTION OF OIL Fees amended 110 INSPECTOR OF OIL (GENERAL) Salary of 43 INSURANCE COMPANIES (FOREIGN FIRE) Withdrawal from State 86 INSURANCE COMPANIES Regulation and control of 98

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INSURANCE DEPARTMENT Appropriation to pay salary of clerk 1287 IRWIN COUNTY Board of Commissioners, Act creating repealed 402 Commissioner, office of, created 403 IRWIN COUNTY, CITY COURT OF Established 221 IRWIN SUPERIOR COURT Terms of 63 J JACKSON, CITY COURT OF Election to abolish 242 JACKSON, CITY OF Charter amended 909 JEFF DAVIS COUNTY, COUNTY COURT OF Abolished 245 JEFFERSON, CITY COURT OF Act creating amended 246 Act creating amended 248 JENKINS COUNTY Transferred from Middle to Augusta Circuit 64 JOHNSON SUPERIOR COURT Terms of 65 JONES COUNTY Board of Commissioners, Act creating repealed 410 Commissioner, office of, created 410 County Court of, abolished 249 JUDGE Additional, for Atlanta Circuit 72 JUDGE OF SUPERIOR COURT OF BIBB COUNTY Salary of 30 JUDGES Authorized to grant charters in vacation 100

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JUSTICES COURTS Abolished in City of Atlanta 145 Abolished in City of Macon 252 K KIMBROUGH, T. H., (MEMBER OF COTTON TARE COMMITTEE) Appropriation to pay expenses of 1289 KIRKWOOD, TOWN OF Election for bonds 911 KRAMER, TOWN OF Incorporated 914 L LaGRANGE, CITY COURT OF Act creating amended 250 LAGRANGE, CITY OF Office of Recorder created 919 LAKEVIEW, TOWN OF Election to repeal charter 920 LAURENS COUNTY Relief of T. B. Hicks 415 LAVONIA, CITY OF Charter amended 922 Charter amended 923 LAWRENCEVILLE, CITY OF Charter amended 924 LEASE COMMISSION Appointed in regard to Western Atlantic Railroad 137 LEGISLATIVE REFERENCE BUREAU Resolution relative to 1309 LEGISLATURE Relative to preparing statement of unfinished business 1307

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LEXINGTON, CITY COURT OF Act creating amended 251 LITHONIA, TOWN OF Election for bonds 925 LITHONIA, CITY OF New charter for 928 LUDOWICI, TOWN OF Charter amended 959 LUMPKIN COUNTY Right to kill squirrels in 416 M MACON, CITY COURT OF Salary of Judge 266 MACON, CITY OF Charter amended 972 Charter amended 977 Charter amended 983 MACON, CITY OF, MUNICIPAL COURT Established 252 MACON COUNTY Work of chaingang 417 MADISON, CITY COURT OF Act creating amended 267 MADISON SUPERIOR COURT Terms of 66 MAPS, ETC. Recordation of 79 MARIETTA, CITY OF Charter amended 985 Commission government, election for 987 MARSHALLVILLE, TOWN OF Charter amended 1005

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MARTIN, TOWN OF Charter amended 1011 MAUK, TOWN OF Incorporated 1011 McCAYSVILLE, TOWN OF New charter for 1026 McINTOSH COUNTY Board of Commissioners, Act creating amended 418 MEANSVILLE, TOWN OF Incorporated 1055 MEDICAL EXAMINERS, STATE BOARD OF Established 101 MEIGS, TOWN OF Charter amended 1059 METHODIST CHURCH, PERRY, GEORGIA Sale of real estate by 466 MILLER COUNTY Board of Commissioners, Act creating amended 420 MILLER COUNTY, CITY COURT OF Act creating amended 268 MINOR CHILDREN Custody of 110 MISDEMEANORS AND REDUCED FELONIES Probation of offenders 112 MITCHELL COUNTY Board of Commissioners, Act creating amended 420 MONROE, CITY COURT OF Act creating amended 269 MOULTRIE, CITY OF Charter amended 1062 MUNICIPAL COURT Established for City of Atlanta 145 Established for City of Macon 252

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MUNICIPALITIES Alamo, Town of, charter amended 473 Alamo, Town of, public school system established, election to ratify 474 Aline, Town of, incorporated 481 Alston, Town of, charter amended 484 Americus, City of, charter amended 490 Americus, City of, charter amended 490 Arlington, Town of, charter amended 492 Athens, City of, charter amended 495 Athens, City of, charter amended 497 Athens, City of, commission government, election for 499 Atlanta, City of, charter amended 507 Augusta, City of, elections, how held 604 Augusta, City of, board of civil service commission created 612 Augusta, City of, charter amended 618 Blackshear, City of, charter amended 619 Box Springs, Town of, incorporated 623 Brooks, Town of, charter repealed 628 Brooks, Town of, new charter for 629 Buford, City of, charter amended 632 Camilla, City of, charter amended 633 Camilla, school district of, incorporated, election to ratify 635 Canton, Town of, public school system amended 640 Carnesville, City of, new charter for 641 Chickamauga, City of, incorporated 665 Clayton, City of, board of education 672 Clermont, Town of, incorporated 674 Cochran, City of, charter amended 677 College Park, City of, charter amended 682 Colquitt, City of, charter amended 692 Colquitt, City of, charter amended 692 Colquitt, City of, charter amended 693 Columbus, City of, charter amended 695 Columbus, City of, charter amended 697 Columbus, City of, commission government, election for 698

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Comer, Town of, charter repealed 728 Comer, City of, incorporated 728 Cordele, City of, bond commission provided for 753 Cordele, City of, charter amended 756 Cotton, Town of, incorporated 757 Dalton, City of, charter amended 766 Danielsville, Town of, charter repealed 769 Danielsville, City of, new charter for 770 Darien, City of, charter amended 782 Davisboro, school district of, election for 783 Decatur, Town of, charter amended 787 Dublin, City of, charter amended 798 East Ellijay, Town of, charter amended 801 East Lake, Town of, charter amended 802 Eastman, City of, charter amended 803 Eastman, City of, public school system amended 808 Edison, City of, charter amended 811 Forest Park, Town of, charter amended 816 Geneva, Town of, incorporated 817 Gibson, Town of, new charter for 821 Glennville, City of, charter amended 859 Greensboro, City of, charter amended 860 Griffin, City of, charter amended 865 Griffin, City of, charter amended 867 Harlem, Town of, new charter for 869 Hartwell, City of, charter amended 890 Hawkinsville, City of, charter amended 891 Helen, Town of, incorporated 893 Jackson, City of, charter amended 909 Kirkwood, Town of, election for bonds 911 Kramer, Town of, incorporated 914 LaGrange, City of, office of recorder created 919 Lakeview, Town of, election to repeal charter 920 Lavonia, City of, charter amended 922 Lavonia, City of, charter amended 923 Lawrenceville, City of, charter amended 924 Lithonia, Town of, election for bonds 925 Lithonia, City of, new charter for 928 Ludowici, Town of, charter amended 959 Macon, City of, charter amended 972

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Macon, City of, charter amended 977 Macon, City of, charter amended 983 Marietta, City of, charter amended 985 Marietta, City of, commission government, election for 987 Marshallville, Town of, charter amended 1005 Martin, Town of, charter amended 1011 Mauk, Town of, incorporated 1011 McCaysville, Town of, new charter for 1026 Meansville, Town of, incorporated 1055 Meigs, Town of, charter amended 1059 Moultrie, City of, charter amended 1062 Newborn, Town of, new charter for 1065 Norwood, Town of, charter amended 1075 Oakfield, Town of, charter amended 1078 Ocilla, City of, charter amended 1084 Ocilla, City of, public school system abolished 1086 Ocilla, City of, public school system established 1087 Oglethorpe, City of, charter amended 1091 Oglethorpe, City of, public school system amended 1095 Osierfield, City of, charter repealed 1096 Pavo, Town of, charter amended 1096 Pineview, Town of, charter amended 1097 Plainville, Town of, charter amended 1099 Reno, Town of, incorporated 1109 Rentz, Town of, charter amended 1116 Robertstown, Town of, incorporated 1123 Rome, City of, charter amended 1138 Royston, City of, charter amended 1139 Savannah, City of, primary elections provided for 1141 Scotland, Town of, charter amended 1143 Scotland, Town of, public school system established 1145 Sharpsburg, Town of, new charter for 1153 Springfield, City of, charter amended 1168 Swainsboro, City of, charter amended 1169 Sycamore, City of, charter amended 1171 Talbotton, Town of, new charter for 1173 Toccoa, City of, charter amended 1210 Tunnell Hill, Town of, charter amended 1213

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Unadilla, Town of, charter amended 1215 Unadilla, Town of, charter amended 1216 Valdosta, City of, charter amended 1217 Waycross, City of, charter amended 1218 Waycross, City of, charter amended 1223 Waycross, City of, charter amended 1234 Waycross, City of, Park and Tree Commission established 1238 Waycross, City of, public school system amended 1242 Wesley, Town of, incorporated 1244 West Point, City of, new charter for 1249 Woodbury, City of, charter amended 1264 MURRAY COUNTY County site of, changed 423 N NATIONAL GUARD Governor authorized to call out in Chatham County 1291 NAVIGATION COMPANIES, DIRECTORS OF Law amended 51 NEWBORN, TOWN OF New charter for 1065 NEWTON COUNTY Commissioner, office of, created 424 NORWOOD, TOWN OF Charter amended 1075 O OAKFIELD, TOWN OF Charter amended 1078 OCCUPATION TAX Domestic corporations 34 Foreign corporations 35 OCILLA, CITY COURT OF Abolished 276

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OCILLA, CITY OF Charter amended 1084 Public school system abolished 1086 Public school system established 1087 OCMULGEE RIVER Pollution of water prohibited in Bibb County 338 OFFICERS, PRESIDING Over children's courts 58 OGLETHORPE, CITY COURT OF Act creating amended 277 OGLETHORPE, CITY OF Charter amended 1091 Public school system amended 1095 OGLETHORPE SUPERIOR COURT Terms of 66 OIL INSPECTION Schedule of fees amended 110 OSIERFIELD, CITY OF Charter repealed 1096 OXFORD, J. H., ET AL. Appropriation to pay refund 1289 P PAULDING SUPERIOR COURT Terms of 67 PAVO, TOWN OF Charter amended 1096 PELHAM, CITY COURT OF Act creating amended 278 PEMBROKE, CITY COURT OF Abolished 281 PERMANENT REGISTRATION OF VOTERS Provided for 115

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PETITIONS OR ANSWERS How verified beyond limits of State 56 PINEVIEW, TOWN OF Charter amended 1097 PLAINVILLE, TOWN OF Charter amended 1099 POLICE, COUNTY Appointment of 81 PROBATION OF OFFENDERS Misdemeanors and felonies reduced 112 PROCEDURE, CIVIL AND CRIMINAL Commission to revise 1302 PULASKI COUNTY Commissioner, office of, abolished 431 Board of Commissioners created 432 PULASKI COUNTY, CITY COURT OF Election to abolish 282 PULASKI SUPERIOR COURT Terms of 68 PURE FOOD AND DRUGS Law amended 44 PURE FOOD AND DRUGS DEPARTMENT Appropriation for salaries 28 PUTNAM COUNTY Board of Commissioners, act creating amended 436 PUTNAM COUNTY, COUNTY COURT OF Election of solicitor 285 Q QUARANTINE AGAINST BOLL WEEVIL Law amended 46 R RAILROADS Extensions of charters 32

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RAILROADS, FORFEITURE OF POWERS Law amended 52 RAILROADS Required to erect sign boards 114 RECORDATION OF MAPS, ETC. Duty of clerks 79 REFERENCE BUREAU Relative to legislative 1309 REGISTRATION OF VOTERS, PERMANENT Provided for 115 RENO, TOWN OF Incorporated 1109 RENTZ, TOWN OF Charter amended 1116 ROBERTSTOWN, TOWN OF Incorporated 1123 ROME, CITY OF Charter amended 1138 ROYSTON, CITY OF Charter amended 1139 S SALARIES OF PURE FOOD DRUGS DEPARTMENT Appropriation for 28 SALARY OF CLERK IN INSURANCE DEPARTMENT Appropriation for 1287 SALARY OF SECOND ASSISTANT STATE LIBRARIAN Appropriation for 1288 SALARY OF GENERAL OIL INSPECTOR Appropriation for 43

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SALE OF STOCKS, BONDS, DEBENTURES, SECURITIES Regulation of 117 SAVANNAH, CITY OF Primary election 1141 SAVINGS AND LOAN COMPANIES Law amended 54 SCHOOL BOOK CONDITION Commission to investigate 1303 SCHOOL FOR DEAF Committee authorized to visit 1291 SCOTLAND, TOWN OF Charter amended 1143 Public school system established 1145 SECOND ASSISTANT STATE LIBRARIAN Appropriation to pay salary of 1288 SECURITIES, BONDS, STOCKS, DEBENTURES Regulation of sale of 117 SHARPSBURG, TOWN OF New charter for 1153 SIGN BOARDS Railroads required to erect 114 SPRINGFIELD, CITY COURT OF Act creating amended 286 SPRINGFIELD, CITY OF Charter amended 1168 STATE BOARD OF ENTOMOLOGY Appropriation for 27 STATE BOARD OF MEDICAL EXAMINERS Established 101 STATE DEPOSITORY In Boston 40 In Cochran 41

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STATE LIBRARIAN (SECOND ASSISTANT) Appropriation to pay salary of 1288 STATE SANITARIUM Committee to visit 1293 STATESBORO, CITY COURT OF Act creating amended 288 STATE TAX COMMISSIONER Provided for 123 STEWART COUNTY Board of Commissioners, sessions of 437 STOCKS, BONDS, DEBENTURES, SECURITIES Regulation of sale of 117 SUMTER COUNTY Work of chaingang 438 SUNDAY TRAINS Running of 57 SUPERIOR COURT OF BIBB COUNTY Salary of Judge 30 SUPERIOR COURTS, CLERKS OF Recordation of maps, etc. 79 SUPERIOR COURTS Franklin Superior Court, election to change, terms of 61 Hart Superior Court, terms of 62 Irwin Superior Court, terms of 63 Jenkins County transferred from Middle to Augusta Circuit 64 Johnson Superior Court, terms of 65 Madison Superior Court, terms of 66 Oglethorpe Superior Court, terms of 66 Paulding Superior Court, terms of 67 Pulaski Superior Court, terms of 68 Walker Superior Court, terms of 69 Wilcox Superior Court, terms of 70

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SWAINSBORO, CITY OF Charter amended 1169 SYCAMORE, CITY OF Charter amended 1171 SYLVANIA, CITY COURT OF Act creating amended 290 T TALBOTTON, TOWN OF New charter for 1173 TAXATION Certain farm products exempt from 122 Bottling plants 37 Contests between counties 38 System of equalization provided for 123 TAX COMMISSIONER (STATE) Provided for 123 TAX Inheritance provided for 91 Occupation, domestic corporation 34 Occupation, foreign corporation 35 TELFAIR COUNTY Board of Commissioners created 439 TENNESSEE COPPER COMPANY Governor authorized to enter into agreement with 1295 TERRELL COUNTY Board of Commissioners, Act creating amended 443 TIFT COUNTY Board of Commissioners, Act creating amended 445 TOCCOA, CITY OF Charter amended 1210 TRAINING SCHOOL FOR GIRLS Established 87

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TRAINS Freight may run on Sunday, when 57 TUNNEL HILL, TOWN OF Charter amended 1213 U UNADILLA, TOWN OF Charter amended 1215 Charter amended 2116 UNITED STATES SENATOR Special election for 134 UNITED STATE SENATORS Election of 135 V VALDOSTA, CITY COURT OF Act creating amended 308 VALDOSTA, CITY OF Charter amended 1217 VERIFICATION OF PETITION OR ANSWER BEYOND LIMITS OF STATE Law amended 56 VIENNA, CITY COURT OF Abolished 311 VOTERS Permanent registration provided for 115 W WALKER SUPERIOR COURT Terms of 69 WARE COUNTY Board of Commissioners, Act creating amended 449

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WASHINGTON COUNTY Board of Commissioners abolished 451 Board of Commissioners created 452 WAYCROSS, CITY OF Charter amended 1218 Charter amended 1223 Charter amended 1234 Park and Tree Commission established 1238 Public school system amended 1242 WESLEY, TOWN OF Incorporated 1244 WESTERN AND ATLANTA RAILROAD Lease commission appointed 137 WEST POINT, CITY OF New charter for 1249 WHEELER COUNTY Board of Commissioners created 459 WHITE COUNTY Board of Commissioners, Act creating repealed 465 WILCOX SUPERIOR COURT Terms of 70 WILKES COUNTY Commissioner, office of, Act creating amended 463 WOODBURY, CITY OF Charter amended 1264