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: BYRD PRINTING CO. 19180000 English

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ACTS AND RESOLUTIONS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA 1918 19180000 COMPILED AND PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY OF THE STATE 1918 BYRD PRINTING CO., STATE PRINTER ATLANTA, GEORGIA

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TABLE OF TITLES PART I.PUBLIC LAWS TITLE I.APPROPRIATIONS. TITLE II.TAXATION. TITLE III.AMENDMENTS TO CONSTITUTION. TITLE IV.CODE AMENDMENTS. TITLE V.SUPERIOR COURTS. TITLE VI.MISCELLANEOUS CIVIL AND PENAL LAWS. PART II.LOCAL AND SPECIAL LAWS TITLE I.CITY, COUNTY, AND MUNICIPAL COURTS. TITLE II.SOLICITOR-GENERAL; ABOLISHING FEES. TITLE III.COUNTY MATTERS. PART III.CORPORATIONS TITLE I.MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS. TITLE II.PRIVATE AND SCHOOL CORPORATIONS. PART IV.RESOLUTIONS

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STATUTES OF GEORGIA PASSED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF 1918 PART I.PUBLIC LAWS TITLE 1.APPROPRIATIONS. TITLE II.TAXATION. TITLE III.AMENDMENTS TO CONSTITUTION. TITLE IV.CODE AMENDMENTS. TITLE V.SUPERIOR COURTS. TITLE VI.MISCELLANEOUS CIVIL AND PENAL LAWS.

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TITLE I. APPROPRIATIONS. ACTS. Expenses of the State Government. Agricultural Department; Market Bureau. Georgia School for the Deaf; equipment. Highway Department; maintenance. Hog Cholera Control; deficiency. Horticulture and Pomology; maintenance. Land Title Registration Commission. University of Georgia Trustees, for Georgia School of Technology. University of Georgia Trustees, for repairing buildings at Athens. University of Georgia Trustees, for South Georgia Normal College. University of Georgia Trustees, for War-Emergency Building. Western and Atlantic Railroad Commission. EXPENSES OF THE STATE GOVERNMENT. No. 517. 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 debts and interest thereon; to pay pensions; to provide for the support of the public institutions and the educational interests of the State for the fiscal year 1919, and for deficiencies for the year 1918; 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 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 the fiscal year 1919, to the persons and for the purposes, respectively, hereinafter mentioned and set forth, to-wit: Appropriations for fiscal Year 1919 Executive. For the salary of the Governor five thousand dollars ($5,000.00). Governor. For the salaries of the Secretaries and Clerks of the Executive Department the sum of six thousand dollars ($6,000.00). Secretaries and Clerks. For the salary of the Messenger of the Governor, the sum of nine hundred and fifty dollars ($950.00). Messenger. For the contingent fund to be expended by the Governor according to law, the sum of twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000.00) or so much thereof as may be needed. Contingent Fund. Provided, further, that the expenses of the Governor, incurred in the business by the State, shall be paid on itemized statements signed by him, and he shall draw his warrant on the treasury for the same. Itemized Statement. The Governor is authorized to pay from the contingent fund the sum of one hundred and fifty dollars to H. C. McCutcheon for services as expert printer rendered in the special Legislative investigating committee in reference to the State printing. Expert Printer For the salary of the Secretary of State, the sum of two thousand dollars ($2,000.00). Secretary of State. For the salary of the Clerk of the Secretary of State, the sum of one thousand dollars ($1,000.00). Clerk. For the salary of the State Treasurer, the sum of two thousand dollars ($2,000.00). Treasurer.

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For the salary of the Clerk of the State Treasurer, the sum of one thousand, six hundred dollars ($1,600.00). Clerk. For the salary of the Stenographer of the State Bank Examiner the sum of three thousand dollars ($3,000.00). Stenographer. For the salary of the Bookkeeper of the State Bank Examiner the sum of two thousand four hundred dollars ($2,400). Bookkeeper. For the salary of the Comptroller-General, the sum of two thousand dollars ($2,000.00). Comptroller-General. For the salary of the Chief Clerk in the office of the Comptroller-General, the sum of one thousand, eight hundred dollars ($1,800.00). Chief Clerk. For the salary of the Insurance Clerk in the office of the Comptroller-General, the sum of one thousand, eight hundred dollars ($1,800.00), six hundred dollars of which shall be paid out of the insurance fees, as provided by Section 248 of the Code. Insurance Clerk. For the Clerk in the Wild Land Department, the sum of one thousand dollars ($1,000.00). Wild-Land Clerk. For the salary of the Attorney-General, the sum of three thousand dollars ($3,000.00). Attorney-General. For the salary of the Clerk of the Attorney-General, the sum of one thousand, eight hundred dollars ($1,800.00). Clerk. For the salary of the Supervisor of County Officers and County Records, the sum of one thousand, five hundred dollars ($1,500.00). Supervisor. For the salaries of the Deputy Supervisors of County Officers and County Records, the sum of one thousand, four hundred dollars ($1,400.00) each. Deputies. For the expenses of the Supervisor of County Officers and County Records allowed by law, the sum of seven hundred and fifty dollars ($750.00). Expenses.

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For the salary of the Insurance Commissioner, the sum of three thousand dollars ($3,000.00). Insurance Commissioner. For the salary of the Deputy Insurance Commissioner, the sum of three thousand dollars ($3,000.00). Deputy For the salary of the Insurance Clerk, the sum of one thousand, five hundred dollars ($1,500.00). Clerk. For the salary of the State Tax Commissioner, the sum of two thousand, five hundred dollars ($2,500.00). Tax Commissioner. For the salary of the Clerk of the State Tax Commissioner, the sum of one thousand, five hundred dollars ($1,500.00). Clerk. For the salary of the Stenographer of the State Tax Commissioner, the sum of one thousand dollars ($1,000.00). Stenographer. Sec. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, that the following sums of money be and they are hereby appropriated to the following departments of the State government for the fiscal year 1919, to-wit: For the salary of the Commissioner of Commerce and Labor, the sum of two thousand, four hundred dollars ($2,400.00). Commerce and Labor. For the salary of the Assistant Commissioner of Commerce and Labor, the sum of one thousand, eight hundred dollars ($1,800.00). Salaries. For the salary of the Stenographer of the Commissioner of Commerce and Labor, the sum of one thousand, five hundred dollars ($1,500.00). For the salary of the Factory Inspector of the Department of Commerce and Labor authorized by the Act of the General Assembly, approved August 19th, 1916, one thousand, two hundred dollars ($1,200.00). For the contingent fund of the Department of Commerce and Labor the sum of eighteen hundred dollars ($1,800.00),

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or so much thereof as may be necessary, to be expended as provided in the Act approved August 18th, 1918. Contingent Fund. For Chief Clerk of Employment, Department of Commerce and Labor (compulsory work law) the sum of one thousand, eight hundred dollars ($1,800.00). Compulsory Work Law. For two special Representatives of the Department of Commerce and Labor (compulsory work law), the sum of one thousand, eight hundred dollars ($1,800.00) each. Salaries. For contingent fund of employment of the Department of Commerce and Labor (compulsory work law) the sum of two thousand, six hundred dollars ($2,600.00), or so much thereof as may be necessary to be expended as provided in the Act approved August 8, 1918. Contingent Fund. For the salary of the Commissioner of Agriculture, the sum of three thousand dollars ($3,000.00). Agricultural Commissioner. For the salary of the Clerk of the Commissioner of Agriculture the sum of one thousand, eight hundred dollars ($1,800.00). Clerk. For the salary of the Chief Oil Inspector, the sum of one thousand, eight hundred dollars ($1,800.00), and necessary traveling expenses as allowed by the Code of 1910, Section 1811. Oil Inspector For the salary of the Chemist of the Department of Agriculture, the sum of three thousand dollars ($3,000.00), as provided in paragraph 1557 of the Code of 1895. Chemist. For the salary of two Assistant Chemists, as provided by the Act of 1891, the sum of one thousand dollars ($1,000.00). each. Assistants. For replenishing chemicals and apparatus used by the State Chemist and his assistants, the sum of one thousand dollars ($1,000.00), or so much thereof as may be needed. Chemicals and Apparatus. And the further sum of twelve thousand, five hundred dollars ($12,500.00), or so much thereof as may be necessary, for additional assistants, maintenance of laboratories,

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purchase of chemicals, and other necessary expenses in connection with the analysis of fertilizers and feed stuffs. Additional Maintenance. For the maintenance of the Department of Agriculture, the sum of ten thousand dollars ($10,000.00), as provided in paragraph 2084 of the Code of 1910. And to said Department, the further sum of five thousand dollars ($5,000.00), to be expended as provided in the Acts of 1914, page 12. Also the further sum of ten thousand dollars ($10,000.00), for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of the pure food and drug Act, approved August 21, 1906, the same to be audited by the Commissioner of Agriculture; that the said amounts are appropriated and set aside out of the fees arising from the inspection and analysis of fertilizers, and the proceeds of fees arising from the inspections made by the food inspector shall be turned into the State Treasury for the use of the common schools of the State, as required by Section 2119 of the Code of 1910. Food and Drug Law Expense. For the salary of the director of the Bureau of Markets in the Department of Agriculture, the sum of three thousand dollars ($3,000.00), and necessary traveling expenses as provided by the Act approved August 21, 1917. Bureau of Markets. To the Department of Agriculture, to carry out the work of the State Bureau of Markets, the sum of fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000.00), as provided by the Act approved August 21, 1917. For the salary of the State Entomologist, the sum of three thousand dollars ($3,000.00). Entomologist For the salary of the State Veterinarian, the sum of two thousand, five hundred dollars ($2,500.00), and actual expenses while traveling in the service of the State in the regular discharge of his duty, the same to be audited by the Commissioner of Agriculture. Veterinarian. Also, five thousand dollars ($5,000.00), for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of the Act of 1909, relating

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to the protection of live stock in the State of Georgia from contagious and infectious diseases, and for cattle tick eradication; vouchers for the same to be audited by the Commissioner of Agriculture. Live Stock Protection. Also, the further sum of twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000.00) for the year 1919, is appropriated out of any fund 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, as provided by the Act approved August 17, 1914. Cattle-tick Eradication, etc. Also, the further sum of six thousand dollars ($6,000.00), for the investigation of reported outbreaks of hog cholera, field investigation, sanitary control of the infected districts, and for the purchase and distribution of serum under the direct supervision of the State Veterinarian, as provided by the Act approved August 17, 1914. Hog-Cholera Control, etc. The Commissioner of Agriculture shall annually furnish to the General Assembly a detailed itemized statement of the expenditure of the funds appropriated in the foregoing paragraphs for the extermination of cattle tick and developing the live stock industry, and for the sale and distribution of hog cholera serum, and for the investigation and control of the infected districts. Itemized Statement in Detail For the salaries of the Prison Commissioners, each the sum of two thousand dollars ($2,000.00). Prison Commissioners. For the salary of the Clerk of the Prison Commission, the sum of one thousand, eight hundred dollars ($1,800.00). Clerk. For the support and maintenance of the Prison Department, the sum of one hundred and thirty thousand dollars, ($130,000.00), or so much thereof as may be needed; itemized statements of which shall be furnished to 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 delinquents. Provided, at least $16,000.00 of said

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amount appropriated or so much as necessary shall be expended on the Georgia State Reformatory and that all expenses and income of said Reformatory shall be kept separate and distinct from other expenses and income of said department. The proceeds of the sale of all farm products shall be turned into the State Treasury. Maintenance Fund. Reformatory. For the salary of the Chairman of the Railroad Commission, the sum of four thousand dollars ($4,000.00). Railroad Commissioners. For the salaries of the remaining Railroad Commissioners, each, the sum of two thousand, five hundred dollars ($2,500.00.) For the salaries of one or more rate experts, the sum of four thousand dollars ($4,000.00). Rate Experts. For the salary of the Special Attorney of the Railroad Commission, the sum of two thousand, five hundred dollars ($2,500). Attorney. For the salary of the Secretary of the Railroad Commission, the sum of two thousand dollars ($2,000.00). Secretary. For the salary of the Stenographer of the Railroad Commission, the sum of one thousand, two hundred dollars ($1,200.00). Stenographer. For the printing fund of the Railroad Commission, the sum of two thousand dollars ($2,000.00), or so much thereof as may be needed to pay for such printing and advertising and publishing as the Commission may deem necessary and is required by law. Printing Fund. For the contingent expense fund of the Railroad Commission, the sum of three thousand dollars ($3,000.00), or so much thereof as may be necessary, to be paid out of the treasury on the order of the Governor. Contingent Expense Fund. For the salary of the Pension Commissioner, the sum of three thousand dollars ($3,000.00). Pension Commissioner. For clerical help in the Pension Department, the sum of two thousand, seven hundred dollars ($2,700.00). For payment

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of salary of Clerk in Pension office for year 1917, one hundred and nine dollars and thirteen cents, and to pay balance salary, due for year 1918, the sum of $300.00. Clerk. For the payment of pensions which will become due to Confederate soldiers and the widows of Confederate soldiers, who are legally upon the pension rolls, and are entitled by law to a pension from the State, for the year 1919, the sum of one million, two hundred and fifty thousand dollars ($1,250,000.00), or so much thereof as may be necessary. After paying all claims for pensions for said year, if there should be a surplus of funds appropriated for pensions, the same shall be by the Treasurer transferred to the general fund on January 1st. Pensions. For the salary of the State Librarian, the sum of one thousand, eight hundred dollars ($1,800.00). Librarian. For the salary of the Assistant State Librarian, the sum of one thousand, six hundred and twenty-five dollars ($1,625.00), and $125.00 of which sum is appropriated for increased salary for the year 1918. Assistant. For the State Library, to be expended by the State Librarian in employing an additional assistant, the sum of one thousand dollars ($1,000.00). Additional Assistant. For the Legislative Reference Department of the State Library, the sum of one thousand, two hundred dollars ($1,200.00), to be expended as provided in the Acts of 1914, page 137. Reference Department. For the State Library, for the purchase 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, and for books and supplies for the Attorney-General's office, the sum of four thousand dollars ($4,000.00), or so much thereof as may be needed, to be expended as the Judges of the Supreme Court may direct. Books and Supplies.

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For the State Library, for the purchase of such books 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 ($1,000.00), to be expended as the Judges of the Court of Appeals may direct. Books and Supplies. For the State Library, for printing new volumes of the Supreme Court Reports and Court of Appeals Reports, the sum of ten thousand dollars ($10,000.00), or so much thereof as may be needed. Georgia Reports. For the reprinting of the earlier Georgia Reports where the copyrights on the same have expired, such sum as may be needed, to be paid only out of the funds received into the State Treasury during the year 1919 from the sale of Georgia Reports, the State Acts and Code. Reprinting of Reports. To the Georgia Council of Defense as created by the General Assembly, Acts of 1917, page 93, the sum of twenty thousand dollars ($20,000.00), or so much thereof as may be necessary, to be used as provided in the Act creating the Georgia Council of Defense, and to be paid out only on the warrant of the Governor drawn for that purpose. Council of Defense. For the State Constabulary or Home Guard, or State Militia, the sum of thirty thousand dollars ($30,000.00). This sum to be used by the Governor in his discretion, in establishing and maintaining and paying for riot duty of said State Constabulary or Home Guard; and the Governor shall apportion said fund between the State Constabulary or Home Guard and the State Militia as he shall deem best and proper. All funds herein provided for which are not used for the purpose herein set out shall be returned to the general treasury. State Constabulary or Guard. For the State Board of Health, the sum of sixty thousand dollars ($60,000.00), to be used as provided by law. Provided, that an itemized statement of the amounts received from all sources, and to whom paid, and the amounts paid, shall be made to the Legislature by said Board as now provided for other appropriations for the said Board. Board of Health.

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For the Geological Department, for the maintenance of the Geological Department of the State of Georgia, and for printing reports of said Department, the sum of fifteen thousand, five hundred dollars ($15,500.00), or so much thereof as may be needed; provided, that the State Geologist shall require the acting chemist of the Department, free of charge, to assay ores and analyze any specimens taken from the soil of Georgia of clay, kaolin, cement, or other geological specimens that may be sent by any citizen of the State, with a view of ascertaining the commercial value of such ores, clay, kaolin, cement or other specimens. Geological Department. The State Geologist shall furnish to any citizen a statement giving the result of such analysis, free of charge, and report shall be made to the Legislature of the amount received, from whom received, and the amount expended and to whom paid. Analyses. To pay the Ordinaries for their pension work for the years 1917, 1918, and 1919, $35,000.00, or so much thereof as may be necessary to pay for said work as provided by law. Ordinaries for Pension Work. Sec. 3. 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 Judicial Department of the State government for the fiscal year 1919: Judicial. For the salaries of the Judges of the Supreme Court, each, the sum of four thousand dollars ($4,000.00). Supreme Court Justices. For the salaries of the Supreme Court Reporters, each the sum of two thousand dollars ($2,000.00). Reporters. For the salaries of the Supreme Court Stenographers, each the sum of two thousand dollars ($2,000.00). Stenographers. For the salary of the Sheriff of the Supreme Court, the sum of two thousand dollars ($2,000.00). Sheriff. For the Clerk of the Supreme Court his salary. If the costs in the Supreme Court do not amount to sum allowed by law for the compensation of the Clerk, an amount equal to

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the difference between the amount due the said Clerk and said costs, as provided by Section 6126 of the Code of 1910. To pay the Clerk of Supreme Court the costs due him, in pauper criminal cases returned to said Court such an amount as shall be reported by the said Clerk to the Governor under the seal of said Court, before receiving compensation therefor as provided by law. Clerk. Costs. For the contingent fund of the Supreme Court, to pay for the necessary printing, stationery, record books, binding the opinions of the Court, hiring a porter, etc., the sum of two thousand, four hundred dollars ($2,400.00), or so much thereof as may be needed. Contingent Fund. For the salaries of the Judges of the Court of Appeals, each the sum of four thousand dollars ($4,000.00). Judges of Court of Appeals. For the salaries of the Court of Appeals Reporters, each the sum of two thousand dollars ($2,000.00). Reporters. For the salaries of the Court of Appeals Stenographers, each the sum of two thousand dollars ($2,000.00). Stenographers. For the salary of the Sheriff of the Court of Appeals, the sum of two thousand dollars ($2,000.00). Sheriff. 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 the Clerk, an amount equal to the difference between the amount due said Clerk and said costs, as now provided by law. Clerk. To pay the Clerk of the Court of Appeals the costs due him in pauper criminal cases returned to said Court, such an amount as shall be reported by the said Clerk to the Governor under the seal of said Court before receiving compensation therefor as provided by law. Costs. 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

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of three thousand dollars ($3,000.00), or so much thereof as may be needed. Contingent Fund. For the salaries of the Judges of the Superior Courts, each the sum of three thousand dollars ($3,000.00). Superior Court Judges. For the salaries of the Solicitors-General, each the sum of two hundred and fifty dollars ($250.00). Solicitors-General. To pay the fees of Solicitors-General in criminal cases before the Supreme Court, such amounts as may be due them under the fee bill provided by law. Fees. For the Department of Archives the sum of six thousand dollars ($6,000.00), which sum shall include maintenance for said department and salary, also the additional sum of two thousand dollars ($2,000.00) to pay for the work already done under order of the investigating committee in caring for the records of the State. Department of Archives. Sec. 4. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the following sums of money be and the same are hereby appropriated on account of the Legislative Department of the State government, for the fiscal year 1919, to the persons and for the purposes hereinafter mentioned, to-wit: Legislative. For the compensation of the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the sum of seven dollars per diem, each, during the session of the General Assembly, and mileage at the rate of ten cents per mile by the nearest practicable route in going to and returning from the capital. President and Speaker. For the compensation of the members of the General Assembly, four dollars ($4.00) per diem, each, and mileage at the rate of ten cents per mile by the nearest practicable route in going to and returning from the capital. Members, Per Diem and Mileage. For the compensation of the Secretary of the Senate the sum of sixty dollars ($60.00) per diem, out of which he shall

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pay the entire clerical expenses of the Senate, as provided by the Act of October 8, 1879. Secretary of Senate. For the compensation of the Clerk of the House of Representatives, the sum of seventy dollars ($70.00) per diem, out of which he shall pay the entire clerical expenses of the House of Representatives, as provided by Act of October 8, 1879. Clerk of House. For the compensation of the Doorkeeper of the Senate and the Doorkeeper of the House of Representatives, and Messenger of Senate and Messenger of House of Representatives, four dollars per diem, each, and the same mileage as allowed the members of the General Assembly. Doorkeepers and Messengers. For the compensation of the Postmistress of the House of Representatives for the session of 1919, four dollars per diem and the same mileage as is allowed members of the General Assembly. Postmistress. For the compensation of one Gallery keeper for the Senate and one for the House of Representatives, for the session of 1919, the sum of four dollars per diem, each. Gallery Keepers. For the compensation of three Assistant Doorkeepers for the floor of the Senate, for the session of 1919, the sum of four dollars per diem, each. Assistant Doorkeepers. For the compensation of five Assistant Doorkeepers for the House of Representatives, for the session of 1919, the sum of four dollars per diem, each. For the compensation of the head porter of the Senate and the head porter of the House of Representatives, for the session of 1919, the sum of three dollars per diem, each. Porters. For the compensation of six porters for the Senate and ten for the House of Representatives, for the session of 1919, the sum of two dollars per diem, each. Porters for the Senate to be employed by the Secretary of the Senate, and those for the House of Representatives to be employed by the Clerk of the House of Representatives.

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For the compensation of six pages for the Senate, to be appointed by the President of the Senate, and eight pages for the House of Representatives, and one special page for the Speaker of the House of Representatives, to be appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives, for the session of 1919, the sum of two dollars per diem, each, provided, that no page shall be appointed for less than twenty-five days. Pages. For the compensation of one Elevator Operator to be appointed by the Keeper of Public Buildings, for the year 1919, the sum of eighty dollars ($80.00) per month. Elevator Operator. Provided, further, that the further sum be appropriated to pay the expenses of the Senatorial and House Committee to attend the funeral services of the late Senator W. F. Weaver, including traveling expenses and reasonable subsistence. Funeral Expenses. To pay the incidental expenses of the General Assembly, to be paid on itemized accounts accompanied by properly receipted vouchers for payments made and presented to the Governor by the Secretary of the Senate and the Clerk of the House of Representatives, fifty dollars ($50.00) for the Senate and seventy-five dollars ($75.00) for the House of Representatives, or so much thereof, respectively, as may be needed. Incidental Expenses. To pay for stationery furnished to the General Assembly, seven hundred dollars ($700.00), or so much thereof as may be necessary, to be paid on itemized accounts properly supported by receipted vouchers and presented to the Governor before the warrants are drawn therefor. Stationery. To pay for binding the Journals of the Senate and of the House of Representatives as provided by the Acts of 1889, the sum of five hundred and fifty dollars ($550.00), or so much thereof as may be needed. Binding of Journals. To pay for indexing the Journal of the House of Representatives and the Journal of the Senate, each, seventy-five

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dollars ($75.00), to be paid to the Journal Clerk of the House and the Journal Clerk of the Senate, respectively, upon the completion of the work. Indexing of Journals. 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 hereinafter designated public institutions of the State for the fiscal year 1919, to-wit: 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 forty thousand dollars ($40,000.00), provided not less than four thousand dollars ($4,000.00) be used for purchase of pipe organ, for the year 1919, 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 statement shall be submitted to the Board of Trustees and approved by it. Academy for the Blind. For the support and maintenance of the School for the Deaf, and the salaries of its officers and attaches, the sum of sixty thousand dollars ($60,000.00), or so much thereof as may be needed. The Governor shall require of the Superintendent an itemized monthly statement of all expenditures, which statement shall be submitted to the Board of Trustees and approved by it. School for the Deaf. For the support and maintenance of the Georgia State Sanitarium, and for the salaries of its officers and attaches, including twenty-five hundred dollars ($2,500.00) for the salary of the resident physician, the sum of nine hundred and forty-five thousand dollars ($945,000.00) for 1919, or so much thereof as may be needed, 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. The Governor shall require the Superintendent and the resident physician to make an itemized statement monthly of all expenditures,

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which statement shall be approved by a quorum of the Board of Trustees. Sanitarium. Advances. The ordinary repairs to the buildings and property of the Sanitarium shall be paid from this appropriation at such times and in such amounts as may be approved by the Board of Trustees in regular session. For the Trustees of the Georgia State Sanitarium to supply a deficiency in the maintenance fund for the year 1918, the sum of one hundred and seventy-five thousand dollars ($175,000.00) which shall become available and payable during the year 1918. The salaries of the Trustees of the Georgia State Sanitarium the sum of one hundred and fifty dollars ($150.00), each, and their actual railroad expenses in going to and returning from the Sanitarium, as provided by law, shall be paid from the above appropriation. Deficiency Fund. Trustees' Salaries. For the support and maintenance of the Soldiers' Home of Georgia, and for the salaries of its officers and attaches, under the Act approved December 19, 1900, the sum of forty-five thousand dollars ($45,000.00), or so much thereof as may be needed. The Governor shall pay said sum to the Treasurer of said Home in monthly installments; shall require of the Treasurer an itemized monthly statement of all goods received during the last past month at said Home, which statement shall be submitted to and approved by the Board of Trustees. Soldiers' Home. For the support and maintenance of the Georgia State Sanitarium for the treatment of consumptive patients, located at Alto, the sum of thirty-six thousand dollars ($36,000.00) for the year 1919, or so much thereof as may be necessary. Tuberculosis Sanitarium. The Governor is authorized to make a monthly advance to cover the cost of supplies and incidental expenses of said

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Sanitarium, requiring the Treasurer and other persons in charge of the management of the said institution to make an itemized statement monthly of all expenditures, which statement shall be approved by a quorum of the Board of Trustees; provided, that no persons shall be admitted free to this Home, as beneficiaries of the State fund, who are able to provide treatment for themselves. Said Trustees shall make a detailed report annually to the Governor and General Assembly, as required of other State institutions. Advances. Sec. 6. Be it further enacted that the following sums of money be, and they are hereby appropriated for and on account of the following public institutions of the State, to-wit: For the State University at Athens for the support and maintenance of the same, the sum of sixty-five thousand dollars, to be expended under the direction of the Board of Trustees. University of Georgia. To the Trustees of the University of Georgia for the maintenance of State College of Agriculture at Athens, including a course for a degree in veterinary medicine, the sum of seventy thousand dollars ($70,000.00). College of Agriculture. To the Trustees of the University of Georgia for the State College of Agriculture to meet the requirements of the Smith-Lever bill, the sum of eighty-eight thousand, and one hundred and seven dollars and fourteen cents ($88,107.14). The Federal fiscal year being from July 1st to July 1st, the funds herein appropriated to meet the requirements of the Act of Congress, approved August 8, 1914, shall be available in equal monthly payments from July, 1918, to July, 1919. The Trustees of the College of Agriculture shall file with the Governor before the convening of the General Assembly of each year an itemized statement showing the disbursements of this fund, and also showing the amount of money put up by the different counties, and the funds coming into their hands from all sources, and how many counties avail themselves of this fund. Smith-Lever Fund.

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To the Trustees of the University of Georgia for the State College of Agriculture, for extension work now in progress and which is conducted in co-operation with the United States Department of Agriculture; the sum of forty thousand dollars ($40,000.00). Extension Work. To the Trustees of the University of Georgia for the State College of Agriculture, to be used annually for holding field meetings and farmers' institutes, the sum of two thousand, five hundred dollars ($2,500.00). Field Meetings, etc. To the Trustees of the University of Georgia for the maintenance of the South Georgia Normal College, the sum of thirty thousand dollars ($30,000.00). The Chairman of the Board of Directors shall report annually to the General Assembly an itemized statement of all receipts, and expenditures, and detailed statements of the affairs of said college. South Georgia Normal College. To the University of Georgia for the maintenance of the Summer School at Athens for white teachers of the State, as provided by the Act of December 22, 1898, the sum of seven thousand five hundred dollars ($7,500.00). Summer School. To the Trustees of the University of Georgia for the support and maintenance of the School of Technology at Atlanta, the sum of one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000.00) The reports required of the local Board of Trustees to be made to the Governor shall be submitted to the General Assembly at the opening sessions thereof. Before this appropriation shall become 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 County. Technological School. To the Trustees of the University of Georgia for the support and maintenance of the Georgia Normal and Industrial

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College, Milledgeville, the sum of eighty-seven thousand five hundred dollars ($87,500.00). The Chairman of the Board of Trustees shall report annually to the General Assembly the number of pay pupils, the tuition charged, and an itemized statement of all receipts and expenditures. Normal and Industrial College. To the Trustees of the University of Georgia, to be used in co-operative educational extension work at the Georgia Normal and Industrial College at Milledgeville, Ga., the sum of twenty thousand dollars ($20,000.00); said sum to be expended exclusively under the direction of the directors of the said Georgia Normal and Industrial College. This appropriation in nowise to supersede or conflict with the apportionment of the Smith-Lever Fund, to be made by the Trustees of the University of Georgia to the Georgia Normal and Industrial College at Milledgeville for the co-operative extension work in home economics. Co-operative Extension Work. To the Trustees of the University of Georgia for the support and maintenance of the North Georgia Agricultural College at Dahlonega, the sum of twenty-six thousand five hundred dollars ($26,500.00); provided that under no pretext whatever, whether as tuition or matriculation fee, shall such college charge exceed ten dollars per annum, or five dollars per term for each pupil, and any charge in excess 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 as tuition fees, and an itemized statement of all receipts and expenditures. North Georgia Agricultural College. To the Trustees of the University of Georgia, for the support and maintenance of the State Normal School at Athens, the sum of sixty-seven thousand five hundred dollars ($67,500.00); provided, the Chairman of the Board of Trustees shall report annually to the General Assembly the names and number of persons attending said school, and how much and from whom is collected in tuition fees, the

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names and number of teachers, the salaries paid each and an itemized statement of all receipts and expenditures. State Normal School. To the Trustees of the University of Georgia, for the support and maintenance of the School of Colored People at Savannah, under the Act approved December 19, 1900, the sum of ten thousand dollars ($10,000.00). The Chairman of the Board of Trustees shall report annually the names, number and residence of the persons attending said school, from whom and how much is received in tuition fees, the names and number of teachers, and the salaries paid each, and an itemized statement of all receipts and expenditures. That five thousand dollars is hereby appropriated to the Agricultural, Industrial and Normal School for Colored Teachers at Albany for maintenance. School for Colored People. To the Trustees of the University of Georgia for the support and maintenance of the State Medical College at Augusta, the sum of thirty thousand dollars ($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. Medical 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 fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000.00), each, from the sources therein provided; provided, that no part of this appropriation shall be used to pay the salaries of any member of the Board of Trustees of any Agricultural College of this State for services as trustees, or otherwise, except the usual per diem allowed by law, together with actual necessary expenses while going to and returning from their places of meeting. Agricultural and Mechanical Schools. To the Trustees of the University of Georgia, for the payment of the interest on what is known as the Land Script

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Fund, the sum of six thousand three hundred and fourteen dollars ($6,314.00); and for the payment of the annual interest on the debt due by the State to the University of Georgia, the sum of eight thousand dollars ($8,000.00). Interest on Land Script Fund. To pay the Trustees of the State University, as provided by the Act of 1899, the sum of four dollars per diem, each, and actual railroad fares to and from the place of meeting; said sums to be paid out of the foregoing sums for the support and maintenance of the State University at Athens. Trustees' Pay. Sec. 7. Be it 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, to-wit: For the salary of the State Superintendent of Schools, the sum of two thousand dollars ($2,000.00). Superintendent of Schools. For the salary of the Clerk of the State Superintendent of Schools, the sum of one thousand two hundred dollars ($1,200.00). Clerk. For the support and maintenance of the common schools for the year 1919 only, the sum of three million five hundred thousand dollars ($3,500,000.00). The said sum shall include poll taxes, one-half of the rental of the Western and Atlantic Railroad, show taxes, dividends from the Georgia Railroad stock, funds arising from the taxation of dogs, all of which funds are especially appropriated by law for the support of the common schools, and all other funds especially appropriated by law for the support of the common schools; all of which funds shall be by the State Treasurer kept separate from all other funds in the State Treasury, and shall be paid out upon warrants of the Governor only for the support and maintenance and payment of the expenses of the common schools of the State for the year 1919. Common School Funds.

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To the State Board of Vocational Education, to meet the requirements of the Act of Congress of the United States, approved February 23rd, 1917, known as the Smith-Hughes law, in accordance with the Act of the General Assembly of Georgia approved August 21, 1917, the sum of eighteen thousand dollars ($18,000.00). Vocational Education. Sec. 8. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the following sums of money be and they are hereby appropriated for the fiscal year 1919, 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 upon presentation to the Governor of properly certified vouchers, the sum of eight hundred dollars ($800.00). Experiment Station. For the support and maintenance of the Georgia Training School for Girls for the year 1919, the sum of thirty thousand dollars ($30,000.00), to be paid out only on itemized statements furnished by the managements to the Governor at the time the requisition for the same is made. Girls' Training School. For the 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 for the hire of engineers, guards, watchmen, servants at the Mansion, and such porters for various departments as the Governor may employ, and for general expenses incident to the keeping in proper condition of the public buildings and grounds, and to hire such other labor as may be necessary, the sum of fifty thousand dollars ($50,000.00). Out of this appropriation the sum of eighteen hundred dollars ($1,800.00) shall be paid to the Keeper of Public Buildings and Grounds as his salary. The Keeper of Public Buildings and Grounds is hereby authorized to use the sum of one thousand two hundred dollars ($1,200.00) from the contingent fund for the payment of the salary of a clerk,

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which clerk shall be appointed by the Governor. The Governor shall require itemized accounts of all payments out of this fund before drawing warrants therefor. Also, the further sum of twenty thousand dolars ($20,000.00) to supply a deficiency in said fund in the year 1918, which shall become available and payable during the year 1918. Public Buildings and Grounds. Keeper of Buildings and Clerk. For the General Printing Fund, the sum of thirty-five thousand dollars ($35,000.00), or so much thereof as may be needed. To supply a deficiency in the printing fund for the year 1918 the sum of fifteen thousand dollars. The Governor shall require itemized accounts of all payments made out of this fund before drawing warrants therefor. General Printing Fund. For the Reward Fund, for the payment of rewards earned for the arrest of fugitives from justice after executive proclamations offering such rewards, the sum of three thousand dollars ($3,000.00), or so much thereof as may be needed. Reward Fund. To continue the work of the Roster Commission in their compiling of the Confederate Roster Rolls, the sum of four thousand six hundred dollars ($4,600.00). Roster Rolls. Sec. 9. 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: Public Debt. One hundred thousand dollars on bonds maturing January 1, 1919, to be paid out of the sinking fund. Bonds Maturing. To pay interest on the recognized valid debts of the State maturing in 1919, the sum of two hundred and forty-one thousand one hundred and eighty-seven dollars and fifty cents; provided that if this amount shall be found inadequate, then the Governor is authorized to draw his warrant on the Treasurer for whatever amount is actually necessary to pay the accrued interest on such bonds as fall due in 1919, which necessary amount may be taken from any funds available. Interest.

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Sec. 10. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That in making the appropriations hereinbefore mentioned, when said appropriations are to be made to persons or for particular objects, the same shall be paid from the funds arising from the sources now provided by law. Payments, Sources of. 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, ahsll 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 fund, or any other fund, to such officers, their clerks or other persons, by way of extra compensation or for extra services, 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 out of the amounts respectively appropriated by this Act for salaries of the various State House officers, and for the clerical expenses of said officers; nor shall any money be paid from any fund to any officer or persons, as a salary or otherwise, unless the same is authorized by law, audited by the Comptroller-General, and the money duly appropriated therefor. Increases and Extras Forbidden. 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, 1918. AGRICULTURAL DEPARTMENT; MARKET BUREAU. No. 447. An Act to appropriate to the Department of Agriculture for the support and maintenance of the Bureau of Markets, the sum of thirty-five thousand dollars ($35,000.00), or

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so much thereof as may be necessary, 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 there is hereby appropriated the sum of thirty-five thousand dollars ($35,000.00) for the support and maintenance of the Bureau of Markets, as established under the Act approved August 2, 1917; and the Governor is hereby authorized and empowered to draw his warrant, upon requisition from the Commissioner of Agriculture, upon any moneys in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, and the treasurer is hereby directed to pay the same out of any funds in the treasury available for said purposes. $35,000 for Maintenance. Sec. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the sum of $15,000.00 already provided for in the general appropriation Act for 1919 should be included in, and not become an additional appropriation to the $35,000.00 herein above referred to. Includes Amount Already Given. 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, 1918. GEORGIA SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF; EQUIPMENT. No. 454. An Act to appropriate the sum of three thousand dollars to the Georgia School for the Deaf, for the purpose of purchasing equipment for printing office and the shoe shop in said institution, 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 sum of three thousand dollars be and the same is

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hereby appropriated to the trustees of the Georgia School for the Deaf, two thousand dollars of said amount to be used by said trustees in the purchase of a linotype machine and other equipment for its printing office in said institution, and one thousand dollars of said amount is to be used in the purchase of proper machinery and equipment to be used in the shoe shop of said institution; provided, that said money and no part of it shall be used for any other purpose than is herein specified. $3,000 Equipment for Printing and Shoe Shops. 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 19, 1918. HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT; MAINTENANCE. No. 433. An Act to appropriate to the Highway Department of Georgia the sum of ten thousand dollars for the maintenance of said Department, 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 sum of ten thousand dollars be and the same is hereby appropriated to the Highway Department of Georgia to pay the expenses of said department and to maintain the same for the year 1918. The sum of two thousand dollars of the above sum shall be available immediately for the payment of past-due expenses of said department, including amount due for engineers, said sum to be paid by warrant of the Governor on itemized accounts approved by said highway department. The sum of three thousand dollars of above sum shall be for the salary and expenses for a chief highway engineer, who shall be the office secretary of the department. The sum of five thousand dollars of the above sum shall be used by the department to pay the expenses

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of maintaining said department, including such supervisors and engineers as may be needed in making preliminary surveys and estimates in connection with project statements in application for Federal aid, and in defraying the expenses of the members of the highway department when in actual discharge of their duties in connection with the work of said department. $10,000 for Maintenance, Apportioned. Sec. 2. All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed. Approved August 19, 1918. HOG CHOLERA CONTROL; DEFICIENCY. No. 430. An Act to appropriate $4,000.00 to supply a deficiency in the appropriation for hog cholera control during the year 1918; to increase the appropriation for hog cholera control from $6,000.00 to $10,000.00; to prohibit the sale, free distribution, or use of hog cholera virus, Mallein, tuberculin, and anthrax vaccine, and for other purposes. Whereas, the increased activity in pork production has created an extraordinary demand from every section of the State for practical and scientific assistance in the control of hog cholera, as a result of which the appropriation of $6,000.00 set aside for this purpose will be exhausted by September 1, 1918, compelling the State Department of Agriculture to suspend this most necessary service to the public at the most critical season of the year, therefore: Preamble. 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 sum of $4,000.00, or so much thereof as may be necessary, be and the same is hereby appropriated to the Department of Agriculture to supply a deficiency in

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the appropriation for field investigation and sanitary control of hog cholera during the year of 1918. $4,000 for Deficiency. Sec. 2. Be it further enacted, That, in order to meet the necessary demands to safeguard our rapidly increasing swine industry, the annual appropriation for hog cholera control, as provided by an Act approved August 17, 1914, be increased from $6,000.00 to $10,000.00, beginning January 1, 1919. Annual Sum Increased Sec. 3. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all serum companies and jobbers in veterinary biological products, before doing business in the State of Georgia, must secure a permit from the State Veterinarian. The sale or free distribution of hog cholera virus, Mallein, tuberculin, or anthrax vaccine, except through the office of the State Veterinarian, is prohibited. The State Veterinarian shall inspect or cause to be inspected all serum plants within the State, and shall issue a license only to plants equipped and operated in conformity with Federal regulations governing the manufacture of veterinary biological products. The State Veterinarian shall arrange to supervise the test of all serum made in such plants under regulations promulgated by him and approved by the Commissioner of Agriculture, uniform, as far as practicable, with regulations of the United States Bureau of Animal Industry governing the manufacture of hog cholera serum. No license shall be issued to any hog cholera serum plant unless such plant be arranged, equipped, and conducted as provided by regulations previously referred to. Permits Required. Inspection and Regulations. Sec. 4. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That any violation of any of the provisions of this Act shall be punishable as for a misdemeanor. Penalty. Sec. 5. Be it enacted that all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be and the same are hereby repealed. Approved August 19, 1918.

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HORTICULTURE AND POMOLOGY; MAINTENANCE. No. 456. An Act to make more complete provision for the maintenance of the Department of Horticulture and Pomology by providing an annual appropriation for the maintenance of said Department and for the expenses and maintenance of the Board of Entomology, 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, for the maintenance of the Department of Horticulture and Pomology and the Board of Entomology, for the employment of assistant entomologists, other experts, inspectors and field men, whose compensation shall be fixed by the State Board of Entomology, for the payment of traveling expenses, equipment and maintenance of laboratories, publication of bulletins and other reports, for work on the control and eradication of cotton wilt or black root, nematode worms, or root knot, experimental work on the development and perfection of types of cotton that will be better adapted to be grown under boll-weevil and wilt conditions, for conducting cotton variety tests, cotton breeding to improve or develop new strains of cotton better adapted to Georgia conditions, for fertilizer tests on cotton and other crops used in relation experiments to determine best method of growing cotton under boll weevil conditions and for the elimination of the nematode worm from the soil, and for the control or eradication of insects injurious to and diseases affecting apple, peach, and other fruits, cotton and other plants, for defraying all other expenses in carrying out the provisions of the Act of December 21, 1897, creating and establishing the department, and the Acts amendatory thereof, the sum of sixty thousand ($60,000.00) dollars annually, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated. Purposes Stated. $60,000 Annually.

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Sec. 2. The State Entomologist shall annually furnish to the General Assembly a detailed, itemized statement of all expenditures and disbursements of all funds appropriated for use by the State Entomologist or the State Board of Entomology; and for every sum so disbursed by the State Entomologist or the State Board of Entomology, proper vouchers shall be kept on file in the office of the State Entomologist; all bills against this department shall be audited and approved by the Commissioner of Agriculture before they are paid; all requisitions to the Governor for warrants shall be itemized and approved by the Commissioner of Agriculture before the Governor is authorized to issue his warrants for the same. Itemized Statements Required. 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 19, 1918. LAND TITLE REGISTRATION COMMISSION. No. 485. An Act to pay to the Commission appointed under the joint resolution of the General Assembly, approved August 14, 1914, creating a commission to investigate and report on a system of registration of land titles, the amount due them for their services and expenses. Whereas, under the joint resolution above referred to, R. N. Holtzelaw, S. M. Turner and A. G. Powell were appointed commissioners and performed the services therein required of them, and the bill reported by them was enacted into law at the last session of the General Assembly; and, Preamble. Whereas, by the resolution aforesaid, the Governor, acting jointly with the Attorney-General, was to recommend just compensation therefor; and,

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Whereas, the Governor, acting jointly with the Attorney-General, fixed upon the sum of three hundred and fifty dollars for each of said commissioners, and one hundred dollars additional for expenses incurred by them in the employment of George Campbell as secretary and stenographer; Therefore, be it enacted, that there shall be paid for said services to R. N. Holtzclaw and A. G. Powell the sum of $350.00 each, and to George Campbell for the clerical and stenographic services aforesaid the sum of $100.00, and S. M. Turner (he being a member of the General Assembly at that time) the amount of his per diem for each day he was engaged in the service at $4.00 per day, and his actual expenses additional, all aggregating the sum of $90.00, and said sums are hereby appropriated to be paid out of the treasury from any fund not otherwise or inconsistently appropriated. Amounts to be Paid. Approved August 19, 1918. UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA TRUSTEES, FOR GEORGIA SCHOOL OF TECHNOLOGY. No. 481. An Act to make an appropriation to the Trustees of the University of Georgia for the use of the Georgia School of Technology, and for other purposes. Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of this State, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That there shall be appropriated to the Trustees of the University of Georgia, for the use of the Georgia School of Technology, the sum of $10,000.00, to be applied to purchasing and completing the installation and connecting up of the machinery for the new power plant now being built on the campus of the said Georgia School of Technology. $10,000 for Power Plant.

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Sec. 2. The said sum shall be paid out on application made by the chairman of the local board, setting out the purpose for which the same is desired from time to time, so as to secure the application of the said sum to the purpose herein set forth. How Payable. Sec. 3. Be it further enacted, that all laws and parts of laws in conflict with the same are hereby repealed. Approved August 19, 1918. UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA TRUSTEES, FOR REPAIRING BUILDINGS AT ATHENS. No. 466. An Act to appropriate five thousand ($5,000.00) dollars to the Trustees of the University of Georgia, for the purpose of repairing the buildings of the University upon the campus at Athens, 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 sum of five thousand ($5,000.00) dollars be appropriated to the Trustees of the University of Georgia, for the purpose of repairing the buildings of the University located upon the grounds of the University at Athens, and for the purpose of preserving them for the uses intended, which said money shall be used for no other purposes. $5,000 for Repairing Buildings. 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, 1918.

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UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA TRUSTEES, FOR SOUTH GEORGIA NORMAL COLLEGE. No. 511. An Act to appropriate to the Trustees of the University of Georgia eight thousand ($8,000.00) dollars for the purpose of completing and finishing a dormitory at the South Georgia Normal College, 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 whereas the Legislature appropriated fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) for the purpose of erecting a dormitory at the South Georgia Normal School at Valdosta, Georgia, that on account of the increased cost of construction said building is incomplete and eight thousand dollars ($8,000.00) additional is necessary to the full completion and equipment of the same, and therefore eight thousand dollars ($8,000.00) be and is hereby appropriated for the purpose of completing, finishing and equipping the dormitory last constructed at the State Normal College at Valdosta. $8,000 to Complete Dormitory. 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 20, 1918. UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA TRUSTEES, FOR WAR EMERGENCY BUILDING. No. 483. An Act to appropriate ten thousand dollars ($10,000.00) to the Trustees of the University of Georgia, for the purpose of building upon the grounds of the agricultural college a war emergency building for the use of said college, and for other purposes.

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Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same, that Whereas, the State has not appropriated, for the purpose of buildings on the grounds of the Agricultural College, any money since the original appropriation for the erection of said main college building; and Preamble. Whereas, the Agricultural College is now training about two hundred and fifty (250) Georgians and technicians for the use and benefit of the United States Government, in addition to its regular work, and it is hereby sorely handicapped for class room and dormitory space, and an additional building is absolutely needed for such purposes: Therefore, ten thousand ($10,000.00) dollars be and the same is hereby appropriated to the Trustees of the University of Georgia, for the use of the College of Agriculture, for the purpose of building upon the grounds of the Agricultural College to be known as the war emergency building, for the purpose of class rooms, dormitory space, and such other purposes as the authorities of said college may determine. $10,000 for Building. Be it further enacted, that all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be hereby repealed. Approved August 19, 1918. WESTERN ATLANTIC RAILROAD COMMISSION. No. 420. An Act to appropriate the sum of seventy-four hundred dollars for the purpose of carrying on the work and paying salaries and expenses of the Western Atlantic Railroad Commission. Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly, That the sum of seven thousand four hundred dollars, or so

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much thereof as may be necessary, be and is hereby appropriated to the Western Atlantic Railroad Commission, for the purpose of carrying on the work of said commission, and the payment of salary of a secretary, counsel fees, and other expenses necessary in the commission's work, the same to be paid by the treasury upon warrants drawn by the Governor. $7,400 to Carry on Work. Sec. 2. Be it further enacted, that all laws in conflict herewith are repealed. Approved August 19, 1918.

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TITLE II. TAXATION. ACT. Tax annual, in addition to ad valorem tax. TAX ANNUAL, ADDITIONAL TO AD VALOREM TAX. No. 515. An Act, to annually, in addition to the ad valorem tax on real estate and personal property as now required by law, levy and collect a tax for the support of the State Government and public institutions; for educational purposes in instructing children in the elementary branches of an English education only; to pay the interest on the public debt; to pay maimed and indigent Confederate soldiers and widows of Confederate soldiers such amounts as are allowed them by law; to pay the public debt when due; to prescribe what persons, corporations, professions and property are liable to taxation; to prescribe the methods of collecting and of receiving certain of said taxes; to prescribe questions to be propounded to tax payers and to provide penalties for violations thereof, and to repeal conflicting laws in the following Sections of the Code of Georgia of 1910, or Acts amendatory thereof, to-wit: Sections 916, 917, 918, 919, 920, 921, 922, 923, 924, 925, 926, 927, 928, 929, 930, 931, 932, 933, 934, 935, 936, 937, 938, 939, 940, 941, 942, 943, 944, 945, 946, 947, 948, 949 and Section 950, and the amendatory

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Act of 1913, page 34 and Section 951, and the amendatory Acts of 1913, page 35 and Sections 952, 953, 954, 955, 956, 957, 958, 959, 960, 961, 962, 963 and Section 964, and the amendatory Acts of 1913, page 37 and Sections 965, 966, 967, 968, 969, 970, 971, 972, 973, 974, 975, 976, 977, 978, 979, 980, 981, 985, 986, 987, 988, 989, 990, 991, 992, 993, and to create a Special Tax Commission and define the duties thereof, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia as follows: Section 1. That the terms and provisions of this Act shall not take effect and become operative until January 1, 1919, and shall continue thereafter. Effective Jan. 1, 1919 Sec. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That in addition to the ad valorem tax on real estate and personal property, as required by the Constitution and now provided for by law, the following specific and occupation taxes shall be levied and collected each year after the passage of this Act beginning in 1919. In all cases in this Act where population controls the amount of tax or license fee to be paid, the last Census Report of the Federal Government shall govern. Poll Tax Specific and Occupation Taxes 1st. Upon each and every male inhabitant of the State between the ages of twenty-one and sixty years on the days fixed for the return of property for taxation, a poll tax of one ($1.00) dollar, which shall be for educational purposes, in instructing children in the elementary branches of an English education only. Provided, this tax shall not be demanded of blind persons nor of crippled, maimed or disabled Confederate soldiers relieved of such taxes under and by authority of Section 766, Vol. 1 of the Code of 1895. 2nd. That the Governor by and with the assistance of the Comptroller General, is authorized and empowered annually to levy and assess a tax on the ad valorem value

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of the taxable property of this State such rate as may be sufficient to raise a net amount of one hundred thousand ($100,000.00) dollars as a sinking fund to pay off and retire the valid, outstanding bonds of the State as they fall due as required by Article 7, Section 14, Paragraph 1, of the Constitution. The tax above authorized shall be specially levied and collected and separate accounts of the same shall be kept by the Treasurer, and the money arising therefrom shall be applied to paying off the valid bonds of the State as they mature. Ad Valorem Tax for Sinking Fund The said amount so received each year shall be applied to paying off and retiring the valid bonds of the State maturing in their order continuously. All bonds retired under the provisions of this Act shall be cancelled and stamped with the words sinking funds by the Treasurer and filed in his office. In addition to the foregoing levy, the Governor, by and with the assistance of the Comptroller General, shall also levy and assess such additional rate of tax on the taxable property of this State as may be necessary to meet the appropriations of the General Assembly of Georgia for each successive year. The aggregate ad valorem tax levy in any one year not to exceed the tax rate limit fixed by the Constitution of this State. Additional Ad Valorem Tax Rate Limit 3rd. ABSTRACT COMPANIES. Upon each person, firm or corporation engaged in the business of making Abstract of Titles to property in cities of 20,000 inhabitants or over, $75.00; in cities of between 10,000 and 20,000 inhabitants, $37.50; in cities and towns of less than 10,000 inhabitants, $21.00. Provided, this tax shall not be required of attorneys at law who have paid the professional tax required of them by Paragraph 88 of Section 2, of this Act. Abstracts. 4th. ADVERTISING. Upon each person, firm or corporation conducting the business of an advertising agency, using other means than billboards, $50.00; upon each person, firm or corporation conducting the business of advertising by signs painted on billboards or other places where

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space is leased, rented or sold, in counties of more than 60,000 inhabitants, $75.00; in counties of from 20,000 to 60,000 inhabitants, $50.00; in counties of less than 20,000 inhabitants, $10.00. Advertising 5th. BILL POSTERS. Upon all bill distributors and parties engaged in the business for profit in towns or cities, five dollars. Bill Posting 6th. AGENCIES, COLLECTING, COMMERCIAL AND MERCANTILE. Upon each person, firm or corporation engaged in business as a collecting, commercial, mercantile, or any other agency of like character in every county in the State where they have an office or branch office, $125.00. Commercial Agencies 7th. AGENCIES, DETECTIVE. Upon each person, firm or corporation operating a detective agency, or doing detective work, for hire or compensation, for each office established in this State, $25.00. Detective Agencies 8th. AGENCIES, TEACHERS. Upon each person, firm or corporation conducting Teachers' Agencies or Bureaus, $25.00. Teachers' Agencies 9th. AMUSEMENT PARKS. Upon each person, firm or corporation owning, leasing or operating an amusement park, other than baseball, football or bicycle parks, hereinafter mentioned, where two or more amusement devices, resorts or attractions are operated, and an admission fee is charged for any one or more of the exhibits, resorts, or attractions, $220.00. Provided, this paragraph shall not be construed to exempt or relieve any individual device, resort, amusement or attraction located in said park from the payment of any specific or license tax herein imposed. Amusement Parks 10th. ATHLETIC CLUBS. Upon every athletic club, person or association giving boxing or sparring or wrestling exhibitions where admissions charged is 50 cents to $1.00 for each such exhibitions, five dollars. Fifteen dollars where

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admission charged is $1.00 to $1.50. Twenty-five dollars where admission is charged is from $1.50 and over. Athletic Clubs 11th. AUCTIONEERS. Upon each person, firm or corporation carrying on the business of an auctioneer, twenty-five dollars in each county in which they shall auction the sale of property or carry on such business. Provided, that this paragraph shall not be construed to apply to any administrator, executor or guardian or his attorney at law, disposing by auction of the property of the estate of wards they represent, or to Confederate soldiers, or to any person conducting an auction sale in the execution of a private power arising out of a contract, nor to any sale made in the execution of legal powers. Auctioneers 12th. AUTOMOBILES. Upon every agent of, and upon every dealer in, and upon every person soliciting orders for the sales of automobiles, the sum set out below, viz.: In each county for each make of such vehicle only one such tax for such make for each agency to be taxed in any one county. Any agency having paid such tax to be allowed any number of employees within the county wherein such tax has been paid, free from such liabilities. Provided, that any person, firm or corporation paying this tax shall be permitted to resell any automobile or other vehicle taken in exchange for automobiles without the payment of additional tax. In each County with a population of less than 20,000, $27.50. In each County with a population of between 20,000 and 30,000, $55.00. In each County with a population of between 30,000 and 50,000, $82.50. In each County with a population of between 50,000 and 75,000, $110.00. In each County with a population of between 75,000 and 100,000, $165.00. In each County with a population of between 100,000 and 150,000, $220.00. In each County with a population exceeding 150,000, $275.00. Automobile Dealers, etc. 13th. Upon all automobile schools, ten dollars.

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14th. AUTOMOBILE ASSEMBLING PLANTS. Upon each person, firm or corporation operating an automobile assembling plant, $50.00. 15th. AUTOMOBILE TRUCK ASSEMBLING PLANTS. Upon each such person, firm or corporation operating an automobile truck assembling plant, $25.00. 16th. AUTOMOBILE GARAGE. Upon each person, firm or corporation carrying on the business of operating garages, either for storage or repairing automobiles, or keeping same for hire, in cities of more than 35,000 inhabitants, $25.00. In cities of between 20,000 and 35,000 inhabitants, $15.00. In cities of between 10,000 and 20,000 inhabitants, $10.00. In cities or towns of from 1,000 to 10,000 inhabitants, $5.00. And upon each person keeping a car for hire in cities, or towns of less than 1,000 inhabitants or in any place outside of an incorporated town, shall pay a tax of $5.00. 17th. Upon all awning or tent makers, fifteen dollars. Tents, etc. 18th. Upon Barber Schools, fifteen dollars. Barber Schools, etc. 19th. Upon all agents for barber supplies, twenty-five dollars. 20th. Upon all Turkish baths, Russian or vapor baths, ten dollars. Baths 21st. Upon each person, firm or corporation owning, leasing or operating any park, or place where baseball, football or other similar game is played, or where automobile, motorcycle or bicycle races or contests are held, and where admission fees are charged, in cities of more than 30,000 inhabitants, or within five miles thereof, $100.00. In cities of between 15,000 and 30,000 inhabitants, or within five miles thereof, $50.00. In cities or towns of between 3,000 and 15,000 inhabitants, or within five miles thereof,

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$25.00. In cities or towns of less than 3,000 inhabitants, or within five miles thereof, $10.00. Provided, that this tax shall apply only to those parks and places wherein professional games are played or professional contests are held. Ball Playing and Racing Places 22nd. BAGATELLE, BILLIARD, JENNY LINN, POOL OR TIVOLI TABLES. Upon each person, firm or corporation operating for public use any billiard, bagatelle, Jenny Linn, pool or tivoli table, whether in hotels, clubs or other places, for each table, $50.00. Tables for Games Upon each person, firm or corporation who keeps or holds for hire or for sale, for himself or as agent for resident or non-resident owner, any bagatelle, billiard, Jenny Linn, pool or tivoli table, or other table of like character, for each place of business in this State, $100.00. Provided, that such clubs which make no charge for admittance fees or for games played, shall not be required to pay such tax. 23rd. BOND MAKERS. Upon each person, firm or corporation engaged in the business of procuring or signing bonds, or depositing collateral in lieu of bonds for compensation, except duly authorized bonding companies and duly authorized officers of this State who are required to give bond to qualify as such officers, $25.00. Bondsmen 24th. BOOK AGENTS. Upon each agent or canvasser for books, maps, or lithographic prints, in each county in which he shall do business, $5.00. Provided, this shall not apply to bona fide students earning their way through school or college. Agents for Books, etc. 25th. BOTTLERS. Upon each person, firm or corporation operating a bottling plant, bottling soft drinks or beverages of any character whatever, which said plant uses 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 such machine having one filling head.

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Seventy-five dollars ($75.00) for each of such machines having two filling heads. One hundred and twenty-five dollars ($125.00) for each of such machine having three filling heads, and fifty dollars ($50.00) for each additional filling head on such machines having more than three filling heads. Bottling Works 26th. BROKERSSTOCKS AND BONDS. Upon each person, firm or corporation dealing in bonds or stocks, either exclusively or in connection with other business, for each County in which the business is carried on $100.00. Brokers in Stocks, etc. 27th. BROKERS, MERCHANDISE. Upon each person, firm or corporation dealing as a broker, in merchandise of any description, for each County in which business is carried on, $25.00. Merchandise Brokers 28th. Upon all brokers, agents or agencies for printing, book binding or lithographing, fifty dollars. Printing Brokers 29th. BROKERS, REAL ESTATE. Upon each person, firm or corporation engaged in the business of buying or selling real estate on commission, or as agents, renting real estate, the sum of ten dollars for each county in which such business is carried on. And if such person shall engaged in auctioneering or selling property at public outcry, or by auction sales, he shall also be liable for and required to pay the tax required of auctioneers by paragraph number 11 of this Section, $25.00. Real Estate Brokers 30th. BROKERS, RAILROAD AND THEATER TICKETS. Upon each railroad and theater ticket broker or scalper, when not prohibited by law, operating in cities of more than 10,000 inhabitants, $100,00. In cities or towns of less than 10,000 inhabitants, $50.00. Ticket Brokers 31st. Upon all burglar alarm companies or agents, twenty-five dollars. Burglar Alarm Agts.

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32nd. CARDS, DEALERS IN. Upon each dealer in playing cards, $10.00. Playing Card Dealers 33rd. Upon all card writing, cutting or engraving stands, five dollars. Card Writing Stands 34th. Upon all carpet and rug cleaning companies not connected with laundries, ten dollars. Carpet Cleaners 35th. Upon all cemetery companies, agencies, offices, etc., fifty dollars. Cemetery Agencies 36th. CIGARS. Upon each person, firm or corporation engaged in the manufacturing of cigars where more than five cigar makers are employed, $10.00. Cigar Makers 37th. CIGARETTES. Upon each person, firm or corporation who may sell or give away cigarettes, or cigarette paper, or who furnishes their customers with cigarettes, cigarette paper, in connection with any other purchase or transaction, or who may keep in their places of business any of said articles, whether principal stock in trade or sold or given away, or furnished directly or indirectly with other articles, or kept in his or her place of business, or elsewhere, accessible to his or her customers, for each place of business, $25.00. Cigarette Dealers 38th. CIRCUSES. Upon each circus company, or other company or companies giving such exhibitions, beneath or within a canvas enclosure, advertised in print or by parade in any manner whatsoever, as a circus, menagerie, hippodrome, spectacle or show implying a circus, in or near cities of 40,000 or more inhabitants, for each day it may exhibit, $500.00. In or near cities of between 20,000 and 40,000 inhabitants for each day it may exhibit, $300.00. In or near cities of between 5,000 and 20,000 inhabitants, for each day it may exhibit, $250.00. In or near cities or towns of less than 5,000 inhabitants, for each day it may exhibit in the State of Georgia, $100.00. Circuses, etc.

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39th. Upon all clipping bureaus, ten dollars. Clippings 40th. COAL, COKE OR WOOD. Upon each person, firm or corporation dealing in, whether for themselves or as agents or as brokers, coal, coke, wood or lumber, in cities of more than 5,000 inhabitants, $10.00. Coal, etc. 41st. CONCERTS OR EXHIBITIONS. Upon all shows and exhibitions (except such as histrionic, dramatic, musical, operatic, vaudeville, elocutionary and performances that are given in a licensed theater and circus companies), and upon each side show accompanying circus companies, in each city of more than 5,000 inhabitants, $50.00. In each city of between 4,000 and 5,000 inhabitants, $40.00. In each city or town of less than 4,000 inhabitants, $30.00. Concerts, etc. 42nd. CONSTRUCTION COMPANIES. Upon each person, firm or corporation accepting a contract to construct bridges, dams, waterworks, roads, railroads, street paving, cantonments, or other structures or works of a like public nature, in each county where doing business one-tenth of 1 per cent of the contract price for such work. Construction Companies 43rd. Upon all contractors, viz.: House builders, pavers, paper hangers, decorators, lathers, painters, house movers, excavators, stone work, brick building, ten dollars for each county in which they do business. Provided, this section shall not apply to contractors who do not employ not less than two assistants, and when the contract price is not less than $500.00. House Builders, etc. 44th. CORPORATIONS, DOMESTIC. All corporations incorporated under the laws of Georgia shall, except those that are not organized for pecuniary gain or profit, and those that neither charge nor contemplate charging the public for service rendered, in addition to all other taxes now required of them by law, are hereby required to pay each year annual licenses or occupation tax as specified in the following scales: Corporations, Domestic

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Corporations with capital not exceeding $10,000, $10.00. Corporations with capital over $10,000 and not over $25,000, $15.00. Corporations with capital over $25,000 and not over $50,000, $20.00. Corporations with capital over $50,000 and not over $75,000, $30.00. Corporations with capital over $75,000 and not over $100,000, $50.00. Corporations with capital over $100,000 and not over $300,000, $100.00. Corporations with capital over $300,000 and not over $500,00, $200.00. Corporations with capital over $500,000 and not over $1000,000, $300.00. Corporations with capital over $1,000,000 and not over $2,000,000, $500.00. Corporations with capital over $2,000,000, $600.00. Tax required by this paragraph to be paid to the tax collector of the County where such corporation has its home or office of business, and the payment of this tax will relieve such corporations from the payment of said tax in any other County in which it does business, and to that end the collector shall furnish such duplicate receipts as may be needed for authorized agents of the corporation in the other Counties in this State. 45th. CORPORATIONS, FOREIGN. Upon every agent or representative of any foreign or non-resident corporation,

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said agent or representative having a place of business or office in this State in addition to all other taxes now required of them by law, shall be and they are hereby required to pay each year an annual license or occupation tax fixed in accordance with the capital stock of corporation represented by them as specified in the preceding paragraph of this section (wherein is fixed the licenses or occupation tax required of corporations chartered under the law or Georgia) for schedule or scale therein set forth. Provided, that if such foreign or non-resident corporation shall pay to the Comptroller-General of this State 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 licenses or occupation tax or certificate or duplicate receipt for each agent that said tax has been paid and the presentation of such certificate or duplicate receipt for each agent that said tax has been paid and the presentation of such certificate or duplicate receipts by such agents to the tax collector of this 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 Paragraph No. 44 of this Section shall not apply to insurance companies or to sewing machine companies, which are separately taxed in other paragraphs of this Act. Provided further, that all returns by corporations, resident or non-resident, must be 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 corporations shall be required to pay an additional fee of one dollar for each duplicate certificate or receipt over and above the first two required. Corporations, Foreign

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46th. DANCE HALLS. Upon each person or persons operating public dance halls where dancing is permitted or taught for hire, $25.00. Dance Halls 47th. DEVICES, BOWLING AND TEN-PIN ALLEYS, CANERACKS, SHOOTING GALLERIES, ETC. Upon each person, firm or corporation operating for gain a bowling, boxball, ten-pin alley, or any alley of like character, for public play, $25.00. Bowling and Ten-Pin Alleys, etc. Upon each person, firm or corporation operating for gain a shooting gallery or a booth, or where any kind of firearms are used for firing or shooting at any kind of target, for each place of business in this State, $25.00. Upon each person, firm or corporation operating, for gain, any table, stand, machine or place for performance of games, not prohibited by law, and any rack or booth, or place for pitching or throwing rings at canes, knives, or other things of value, or any table, or stand for rolling balls for play or for the sale or disposition of prizes, for each table, stand, machine, place, rack or booth put in use at each place of business in this State, $25.00. Games. Upon the owner, manager, keeper of, lessee of any skating rink in this State where any fee or charge is made for admission, for the use of skates, or for skating, or for any other purpose, if in or within two miles of the corporate limits of any city or town containing twenty thousand population or over, the sum of one hundred dollars for each place of business. If in or within two miles of the corporate limits of any city or town in this State having a population of under twenty thousand and over ten thousand, the sum of fifty dollars for each place of business. If in or within two miles of the corporate limits of any city or town in this State having a population under ten thousand and over five thousand, the sum of twenty-five dollars for each place of business. If in or within two miles of the corporate limits of any city or town in this State having a population of five thousand or less, the sum of ten dollars for each place of business. Skating Rinks

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48th. DIRECTORIES. Upon each person, firm or corporation compiling a city directory or directories of any character, and selling or supplying the same on subscription, the sum of $75.00. Directories 49th. DOG AND PONY SHOW. Upon every dog, pony or horse show where the entire show is exclusively an exhibition of trained dogs, ponies, or horses and monkeys, or a combination of any of them, beneath a tent, canvas or enclosure where an admission fee of fifteen cents or more is charged, the sum of fifty dollars ($50.00) for each day it may exhibit, and upon such shows with an admission fee of less than fifteen cents, the sum of thirty ($30.00) dollars for each day it may exhibit in this State. Dog and Pony Shows 50th. Upon all persons, firms or corporations engaged in dry cleaning, ten dollars. Dry Cleaning 51st. Upon all electrical contractors, ten dollars. Electrical Contractors 52nd. EMIGRANT AGENTS. Upon each emigrant agent, employee or employees of such agents, doing business in this State, for each County in which such agent or employee may do or offer to do business, $1,000.00. Emigrant Agents 53rd. Upon all employment agencies or bureaus doing business in this State, twenty-five dollars. Employment Agencies 54th. FORTUNE-TELLERS, GYPSIES, AND HORSE-TRADERS. Upon any person having a fixed place of business, engaged in fortune telling or palmistry, for each County where located, $25.00. Fortune Tellers, Horse Traders, etc. Upon each company of traveling horse traders or traveling Gypsies, or traveling companies or other transient traveling persons or firms engaged in trading or selling merchandise or live stock of any kind, or clairvoyants or persons engaged in fortune telling or palmistry, in each county where they carry on either kinds of business herein mentioned, $25.00. Such tax shall constitute a lien on any live

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stock owned by such traveling person or firm. Provided, that no Confederate soldier, indigent, or any other person, firm or corporation, shall be exempted from the tax provided under this section. 55th. GASOLINE OR OIL. Upon each person, firm or corporation selling oil or gasoline from a wagon or truck, ten dollars ($10.00) for each wagon or truck. Gasoline and Oil Wagons 56th. INSURANCE AGENTS. Upon each and every local insurance agent, or firm of agents, doing business in this State and upon each and every solicitor or sub-agent for any resident or non-resident company doing business in this State, except Mutual fire associations or companies, or their agents, operating solely on mutual obligations, for each county in which they shall transact or solicit insurance business, $10.00. Insurance Agencies Upon each and every traveling or special or general agent of any life, fire or accident or fidelity or casualty insurance company conducting the business of such companies in this State, $75.00. Said license tax must be paid in advance by said agent or agents to the tax collector of the County of his or their residence before said agent shall be authorized to act as agent for any such company. Provided, that railroad ticket agents selling accident insurance tickets shall not be deemed insurance agents in the sense of this paragraph. License Tax In Advance Upon each and every traveling or special or general agent of any assessment life insurance company, or industrial life insurance company, or sick benefit insurance company, or live stock insurance company doing business in this State, whether for resident or non-resident company, to be collected and paid in the manner provided above for other insurance companies, $25.00. Traveling Insurance Agents 57th. ICE CREAM DEALERS, WHOLESALE. Upon each person, firm or corporation selling at wholesale, whether as

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manufacturer or dealer in ice cream, in each county in which sales are made, $5.00. Ice Cream Dealers 58th. ITINERANT PRACTITIONERS. Upon every itinerant doctor, dentist, optician, veterinary surgeon, osteopathist, or specialist of every kind, doing business in this State, the sum of twenty-five dollars ($25.00) for each County in which they may practice or do business. Provided, that if any one of such said itinerant specialists shall peddle or sell any drug, medicine, remedy, appliance, spectacles, glasses or other goods in connection with the practice of his profession, he or they shall be subject to the tax required of peddlers or traveling vendors of patent, proprietary medicine, nostrums, etc., by paragraph 83 of Section 2 of this Act, to-wit, fifty dollars ($50.00) in each county where they may offer to sell such articles. Provided, that the provisions of this paragraph shall not apply to persons whose fixed place of business is in any County of this State and who have paid the professional tax required by Paragraph 88 of Section 2 of this Act. Itinerant Doctors, etc. 59th. JUNK DEALERS. Upon each person, firm or corporation engaged in the business of dealing in junk in cities of over 50,000 inhabitants, $100.00. In cities of from 10,000 to 50,000 inhabitants, $50.00. In cities of from 3,000 to 10,000 inhabitants, $25.00. In cities or towns under 3,000 within ten miles thereof, $10.00. Each junk dealer, his clerk, agent or employee, shall keep a book, open to inspection, in which he shall make entries of all railroad iron, brass pieces of machinery, plumbing material, unused farm implements, automobile parts, fixtures or accessories, purchased by him, together with the name of the party from whom purchased, and upon failure to keep such books or record and produce it on demand, the said dealer shall forfeit his license. Junk Dealers

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60th. LEGERDEMAIN AND SLEIGHT-OF-HAND. Upon each exhibition of feats of legerdemain or sleight-of-hand, or other exhibition and entertainment of like kind, $25.00. Legerdermain 61st. LIGHTING SYSTEM. Upon each person, firm or corporation selling, whether as manufacturer, agent or dealer in any lighting system, whether gas, gasoline or electrical, in each County where business is done, $25.00. Lighting 62nd. LIGHTNING-RODS. Upon each person, firm or corporation who may contract for or engage in the business of fitting up or erecting lightning rods for this State, the sum of thirty dollars ($30.00) for each County in which he may contract for, or erect, or put in place any lightning rod or rods, upon any structure or building therein, and it shall be the duty of the tax collector to whom the tax is paid to issue the person paying such a license, receipt showing such payment. Lightning-Rods 63rd. LIVE STOCK. Upon each person, firm or corporation dealing in live stock, having a fixed place of business, in cities of more than 50,000 inhabitants, $25.00. In cities of from 10,000 to 50,000 inhabitants, $15.00. In cities or towns of less than 10,000 inhabitants, $10.00. Live Stock Dealers 64th. LOAN AGENTS. Upon each person, firm or corporation negotiating loans and charging therefor any fee, commission or salary, in each county in which he or they may carry on such business, the sum of $20.00. Loan Agents Should such person, firm or corporation engage in loaning or negotiating loans upon wages, or time, or the purchasing of salaries, the sum of $100.00. Provided, this tax shall not be required of attorneys at law who have paid the professional tax required by Paragraph 88 of Section 2, of this Act, and who shall engage in negotiating loans on collateral other than wages, time or salary. Lenders on Wages, etc. 65th. LOBBYISTS. Upon each person registered under the Act of the General Assembly approved August 11th, 1911 (See Acts of 1911, page 151), the sum of $25.00. Lobbyists

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66th. MATRIMONIAL, NATAL OR NUPTIAL COMPANIES. Upon every agent of a matrimonial, natal or nuptial company, for each County in which they shall do or offer to do business, $100.00. Matrimonial Agencies 67th. MACHINES (STORE CASH REGISTER). Upon each manufacturer or wholesale dealer in, or agent for the sale of any cash or account register for each place of business in this State the sum of $100.00. Cash Register Dealers 68th. MACHINES (WEIGHING OR CALCULATING). Upon each manufacturer or wholesale or retail dealer in, or agent for the manufacturer of any weighing scale, or scales for calculating weights or prices of commodities, for each place of business in this State, $25.00. Weighing Scale Dealers 69th. All dogs are hereby made personal property and shall be given in and taxed as other property of this State is given in and taxed. Such tax to be enforced by levy and sales as other taxes are collected, and not to interfere with the imposition and collection of any municipal taxes on dogs, whether such dog or dogs be owned by the taxpayer, his wife or minor children. Dogs 70th. MACHINES, OFFICE (ADDING MACHINES). Upon every manufacturer of, or wholesale or retail dealer in, or agent for the sale of any adding or calculating machine retailing for more than ten dollars, for each place of business in this State, $100.00. Machines for Calculating 71st. MACHINES, TYPEWRITER. Upon every manufacturer of or wholesale or retail dealer in, or agent for sale of any typewriter or typewriting machine, for each place of business in this State, $35.00. Typewriters 72nd. MACHINES (SLOT MACHINES). Upon every slot machine, punch board or other device operated, used or kept in this State wherein is kept any articles to be purchased by depositing therein or paid therefor any coin or thing

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of value, and for which may be had any article of merchandise whatsoever, for each machine, punch board, or other device, for each County where kept, set up, used or operated, $2.50. Slot Machines Upon each slot machine wherein may be seen any picture, or any music may be heard by depositing in the machine any coin or thing of value, and each weighing machine or scale, and every machine making stencils by the use of contrivances operated by slot wherein any coin or other thing is to be deposited, for each machine in each County where set up, operated or used, $5.00. Provided, that not more than seventy-five dollars shall be required of any one person in any one County under this section. Slot Machines 73rd. Upon every bicycle dealer selling or dealing in bicycles either at wholesale or retail, for themselves, or upon commission, or consignment, shall pay the sum of ten dollars for the fiscal year or part thereof, to be paid to the tax collector of the county at the time they may commence business. Dealers selling bicycles at more than one place shall pay license for each place of business where bicycles are sold. All unsold bicycles belonging to dealers shall be liable to seizure and sale for payment of such fee, license and tax. Bicycle Dealers 74th. MACHINERY AND IMPLEMENTS. Upon every manufacturer of reaping, mowing, binding or threshing machines, gas, electrical or oil engines, agricultural machinery propelled by gas, and road building machinery propelled by gas or oil, selling or dealing in such machinery by itself, or its agents in this State, and all wholesale and retail dealers in above mentioned machinery, selling such machinery manufactured by companies that have not paid the tax thereon named, shall pay one hundred ($100.00) dollars, the same to be paid to the Comptroller-General annually at the time of commencement of business, and to be known as a license fee for the privilege of doing business

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in this State. All companies and others paying this license fee shall, at the time of payment of same furnish the Comptroller-General with a list of all agents authorized to sell aforesaid machinery of their manufacture, or under their control, and shall pay to said Comptroller-General the sum of ten ($10.00) dollars for each of said agents for the fiscal year or fractional part thereof for each county in which the said agents may do business upon the payment of ten ($10.00) dollars, the Comptroller-General shall issue to each of said agents a certificate of authority to transact business in this State. Machinery and Implement Manufacturers and Dealers License Before commencing business in this State all such agents shall be required to register their names with the Ordinaries of those Counties in which they intend to do business, and shall exhibit to said Ordinaries their license from the Comptroller-General. Wholesale and retail dealers in above mentioned machinery shall be required to pay the tax provided herein for manufacturers of the above machines sold by them except the manufacture of such companies as have paid the tax required by this Act. All unsold machinery belonging to manufacturers, dealers or their agents or in their possession or the possession of others, shall be liable to seizure and sale for the payment of such fees, license or tax. Registry None of the provisions of this section shall apply to licensed auctioneers selling second-hand machines or to officers of the law under legal process, or to merchants buying or selling said machinery on which a license tax has been paid as herein provided, and who keep the same and sell and deliver them from their place of business. Any person who shall violate the provisions of this section shall be liable to indictment for a misdemeanor and on conviction shall be punished as prescribed in Section 1065, Volume 2, of the Code of 1910. Exemptions Penalty 75th. MERRY-GO-ROUNDS. Upon the owner, manager,

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keeper or lessee of any merry-go-round or flying horses, or of flying swings, or human roulette or similar devices run by machinery, or of any elevated railway or scenic railway, or similar contrivance kept for gain, either directly or indirectly, for each place of business in this State and for each place where operated, $25.00. Merry-go-Rounds, etc. 76th. Upon all motion picture supply houses, twenty-five dollars. Motion Picture Supplies 77th. MUSICAL INSTRUMENTSGRAPHOPHONES, ORGANS, PHONOGRAPHS, PIANOS AND VICTROLAS. Upon each person, firm or corporation engaged in the business of selling or renting, as agents or dealers, any of the above or similar instruments in cities of more than 50,000 inhabitants, $50.00. In cities of from 25,000 to 50,000 inhabitants, $25.00. In cities of less than 25,000, $5.00. Musical Instruments 78th. NEWS DEALERS. Upon each person, firm or corporation carrying on the business of selling books, magazines, papers, fruits, confections or other articles of merchandise on the railroad trains in this State, $500.00. No County or municipality shall have authority to levy any additional tax for the privilege of carrying on said business. News Dealers 79th. OFFICIALS. Upon the president of each express, telegraph, telephone, railroad, street railroad, steamboat or navigation company, electric light, sleeping car company, palace car company, building and loan association investment and loan company, gas company or water power company doing business in this state, $15.00. Presidents of Companies In case the president of any of the companies enumerated in preceding paragraph does not reside in this State, then in such case the general agent, superintendent or other person or official in charge of the business of such companies who resides in this State shall be required to pay this business or professional tax of fifteen dollars, and no municipal corporation or County authorities shall levy an

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additional tax on the professions and officials enumerated in paragraph above set forth, either as a license, tax or a fee otherwise. 80th. PACKING HOUSES. Upon every individual agent or firm of agents of any packing house, and upon any and every individual agent or firm of agents of any person, firm or corporation dealing in any packing house products or goods doing business in this State, for each place of business in each County having a city situated therein with a population of 30,000 or more inhabitants, $200.00. For each place of business in each County with a population of from 15,000 to 30,000, $100.00. For each place of business in each County with a population of from 5,000 to 10,000, $50.00. For each place of business in each County with a population of less than 5,000, $10.00. Packing Houses 81st. PAWNBROKERS. Upon each person, firm or corporation carrying on the business of pawn brokers, for each place of business in this State, $200.00. Pawnbrokers If any pawnbroker shall sell, or offer for sale, or expose in his place of business any pistol, pistol or rifle cartridge, dirk, bowie knife or metal knuckles, whether sold as unredeemed pledges or otherwise, he shall also be held subject to and required to pay the license tax required of the dealers in such articles by Paragraph 87 of this section of this Act. 82nd. PHOTOGRAPHERS. Upon every daguerrean, ambrotype, photographic and similar artists carrying on the business of making pictures, or securing negatives for pictures to be made elsewhere, in the County of his bona fide residence, $5.00. For each County other than the County of his residence in which he may carry on such business, $10.00. Photographers, etc. 83rd. PEDDLERS. Upon every peddler or traveling vendor of any patent or proprietary medicine or remedies, or

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appliances of any kind or special nostrum, or jewelry, or stationery, or drugs, or soap, or of any other kind of merchandise or commodity whatsoever (whether herein enumerated or not), peddling or selling any such goods or articles, or other merchandise, in each County where the same or any of them are peddled, sold or offered for sale, $50.00. Peddlers of Drugs, Soap, etc. Upon every peddler of stoves or ranges for cooking purposes, or clocks, or albums or picture frames, for each County wherein he may sell or offer for sale either of said articles, $200.00. Stoves, Clocks, etc. Upon any traveling vendor of any patent churn, or patented fence or patented agricultural implements or tools, or other patented articles, for each county in which he may sell or offer to sell either of the enumerated articles, $25.00. Patented Articles Upon every traveling vendor using boats, barges or other water crafts for the purpose of selling goods of any kind, not prohibited by law, on the rivers or waters within the limits of this State, for each County where he may sell such wares, goods or merchandise, $50.00. Vendors on Boats The tax shall be a lien upon the boat, barge or other water craft, and its contents, without regard to the ownership thereof. 84th. PICTURES OR PICTURE FRAMES. Upon each person, firm or corporation who in person, or through agents, solicits orders for the enlargement of photographs or pictures of any character, or picture frames, whether they make charge for such frames or not, or so sells or disposes of same, in each County in which this business is done, $25.00. Picture and Frame Dealers This shall not apply to regular merchants dealing in such goods at their usual place of business. 85th. MONUMENT DEALERS. Upon each person, firm or

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corporation selling and erecting monuments or tombstones, the sum of ten dollars in each County they shall do or offer to do business. Monument Dealers 86th. MOVING PICTURES. Upon each and every electric show or exhibition of moving pictures, or illustrated songs and each place where vaudeville performance is given, either with or without electric shows or moving pictures, for each place of business in cities of less than 2,000 inhabitants, per month, $2.00. In cities of from 2,000 to 5,000 per month, $3.00. In cities of from 5,000 to 10,000, per month, $5.00. In cities of from 10,000 to 25,000 inhabitants, per month, $7.50. In cities over 25,000 inhabitants, per month, $10.00. Moving Picture Shows The sum shall be the same for part of a month as for a whole month and must be paid monthly in advance. 87th. PISTOLS. Upon each and every dealer in pistols or in toy pistols which shoot cartridges, or who deal in pistol cartridges, or rifle cartridges, dirks, bowie knives, or metal knucks, for each place of business in this State, $35.00. Provided further, that no Confederate veteran, indigent person or any firm or corporation shall be exempted from this section. Pistols, Knives, etc. 88th. PROFESSIONS. Upon each and every practitioner of law, medicine, osteopathy, dentistry and upon each and every veterinary surgeon, optician, masseur, architect, public accountant, adjuster of fire losses, or embalmer, charging for their services as such, $10.00. Professional Taxes Upon every civil, mechanical, hydrostatic or electrical engineer who may reside in this State, the sum of $10.00. Provided, that this tax shall not be demanded of persons serving in any branch of the armies of the United States, or any branch of the navy of the United States during the continuance of the present war in which the United States is now engaged.

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89th. SAFES AND VAULTS. Upon all agents or agencies selling safes or vaults, or vault doors or other vault fixtures, $10.00. Safes and Vaults 90th. SANATORIUMS. Upon hospitals and sanatoriums or institutions of like character, whether incorporated or not, conducted for gain in cities of more than 20,000 population, $50.00. In cities or towns of less than 20,000 population, or where located outside of a city or town, $25.00. Sanatoriums Provided, the above tax shall not apply to public hospitals maintained by municipal corporations for charitable purposes only. 91st. SODA FOUNTAINS. Upon each person,firm or corporation running, or operating soda fountains in this State, on each draught arm or similar device used in drawing carbonated water, $5.00. Soda Fountains 92nd. SOFT DRINK SYRUPS. Be it further enacted, that after December 31, 1918, there shall be levied on all persons and companies carrying on, in this State the business of manufacturing or selling by wholesale, or distributing from any depot, car, warehouse or agency, any carbonated waters, or syrups, or other articles to be used in carbonated water or intended to be mixed with or blended with carbonated water or to be sold as soft drinks (not including imitations of beer, wine, whiskey, or other intoxicating liquors), an occupation tax for the privilege of carrying on said business, at the end of each quarter an amount equal to one-fourth of one per cent. on the gross receipts from said business in this State for said quarter. Soft Drink Syrup Dealers Within three days from the end of each quarter of the calendar year each person or company engaged in said kinds of business shall make returns under oath to the Comptroller-General of the State, showing the amount of said gross receipts with a detailed statement of the parties from whom said receipts are received. Returns

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In case of a corporation the returns shall be made on oath by the president, if a resident of this State, and if the president is not such resident, by the officer or person in charge of the business of said corporation in this State. Upon failure of any person required by this Section to make such returns within ten days after the expiration of such quarter, he shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall be liable to indictment and be punished as now provided in cases of misdemeanor. Upon the making of such quarterly returns, the company or person liable to said tax shall pay the same to the Comptroller-General, and upon failure to pay the same, the Comptroller-General shall issue an execution for said tax against the property of the person or company liable to said tax. Penalty Execution If no returns be made the Comptroller-General shall ascertain the amount of said gross receipts from the best information in his power and assess the tax accordingly, after giving the company or person liable to said tax at least five days notice of the time of assessing said tax and issue his execution accordingly against the person or corporation carrying on said business. Any person, company or agent carrying on any kind of business specified in this Section, after failure to pay the tax herein levied for any preceding quarter during which he or it was liable to tax shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. Assessment on Non-Return It is hereby enacted that all said taxes received or collected under this Section shall be paid into the State Treasury. It is also enacted that any person or company paying the tax herein levied shall be relieved of any and all occupation tax or license fees to the State under existing laws on or for the kind of business specified in this Section. 93rd. STREET CARNIVALS. Upon every midway combination of small shows, or street fair or street carnival, the sum of ten dollars each week or fractional part thereof, for each separate tent enclosure, or place where an admission

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fee is charged or collected, either directly or indirectly to witness or hear any performance, or where anything may be exhibited for admission or tickets; and upon every merry-go-round or flying horse, accompanying any midway combination, street fair or street carnival in each city or town in this State in which it does business, or in each County where they may operate outside the limits of any city or town in this State, $25.00. Provided, that should the said midway combination, or any of them specified above, be held in connection with County, District, State agricultural fairs of this State and under the directions of and within the grounds at the time of holding said fairs, the whole amount of tax for said attraction when so held shall be twenty-five dollars per wee kor a fractional part thereof. Street Shows, etc. 94th. TANK AND PUMPING SYSTEMS. Upon each person, firm or corporation selling as agent for a dealer in any tank or pumping system, whether for oil, gasoline, kerosene, or other fluid, in each county in the State where sales are made, $10.00. Pumping Systems 95th. TRADING STAMPS. Upon all trading stamp companies or dealers in, $50.00. Trading Stamps 96th. TRUSTS, CAR. Upon all car trusts, companies or agents thereof, $100.00. Car Trusts, etc. 97th. UNDERTAKERS. Upon each person, firm or corporation whose business is that of burying the dead and charging for same, in cities of more than 50,000 inhabitants, per annum, $100.00. In cities of from 10,000 to 50,000 inhabitants, per annum, $50.00. In cities of from 5,000 to 10,000 inhabitants, per annum, $20.00. In cities or towns of from 2,500 to 5,000, $10.00. In cities or towns of less than 2,500 inhabitants, $5.00. Undertakers 98th. WAREHOUSESCOTTON. Upon each person, firm or corporation operating a warehouse or yard for the storage and handling of cotton for compensation, license taxes as

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follows: Where not less than 500 nor more than 5,000 bales are handled in one year, $10.00. Where not less than 5,000 nor more than 10,000 bales are handled in one year, $25.00. Where not less than 10,000 nor more than 20,000 bales are handled in one year, $50.00. Where not less than 20,000 nor more than 30,000 bales are handled in one year, $75.00. Where more than 30,000 bales are handled in one year, $100.00. Warehouses for Cotton 99th. WAREHOUSE MERCHANDISE, ETC. Upon each person, firm or corporation operating a warehouse or yard for storage of goods, wares or merchandise and farm products other than cotton and charging for same, $25.00. Provided that any warehouse that pays taxes as provided by Paragraph 98 of this Section shall not be subject to tax required by this paragraph. Warehouses for Merchandise 100th. WATERWORKS. Upon each person, firm or corporation dealing in as manufacturers of or agents for, any waterworks system, whether the power operating same is derived from a windmill, hydraulic, gas or similar engine or electrical apparatus, in each county wherein such business is carried on, the sum of $25.00. Waterworks Sec. 3. SEWING MACHINES. Upon every sewing machine company selling or dealing in sewing machines by itself, or its agents in this State and all wholesale and retail dealers in sewing machines, selling machines manufactured by companies that have not paid the tax herein shall pay four hundred dollars for each fiscal year or fraction thereof, to be paid to the Comptroller-General at the time of commencement of business; and said companies or dealers shall furnish the Comptroller-General with a list of agents authorized to sell machines of their manufacture, or under their control and shall pay to said Comptroller-General the sum of ten dollars for each of said agents for the fiscal year or fractional part thereof, for each County in which said agent may do business for said company. Upon the payment of said additional sum the Comptroller-General

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shall issue to each of said agents a certificate of authority to transact business in this State. Before doing business under this Act, all sewing machine agents shall be required to register their names with the Ordinaries of those counties in which they intend to operate, and exhibit to said Ordinaries their license from the Comptroller-General and to keep such license pasted on their vehicles, or at their place of business. Wholesale or retail dealers in sewing machines shall be required to pay the tax provided herein for each manufacturer of sewing machines sold by them, except the manufacture of such companies as have paid the tax required by this Act. All unsold sewing machines belonging to sewing machine companies, dealers or their agents, in possession of said companies, dealers, their agents or others, shall be liable to seizure and sale for payment of such fees, license or tax. Any person who shall violate the provisions of this Section shall be liable to indictment for a misdemeanor, and on conviction shall be punished as prescribed in Section 1065, Volume 2 of the Code of 1910. None of the provisions of this Section shall apply to licensed auctioneers selling second-hand sewing machines, or to officers of the law under legal process or to merchants buying and selling machines on which a license tax has been paid as herein provided and who keep the said machines and sell and deliver them at their places of business, such sales not being on commission. Provided, that if said merchant shall employ an agent or agents to deliver or sell the machines, the provision of this Section shall apply to said agent or agents. Sewing Machine Dealers Registry Penalty Exemptions Sec. 4. TAXESHOW RETURNED. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, that the tax provided for in Section 3 requires return made to the Comptroller-General as under old law, and Paragraphs 3, 79 and 88 of Section 2 of this Act shall be returned to the receiver of tax returns in the County of the residence of the person liable to such tax and shall by the receiver be entered upon the digest of taxable property. All the other taxes enumerated and

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set forth in Section 2 of this Act shall be returned and paid to the tax collectors of such counties where such vocations are carried on, and paid in advance, except the occupation tax on agents of foreign corporations taxed in Paragraph 45, Section 2, which must be paid to the Comptroller-General. The tax required in Paragraph 65 of Section 2 shall be paid to the Secretary of State when each person registers, and he shall not be allowed to register until such tax is paid. Returns, Manner of Par. 3, Abstract Companies Par. 79. Presidents, etc. Par. 88. Professions Sec. 5. TAXESHOW PAID. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the taxes provided for in this Act shall be paid in full for the fiscal years for which they are levied, to the Tax Collectors of the Counties where such vocations are carried on at the time of commencing to do business, except such as are by this Act made payable to the Comptroller-General. Before any person shall be authorized to open up or carry on said business they shall go before the Ordinary of the County in which they propose to do business and register their names, the business they purpose to engage in, the place where it is to be conducted and they shall then proceed to pay their tax to the collector and it shall be the duty of the said Ordinary to immediately notify the Tax Collector of such registration and at the end of each quarter furnish the Comptroller-General with a report of such special tax registration in his office. Any person failing to register with the Ordinary, or having registered fails to pay the special tax as herein required, shall be liable to indictment for misdemeanor and on conviction shall be fined not less than double the tax or be imprisoned as prescribed by Section 1065 of Volume 2 of the Code of 1910, or both, in the discretion of the Court; one-half of such fine shall be applied to the payment of the tax and the other to the fund of fines and forfeitures for the use of the officers of the Court; Provided, however, that in all Counties of this State where the officers of the Superior Court, or City Court, are now, or may hereafter be upon the salary basis, the other half

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of the fine shall be paid into the treasury of such Counties and shall become the property of such Counties. Payment, How Made Registry in Advance Penalty Sec. 6. INSURANCE COMPANIES. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all foreign and home insurance companies doing business in this State shall pay one per cent. of all premiums, in money or otherwise received by them, upon the gross receipts of such insurance companies on business done in the State for the year; Provided, this shall not include return premiums on cancelled policies. Insurance Companies. Premium Tax 2nd. That every insurance company incorporated under the laws of this State and doing business on the legal reserve plan, shall be required to return for taxation all of its real estate as other real estate is returned, and all of the personal property owned by it shall be ascertained in the following manner: From the total value of the assets held by the company, both real and personal, shall be deducted the assessed value of all real estate owned by the company in this State, the non-taxable funds deposited by the company with the State Treasury, and the amount of the reserve or net value of the policies required by law to be held by the company for its policy-holders and which belong to such policy-holders; the remainder shall be the value of the personal property owned by and taxable against such companies. Return of Realty Of Personalty 3rd. That whenever any Insurance Company doing business in this State shall make it appear by proof to the Insurance Commissioners that one-fourth of the total assets are invested in any or all of the following securities or property, to-wit: Bonds of this State, or of any County or Municipality of this State, property situated in this State and taxable therein, loans secured by liens on real estate situated in this State, or policy loans by insurance policies issued by such company on lives of persons resident of this State, then the premium tax levied by the first paragraph of this Section shall be abated or reduced to one-half of

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one per centum upon the gross receipts of such company and if the amounts so invested by any such company shall be as much as three-fourths of the total assets of such company, then said premium tax shall be abated or reduced to one-tenth of one per centum upon such gross receipts of such company. Reduction of Premium Tax Sec. 7. MANUFACTURING COMPANIES. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the president, superintendent or agents of all manufacturing and other companies, whether incorporated or not, other than railroad, telegraph, telephone, express, sleeping and palace car companies, and such other companies as are required to make return of the value of their franchise to the Comptroller-General under the provisions of the Act approved December 17, 1902, entitled an Act to provide for and require the payment of taxes on franchises, and to provide the method for the return and payment of said taxes, and all persons and companies conducting business enterprises of every nature whatsoever, shall return for taxation at its true market value all of their real estate to the tax receiver of the County wherein said real estate is located. Provided, that if the real estate upon which said manufacturing or other business enterprises of whatsoever nature is carried on, lies on or across the County line, or County lines, and in two or more Counties, said real estate shall be returned to the Tax Receiver of the County wherein are located the main buildings containing the machinery, or most of the main buildings. Provided further, that all persons, companies and corporations not excepted above, conducting any business enterprises upon realty not taxable in the County in which such persons reside or the office of the company or corporation is located shall return for taxation their stock of merchandise, raw material, machinery, live stock, and all other personalty employed in the operation of such business enterprises, together with the manufactured goods and all other property of such business enterprises and notes and accounts made, and the

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money used in the prosecution of such business enterprises on hand at the time for the estimation of property for taxation, including all personalty of whatsoever kind connected with or used in such enterprises in any manner whatsoever, in the County in which is taxable the realty wherein such business enterprise is located or carried on. Provided further, that the agent in this State of any person, firm or corporation resident without this State who shall have on hand for sale, storage or otherwise as such agents, merchandise or other property, including money, notes, accounts, bonds, stocks, etc., shall return the same for taxation to the tax receiver of the County wherein the same may be to be taxed for State and County purposes as other property in this State is taxed. The word merchandise shall be held to include guano, commercial fertilizer, save and except that all canal and slack water navigation companies shall make through their respective executive officers or stockholders in possession of the same returns to the Tax Receiver of each County in which the same is located, or through which the same shall pass, in whole or in part of the right of way, locks and dams, toll houses, structures and all other real estate owned by or used by the company, or stockholders thereof. Provided, that this Act shall not make subject to taxation any property of canal or navigation companies which is not subject to taxation by the laws of this State now existing. The president of every manufacturing company in this State, and agent, general manager or person in possession or charge of the business or property in this State of any non-resident person, firm or corporation shall be required to answer under oath in addition to those provided by law, the following questions: Manufacturing Companies Returns 1st. What is the nominal value or cost of the real estate of the company you represent, including the buildings thereon? Questions for Returns 2nd. What is the fair market value thereof?

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3rd. What is the nominal value or cost of your machinery of every kind? 4th. What is the fair market value thereof? 5th. What is the value of the real estate not used in the conduct of the business of your company? 6th. What is the value of raw material on hand on the day fixed for return of property for taxation? 7th. What is the value of manufactured goods or articles on hand on the day fixed for the return of property for taxation, whether at your principal office or in the hands of agents, commission merchants or others? 8th. How much money did your company have on hand the day fixed for the return of property for taxation, whether within or without the State? How much deposited in bank? 9th. State separately the gross nominal value of the notes, accounts, bonds and other obligations for money or property of every kind on hand on the day fixed for the return of property for taxation. State separately the fair market value of each of said classes of property. 10th. What other property of every kind did your company own on the day fixed for the return of property for taxation, and what is the fair market value thereof? And such company shall be taxed upon its entire property, so ascertained, and the Comptroller-General is authorized to frame and have propounded any other question which, in his judgment, will produce a fuller return. Sec. 8. RAILROADS, RETURNS, TO WHOM MADE. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all railroad companies, street and suburban railroads, or sleeping car

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companies or persons or companies operating railroads or street railroads, or suburban railroads, or sleeping cars in this State, all express companies, including railroad companies doing an express, telephone or telegraph business, and all telephone and telegraph companies, person or persons doing an express, telephone or telegraph business, all gas, water, electric light or power, steam heat, refrigerated air, dockage, or cranage, canal, toll road, toll bridge, railroad, equipment and navigation companies through their president, general manager or agents having control of the companies' affairs in this State, shall be required to make returns of all property of said company located in this State to the Comptroller-General, and the law now of force providing for the taxation of railroads in this State shall be applicable to the assessment of taxes from said business as above stated. Railroad and Other Companies 2nd. That each non-resident person or company whose sleeping cars are run in this State shall be taxed as follows: Ascertain the whole number of miles of railroad over which sleeping cars are run and ascertain the entire value of all sleeping cars of such persons or company, then tax such sleeping cars at the regular tax rate imposed upon the property of this State in the same proportion to the entire value of such sleeping cars that the length of lines in this State over which such cars are run bears to the length of lines of all railroads over which such sleeping cars run; the returns shall be made to the Comptroller-General by the president, general agent or person in control of such cars in this State. The Comptroller-General shall frame such questions as will elicit the information sought, and answers thereto shall be made under oath. If the officers above referred to in the control of said sleeping cars shall fail or refuse to answer under oath the questions propounded, the Comptroller-General shall obtain the information from such sources as he may, and he shall assess a double tax on such sleeping car. If the taxes herein provided for are not paid, the Comptroller-General shall issue

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executions against owners of such cars which may be levied by the sheriff of any County of this State upon the sleeping car or cars of the owner who has failed to pay the taxes. Non-resident Sleeping Car Companies 3rd. Any person or persons, co-partnership, company or corporation whenever organized or incorporated, whose principal business is furnishing or leasing any kind of railroad cars except dining, buffet, chair, parlor, palace or sleeping cars, or in whom the legal title of any such cars is vested but which are operated or leased, or hired to be operated on any railroad in this State, shall be deemed an equipment company. Every such company shall be required to make returns to the Comptroller-General under the same laws of force in reference to the rolling stock owned by the railroads making returns in this State, and the assessment of taxes thereon shall be levied and the taxes collected in the same manner as provided in the case of sleeping cars in sub-section 2 of this Section. Equipment Companies Sec. 9. RAILROAD RETURNS AND BY WHOM MADE. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the presidents of all railroad companies doing business in this State shall make returns to the Comptroller-General in the manner provided by law for the taxation of the property or the gross receipts or net incomes of such railroads and shall pay the Comptroller-General the tax to which such property or gross receipts or net income may be subject according to the provisions of this Act and the laws now of force relating to the tax on railroads, and on failure to make return or refusal to pay tax, said company shall be liable to all the penalties now provided by law, and the Comptroller-General is hereby required upon failure of such companies to make returns, or if made and not satisfactory to said officer, to proceed against such companies as provided in Section 1050 of the Code of 1910, Volume 11. Returns of Railroads Sec. 10. BANKS. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That no tax shall be assessed upon the capital

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of banks, or banking associations, organized under the authority of this State, or of the United States, located within this State, but the shares of the stockholders of the banks or banking associations, whether resident or non-resident owners, shall be taxed in the County where the banks or banking associations are located, and not elsewhere, at their full market value, including surplus and undivided profits, at the same rate provided in this Act for the taxation of monied capital in the hands of private individuals. Provided, that nothing in this Section contained shall be construed to relieve such banks or banking associations from the tax on all real estate held or owned by them; but they shall return said real estate at its fair market value in the County where located. Provided further, that where real estate is fully paid for the value at which it is returned for taxation may be deduced from the market value of their shares, and if said real estate is not fully paid for, only the value at which the equity owned by them therein is returned for taxation shall be deducted from the market value of their shares. Banks The banks or banking associations themselves shall make the returns of the property and the shares herein mentioned and pay the taxes herein provided. Provided further, that all property used in conducting or operating a branch bank shall be returned for taxation in the County where such branch bank may be located. The true intent and meaning of this section is that the bank itself shall return for taxation and pay the taxes on the full market value of all shares of said bank stock. Sec. 11. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all building and loan associations or other associations of like character shall be required to return to the tax receiver of the County where such associations are located, all real and personal property of every kind and character belonging to such association, except that real property located

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in another county shall be returned to the tax receiver of that County. Building and Loan Associations Sec. 12. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all foreign and home fidelity guaranty companies or other companies furnishing bonds, or surety associations doing business in this State shall pay one per cent. of all premiums in money or otherwise received by them or the agent, general or special or local, as the case may be, of said companies, shall make returns to the Comptroller-General on the same terms and in the same manner as insurance companies. Guaranty and Surety Companies Sec. 13. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the presidents and principal agents of all incorporated companies herein mentioned, except such as are required to make returns to tax receivers of the Counties, shall make returns to the Comptroller-General under the rules and regulations provided by law for such returns, and subject to the same penalties and modes of procedure for the enforcement of taxes from companies or persons required by law to make returns to the Comptroller-General. Returns by Resident Agents Sec. 14. SPECIAL TAX COMMISSION. Within ten days from the adjournment of the present General Assembly the Governor shall appoint three business men, citizens of Georgia, and the President of the Senate shall appoint two Senators, and the Speaker of the House three members of that body, who, together with the Governor as ex-officio chairman, shall constitute a Special Tax Commission for Georgia. Special Tax Commission This Commission, together with the State Tax Commissioner acting as consulting and advisory member, shall thoroughly investigate Georgia's present tax system, comparing its methods and efficiency with those of other States and countries. Should they deem it advisable, the Commission may hold as many as six meetings in different sections

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of the State, to which the general public shall be invited and at which any citizen may have the right to discuss with them any phase of the taxation question as it affects the interest of any section of the State or any class of its people. Duties of the Commission Upon the completion of their investigations they shall make up and place in the hands of the Governor, to be transmitted by him to the 1919-20 General Assembly within the first five days of the opening session, a report embodying their conclusions and recommendations. A copy of this report shall be forwarded by the Governor to each member of 1919-20 General Assembly at least ten days before they convene. The commission shall also make up an abridged copy of its findings couched in non-technical language and clear in expression, and ten thousand copies of which shall be printed and distributed through the Governors' office to the citizens of the State, and a copy of which shall be forwarded to each newspaper in the State with the request that they publish the same as a matter of common interest. The purpose and intent of this being to acquaint the citizens of the State with existing conditions and suggested remedies so that they may understand and act intelligently. It shall be the further duty of the Commission to prepare and submit to the next General Assembly, for their consideration, a comprehensive revenue bill passed upon their investigation, so that the members may have before them in concrete, legal, finished form the result of the Commission's work. The above mentioned pamphlets shall be printed by the State Printer. Said Commission shall receive as compensation for this work the same per diem as that received by the members of the General Assembly and their actual expenses while engaged in the work, and said Commission shall have authority

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to employ all necessary clerical help, the expense for which shall be limited in the discretion of the Governor. An itemized statement of this expense account, properly sworn to and submitted to the Governor, shall be paid upon his order after approval. Any vacancy occurring in the membership of the Committee shall be filled by the Governor. Compensation Sec. 15. Be it further enacted, That the following sections of this Code of Georgia of 1910 and the Acts amendatory thereof, to-wit.: Sections 916, 917, 918, 919, 920, 921, 922, 923, 924, 925, 926, 927, 928, 929, 930, 931, 932, 933, 934, 935, 936, 937, 938, 939, 940, 941, 942, 943, 944, 945, 946, 947, 948, 949 and Section 950 and the amendatory Acts of 1913, page 34, and Section 951, and the amendatory Act of 1913, page 35, and Sections 952, 953, 954, 955, 956, 957, 958, 959, 960, 961, 962, 963, and Section 964 and the amendatory Act of 1913, page 37, and Sections 965, 966, 967, 968, 969, 970, 971, 972, 973, 974, 975, 976, 977, 978, 979, 980, 981, 985, 986, 987, 988, 989, 990, 991, 992 and 993, respectively levying and imposing a poll tax and specific and occupation tax upon professions, presidents of corporations, agents or corporations, artists, abstractors of title, agents and dealers of automobiles, amusement parks, atheletic parks, bicycle dealers, keepers of gaming tables, cigarette dealers, mercantile agents, detectives, moving picture and vaudeville shows, loan agents, local insurance agents, traveling insurance agents, assessment, industrial or sick benefits and live stock insurance agents, matrimonial and natal companies, immigration agents, lightning rod agents, keepers, etc., of merry go-rounds, keepers, etc., of ten-pin alleys, keepers, etc., of shooting galleries, keepers, etc., of skating rinks, keepers, etc., of gaming tables and machines, peddlers of medicine, jewelry, drugs, soaps, etc., peddlers and traveling vendors, traveling gypsies and fortune tellers, peddlers on railroad trains, domestic corporations, foreign corporations, manufacturers of and dealers in tobacco, manufacturers, etc., of

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typewriting machines, manufacturers, etc., of cash registers, manufacturers, etc., of adding machines, manufacturers, etc., of weighing scales, soft drink companies and persons engaged in manufacturing or selling soft drinks by wholesale, soda fountain proprietors, agents of packing houses, itinerant doctors and specialists, dealers in weapons, proprietors of billiard tables, etc., pawn brokers, bottling plants, slot machines and certain other slot machines, shows, circus companies, dog and pony shows, midway companies, real estate agents, proprietors of moving picture machines, etc., persons, etc., selling city directories, sewing machine companies and also relating to the tax returns and payment of such taxes and registration of business, and payment of the tax of one per cent. on premiums of foreign and home insurance companies, the tax returns for home insurance companies, the investments and loans of insurance companies, the returns of building and loan associations, and tax on premiums of fidelity guarantee companies, the returns of manufacturing and other companies, the returns of railroad and public utilities companies, the tax on sleeping car companies, railroad equipment companies, banks, railroads and returns of corporations, be and the same are hereby repealed. Code Sections Repealed 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 20, 1918.

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TITLE III. AMENDMENTS TO CONSTITUTION. ACTS. Art. 3, sec. 2, par. 1. Senators and Senatorial Districts. Art. 3, sec. 3, par. 1. Representation of New Counties. Art. 3, sec. 9, par. 1. Legislative Members' Pay Per Diem. Art. 5, sec. 2, par. 2. Treasurer's Salary and Expenses. Art. 6, sec. 1, par. 19. Governor's Clerical Help, Pay for. Art. 6, sec. 13, par. 1. Judges of Atlanta and Eastern Circuits; Salary Additions Art. 7, sec. 1, par. 1. Pension Payments, Extension of. Art. 7, sec. 1, par. 1. Pension Payments, Extension of. Art. 7, sec. 7, par. 1. Bond Elections; Number of Votes. Art. 11, sec. 1, par. 2. Cook County, for Creating. Art. 11, sec. 1, par. 2. Correction of Atkinson County Act. SENATORS AND SENATORIAL DISTRICTS. No. 495. An Act to amend Article 3, Section 2, Paragraph 1, of the Constitution of the State of Georgia, which relates to the number of Senators, the number of Senatorial Districts, and the composition of such districts, so as to increase the number of Senators and Senatorial Districts from forty-four to fifty-one, and to create seven new Senatorial Districts, as follows: Forty-fifth, Forty-sixth, Forty-seventh, Forty-eighth, Forty-ninth, Fiftieth and Fifty-first, out of certain counties, 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 Article 3, Section 2, Paragraph 1 of the Constitution of the State of Georgia be and the same is hereby amended as follows:

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A. By striking out the words Forty-four wherever said words occur in the second line thereof. Art. 3, Sec. 2, Par. 1, Amended. B. By substituting in lieu of the words so stricken out wherever the same occur the words Fifty-one. C. So that when so amended that part of said Paragraph preceding the sub-sections of said Paragraph and Article, will read as follows: Paragraph 1. The Senate shall consist of fifty-one members. There shall be fifty-one Senatorial Districts as now arranged by Counties. Each District shall have one Senator. To be read. Sec. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, that said Article 3, Section 2, Paragraph 1 of the Constitution of this State be and the same is hereby further amended as follows: A. By adding seven new sub-sections thereto as follows: Added Provisions. 45. The Forty-fifth Senatorial District shall be composed of the Counties of Irwin, Ben Hill and Telfair. 46. The Forty-sixth Senatorial District shall be composed of the Counties of Bacon, Pierce and Coffee. 47. The Forty-seventh Senatorial District shall be composed of the counties of Colquitt, Tift and Turner. 48. The Forty-eighth Senatorial District shall be composed of the counties of Crisp, Wilcox and Dodge. 49. The Forty-ninth Senatorial District shall be composed of the counties of Bulloch, Candler and Evans. 50. The Fiftieth Senatorial District shall be composed of the counties of Clarke, Oglethorpe and Wilkes. 51. The Fifty-first Senatorial District shall be composed of the counties of Gwinnett, Milton and Forsyth. Sec. 3. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That Article 3, Section 2, Paragraph 1, of the Constitution

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of this State, be and the same is hereby further amended as follows: a. By striking all of sub-sections 15, 27, 30, 34, 35 and 39. Substituted Provisions. b. By substituting in lieu of the sub-sections so stricken out new sub-sections 15, 27, 30, 34, 35 and 39, respectively, as follows: 15. The Fifteenth Senatorial District shall be composed of the counties of Wheeler, Montgomery and Toombs. 27. The Twenty-seventh Senatorial District shall be composed of the counties of Barrow, Walton and Oconee. 30. The Thirtieth Senatorial District shall be composed of the counties of Elbert, Madison and Hart. 34. The Thirty-fourth Senatorial District shall be composed of the counties of DeKalb, Rockdale and Newton. 35. The Thirty-fifth Senatorial District shall be composed of the counties of Fulton, Clayton and Henry. 39. The Thirty-ninth Senatorial District shall be composed of the counties of Cherokee, Cobb and Douglas. Sec. 4. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That for the purpose of creating the senatorial districts hereinbefore named and set out in sub-sections 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50 and 51 of Section 2 of this Act, the counties composing the same are hereby transferred from the districts to which they have been heretofore attached to the new districts hereby created. Counties Transferred. Sec. 5. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That if this Constitutional amendment shall be agreed to by two-thirds of the members of each House of the General Assembly, the same shall be entered on their Journals with the ayes and nays taken thereon, and the Governor shall cause the amendment to be published in one or more newspapers in each Congressional district for two months immediately preceding the next general election, and the same shall be submitted to the people at the next general election.

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All persons voting at said election in favor of the ratification of the proposed amendment to the Constitution of this State shall have written or printed on their ballots the words For ratification of amendment of Article 3, Section 2, Paragraph 1, of the Constitution of this State, providing for and creating seven new Senatorial Districts; and all persons voting against the ratification of the proposed amendment shall have written or printed on their ballots the words, Against ratification of amendment of Article 3, Section 2, Paragraph 1, of the Constitution of this State, providing for and creating seven new Senatorial Districts. If a majority of the electors qualified to vote for members of the General Assembly, and voting in said general election shall vote in favor of the ratification of said proposed amendment, then said amendment shall become a part of Article 3, Section 2, Paragraph 1, of the Constitution of this State, and the Governor shall make proclamation there, and shall call special elections in each of the new Senatorial Districts so created for the election of a senator for each of said districts in the next General Assembly, as is provided by law for the filling of vacancies caused by death or resignation. Publication and Submission to Popular Vote. Proclamation. Special Elections. Approved August 17, 1918. REPRESENTATION OF NEW COUNTIES. No. 343. The following amendment is hereby proposed to the Constitution of the State: Section 1. Amend by striking all of Article 3, Section 3, Paragraph 1, of the Constitution, and substituting in lieu thereof the following: Paragraph 1. The House of Representatives shall consist of not more than 193 Representatives, apportioned among the several counties as follows, to-wit: To the six counties having the largest population, viz., Fulton, Chatham, Richmond, Bibb, Floyd, and Muscogee, three Representatives

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each; to the twenty-six counties having the next largest population, viz., Laurens, Carroll, Jackson, Sumter, Thomas, Decatur, Gwinnett, Coweta, Cobb, Washington, DeKalb, Burke, Bulloch, Troup, Hall, Walton, Bartow, Meriwether, Emanuel, Lowndes, Elbert, Brooks, Houston, Wilkes, Clarke, and Ware, two Representatives each; and to the remaining counties one Representative each. In the event of the ratification of this amendment to the Constitution, the county of Evans shall be entitled to representation in the General Assembly of Georgia, and in the event of the ratification of the amendments creating the counties of Treutlen, Atkinson, and Cook, or either of them, the said counties so created shall also be entitled to representation in the General Assembly. In the county of Evans, and in the event of a ratification of the amendments creating the counties of Treutlen, Atkinson, and Cook, or either of them, an election shall be held in such county or counties, on the first Tuesday in January, 1919, under the laws now governing similar elections for members of the General Assembly, for the election of a member of the General Assembly from said county or counties for the session of 1919 and 1920. Substitute for Art. 8, Sec. 3, Par. 1 Evans County. Atkinson, Cook, and Treutlen Counties. Elections. Sec. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, that when said proposed amendment shall be agreed to by two-thirds of the members elected to each House of the General Assembly, it shall be entered upon the Journal of each House with the ayes and nays thereon, and published in one or more newspapers in each Congressional District in said State for two months previous to the time for holding the next general election in said State, and shall at said next general election be submitted to the people for ratification in the following form, to-wit: For ratification of an amendment to Paragraph 1, Section 3, Article 3, of the Constitution, providing for representation in the House of Representatives for counties not now represented, or Against ratification of an amendment to Paragraph 1, Section 3 of Article 3 of the Constitution, providing for representation in the House of Representatives for counties not now represented. If the majority of the electors qualified

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to vote for members of the General Assembly, voting therein, shall vote for ratification, having written or printed on their ballots the preceding forms, which votes cast at said election shall be consolidated as now required by law in elections for members of the General Assembly and return thereof made to the Governor, then he shall declare said amendment adopted and make proclamation thereof in the manner now provided by law. Publication and Submission to Popular Vote. Proclamation. Approved August 12, 1918. LEGISLATIVE MEMBERS' PAY PER DIEM. No. 448. An Act to amend Article 3, Section 9, Paragraph 1, of the Constitution of the State of Georgia, relative to the pay of members of the General Assembly, by striking therefrom the word four wherever it occurs and substituting in lieu thereof, the word seven and by striking therefrom the word seven wherever it occurs and substituting, in lieu thereof, the word ten, 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 Article 3, Section 9, Paragraph 1, of the Constitution of the State of Georgia, relative to the pay of members of the General Assembly, be, and the same is hereby amended by striking out the word four wherever it occurs, and substituting in lieu thereof the word seven, and by striking out the word seven wherever it occurs and substituting in lieu thereof the word ten, so that said Paragraph, when so amended, shall read as follows: Art. 3, Sec. 9, Par. 1, Amended. Paragraph 1. The per diem of the members of the General Assembly shall not exceed seven dollars; and mileage shall not exceed ten cents for each mile traveled, by the nearest practicable route, in going and returning from the Capital, but the President of the Senate and the Speaker of

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the House of Representatives shall each receive not exceeding ten dollars per day. To be read. Increase of Pay per Diem. Sec. 2. Be it further enacted, that whenever the above proposed amendment to the Constitution shall be agreed to by two-thirds of the members elected to each of the two Houses of the General Assembly, and the same has been entered on their Journals with the ayes and nays taken thereon, the Governor shall cause said amendment to be published in at least two newspapers in this State for the period of two months next preceding the time of holding the next general election. Publication. Sec. 3. Be it further enacted, that the above proposed amendment shall be submitted for ratification or rejection to the electors of this State at the next general election to be held after publication, in the several election districts of this State, at which election every person shall be qualified to vote who is entitled to vote for members of the General Assembly. All persons voting at said election in favor of adopting the proposed amendment to the Constitution shall have written or printed on their ballots the words: For ratification of the amendment to Article 3, Section 9, Paragraph 1, of the Constitution providing for increase in the pay of members of the General Assembly. And all persons opposed to the adoption of said amendment shall have written or printed on their ballots the words: Against ratification of the amendment of Article 3, Section 9, Paragraph 1 of the Constitution, providing for increase in the pay of members of the General Assembly. Submission to Popular Vote Sec. 4. Be it further enacted, that the Governor be, and he is hereby authorized and directed to provide for the submission of the amendment proposed in this Act to a vote of the people, as required by the Constitution of this State in Paragraph 1, Section 1, Article 13, and if ratified by the people the Governor shall, when he ascertains such ratification from the Secretary of State, to whom the returns shall be conferred, in the manner as in cases of elections for members of the General Assembly, to count and ascertain

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the result, issue his proclamation for one insertion in one of the daily papers of this State announcing such result and declaring the amendment ratified. Returns of Election. Proclamation. 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, 1918. TREASURER'S SALARY AND EXPENSES. No. 376. To propose to the qualified voters of this State an amendment to Paragraph 2, Section 2, Article 5, of the Constitution of the State of Georgia, fixing the salary of the Treasurer and the clerical expenses of his department, 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 Paragraph 2, Section 2, Article 5, of the Constitution of the State of Georgia, be amended as follows, to-wit: By striking in the second line of said paragraph between the words exceed and dollars the words two thousand, and inserting in lieu thereof the words forty-eight hundred, and by inserting in the second line of said paragraph after the words per annum and the words the clerical, the words the salary of the Assistant Treasurer shall not exceed thirty-six hundred dollars per annum, and by striking in the third line of said paragraph after the word exceed and before the word dollars, the words sixteen hundred, and inserting in lieu thereof the words six thousand, and by adding at the end of said paragraph the words The premium on the bond of the Treasurer shall be paid by the State, and the further words provided that this amendment shall not take effect until the Bank Bureau as now conducted in the State Treasury Department, shall have been separated from that department according to law, so that the said section when

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amended shall read as follows, The salary of the Treasurer shall not exceed forty-eight hundred dollars per annum, the salary of the Assistant Treasurer shall not exceed thirty-six hundred dollars per annum. The other clerical expenses of the Treasury Department shall not exceed six thousand dollars per annum. The premium on the bond of the Treasurer shall be paid by the State; provided, that this amendment shall not take effect until the Bank Bureau as now conducted in the State Treasury Department shall have been separated from that department according to law. Art. 5, Sec. 2, Par. 2, Amended. To be read. Salaries and Clerical Expenses. Bond Premium. Proviso as to Bank Bureau. Sec. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That when said amendment shall be agreed to by twothirds vote of the members elected to each House, it shall be entered upon the Journal of each House, with the ayes and nays thereon and published in one or more newspapers in each Congressional District of this State for two months previous to the time for holding next general election, and shall at the next general election be submitted to the people for ratification. All persons voting at said election in favor of adopting the said proposed amendment to the Constitution shall have written or printed on their ballots the words For ratification of amendment to Paragraph 2, Section 2, Article 5, of the Constitution, fixing the Treasurer's salary and clerical expenses of his office, and all persons opposed to the adoption of said amendment shall have written or printed on their ballots the words Against ratification of amendment to Paragraph 2, Section 2, Article 5, of the Constitution, fixing the salary of the Treasurer and the clerical expenses of his offices; and if a majority of the electors qualified to vote for members of the General Assembly, voting thereon, shall vote for ratification thereof, when the returns shall be consolidated as now required by law in elections for members of the General Assembly, then said amendment shall become a part of Paragraph 2, Section 2, Article 5, of the Constitution of this State, and the Governor shall make proclamation thereof as provided by law. Publication, and Submission to Popular Vote. Proclamation. Section 3. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts

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of laws in conflict with this act be and the same are hereby repealed. Approved August 17, 1918. GOVERNOR'S CLERICAL HELP, PAY FOR. No. 498. An Act to propose to the people of Georgia, for their ratification or rejection, an amendment to Article 6, Section 1, Paragraph 19, of the Constitution of the State of Georgia. Section 1. The following amendment to the Constitution of Georgia is hereby proposed to the people of Georgia for their ratification or rejection: To amend Article 6, Section 1, of the Constitution of the State of Georgia by striking from said Article and Section Paragraph 19, and inserting in lieu of said paragraph the following: Art. 6, Sec. 1, Par. 19, Amended. The Governor shall have the power to appoint his own Secretaries, not exceeding two in number, and to provide such other clerical force as may be required in his office; for salaries and clerical force in his office shall not exceed the sum of ten thousand dollars ($10,000.00), and this sum shall not be exceeded either directly or indirectly for any services rendered the Governor in the way of clerical assistance, or in any other manner. Increase of Pay for Clerical Expenses. Sec. 2. Provided, That should this amendment be adopted, the sum of ten thousand dollars ($10,000.00) is hereby appropriated and shall become available on the first day of January, 1919, for the payment of the salaries and clerical expenses of the Governor's office for the year 1919, and any other appropriations made to pay any clerk hire for services in connection with the Governor's office are hereby repealed. Appropriation Available. Sec. 3. That the Governor is hereby required at the next general election, to be held on the Tuesday after the first

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Monday in November, 1918, to submit this amendment to the people of the State for their ratification or rejection; that the form of said submission shall be as follows: For ratification of the amendment to Article 6, Section 1, or Against ratification of Article 6, Section 1, of the Constitution of Georgia. Submission to Popular Vote. Sec. 4. The Governor is hereby required to cause the above amendment to be published in one newspaper in each Congressional District in the State for the space of two months before the next general election, and the votes cast at said election on said amendment shall be consolidated in the several Counties in this State as now required by law in election for members of the General Assembly, and the returns thereof shall be made to the Governor of the State, and should a majority of the votes cast at said election be in favor of the ratification of this amendment, then it shall be the duty of the Governor, by his proclamation, to declare the same adopted, and it shall become a part of the Constitution of the State. Publication. Proclamation. Approved August 20, 1918. JUDGES OF ATLANTA AND EASTERN CIRCUITS; SALARY ADDITIONS. No. 372. An Act to amend Paragraph 1, of Section 13, of Article 6, of the Constitution of 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 Paragraph 1 of Section 13 of Article 6 of the Constitution be amended as follows: Art. 6, Sec. 13, Par. 1, Amended. (a) By striking out the words Chatham and Fulton whenever they appear in Paragraph 1. (b) By adding at the end of the proviso to Section 1 the

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following: Provided that the County of Chatham shall from its Treasury pay to the Judges of the Superior Courts of the Eastern Judicial Circuit three thousand dollars per annum; said payments are hereby declared to be a part of the Court expenses of said County, and shall be made to the Judges now in office, as well as their successors. Provided further, That the Board of County Commissioners of Fulton County, or such other Board or person as may from time to time exercise the administrative powers of Fulton County, shall have power and authority to pay the Judges of the Superior Court of Fulton County such sums, in addition to the salaries paid by the State, as said administrative authority or authorities may deem advisable, and the amounts so paid are declared to be a part of the Court expenses of said County. Such sums may be paid to the Judges in office at the time such addition to the compensation is voted, as well as their successors in office. Chatham County, Judge's Salary. Fulton County, Judges Salaries. Sec. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, 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 in 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 tickets, For ratification of amendment to Paragraph 1, Section 13, Article 6, of the Constitution (providing for additional compensation for the Judges of the Superior Courts of the Atlanta and Eastern Judicial Circuits) or Against ratification of amendment to Paragraph 1, Section 13, Article 6, of the Constitution (providing for the additional compensation for the Judges of the Superior Courts of the Atlanta and Eastern Judicial Circuits), 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

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this State, and the Governor shall make proclamation thereof. Publication, and Submission to Popular Vote. Proclamation. 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 17, 1918. PENSION PAYMENTS, EXTENSION OF. No. 375. An Act to amend Paragraph 1, Section 1, Article 7, of the Constitution of this State, so as to strike from said paragraph the first proviso that provides that the pension shall not be paid to any soldier or widow worth over fifteen hundred dollars, 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 Paragraph 1, Section 1, Article 7, of the Constitution of the State of Georgia, be and is hereby amended by striking from said paragraph and section the first proviso, which provides That no person shall be entitled to the provision of this Constitutional amendment the total value of whose property of any description shall exceed fifteen hundred dollars, so that said section as amended by this act shall read as follows: The powers of taxation over the whole State shall be exercised by the General Assembly for the following purposes, to make provision for the payment of pensions to any ex-Confederate soldier now residing in this State who enlisted in the military service of the Confederate States during the War Between the States of the United States, and who performed actual military service in the arms of the Confederate or of the organized militia of this State, and was honorably discharged therefrom, and to the widows now resident of this State of ex-Confederate soldiers who enlisted in the military service of the Confederate States, and who performed actual service

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in the armies of the Confederate States or of the organized militia of this State, who died in said military service or was honorably discharged therefrom; Provided, That only those widows who were married to said soldier or ex-soldier previous to the year 1870 shall be entitled to the provisions of this Constitutional amendment. No widow of a soldier killed during the war shall be deprived of her pension by reason of having subsequently married another veteran who is dead, unless she is receiving a pension on account of being widow of such second husband. Art. 7, Sec. 1, Par. 1, Amended. First Proviso Stricken. To be read. No Property Bar. Sec. 2. Be it enacted by the authority aforesaid, That if this Constitutional amendment shall be agreed to by a two-thirds vote 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 upon their tickets, For ratification of amendment, Paragraph 1, Section 1, Article 7, of the Constitutional amendment (which strikes out the fifteen hundred dollar proviso to be allowed a pension) or Against ratification of the amendment, Paragraph 1, Section 1, Article 7, of the Constitutional amendment (which strikes out the fifteen-hundred-dollar provision to be allowed a pension), 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 the said amendment shall become a part of Paragraph 1, Section 1, Article 7, of the Constitution of this State, and the Governor shall make proclamation thereof. Publication and Submission to Popular Vote. Proclamation. 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 17, 1918.

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PENSION PAYMENTS, EXTENSION OF. No. 497. An Act to amend Paragraph 1, Section 1, Article 7, of the Constitution of this State, so as to strike from said paragraph the first proviso, that provides that the pension shall not be paid to any soldier or widow worth over fifteen hundred dollars. Also the second proviso, That only those widows who were married to said soldiers or ex-soldiers previous to the year 1870 shall be entitled to the provisions of this Constitutional amendment, 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 Paragraph 1, Section 1, Article 7, of the Constitution of the State of Georgia be, and is hereby amended by striking from said paragraph and section the first proviso, That no person shall be entitled to the provisions of this Constitutional amendment, the total value of whose property of any description shall exceed fifteen hundred dollars. Also strike the second proviso, That only those widows who were married to said soldiers or ex-soldiers previous to the year 1870 shall be entitled to the provision of this Constitutional amendment, so that said sections as amended by this Act will read as follows: The powers of taxation over the whole State shall be exercised by the General Assembly for the following purposes, to make provisions for the payment of pensions to any ex-Confederate soldier now residing in this State who enlisted in the military service of the Confederate States during the Civil War between the States of the United States, and who performed actual military services in the armies of the Confederate or of the organized militia of this State, and was honorably discharged therefrom, and to the widows now resident of this State of ex-Confederate soldiers who enlisted in the military service of the Confederate States, and who performed actual service in the armies of the Confederate

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States or of the organized militia of this State, who died in said military service or was honorably discharged therefrom, who were married prior to January 1, 1881. No widow of a soldier killed during the war shall be deprived of her pension by reason of having subsequently married another veteran who is dead, unless she is receiving a pension on account of being the widow of such first husband. Art. 7, Sec. 1, Par. 1, Amended. First and Second Provisos Stricken To be read. Marriage Provision. Sec. 2. Be it enacted by the authority aforesaid, That if this Constitutional amendment shall be agreed to by a two-thirds vote 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 tickets, For ratification of the amendment, Paragraph 1, Section 1, Article 7, of the Constitutional amendment (which strikes out the fifteen hundred dollars proviso to be allowed a pension) or Against ratification of the amendment, Paragraph 1, Section 1, Article 7, of the Constitution, which strikes out the fifteen-hundred-dollar provision to be allowed a pension), 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 Paragraph 1, Section 1, Article 7, of the Constitution of this State, and the Governor shall make proclamation thereof. Publication and Submission to Popular Vote. Proclamation. Approved August 20, 1918. BOND ELECTIONS; NUMBER OF VOTES. No. 496. An Act to amend Paragraph 1, Section 7, Article 7, of the Constitution of the State of Georgia by inserting between the word thereof and the word at as they occur in

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the tenth line of said paragraph, the following, voting, so as to authorize any County, Municipal Corporation or political division of this State to incur any new debt with the assent of two-thirds of the qualified voters of such County, Municipal Corporation or political division voting at an election for that purpose, to be held as may be prescribed by law. Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by the same, That Paragraph 1, Section 7, Article 7, of the Constitution of this State be, and the same is hereby, amended by inserting between the word thereof and the word at, as they occur in the tenth line of said paragraph, the following, voting, provided said two-thirds so voting shall be a majority of the registered voters, and provided further that all laws, charter provisions and ordinances heretofore passed or enacted providing special registration of the voters of Counties, Municipal Corporations and other political divisions of this State, to pass upon the issuance of bonds by such Counties, Municipal Corporations and other political divisions are hereby declared to be null and void, and the General Assembly shall hereafter have no power to pass or enact any law providing for such special registration, but the validity of any and all bond issues by such Counties, Municipal Corporations or other political divisions made prior to January 1, 1918, shall not be affected hereby, so that said paragraph when so amended shall read as follows: Art. 7, Sec. 7, Par. 1, Amended. Paragraph 1. The debt hereafter incurred by any County, Municipal Corporation or political division of this State, except as in this Constitution provided for, shall not exceed seven per centum of the assessed value of all the taxable property therein, and no such County, Municipality or division shall incur any new debt, except for a temporary loan or loans to supply casual deficiencies of revenue, not exceeding one-fifth of one per centum of the assessed value of the taxable property therein, without the assent of two-thirds of the qualified voters thereof voting at an election for that purpose to be held as prescribed by law, provided

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said two-thirds so voting shall be a majority of the registered voters, and provided further that all laws, charter provisions and ordinances heretofore passed or enacted providing special registration of the voters of Counties, Municipal Corporations and other political divisions of this State to pass upon the issuance of bonds by such Counties, Municipal Corporations and other political divisions are hereby declared to be null and void; and the General Assembly shall hereafter have no power to pass or enact any law providing for such special registration, but the validity of any and all bond issues by such Counties, Municipal Corporations or other political divisions made prior to January 1st, 1918, shall not be affected hereby, but any city the debt of which does not exceed seven per centum of the assessed value of the taxable property at the time of the adoption of this Constitution may be authorized by law to increase at any time the amount of said debt three per centum upon such assessed valuation. To be read. Number of Votes Required, to Incur New Debt. Sec. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That whenever the above proposed amendment to the Constitution shall have been agreed to by two-thirds of the members elected to the two Houses of the General Assembly, and the same has been entered on their Journals, with the ayes and nays taken thereon, the Governor shall cause said amendment to be published in at least two newspapers in each Congressional District in this State for a period of two months next preceding the time of holding the next general election. Publication. Sec. 3. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the above proposed amendment shall be submitted for ratification to the electors of this State at the next general election to be held after the publication, as provided in the second section of this Act, in the several election districts of this State, at which every person shall be qualified to vote who is entitled to vote for members of the General Assembly. All persons voting at said election in favor of adopting the said proposed amendment of the Constitution shall have written or

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printed upon their ballots the words, For ratification of amendment to Paragraph 1, Section 7, Article 7 of the Constitution, so as to authorize any County, Municipal Corporation or political division of this State to incur any new debt with the assent of two-thirds of the qualified voters thereof voting at an election for that purpose, to be held as may be prescribed by law, and all persons opposed to the adoption of said amendment shall have written or printed on their ballots the words, Against ratification of amendment to Paragraph 1, Section 7, Article 7, of the Constitution, so as to authorize any County, Municipal Corporation or political division of this State to incur any new debt with the assent of two-thirds of the qualified voters thereof voting at an election for that purpose, to be held as may be prescribed by law; and if a majority of the electors qualified to vote for members of the General Assembly voting thereon shall vote for ratification thereof, when the returns shall be consolidated as now required by law in elections for members of the General Assembly, and return thereof made to the Governor, then he shall declare said amendment adopted, and make proclamation of the result by publications of the result of said election by one insertion in one of the daily papers of this State, declaring the amendment ratified. Submission to Popular Vote. Proclamation. Sec. 4. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act may be and the same are hereby repealed. Approved August 20, 1918. COOK COUNTY, FOR CREATING. No. 292. An Act to amend Paragraph 2, Section 1, Article 11, of the Constitution of this State. The following amendment is proposed by the Senate and House of Representatives of Georgia to Paragraph 2, Section 1, Article 11, of the Constitution of this State.

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Section 1. The General Assembly of the State of Georgia hereby proposes to the people of Georgia an amendment to Paragraph 2, Section 1, Article 11, of the Constitution of this State, as follows: That in addition to the Counties heretofore existing in this State, created by the General Assembly and those created by amendment to the above and foregoing paragraph, section and article of the Constitution of this State, there is hereby created an additional County, which County, when created, shall be known as Cook County. The territory for the formation of said County of Cook shall be taken from the County of Berrien, and the territory so taken for the formation of said new County of Cook shall be included within the following described boundaries, to-wit: Art. 11, Sec. 1, Par. 2, Amended. Cook County to be Created. Starting at a point where the Willacoochee River crosses the County line between the Counties of Berrien and Lowndes, thence running a northerly direction along the run of said Willacoochee River to where said River intersects with New River; thence taking a northwesterly direction up and along the run of said New River to where said New River crosses the County line between the Counties of Berrien and Tift; thence westward along what is now the County line between said Counties of Berrien and Tift to where said County line crosses the run of the Little River; thence a southerly direction and southeasterly direction down and along the run of said Little River to where the same reaches the County between the Counties of Lowndes and of Berrien; thence eastward along said County line between the said Counties of Lowndes and Berrien to where same crosses the run of said Willacoochee River, that being the starting point. Territorial Description. That when said County is created the County seat for the same shall be the Town of Adel, now in said County of Berrien. That if the above and foregoing amendment should be ratified by the people when the same is submitted to them for their ratification at the next general election after the adoption of the proposal to amend the Constitution, there shall be, on the first Wednesday in December after the proposed

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amendment to the Constitution is adopted, an election for the County officers herein named, in and for said new County, to be held at the several election precincts existing within the limits of said new County at the time of the adoption of the proposed amendment, during the usual hours of holding elections, and all legally qualified voters residing in said territory shall be qualified to vote at said election; and the Ordinary of Berrien County, the County in which said election precincts are located at the time of the adoption of this amendment shall appoint the election managers for such precincts, and the managers of the election shall, on the day succeeding the election, meet at the city hall in the Town of Adel and consolidate the vote for the County officers; and the general laws now in force as to the consolidation of the votes, the return of the election, and the commission of officers, shall be applicable to officers elected at such special elections herein provided for; that the officers to be elected at said special election herein provided for shall be an Ordinary, Clerk of the Superior Court, Sheriff, Tax Collector, Tax Receiver, Coroner, County Surveyor, and County Treasurer; that said officers shall be commissioned as now required by law, and all laws now in force in this State, to commission officers and for bonds required of them, shall be applicable to the officers so elected; that the officers elected at said election shall hold their offices until the next general election for County officers throughout the State, and until their successors are elected and qualified. The General Assembly is hereby given power to create any additional statutory offices in said County, or statutory courts, and to provide by law for filling said offices. Any vacancies that may occur before the next general election in any of the offices created thus for said County may be filled as now provided by law. The said County of Cook shall be attached to the Eleventh Congressional District, the Southern Judicial Circuit, and the Sixth Senatorial District; but it shall be in the power of the General Assembly at any time to change the Judicial Circuit to which said County of Cook is attached, and the said General Assembly of Georgia is hereby given power to change said

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County of Cook in arranging Congressional and Senatorial districts, as is now provided by law. That the Superior Courts in said County of Cook shall be held on the first Mondays in March and September of each year, but it shall be within the power of the General Assembly at any time by law to change the time of holding court and the number of terms thereof. That the Justice of the Peace and Constables residing in the territory included within the new County of Cook shall exercise the duties and powers of their office until new militia districts are laid out in said County of Cook, as now provided by law. That all the provisions of the law as contained in Chapter Thirteen (13) of the Code of 1910, are hereby made applicable to the said County of Cook whenever the same is created. That all of the general laws in this State, in addition to the above, having application to the statutory Counties of this State, are hereby made applicable to the said County of Cook, especially the law in reference to holding elections for the purpose of creating a debt for said County. That when this amendment is adopted the said County of Cook, so created by the adoption of this amendment, shall become in all respects a statutory County, and shall be governed by all laws now in force in this State regulating County and County affairs. Adel the County Seat. Election of County Officers. Additional Offices. Vacancies. Congressional District and Judicial Circuit. Superior Courts. Justices and Constables. Code Provisions Applicable. General Laws Applicable. Sec. 2. The Governor is hereby required and directed that when the proposed amendment shall be agreed to by two-thirds of the members elected to each of the two Houses of this General Assembly, and shall be entered on the Journals of each House, with the ayes and nays recorded as [Illegible Text] thereon, the Governor is hereby directed to cause the said proposed amendment to be advertised in at least two papers in each Congressional District of this State at least two months before the next general election to be held on Tuesday after the first Monday in November, 1918, and he shall also provide for a submission of the proposed amendment to the qualified voters of the State at said general election. And if a majority of said electors voting at said general election shall ratify this proposed amendment to the Constitution of this State by a majority of the electors [Illegible Text]

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to vote for members of the General Assembly and voting at such elections, said amendment shall become a part of the Constitution of Georgia when the fact is certified to the Governor by the Secretary of State that a majority of the qualified voters voting at said general election have voted in favor of the adoption of said amendment to the Constitution of the State, and the Governor shall issue his proclamation to such effect. Publication and Submission to Popular Vote Proclamation. Sec. 3. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the County authorities of said County shall have the right to create a debt for and on behalf of said County to defray the expenses of said County for the first year, without submitting the same to a vote of the qualified voters of said County. Creation of Debt. Sec. 4. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the Legislature is hereby authorized to correct any mistake or mistakes, or inaccuracies, that may occur, or may have occurred, in reference to the line or lines of said proposed new County. Correction of Mistakes in Lines. Sec. 5. It shall be the duty of the Governor to submit said proposed amendment in the following form: That those voting in favor of said proposed amendment shall have written or printed on their ticket. In favor of the ratification of the amendment to Paragraph 2, Section 1, Article 11, of the Constitution, State of Georgia, creating the County of Cook, and those opposed to the ratification of said amendment shall have written or printed on their ticket, Opposed to the ratification of the amendment to Paragraph 2, Section 1, Article 11, of the Constitution, State of Georgia, creating the County of Cook. Ballots, Form of Approved July 30, 1918. CORRECTION OF ATKINSON COUNTY ACT. No. 370. An Act to amend an Act entitled An Act to propose to the qualified electors of this State an amendment to Paragraph

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2, Section 1, Article 11, of the Constitution of the State of Georgia, as amended by the ratification by the qualified electors of this State, of the Acts approved July 19, 1904, July 31, 1906, July 30, and August 14, 1912, July 1, 17, 27, and August 11, 1914, and for other purposes. Section 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 from and after the passage of this Act, an Act approved on August 15, 1917 continued on pages 41, 42, 43 and 44 of the Acts of 1917, be and the same is hereby amended as follows: By striking from line 27 on page 42 of Section 1 of said Act, the following words, Southeast corner, and inserting in lieu thereof the words north-side. Also by striking the word South in the 29th line of Section 1, of said Act and inserting in lieu thereof the word North. A. 1904, p. 47 A. 1906, p 28 A. 1912, pp. 38, 41 A. 1914, pp. 23, 27, 29, 33 A. 1917, p. 41 Amended. 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 17, 1918.

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TITLE IV. CODE AMENDMENTS. ACTS. Civil 173. Assistant State Librarian's Salary 317. Governor's Salary. 571. Bonds of County Treasurers. 1202. Tax Receiver's Pay. 1249. State Depository in City of Winder. 1677. Municipal Tuberculosis Sanitariums. 1729. Poisons for Insects; Sales and Labels. 1756. Disposition of Dead Bodies. 1888. Blind Peddlers Exempt from License. 2061. Licenses to Veterinarians. 2167. Females Eligible as Deputy Clerks. 2408, 2409. Insurance Companies, Investments by. 4043. Plat in Year's Support Return. 5195. Answer to Writ of Certiorari. 6002, 6004. Fees of Justices of the Peace. Penal 621(i). Fishing by Non-Residents. 1193. Increase in Pay of Guards. ASSISTANT STATE LIBRARIAN'S SALARY. No. 281. An Act to amend Section 173 of Volume 1 of the Code of Georgia of 1910 as to salary of the Assistant State Librarian, and for other purposes. Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, That Section 173, of Volume 1 of the Code of 1910, be amended by striking from the third line of said section the word twelve and inserting in lieu thereof the word fifteen, so that the amended section shall read as follows: The salary of the State librarian shall be eighteen hundred dollars per annum, and the salary of the assistant librarian fifteen hundred dollars per annum. C. C. Sec. 173, Amended. Salary Increased.

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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 August 1, 1918. GOVERNOR'S SALARY. No. 424. An Act to amend Section 317 of the Code of Georgia, 1910, by striking therefrom the figures $5,000 after the words the Governor, and inserting in lieu thereof the figures $7,500, 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 317 of the Code of Georgia of 1910 be and the same is hereby amended by striking the figures $5,000 after the words the Governor in the third line thereof, and inserting in lieu thereof the figures $7,500. C. C. Sec. 317 Salary Increased. 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 19, 1918. BONDS OF COUNTY TREASURERS. No. 473. An Act to amend Section 571, Volume 1 of the Code of 1910 prescribing the amount of the bond of county treasurers, when the same shall be payable, to whom payable and how approved, by adding the words, or payable to county commissioners in those counties when such officers exist after the word county in the third line of said section; and by adding the words or them respectively after the word him in the third line of

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said section, and by omitting all of said section after the word which in the fourth line of said section; and by adding, in lieu of the words omitted, the following words: in his or their judgment respectively, will be ample to protect the county from any loss, 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 571 of Volume 1 of the Code of Georgia of 1910 be and the same is hereby amended by adding the words or payable to county commissioners in those counties where such officers exist after the word county in the third line of said section and by adding the words or them respectively after the word him in the third line of said section, and by omitting all of said section after the word which in the fourth line of said section and by adding, in lieu of the words omitted, the following words: in his or their judgment respectively, will be ample to protect the county from any loss, so that said section when amended shall read as follows: C. C. Sec. 571 Amended. Section 571. They shall also, within thirty days from their election or appointment, give a bond payable to the ordinary of the county, or payable to the county commissioners in those counties where such officers exist, with securities to be by him or them respectively approved in a sum which in his or their judgment respectively, will be ample to protect the county from any loss. To be read. Amount of Bond. 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, 1918. TAX RECEIVER'S PAY. No. 356. An Act to amend Section 1202 of the Code of Georgia by striking out the words one-half of what wherever they

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occur and inserting in lieu thereof the words the same compensation. 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 1202 of the Civil Code, 1910, of the State of Georgia, which reads as follows: The county shall pay the receiver one-half of what the collector gets for collecting the county tax, is hereby amended by striking out the words one-half of what wherever they occur and inserting in lieu thereof the words the same compensation; so that said section, as amended, should read as follows: C. C. Sec. 1202 Amended. Section 1202. Receiver's pay, etc. The county shall pay the receiver the same compensation the collector gets for collecting the county tax. To be read. Increase of Pay. 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 17, 1918. STATE DEPOSITORY IN CITY OF WINDER. No. 486. 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 and towns therein named as State depositories, and the several Acts amendatory thereof, so as to add the city of Winder, in the county of Barrow, to the list of such cities and towns. 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 1249 of Volume 1 of the Code 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 amendatory thereof, be and the same

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are hereby amended so as to add the city of Winder, in the county of Barrow, State of Georgia, to the list of such cities and towns. C. C. Sec. 1249 Amended. State Depository in Winder. 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, 1918. MUNICIPAL TUBERCULOSIS SANITARIUMS. No. 426. An Act to amend Section 1677 of the Code of 1910, so as to make its provisions applicable to any city having a population of not less than 15,000 inhabitants, or any city of not less than 5,000 inhabitants, located in a county which has a population of not less than 25,000, 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 1677 of Volume 1 of the Code of Georgia of 1910 be and the same is hereby amended by striking all the following words, to-wit: 54,000, nor more than 75,000 inhabitants, and substituting in lieu thereof the following: 15,000 inhabitants, or any city of not less than 5,000 inhabitants, located in a county which has a population of not less than 25,000, so that said Section 1677 of the Code of Georgia when amended shall read as follows: C. C. Sec. 1677 Amended. Section 1677. Municipal authorities may establish a sanitarium. Authority is hereby given to municipal authorities of any city in Georgia which has a population of not less than fifteen thousand inhabitants, or any city of not less than 5,000 inhabitants located in a county which has a population of not less than 25,000 inhabitants, to establish and maintain, either alone or in connection with the county authorities of the county in which such city may be located, a sanitarium for the care, treatment and maintenance of the

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inhabitants of such city or city and county affected with tuberculosis or consumption. Such sanitarium may be established and maintained anywhere within the limits of said county. To be read. Authority for Sanitariums in Certain Cities. 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, 1918. POISONS FOR INSECTS; SALES AND LABELS. No. 364. An Act amending an Act creating the Georgia Board of Pharmacy, defining their duties, power to formulate and adopt rules, regulations for their government, fixing penalties for violations, and naming exemptions under which certain drugs, medicines, remedies, etc., can be sold in Georgia. Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia that Section 1499, exemption 3 of the Code of 1910, which reads as follows, viz: Merchants selling family medicines not poison, as prescribed and allowed by the Code of Georgia, by adding after the word poison in first line, the following, viz: Paris green, arsenate of copper, arsenate of lead, or any preparation containing any of these articles, known as insecticides, bug-deaths, fungicides and similar preparations used for killing such insects as Lincoln bugs, cabbage worms, caterpillars and similar insects; provided, the labels, cartons and packages containing such preparations bear the word poison printed across the face of such in red ink, in type not less than one-half inch in size, and all labels, cartons and packages to show kind and quantity of such poison it contains, with specific directions for its use, and the antidote for each poison they contain, printed on same in letters not less than three-eighths inch in size, so that said Act will read as follows, viz: C. C. 1910, Sec. 1729, (1895 Sec. 1499), par. 3, Amended.

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Merchants selling family medicines not poison, Paris green, arsenate of copper, arsenate of lead, or preparations containing any of these articles, used for killing Lincoln bugs, cabbage worms, caterpillars, all and similar insects, provided the labels, cartons, packages containing such preparations have the word `poison' printed across the face of each in red ink, and in type not less than one-half inch in size. All labels, cartons and packages containing such articles to show the quantity and kind of poison it contains, give specific directions for use, and antidote (only), for each poison they contain in letters of not less than three-eighths inch in size. To be read. Insect Poisons, Sale of. Labels Prescribed. 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 17, 1918. DISPOSITION OF DEAD BODIES. No. 373. An Act to amend an Act approved August 3rd, 1887, for the protection of cemeteries and burying places in this State, and now set out as Section 1756 of the Civil Code of Georgia, by striking the words penitentiary company in the fourth line of said code section, and by-inserting the words sanatorium or sanitarium in the fourth line of said code section after the words public hospital. Section 1. The General Assembly of the State of Georgia does enact, That an Act for the protection of cemeteries and burying places in this State, approved August 3rd, 1887, and now set out in the Civil Code of the State of Georgia, published in 1910, as Section 1756, be and the same is hereby amended by-striking the words penitentiary company in the fourth line of said section of code, and by inserting in the fourth line of said code section, between the word hospital

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and the word in, the words sanatorium or sanitarium, so that said code section when amended shall read as follows: C. C. Sec. 1756 Amended. Sec. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all public officers of this State and their assistants, and all officers and their deputies of every county, city, town or other municipality, and of every prison, chaingang, morgue, public hospital, sanatorium or sanitarium in this State having control over any dead human body, not dead from contagious or infectious disease, and required to be buried at public expense, are required to notify the Board of Distribution, or such person as may from time to time be designated in writing by said board, or its duly authorized officer, whenever any such bodies come into their possession or control, and shall without fee or reward, deliver such bodies and suffer the board and its duly authorized agents who may comply with the provisions of this chapter, to remove all such bodies, to be used only within this State solely for the advancement of medical science. Provided, that no such notice shall be given, nor shall any such body or bodies be delivered, if any person claiming to be and satisfying the authorities in charge of said body or bodies that he or she is of any degree of kin, or is related by marriage to, or socially or otherwise connected with and interested in the deceased, shall claim that the said bodies or body for burial, but it or they shall be at once surrendered to such person for interment, or shall be buried at public expense at request of such claimant, if a relative by blood or a connection by marriage; provided, she or he is financially unable to supply such body or bodies with burial. To be read. Human Dead Bodies, How Disposed 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 17, 1918.

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BLIND PEDDLERS EXEMPT FROM LICENSE. No. 494. An Act to amend Section 1888 of the Civil Code so as to permit blind persons to peddle and conduct business without paying a license therefor, 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 1888 of the Civil Code be and the same is hereby amended by inserting between the word war and the word who in the third and ninth lines of said section, the words or blind person, so that said section when amended shall read as follows: C. C. Sec. 1888 Amended. Section 1888. Any disabled or indigent Confederate soldier, or soldiers of the Seminole, Creek or Cherokee Indian war, or Mexican war, or blind person, who is a resident of this State, may peddle or conduct business in any town, city, county or counties thereof without paying license for the privilege of so doing; and a certificate from the ordinary of any county stating the facts of his being such disabled or indigent Confederate soldier, or soldiers of the Seminole, Creek or Cherokee Indian war, or Mexican war, or blind person, who is a resident of the State, shall be sufficient proof; provided, that this section shall not authorize peddling or dealing in ardent and intoxicating drinks, or running a billiard, pool or other table of like character, or dealing in futures, or peddling stoves, clocks, or carrying on the business of a pawnbroker or auctioneer, or dealing in lightning rods; and provided further, that the privileges hereby granted shall not be transferred to or used by any other person. To be read. Peddling Without Paying for License. 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.

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LICENSES TO VETERINARIANS. No. 509. An Act to amend Section 2061 of the Civil Code of Georgia, so as to require the Board of Veterinary Examiners to grant license to persons who were engaged in the practice of veterinary medicine on August 14, 1908, and for other purposes. Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia, That Section 2061 of the Civil Code of this State be amended by striking out all the language in said section after the word who in the third line, and all the language in the fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh, and eighth lines of said section, and insert in lieu thereof the following language, to-wit: was engaged in the practice of veterinary medicine in the State of Georgia on August 14th, 1908, so that said section as amended shall read as follows: C. C. Sec. 2061 Amended. Sec. 2061. Shen other than graduate may practiceAny person not a graduate of a college legally authorized to confer a degree in veterinary medicine, who was engaged in the practice of veterinary medicine in the State of Georgia for three consecutive years prior to August 14th, 1908, this fact to be proven to the board by presenting with the application the original or certified duplicate of the professional tax receipt as originally issued for the years 1905, 1906, 1907, showing that the applicant was at that time a bona fide veterinary practitioner, shall be granted by said board a license to continue such practice upon the payment of the regular examination fee. To be read. Licenses to Veterinarians. 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, 1918.

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FEMALES ELIGIBLE AS DEPUTY CLERKS. No. 499. An Act to amend Section 2167 of the Civil Code of 1910, so as to enable females to be Deputy Clerks of the Superior or City Courts of 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 the authority of the same, That from and after the passage of this Act, Section 2167 of the Civil Code of 1910 be and the same is hereby amended by adding after the word sanitarium the word and in the eleventh line of said section, the following words, to-wit: And deputy clerks of the Superior Court, or City Court, of this State, so that said section when so amended shall read as follows: Females are not entitled to the privileges of elective franchises, nor can they hold any city office, or perform any civil functions, unless specially authorized by law, nor are they required to discharge any military, jury, police, patrol, or road duty; provided nothing contained herein shall prevent a woman, a resident of the State four years, and who has attained the age of twenty-one years, from being eligible to the position or office of State librarian by appointment by the Governor under the provisions of force, regulating appointment by the Governor; provided further, that a woman is eligible to the office of commercial notary public, and also to the office of assistant physician at the Georgia State Sanitarium, and also to the office of clerk of ordinary, and the court of ordinary; all females resident of the county four years preceding may be appointed to hold any office in the children's court, and also to hold the office of deputy clerk of the clerks of the Superior or City Courts of this State. C. C. Sec. 2167 Amended. To be read. Female Deputy Clerks. Sec. 2. Be it further enacted, That all laws in conflict with this Act be and the same are hereby repealed. Approved August 20, 1918.

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INSURANCE COMPANIES, INVESTMENTS BY. An Act to amend Sections 2408 and 2409 of the Civil Code of 1910, reading as follows, to-wit: Section 2408. INVESTMENTS BY INSURANCE COMPANIES. Every insurance company organized under and doing business by virtue of the laws of this State shall have authority to invest its money or assets in and made loans on bonds of the United States, or of any State, County or City therein; first lien on improved real estate in any of the States of the United States not exceeding fifty per centum of the value of such property; promissory notes amply secure by pledge of securities in which such companies are authorized to invest their funds; loans on their own policies not exceeding the reserve thereon, and invest in buildings for home office purposes; provided, however, That nothing herein contained shall authorize any such company to invest in any other than this State more than the legal reserve value of policies held in such other State, respectively. Provided further, That all such investments shall first be approved by the Insurance Commissioner of Georgia, except in case of loans on policies of the company not exceeding the reserve of the policy at the time of the loan. Sec. 2409. BUILDING WHICH MAY BE OWNED BY CORPORATION. Any company organized under this Article may own for its own use, as a permanent investment, a building for the transaction of its business in the city where the principal office is located, or at any place where it may have a branch office or agency, and may sell and dispose of the same at pleasure. It may also buy and sell any realty that may be necessary for the protection of any loan it may make. By striking out all of the words thereof and substituting in lieu thereof words defining the character of investments to be made by insurance companies in this State, the manner of making the same, and certain powers with respect to the

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disposition and sale of such investments, 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 2408 and 2409 of the Code of Georgia of 1910, reading as follows: C. C. Sections 2408, 2409 amended. Section 2408. INVESTMENTS BY INSURANCE COMPANIES. Every insurance company organized under and doing business by virtue of the laws of this State shall have authority to invest its money or assets in and make loans on bonds of the United States, or of any State, county, or city therein; first lien on improved real estate in any of the States of the United States, not exceeding fifty per centum of the value of such property; promissory notes amply secured by pledge of securities in which such companies are authorized to invest their funds; loans on their own policies, not exceeding the reserve thereon; and invest in buildings for home office purposes; provided, however, that nothing therein contained shall authorize any such company to invest in any other than this State more than the legal reserve value of policies held in such other State, respectively; provided further, That all such investments shall first be approved by the Insurance Commissioner of Georgia, except in cases of loans on policies of the company not exceeding the reserve of the policy at the time of the loan. Section 2409. BUILDING WHICH MAY BE OWNED BY CORPORATION. Any company organized under this Article may own for its own use, as a permanent investment a building for the transaction of its business in the city where the principal office is located, or at any place where it may have a branch office or agency, and may sell and dispose of the same at pleasure. It may also buy and sell any realty that may be necessary for the protection of any loan it may make. Be and the same are hereby amended by striking from all of the words thereof and substituting in lieu thereof the following: Words substituted.

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Every insurance company organized and doing business by virtue of the laws of this State shall have authority to invest its money or assets in, and make loans on, any and all bonds or securities issued by the United States of America, the District of Columbia, or any State of the United States of America, or of any county or city therein, also any bonds of any township or school district therein, or bonds issued by the Federal Land Banks under the provisions of the Act of Congress of the United States of America of July seventeenth, one thousand, nine hundred and sixteen; its amendments and supplements; first lien on improved real estate in any of the States of the United States of America, not exceeding fifty per cent. of the value of said property; promissory notes amply secured by pledge of securities in which such companies are authorized to invest their funds; loans on their own policies not exceeding the reserve thereon; to invest in a building for home office purposes; provided, no company chartered under the laws of Georgia shall hereafter invest in such building unless its assets exceed on hundred thousand dollars, nor shall such company invest more than twenty-five per centum of its assets nor more than the amount of its capital; provided further, that any such investment in a building for home office use shall first be approved by the Insurance Commissioner; in bonds in any solvent railroad or street railway corporation, upon which no default in interest has been made; and in any evidence of indebtedness which may, under laws existing at this time, be purchased or discounted by the Federal Reserve Banks; but no insurance company shall acquire or hold more than ten per centum of the securities of any single corporation, nor shall more than ten per centum of its assets be invested in the above described securities of any single company. Such insurance companies organized and doing business by virtue of the laws of this State are authorized to invest their funds in the investments and securities aforesaid and shall not be required to obtain the approval of the Insurance Commissioner of Georgia in making of such investments, except as herein provided, but should such insurance company desire to invest their funds in investments and securities

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other than those specified in Section 1 hereof, they shall be required to first obtain the approval of the Insurance Commissioner of this State. Such insurance companies may also sell, assign, transfer and convey, either with or without warranty, or either with or without recourse upon it, as it may prefer, and real estate, personal property, bond, note, mortgage, deed of trust, deed to secure debt, or other form of property, or security in which it may have invested its money or assets or made loans on as allowed by law, and may also buy and sell any realty that may be necessary for the protection of any loan it may make. Investments and loans on bonds. Real estate. Policies. Buildings for home office. Approval of Commissioner Corporate securities. Approval of Commissioner Conveyances and purchases of realty, etc. Sec. 2. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with the foregoing provisions be and the same are hereby repealed. Approved August 17, 1918. PLAT IN YEAR'S SUPPORT RETURN. No. 474. An Act to amend Section 4043 of the Code of Georgia of 1910, relating to the return of appraisers appointed to set aside a year's support, so as to provide that a careful plat shall be made of all lands set apart in such report and recorded as a part of the appraiser's return, and for other purposes. Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That Section 4043 of the Code of Georgia of 1910 be and the same is hereby amended by adding between the words appointment and upon in line four of said section the following words, to-wit: where any lands shall be included in the property set apart and assigned as a year's support, the appraisers so appointed in their return shall fully and accurately describe said land, and make a plat thereof, and they shall have power to procure the aid of the county surveyor of the county, or other competent surveyor, in making the survey and admeasurement of the lands

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so set apart, who shall be required to make a careful plat of the lands so set apart showing the lengths of the boundary lines (except crooked natural boundaries), and the directions in which they run, and setting out all original lines and natural boundaries, so as to definitely and accurately describe the lands so set apart, which plat shall be made a part of the appraiser's return, so that said section when so amended shall read as follows: C. C. Sec. 4043 Amended. Sec. 4043. (Section 3467) Return of AppraisersThe appraisers shall make a schedule of the property, or statement of the amount of money set apart by them, and return the same under their hands and seals to the Ordinary within thirty days from the date of their appointment; where any lands shall be included in the property set apart and assigned as a year's support, and the appraisers so appointed in their return shall fully and accurately describe said land, and make a plat thereof, and they shall have power to procure the aid of the county surveyor of the county, or other competent surveyor, in making the survey and admeasurement of the lands so set apart, who shall be required to make a careful plat of the lands so set apart showing the lengths of the boundary lines (except crooked natural boundaries) and the directions in which they run, and setting out all original lines and natural boundaries, so as to definitely and accurately describe the lands so set apart, which plat shall be made and recorded as a part of the appraisers' return; upon filing said return, the ordinary shall issue citation and publish notice as required in the appointment of permanent administrators, citing all persons concerned to show cause why said application for twelve months' support should not be granted; and if no objection is made after the publication of such notice for four weeks, or, if made, is disallowed, the ordinary shall record the return so made in a book to be kept for this purpose; if an appeal be taken, pending the appeal the family shall be furnished with necessaries by the representative of the estate. To be read. Plat of Lands Required as Part of Return. Sec. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid,

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That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be and the same are hereby repealed. Approved August 19, 1918. ANSWER TO WRIT OF CERTIORARI. No. 262. An Act to amend Section 5195 of the Civil Code of 1910, so as to require the answer to a writ of certiorari to be filed in office five days before the first day of the term to which it is returnable, 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 Section 5195 of the Civil Code of 1910 be and the same is hereby amended by striking from the second line of said section the word on and by inserting in lieu thereof the words in office five days before, so that said section as amended shall read as follows: C. C. Sec. 5195 Amended. Sec. 5195. Answer Filed Five Days Before the First Day of Term.The answer to the writ of certiorari shall be filed in office five days before the first day of the term to which it is returnable, unless further time is given, and shall reply specifically to the allegations in the petition. To be read. Answer, When to be Filed. 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 12, 1918. FEES OF JUSTICES OF THE PEACE. No. 446. An Act to amend Sections 6002 and 6004 of the Civil Code of this State of 1910, by striking out the figures 50 at the end of line seventeen of said Section 6002, and insert

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in lieu thereof the figures 1.00. Also by striking from the end of line thirty-eight of said Section 6002 the figures .30, and insert in lieu thereof the figures .50. Also amend Section 6004 of said Code by striking from line five of said Section 6004 the words words or attachments, and by inserting a new item or line immediately after said line three the following: For serving attachments,.75. Also amend said Section 6004 by striking the figures .50 from the end of line thirty-four and inserting in lieu thereof the figures.75, to repeal all conflicting laws, 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 Section 6002 of the Civil Code of the State of Georgia of 1910, be amended by striking out the figures .50 at the end of line seventeen of said Section 6002, and inserting in lieu thereof the figures 1.00, so that said line seventeen when amended shall read as follows: C. C. Sec. 6002 Amended. For answering every writ of certiorari to Superior Court, 1.00. Fee Increased. Sec. 2. Be it further enacted, that said Section 6002 be amended by striking from the end of line thirty-eight the figures .30, and inserting in lieu thereof the figures .50, so that when amended said line thirty-eight shall read as follows: C. C. Sec. 6002 Amended. For drawing jury and making out list.50. Fee Increased. Sec. 3. Be it further enacted that Section 6004 of said Code be amended by striking from line three of said section the words or attachments, and by inserting immediately after said line three the following new line: C. C. Sec. 6004 Amended. For serving attachments.75. Fee Increased. Sec. 4. Be it further enacted, that said Section 6004 be amended by striking from the end of line thirty-four of said Section the figures .50, and inserting in lieu thereof the

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figures .75, so that when amended said line thirty-four shall read: C. C. Sec. 6004 Amended. For summoning jury.75. Fee Increased. 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, 1918. FISHING BY NON-RESIDENTS. No. 507. An Act to amend Section 621 (i) of Park's Supplement to the Penal Code of Georgia of 1910, prohibiting non-residents from fishing in the salt waters of this State, by striking said section and substituting in lieu thereof a section prohibiting the licensing of fishing boats to nonresidents. To provide that licensed boats may employ aliens for fishermen, 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 621 (i) of Park's Supplement to the Penal Code of Georgia of 1910, prohibiting non-residents from fishing in the salt waters of this State, be and the same is hereby repealed, and the following section substituted in lieu thereof: P. C. Sec. 621(i) Repealed. Sec. 621 (i) The Commissioner of Game and Fish shall grant no license to any boat to catch or take fish in any manner whatsoever from the waters of this State unless the owner or lessee of such boat be a citizen of this State; but such owner or lessee can hire non-residents or aliens, properly licensed to catch or take fish, in boats owned or operated by him. Such aliens or non-residents may be hired either for wages or on shares. Substituted Provision. Sec. 2. All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed. Approved August 20, 1918.

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INCREASE IN PAY OF GUARDS. No. 429. An Act to amend Section 1193 of the Criminal Code of 1910, so as to provide for increase in the pay of guards. Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same, That Section 1193 of the Criminal Code of 1910 be amended as follows: By striking out the word Fifty in the first line of said section and inserting in lieu thereof the words seventy-five, so that said section when amended shall read as follows: P. C. Sec. 1193 Amended. The pay of the guards shall not exceed seventy-five dollars a month, etc. Pay Increased. Sec. 2. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with the foregoing be and the same are hereby repealed. Approved August 19, 1918.

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TITLE V. SUPERIOR COURTS. ACTS. Coffee Superior Court; two yearly terms. Irwin Superior Court; change of terms. Jasper Superior Court; three yearly terms. Turner Superior Court; two yearly terms. COFFEE SUPERIOR COURT; TWO YEARLY TERMS. No. 315. An Act to provide for two terms of the Superior Court of Coffee County, Georgia, to prescribe the time of holding such 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 from and after the passage of this Act there shall be held in each year two terms of the Superior Court in and for the County of Coffee, said State, and in the Waycross Judicial Circuit. Two Terms Yearly. Sec. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the terms of said court shall be held on the first Monday and on the second Monday in September and February of each year. Times of Holding Courts. Section 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 8, 1918.

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IRWIN SUPERIOR COURT; CHANGE OF TERMS. No. 377. An Act to change the time of holding the Superior Court in the County of Irwin, in the Tifton 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 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 March and November of each year. Times of Holding Courts. Sec. 2. Be it further enacted, That all writs, orders, summons, subpoenas, bails, bonds, and all processes and 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. Writs, Orders, etc. Sec. 3. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts laws in conflict herewith be and the same are hereby repealed. Approved August 17, 1918. JASPER SUPERIOR COURT; THREE YEARLY TERMS No. 303. An Act to provide for holding three terms a year of the Superior Court of Jasper 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 authority

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of the same, That from and after September 1, 1918, there shall be held in each year three terms of the Superior Court for the County of Jasper, in the Ocmulgee Circuit. Three Terms Yearly. Sec. 2. Be it further enacted, That the terms of said Court shall begin on the first Monday in February, first Monday in August and second Monday in November in each year, and said Court shall continue in session at each term thereof for the full period of two weeks, or so much of said period as shall be necessary to complete the business of said Court. Times of Holding Courts. Sec. 3. Be it further enacted, That the Judge shall only draw a Grand Jury for the February and August terms of said Court; provided that the presiding judge in his discretion may require the attendance of the Grand Jury at the November term of said Court if the business of the Court should require it; but the duties of the said Grand Jury shall not require them to perform any other services at said November term than they shall be by the presiding Judge especially charged with. Grand Jury. Sec. 4. Be it further enacted, That all cases brought in the said Superior Court of Jasper County shall be made returnable to the term beginning next after twenty days have elapsed from the filing of the suit, and all cases shall be triable at the next term after such return, except as now provided by law. Return and Trial of Cases. Sec. 5. That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be and the same are hereby repealed. Approved August 1, 1918. TURNER SUPERIOR COURT; TWO YEARLY TERMS No. 316. An Act to amend an Act creating the Tifton Judicial Circuit, approved August 19th, 1916, so as to provide for holding two terms a year of the Superior Court of Turner

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County, Georgia; to provide the time for holding said terms and the length 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 Act creating the Tifton Judicial Circuit, approved August 19th, 1916, be and the same is hereby amended, so far as Turner County is concerned, so as to provide for the holding of only two terms of the Superior Court each year in and for the County of Turner in the said Tifton Circuit. Two Terms Yearly. Sec. 2. Be it further enacted, That the two terms of said court herein provided for shall begin on the first Monday in March and September in each year, and each term shall run for two weeks if necessary to clear dockets of said court. Times of Holding Courts. 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 8, 1918.

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TITLE VI. MISCELLANEOUS CIVIL AND PENAL LAWS. ACTS. Attachments in foreclosure proceedings. Banks and Trust Companies, Reserves of. Constables' Fees in certain cities. Corporations; dissolution limited. Department of Archives of the State. Depository of the State in Atlanta. Deputy Clerk of the Supreme Court, pay for. Deputy Sheriffs and Bailiffs, salaries of, in some counties, for limited time. District Agricultural Schools designated. Drainage of Lands; law amended. Election Returns; State House Officers. Examining Commission of State Government. Experimental Station in Coastal Plain. Federal Loan Bonds as investments. Georgia Training School for Girls; Managers. Insane Persons; commitments regulated. Inspection of Gasoline, Benzine, Naphtha. Inspection of Private Institutions. Jailers, Guards, Turnkeys, etc.; increase of pay in some counties for limited time. Judges prohibited from expressing approval or disapproval of verdict. Justices of the Peace; fees of, in some counties. Law Libraries in certain counties. Lightning Rods, sale of, regulated. Medical Examiners, composite board of. Minors' moneys; ordinary custodians. Motor Vehicles; regulations of. Nancy Hart Chapter, grant of land to. National Forest Reserve; amending law. Oil Inspector's Clerk. Prima Facie Presumption from execution of registerable instruments. Public Service Corporation Tax Clerk. Railroad Corporations; franchise surrender. Railroad Trains, regulation of running. Roads; alternative road law substituted. Saint Mary's-St. Mark's Canal. School Laws codification of., Sheriffs' fees fixed. Sheriffs of Supreme Court and Court of Appeals; salaries fixed. Shorthand Writers of Supreme Court and Court of Appeals; salaries fixed. Stenographer to State Bank Examiner; salary increase. Stenographer of City Courts; increase of pay in certain counties. Stenographers of Superior Courts; increase of pay in certain counties. Tax Assessors; administration of oaths. Tax Assessors; pay in certain counties. Tax Collections from delinquents. Trust Estates, management of. Tuberculosis Sanitarium, management of.

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Voting by Absent Military Men. Warehouse Department; negotiable receipts. Western and Atlantic Railroad; eminent domain. Western and Atlantic Railroad; eminent domain. PENAL LAWS. Blindness; duties at childbirth. Cattle tick-infested; for eradicating. Female Children; age of consent. Fishing with Trawl Net, etc. Fruit or Nut Trees; deceitful sales. Game Preserves on Islands; to protect. Mortgaged Property, disposition of. Motor Vehicles, unlawful dealings as to. Officers and Trustees; unlawful contracts. Prostitution, soliciting for. Railroad Crossing Signs, protection of. Railroad Crossing Sign Boards Required. Shad, regulation of taking. Stolen Property, bringing in, prohibited. Tips, unlawful giving and receiving. Trespass on State Sanitarium Property. Venereal Diseases, regulations as to. Work Required of able-bodied persons. ATTACHMENTS IN FORECLOSURE PROCEEDINGS. No. 366. An Act to provide for the issue and levy of attachment in foreclosure proceedings for collection of debt where deed to secure payment of same has been given and the maker thereof is, or thereafter becomes liable to attachment, 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 in all cases where a deed to land has been executed to secure a debt or the performance of an obligation and the grantor therein shall be or shall become thereafter liable to the process of attachment, an attachment may issue against him at the instance of the payee, assignee or holder of said debt or obligation, upon his compliance with the provisions of the Code in relation to attachments; which said attachment shall be levied upon the land described in said deed and the subsequent proceedings shall be in all respects as prescribed in the Code in relation to attachments, and it shall be lawful for the holder of the legal title of the land described in said deed, or if dead his executor

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or administrator, to make and execute, without order of any court, for the purpose of levy and sale after the rendition of judgment in attachment and issuance of execution thereon a quit claim deed of conveyance of said land to the grantor in said deed, and to file the same for record in the office of the Clerk of the Superior Court of the county where the land is situated, and when judgment is obtained upon such attachment, and said deed is so filed and recorded, the execution issued upon such judgment may be levied upon said land and the same may be sold as other property of said defendant, and the proceeds arising therefrom shall be applied to the payment of said judgment, or if there be conflicting claims, then the same shall be applied as determined in proceedings had for that purpose. Provided, that the provisions of this Act shall not apply unless the debt or debts or liabilities so secured shall have become due under the terms of the contract creating the obligation or obligations. Attachment on Debt Secured by Deed to Land, When Lies. Proviso. Debt to be Due. Sec. 2. Be it further enacted, That all laws in conflict herewith be and the same are hereby repealed. Approved August 17, 1918. BANKS AND TRUST COMPANIES, RESERVES OF. No. 436. An Act to provide and define the reserves to be kept by banks and trust companies chartered under the laws of this State and doing business therein, which are or may become members of the Federal Reserve System; to permit the authorities of this State which supervise and examine banks and trust companies organized under the laws to accept the examinations and audits made pursuant to the Federal Reserve Act of such banks and trust companies as become members of the Federal Reserve System, 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 any bank or trust company organized under the laws of this State which is or which becomes a member

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of a Federal Reserve Bank shall keep and maintain as a lawful reserve the same reserves as are required of other banks members of the Federal Reserve System, and a compliance by any such bank or trust company in this State with the reserve requirements of the Federal Reserve Act shall be held to be a full compliance with the provisions of the laws of this State on the subject of bank reserves, and such bank or trust company shall not be required to carry reserves other than such as are required under the terms of the Federal Reserve Act. Reserves, What to be Maintained. Sec. 2. Any bank or trust company chartered under the laws of this State and doing business therein which becomes a member of the Federal Reserve System shall be subject to the examinations required under the terms of the Federal Reserve Act by the proper officers thereof, and the authorities of this State having supervision over such banks or trust companies may in their discretion accept such examinations in lieu of the examinations required under the laws of this State, provided, that the fees for examinations of banks under this Act shall be paid to the State Bank Examiner as now required by the laws of this State. Examinations. Fees. Sec. 3. Be it further enacted, That the authorities of this State having supervision over such banks or trust companies may in their discretion furnish to the Federal Reserve Board or the Federal Reserve Bank of which any bank or trust company in this State may become a member, or to the examiners duly appointed by the Federal Reserve Board or such Federal Reserve Bank, copies of all examinations made of banks and trust companies becoming members of the Federal Reserve System, and may disclose to such Federal Reserve Board, or to such Federal Reserve Bank, or such examiners, in their discretion, any information with reference to the condition or affairs of such banks or trust companies as become members of the Federal Reserve Bank in this State. Information to Federal Reserve Board. Sec. 4. Be it further enacted, That all laws or parts of laws in conflict herewith be and they are hereby repealed. Approved August 20, 1918.

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CONSTABLES FEES IN CERTAIN CITIES. No. 423. An Act to provide that the same fees as provided for Constables in Section 6006, of the Civil Code of the State of Georgia of 1910, be collectible by Constables of Militia Districts in cities of not less than 5,790, and not more than 6,000 inhabitants, according to the United States census. 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, Constables of Militia Districts of this State, which are now or may hereafter be located within the corporate limits of cities having a population of not less than 5,790, and not more than 6,000 inhabitants, according to the United States census, shall receive fees as provided for in Section 6006 of the Civil Code of 1910, of the State of Georgia, providing for the fees of Constables in cities of not less than 54,000 and not more than 80,000 inhabitants. Fees Under C. C. Sec. 6006, for Constables in Certain Cities. 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 19, 1918. CORPORATIONS; DISSOLUTION LIMITED. No. 451. An Act to limit the effect of the dissolution of corporations, to furnish further remedies against corporations which have been dissolved, to prevent the abatement of pending actions as the result of such dissolution, to extend the rights of creditors of such corporations, to provide for service of process against them, 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 dissolution

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of a corporation either as a result of the expiration of its charter, or for any other cause, shall not bring about its total extinction nor operate to extinguish any demand or cause of action against it in favor of any person whomsoever, whether arising from contract or tort, nor shall such dissolution work the abatement of any suit pending against it at the time of such dissolution, but all such pending suits may be prosecuted and enforced to a conclusion as though such corporation were still undissolved. Dissolution Not to Extinguish. Pending Suits. Sec. 2. Be it further enacted by authority aforesaid, That suits for the enforcement of any demand or cause of action due by such corporation may to a like extent be instituted and enforced against it in any court having jurisdiction thereof at the time of its dissolution, and service thereon may be perfected either by seizure of the property of such corporation, by any form of legal process, or by serving with process issued upon said suits any person who, as an agent or officer of such corporation, was subject to be served as its officer or agent at the time of such dissolution. Suits and Service. 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, 1918. DEPARTMENT OF ARCHIVES OF THE STATE. No. 434. An Act to insure the protection of State records by establishing a Department of Archives and History for the State of Georgia, to prescribe its functions and duties, to provide for its maintenance, 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, to prevent the destruction of its records, now threatened with serious loss, there shall be established for the State of Georgia a Department of Archives and History, to be located in the State Capitol, said department to be created in lieu of the present office of Compiler of State Records, quarters to be set aside for its use by the Governor; and the

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objects and purposes of the said department shall be (1) to provide a central depository in which to assemble the official archives of the State, including the old records of the various departments of the State, not in common use; to collect from the files of old newspapers, court records, church records, private collections, and other sources, data of all kinds bearing upon the history of the State; to secure from private individuals, either by loan or gift, rare volumes, manuscripts, documents, and pamphlets for the use of this department; and to obtain in like manner historical trophies, souvenirs and relics. (2) To classify, edit, annotate and publish from time to time such records as may be deemed expedient and proper, including messages of Governors, executive orders, State papers, military rosters of the Revolutionary, Indian, Mexican, Civil and European Wars. (3) To diffuse knowledge in regard to the State's history, and to prepare biennially an official register, giving the latest information of an official character in regard to the State, including a full list of State house officers, legislators, judges and solicitors, members of Congress, county officials, etc., together with other pertinent items of information. (4) To encourage the proper marking of battle fields, houses and other places celebrated in the history of the State; to encourage the study of Georgia history in our public schools, and to assist in the observance of patriotic occasions. (5) To stimulate historical research, especially in the prosecution of local histories. (6) To foster sentiment looking to the better protection, classification and arrangement of records in the various court houses of the State. (7) To prepare a Bibliography of Georgia, and to indicate, by title at least, every book written about Georgia or by Georgia authors. (8) To collect biographical information in regard to all public officials and to keep same on file, in a classified arrangement, for convenient reference by investigators. Department Established. Objects and Purposes. Sec. 2. Be it further enacted: (1) That the said department shall be under the control of a State Historical Commission, membership of which shall include the Governor, the Secretary of State, the Attorney-General, the State

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Treasurer, the Secretary of Agriculture, the State School Superintendent, the Commissioner of Commerce and Labor, the Commissioner of Pensions, the Tax Commissioner, and the State Librarian. (2) The said commission shall, on the first Wednesday after the approval of this Act, proceed to organize said department; but the annual meeting thereafter shall be the first Wednesday in June. The commission shall sit at the State capitol, at least one meeting during the year, and at said meetings five members shall constitute a quorum. (3) The director, or State historian, as hereinafter provided, shall be the secretary of the commission. (4) Said commission is empowered to adopt rules for its own government and for the government of the department; to elect a director; to provide for the selection or appointment of other officials or employees, as may be authorized; to provide for the publication of historical material pertaining to the State, under the supervision of the director; to control and expend such appropriations as may be made for its maintenance and to do such other acts and things as may be necessary to carry out the true intent and purpose of this Act. State Historical Commission. Organization and meetings. Director and Secretary. Powers of Commission. Sec. 3. Be it further enacted, That said commission shall fix a fair price for its publications, the revenue arising from such sales to be devoted to extending the work of the commission; provided, that at least one copy of its publications shall be furnished free of charge to any State institution making application for same through its constituted authorities. Said commission is also authorized in its discretion, either by sale or otherwise, to dispose of such excess copies of its publications as may from time to time accumulate; and in like manner dispose of any editions heretofore published, of which there may be an excess on hand. Publications. Sec. 4. Be it further enacted, That said commission shall have an office or offices set aside for its use by the Governor in the State capitol; provided, that until such office or offices become available, said commission may rent an office or offices, the rent to be paid out of its maintenance fund. Offices.

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Sec. 5. Be it further enacted: (1) That the department shall be under the immediate management and control of a director or State historian, who may be a woman, who shall be elected by said commission for a term of six years, and until his successor shall be elected and qualified. (2) He shall take an oath of office as other public officials and shall be commissioned in like manner. (3) He shall devote his time to the work of the department, using his best endeavors to develop and build it up, so as to carry out the design of its creation, and shall receive for his services the sum of three thousand dollars per annum, payable monthly. (4) He shall have control and direction of the various activities of the department, he shall preserve its collections, care for its official archives which may come into its custody, and perform all of the duties enumerated in Section 1 of this Act. (5) He shall also make an annual report to the commission, to be by them transmitted to the Governor, including all receipts and expenditures, together with a full report of the work accomplished during the twelve months immediately preceding, and he shall contract for the printing and binding of said report, to be paid for as other printing and binding; and he shall also prepare for the press, annotate and index the manuscript volumes compiled by Governor Candler, contract for and supervise the publication of same, and perform such other duties as may rightfully pertain to his office as director of said department. Director's Election, Term of Office, and Duties. Sec. 6. Be it further enacted, That any State, county, or other official is hereby authorized and empowered in his discretion to turn over for permanent preservation therein any official books, records, documents, original papers, manuscript files, newspaper files, portraits, and printed volumes, not in current use in his office; that said commissioner shall provide for the preservation of said materials, and that when so surrendered, copies thereof shall be made and certified by the director upon the application of any person interested, which certification shall have all the force and effect as if made by the officers originally in custody of them and for which the same fees shall be charged. Preservation of Books, Records, etc.

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Sec. 7. Be it further enacted, That an official and statistical register of the State of Georgia shall be compiled every two years by the director to contain: (1) brief sketches of the several State officials, the members of Congress from Georgia, the Supreme Court Judges, Judges of the Court of Appeals, members of the Senate and House of Representatives, Judges and Solicitors-General of the Circuit Courts of the State; (2) rosters of all State and county officials; (3) lists of all State institutions with official boards; (4) State and county population and election statistics, and (5) miscellaneous statistics bearing upon relative matters of current interest or likely to be of value to the future historian. Statistical Register of Officials, etc. Sec. 8. Be it further enacted, That all printing, blanks, circulars, notices or forms, which may be needed for the use of said department, and of all official communications, reports, etc., shall be printed under the authorities in control of the public printing of the said State, and shall be paid for as other printing of the State. Printing, etc. Sec. 9. Be it further enacted: Provided, That this department shall not continue for a period of longer than three years. Department Limited to Three Years. 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 20, 1918. DEPOSITORY OF THE STATE IN ATLANTA. No. 471. An Act to authorize the Governor to appoint a sixth State Depository in the city of Atlanta, and for other purposes. Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of same, That whenever the Governor, from the excess in the State depositories heretofore

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existing in the city of Atlanta, or from the amount of cash on hand in the treasury, may deem it to the best interests of the State, he is hereby authorized to appoint in said city a solvent chartered bank of good standing and credit, as a State depository, so as to make six State depositories in said city. The said bank so appointed to be subject to the terms and conditions of Sections 1249 to 1262, both inclusive, of the Code of Georgia of 1910, and the Acts amendatory thereof. Additional Depository. Subject to C. C. Sec. 1249 et seq. 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 17, 1918. DEPUTY CLERK OF SUPREME COURT, PAY FOR. No. 365. An Act to provide compensation for the services of the Deputy Clerk of the Supreme Court. Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia, That the balance of costs annually arising in cases before the Supreme Court, after payment of the clerk's salary, shall be paid to the deputy clerk of said court on account of compensation for his services, provided such balance shall not exceed one thousand dollars. Any amount in excess of that sum shall be paid into the State treasury as now provided by law. If the amount of said balance of costs in any year be less than one thousand dollars, the difference shall be paid to said deputy clerk out of the treasury of the State on executive warrant issued on the certificate of the clerk of the Supreme Court stating the amount of such difference. Costs Applied to Deputy Clerk's Pay. $1,000 to be Paid. Sec. 2. All laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed. Approved August 17, 1918.

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DEPUTY SHERIFFS AND BAILIFFS, SALARIES OF, IN SOME COUNTIES, FOR LIMITED TIME. No. 321. An Act to regulate the salaries of the Deputy Sheriffs and Bailiffs in counties containing a population of not less than 75,000 and not more than 125,000 population, 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 January 1, 1918, for the period of the existing war, and for two years after peace has been declared between the United States of America and the German Empire, that deputy sheriffs and bailiffs of the Superior Courts in counties having a population of not less than 75,000 and not more than 125,000 population, shall receive a salary of $125.00 per month, to be paid as other county expenses are paid. Salary of $125 Monthly for War Period. Sec. 2. Be it further enacted, That at the end of said period the salaries of said deputy sheriffs and bailiffs shall, unless otherwise provided by law, be returned and restored to the amounts now provided by law. Sec. 3. Be it further enacted, That from and after the passage of this law, all other laws in conflict herewith are repealed. Approved August 8, 1918. DISTRICT AGRICULTURAL SCHOOLS DESIGNATED. No. 487. An Act to fix the name and designation of the various District Agricultural Schools established under an Act approved August 18th, 1906, as amended by an Act approved August 19th, 1911, and by an Act approved August 21st, 1917, to regroup the counties of the State into twelve Agricultural Districts, one for each of these

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schools, as now established by law; to provide for the appointment, removal, powers and duties of their respective Boards of Trustees, 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 twelve district schools of Agriculture and Mechanical Arts now established by law under the Acts approved August 18th, 1906, August 19th, 1911, and August 21st, 1917, shall hereafter be known and designated as District Agricultural and Mechanical Schools, prefixed in each case by the numeral of the Agricultural District in which they are respectively located. Designation of Schools. Sec. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, that all the counties of the State shall be and they are hereby regrouped into twelve (12) Agricultural Districts, one around each of these existing schools, so as to place each school approximately as nearly central to its district as practicable, and that the arrangement of the counties into such district shall be as follows: Arrangement of Counties Into Districts. First Agricultural District to be composed of the counties of Burke, Jenkins, Bulloch, Emanuel, Toombs, Tattnall, Candler, Evans, Screven, Effingham, Chatham, Bryan, Liberty and McIntosh. First. Second Agricultural District to be composed of the counties of Turner, Ben Hill, Tift, Worth, Colquitt, Thomas, Mitchell, Grady, Decatur, Miller, Baker, Early, Calhoun and Dougherty. Second. Third Agricultural District to be composed of the counties of Muscogee, Chattahoochee, Marion, Schley, Taylor, Macon, Stewart, Webster, Sumter, Dooly, Crisp, Lee, Terrell, Randolph, Quitman and Clay. Third. Fourth Agricultural District to be composed of the counties of Harris, Talbot, Meriwether, Troup, Heard, Coweta, Campbell, Douglas and Carroll. Fourth. Fifth Agricultural District to be composed of the counties of Fulton, DeKalb, Rockdale, Newton, Walton, Barrow, Gwinnett and Milton. Fifth.

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Sixth Agricultural District to be composed of the counties of Fayette, Clayton, Henry, Spalding, Butts, Pike, Monroe, Upson, Crawford and Bibb. Sixth. Seventh Agricultural District to be composed of the counties of Haralson, Polk, Paulding, Cobb, Cherokee, Bartow, Floyd, Chattooga, Gordon, Pickens, Gilmer, Fannin, Murray, Whitfield, Catoosa, Walker and Dade. Seventh. Eighth Agricultural District to be composed of the counties of Jones, Jasper, Putnam, Morgan, Greene, Oconee, Oglethorpe, Clarke, Madison and Elbert. Eighth. Ninth Agricultural District to be composed of the counties of Forsyth, Hall, Banks, Jackson, Franklin, Hart, Stephens, Habersham, White, Lumpkin, Dawson, Union, Towns and Rabun. Ninth. Tenth Agricultural District to be composed of the counties of Baldwin, Washington, Jefferson, Glascock, Hancock, Taliaferro, Warren, McDuffie, Richmond, Columbia, Lincoln and Wilkes. Tenth. Eleventh Agricultural District to be composed of the counties of Jeff Davis, Coffee, Berrien, Lowndes, Clinch, Echols, Appling, Bacon, Brooks, Irwin, Ware, Wayne, Pierce, Charlton, Glynn and Camden. Eleventh. Twelfth Agricultural District to be composed of the counties of Houston, Twiggs, Wilkingson, Pulaski, Bleckley, Laurens, Johnson, Wilcox, Dodge, Telfair, Wheeler and Montgomery. Twelfth. Section 3. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the Governor is authorized and directed to appoint a Board of Trustees for each school, consisting of the one trustee from each county, in the respective Agricultural Districts above named, the term of office of such trustees to be six years, but subject to removal by the Governor at any time. In the making of the first appointments under this Act the appointments shall be so arranged by the Governor as that each Board of Trustees shall be made up of groups,

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as nearly equal as practicable, appointed for two, four and six years, respectively, and thereafter all subsequent appointments shall be either for the balance of an unexpired term in case of a vacancy, or for the full term of six years, in case of succession to a fully expired term, as the case may be. Appointment of Boards of Trustees. Sec. 4. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That each Board of Trustees shall be required to hold its annual meeting at the school, and that any trustee who fails to attend such annual meeting without being excused by the Board, shall forthwith be removed by the Governor. It shall be the duty of the chairman or acting chairman of the Board, within ten days after such meeting, to file with the Governor a list of all trustees who were absent and not excused at the meeting. Meetings of the Boards of Trustees, other than the annual meeting, may be held at any point in the district. Annual Meetings of Boards. Sec. 5. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That such Boards of Trustees through their chairmen shall have authority to appoint from their body such committees as they may deem necessary to handle and manage the affairs of the school in the intervals between the meetings of the board, and shall have authority in their discretion to employ one of their numbers as secretary of the board at a salary of not over one hundred dollars per annum, which shall cover and include the expense of stationery, postage, etc. Committees of Boards. Secretary and Expense Fund. Sec. 6. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That for their attendance on each meeting of the board or any committee, the trustees shall be allowed their actual railroad expenses by the nearest route and per diem of not over four dollars per day, the same to be paid out of the funds of the school. Trustees Expenses and Pay Per Diem. Sec. 7. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the chairmen of the twelve Boards of Trustees of these schools shall constitute a permanent standing committee, with the right to elect their own chairman and secretary

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and to fix their terms of office. The duties of this standing committee shall be to supervise the interests, and co-ordinate the work and methods of these schools, and to make such recommendations from time to time to the Governor and Legislature as the needs of this system of schools may, in their judgment, call for. This committee shall meet at the State capitol, and shall hold at least one and not more than three meetings in any year. The chairman of any school, if unable to attend in person any meeting of this standing committee, may designate a member of his Board of Trustees to attend in his stead and represent that school at the meeting. The members of the standing committee, or the alternate trustee representing any absent member shall be allowed their actual expenses incurred by them in attending the meetings of the committee. Permanent Standing Committee; Duties and Meetings. Expenses. Sec. 8. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That said trustees shall file with the Governor a report to be transmitted to the General Assembly, in which report they shall state the amount received from all sources and the amount paid out and the purpose for which said amounts were paid. They shall report the numbers in attendance and the number and pay of all teachers. Reports Required. Sec. 9. 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 19, 1918. DRAINAGE OF LANDS; LAW AMENDED. No. 405. An Act to amend an Act to promote the public health, convenience and welfare by leveling, ditching and draining the wet, swamp and overflowed land of the State, and providing for the establishment of levee or drainage districts for the purpose of enlarging or changing any natural water courses, and for digging ditches or canals

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for securing better drainage or providing better outlets for drainage, for building levees or embankments and installing tide gates or pumping plants for the reclamation of overflowed lands, and prescribing a method for so doing; and providing for the assessment and collection of the cost and expense of the same, and issuing and selling bonds therefor, and for the care and maintenance of such improvements, when constructed, approved August 19, 1911, and contained in the published Acts of 1911, pages 108 to 132, both inclusive, also contained in Park's Annotated Code of Georgia, Volume 1, Section 439 (a) to 439 (rr), so as to regulate procedure in the drainage court; provide for the levying and collection of assessments; providing for the levying of additional assessments, 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 Section 32 of the Act of 1911, approved August 19, 1911, be and the same is hereby amended by striking out all of said Section after the word time in the sixth line thereof and inserting in lieu thereof the following: In case the total assessment exceeds the average of twenty-five cents per acre on all lands in the district, the Board of Drainage Commissioners shall give notice by publication for two consecutive weeks in some newspaper of general circulation in the district, if there be one, by posting a notice at the court house door, and also by posting written or printed notices at five conspicuous places in the district, that they propose to issue bond for the construction of said improvement, giving the amount of the bonds to be issued, the rate of interest they are to bear and the time when payable. Any landowner having lands assessed in the district and not wanting to pay interest on the bonds may, within thirty days from the date of said notice, pay to the county treasurer the full amount of his assessment and have his land released therefrom. Act of 1911 Amended. Substituted Provision in Sec. 32. Payment and Release. Sec. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid,

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and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, that from and after the passage of this Act, that Section 34 of the Act of 1911, approved August 19, 1911, be and the same is hereby amended by striking from the first and second lines of said section the words after the publication, and inserting in lieu thereof the words from the date of the notice provided in Section 32 of this Act as amended; and that said section be and the same is hereby further amended by adding after the word annually, in the seventh line thereof, the words or semi-annually, in the discretion of the Board of Drainage Commissioners; and that said section be and the same is hereby further amended by adding after the word collected, in the twenty-seventh line thereof, the following: All assessments levied under authority of this Act, and the Acts amendatory thereof, shall be due and payable on or before December 20th in each year preceding the maturity of the installment of principal or interest of the bonds or indebtedness which the assessment is levied to pay, and it shall be the duty of the tax collector to collect such assessments in the same manner and at the same time as he collects State and county taxes, and issue his receipt therefor. The necessary books and blanks for this purpose shall be provided at the expense of the Drainage District. The tax collector shall, not later than January 1st of each year, make a report of all unpaid assessments due for the preceding year to the Board of Drainage Commissioners, and shall at the same time issue his execution to enforce collection of the same, which shall proceed as ordinary executions for State and county taxes. All unpaid assessments shall bear interest at the rate of 7 per cent. per annum from December 20th until paid, and shall be collected by the tax collector in the same manner as the assessments. Whenever a district is incorporated in more than one county the assessments shall be due and payable in the county where they are levied, and the tax collector of that county shall issue executions as hereinbefore provided, which may be levied by any sheriff or constable in the county in which the land is located. So that said section when amended shall read: At the expiration of thirty

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days from the date of the notice provided in Section 32 of this Act as amended, the Board of Drainage Commissioners may issue bonds for the full amount of the assessment not paid in to the county treasurer, together with the interest thereon, costs of collection or other incidental expenses. These bonds shall bear six per cent. interest per annum, payable annually, or semi-annually, in the discretion of the Board of Drainage Commissioners, and shall be paid in ten equal annual installments. The first installment of the principal shall mature at the expiration of three years from the date of issue, and one installment each succeeding year for nine additional years. The commissioners may sell these bonds at not less than par and devote the proceeds to the payment of the work as it progresses. In no case shall bonds be issued until the tax levy has been made to meet them as they come due. The bonds issued shall be for the exclusive use of the levee or drainage district specified on their face, and should be numbered by the Board of Drainage Commissioners and recorded in the drainage record, which record shall set out specifically the lands embraced in the district on which the tax has not been paid in full, and which land is assessed for the payment of the bonds issued and the interest thereon. This assessment shall constitute the first and paramount lien, second only to State and county taxes, upon the lands assessed for the payment of said bonds and the interest thereon as they become due, and shall be collected in the same manner by the same officers as the State and county taxes are collected. All assessments levied under authority of this Act, and the Acts amendatory thereof, shall be due and payable on or before December 20th, in each year preceding the maturity of the installment of principal or interest of the bonds or indebtedness which the assessment is levied to pay; and it shall be the duty of the tax collector to collect such assessments in the same manner and at the same time as he collects State and county taxes, and issue his receipt therefor. The necessary books and blanks for this purpose shall be provided at the expense of the Drainage District. The tax collector shall, not later than January 1st of each year, make a report

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of all unpaid assessments due for the preceding year to the Board of Drainage Commissioners, and shall at the same time issue his execution to enforce collection of the same, which shall proceed as ordinary executions for State and county taxes; all unpaid assessments shall bear interest at the rate of 7 per cent. per annum from December 20th until paid, and shall be collected by the tax collector in the same manner as the assessment. Whenever a district is incorporated in more than one county the assessments shall be due and payable in the county where they are levied, and the tax collector of that county shall issue executions as hereinbefore provided, which may be levied by any sheriff or constable in the county in which the land is located. If any installment of principal or interest represented by the said bond shall not be paid at the time and in the manner when the same shall become due and payable, and such default continue for a period of six months, the holder or holders of such bond or bonds upon which default has been made may have a right of action against said Drainage District or the Board of Drainage Commissioners of said district, wherein the court may issue a writ of mandamus against the said Drainage District, its officers, including the tax collector and treasurer, directing the levying of a tax or special assessment as herein provided, and the collection of same, in such sum as may be necessary to meet any unpaid installments of principal and interest and costs of action; and such other remedies as are hereby vested in the holder or holders of such bond or bonds in default as may be authorized by law, and the right of action is hereby vested in the holder or holders of such bond upon which default has been made authorizing them to institute suit against any officer on his official bond for failure to perform any duty imposed by the provisions of this Act, the official bonds of the tax collector and the county treasurer shall be liable for the faithful performance of the duties herein assigned them. Such bonds may be increased by the Board of County Commissioners. Amendments of Sec. 34. To be read. Bonds. Interest. Maturity by Installments Sale of Bonds. Tax Levy. Record. Lien of Assessment. Assessments, Collection of. Unpaid Assessments. Assessments, Where Payable. Bondholders. Mandamus for Tax Levy and Collection. Right of Action. Liability of Officers. Sec. 3. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same,

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that from and after the passage of this Act, that Section 38 of the Act of 1911, approved August 19, 1911, be and the same is hereby amended by adding after the word lands in the third line thereof the following: Any person owning lands in the district as defined in the final report of the Board of Viewers and of the map accompanying the same who has not previously been made a party thereto, may, upon ten days' notice in writing given to such party, be made a party to any proceeding under this Act and the Acts amendatory thereof by the Drainage Court; and upon objections being filed by any person under this section the burden shall be upon him to show that the proposed improvement is not for the public benefit, and will not be conducive to the general welfare of the community. Upon the return day of said notice, if no appearance is made, or upon the overruling of objections, the court shall make such person a party to said proceedings, and his lands shall thereupon be bound for the payment of assessments as fully as though he were an original party. Any person may in writing, under oath, acknowledge the benefit of the improvement and be made a party and his lands become bound for the payment of assessments without order of court upon such acknowledgment being entered upon the drainage record, so that said section when amended shall read as follows: The provisions of this Act shall be liberally construed to promote the leveeing, ditching, drainage and reclamation of wet and overflowed lands. Any person owning lands in the district as defined in the final report of the Board of Viewers and of the map accompanying the same who has not previously been made a party thereto, may upon ten days' notice in writing given to such party, be made a party to any proceeding under this Act and the Acts amendatory thereof, by the Drainage Court; and upon objections being filed by any person under this section the burden shall be upon him to show that the proposed improvement is not for the public benefit and will not be conducive to the general welfare of the community. Upon the return day of said notice, if no appearance is made, or upon the overruling of objections, the court shall make such person

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a party to said proceeding, and his lands shall thereupon be bound for the payment of assessments as fully as though he were an original party. Any person may in writing, under oath, acknowledge the benefit of the improvement and be made a party, and his lands become bound for the payment of assessments without order of court upon such acknowledgment being entered upon the drainage record. The collection of the assessment shall not be defeated where the proper notices have been given by reason of any defeat in the proceedings occurring prior to the order of the court confirming the final report of the viewers; but such order or orders shall be conclusive and final that all prior proceedings were regular and according to law, unless they were appealed from. If, on appeal, the court shall deem it just and proper to release any person or to modify his assessment or liability, it shall in no manner affect the rights and legality of any person other than the appellant, and the failure to appeal from the order of the court within the time specified shall be a waiver of any illegality in the proceedings, and the remedies provided for in this Act shall exclude all other remedies. Amendment of Sec. 38. To be read. Construction Liberal. Procedure. Assessment not defeated. Appeal and Waiver. Sec. 4. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That from and after the passage of this Act that said Act of 1911, approved August 19, 1911, be and the same is hereby amended by adding the following section to said Act: Whenever the costs necessary to complete any district organized under this Act, and the Acts amendatory thereof, cannot be met by the original assessment, as from failure to correctly estimate the amount of rock in a district, or from other causes unknown at the time of making the original assessment, it shall be the duty of the Board of Drainage Commissioners to levy additional assessments to meet such necessary expense, which they shall do in the same manner and in the same proportion as original assessments are made, and which shall be collected in the same manner. The funds collected under this section shall be paid by the Tax Collector to the officer designated by the Board of Drainage Commissioners. Added Section. Additional Assessments.

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Sec. 5. That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be and the same are hereby repealed. Approved August 19, 1918. ELECTION RETURNS; STATE HOUSE OFFICERS. No. 439. An Act to prescribe the manner in which the returns of elections for Secretary of State, Treasurer, Comptroller-General, and all other State House officers, who are to be commissioned by the Governor, shall be made, 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 returns for every election for Secretary of State, Treasurer, and Comptroller-General shall be sealed up by the managers separately from the other returns and directed to the President of the Senate and Speaker of the House of Representatives, in the same manner and at the same time that the returns for the election of Governor are made, and shall be transmitted to the Secretary of State, who shall, without opening the same, cause the same to be laid before the Senate on the day after the two Houses shall be organized, and at the same time the returns for the election of Governor are laid before the Senate, and they shall be transmitted by the Senate to the House of Representatives. Returns to General Assembly. Sec. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the returns of the election of every other officer, where the returns are required to be made to the Secretary of State, shall be sealed up in a separate package and transmitted to the Secretary of State, whose duty it shall be to open the returns, consolidate the vote and declare the result, and certify to the Governor the names of the persons elected, and the Governor shall issue commissions to such officers as shall appear from the certificate of the Secretary of State to have been elected. Returns to Secretary of State.

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Sec. 3. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the terms of the officers last mentioned shall commence on the first day of January next after they are elected. Terms of Office. Sec. 4. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That it shall be the duty of the Secretary of State to have copies of this bill made immediately after its approval, and to mail the same to the several Ordinaries of this State, and to call their special attention to the requirements of this Act. Copies of This Law to Ordinaries. 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, 1918. EXAMINING COMMISSION OF STATE GOVERNMENT. No. 327. An Act to provide in this State a Commission to be composed of the Governor, the Attorney General, the State School Commissioner and two members of the General Assembly, for the purpose of supervising the various State Institutions and departments of the State Government; to examine appropriations made for the State Government, and make recommendations to each Legislature in reference thereto, and to provide for the necessary expenses for the support of such commission, 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 a commission, which commission shall be composed of the Governor, who shall be chairman; the Attorney-General, the Superintendent of Education, and the chairman of the Appropriations Committees of the Senate

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and of the House, which officers shall serve as members of said commission during their term of office and until their successors are elected and qualified. Commission Designated. Sec. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That it shall be the duty of said commission annually to make an examination of the State's affairs and of all the departments of the State government, and of the institutions of the State which are supported in whole or in part by appropriations from the State treasury. This commission shall examine the needs of the several departments and institutions as aforesaid, and shall make to the Legislature such recommendations as they see fit in reference to the appropriations to be made for the support of said institutions. It shall also make to the General Assembly of each session a detailed statement of the State's finances, showing the appropriations made by previous Legislatures, the amount of each appropriation which has been paid, and the amount which, at the time of the report, is still unpaid. It shall make a detailed report of the State's finances for the current year, showing the amount of the State's revenue and the sources from which the same is obtained, and it shall submit this report upon the convening of the Legislature, or within ten days thereafter. Duties to Examine and Report to Legislature. Sec. 3. Be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of said commission to examine into the appropriations for previous Legislatures and the necessity for the same; and it shall report its opinion as to whether or not the same should be discontinued, decreased or increased in amount. The said commission shall prepare and submit to the General Assembly a bill or bills to carry out its recommendations, and shall also prepare for each General Assembly the General Appropriation Bill, which appropriation bill shall be by the said commission delivered to the chairman of the Appropriations Committee of the House. Appropriations. Preparation of Appropriation bills. Sec. 4. Be it further enacted, That the said commission is hereby authorized in the exercise of these powers to examine all officers of the departments of the State government, and of all the State's institutions, and they are further

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authorized to visit the said institutions and make a thorough examination of the same, and into their methods of accounting and finances, and it is authorized to establish in the various institutions of this State, and in the various departments of the State government, a uniform system of accounting, and it is authorized in its discretion to send for persons and papers, and, if necessary, to administer oaths. Powers of the Commission. Sec. 5. Be it further enacted, That in the discharge of its duties the said commission shall be authorized to employ the necessary clerical help, but the said expenses for clerical help shall not exceed in any year the sum of twelve hundred dollars ($1,200.00). In addition to the said clerical help the said commission is authorized to employ an expert accountant whenever it shall deem the same necessary for the purpose of making the examination above provided for, and for the establishing of such uniform system of accounting. Clerical Expense. Sec. 6. Be it further enacted, That it shall make a careful study of all the laws governing the various State departments, and the various State institutions, and shall recommend to the General Assembly such changes in the laws as it sees fit, and shall prepare a bill or bills covering these changes in the laws governing such institutions, and submit the same to the General Assembly herein provided. Recommendations of Changes in Laws. Sec. 7. Be it further enacted, That the commission shall have the right to adopt such rules or regulations governing its investigations as it shall deem best, and to sit at such times and places as it shall deem necessary. Rules, etc. Sec. 8. Be it further enacted, That the said commission shall aid and advise the Governor in fixing each year the tax rate to be levied for the support of the government. Tax-rate Advice. Sec. 9. Be it further enacted, That the members of said commission from the General Assembly shall receive for their services rendered as members of such commission the same per diem as is allowed to the members of the General Assembly for each day's services in the discharge of their duties, and the actual necessary expenses incurred by them while in the discharge of such duties, which expenses shall

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be paid by the treasurer upon the warrant of the Governor upon itemized statements furnished to the Governor and attached to such warrants. Pay per Diem and Expenses. Sec. 10. Be it further enacted, That all laws in conflict with this Act be and the same are hereby repealed. Approved August 12, 1918. EXPERIMENT STATION IN COASTAL PLAIN. No. 457. An Act to create and establish an Experiment Station and Experiment Farm in the Coastal Plain region of this State, to be known as the Georgia Coastal Plain Experiment Station, to be under the general control and direction of a Board of Trustees to consist of the Governor of this State and the Commissioner of Agriculture of this State, and seven other men to be appointed by the Governor from the Coastal Plain section of said State. To provide for the location 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 an agricultural experiment station and experiment farm, to be known as the Georgia Coastal Plain Experiment Station, be and the same is hereby created and established in and for the coastal plain region of the State of Georgia for the purpose of making scientific investigation and experiment respecting the principles and applications of agricultural science, and more particularly as the same may be affected by soil and climatic conditions in said coastal plain region of the State. Establishment of Station and Farm. Sec. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the said Georgia Coastal Plain Experiment Station shall be under the general control and direction of a board of trustees, to consist of the Governor of said State, and the Commissioner of Agriculture of said State and seven

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other men to be appointed by the Governor from the coastal plain section of said State, and said board of trustees shall appoint the superintendent and other officers for said station, prescribe their powers and duties and fix their salaries or compensation. Board of Trustees Designated. Officers. Superintendent and Sec. 3. Be it further enacted by authority aforesaid, That the said board of trustees be and they are hereby authorized and directed to select a location for the said station in the following manner, to-wit: Within sixty days after the approval of this Act the board of trustees of said Georgia Coastal Plain Experiment Station shall give notice by publication once a week for eight weeks in at least six newspapers having a general circulation in the coastal plain region of this State, that said board will receive bids for proposals from counties, cities, towns, communities or persons, to donate lands and buildings, or lands and money, or money, for the purpose of inducing the establishment at a given point in the coastal plain region of the State, of said Georgia Coastal Plain Experiment Station and Experiment Farm. In selecting a site for said station, the board shall have reference to the accessibility of the place offered, the healthfulness of the locality and the adaptability of the land to represent the variety of the soils in said portion of the State known as the coastal plain, and also that the place has a climate best representative of the climatic conditions of the coastal plain region of the State. The board shall dispose of all the questions involved in the proposals that may be made, as their judgment may dictate to be for the best interests of the State. The board's choice shall be communicated to the Governor, and the necessary papers shall be drawn and duly recorded in the deed records of the county where the land lies, and also in the office of the executive department of the State, and then filed in said office. The property which may come into the possession of the board under the terms of this section shall be the property of the State of Georgia. That said board of trustees shall report to the next session of the Legislature their acts and doings in locating and directing said experiment station. Selection of Location. Donations. Conveyances of Title. Report to Next Legislature.

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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 19, 1918. FEDERAL FARM LOAN BONDS AS INVESTMENTS. No. 416. An Act to provide that Farm Loan Bonds issued under the provisions of the Federal Farm Loan Act of the Congress of the United States shall be lawful investment for Savings Bank deposits for all fiduciary and trust funds, and for the funds of insurance companies, and of saving and loan associations. 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 farm loan bonds issued by federal land banks or joint stock land banks, under an Act of Congress approved July 17th, 1916, entitled An Act to provide capital for agricultural development, to create standard forms of investment based upon farm mortgage, to equalize rates of interest upon farm loans, to furnish a market for United States bonds, to create government depositories and financial agents for the United States, and for other purposes, shall be lawful investments for savings bank deposits, for all fiduciary and trust funds, and for the funds of insurance companies and savings and loan associations. Said farm loan bonds shall be accepted as security for all public deposits on the same terms as any bonds for which the faith of the United States is pledged. Lawful Investments for Fiduciaries, Insurers, etc. Sec. 2. All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed. Approved August 19, 1918.

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GEORGIA TRAINING SCHOOL FOR GIRLS; MANAGERS. No. 357. An Act to amend an Act entitled An Act to establish an institution to be known as the Georgia Training School for Girls, approved August 19th, 1913, by providing that the Governor shall have discretion to appoint three men and two women, or three women and two men, upon the Board of Managers, as he may deem advisable, 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 authorit of the same, That Section 3 of an Act entitled An Act to establish an institution to be known as the Georgia Training School for Girls, approved August 19th, 1913, be amended by adding after the word persons in the third line of said Section 3 the following words, to-wit, with the discretion to appoint three men and two women, or three women and two men upon said board, as he may deem advisable, in lieu of the words two of whom shall be women, which said words are hereby stricken, so that said section when so amended shall read as follows, to-wit: Act of 1913 Amended. Section 3. Be it further enacted, That on the passage of this Act the Governor shall appoint a board consisting of five persons, with the discretion to appoint three men and two women, or three women and two men upon said board, as he may deem advisable, 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 30th, 1915, and the last three shall hold office until June 30th, 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. To be read. Board of Managers; Personnel and Terms.

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Sec. 2. All laws and parts of laws in conflict with the foregoing shall be and the same are hereby repealed. Approved August 17, 1918. INSANE PERSONS; COMMITMENTS REGULATED. No. 500. An Act to revise the laws of the State of Georgia with reference to commitments to the Georgia State Sanitarium, providing a method of transportation to the Sanitarium and for caring for and keeping patients while committed therein, setting forth the persons eligible to be committed to the State Sanitarium, and payment of reasonable sums for board and keep of inmates whose estates are sufficient to provide for them, and specifying certain classes of persons who shall be excluded therefrom, 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, as follows: Sec. 1. Examination of capacity to manage his estateUpon the petition of any person, on oath, setting forth that another is liable to have a guardian appointed (or is subject to be committed to the Georgia State Sanitarium), the ordinary, upon proof that ten days' notice of such application has been given to the three nearest adult relatives of such person, or that there is no such relative within the State, or where such notice is waived in writing by such relative, and affidavit is made by any one of such relatives or other person, that such person is violently insane and is likely to do himself bodily injury, and where the truth of such affidavit has been verified in writing by a practicing physician appointed by the ordinary to examine such person, shall issue a commission directed to three reputable persons, two of whom shall be practicing medical physicians in good standing, said physicians to be residents of the county, if that

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number reside therein, and the county attorney or solicitor of any city court located in said county, and if no county attorney or solicitor of said city court, the solicitor-general of the circuit or some attorney of the county appointed by him, requiring them to examine by inspecting the person for whom guardianship or commitment to the sanitarium is sought, and to hear and examine witnesses on oath, if necessary, as to his condition and capacity to manage his estate, and to make return of such examination and inquiry to the said ordinary, specifying such returns under which such classes they find said person to come. Such commission shall be sworn by any officer of this State authorized by the laws of this State to administer an oath, well and truly to execute such commission to the best of their skill and ability, which oath shall be returned with their verdict. No guardian shall be appointed for the estate of such person, nor shall such persons be committed to the sanitarium without the unanimous verdict of such commission. Petition. Notice. Affidavit. Commission to Examiners. Oath of Commissioners. Sec. 2. Expenses of Proceedings, how paidIt shall be the duty of each ordinary of this State to draw his warrant upon the treasurer of his county for such sum or sums as shall be actually necessary or requisite to defray the expenses of trying every commission of lunacy, provided the sum to be paid in each case shall not exceed $10.00, and actual expenses to each of said reputable physicians, the reputable person not a physician shall not receive more than $5.00 in each case, and for carrying on or conveying such insane person from such county to the sanitarium when such insane person shall be lawfully committed to the sanitarium. When females are committed to the sanitarium, they shall be accompanied thereto by a relative, female nurse or female attendant, at the expense of the county; provided that no money shall be drawn from the county treasury for the purposes herein set forth when the estate of such insane person is sufficient to defray such expenses. Expenses of Proceedings. Sec. 3. Sanitarium free, to whomSaid sanitarium shall be free to all the resident citizens of this State, who may be lunatics, idiots, epileptics or demented inebriates,

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and who are paupers, and who, when admitted, shall receive free the same food, raiment and medical and other attention as shall be provided for the inmates generally, and all resident citizens of this State of the above description whose estate does not exceed the sum of three thousand dollars or sufficient to provide for them, may be admitted upon the payment for such reasonable sum for board and keep as may be prescribed by the trustees; provided, however, that no paralytics, epileptics, imbeciles, idiots, drug or alcoholic addicts, persons suffering from tubercular, venereal or other contagious diseases, whether paupers or not, who are harmless and inoffensive in spirit, and who, if unconfined, would reasonably involve no danger to the life or limb to those whom they would be associated, shall be committed or admitted to said sanitarium, and provided further, that if the family or friends of any inmate shall desire to furnish extra or additional food or other comforts they may be allowed so to do, at their own expense, under such rules and regulations as said Trustees may prescribe, and providing further, that any funds belonging to any inmate of said sanitarium where there has been no guardian appointed for such inmate, shall be turned over to the board of trustees of the State sanitarium and used toward the board and clothing and other expense of such inmate, and in the event any such inmate shall be discharged as being cured, any balance remaining in the hands of said board of trustees shall be turned over to such inmate. Admission Free to what Persons. Persons Not Admitted. Extra Comforts. Funds of Inmate. Sec. 4. Provided further, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be and the same are hereby repealed. Approved August 20, 1918. INSPECTION OF GASOLINE, BENZINE, NAPHTHA. No. 453. An Act to amend an Act, approved August 12, 1903, entitled An Act to provide for the inspection of gasolines, benzines, naphthas; providing for fees test by inserting

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after the word tank in line 10, Section 5, and before the word nothing, the following: If sold from a tank wagon, the person selling or delivering the same shall show on each sale ticket the gravity test of the gasoline, benzine or naphtha delivered to such retail dealer, and for other purposes, so when thus amended said section shall read: 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 5 of said Act shall read, That every person dealing at retail in gasolines, benzines and naphthas in this State shall from and after the passage of this act deliver same to the purchaser only in barrels, caskcans or packages designated by labels securely pasted or attached thereto with the words Gasolines, Benzine or Naphtha, Dangerous, Inflammable printed in bright red ink; provided, however, that this section does not apply to tank wagons or to car tanks or storage tanks. If sold from a tank wagon, the person selling or delivering the same shall show on each sale ticket the gravity test of the gasoline, benzine or naphtha delivered to such retail dealer. Nothing in this section shall prevent dealers from delivering gasoline by pumping or pouring same into automobiles. Act of 1903 Amended. Gravity Test to Appear. Sec. 2. Be it further enacted that all laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed. Approved August 19, 1918. INSPECTION OF PRIVATE INSTITUTIONS. No. 459. An Act to further define and extend the provisions of this act to be found in the Acts of 1916, on pages 126 and 127, and known as the Veasey Bill, and to further define and prescribe the duties of Superior Court Judges and Grand Juries with reference to the visitation, inspection and report on institutions wherein persons are confined by

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corporations or individuals within this State, or prescribe penalties for the obstructing of legal procedure in such cases, and for wilful failure to discharge said 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 it shall be the duty of the judges of the Superior Courts of this State at each term where a grand jury is in attendance to give in charge to said grand jury, as one of its sworn duties, to diligently and faithfully execute the law of this State, which requires the visitation and inspection of all lay and eleemosinary institutions wherein persons are confined, and it shall be the duty of said judge to continue said term of court until five days prior to the next term thereof, and to hold said grand jury until it shall have discharged its duty by the actual visitation and inspection of said institution, as shown by its written official report to the court. Duty of Judges. Charge to Grand Jury. Continuation of Term of Court. Sec. 2. Be it further enacted, that it shall be the duty of said judges, whenever the grand jury or a committee thereof, report back to the court that the said grand jury, or its committee, are obstructed in the performance of their duty, to order the sheriff, with such deputies as he may deem necessary, to summarily remove said obstruction by arresting and bringing before the court person or persons obstructing the legal procedure of the grand jury, and to use such force as may be necessary to affect an entrance into the institution which closes its doors against the State's right of visitation and inspection. Summary Removal of Obstruction. Sec. 3. Be it further enacted, that any person or persons who shall be appointed by the said court, the grand jury or the committee of the grand jury, or the sheriff, or the deputies of the sheriff in the discharge of the legal duties hereinbefore prescribed, who shall refuse or negligently fail to perform such duties, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and punished as for a misdemeanor. Penalty for Non-Performance. Sec. 4. Be it further enacted, that any superior officer

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of any corporation, lay or eleemosinary, or any proprietor, or the manager of such institutions as are named in the statute for inspection, to-wit: orphanages, hospitals, sanitariums, sanitoriums, houses of Good Shepherd, houses of correction, reformatories, penitentiaries, convents, monasteries, schools and colleges, who shall by private or public utterances defy the State's authority and instruct the persons in immediate charge of said institutions, or any one or more of them, to refuse the grand jury or its committee, or to the sheriff or to his deputies, admittance to said institution, when demanded in the discharge of their legal duty, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction shall be punished as for a misdemeanor. Penalty for Refusing Admittance. 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, 1918. JAILERS, GUARDS, TURNKEYS, ETC.; INCREASE OF PAY IN SOME COUNTIES FOR LIMITED TIME. No. 342. An Act to regulate the salaries of jailers, guards, turnkeys, and other jail employees in counties having a population of not less than 75,000 nor more than 125,000 inhabitants, 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 January 1st, 1919, in all counties having therein a population of not less than 75,000 and not more than 125,000 inhabitants, jailers, guards, turnkeys and other jail employees in said counties shall be paid in addition to the salaries now paid them an increase of 17 per cent. thereon, the same to be paid during the existence of the present war, and for two years after peace has been declared between the United States of America and the German Empire. Increase of Pay for War Period.

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Sec. 2. Be it further enacted that this bill shall go into effect January 1st, 1919, and that at the end of the period mentioned in the first section hereto, the pay of said officials and employees shall, unless otherwise provided by law, be returned to that now provided by statute or the county authority in the said counties. Effective January 1, 1919. 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 12, 1918. JUDGES PROHIBITED FROM EXPRESSING APPROVAL OR DISAPPROVAL OF VERDICT. No. 371. An Act to prevent the Judge of any court of this State from directly or indirectly expressing his approval or disapproval in open court of the verdict of any jury in any case tried before him; to provide for disqualification in such cases where the approval or disapproval of such verdict may be made, 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 no judge of any court shall either directly or indirectly express, in open court, his approval or disapproval of the verdict of any jury in any case tried before him, except as herein provided; nor shall said judge have a right to discharge any jury upon the ground that the verdict rendered in any case shall not meet with his approval. Expression in Open Court, or Discharge of Jury, Forbidden. Sec. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That if any judge of any court of this State shall either directly or indirectly express his approval or disapproval in open court of the verdict of the jury in any case tried before him, he shall be disqualified from presiding in such case in event a new trial should be granted. But nothing in this

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Act shall have the effect to prohibit a judge of any court from approving or disapproving the verdict of a jury in any case tried before him in hearing a motion for a new trial that comes on before him; however, such approval or disapproval on the hearing of a motion for new trial shall be expressed in the formal order of the judge in granting or overruling such motion, and not otherwise. Disqualification of Judge. Expression Limited to Formal Order. Sec. 3. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That no judge of any court of this State shall have the right to commend or compliment a jury during the term of any court for discharging their duties, such commending or complimenting under the provisions of this Act shall have the effect of approving of verdicts. Unlawful to Commend or Compliment Jury. 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 17, 1918. JUSTICES OF THE PEACE; FEES OF, IN SOME COUNTIES. No. 479. An Act to provide for the fees of Justices of the Peace and Notaries Public, who are ex-officio Justices of the Peace, of the Militia Districts of this State, who are now or may hereafter be located within the corporate limits of cities having a population of not less than 5,790 nor more than 6,000 inhabitants, according to the census reports of the United States, and providing that they receive the same fees as are now provided for such officers in Section 6003 of the Civil Code 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, justices of the peace and notaries public who are ex-officio justices of the peace of the militia districts of this State,

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who are now or may hereafter be located within the corporate limits of cities having a population of not less than 5,790 and not more than 6,000 inhabitants, according to the census report of the United States, shall receive the same fees as are provided for in Section 6003 of the Civil Code of 1910 of Georgia for justices of the peace and notaries public who are ex-officio justices of the peace, in cities of not less than 54,000 nor more than 80,000 inhabitants, as provided in said section. Fees in Certain Cities. See Act Amending Secs. 6002, 6004 ante. Sec. 2. 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 19, 1918. LAW LIBRARIES IN CERTAIN COUNTIES. No. 379. An Act to amend an Act giving all counties in this State having a population of one hundred thousand or more, as fixed by the United States census, the right to establish and maintain law libraries for the use of the officers of the court, to pay the expenses thereof, to provide rules for the regulation and maintenance therefor, and other purposes, approved August 14th, 1915, and for other purposes. Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, That Section 2 of the said Act approved August 14, 1915, be and the same is hereby stricken and the following is hereby inserted in lieu of Section 2 to become Section 2. That whenever it shall be determined by the board of commissioners of roads and revenues of the counties as specified in Section 1 of this Act, or in the absence of such board, by the ordinary, a law library may be established as aforesaid, provided, that the total initial expense incident to the purchase of books and equipment shall not exceed five thousand dollars ($5,000.00), and the total expenditure

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for librarian, books and all other expenses for the maintenance of such library shall not exceed twenty-five hundred ($2,500.00) per annum after said library shall have been established, to be paid for from the county treasury, on order of the commissioner or ordinary, in such a way as may be determined under and by direction of the board of commissioners of roads and revenues, or in the absence of such board of commissioners of roads and revenues, the ordinary. Act of 1915 Amended. Expense of Equipment and Maintenance of Library. 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. Appealed August 17, 1918. LIGHTNING RODS, SALE OF, REGULATED. No. 470. An Act to regulate the installation and the sale of lightning rods in this State, to prescribe the duties of the Comptroller-General in issuing licenses to agents, and passing upon the qualification of same; to prescribe the amount of such licenses; to fix the penalty for the violation of this 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 the authority of the same, that from and after the passage of this Act, it shall be unlawful for any person to erect or install upon any building or other structure within this State any lightning rods except he be duly licensed by the State as hereinafter provided. Unlawful Act Without License. Sec. 2. Be it further enacted, That before any person shall be authorized to erect or install any lightning rods upon any building or other structure in this State, such person shall procure from the Comptroller-General a license authorizing him to erect and install lightning rods within county in which such building or structure is located, for

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which such person shall pay a license of twenty dollars ($20.00) and for each additional county in which such person shall so act, the sum of ten ($10.00) dollars. The application for such licenses shall be made in writing to the Comptroller-General and as a prerequisite to its issuance, the applicant must satisfy the Comptroller-General that he is a person competent to properly erect lightning rods, and a certificate to that effect from a firm, corporation or person engaged within the United States in the manufacture and sale of lightning rods, shall be sufficient, provided its execution be proven by affidavit before a notary public, or some other officer authorized by law to administer oaths, and having official seal, may be taken by the Comptroller-General as prima facie evidence of the competency of such applicant. Each license so issued shall continue in effect until the next succeeding thirty-first day of December of each year. The money arising from the collection of such tax, shall be paid into the State treasury by the Comptroller-General. License from Comptroller-General. Sec. 3. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all lightning rods sold at retail within this State, must be sold by the job, that is, the contract therefor must state in dollars and cents the aggregate total amount to be charged and collected therefor. Contract of Sale. Sec. 4. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That any person, firm or corporation violating any of the provisions of this Act shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall be punished as prescribed in Section 1065 of the Penal Code of Georgia. Penalty. Sec. 5. 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 19, 1918.

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MEDICAL EXAMINERS, COMPOSITE BOARD OF. No. 514. An Act to amend an Act entitled 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; being the Act establishing the State Board of Medical Examiners, approved August 18, 1913. By amending the caption of said Act by inserting between the words Act and to, the same being the second and third words of the first line of said caption, the following: to repeal Article 2 of Chapter 9 of the Twelfth Title of the Political Code of Georgia of 1910, consisting of code sections 1687 to 1697, inclusive; and by adding the letter s to the word Board, the same being the eighth word of the first line of said caption; and by inserting between to and regulate, the same being the last two words of the sixth line of said caption, the following: provide for the examination of applicants to practice medicine, prescribe their qualifications, and; and by inserting between the words license and to, the same being the last two words in the ninth line of said caption, the following: to prescribe the grounds upon which a license may be refused or revoked; to provide the right of appeal from the action of said board in refusing a grant or for revoking, a license, and authorize a hearing by the board for such purpose; to prescribe the power of the board to call, hold and render judgment at such hearing; to vest said board with authority to cite the

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applicant or licentiate to answer at such hearing; to authorize said board to summon witnesses, administer oaths and take testimony at such hearing; to provide for the payment of cost by such applicant or licentiate and fix the amount thereof incident to such hearing, entering judgment therefor and issuing execution thereon; to provide for the cancellation of the record of a license by the clerk of the Superior Court when such license is revoked; to provide for the issuing of a new license or the grant of a license to the person affected; to fix fee for the grant of a new license; and by amending said Act by striking all that portion of Section 1 thereof following the word Act, the same being the second word in the third line of said section, and inserting in lieu thereof the following: that Article 2 of Chapter 9 of the Twelfth Title of the Political Code of Georgia of 1910, consisting of the code sections 1687 to 1697, inclusive, creating three separate boards of medical examiners, and defining their powers and duties, prescribing: the qualifications of the members thereof; their terms and oath of office; the officers and meetings of said boards; the proceedings and government thereof; who may be examined by them and the rules and regulations governing said boards in the examination of applicants for the practice of medicine or surgery; the endorsement of licenses issued by other State boards; the granting of licenses to physicians in regular standing who graduated before the Act creating said boards; the use of funds raised from fees; the recording of certificates issued by said boards for the practice of medicine or surgery; when said Act set forth in said Article 2 shall take effect; to whom the same is applicable; what persons shall be regarded as practicing medicine or surgery within the meaning thereof; and the penalty for violating the provisions of said article; be and the same is, and each section thereof, from 1687 to 1697, inclusive, hereby repealed; and by amending Section 3 of said Act by striking the words annually thereafter the Governor shall appoint two members, each of whom shall serve for a

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term of four years, which occurs between the word appointment in the eighth line and the word and in the tenth line of said section, and inserting in lieu thereof the following: and subsequently each successor shall be appointed by the Governor and serve for a term of four years from the time of the expiration of the term of his predecessor; and by amending Section 6 of said Act by striking the last sentence of said section, to-wit: 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; and by striking all that portion of Section 9 of said Act after the words Be it further enacted, and inserting in lieu thereof the following: that beginning with the session 1919-20, each medical school or college in good standing with the board shall have a minimum preliminary educational requirement of the completion of a two-year pre-medical college course based upon the completion of a four-year course of at least 15 units in a standard accredited high school or have the equivalent as demonstrated by examination. The pre-medical college course shall consist of at least 60 semester hours of standard college work in an approved college of which at least 28 semester hours are in chemistry, physics and biological sciences; of this 28 hours there must be at least 12 hours of chemistry, 8 of physics, and 8 of biology, including at least 10 hours of laboratory work. Evidence of such preliminary education which will entitle the applicant to admission to a Georgia medical school 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 and colleges of this State, or other States by the accrediting authorities of said States, or by examinations conducted by him or by some person designated by him. A fee of $2.00 shall accompany each application for a certificate and a like amount shall be paid by the applicant for each separate subject on which he is examined. Said official shall also pass upon the pre-medical education

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of all applicants for examination to practice medicine in this State and certify equal standards for these as for Georgia students to the board before the applicant is eligible for examination. He shall make an annual report to the board of the work of his office; and by amending Section 11 of said Act by adding at the end of said section the following words: practice of medicine, materia medica and therapeutics, and by striking from the word hygienes the letter s, and by inserting between the words be and in, the same being the first and second words in the sixth line of said Section 11, the words wholly or in part; and by amending Section 12 of said Act by adding between the words Georgia and no on the eleventh line of said section, the following words: Said board may grant a license without examination to any licentiate of the National Board of Medical Examiners of the United States upon the payment of the reciprocity fee by such licentiate; and by amending Section 14 of said Act by inserting between the words turpitude and the in the eighth line of said section the following: conviction for the violation of any penal provision of the `Opium Act of 1914' or `Harrison Act,' also called the `Harrison Narcotic Law'; and by inserting between the words any and licentiate in the twenty-second line of said section the words applicant or; and by striking the last four words in the twenty-third line and the first seven words in the twenty-fourth line of said section, the stricken words being as follows: suspend said licentiate from the practice of medicine and call in, and insert in lieu of said stricken words the words: refuse to grant a license to said applicant or may revoke; and by striking that portion of said section beginning with the word provided, the same being the last word on the twenty-fifth line and ending with the word revoked, the same being the last word on the thirty-fourth line of said section, said stricken words being as follows: Provided, however, that said suspended physician shall have a right to appeal to a

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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 empannelled and sworn. Said physician, the defendant in said proceedings, shall be entitled to an appeal to the Supreme Court. In the event of a conviction by the jury of any of the charges preferred the license of said physician shall be revoked; and inserting in lieu thereof the following: There may be an appeal from the judgment of said board, but the party who is refused a license by the board or whose license is revoked, as the case may be, if dissatisfied with the judgment, may appeal to a jury in the Superior Court of the residence of such dissatisfied party, said appeal to be had as in other cases now provided by law. The party whose license is revoked or refused shall be liable for cost as follows: Preparing copies of notice, $2.00; procuring service of said notice, $2.00; each subpoena for witness or for the production of any book, writing or document, 15c; transmitting appeal, $2.00; procuring cancellation of revoked license, 25c. Said board is empowered to enter up judgment for such cost as may accrue under the provisions of this Act against the party liable therefor as herein provided, in favor of the board, and issue execution thereon, which shall bear test in the name of the president of said board, and be signed by its secretary-treasurer. In all cases wherein a license has been revoked and no appeal has been entered, within the time allowed by law, it shall be the duty of the secretary-treasurer of said board immediately after the expiration of the time allowed for appeal, to transmit to the clerk of the Superior Court, in whose office the revoked license is recorded, a copy of the order of said board revoking said license, certified by said secretary-treasurer with a fee of 25c, and it shall be the duty of said clerk to cancel the record of said license by entering upon the face thereof a copy of said certified order. In a case wherein appeal proceedings are had and not sustained, the revoked license shall be cancelled

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in the manner above provided, immediately after the final termination of such case. The appeal herein provided for shall be had upon the payment of cost or the making of the affidavit in lieu thereof, as provided by law in other cases. Upon the preferment before said board of either of said charges above enumerated against any licentiate or applicant for license, it shall be the duty of said board to cause written notice of the time and place of hearing upon said charge, together with a copy of the charge preferred, to be served upon such licentiate or applicant twenty days before said hearing. Said board shall prepare two copies of said written notice and attach to each of said notices a copy of the charge preferred and cause the same to be delivered to the sheriff or his deputy of the county of the residence of the licentiate or applicant against whom such charge has been preferred, together with two dollars as a fee for service, who shall within ten days deliver to such licentiate or applicant personally, or leave at the most notorious place of abode of such party, one of said notices, with copy of said charge attached, and then return the other notice, with copy charge attached thereto, to said board, together with said officer's entry of service thereon. Said licentiate or applicant shall have the privilege to make defense at said hearing, either in person or by attorney, and on application to said board he shall be furnished, by said board, with a subpoena for any witness in his behalf, or for the production of any book, writing, paper or document to be used in his behalf on said hearing. Said board shall have the power to compel the attendance of any witness or the production of any book, writing or other document in the possession, custody or control of any witness or other person, at such hearing of said board, and any witness or person refusing to produce any book, writing or other document, or to appear or testify, without legal excuse, at such hearing of said board, after having been served with a subpoena, issued by said board, requiring such witnesses to

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appear, produce any book, writing, or other document, or testify at such hearing, shall be guilty of contempt, and upon certification of such act by said board to the judge of the Superior Court, in whose jurisdiction said hearing is held or to be held, the judge shall punish the same as though committed before him. No license of any applicant shall be refused nor license of any licentiate shall be revoked on account of the default or failure of the applicant or licentiate to appear, but in case of default said board may proceed with the hearing and upon satisfactory proof made of the truth of the charge preferred, refuse a license to the defaulting applicant or revoke the license of such defaulting licentiate regardless of absence at said hearing of such applicant or licentiate. And by further amending said section by striking the words date of said conviction from the thirty-fifth and thirty-sixth lines of said section and inserting in lieu thereof the following: the final termination of the proceeding, refusing or revoking a license, 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, that the Act establishing the State Board of Medical Examiners, approved August 18, 1913, the caption of which is set out in the caption of this Act, be and the same is hereby amended by inserting between the words Act and to, the same being the second and third words of the first line of said caption, the following: To repeal Article 2 of Chapter 9 of the Twelfth Title of the Political Code of Georgia of 1910, consisting of Code Sections 1687 to 1697, inclusive; and by adding the letter s to the word board, the same being the eighth word of the first line of said caption; and by inserting between to and regulate, the same being the last two words of the sixth line of said caption, the following: provide for the examination of applicants to practice medicine, prescribe their qualifications, and; and by inserting between the words license and to,

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the same being the last two words in the ninth line of said caption, the following: to prescribe the grounds upon which a license may be refused or revoked; to provide the right of appeal from the action of said board in refusing to grant, or for revoking, a license, and authorize a hearing by the board for such purpose; to prescribe the power of the board to call, hold, and render judgment at such hearing; to vest said board with authority to cite the applicant or licentiate to answer at such hearing; to authorize said board to summon witnesses, administer oaths and take testimony at such hearing; to provide for the payment of cost by such applicant or licentiate and fix the amount thereof incident to such hearing, entering judgment therefor and issuing execution thereon; to provide for the cancellation of the record of a license by the clerk of the Superior Court when such license is revoked; to provide for the issuing of a new license or the grant of a license to the person affected; to fix fee for the grant of a new license. Act of 1913 Amended. Insertions in Caption. Sec. 2. Be it further enacted, That Section 1 of said Act be and is hereby amended by striking all that portion thereof following the word Act, the same being the second word in the third line of said section, and inserting in lieu thereof the following: That Article 2 of Chapter 9 of the Twelfth Title of the Political Code of Georgia of 1910, consisting of Code Sections 1687 to 1697, inclusive, creating three separate boards of medical examiners and defining their powers and duties, prescribing: The qualifications of the members thereof; their terms and oath of office; the officers and meetings of said boards; the proceedings and government thereof; who may be examined by them and the rules and regulations governing said boards in the examination of applicants for the practice of medicine or surgery; the indorsement of licenses issued by other State boards; the granting of licenses to physicians in regular standing who graduated before the Act creating said boards; the use of funds raised from fees; the recording of certificates issued by said boards for the practice of medicine or surgery; when said Act set forth in said Article 2 shall take effect; to whom the same

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is applicable; what persons shall be regarded as practicing medicine or surgery within the meaning thereof; and the penalty for violating the provisions of said article; be and the same is, and each section thereof; from 1687 to 1697, inclusive, hereby repealed. Sec. 1 Amended. Sec. 3. Be it further enacted, That Section 3 of said Act be and is hereby amended by striking the words: annually thereafter the Governor shall appoint two members, each of whom shall serve for a term of four years, which occurs between the word appointment in the eighth line and word and in the tenth line, of said section, and inserting in lieu thereof the following: and subsequently each successor shall be appointed by the Governor and serve for a term of four years from the time of the expiration of the term of his predecessor. Sec. 3 Amended. Sec. 4. Be it further enacted, That Section 6 of said Act be and is hereby amended by striking the last sentence of said section, to-wit: 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. Sec. 6 Amended. Sec. 5. Be it further enacted, That Section 9 of said Act be and is hereby amended by striking all that portion of said section occurring after the words Be it further enacted, and inserting in lieu thereof the following: that beginning with the session 1919-20 each medical school or college in good standing with the board shall have a minimum preliminary educational requirement of the completion of a two-year pre-medical college course based upon the completion of a four-year course of at least 15 units in a standard accredited high school, or have the equivalent as demonstrated by examination. The pre-medical college course shall consist of at least 60 semester hours of standard college work in an approved college, of which at least 28 semester hours are in chemistry, physics and biological sciences; of this 28 hours there must be at least 12 hours of chemistry, 8 of physics, and 8 of biology, including at least 10 hours

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of laboratory work. Evidence of such preliminary education which will entitle the applicant to admission to a Georgia medical school 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 and colleges of this State, or other States, by the accrediting authorities of said States, or by examination conducted by him or by some person designated by him. A fee of $2.00 shall accompany each application for a certificate and a like amount shall be paid by the applicant for each separate subject on which he is examined. Said official shall also pass upon the pre-medical education of all applicants for examination to practice medicine in this State, and certify equal standards for these as for Georgia students to the board before the applicant is eligible for examination. He shall make an annual report to the board of the work of his office. Sec. 9 Amended. Sec. 6. Be it further enacted, That Section 11 of said Act be and is hereby amended by adding at the end of said section the following words: practice of medicine, materia medica, and therapeutics; and by striking from the word hygienes the letter s; and by inserting between the words be and in, the same being the first and second words in the sixth line of said Section 11, the words wholly or in part. Sec. 11 Amended. Sec. 7. Be it further enacted, That Section 12 of said Act be and is hereby amended by adding between the words Georgia and no on the eleventh line of said section, the following words: Said board may grant a license without examination to any licentiate of the National Board of Medical Examiners of the United States upon the payment of the reciprocity fee by such licentiate. Sec. 12 Amended. Sec. 8. Be it further enacted, That Section 14 of said Act be and is hereby amended by inserting between the words turpitude and the in the eighth line of said section, the following: Conviction for the violation of any penal provision of the `Opium Act of 1914,' or `Harrison Act,' also called the `Harrison Narcotic Law';

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and by inserting between the words any and licentiate in the twenty-second line of said section the words applicant or, and by striking the last four words in the twenty-third line and the first seven words in the twenty-fourth line of said section, the stricken words being as follows: Suspend said licentiate from the practice of medicine and call in, and to insert in lieu of said stricken words the words: refuse to grant a license to said applicant or may revoke; and by striking that portion of said section beginning with the word provided, the same being the last word on the twenty-fifth line, and ending with the word revoked, the same being the last word on the thirty-fourth line of said section, said stricken words being as follows: 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 empanelled and sworn. Said physician, the defendant in said proceedings, shall be entitled to an appeal to the Supreme Court. In the event of a conviction by the jury of any of the charges preferred, the license of said physician shall be revoked, and inserting in lieu thereof the following: There may be an appeal from the judgment of said board, but the party who is refused a license by the board or whose license is revoked, as the case may be, if dissatisfied with the judgment, may appeal to a jury in the Superior Court of the county of the residence of such dissatisfied party, said appeal to be had as in other cases now provided by law. The party whose license is revoked or refused shall be liable for cost as follows: Preparing copies of notice, $2.00; procuring service of said notice, $2.00; each subpoena for witness or for the production of any book, writing or document, 15c; transmitting appeal, $2.00; procuring cancellation of revoked license, 25c. Said board is empowered to enter up judgment for such cost as may accrue under the provisions of this Act against the party liable therefor, as herein provided, in favor of the board, and issue execution thereon, which shall bear test in the name of the president

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of said board, and be signed by its secretary-treasurer. In all cases wherein a license has been revoked and no appeal has been sued out within the time allowed by law, it shall be the duty of the secretary-treasurer of said board, immediately after the expiration of the time allowed for appeal, to transmit to the clerk of the Superior Court, in whose office the revoked license is recorded, a copy of the order of said board revoking said license, certified by said secretary-treasurer with a fee of 25c, and it shall be the duty of said clerk to cancel the record of said license by entering upon the face thereof a copy of said certified order. In a case wherein appeal proceedings are had and not sustained, the revoked license shall be cancelled in the manner above provided, immediately after the final termination of such case. The appeal herein provided for shall be had upon the payment of cost or the making of the affidavit in lieu thereof, as provided by law in other cases. Upon the preferment before said board of either of said charges above enumerated against any licentiate or applicant for license it shall be the duty of said board to cause written notice of the time and place of hearing upon said charge, together with a copy of the charge preferred, to be served upon such licentiate or applicant twenty days before said hearing. Said board shall prepare two copies of said written notice, and attach to each of said written notices a copy of the charge preferred, and cause the same to be delivered to the sheriff or his deputy of the county of the residence of the licentiate or applicant against whom such charge has been preferred, together with two dollars as a fee for service, who shall, within ten days, deliver to such licentiate or applicant personally, or leave at the most notorious place of abode of such party, one of said notices, with copy of said charge attached, and then return the other notice, with copy charge attached thereto, to said board, together with said officer's entry of service thereon. Said licentiate or applicant shall have the privilege to make defense at said hearing, either in person or by attorney, and on application to said board he shall be furnished by said board with a subpoena for any witness in his behalf, or for the production of

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any book, writing, paper or document to be used in his behalf on said hearing. Said board shall have the power to compel the attendance of any witness or the production of any book, writing or other document in the possession, custody or control of any witness or other person at such hearing of said board, and any witness or person refusing to produce any book, writing or other document or to appear or testify, without legal excuse, at such hearing of said board, after having been served with a subpoena issued by said board requiring such witness to appear, produce any book, writing or other document, or testify, at such hearing, shall be guilty of contempt, and upon certification of such act by said board to the judge of the Superior Court in whose jurisdiction said hearing is held or to be held, the judge shall punish the same as though committed before him. No license of any applicant shall be refused, nor license of any licentiate shall be revoked on account of the default or failure of the applicant or licentiate to appear, but in case of default said board may proceed with the hearing, and upon satisfactory proof made of the truth of the charge preferred, refuse a license to the defaulting applicant or revoke the license of such defaulting licentiate, regardless of the absence at said hearing of said applicant or licentiate. And by further amending said section by striking the words date of said conviction, from the thirty-fifth and thirty-sixth lines of said section, and inserting in lieu thereof the following: the final termination of the proceeding, refusing or revoking a license. Sec. 14 Amended. Sec. 9. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That said Act, including the caption thereof, be and is hereby amended as herein provided, and so that said Act and the caption thereof, when amended, shall read as follows: An Act to repeal Article 2 of Chapter 9 of the Twelfth Title of the Political Code of Georgia of 1910, consisting of Code Sections 1687 to 1697, inclusive; to abolish the present State Board of Medical Examiners and to establish a composite Board of Medical Examiners for the State of Georgia; define its duties and powers; to protect the people from

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illegal and unqualified practitioners of medicine and surgery; to define the standing of a medical college; to provide for the examination of applicants to practice medicine, prescribe their qualifications, and 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 prescribe the grounds upon which a license may be refused or revoked, and authorize a hearing by the board for such purpose; to provide the right of appeal from the action of said board in refusing to grant or for revoking a license; to prescribe the power of the board to call, hold and render judgment at such hearing; to vest said board with authority to cite the applicant or licentiate to answer at such hearing; to authorize said board to summon witnesses, administer oaths and take testimony at such hearing; to provide for the payment of cost by such applicant or licentiate, and fix the amount thereof incident to such hearing; entering judgment therefor and issuing execution thereon; to provide for the cancellation of the record of a license by the clerk of the Superior Court when such license is revoked; to provide for the issuing of a new license or the grant of a license to the person affected; to fix fee for the grant of a new license; to require a standard of preliminary education of applicants; to prescribe the penalties for the violation of this Act, and for other purposes. Act to be Read as Amended. Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, That from and after the passage of this Act, that Article 2 of Chapter 9 of the Twelfth Title of the Political Code of Georgia of 1910, consisting of Code Sections 1687 to 1697, inclusive, creating three separate boards of medical examiners and defining their powers and duties, prescribing the qualifications of the members thereof, their terms and oath of office; the officers and meetings of said boards; the proceedings and government thereof; who may be examined by them, and the rules and regulations governing said boards in the examination of applicants for the practice of medicine or surgery; the indorsement of licenses

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issued by other State boards; the granting of licenses to physicians in regular standing who graduated before the Act creating said boards; the use of funds raised from fees; the recording of certificates issued by said boards for the practice of medicine or surgery; when said Act set forth in said Article 2 shall take effect; to whom the same is applicable; what persons shall be regarded as practicing medicine or surgery within the meaning thereof; and the penalty for violating the provisions of said article, be and the same is, and each section thereof from 1687 to 1697, inclusive, hereby repealed. C. C. Secs. 1687-1697 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 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. Board of Medical Examiners Established. 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. And subsequently each sucessor

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shall be appointed by the Governor and serve for a term of four years from the time of the expiration of the term of his predecessor; and these appointments shall be made so as to preserve the original ratio of regular, 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 Regular, Eclectic, and Homeopathic Physicians. Term of Office. Removal. Vacancy. 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 said oath of office, shall issue to each member a certificate of appointment. Oath of Office. 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

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pass upon the qualifications of applicants for the practice of medicine in this State, as herein prescribed. Organization, Officers, Expenses, Meetings, Rules, etc. 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 the branches shall be accompanied with proof that the applicant is a graduate of a 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. License Required Before Practice. 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 certificates 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

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a certificate from the board shall cause the same to be registered within thirty days. Record of Certificate. Fee. Report. 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 of thirty-five per cent. of clinical work in the third and fourth years; that requires 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. Colleges in good Standing Defined. Sec. 9. Be it further enacted, That beginning with the session of 1919-20, each medical school or college in good standing with the board shall have a minimum preliminary educational requirement of the completion of a two-year premedical college course based upon the completion of a four-year

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course of at least 15 units in a standard accredited high school, or have the equivalent as demonstrated by examination. The pre-medical college course shall consist of at least 60 semester hours of standard college work in an approved college, of which at least 28 semester hours are in chemistry, physics and biological sciences; of this 28 hours there must be at least 12 hours of chemistry, 8 of physics, and 8 of biology, including at least ten hours of laboratory work. Evidence of such preliminary education which will entitle the applicant to admission to a Georgia medical school 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 and colleges of this State, or other States by the accrediting authorities of said States, or by examinations conducted by him or by some person designated by him. A fee of $2.00 shall accompany each application for a certificate and a like amount shall be paid by the applicant for each separate subject on which he is examined. Said official shall also pass upon the pre-medical education of all applicants for examination to practice medicine in this State and certify equal standards for these as for Georgia students to the board before the applicant is eligible for examination. He shall make an annual report to the board of the work of his office. Educational Requirements. 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 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 wholly or in part in writing, each applicant shall be designated by a number instead of his name, so that his identity

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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, physiology, chemistry, hygiene, surgery, obstetrics, gynecology, pathology and diagnosis, practice of medicine, materia medica and therapeutics. 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. Said board may grant a license without examination to any licentiates of the National Board of Medical Examiners of the United States upon the reciprocity fee by such licentiate. 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. Fees for Licenses. Tax Laws Not Affected. 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 board, personally or by deputy, to aid the solicitors of

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the State in the enforcement of this Act and in the prosecution of all persons charged with violation of its provisions. Testimony. Issue of License. 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; conviction for the violation of any penal provision of the Opium Act of 1914, or Harrison Act, also called the Harrison Narcotic Law; 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 applicant or licentiate has been guilty of any of the offenses above enumerated refuse to grant a license to said applicant or may revoke the license of said licentiate upon a majority vote of said board. There may be an appeal from the judgment of said board by the party who is refused a license by the board, or whose license is revoked, as the case may be, if dissatisfied with the judgment, to a jury in the Superior Court of the county of the residence of such dissatisfied party, said appeal to be had as in other cases now provided by law. The party whose license is revoked or refused shall be liable for cost as follows: Preparing copies of notice, $2.00; procuring service of said

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notice, $2.00; each subp[oelig]na for witness or for the production of any book, writing or document, 15c; transmitting appeal, $2.00; procuring cancellation of revoked license, 25c. Said board is empowered to enter up judgment for such cost as may accrue under the provisions of this Act against the party liable therefor, as herein provided, and issue execution thereon, which shall bear test in the name of the president of said board and be signed by its secretary-treasurer. In all cases wherein a license has been revoked and no appeal has been entered within the time allowed by law, it shall be the duty of the secretary-treasurer of said board, immediately after the expiration of the time allowed for appeal to transmit to the clerk of the Superior Court, in whose office the revoked license is recorded, a copy of the order of said board revoking said license, certified by said secretary-treasurer with a fee of 25c, and it shall be the duty of said clerk to cancel the record of said license by entering upon the face thereof a copy of said certified order. Refusal and Revocation of License. Appeal. Costs. In a case wherein appeal proceedings are had and not sustained, the revoked license shall be cancelled in the manner above provided, immediately after the final termination of such case. Cancellation of License. The appeal herein provided for shall be had upon the payment of cost or the making of the affidavit in lieu thereof, as provided by law in other cases. Appeal. Upon the preferment before said board of either of said charges above enumerated against any licentiate or applicant for license it shall be the duty of said board to cause written notices of the time and place of hearing upon said charge, together with a copy of the charge preferred, to be served upon such licentiate or applicant twenty days before hearing. Notice and Hearing. Said board shall prepare two copies of said written notice and attach to each of said notices a copy of the charge preferred, and cause the same to be delivered to the sheriff or his deputy of the county of the residence of the licentiate

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or applicant against whom charge has been preferred, together with two dollars as a fee for service, who shall within ten days deliver to such licentiate or applicant personally, or leave at the most notorious place of abode of such party, one of said notices, with copy of said charge attached, and then return the other notice with copy charge attached thereto to said board, together with said officer's entry of service thereon. Service. Said licentiate or applicant shall have the privilege to make defense at said hearing, either in person or by attorney, and on application to said board he shall be furnished, by said board, with a subpoena for any witness in his behalf, or for the production of any book, writing, paper or document to be used in his behalf on said hearing. Defense. Said board shall have the power to compel the attendance of any witness or the production of any book, writing or other document in the possession, custody or control of any witness or other person, at such hearing of said board, and any witness or person refusing to produce any book, writing or other document, or to appear or testify, without legal excuse, at such hearing of said board, after having been served with a subpoena issued by said board requiring such witness to appear, produce any book, writing or other document, or testify at such hearing, shall be guilty of contempt, and upon certification of such act by said board to the judge of the Superior Court in whose jurisdiction said hearing is held or to be held, the judge shall punish the same as though committed before him. Evidence. No license of any applicant shall be refused nor license of any licentiate shall be revoked on account of the default or failure of the applicant or licentiate to appear, but in case of default said board may proceed with the hearing and upon satisfactory proof made of the truth of the charge preferred, refuse a license to the defaulting applicant or revoke the license of such defaulting licentiate regardless of the absence at said hearing of such applicant or licentiate. Failure to Appear.

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However, at any time after six months from the final termination of the proceeding, refusing or revoking a license, said board may, by a majority vote, issue a new license or grant a license to the person affected, restoring and 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. 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 abbreviations to his name, are 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

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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 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 provision 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. Words Defined. Unlawul Acts. Things Not Prohibited. 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

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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 Violating This Act. 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 20, 1918. MINORS' MONEYS; ORDINARIES CUSTODIANS. No. 438. An Act to make the ordinaries of the small counties of the State the legal custodians and distributors of moneys due minor children arising from life benefit policies, insurance companies, benefit societies, inheritance, or from any other source whatsoever; to give them power and authority to disburse the same for the benefit of such minors, themselves or through proper persons designated by them, 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 the ordinaries of the several counties of this State be and they are hereby made and constituted the legal custodians and distributors of all money due and owing to any minor child or children, who have no legal and qualified guardian, to receive and collect all such money due or owing such minor or minors arising from insurance policies, benefit societies, legacies, inheritances, or from any other source; provided, the amount due such minor or minors from all sources does not exceed the amount of five hundred dollars, without any appointment or qualifying order, he is fully authorized to take charge of such money or funds for such minor or minors, by virtue of his office as ordinary in the county of the residence of such minor or minors, and the certificate of such ordinary, that no legally qualified guardian has been appointed for such minor or minors, and

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that the estate of such minor or minors, from all sources, does not exceed the amount of five hundred dollars ($500.00) shall be conclusive, and shall be sufficient authority to justify any debtor or debtors in making payment of moneys due as aforesaid, claims therefor having been made by such ordinary. Custody and Distribution, When no Legal Guardian. Amount Not Over $500. Sec. 2. Be it further enacted by authority aforesaid, That the ordinary of the county of the residence of such minor or minors, is hereby authorized and permitted, in his discretion, to employ counsel to bring suit to recover any amount due such minor or minors in the name of such ordinary as guardian for such minor or minors, in any court having jurisdiction thereof, and such ordinary shall have authority to pay such counsel so employed a reasonable fee for his services in such matters which is necessary to enforce the rights of such minor or minors, out of the funds so collected. Employment of Counsel. Sec. 3. Be it further enacted by authority aforesaid, That such ordinaries shall receive as their compensation for such services five per cent. on the amount so handled. Compensation. Sec. 4. Be it further enacted by authority aforesaid, That it shall be the duty of such ordinaries to keep a wellbound book properly indexed, in which a complete record shall be kept of all money received by him for such minor or minors; said record shall show from what source said funds were derived, and to show to whom and for what purpose such money was paid, which book shall be open for inspection of the public at all times as other records in his office. Record Open to Inspection. Sec. 5. Be it further enacted by authority aforesaid, That such ordinaries shall be held accountable on their official bond for the faithful discharge of their duties as such guardians and for the proper distribution of funds coming into their hands as such guardians. Liability on Bond. Sec. 6. Be it further enacted by authority aforesaid, That the ordinary receiving such funds is hereby authorized

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and directed to pay out said funds so received by him, or whatever amount he may think necessary, for the support, education and maintenance of such minor or minors, as he may think in his judgment proper and right, and when so expended shall be final, and no liability shall attach to such ordinary or his bondsmen by reason of such expenditure when properly done. Payments Authorized. Sec. 7. Be it further enacted by authority aforesaid, That when any such funds shall come into the hands of the ordinary of any county belonging to such minor or minors, and there shall be no cause or necessity arising for the paying out of said funds for the support, education and maintenance of such minor or minors, then in that event it shall be the duty of such ordinary to place said funds in some good and solvent bank, in the savings department of such bank at the then current rate of interest allowed on savings deposits, and when so deposited there shall be no further liability against such ordinary or his bondsmen when such deposit is made in good faith. Deposit of Funds. Sec. 8. Be it further enacted by authority aforesaid, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict herewith be and the same are hereby repealed. Approved August 20, 1918. MOTOR VEHICLES, REGISTRATION OF. No. 501. An Act to amend an Act to provide for the annual registration and identification of motor vehicles and motorcycles, approved November 30, 1915, by further regulating and defining the rights of dealers; by prescribing regulation for the use of headlights; by giving commissioner of motor vehicles authority to send an inspector into each county in Georgia, whenever necessary, to enforce said law, and by authorizing the Secretary of State, as commissioner of motor vehicles, to pay sheriffs of each

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county for applications of owners of motorcycles and motor vehicles registered and forwarded to his office after March 1st of each year; to provide for expenses of State Highway Commission, payment of engineers, and by adding a new section to be numbered Section 4, and numbering the repealing clause Section 5. Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same, That Section 6 of the Act approved November 30th, 1915, regulating the registration and identification of motor vehicles and motorcycles, be amended by adding after the words manufacturers and dealers, having obtained a dealer's license and number, as herein provided, may obtain additional duplicates of their original number upon the payment of a fee of $1.00 for each number obtained, the following words: Provided, however, dealer numbers when issued shall not be used on any make or kind of motor vehicle except that particular kind or make of motor vehicle to which said number has been assigned by the Secretary of State, and shall not be used for any purpose whatsoever except to demonstrate new cars by the dealer or his regularly salaried employes, and except to transfer such motor vehicles to and from shipping points and warehouses, store rooms and places of business of the dealer, by said dealer or his regular salaried employes. No dealer shall use his dealer's number plate or allow any employe, chauffeur or mechanic or private individual to use his dealer's number plate on any motor vehicle for private use or hire, or pleasure, or for any purpose whatsoever not provided for in this amendment or the Act which it amends, so that said section, when amended, shall read as follows: Sec. 6. Be it further enacted, That the annual fee for the licensing the operation of motor vehicles and motorcycles shall be: For each motorcycle, two dollars. For each motor vehicle not exceeding twenty-five horsepower, three dollars. For each motor vehicle over twentyfive horsepower and not over forty horsepower, four dollars. For each motor vehicle exceeding forty horsepower, five dollars. For each electric motor

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vehicle used for pleasure purposes, four dollars. For each non-passenger carrying commercial motor vehicle or truck of not exceeding one ton weight, three dollars. For each non-passenger carrying commercial motor vehicle or truck of not exceeding three ton weight, four dollars. For each non-passenger carrying commercial motor vehicle or truck of not exceeding five tons weight, five dollars. For every non-passenger carrying commercial motor vehicle or truck exceeding five tons weight, six dollars. Provided, That every person, firm, association or corporation engaged in the manufacture or sale of motor vehicles in this State shall register as a dealer with the Secretary of State, making application for a general distinguishing dealer's number, specifying the name and make of motor vehicle manufactured or sold by them, upon a blank prepared by the Secretary of State for such purposes, and pay therefor a fee of ten dollars, which fee shall accompany such application, and for which fee said Secretary of State shall furnish to said dealers two number plates to be known as dealer's numbers, and to be distinguished from the number plates herein provided for by bearing thereon, in addition to the requirements of this law for number plates the word `dealer,' the letters `D.L.R.,' or to be in a differentcolor, as may be determined by the Secretary of State. Manufacturers and dealers, having obtained a dealer's license and number, as herein provided, may obtain additional duplicates of their original number upon the payment of a fee of one dollar for each number obtained. Provided, however, dealer's numbers, when issued, shall not be used on any make or kind of motor vehicle except that particular kind or make of motor vehicle to which said number has been assigned by the Secretary of State, and shall not be used for any purpose whatsoever except to demonstrate new cars by the dealer or his regularly salaried employees, and except to transfer such motor vehicle to and from shipping points and warehouses, store rooms and places of business of the dealer, by said dealer or his regularly salaried employes. No dealer shall use his dealer's number plate or allow any employe, chauffeur or mechanic or private individual

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to use his dealer's number plate on any motor vehicle for private use or hire, or pleasure, or for any purpose whatsoever not provided for in this amendment or the Act which it amends. And provided, further, That whenever a motor vehicle or motorcycle is registered on or after the first day of August or any year, the fee of such registration shall be one-half of the amount of the annual registration fee. Act of 1915 Amended. To be read. Annual Fees for Vehicles. Dealers Must Register. Fee for Registry. Number-Plates. Duplicate and Fee. What Use Forbidden. Sec. 2. Be it further enacted, That Section 9 of said Act be amended by striking the word white in the seventh line of said section, and add after the word proceeding in the eighth line of said section the following words: So arranged that said lights shall not be reflected higher than three and one-half feet (3 1-2 feet) above the ground at a distance of seventy-five feet, or said machine shall be equipped with dimmers, which shall be put on by the operator of said machine upon the roads of this State when approaching a machine or vehicle within two hundred yards from such machine or vehicle, so that said section, when amended, shall read as follows: Sec. 9. Every motor vehicle and motorcycle, while in use or operation upon the streets or highways of this State, shall at all times be provided and equipped with efficient and serviceable brakes and with a signalling device, consisting of a horn, bell, or some other suitable device. It shall likewise be equipped with at least two front lamps, throwing strong lights to a reasonable distance in the direction in which such vehicle is proceeding, so arranged that said lights shall not be reflected higher than three and one-half feet (3 1-2 feet) above the ground at a distance of seventy-five feet, or said machine shall be equipped with dimmers, which shall be put on by the operator of said machine upon the roads of this State when approaching a machine or vehicle within two hundred yards from such machine or vehicle, a rear lamp showing a red light plainly visible in the reverse direction to which said vehicle is proceeding and such other light so reflected as to clearly reveal the figures on the number plate; provided, that a motorcycle shall be required to be

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equipped with one front light only. All of such lamps or lights shall at all times be kept burning while such vehicle is in use or operation or standing in a public street or highway during a period from one hour after sunset until one hour before sunrise. Sec. 9 Amended. To be read. Signal Devices. Lights. Sec. 3. Be it further enacted, That Section 19 of said Act be amended by adding at the end of said section the following words: And provided, further, That not more than $15,000.00 of said funds so received may be used by the State Highway Commission for expenses and the employment of engineers, to be paid to said commission by warrant of the Governor, upon itemized statement of all actual and necessary expenses of said commission, so that said section, as amended, shall read: Sec. 19. Be it further enacted, That one dollar of the license fees collected under the provisions of this Act, all fees from the duplicate license numbers where originals are destroyed or lost, the transfer of license, and all chauffeur's licenses shall be retained by the Secretary of State, to provide and furnish number plates, and seals, to pay clerks and inspectors in said Act, and pay the expenses of operation and enforcement of said law in said State; provided, That in addition to the cost of the number plates and seals provided in this Act, the Secretary of State shall not expend for inspectors, clerks or other expenses, more than fifteen (15) per centum of the total funds received and collected by said Secretary of State under the provisions of this section, the balance of said fund, if any, shall be at the end of each year deposited in the State Treasury; provided, however, That the foregoing shall include only necessary and actual expenses, to be itemized and accounted for by said Secretary of State and provided, further, That not more than $15,000.00 of said funds so received may be used by the State Highway Commission for expenses and the employment of engineers, to be paid by said commission by warrant of the Governor, upon itemized statement of all actual and necessary expenses of such commission. Sec. 19 Amended. To be read. Fund From Fees. How Applied. Sec. 4. Be it further enacted, That all laws or parts of

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laws in conflict with this Act be and they are hereby repealed. Approved August 20, 1918. NANCY HART CHAPTER, GRANT OF LAND TO. No. 458. An Act entitled an Act to grant The Nancy Hart Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution at Milledgeville, Georgia, five acres of land including the site of Old Fort Wilkinson and the spring near said site and a roadway from the public road to the said site in the 321st District G. M. of Baldwin County, Georgia, for the purpose of protecting, marking, preserving, caring for and controlling this historic spot. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That from the passage of this Act, five acres of land, now owned by the State of Georgia, immediately surrounding the site known as Fort Wilkinson, and including the spring near said site, and a roadway from the public road, situate, lying and being in the 321st District G. M. of Baldwin County, Georgia, be and the same is hereby set aside as a reserve, to be known as the Fort Wilkinson Reserve, and said reserve of five acres, as herein set forth, is hereby granted to the Nancy Hart Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution, a patriotic organization of Milledgeville, Georgia, to be marked, protected, cared for, preserved and controlled by said Nancy Hart Chapter, and its successors, and should the Nancy Hart Chapter for any reason disband or cease to exist, then these rights, powers, and privileges and duties to go to the State organization of the Daughters of the American Revolution. Fort Wilkinson Reserve Set Apart. Grant to Nancy Hart Chapter of D. A. R. Be it further enacted, That the engineer of the Georgia State Sanitarium be authorized to survey and plat the said site of Fort Wilkinson, to include the spring near said

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site, and the roadway from the public road to said site, to show the exact location and extent of this grant and roadway, and a copy of said plat be filed in the office of the Secretary of State, and that the plat so made be recorded in the clerk's office of Baldwin Superior Court, in the book where plats are usually recorded. Survey and Plat. And be it further enacted, That under no circumstances or conditions is the setting aside and granting of this reserve at any time, now or hereafter, to cost the State of Georgia any sum whatever, or to incur any liability or expense on the part of the State of Georgia, and all surveys, recording, or other act, or work authorized in this grant is to be free of cost to the State of Georgia. No expense to the State. And be it further enacted, That nothing in this Act shall prevent the public, or the inmates and employes of the Georgia State Sanitarium, from using said grounds or visiting same, so long as the said public, or inmates and employes do not damage, or injure, or misuse said property and grounds, and the said Nancy Hart Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution, of Milledgeville, Georgia, and its successors shall have power to enclose said grounds and reserve of five acres, and shall have full power to prosecute for trespass, or injury, or misuse, or damage to said grounds and property. Enclosure and Use of Grounds. Approved August 19, 1918. NATIONAL FOREST RESERVE; AMENDING LAW. No. 381. An Act to amend Section 1 of an Act approved August 18, 1917, which was an Act to amend Section 1 of an Act approved December 18, 1901, and was entitled An Act to give consent by the State of Georgia to the acquisition by the United States of such lands as may be needed for the establishment of a National Forest Reserve in said State, by amending said Section 1 thereof by limiting

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condemnation proceedings by the United States to only such lands as may be contracted, or proposed, or offered for sale in writing by the ostensible owner to the United States, by which the owner consents to such condemnation, and for other purposes, by amending said Section 1 thereof so that as much as two hundred (200) acres of any contiguous tract of land occupied as a home shall be exempt from condemnation, except with written consent of the occupant, but no other lands, 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 1 of the Act approved August 18, 1917, be, and the same is hereby amended by striking out the words of only such lands as may be contracted, proposed or offered for sale in writing by the ostensible owner, to the United States, in which the owner consents to such condemnation; and by adding at the end of said section, the following words, to-wit: and provided that as much as two hundred (200) acres of any contiguous tract of land occupied as a home by a bona fide resident of this State, shall be exempt from condemnation, unless the written consent of the occupant to the condemnation of his land shall first be obtained, so that the Section 1 of said Act, when so amended, shall read as follows: Section 1. That the consent of the State of Georgia be, and is hereby given to the acquisition by the United States by purchase or gift, or by condemnation according to law, of such lands in the mountain regions of Georgia as in the opinion of the Federal government may be needed for the establishment of a National Forest Reserve in that region; provided, That the State shall retain a concurrent jurisdiction with the United States in and over such land so far that civil process in all cases, and such criminal process as may issue under the authority of the State against any person charged with the commission of any crime without or within said jurisdiction, may be executed thereon in like manner as if this Act had not been passed; and provided

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that in all condemnation proceedings the rights of the Federal government shall be limited to the specific objects set forth by the laws of the United States in regard to the forest reserve, and provided that as much as two hundred (200) acres of any contiguous tract of land occupied as a home by a bona fide resident of this State, shall be exempt from condemnation unless the written consent of the occupant to the condemnation of his land shall first be obtained. Act of 1917 Amended. To be read. Consent to Acquisition of Land, on Conditions Stated. Sec. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all laws in conflict with this Act be and the same are hereby repealed. Approved August 17, 1918. OIL INSPECTOR'S CLERK. No. 441. An Act to create the office of clerk in the office of State oil inspector; to fix the salary of such clerk; to provide for his appointment, 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 shall be a clerk in the office of the State oil inspector, who shall be paid a salary of not more than fifteen hundred dollars per annum. Appointment and Salary. Sec. 2. That such clerk shall be appointed by the Commissioner of Agriculture of the State, and shall hold his office during the pleasure of said commissioner. Tenure of Office. Sec. 3. That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be and the same are hereby repealed. Approved August 19, 1918.

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PRIMA FACIE PRESUMPTION FROM EXECUTION OF REGISTERABLE INSTRUMENTS. No. 403. An Act to provide for a prima facie presumption where deeds, mortgages, and other registerable instruments appear to be executed in one county before an officer of another county, having no jurisdiction in the first 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 wherever any deed, mortgage or other registerable instrument appears by its caption only to be executed in one county, and the official attesting witness appears to be an officer of another county, not having jurisdiction to witness deeds in the county named in the caption, the prima facie presumption shall be that the said deed was attested by the officer in the county in which he had authority to act, the caption to the contrary notwithstanding. Such deeds, mortgages and other instruments shall be held prima facie entitled to record, but this presumption may be rebutted by due proof. Provided, that the terms of this Act shall not apply to any pending litigation. Presumption of Due Attestation Rebuttable. Pending Litigation Excepted. Sec. 2. All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed. Approved August 17, 1918. PUBLIC SERVICE CORPORATION TAX CLERK. No. 408. An Act to provide for a public service corporation tax clerk; to prescribe the duties of said clerk and fix his compensation; and for other purposes.

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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 there shall be a public service corporation tax clerk in the office of the Comptroller-General, whose duty it shall be to keep and file all of the tax returns of public service corporations required by law to make returns of their property and franchises to the Comptroller-General for State, county, city and local school district taxation. It shall also be the duty of said clerk, after said returns are examined and accepted by the Comptroller-General, to calculate the amount of the taxes due by said corporations to the State, counties, municipalities and local school districts by applying the respective rates of taxation levied by each jurisdiction, and furnish each of said public service corporations a statement of the amount of tax due the State, each county, each city or town, and each local school district, on property and franchises located in their respective jurisdiction. Said clerk shall also make up and mail to the proper officer of each county, municipality, and local school district statements of taxes due by the public service corporations owning property therein. Duties. Sec. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the wild land clerk in the Comptroller-General's office, now by law appointed by the Comptroller-General, shall be ex-officio public service corporation tax clerk, and shall discharge the duties required of said clerk by this Act, for which service he shall receive a salary of six hundred dollars ($600.00) per annum, and same is hereby appropriated by this Act, and the Governor is authorized to draw his warrant quarterly on the State Treasurer in payment of same, as provided by law for the payment of salaries of State officers and clerks. Wild-land Clerk to Serve ex-Officio. Salary Appropriated. Section 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, 1918.

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RAILROAD CORPORATIONS; FRANCHISE SURRENDER. No. 411. An Act to provide how certain railroad corporations may surrender their franchises to the State, and cease, temporarily or permanently, to exercise their franchises, and to perform their duties as common carriers, 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, as follows, to-wit: Any railroad corporation chartered by the Secretary of State of this State, and owning and operating any railroad, other than a street railroad, not over five miles long, in this State, may cease, temporarily or permanently, to exercise its franchises and to perform its duties as a common carrier, and may surrender its franchises to the State, by order of the Railroad Commission. Surrender on Order of Commission. Sec. 2. Before any such order shall be granted, such corporation shall file with said commission an application for the same, verified by the affidavit of the president and secretary of such corporation, containing a copy of a resolution adopted by a unanimous vote of the stockholders of such corporation authorizing such application. Application to be Filed. Sec. 3. Said commission shall fix a date for the hearing of such application, and before such date such application shall be published once a week for four weeks in the newspaper in which the sheriff's advertisements are published in each county through which said railroad may run. Hearing. Sec. 4. Said commission shall have authority to fully investigate the matter of such application and to grant such an order, if they shall conclude that the condition of the affairs of such corporation and the public convenience warrant it. No such railroad shall be allowed to surrender its

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charter as herein provided so long as it owes any debts whatever. Investigation. Must be Free of Debt. Sec. 5. All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed. Approved August 19, 1918. RAILROAD TRAINS, REGULATIONS OF RUNNING. No. 409. An Act to further regulate the running and operation of railroads in this State, to make additional provision in regard to the equipment thereof, to further define the duties of railroad companies and their employees in respect of running their trains; to repeal Sections 2675, 2676 and 2677 of the Code of this State, which relate to the regulation and operation of railroad trains at road crossings; to provide penalties for the violation of the provisions of this Act, and for other purposes. Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by authority thereof, That from and after the passage of this Act each locomotive engine operated on the line of any railway in this State shall be equipped with a signal bell and a steam signal whistle of at least the power of those with which the engines of the several railroads in this State are equipped at the time of the passage of this Act. Bell and Whistle. Sec. 2. Be it further enacted, That upon the line of each railway in this State, and at a point four hundred yards from the center of its intersection at grade with any public road or street used by the public generally in crossing the tracks of said railway, and on each side of said crossing, there shall be erected by the railroad company, persons or corporations owning and operating said railway, a blow-post to indicate the direction of such crossing, and the engineer operating the locomotive engine of any railroad

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train moving over the track of said railroad shall be and he is hereby required, when he reaches the said blowpost, as a signal of approach to said crossing, to blow through said whistle two long and two short blasts at intervals of five seconds between each blast; said blasts to be loud and distinct. In addition thereto, after reaching the blow-post furtherest removed from said crossing, and while approaching said crossing, he shall keep and maintain a constant and vigilant lookout along the track ahead of said engine, and shall otherwise exercise due care in approaching said crossing, in order to avoid doing injury to any person or property which may be on such crossing, or upon the line of said railway at any point within fifty feet of such crossing. Blow-Post. Signal of Crossing. Lookout and Exercise of Care. Sec. 3. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That should any railway company, person or corporation operating a line of railway in this State fail or neglect, except as hereinafter provided, to put up and maintain said post, such company, corporation or person so offening shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. Penalty for Not Erecting Post. Sec. 4. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That if any engineer operating a locomotive engine along the line of said railroad shall neglect to blow said whistle, or neglect to exercise due care, or neglect to keep and maintain a constant and vigilant lookout along the track of said road ahead of his engine, in order to avoid doing injury to persons or property which might be upon such road crossing, or upon the line of said railroad within fifty feet of such crossing, he shall be guilty of a misdemeanor; provided, however, that within the corporate limits of cities, towns and villages of this State the said railroad company shall not be required either to erect the blow-post hereinbefore provided for, or to blow the whistle of their locomotives in approaching the crossing or public roads in said corporate limits, but in lieu thereof the engineer of said locomotive shall be required to signal the approach of his train to such crossing in said corporate limits by constantly tolling the bell of said locomotive, and on failure to do so the penalties of this section

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shall apply to such offense; provided further, that nothing in this proviso contained shall be held to relieve the said engineer or the said railroad company of his or its duty of keeping and maintaining a constant and vigilant lookout along the track ahead of its engine while moving within the corporate limits of said city, town or village, or excusing such railroad company or such engineer from exercising due care in so controlling the movements of such trains as to avoid doing injury to persons or property which may be on such crossing within said city or within fifty feet of said crossing on the line of such railway, or for failure to observe any ordinance of such city, town, or village, which may lawfully be passed, regulating the speed at which railroad trains may be run therein. Penalty for Neglect by Engineer. Bell in Cities, Towns and Villages. Lookout and Exercise of Care. Ordinances. Sec. 5. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the enumeration of certain specific duties as in this Act expressed shall in nowise be so construed as to relieve any railroad company from any duty or liability which may be imposed upon them by existing laws. Existing Duties. Sec. 6. Be it further enacted by authority aforesaid, That Sections 2675, 2676, 2677, of the Code of this State, which regulate the running and operation of railway trains at road crossings in this State, be and the same are hereby repealed. C. C. Secs. 2675-2677 Repealed. Sec. 7. 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, 1918. ROADS; ALTERNATIVE ROAD LAW SUBSTITUTED. No. 406. An Act to repeal an Act approved December 24th, 1896, entitled An Act to give the Commissioners of Roads and Revenues, or the ordinary, or county judge, as the case

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may be, of each county the power and authority to lay out, open, change, or discontinue the public roads, and to work and have worked the same, and the acts and laws amendatory thereto; to provide and substitute in lieu thereof the alternative road law in counties operating under and in which said Act approved October 21st, 1891, is of force, 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 Act approved December 24th, 1896, and the acts and laws amendatory thereto, be and the same are hereby repealed. Act of 1896 Repealed. Sec. 2. Be it further enacted, That those counties operating under and in which the said Act, approved October 21st, 1891, is of force, the alternative road law as codified in Park's Code, Sixth Title, twelfth Chapter and Second Article, is substitute and declared to be of force in lieu of said Act repealed. Act of 1819 Substituted. 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, 1918. SAINT MARY'S--SAINT MARKS CANAL. No. 491. An Act to develop and bring into immediate use for war purposes, and into permanent use for commercial purposes, the State's deep sea property at Cumberland Sound; to aid the United States in the construction of the St. Marys-St. Marks Canal as herein specified, and as part of said development. Whereas, the United States of America is in a state of war with the empires of Germany and Austria, and the President of the United States has pledged all of its resources

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and man-power to the successful prosecution of this war; and, Preamble. State of war. Whereas, the State of Georgia, as one of the forty-eight commonwealths composing the Union, desires in every possible way to aid the National Government in the struggle in which it is engaged, and to utilize any and all of its resources to aid in winning the war; and, Aid of war. Whereas, the conduct of the war on the battlefields of Europe, with the consequent necessity of transporting troops and supplies from the Atlantic seaboard, has created an enormous demand for shipping, and has imposed a heavy burden upon Atlantic seaboard ports and terminals, and has necessitated an extension and enlargement of terminal and port facilities; and, Shipping and ports. Whereas, the handling of troops, and of supplies for these troops and for the Allies of the United States, has further imposed a great burden upon the transportation systems of the country, particularly upon those connecting the Atlantic seaboard with the interior; and Transportation. Whereas, during the winter of 1917, for many days the Atlantic harbors of Hampton Roads, as well as harbors north of that point, were frozen up, so as to render it difficult, if not impossible, to handle and load the shipping available for transporting troops and supplies to Europe; and a repetition of such conditions might be a serious handicap in the successful conduct of the war; and this condition has demonstrated the necessity for the development of warm water ports along the Atlantic seaboard, where freezing conditions are unknown; and Frozen harbors. Whereas, the supplying of coal for the navies of the United States and its allies for the shipping now in existence and being constructed by the United States and its allies and for the manufacturing enterprises engaged in war industries and located in the Eastern section of the United States has become a serious and vital question; has necessitated the most rigid rules for the distribution of coal,

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and a curtailment of legitimate enterprise and business, because of the inability to supply the coal needed for their purposes; and has resulted in the establishment of a restricted area in the northeastern section of the United States, within which area no new industries are now permitted to be established, except on condition that the establishment of such industries within such area shall not create an additional demand for coal; and Coal. Whereas, the shortage in coal is due to the lack of adequate transportation facilities from the coal mines to the seaboard, as well as to the fact that the mining and production of coal is not being carried on to the extent necessary for the country's requirements; and Coal shortage. Whereas, the remedy for this condition obviously consists in the further development of the coal resources of the country; in the mining and production of additional tonnage, both from the developed fields and from any new fields that are or may be made accessible to Atlantic seaboard points; and in the furnishing of additional transportation facilities by which such coal can be quickly and easily delivered at accessible ports; and Remedy. Whereas, there exist in Alabama large deposits of coal accessible to the Black Warrior River, which can be cheaply barged down the Black Warrior and Mobile Rivers (already largely canalized) to Mobile Bay on the Gulf of Mexico; and there further exists in southern Illinois (tributary to the Mississippi River) large veins of coal suitable for bunker purposes, which can be likewise barged down the Mississippi River to the Gulf of Mexico; and there exists in western Kentucky (tributary to the Mississippi River) large supplies of an inferior coal not suitable for bunker purposes, but available for domestic and manufacturing purposes in the Mississippi Valley, so as to relieve the demand for coal which is suitable for bunker purposes and for export; and Coal deposits. Whereas, this Alabama coal, and coal from southern Illinois, which can be and is readily delivered at the Gulf of Mexico, would greatly relieve the existing shortage in

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coal, if the barge transportation of the said coal could be continuously maintained, without trans-shipment to an Atlantic port; and Relief of shortage. Whereas, there is in existence along the northern edge of the Gulf of Mexico a natural inland waterway from the Mississippi River through Lake Ponchartrain and Lake Borgne, thence eastwardly past Mobile Bay to St. Marks, Florida, on Apalachee Bay, almost south of Tallahassee, Florida; which inland waterway can be opened up and completed, so as to be available for barge transportation, at small cost, and within a short period of time; and Inland waterway. Whereas, there exists in southeastern Georgia a highland swamp (or a succession of fresh water lakes) located at an average height of 120 feet above mean low tide, embracing some six hundred and twenty-five (625) square miles, which swamp is drained by two rivers, one the St. Mary's, emptying into Cumberland Sound and the Atlantic Ocean, and the other the Suwanee, emptying into the Gulf of Mexico; the St. Mary's River being navigable for vessels drawing fifteen feet of water for sixty-one miles above the point where it empties into Cumberland Sound; and the Suwanee River being navigable for vessels drawing ten feet of water for a distance of approximately fifty miles in a generally east and west direction; and the water in the swamp being sufficient, or capable of being made sufficient, to supply the requirements of a lock-barge canal, connecting the Atlantic Ocean with the Gulf of Mexico; and Lakes in Georgia. Whereas, the chief of engineers of the United States army has heretofore surveyed and reported on the feasibility of a canal, with a bottom width of one hundred feet and capable of carrying barges drawing eight feet of water; and said canal starting at Cumberland Sound, on the Atlantic seaboard, running thence up the St. Mary's River sixty-one miles; thence from St. Mary's across the Okefenokee swamp by canals and locks to the Suwanee River, a distance of forty-five miles; thence down the Suwanee River in a generally westerly direction, a distance of fifty miles to Charles

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Ferry; thence from Charles by canal, a distance of seventy miles to St. Marks, on the Gulf coast, on the southeastern edge of Florida, just south of Tallahassee, where the Gulf of Mexico is deeper than it is further eastward at the mouth of the Suwanee; and from which point the inland waterway, above described, is available, or can be made available, westwardly to the mouth of the Mississippi River; and Survey. Whereas, according to the reports of the chief of engineers, made about 1880, the said canal would be two hundred and twenty-six miles in length; but by the utilization of the St. Mary's and Suwanee Rivers, of the Okefenokee swamp, and of other streams, the actual canal to be cut would be slightly over one hundred miles in length; the number of locks required would be approximately eight on the Atlantic side and six on the Gulf side, but said locks would not have to be built in flights; the character of the soil would permit a quick and cheap construction, being a sandy loam on the Atlantic side, a soft muck through the swamp, and sand and rotten limestone on the Gulf side; and the estimated cost of the canal (about 1880) would be only a little over eight million dollars for a lock-barge canal nine feet deep and one hundred feet wide at the bottom, less than the cost of a single track railroad from any of the available coal fields to tidewater; and Canal. Whereas, by the use of modern machinery (not available in 1880) the cost of constructing such canal would probably be greatly reduced; the time within which it could be constructed could be greatly lessened; and by the use of machinery, the man power required for its construction could be reduced to a minimum; and the equipment, organization and directing heads (who successfully constructed the Panama Canal), as well as the equipment, machinery and directing heads (who constructed the canal systems in Florida), could be utilized for its immediate construction; and Construction. Whereas, the construction of this canal and the completion of the inland waterway from St. Marks to the mouth of the Mississippi River would, in effect, extend the Mississippi

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River and the Mobile River to the Atlantic seaboard by a protected inland waterway for the purposes of barge transportation, thereby making possible the transportation by barges without trans-shipment to an Atlantic port of the mineral, agricultural, and manufactured products of the States tributary to the Gulf of Mexico and the Mississippi River, thereby relieving the railroad lines of an enormous burden of traffic of heavy and non-perishable products; thereby relieving the navy of the necessity of convoying large numbers of supply ships through the Gulf and around the peninsula of Florida; and thereby delivering, at a south Atlantic warm water port, coal and food supplies in large volume and at low cost, so that they could readily be delivered to their destination in Europe, or along the eastern coast of the United States; and Extention of rivers. Whereas, the terminus of said canal on the Atlantic seaboard would be the harbors of Cumberland Sound, Fernandina, Florida, and St. Mary's, Georgia, where the United States government has already spent over three and a half million dollars in building piers or breakwaters at the entrance to Cumberland Sound, but is now failing to utilize the benefits naturally derived from this expenditure; where there exists a land-locked warm water harbor of capacity sufficient to accommodate the entire navy and mercantile fleet of the United States; where the harbor is within less than five miles from the Atlantic ocean; where there already exists a depth of more than twenty-four feet over the bar, such depth being constantly increased by the tidal wash between the jetties already constructed, the tide rising five and nine-tenths feet; where any required depth can be easily and cheaply secured by the use of suction dredges, on account of the character of the bottom; where good anchorage can be obtained; where the United States government already owns some seven hundred and fifty and the State fifteen hundred acres of land fronting on the St. Mary's River and Cumberland Sound and ideally located for coal piers, dry docks, and repair facilities; and where there is available for wharfage purposes between fifty and one hundred

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miles of deep water front, which is practically now undeveloped; and where any depth that may be needed, including a thirty-foot channel to the sea, can be secured, and can be maintained at a minimum cost, because the deposits of silt by the St. Mary's River is probably as small as that of any river along the Atlantic seaboard; and Harbors, canal terminals, etc. Whereas, the building of the proposed canal and the development of the port of St. Mary's will establish a bunker coal port in warm water, easily accessible, without the necessity of pilotage or towage charges, on account of the ease of following the channel; to which a direct course can be laid from Europe, the British Isles, or the English Channel; and from which a direct course can be laid to the Straits of Florida for vessels destined for the Panama Canal; and Coal port. Whereas, the harbor at Cumberland Sound, when so developed into a coal port and repair point, will be the nearest Atlantic deep water port to the Panama Canal; will be immensely valuable as an aid to maintaining the mercantile marine of the United States after the war is over; and will be immensely valuable as a repair point for ships in distress, on account of its nearness to the ocean, its accessibility and the lack of necessity for pilotage fees; and Utility after war. Whereas, the development of the proposed canal and of the port of Cumberland Sound can be quickly, easily and cheaply completed, and will not only relieve or tend to relieve the situation as regards supplies of coal and food needed during the war, but will also have a continuing value after the war in the maintenance and upbuilding of the mercantile marine of the United States, and in the economic development of all that section of the country tributary to the Gulf of Mexico and to the Mississippi River; and Value of development. Whereas, in June, 1918, the Governor of Georgia, acting in his capacity as Governor and as chairman of the Georgia State Council of Defense, called a meeting of the Governors of fourteen other States, and of a number of men of

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standing, ability, and recognized patriotism, at St. Mary's, Georgia, to examine and consider the proposed project, and to take such action as they deemed wise, in order to call to the attention of the National Government the value and the possibilities of this proposed project, with the result that there was then organized the Mississippi, Gulf and Atlantic Canal Association, with the purpose in view of calling to the attention of the Federal authorities the advantages of its immediate construction as an emergency war measure: Governors in meeting. Now, therefore, be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, 1. That the General Assembly of Georgia does hereby endorse and approve the immediate construction, as a war measure by the Federal government, of the proposed canal and inland waterway, extending the Mississippi and Mobile Rivers to the Atlantic seaboard, for the purposes of barge transportation; and the immediate development of the port at Cumberland Sound, as a bunker coal port; and the utilization of the facilities of that port for wharves, dry docks, repair facilities, and as a means for maintaining the navy and mercantile marine of the United States. Endorsement and approval of waterway. 2. That the General Assembly of the State of Georgia does hereby endorse and approve the declared purposes of the Mississippi, Gulf and Atlantic Canal Association. Canal association. 3. That the General Assembly of the State of Georgia does hereby create a commission, consisting of two members of the Senate, one of whom shall be the President of the Senate, and the other appointed by the President of the Senate; and of four members of the House, of whom one shall be the Speaker of the House, and the other three members to be appointed by the Speaker of the House, who shall go to Washington in company with the Governor of Georgia and present this matter to the President of the United States, to the Secretary of the Treasury and Director General of Railroads, and to such other officials of the Federal

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government as in their judgment may be wise; and who shall urge upon such Federal officials the necessity and wisdom of the immediate construction of the proposed canal and of the said inland waterway, and the immediate development of the harbor of Cumberland Sound, all as an emergency war measure. To defray the expenses of said commission the Governor of Georgia is authorized and empowered to use funds from the appropriation for the national defense fund. Commission created. 4. That the General Assembly of the State of Georgia does further authorize and direct the said commission to call this matter to the attention of Congress, and does call upon the United States Senators and Representatives from the State of Georgia, to aid the said commission and the Mississippi, Gulf and Atlantic Canal Association in every way possible in their efforts, as above outlined. Direction to commission. 5. That the General Assembly of the State of Georgia does hereby call this matter to the special attention of the Governors, Legislatures, public officials and citizens of the States of Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Texas, Arkansas, Missouri, Iowa, Tennessee, Kentucky, Ohio, Illinois, Indiana, West Virginia, Pennsylvania, Michigan, and Wisconsin, and of all other States tributary to the Mississippi, or to the rivers flowing into the Mississippi, and requests their co-operation and their combined efforts in bringing to the attention of the Federal authorities the need for the development of the proposed canal, inland waterway, and port as an emergency war measure to aid the United States in the successful prosecution of the war; and should the said canal, inland waterway and port not be developed during the period of the war, to the necessity and wisdom of developing it in order to promote the economic welfare of our half of the continental United States, which will be directly benefited by the construction of the proposed improvements. Attention of other States. 6. That the General Assembly of the State of Georgia does hereby respectfully call this matter to the attention of, and request the co-operation of the representatives in

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Congress of the said States, and of all the membes of Congress, in securing the early completion of this canal and waterway, and the improvement of the port of Cumberland Sound as an emergency war measure; or failing that, as an advisable measure in the economic development of the country, and in the maintenance of the mercantile marine. Request to congress. 7. That in order to carry out this purpose and to make possible the early construction of this canal, the Legislature of the State of Georgia does hereby grant to the United States government the power in the exercise of the right of eminent domain to appropriate to the public uses of the United States government in the construction, maintenance, and control of the said proposed canal and its appurtenances, all lands needful to the prosecution of said work, and does hereby cede to the government of the United States complete sovereignty of such lands so appropriated. Grant of power, and ceding of lands. 8. That the General Assembly of the State of Georgia does hereby respectfully suggest to the Legislature and officials of the State of Florida (through which State the said canal will run for a greater distance than through Georgia), that similar action be taken by the State of Florida, that it agree to furnish the needed right-of-way; to utilize Florida State convicts on the work of building the canal, waterway and harbor; and to furnish to the national government any available dredging or other machinery, owned or controlled by the State of Florida, which might be available or desirable for the construction of the proposed canal and waterway, and for the improvement of the harbor of Cumberland Sound. Suggestion to Florida. 9. That the Governor of the State is hereby instructed to forward a copy of this Act to the President of the United States, to the members of the Cabinet, to the members of Congress, to the Governors of each of the States, and to the heads of the Federal departments in Washington who, in his judgment, would be interested in, or connected with, the construction of the said canal and waterway, and the improvement of the said harbor. Copies to be forwarded.

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10. That all laws and parts of laws in conflict herewith be and the same are hereby repealed. Approved August 19, 1918. SCHOOL LAWS, CODIFICATION OF. No. 289. An Act to empower the State Superintendent of Schools, the Attorney-General, the Chairmen of the Senate and House Committees on Education, to codify the school laws, 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 State Superintendent of Schools, the Attorney-Geneal, the chairmen of the Senate and House Committees on Education, are directed to prepare from the existing laws an educational code, showing in logical order by section and number, the school laws of this State, under proper headings. Codifiers Designated. Sec. 2. Be it further enacted, That this work shall be done without compensation by the officials mentioned and that it shall be presented in pamphlet form, with recommendations where deemed advisable, for adoption or rejection by the General Assembly of 1919 as the School Code of Georgia. No Compensation. Recommendations. Sec. 3. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with the provisions of this Act be and the same are hereby repealed. Approved July 20, 1918.

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SHERIFFS' FEES FIXED. No. 325. An Act to fix the amount of fees the sheriffs of this State shall be entitled to charge and collect for the performance of official duties by them, 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 sheriffs of this State shall be entitled to charge and collect the following fees for official duties performed by them, to-wit: For serving copy of a process and returning original, per copy (formerly $2.00).....$3.00 Fees Increased. For services in every case before a jury (formerly $1.25)..... 2.00 For each levy on fi fa. (formerly $2.00)..... 3.00 For summoning a jury at or during any term of City or Superior Court, each jury (formerly For summoning juries at each term of Superior Court).....10.00 For attendance on Superior or City Courts, per day (formerly for attendance on Superior Courts, not exceed twenty days per annum, per day, $5.00; for each day more than twenty, $2.00)..... 5.00 For apprehending a person suspected, if committed or held to bail, or for executing and returning a bench warrant (formerly $2.00)..... 3.00 For taking bonds in criminal cases (formerly $1.00)..... 2.00 For personal service rendered out of the county on official business authorized by the county authorities, per day (formerly $2.00)..... 3.50 and actual necessary expenses. 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 12, 1918.

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SHERIFFS OF SUPREME COURT AND COURT OF APPEALS; SALARIES FIXED. No. 347. An Act to fix the salaries of the sheriffs of the Supreme Court and the Court of Appeals. Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, That from and after the passage of this Act the sheriff of the Supreme Court and the sheriff of the Court of Appeals shall each receive for his services a salary of two thousand dollars per annum, payable quarterly on warrant from the Governor to the State Treasurer. Salary of $2,000. 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 14, 1918. SHORTHAND WRITERS OF SUPREME COURT AND COURT OF APPEALS; SALARIES FIXED. No. 338. An Act to fix the salaries of shorthand writers of the Supreme Court and of the Court of Appeals, to repeal Section 6134 of the Civil Code of 1910, relating to the compensation of the shorthand writers of the Supreme 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 authority of the same, That from and after the passage of this Act the salary of each of the shorthand writers of the Supreme Court and of the Court of Appeals shall be the sum of two thousand dollars per annum. The salary to be paid by the Treasurer out of any money not otherwise appropriated. Salary of $2,000. Sec. 2. Be it further enacted, That Section 6134 of the Civil Code of 1910, providing the compensation to be paid

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the shorthand writers of the Supreme Court of Georgia, be and the same is hereby repealed. Sec. 3. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with the provisions of this Act be and the same are hereby repealed. Approved August 13, 1918. STENOGRAPHER TO STATE BANK EXAMINER; SALARY INCREASE. No. 339. An Act to increase the salary of the stenographer to the State Bank Examiner, 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 on and after the passage of this Act the salary of the stenographer to the State Bank Examiner shall be three thousand dollars per annum. Salary of $3,000. 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 14, 1918. STENOGRAPHERS OF CITY COURTS; INCREASE OF PAY IN CERTAIN COUNTIES. No. 269. An Act to amend an Act to provide for the appointment of stenographic reporters of City Courts in counties having therein a city of not less than 39,000 nor more than 54,000 inhabitants, to define their duties, 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

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of the same, That from and after the passage of this Act, an Act of the General Assembly approved August 20, 1906, entitled an Act to provide for the appointment of stenographic reporters of City Courts in counties having therein a city of not less than 39,000 nor more than 54,000 inhabitants; to define their duties, fix their compensation, and for other purposes, be amended by striking from the second line of Section 4 of said Act the words one hundred dollars and inserting in lieu thereof the words one hundred and seventy-five dollars, so that Section 4 of said Act when so amended shall read as follows: Be it further enacted, That said stenographer or reporter shall be paid one hundred and seventy-five dollars per month out of the county treasury for all services required of him under the provisions of this Act and in all counties to which this Act is applicable. Said stenographer or reporter shall turn over monthly to the county treasurer of said county all moneys collected by him for reporting and transcribing the testimony and proceedings in all civil cases which may be so reported and transcribed by him in the said City Court of said county; a monthly report to be made by him to the treasurer and the commissioner of roads and revenues, each, of said county, of all such moneys so collected and paid over by him, and said moneys to become a part of the county fund. Act of 1906 Amended. To be read. Increase of Salary. 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 31, 1918. STENOGRAPHERS OF SUPERIOR COURTS; INCREASE OF PAY IN CERTAIN COUNTIES. No. 268. An Act to amend an Act entitled an Act to regulate the compensation of official stenographic reporters of Superior Courts in all counties of this State having cities with

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a population of not less than 39,000 nor more than 54,000 inhabitants. 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 of the General Assembly approved August 18, 1906, entitled an Act to regulate the compensation of official stenographic reporters of the Superior Courts in all counties in this State having cities with a population of not less than 39,000 nor more than 54,000 inhabitants, be amended by striking from the fifth and sixth lines thereof the words one hundred and seventy-five dollars, and inserting in lieu thereof the words two hundred dollars, so that said Act when so amended shall read as follows: Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, That the compensation of the official stenographic reporters of the Superior Courts in all counties in this State having therein a city with a population of not less than 39,000 nor more than 54,000 inhabitants shall be the sum of two hundred dollars per month, to be paid out of the treasury of the counties in which such cities are located, as the court expenses are paid; such compensation to be in full for all services of any kind properly chargeable to, and to be paid out of the treasury of such counties; this Act to take effect on and from the first day of the calendar month next succeeding its approval by the Governor. Act of 1906 Amended. To be read. Increase of 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 July 31, 1918. TAX ASSESSORS; ADMINISTRATION OF OATHS. No. 492. An Act to amend an Act approved August 14, 1913, entitled an Act to regulate the returns and assessment of property for taxation in this State; to fix the time for the annual

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opening and closing of the Tax Digest in the several counties in this State; to create and provide for county boards of tax assessors in each county, and for other purposes, and especially to amend the last paragraph in Section 6 of said Act, by adding after the words tax receiver the words or by the chairman of the board of local assessors, who is hereby authorized to administer oaths. Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same, That after the words tax receiver in the last paragraph of Section 6, above referred to, the following words shall be added: Or by the chairman of the board of local assessors, who is hereby authorized to administer oaths, so that said paragraph when amended will read as follows: Before entering upon a hearing the said arbitrators shall take an oath before the tax receiver, or before the chairman of the board of local assessors, who is hereby authorized to administer oaths, 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 justice and the equity of the case. Act of 1913 Amended. To be read. Oath of Arbitrators. Sec. 2. 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 17, 1918. TAX ASSESSORS; PAY IN CERTAIN COUNTIES. No. 368. An Act to fix the compensation of county tax assessors in counties of a less population than five thousand and five hundred, according to the United States census of 1910, for services rendered as tax assessors, as provided in the Acts of the General Assembly, 1913, pages 123 to 134, inclusive, 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, no member of a board of tax assessors, of any county in this State having a population of less than five thousand and five hundred, according to the United States census of 1910, shall receive a compensation in any one year of more than thirty dollars for all services rendered as provided in the Acts of the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, 1913, pages 123 to 134, inclusive. This sum to be based on the actual time given to the duties of tax assessor at a per diem of three dollars per day. Tax Assessor's Pay Limited. Sec. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That this Act shall become of force on the first day of January, 1919. Effective January 1, 1919. 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 17, 1918. TAX COLLECTIONS FROM DELINQUENTS. No. 270. An Act to provide for the collection of taxes due to the State, counties and municipalities and schools 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 when the owner of property has omitted to return the same for taxation at the time and for the years the return should have been made, or having returned his property or part of same, has grossly undervalued the property returned, or his property has been assessed for taxation at a figure grossly below its true value, such owner, or, if dead, his personal representative or representatives, is required

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to return such property for taxation for each year he is delinquent, whether delinquency results from failure to return or from gross undervaluation, either by the delinquent or by assessors, said return to be made under the same laws, rules and regulations as existed during the year of said default, or said property was returned or assessed for taxation at figures grossly below its true value. Provided, that no lien for such taxes shall be enforced against any specific property which has been previously alienated or encumbered, and it is in the hands of innocent holders without notice. Undervaluation of Property, or failure to Return. Lien Not Against Innocent Holder. Sec. 2. Be it further enacted, That when the owner of said property, or, if dead, his personal representative or representatives, refuses or fails to make returns in cases of property which should have been returned to the Comptroller-General, the said Comptroller-General shall notify, in writing, such owner or his personal representative or representatives of his delinquency, demanding that a return shall be made thereof within twenty days. Notice and demand, by Comptroller. Sec. 3. Be it further enacted, That when such property is of that class which should be returned to the tax receiver of the county, the said tax receiver shall notify in writing such delinquent, or, if dead, his personal representative or representatives, of such delinquency, requiring that a return shall be made thereof within twenty days. Notice by tax receiver. Sec. 4. Be it further enacted, That if the delinquent or his personal representative or representatives, as provided for in Section 2 of this Act, refuses or fails to return such property after the notice given, or returns it below what the Comptroller-General deems its value, it shall then be the duty of the Comptroller-General to assess such property for taxation for State, county, or municipal and school purposes, from the best information he can obtain as to its value, for each year in default, and notify such delinquent or his personal representative or representatives of the valuation, which valuation shall be final, unless the person or persons so notified raise the question that it is excessive, in

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which event the further procedure shall be as provided by Section 1045 of the Code of 1910. Assessment of value, by comptroller. Issue of excessiveness. Sec. 5. Be it further enacted, That if the delinquent or his personal representative or representatives, as provided under Section 3 of this Act, refuses or fails to return such property after notice given him, it shall be the duty of the tax receiver to assess such property for taxation from the best information he can obtain as to its value for the years in default, and notify such delinquent of the valuation, which shall be final, unless the person or persons so notified raise the question that it is excessive, in which event the further procedure shall be by petition in equity in the Superior Court of the county where such property is assessed. By receiver. Sec. 6. Be it further enacted, That if the delinquent under Section 2, disputes the taxability of such property, he may raise the question by petition in equity in the Superior Court of Fulton county, and if such delinquent be dead, his personal representative or representatives shall have the same right. Remedy in Equity. Sec. 7. Be it further enacted, That if the delinquent or his personal representative or representatives, under Section 3, disputes the taxability of such property, he may raise that question by petition in equity in the Superior Court of the county where said property is assessed. 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 July 31, 1918. TRUST ESTATES, MANAGEMENT OF. No. 380. An Act to provide for the management of trust estates, to require bond to be given by the trustees in certain instances, to provide for the procedure and expense of obtaining

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same, for the conduct of estates, the removal of trustees, 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 cases where a trust for minors, or persons sui juris, or spendthrifts, has been created by will, deed, contract or otherwise, and the trustee is by said creative instrument excused from giving bond, that the cestui que trust, or his personal or property guardian, may, as a matter of protective right, require a good and solvent bond to be given by said trustee, payable to the ordinary of the county of said cestui que trust's residence, in double the value of the personal property held by said trustee. Bond may be required, though excused by creator of trust. Sec. 2. Upon application of the cestui que trust by petition to the Superior Court of the county of the residence of such trustee, setting forth the trust, and the terms on which the same is held, the judge of said court shall issue a rule nisi directed to the said trustee, requiring him to answer, under oath, the value of the personalty held by him, together with an itemized statement thereof, and upon it being made to appear upon the hearing that such trustee has in his possession personal property, of which the cestui que trust is the beneficiary, and that the trustee is acting as such without bond, the court shall pass a rule absolute, requiring the trustees within twenty days to execute and deliver to the ordinary of the county of the residence of the cestui que trust a good and sufficient bond in double the value of the personal property so held by said trustees, conditioned to faithfully account for the trust property in his hands, together with the income therefrom, in conformity to the terms of the trust. And for any breach of such bond, suit may be maintained in the name of the ordinary suing for use of the beneficiary of said trust. A copy of said petition, together with the rule nisi thereon, shall be served upon the trustee not less than ten days, nor more than thirty days, before the hearing thereon. The hearing on said rule nisi

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may be before the judge, either in open court or at chambers, and may be had either in term time or vacation. Rule nisi and rule absolute. Suit for breach. Sec. 3. Be it further enacted, That the provisions of this Act shall apply to all trusts heretofore created, as well as any that may hereafter be created in this State. Applied to all trusts. Sec. 4. Be it further enacted, That should the said trustee fail to comply with said rule absolute, and file and have approved said bond within the time stated, then he shall be removed from said office of trustee by the judge of the Superior Court, and a new trustee shall be named by the judge, who shall give bond as ordered, and the judge of the said court shall order the removed trustee to immediately deliver to such new trustee the trust property in his hands. For a failure to comply with this order, he shall be held and adjudged in contempt of the court. Removal: delivery to new trustee; contempt. Sec. 5. Be it further enacted, That the costs of court, as well as the expenses and annual premium upon said bond, shall be paid by the trustee from the funds in his hands as such trustee. Costs and premium. Sec. 6. Be it further enacted, That the ordinary of the county receiving, filing, approving and recording said bond shall be entitled to a fee of two dollars, to be paid by said trustee. Ordinary's fee. Sec. 7. Be it further enacted, That the petition answer and orders of the Superior Court heretofore provided for shall be recorded in full on the minutes of said court, and the bond provided for shall be recorded by the ordinary approving the same on the minutes of his court. Record. Sec. 8. Be it further enacted, That the said trustee shall annually on or before the first day of May, after the giving of said bond, file with the ordinary of the county where said bond is recorded, a full statement of all receipts and disbursements, and a full statement and schedule of all property in his hands as such trustee, which report shall be verified by the oath of said trustee. And upon failure to so file the said statement he shall be removed by the judge of the

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superior court of the county of his residence, upon petition of the cestui que trust, or his personal or property guardian, and a new trustee shall be appointed by said court, and said court shall order the old trustee to deliver to said new trustee all property of the estate in his hands, and for failure so to do, said old trustee shall be held and adjudged in contempt of court. Annual returns. Removal on default. Sec. 9. Be it further enacted, That nothing in this Act shall be construed to change, modify or increase the compensation of trustees, either as now provided by law or as may be provided for by the instrument creating the trust. Compensation unchanged. Sec. 10. Be it further enacted, That all laws or parts of laws in conflict herewith be and the same are hereby repealed. Approved August 17, 1918. TUBERCULOSIS SANITARIUM, MANAGEMENT OF. No. 385. An Act to amend the Act approved August 17th, 1908, establishing and organizing a sanitarium for the treatment of tuberculosis, or consumptive patients, and providing for the management thereof, 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 management of the sanitarium for the treatment of tuberculosis or consumptive patients, created under the Act of the General Assembly of Georgia, approved August 17th, 1908, establishing and organizing such sanitarium and providing for the management thereof, be and the same is vested in the State Board of Health, instead of in the board of trustees or managers created by the said last mentioned Act. Board of management changed. Sec. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the board of trustees or managers created and provided

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for by said Act, shall be and the same is hereby abolished, and all of the powers conferred and created by this Act be and the same are hereby vested in said State Board of Health, who are hereby constituted the board of trustees or managers of said sanitarium. Present board abolished. Sec. 3. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all provisions of said Act of August 17th, 1908, applicable to the board of trustees or managers therein created are hereby made applicable to the said State Board of Health, appointed as the trustees or managers of said sanitarium. Act of 1908 applied. Sec. 4. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the term sanatorium shall be applied to the institution hereafter instead of sanitarium, as used in the aforesaid Act authorizing the establishment of the institution, in order to conform to the general usage as to tuberculosis institutions, and for the further purpose of distinguishing it from the institution for the treatment of insane at Milledgeville. Sanatorium instead of sanitarium. Sec. 5. 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 17, 1918. VOTING BY ABSENT MILITARY MEN. No. 335. An Act to enable persons qualified to vote in general primary or special elections held under the laws of this State, or any primary, general or special elections held by any municipality in this State, and who are required by their duties to be absent from the county of their residence in which they are qualified registered voters or absent from the county in which such municipality is located, in which he is a qualified registered voter, on the

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day of election, to vote by registered mail; to provide means for casting the ballots of such persons; to provide a penalty upon officials who wilfully fail and refuse to carry out the terms of this Act; to provide for punishment for those who violate the terms 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 from and after the passage of this Act and for twelve months after the final declaration of peace between the United States of America, and the Imperial German Government, any person registered and qualified to vote in any general primary or special election held under the laws of this State, or any general primary or special election held by any municipality in this State, and who are required by their military, governmental (State or Federal) duties, or who are engaged in any enterprise connected with the prosecution of the war, to be absent from the county in which he is registered, and qualified to vote, or in case of municipal elections, from county in which such municipality is located, on the day of election, may vote in any such election by registered mail, provided he shall comply with the conditions set forth in this Act. Vote by registered mail. Sec. 2. Be it further enacted, That such voter desiring to avail himself of the provisions of this Act shall give notice in writing, by registered mail, of his intention to vote to the ordinary of the county of his residence, in case of State or county elections, or to the clerk or person performing the duties of such official in case of municipal elections, not less than twenty (20) days nor more than sixty days prior to the election in which he desires to vote. If he is within the confines of the United States, nor less than forty (40) days nor more than ninety (90) days, if he is in the Philipines, Hawaii, Porto Rico, Mexico, the Canal Zone, or in touch with any American consulate in territory over which the United States has no jurisdiction, or to the commanding officer of the regiment of which he may be a member; if he is in active military service of the United States. Notice.

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Sec. 3. Be it further enacted, That at the time of giving the notice provided for in Section 2 of this Act, and accompanying same, shall be an application for an official ballot to be used in such election, and correct postage, or the correct amount in legal tender, necessary for the return of the blank ballot, shall be enclosed with such application, together with full directions for proper return. When such voter is not within the jurisdiction of the United States, he shall direct return envelope in care of the nearest American consulate, and when in the service of the army or navy, in care of his commanding officer. Application for ballot. Sec. 4. Be it further enacted, That upon receipt of the application for ballot, as is herein provided, the ordinary or clerk (as the case may be) shall proceed as follows: (a) He shall first carefully examine the registration list and make such other inquiry as necessary to fully satisfy himself that the applicant is a bona fide registered voter, qualified to vote in such election. Examination and inquiry. (b) Upon becoming satisfied as to genuineness and qualification of the applicant he shall proceed to enter the name, address, voting precinct, date of application, and such other information as may be necessary concerning said application and applicant upon a book prepared for the purpose to be known as The Absent Qualified Voter's Book, which said book shall be open for inspection at all times by the public. Upon forwarding the ballot to such applicant as hereinafter provided for, the date of forwarding same shall be entered on said book. Entry of name. (c) He shall then make out in duplicate and under his seal of office the following certificate of registration: Certificate of registration. Georgia ----- County. This is to certify that ----- is a qualified voter at ----- precinct (Ward) ----- City ----- County, State of Georgia, and is entitled to vote in the election to be held on ----- for the purpose of -----.

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Application for ballot received ----- on date of -----, and bore postmark date of ----- from ----- Postoffice, and mailed to ----- at Postoffice as requestion -----. Number of registered letter enclosing ballot -----. Witness my hand, seal of office. (Signed) ----- Official Title. No. -----. The above certificate shall be forwarded, together with official ballot to applicant's address, and duplicate shall be filed with the letter of applicant, and shall at all times be subject to public inspection. (d) He shall within three days from receipt of said application forward by registered mail to applicant's address: (1) An envelope containing a folded ballot, sealed and marked, ballot within, said ballot to contain all names of candidates in such elections, and also all questions to be voted for in such election, printed thereon, together with a private mark made thereon by the official mailing same. (2) An envelope for resealing the marked ballot, the form of which is hereinafter provided, and therein called voucher. (3) A properly addressed envelope for the return of said ballot. (4) A printed slip giving full instructions regarding the manner of marking the ballot in order that the same may be counted, how prepared, and how returned. Should such ordinary or clerk, as the case may be, wilfully fail or refuse to comply with any of the provisions of this section, he shall forfeit to the applicant a penalty of five hundred ($500.00) dollars, which may be recovered in any court of law in this State. Ballot, envelopes, and instructions. Penalty. Sec. 5. Be it further enacted, upon receipt of the registered letter, as provided in Section 4 of this Act, the applicant shall not open the sealed envelope containing a marked ballot within, except it be in the presence of the postmaster or his assistant at the place where the same was received,

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and shall then and there mark and refold his ballot without assistance, and without making known the manner of marking the same; he shall then and there place the ballot within the envelope provided for the purpose which is referred to as voucher in Section 4 of this Act, shall seal and sign voucher printed upon said envelope in the presence of the postmaster or his assistant, who shall witness and certify the same in writing, as is hereinafter provided, or in case of their refusal to witness and certify same, it may be witnessed and certified under the seal by any person qualified to take acknowledgments of deeds. This envelope shall be enclosed within the envelope for the return of the ballot to the ordinary or clerk, as the case may be, as herein provided; shall then and there be sealed and registered to such ordinary or clerk, as the case may be, and the registration of same shall be the same date as the voucher enclosed. An elector receiving his ballot, and who is not within the jurisdiction of the United States, or who is in the service of the army or navy of the United States, shall conform to all the requirements of this section, except that he may open the sealed envelope containing the ballot, and shall sign and seal said ballot in the presence of the American consul or his assistant, or if such elector is in the service of the army or navy, then in the presence of his commanding officer or some commissioned officer designated by said commanding officer for such purpose, preserving all the secrecy herein provided, and said marked ballot shall be forwarded by the consulate within two days from the receipt of same, or if the elector is in the army or navy, the commanding officer or commissioned officer duly delegated by him shall witness and register the return envelope by first mail leaving said command or ship; provided, all the requirements herein provided have been complied with. Voting, requirements as to. Section 6. Be it further enacted, That upon the envelope in which said ballot is resealed, which is known as the voucher, shall be plainly printed. Section 5 of this Act, also the following forms, to be filled out and signed by the voter in the presence of the postmaster or other attesting official,

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and said postmaster or attesting official shall certify the truthfulness of same as herein provided: This is to certify that the enclosed ballot was received by me as per application to the ordinary (clerk of ----- county), (city), State of Georgia. The envelope marked ballot within was opened by me in the presence of ----- postmaster, consul, commissioned officer (giving rank and regiment and company) of -----; marked while in the office without assistance or knowledge on the part of any one as to the manner in which same was prepared, and then and there re-sealed as provided by law. My name is -----. I voted last at -----. My color ----- my height is -----, my estimated weight is -----, my age is -----, the color of my hair is -----, the color of my eyes is -----. Dated at ----- voter -----. Forms to be filled out and signed. I hereby certify to the best of my knowledge that the statements made by the above named voter are true, and that applicant has complied with the requirements of the law above provided. I have no knowledge whatever of the marking, erasures or intent of the ballot enclosed. Postoffice stamp (or Official seal) -----. (Postmaster or other person designated in Section 5 of this Act.) Sec. 7. Be it further enacted, That upon receipt of said ballot, prepared and registered as aforesaid, the ordinary or clerk (as the case may be) shall enter the date of receipt of same next to the name of the elector on the book heretofore mentioned, and shall deposit the envelope containing the ballot, unopened, in a sealed box to be provided for this purpose and kept safely under lock and key, first marking upon same the date of receipt and deposit thereof, in ink, and there it shall remain until the day of the election, when said envelopes containing ballots shall be turned over to the managers conducting the election at the county site, in case of State and county elections, or to the managers of the precinct which is the seat of city government, in case of municipal

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elections. Said managers shall open said envelopes and, without examination of the ballot, place same in the ballot box, after numbering same and entering the name of the voter on the voters' list, and also entering the number of the ballot upon the envelope in which same was received. They shall cause to be marked next to the name of such vote the letters A. V. meaning Absent Voter. They shall preserve the envelope in which said ballot was received and shall file same with the returns of such electors. Receipt and delivery of ballot. Section 8. Be it further enacted, That ten (10) days prior to the election in which said ballots are designated to be cast, the ordinary, or clerk (as the case may be), shall post a list of the voters who have applied for ballot, in accordance with the provisions of this Act, before the court house door of the county in which such voter desires to vote, and any person desiring to challenge any of said voters shall do so in writing at any time before the opening of the polls, on the days of election, and said challenge shall be noted and filed with the returns of the election, and in case of a contest, shall have same effect as if the voter had been personally challenged and sworn at the time of casting his ballot. Posting list of voters. Challenge. Sec. 9. Be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the Secretary of State to have prepared all suitable ballots, blanks, envelopes, and other printed matter necessary for the carrying out of the terms of this Act in so far as same refers to general elections, which shall be paid for upon the warrant of the Governor, and upon requisition made by the ordinaries, shall furnish to said ordinaries such ballot, blanks, envelopes, etc., thus prepared at the original cost price, and shall take receipt therefor. Within five (5) days subsequent to the election in which such ballots, blanks, envelopes, etc., are to be used, the ordinary shall return to the Secretary of State all unused ballots, envelopes, etc., together with a list of the names of those voters who have been furnished ballots as provided by this Act, and shall have refunded to him an amount equal to the original cost of same. It shall be the duty of the county authorities to pay

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out of the public funds of the county such an amount necessary for said ballots. Printed matter; expense. Secretary of State. Ordinary and county authorities. Sec. 10. Be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the municipal authorities of each municipality in this State to have prepared and furnished all necessary ballots, blanks, envelopes, etc., necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act, which shall be paid for from public funds of said municipality. Municipal authorities. Sec. 11. Be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the county authorities of each county to have prepared and furnished all necessary ballots, blanks and envelopes, etc., necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act for any county or special election held in said county, which shall be paid for out of the public funds of the county. It shall be the duty of the executive authorities of any political party in this State to furnish all necessary ballots, blanks, envelopes, etc., necessary for the carrying out of the provisions of this Act in case of primary elections for State and county officers, which shall be paid by said political party out of such funds as they may provide for the purpose. This same rule shall apply to the executive authorities of any political party of any municipality. County elections. Sec. 12. Be it further enacted, That all unused blanks, ballots, envelopes, etc., shall be returned to the authority furnishing same within five days after the elections for which they were furnished. Unused ballots, etc. Sec. 13. Be it further enacted, That any person aiding or abetting or attempting to aid or abet fraud in connection with any vote cast, or to be cast, or attempted to be cast, under the provisions of this Act shall, upon conviction, be guilty of a felony, and be sentenced to the penitentiary for not less than one (1) nor more than five (5) years. Any person attempting to vote by fraudulently signing the name of a regular qualified voter, shall be guilty of a felony, and upon conviction shall be sentenced to the penitentiary for a term of not less than one (1) nor more than five (5) years. Any public official who knowingly aids in any way

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the casting or attempting to cast a vote, or in any way connive that fraud may be perpetrated, shall be guilty of a felony, and upon conviction shall be sentenced to the penitentiary for a term not less than two (2) nor longer than ten (10) years, and in addition thereto shall forever be disqualified from holding any office in this State, and shall forever be disqualified from exercising the right of franchise in this State. Fraud, felony by aiding. Sec. 14. Be it further enacted, That the election laws of the State of Georgia shall be liberally construed with respect to this Act, so that full force and effect may be given to its provisions. Liberal construction. 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 12, 1918. WAREHOUSE DEPARTMENT; NEGOTIABLE RECEIPTS. No. 513. An Act to create a warehouse department for the State of Georgia; to provide for uniform negotiable warehouse receipts; to provide for the handling and marketing of cotton, 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 December 1st, 1918, there shall be a State Warehouse Commission for the State of Georgia, to be composed of five members, to be selected and appointed by the Governor of said State, who shall hold their offices as follows, in the order of their appointment: One shall hold for one year, one for two years, one for three years, one for four years, and one for five years, and at the expiration of the term of office of each member of said board, the Governor shall fill said vacancy by appointment,

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and their term of office shall begin from the date of their appointment made by the Governor of said State, and they shall serve and qualify until their successors are duly appointed and qualified, as provided by law; said board so constituted shall elect one of their members as chairman, who shall be known and designated as State Warehouse Commissioner for the State of Georgia. Salary of said State Warehouse Commissioner shall be three thousand five hundred dollars per annum. He shall give his entire time to the duties of said office. Said board shall also elect, if in their judgment it may be necessary, an Assistant State Warehouse Commissioner, and shall fix his salary at an amount not exceeding two thousand dollars per annum; provided, said State Warehouse Commissioner and Assistant Warehouse Commissioner may be removed by said board, with the Governor's approval at any time. The assistant State Warehouse Commissioner's term of office shall be fixed by said board. State warehouse commission. Appointment, terms, etc. Commissioner and assistant. Salaries. Sec. 2. It shall be the duty of said board to study the condition under which cotton is grown, harvested, ginned, baled, covered, stored and marketed, and as a result of such investigation to organize a system that will bring about needed reforms, and provide for the most economical and scientific handling of this crop from the fields to the mill and when they have determined upon the best system of ginning, baling and convering, to recommend its adoption by all ginners as fast as practicable, without undue expense. Duties of board. Sec. 3. The board herein created shall accept as authoritative the standard and classifications of cotton established by the Federal Government. Standard classifications. Sec. 4. The board shall have power to acquire property. It shall be their duty to foster and encourage the erection of warehouses in the various counties of the State, upon plans and specifications adopted by the board. Property. Warehouses. Sec. 5. The board of commissioners shall have the power to appoint graders, officers, clerks and all necessary employees

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to carry out the provisions of this Act and fix the salaries of same. They shall also have the power, and are hereby directed, to safeguard the interests of the State by requiring bonds from such officers, clerks and employees, for the performance of their duties. They shall also prescribe rules and regulations not inconsistent with the intent and spirit of this Act, to carry the same into effect. Employes. Sec. 6. The board shall have power to sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, upon the same terms as an individual or corporation, the action to be against or by the board, and not as individuals, except in case of tort or neglect of duty, when the action may be upon the bond of the officer charged with such tort or neglect of duty. Suits may be brought in the County of Fulton, or in the county in which the cause of action arises; provided, however, that the weights, classes and grades of cotton on storage are, under this Act, only guaranteed by the board in favor of those who lend money or buy cotton through the State warehouse board; provided further, that the board shall not be responsible for such fluctuation in weight as represents ordinary climatic conditions. Provided further, that cotton designated as linters shall not be received for storage under the provisions of this Act. Corporate powers and liabilities. Suits. Limitations. Sec. 7. The board may receive for storage lint cotton, properly baled, with an inspection tag showing that it has been legally weighed, and that a Federal or State grader, as hereafter may be provided, has graded said cotton. There shall be receipts issued for such cotton under the seal in the name of the said board, stating location of warehouse, identification mark on each bale, its weight and grade, and whether long or short staple, so as to be able to deliver on surrender of receipts the identical cotton for which it was given; the receipt for cotton so stored to be transferable only by written assignment and actual delivery; the cotton which it represents to be delivered only upon physical presentation of the receipt, or satisfactory proof of loss of same. The receipt shall be marked cancelled when the cotton is taken from the warehouse. Cotton. Storage, receipts, etc.

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Sec. 8. The grades, weights and identification marks herein provided for shall be evidenced by tags affixed to the bale of cotton, and the receipts issued must be duplicate of the identification upon the said tags. Tags. Sec. 9. The board shall settle the terms upon which cotton may be stored in the local warehouse coming under this Act, and fix the rate of storage thereon in such manner that these warehouses shall pay expenses, it being the declared purpose of this Act that the system shall be self-sustaining and without cost to the State. Storage. Sec. 10. The board may, upon the request of the owner of warehouse receipts, negotiate loans upon the same, or make sale of the cotton on storage, and shall, as soon as practicable after the passage of this Act, notify the holders of cotton of the steps which will be necessary to avail themselves of aid in obtaining loans upon cotton or making sale thereof. Loans. Sec. 11. The board shall have the right to erect, buy, lease, or otherwise contract for a compress plant, or make contract or contracts with existing compress owners for the compression of cotton, as may be necessary in the conduct of the business hereunder. Compress. Sec. 12. The board shall provide for the cost of maintaining this system by assessing a charge upon each bale of cotton offered for storage, and for negotiation of loans or selling cotton, a commission, all of which charges shall be uniform, and due notice thereof given, it being the declared purpose of this Act to operate at cost, without profit to the State. Charges. Sec. 13. The State Warehouse Board shall make an annual report to the General Assembly, setting forth, viz: Annual reports to legislature. (a) Number and location of each warehouse where cotton has been received for storage by the State. (b) Cotton on storage and that delivered on presentation of receipts.

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(c) Such further information as the board may think would be of benefit to the public. Sec. 14. The State Warehouse Commissioner and Assistant State Warehouse Commissioner, if any is elected, shall give bond payable to the Governor and his successors in office for the faithful performance of his duties, in the sum of $25,000.00 each, the cost of said bond to be paid by the board; said bond to be approved as other bonds of State officers. Bonds of commissioner and assistant. Sec. 15. The warehouse receipt books shall be designed by the board and furnished the manager of each warehouse. Receipts must be numbered, and the warehouse receiving such book must be accountable for each receipt. The receipts in such books may have the lithographed or engraved signature of the State Warehouse Commissioner, but the name of the manager of the local warehouse shall be signed by said manager with pen and ink. The State Warehouse Commissioner shall have a seal, which must be affixed to each receipt. Receipts. Seal. Sec. 16. The manager of any warehouse, or agent, employee or servant, who issues or aids in issuing a receipt for cotton, knowing that such cotton has not been actually placed in the warehouse under the control of the manager thereof, shall be punished for each offense by imprisonment in the State penitentiary for a period of not less than one, nor more than five years, or by a fine not exceeding $5,000.00. Penalties for unlawful acts. Sec. 17. Any manager, employee, servant or other person who shall issue or aid in issuing a duplicate or additional receipt for cotton, knowing that the former receipt or any part thereof is outstanding, shall be punished as by the laws of this State provided for forgery; provided, the party applying for duplicate, upon the representation that the original has been lost or destroyed, may receive the same upon giving the indemnifying bond to the board to protect the board against any loss that might occur thereby.

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Sec. 18. Any manager, employee, agent, officer, or other person who shall deliver cotton from a warehouse under this Act, except upon the production of the receipt therefor, or who shall fail to mark such receipt cancelled on the delivery of the cotton, shall be punished by a fine of not more than $5,000.00, or imprisonment for not more than five years in the State penitentiary, or by both fine and imprisonment, in the discretion of the court. Sec. 19. Any person who shall deposit, or attempt to deposit, cotton upon which a lien, mortgage, or adverse claim exists, without notifying the manager of the warehouse thereof, and having this fact so entered on the warehouse receipt, shall be punished as for a misdemeanor. Notice of lien. Sec. 20. If the warehouseman to whom cotton is offered for storage has cause to believe there is an adverse lien, title, or claim to such cotton, it is hereby made his duty to make reasonable investigation, and to that end he may require the party so offering such cotton for storage to make affidavit in writing as to such liens, adverse title of claims; should such party make false affidavit he shall, on conviction therefor, be punished as now prescribed for false swearing. Any transferee or holder for value of any receipt issued under this Act, without notice of any adverse lien, title or claim to the cotton represented by such receipt shall have a superior claim to such cotton as against such adverse lien, title or claim, unless the holder of such adverse lien, title or claim within seven days after the date on which such cotton was so stored in such warehouse, begin action on such lien, title or adverse claim in some court of competent jurisdiction, and give to the warehouse where such cotton is stored written notice of such action. Investigation of liens and titles. Sec. 21. It shall be the duty of the board to co-operate with other states where a state warehouse system is in operation, and to promote the formation of an interstate board, so that there may be uniformity in handling and marketing the crop in all the states, and the board is authorized

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to spend such sums as may be necessary for this purpose. Interstate board. Sec. 22. It is hereby declared that no debt shall be created against the State by reason or operation of this Act. No State debt. Sec. 23. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the State Warehouse Commissioner shall insure against fire all buildings, machinery, or other property owned by said board of commissioners in the name of the State; or where said board may be requested, they shall have insured all buildings, machinery leased, owned, or in their possession other than the State's property when requested to do so by the owners thereof. Further, it shall be the duty of said commissioner to effect fire insurance on cotton that may be insured in said warehouses when so requested by the owner or owners thereof in the name of the owner. All insurance obtained by said commissioners under the provisions of this section shall be placed in fire insurance companies authorized by law to do business in this State, and provided further, that no commissioner shall act in any capacity for any insurance company, or receive any compensation from any insurance company, insurance agent, broker, or any person representing any insurance company as aforesaid, by division of commission, or otherwise, in connection with the placing of any insurance. Fire insurance. Sec. 24. The State Warehouse Commissioner, when away from home in the discharge of his duties, shall be paid his actual expenses, for which there shall be filed an itemized account. The expenses of other officers acting under his direction shall be paid in the same manner, upon the approval of the State Warehouse Commissioner. All sums collected under this law shall be deposited with the State Treasurer, who shall keep a separate account of same. Expenses. Deposits. Sec. 25. All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be and the same are hereby repealed. Approved August 17, 1918.

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WESTERN AND ATLANTIC RAILROAD; EMINENT DOMAIN. No. 384. An Act to authorize the exercise of the right of eminent domain by the Western and Atlantic Railroad, a corporation; to prescribe the method of such exercise, and the rights to be acquired thereby, 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 Western and Atlantic Railroad (the corporation existing by virtue of the lease of the Western and Atlantic Railroad property from the State of Georgia by the Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis Railway, made May 11, 1917), is authorized and empowered to acquire by condemnation the title to all such real estate, and other property as may be necessary or proper for the construction or maintenance of main line tracks, side tracks, spur tracks, passing tracks, stations or station facilities, shops, section houses, pumping houses, round houses, signal telegraph or telephone lines, or for the maintenance of the track or tracks of said railroad or other railroad uses, in connection with the maintenance or operation of the Western and Atlantic Railroad properties. Title by condemnation. Sec. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the land, which may be acquired by condemnation under and by virtue of the provisions of this Act, for the construction of a track or tracks, shall not exceed in width two hundred feet. Width of land. Sec. 3. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That in the event said Western and Atlantic Railroad Corporation is unable to obtain title to such real estate or other property from the owner or owners thereof, by contract, lease or purchase, it may obtain such title by condemnation, the rights to be acquired by it, and the amount

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of compensation to be paid by it therefor to be assessed and determined in the manner provided in Sections 5209 to 5234, both inclusive, of the Code of Georgia of 1910. Assessment under Code, Sections 5209-5234. Sec. 4. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That at the termination of said lease the property rights acquired by condemnation under the provisions of this Act shall go to and become vested in the State of Georgia. Property to vest in State. 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 17, 1918. WESTERN AND ATLANTIC RAILROAD; EMINENT DOMAIN. No. 482. An Act to authorize the exercise of the right of eminent domain by the Western and Atlantic Railroad Company, to prescribe the method of such exercise, and the rights to be acquired thereby; 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 Western and Atlantic Railroad Company is authorized and empowered to acquire by condemnation the title to all such real estate and other property as may be necessary or proper for the construction or maintenance of side tracks, spur tracks, passing tracks, stations or station facilities, shops, section houses, pumping houses, pipe lines, signal telegraph or telephone lines, or for the maintenance of the main line track or tracks of said railroad, or other railroad uses in connection with the maintenance and operation by said company of the Western and Atlantic Railroad. Title by condemnation. Sec. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That in the event said company is unable to obtain title to

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such real estate or other property from the owner or owners thereof, by contract, lease or purchase, it may obtain such title by condemnation, the right to be acquired by it and the condemnation therefor to be assessed and determined in the manner provided in Sections 5209 to 5234, both inclusive, of the Code of Georgia of 1910. Assessment under Code Sections 5209-5234. Sec. 3. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That at the termination of the present lease to said company the property rights acquired by condemnation under the provisions of this Act shall go to and become vested in the State of Georgia. Property to vest in State. 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 19, 1918. BLINDNESS; DUTIES AT CHILDBIRTH. No. 354. An Act for the prevention of blindness, to require certain duties of those in attendance at any childbirth, and to provide a penalty for the violation of this 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 the same, That it shall be the duty of any person who shall be in attendance on any childbirth to apply to the child such prophylactic treatment as may be prescribed by the State Board of Health to prevent blindness from gonococcus infection. Duty to apply treatment. Sec. 2. That any person who shall nurse or attend any infant shall report any inflammation of the eyes of said child that shall develop within two weeks after birth to the local health officer or to a licensed physician. Report. Sec. 3. That any person who shall violate any of the provisions of this Act, or any rule by the State Board of

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Health hereunder, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be punished as provided in Section 1065 of the Code of Georgia of 1910. Penalty. Sec. 4. That all laws and parts of laws inconsistent with the provisions of this Act be and the same are hereby repealed. Approved August 17, 1918. CATTLE TICK-INFESTED, FOR ERADICATING. No. 397. An Act to prevent the shipment or movement of tick-infested cattle into, within or through the State of Georgia; to provide for statewide tick eradication throughout the State of Georgia; to provide for the expense of conducting the work in the several counties; to provide processes to compel compliance by county officials with the provisions of this Act, and of orders and regulations of the Georgia Department of Agriculture, and of the State Veterinarian, to provide penalties for violations of this 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 the authority of the same, That from and after the passage of this Act, the movement of cattle infested with the cattle fever tick (margaropus annulatus) into, within or through the State of Georgia at any time or for any purpose, except as hereinafter provided, shall be and the same is hereby prohibited. Movement in State prohibited. Sec. 2. Be it further enacted that on or before the first day of April, 1919, the ordinary, county commissioners or officers in charge of the county affairs in each and every county where tick eradication has not been completed shall construct such number of dipping vats as may be fixed by the State Veterinarian, or his authority, and provide the proper chemicals and other materials necessary to be used

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in the systematic work of tick eradication in such counties, which shall begin on said date or such subsequent date as may be fixed by the State Veterinarian, with the approval of the Commissioner of Agriculture. If the ordinary, count commissioners or officials in charge of county affairs of any county shall fail, refuse or neglect to comply with the provisions of this Act on or before the first day of April, 1919, the State Veterinarian shall apply to any court of competent jurisdiction for writ of mandamus, or shall institute other legal proceedings as may be necessary and proper to compel such official to comply with the provisions of this Act. Dipping-vats and chemicals. Mandamus. Sec. 3. Be it further enacted, That the several counties shall provide and pay the salaries of the necessary number of local county inspectors, or agents, to assist in this work, who shall be appointed by the county officials in charge of county affairs, subject to the approval of the State Veterinarian, and commissioned by him; the salaries of said inspectors shall be fixed by the county authorities, and shall be sufficient to insure the employment of competent men. The State Veterinarian shall be empowered to employ at least one State Inspector, whose duty it shall be to inspect the work of the county inspectors, or to do any special work at any time and place when directed by the State Veterinarian, and who shall be paid from the funds appropriated by the State of Georgia for the work of tick eradication. Inspectors. Sec. 4. Be it further enacted, That cattle, horses or mules infected with cattle ticks, or exposed to tick infestation, the owner or owners of which, after thirty days' written notice from a local or State inspector, shall fail or refuse to dip such animals regularly every fourteen days in a vat properly charged with arsenical solution, as recommended by the United States Bureau of Animal Industry, under the supervision of the local inspector in charge of tick eradication, shall be placed in quarantine and dipped and cared for at the expense of the owner by the local inspector. Quarantine and dipping notice for cattle, horses or mules, the owner

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or owners of which cannot be found, shall be served by posting copy of such notice in not less than three public places within the county, one of which shall be at the county court house. Such posting of quarantine notice shall be due and legal notice. It shall be the duty of the sheriff of any county in which the work of tick eradication is in progress to render said inspector any assistance necessary in the enforcement of this Act. Any expense incurred in the enforcement of this provision shall be constituted a lien upon any animals so quarantined; and should the owner fail or refuse to pay said expense after three days' notice, the animals shall be disposed of as provided by Section 2034 of the Civil Code of Georgia, so far as said section refers to advertising and other proceedings to sell. The proceeds of said sale shall be applied to the payment of legal costs, including the expense of advertising, feed and expense of quarantine and dipping or disinfecting said animals, and the balance shall be paid to the owner, if known, and if unknown, shall, at the expiration of ninety days from the date of sale, if no legal claim has been established to same, be applied and paid into the tick eradication fund of the county; provided further, that the lien herein created shall be superior to all liens except liens for taxes. Quarantine and dipping. Notice. Lien for expense. Sec. 5. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That any person moving any cattle infested with fever ticks into or within or through any county of this State, except upon his own premises for the purpose of slaughter, or for the purpose of taking same to a vat for the purpose of dipping, and any inspector who shall knowingly permit any cattle, horses or mules to be kept in the territory for which he shall be appointed, or any person who shall own or keep any cattle, horses or mules infected with fever ticks in any county of this State, after notice, as provided in Section 4 of this Act, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall be punished as provided in Section 1065, of Volume 2, of the Code of 1910; and that all fines paid under the provisions of this section, after the payment of actual court costs, shall

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be paid to the proper county authorities and become a part of the fund to be used for tick eradication in said county. Forbidden acts. Penalty. Sec. 6. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That nothing contained in this Act shall be construed as affecting any rule or regulation heretofore or hereafter passed by the Department of Agricultue governing tick eradication in Georgia. This act shall not go into effect till December 31st, 1919. Regulations not affected. 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 17, 1918. FEMALE CHILDREN; AGE OF CONSENT. No. 291. An Act to define and fix the age at which female children may lawfully consent to acts of sexual intercourse; to provide a punishment for a violation 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 it shall be unlawful for any person to have sexual or carnal intercourse with any female child under the age of fourteen (14) years, unless such person shall have previously become lawfully married to such female child. Unlawful act. Sec. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That any person violating the provisions of Section 1 of this Act shall be guilty of rape, and on conviction thereof shall be punished as prescribed by Section 94 of the Penal Code of Georgia of 1910, unless the jury trying the cause shall recommend that the defendant be punished as for a misdemeanor, in which event the same shall be made the judgment and sentence of the court. Provided, however,

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that no conviction shall be had for said offense on the unsupported testimony of the female in question. Penalty. 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 July 31, 1918. FISHING WITH TRAWL-NETS, ETC. No. 520. An Act to prohibit the use of trawl-nets, purse nets, or other nets, except hand nets, in the inland waters of this State; to define outside salt waters and inland salt waters; 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 use of trawl-nets, purse nets, or nets of any description, except hand nets, in the inland salt waters of this State, for the purpose of taking fish therefrom, be and the same is hereby prohibited, and the operation of all nets, except hand cast-nets, shall be confined to outside waters. Outside salt waters are defined as those waters from the outermost part of the coast line to the limit of the three-mile jurisdiction, and embraces that part of the Atlantic Ocean under the jurisdiction of the State of Georgia. Inland salt waters embrace all of our salt waters not included in outside salt waters, and includes all sounds, estuaries, salt water rivers and creeks. Anyone violating any of the provisions of this Act shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. Prohibited nets. Salt waters. Penalty. Sec. 2. All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed. Approved August 20, 1918.

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FRUIT OR NUT TREES; DECEITFUL SALES. No. 450. An Act to prohibit the sale of any fruit or nut tree or trees of a certain kind, variety or description, and the delivery thereafter with intent to deceive, to the purchaser of a fruit or nut tree or trees of a different kind, variety or description; to provide penalties for the violation thereof, and to prescribe the time within which prosecutions under this Act may be commenced. 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 unlawful for any person, persons, firm or corporation, acting either as principal or agent, to sell to any person, persons, firm or corporation any fruit or nut tree or trees, representing the same to be of a certain kind, variety or description, and thereafter to deliver to such purchaser, in filling such order and completing such sale of fruit or nut tree or trees of a different kind, variety or description of such fruit or nut tree or trees so ordered. Unlawful acts. Sec. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That any person violating any of the provisions of this Act shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be punished as for a misdemeanor, as provided by Section 1065 of the Code of Georgia of 1910. Penalty. Sec. 3. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That prosecutions under this Act may be commenced at any time within seven years from the time of the delivery of such fruit or nut tree or trees mentioned in Section 1 of this Act. Limitation period. 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 19, 1918.

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GAME PRESERVES ON ISLANDS, TO PROTECT. No. 389. An Act for the protection of islands situated within the State of Georgia, which are now or will hereafter be used or maintained in whole or in part as game or fish preserves, and the owners of such islands as herein provided. Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, That from and after the passage of this Act any persons who shall fish or hunt in any of the creeks, streams or estuaries of this State leading from the ocean, sounds, rivers or bays of this State, surrounding the several islands in this State, which islands are now, or will hereafter be used or maintained in whole or in part as game preserves, whether such game preserves be known as private or public preserves, when such creek, stream or estuary leads into such islands, or shall enter such creek, stream or estuary for the purpose of hunting or fishing therein without the consent of the owners or resident custodian of such island, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction shall be punished as is provided in Section 1065 of the Penal Code of Georgia. Provided, that this Act shall be held to apply only to a salt water creek, stream or estuary that enters and ends in an island owned in its entirety by a single ownership, family or estate. Unlawful fishing and hunting. Penalty. 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 17, 1918. MORTGAGED PROPERTY, DISPOSITION OF. No. 414. An Act to prohibit the running, removing, hiding or in any way disposing of property under mortgage, purchase

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money lien, liens for rent, or any lien created by contract under the laws of Georgia, so as to hinder, delay or prevent a valid levy being made by the levying officer of the county of defendant's bona fide residence; to provide for the punishment of any violation of said 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 the same, That from and after the passage of this Act a mortgage, giver of purchase money lien, lien for rent, or any lien created by contract between the parties, or the holder or possessor of any said property under mortgage or liens above referred to, who shall run, remove, hide or in any way dispose of said property under mortgage or lien, so as to hinder, delay or prevent the levying officer of the county of defendant's bona fide residence from levying on any property covered by mortgage or lien by virtue of the foreclosure of said mortgage or lien, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and punishment as for a misdemeanor, and the venue shall be in the county of defendant's bona fide residence where search is made. Unlawful removal of property. Penalty. Sec. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That any person who shall intentionally aid or abet in any violation of this Act shall be guilty of a misdemeanor as principal in the county where he aided and abetted in said offense, and his trial and conviction shall not be dependent on the trial and conviction of any other person connected therewith, and upon conviction shall be punished as for a misdemeanor. Aiding and abetting. Sec. 3. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That any person who violates any part of this Act, and who has no permanent place of abode in the State of Georgia, search may be made in any county into which or through which said property has been carried, and upon failure to find said property upon which to levy, prosecution may be had against such person in any such county, and upon conviction shall be punished as for a misdemeanor. Prosecution in what county.

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Sec. 4. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That when search has been made in any of said cases by the levying officer for the purpose of levying said foreclosure, and the property described therein is not found at defendant's home, and then if defendant fails or refuses to direct said levying officer to said property, then said officer shall enter a nulla bona; and the testimony of the officer or the entry of nulla bona, when properly proven, shall shift the burden of proof on defendant. Burden of proof, how shifted. Sec. 5. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed. Approved August 19, 1918. MOTOR VEHICLES, UNLAWFUL DEALINGS AS TO. No. 449. An Act to make it unlawful to buy, steal, sell, receive, dispose of, conceal, or have in possession in this State, any motor vehicle, automobile, bicycle, motorcycle or other machine propelled by gasoline or electricity, from which the manufacturer's serial number or any other distinguishing number or identification mark has been removed, defaced, covered, altered, or destroyed for the purpose of concealment or misrepresentation of identity of said machine; to make a violation of the same a felony, and provide the punishment therefor, 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 it shall be unlawful to buy, steal, sell, receive, or dispose of, conceal, or have in possession, any automobile, motor vehicle, bicycle, motorcycle, or any other machine propelled by gasoline or electricity in this State, from which the manufacturer's serial number or any other distinguishing number or identification mark has been removed, defaced, covered,

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altered, or destroyed for the purpose of concealment or misrepresenting the identity of said motor vehicle, automobile, bicycle, motorcycle or other such machine. Unlawful acts. Sec. 2. Be it further enacted, That whoever shall knowingly be guilty of the violation of the foregoing section shall be held and deemed as guilty of a felony, and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by confinement and labor in the penitentiary for not more than ten years and not less than one year. Penalty. Sec. 3. The above Section 1 does not apply to above said vehicles so defaced, provided record and detail of their defacement is filed with Secretary of the State of Georgia within ninety days after enactment of this law. Record of defacement. 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, 1918. OFFICERS AND TRUSTEES; UNLAWFUL CONTRACTS. No. 523. An Act to make it unlawful for any trustee or any officer of any institution supported wholly or in part by funds of the State, or for any copartnership of which said trustee is a member, to make any contract with the trustees of such institution, or such institution or such institutions or any officer of such institution, for the sale or furnishing to such institution, or the trustees thereof, of any goods, wares and merchandise, and to make it unlawful for any trustee or officer of any institution supported wholly or in part by the funds of the State to make any profit in the sale or disposition of any property, crop or crops, or the handling of the same, for such institution, and to make such an act penal, and to provide punishment therefor, 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 no trustee or other officer of any State institution which is wholly or in part supported by the funds of the State, nor any partnership of which he is a member, or any officer of such institution, for the sale and purchase of merchandise or supplies for such institution whereby profit accrues to such trustee or such partnership of which he is a member, or of which he is a stockholder, nor shall such trustee or officer of such institution, supported wholly or in part by funds of the State make any profit or receive any money for the sale, handling or disposal of any crop or crops or property of such institution, nor shall such trustee or other officer of such institution supported wholly or in part by the State make or be interested in any contract for supplies or merchandise for such institution, when such contract or the making of the same, is wholly or in part made or influenced by the action of the trustees of such institution or is controlled by any officer of such institution, and any and all such contracts as hereinbefore set out are hereby declared to be illegal and void. Provided further, that any such contracts as are herein described may be made with a corporation of which any such trustee shall not vote on, nor participate in, the making of such contract, and provided further, that any trustee of such State institution shall not be prohibited from making contracts for furnishing supplies to students or faculty of such institution for their individual use. Trustee, officer, or partner not to be interested in contract. Contracts allowed. Sec. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That any trustee or other officer of any State institution supported wholly or in part by funds of the State who shall make any profit out of any contract with the trustees of such institution, or any officer thereof, whereby profit accrues to such trustee in the sale to such institution of any goods, wares, merchandise or supplies, or shall make any profit to himself out of the sale of any property, crop or crops of such institution, or any profit out of the handling of any property, crop or crops of such institution, shall be

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guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction thereof, shall be punished as prescribed in Section 1065 of the Code of Georgia, and also upon such conviction his office shall become vacant, and it shall be the duty of the Governor, where the power to fill such vacancy is lodged in the Governor, to appoint some other person to fill such vacancy, or if any officer of such institution shall be found guilty of violating this Act, then in such case he shall be discharged from his office in such institution, and shall not be eligible to be reelected or reappointed thereto, and such vacancies shall be filled by the board or the authority which, under the law, has the right to fill such vacancy. Profit, what forbidden. Penalty. Office vacated. 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 20, 1918. PROSTITUTION, SOLICITING FOR. No. 358. An Act to penalize those who solicit for the purpose of prostitution, who convey persons for said purpose; to revoke the license of persons who operate conveyances for hire, and who violate this Act; and to provide for the forfeiture and sale of certain conveyances used in the violation of this 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 the same, That whoever shall solicit another for the purpose of prostitution or shall solicit for a prostitute, or who shall offer to procure a prostitute for another, or shall, with knowledge or good reason to know of the immoral purpose of such directing, taking or transporting, direct or assist in directing, or shall take or transport, assist in taking or transporting, or offer, or agree to take or transport, on foot, or by automobile, or any other means, any person to any house of ill-fame, hotel,

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rooming house, apartment, room, park, field or woods, or any other place whatsoever, for the purpose of lewdness, assignation, or prostitution, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be punished as for a misdemeanor. Soliciting and procuring unlawful. Penalty. Sec. 2. That whenever any person convicted of a violation of Section 1 of this Act shall be licensed under any law or ordinance to operate an automobile or other conveyance for hire, the said license shall immediately become void and of no effect, and no license to operate an automobile or other conveyance for hire shall thereafter be granted to such person. Automobile license forfeited. Sec. 3. That the declaration by the courts of any provision of this Act as in violation of the Constitution shall not invalidate the remaining provisions thereof. Constitutional law. Sec. 4. That all laws and parts of laws inconsistent with the provisions of this Act be and the same are hereby repealed. Approved August 17, 1918. RAILROAD CROSSING SIGNS, PROTECTION OF. No. 362. An Act to protect railroad crossing signs, and for other purposes. Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia, That it shall be the duty of the railroad commission to designate a standard sign, or signs, and require its use by railroad to designate a crossing of a public highway across a railroad, and it shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to use a sign in similitude of said sign for advertising or for any other purpose except at a place designated by a railroad to designate a regular crossing; and it shall be unlawful to mutilate or destroy or deface said crossing sign, when so erected, and any person violating

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any provisions of this Act shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall be punished by a fine not exceeding fifty dollars, or confinement in chaingang not exceeding twelve months, one or both, according to the discretion of the judge; and it shall be the duty of the county authorities having in charge the working of the roads of the county in any county where a sign is erected contrary to this law to remove and destroy the same. Standard signs required. Unlawful to deface. Penalty. Sec. 2. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this be and the same are hereby repealed. Approved August 17, 1918. RAILROAD CROSSING SIGN BOARDS REQUIRED. No. 421. An Act to repeal Paragraphs 674 and 675 of the Political Code of Georgia; to require ordinaries having in charge county matters, and county commissioners, to place and maintain signboards at the forks of each public road; to provide punishment for failure to comply with this law, 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 each of the ordinaries of the counties in this State having in charge of county matters, and the board of county commissioners, be and they are hereby required on or before noon of January 1st, 1919, to place in some substantial and conspicuous manner at each fork of the public roads in their respective counties, a signboard or other mark, designating thereon the most public place to which each road directs, and that on said sign-post shall be placed figures showing distances to nearest towns or cities. Road signboards required. Sec. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the expense of erecting said signboards shall be

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paid from the funds first received by the several counties from the State automobile license taxes after the passage of this Act. Expense, how paid. Sec. 3. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That any such ordinary or board of county commissioners who shall fail so to mark the public roads of his respective county before noon of January 1st, 1919, shall upon conviction be fined not less than fifty dollars nor more than two hundred dollars. Penalty. Sec. 4. Be it further enacted, That Sections 674 and 675 of the Political Code of Georgia be and the same are hereby repealed. Code Sections 674, 675 repealed. Sec. 5. 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 19, 1918. SHAD, REGULATION OF TAKING. No. 359. An Act to regulate the taking of shad fish from the waters of this State, and providing for a license to be imposed upon those who take, for purposes of sale, with any device, shad fish from any of the waters within 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 on and after the passage of this Act the open season, during which any person may take shad fish from the waters of this State in any manner, shall be from February 1st to April 20th, following. Open season. Sec. 2. Be it further enacted, That during each week of such open season there shall be a closed time during which no shad fish shall be taken from the waters of this State

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in any manner, beginning at sundown Friday of each week, and extending until sunrise on Monday following. Closed time. Sec. 3. Be it further enacted, That any person who shall take shad fish from the waters of this State for purposes of sale, without first procuring a license from the Commissioner of Game and Fish, as hereinafter provided, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and punished as hereinafter provided. License required. Sec. 4. Be it further enacted, That the license as provided in the foregoing section shall be as follows: That persons having a residence within this State and being citizens of the United States, shall pay a fee of one dollar ($1.00) for such license, and that citizens of other states residing outside of this State, and who take shad from the waters of this State for the purposes of sale, shall first procure from the Commissioner of Game and Fish of this State a license, the fee for which shall be ten dollars ($10.00), and that aliens, whether residents of this or other States, who engage in the taking of shad fish for purposes of sale from the waters of this State shall first procure a license from the Commissioner of Game and Fish of this State, the cost of which shall be ten dollars ($10.00), and that all licenses provided for in this section of this Act shall be good for the term of one year from the first day of the month on which same was issued. License fees. Sec. 5. Be it further enacted, That any person who shall have in his possession, or in any boat in or upon the waters of this State, of any net or other device for the purpose of taking shad during such time as the law prohibits the taking of such fish by the such devices, that the possession of such nets or equipment shall be prima facie evidence of the person having such nets or equipment in his possession being guilty of taking such shad in violation of law, and shall, upon conviction, be punished as hereinafter provided. Possession of nets. etc. Sec. 6. Be it further enacted, That any person violating any of the foregoing provisions of this Act shall, upon

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conviction, be fined not less than ten dollars and all costs in each case, or more than one hundred dollars and all costs in each case, or shall serve upon the public works of the county in which convicted for the term of not less than thirty days or more than ninety days. Penalty. 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 17, 1918. STOLEN PROPERTY, BRINGING IN, PROHIBITED. No. 297. An Act to prohibit the bringing into this State property stolen or feloniously taken in another State, and to prohibit the buying or receiving of such property in this State knowing the same to have been so stolen or feloniously taken; to make the same penal, provide penalties, 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 any person who shall bring into this State any goods, chattels, money or other effects that have been stolen or feloniously taken from another in another State, shall, upon conviction therefor, receive the same punishment as would be inflicted on a person convicted of having stolen or feloniously taken such property in this State. Unlawful to bring from other State. Penalty. Sec. 2. Be it further enacted, That if any person shall buy or receive any such goods, chattels, money or effects that shall have been so stolen or feloniously taken from another in another State, knowing the same to be stolen or feloniously taken, shall, upon conviction therefor, receive the same punishment as would be inflicted on a person convicted of having so stolen or feloniously taken such property in this State. Buying or receiving. Penalty.

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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 1, 1918. TIPS, UNLAWFUL GIVING AND RECEIVING. No. 404. An Act to prohibit employes or servants of hotels, restaurants, barber shops or other public places, or of persons, firms or corporations, from soliciting or receiving gratuities or tips from guests or patrons of the above mentioned employers, and to prohibit employers from permitting such gratuities or tips to be received by their employes or servants, and to provide a punishment therefor. 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 unlawful for any employe or servant of any hotel, common carrier or sleeping car company, restaurant, barber shop or other public place, or of any person, firm or corporation to solicit or receive any gratuities or tips for the purpose, or with the intent of influencing the action of said employe in relation to the employer's business, from the guests or patrons of such hotel, restaurant, barber shop or other public place, or of such person, firm or corporation. Unlawful to solicit or receive. Sec. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That it shall be unlawful for any employer, as above enumerated, to knowingly permit any employe or servant to accept such gratuity or tip as above referred to, or to receive any benefits from such gratuity or tip as described in the preceding section hereof. Permitting. Sec. 3. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That it shall likewise be unlawful for any person to

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give either directly or indirectly any such gratuity or tip as is referred to in Section 1 hereof. Giving. Sec. 4. Be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of each person, firm or corporation operating a hotel, restaurant, barber shop, sleeping car, dining car, or other public place as contemplated in Section 1 hereof, to keep posted in a conspicuous place in such public place one or more placards containing in large type the words: Tipping Prohibited by Law. Posting required. Sec. 5. Be it further enacted, That any person violating the provisions of this Act shall be punished by a fine not exceeding twenty-five ($25.00) dollars or imprisonment in the common jail of the county wherein the offense is committed for a period not exceeding ten days, either or both, in the discretion of the judge trying the case. Penalty. 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 18, 1918. TRESPASS ON STATE SANITARIUM PROPERTY. No. 475. An Act to prevent trespass on the property of the Georgia State Sanitarium at Midway, near Milledgeville, in Baldwin County, Georgia, and to provide punishment therefor, 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 to abandon or leave any patient on the grounds of the Georgia State Sanitarium at Midway, near Milledgeville, in Baldwin County, Georgia without the permission of the superintendent of the Georgia State Sanitarium. And it shall be unlawful

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for any person to loiter about or trespass on the property of the Georgia State Sanitarium or to drive or ride over the grounds or roads of said Georgia State Sanitarium property with horses, carriages, automobiles, bicycles, motorcycles or other vehicles, except in accordance with such rules and regulations as may be posted under the authority of the board of trustees of the Georgia State Sanitarium. Unlawful acts. Sec. 2. Any person or persons violating the provisions of the foregoing Act shall be guilty of trespass and punished as for a misdemeanor. Penalty. 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, 1918. VENEREAL DISEASES, REGULATIONS AS TO. No. 393. An Act relating to veneral diseases, to require the separating of cases thereof, to penalize those who expose others to infection, to authorize the examination, treatment and isolation of persons inflicted therewith, to give the health authorities certain power over jails and prisons in connection therewith, to authorize the State Board of Health to promulgate rules and regulations relating thereto, and to declare a penalty for the violation of the provisions of this Act or any rules or regulations passed and promulgated by the State Board of Health under the authority of this or any other 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 the same, That syphilis, gonorrhoea and chancroid, hereinafter designated as venereal diseases, are hereby declared to be contagious, infectious, communicable and dangerous to the

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public health. It shall be unlawful for anyone infected with these diseases, or any of them, to expose another to infection. Diseases declared contagious. Unlawful exposure. Sec. 2. Any physician or other person who makes a diagnosis in or treats a case of venereal disease, and any superintendent or manager of a hospital, dispensary or charitable or penal institution in which there is a case of venereal disease, shall make report of such case to the health authorities, according to such form and manner as the State Board of Health shall direct. Report of treatment. Sec. 3. State, county and municipal health officers or their authorized deputies within their respective jurisdictions are hereby directed and empowered, when in their judgment it is necessary to protect the public health to make examination of persons being or suspected of being infected with venereal diseases, to require persons infected with venereal disease to report for treatment to a reputable physician and continue treatment until cured, or to submit to treatment provided at public expense, and to isolate persons infected or reasonably suspected of being infected with venereal disease. Examination, treatment, and isolation. Sec. 4. All persons who shall be confined or imprisoned in any State, county or city prison of this State may be examined and treated for venereal disease by the health authorities or their deputies. The State, county and municipal boards of health shall have authority to take over such portion of any State, county or city prison as may be necessary for a board of health hospital, wherein all persons who shall have been confined or imprisoned and who are suffering with venereal disease at the time of the expiration of their terms of imprisonment shall be isolated and treated at public expense until cured, or in lieu of such isolation, such person may, in the discretion of the board of health, be required to report for treatment to a licensed physician or submit to treatment provided at public expense as provided in Section 3 of this Act. Prisoners. Hospital. Treatment.

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Sec. 5. The State Board of Health is hereby empowered and directed to make such rules and regulations as shall, in its judgment, be necessary for the carrying out of the purposes of this Act, including rules and regulations providing for such labor on the part of isolated persons as may be necessary to provide in whole or in part for their subsistence, and to safeguard their general health, and such other rules and regulations concerning venereal diseases as it may from time to time deem advisable. All such rules and regulations so made shall be of force and binding upon all county and municipal health officers and other persons affected by this Act. Rules and regulations. Sec. 6. Any person who shall violate any of the provisions of this Act or any lawful rule or regulation made by the State Board of Health pursuant to the authority herein granted by any other statute law, or who shall fail or refuse to obey any lawful order issued by any State, county or municipal health officer pursuant to the authority granted in this Act or any other Act or the regulations prescribed thereunder, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be punished as provided in Section 1065 of the Code of Georgia of 1910. Penalty. Sec. 7. All laws or parts of laws in conflict with the provisions of this Act be and the same are hereby repealed. Approved August 17, 1918. WORK REQUIRED OF ABLE-BODIED PERSONS. No. 348. An Act requiring all able-bodied persons between the ages of sixteen and fifty-five years, inclusive, to be regularly or continuously engaged in some lawful, useful and recognized business, profession, occupation or employment, whenever, because of a state of war in which the United States is now and may then be engaged, the Governor determines such employment to be necessary and essential

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for the protection and welfare of the State and of the United States, and providing the procedure for carrying this Act into effect and penalties for non-compliance 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 as there is now a state of war in which the United States is engaged, it is declared to be the duty of every able-bodied male resident of said State, between the ages of sixteen and fifty-five years, to be habitually and regularly engaged in some lawful, useful and recognized business, profession, occupation, trade or employment, whenever the Governor of said State shall issue a proclamation determining such employment to be necessary and essential for the protection and welfare of said State and the United States, and therefore until after the termination of such war; and any able-bodied male resident of this State between the ages aforesaid who shall fail or refuse to be so employed for at least five and one-half days per week for the number of hours usual to the occupation in which he is engaged shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be punished as prescribed in Section 1065 of the Penal Code of Georgia. Males between 16 and 55 years required to work. Penalty. Sec. 2. Be it further enacted, That in no case shall the possession by the accused of money, property, or income sufficient to support himself and those regularly dependent upon him be a defense to any prosecution under this Act. Money or property no defense. Sec. 3. Be it further enacted, That in no case shall the claim by the accused of his inability to obtain work or employment be a defense to a prosecution hereunder, unless it shall be proved that the accused promptly notified the Commissioner of Commerce and Labor of the State of Georgia of his inability to obtain employment, and requested that work or employment be found for him, and that such employment was not furnished him, and shall hold a certificate from the Commissioner of Commerce and Labor that such application has been made. Inability to obtain work. Certificate.

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Sec. 4. Be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the Commissioner of Commerce and Labor of the State of Georgia whenever any person shall inform him of his inability to obtain employment as aforesaid to register forthwith the name of such person in the Department of Commerce and Labor, together with the address, age and any other information which he may deem necessary. The Commissioner of Commerce and Labor shall thereupon assign, or cause to be assigned, and if necessary, reassign, or cause to be reassigned, such person to occupation as aforesaid, carried on by the State or any county or municipality thereof, or by private employers engaged in agricultural, industrial or other occupations of the character above mentioned, and who accept the services of such persons to occupations as aforesaid carried on by the State or any county or municipality thereof, or by private employers engaged in agricultural, industrial or other occupation of the character above mentioned, and who accept the services of such persons; provided, however, that no person shall be required to work under this Act any greater number of hours per day than lawfully constitutes a day's work in the occupation in which such person is required to engage. In the event of the Commissioner of Commerce and Labor being unable to procure employment for such persons applying as aforesaid, it shall then be the duty of the said Commissioner of Labor to so certify to such person in writing. Registry. Assignment to work. Hours per day. Sec. 5. Be it further enacted, That all persons required to work under this Act shall receive compensation of not less than the wage or salary paid to others engaged in the same nature of work to which such person is assigned. If any such person is assigned to work for any department, board or commission of the State, then the compensation of such person shall be paid him by such department board or commission out of the appropriation made to it by the State. If any such person is assigned to work for any county or any municipality, or for any private employer, then the compensation of such person shall be paid him

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by such county or municipality or by the private employer accepting his services. Payment of wages or salary. Sec. 6. Be it further enacted, That any person failing, refusing to do, or to continue to do, the work assigned to him, or who, in the meanwhile, has not become regularly or continuously employed in some lawful, useful and recognized business, occupation, trade, profession or employment as aforesaid, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be punished as prescribed in Section 1065 of the Penal Code of Georgia. Penalty for violation. Sec. 7. Be it further enacted, That as soon as the proclamation has been issued, as herein provided, it shall be the duty of the Commissioner of Commerce and Labor to prepare and publish such rules and regulations governing the assignment of persons to work under this Act as will assure that all persons similarly circumstanced shall, as far as it is possible to do so, be treated alike. In assigning any one to work, the Commissioner of Commerce and Labor shall take into consideration the age, physical condition and other appropriate circumstances of the person so assigned, and the rules and regulations to be promulgated by said Commissioner of Commerce and Labor under the provisions of this Act shall make allowances for such facts and circumstances. Rules and regulations. Assignment to work. Sec. 8. Be it further enacted, That after the issuance of the proclamation hereinbefore provided for, it shall be the duty of the police officers of the various cities and the sheriffs of the respective counties and of any other officer, State, county or municipal, charged with the enforcement of the law, to seek and continue to seek diligently the names and places of residence of able-bodied persons within their respective jurisdiction, between the ages aforesaid, not regularly or continuously employed as aforesaid. Any police officer, sheriff or other officials failing to do his duty in enforcing this law shall be judged guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punished as prescribed in Section 1065 of the Penal Code of Georgia. Police and other officers: duty and penalty.

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Sec. 9. Be it further enacted, That the provisions of this Act shall not apply to persons temporarily unemployed by reason of differences with their employers. In case of strikes or lock-outs, the Governor shall immediately appoint a board of inquiry consisting of one representative of labor and one representative of employers, the two to select the third representative. If no selection of the third person is made in twenty-four hours, the Chief Justice of the State shall appoint the third member of the board. This board shall immediately inquire into all the facts in the case and make a report to the Governor. The Governor shall then determine whether the facts warrant the continued idleness of the employes, and shall adjudicate a reasonable time which shall be allowed for the adjustment of differences. The provisions of this Act shall not apply to persons fitting themselves to engage in trade or industrial pursuits, nor to bona fide students during the school term. Persons temporarily unemployed. Strikes and lockouts, how dealt with. Persons exempt. Sec. 10. Be it further enacted, That for the purposes of this Act any person as aforesaid found in this State shall be deemed a resident, and in any prosecution hereunder proof that the accused habitually loiters in idleness in streets, roads, depots, pool rooms, hotels, stores or other places shall be prima facie evidence of the failure of such person to comply with the provisions of this Act. Residents. Idlers. Sec. 11. Be it further enacted, That the Commissioner of Commerce and Labor, by and with the consent of the Governor, is hereby authorized to employ or appoint a chief clerk, who shall be a stenographic, to be known as chief clerk of employment, at a salary of not more than eighteen hundred dollars per annum, and such other employes to be known as special representatives, not exceeding two, for such a term of service as the Governor of said State and the Commissioner of Commerce and Labor may determine. Each special representative to receive a salary of not more than eighteen hundred dollars per annum and expenses, and who shall receive their pay in the same manner as other State officials, and there shall be a contingent fund

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of two thousand and six hundred dollars, to be known as a contingent fund of employment and to be used in the payment of necessary expenses incident to the enforcement of this law, including traveling expenses, postage, etc. Commissioner's employees; salaries. Contingent fund. Sec. 12. Be it further enacted, That from and after the declaration of a peace treaty by the President of the United States, thereby terminating the state of war now existing, the provisions of this Act shall cease to be operative, and the entire Act become null and void. Law not operative after the war. Sec. 13. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed. Approved August 8, 1918.

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PART II.LOCAL AND SPECIAL LAWS TITLE I.CITY, COUNTY, AND MUNICIPAL COURTS. TITLE II.SOLICITOR-GENERAL; ABOLISHING FEES. TITLE III.COUNTY MATTERS.

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TITLE I. CITY, COUNTY, AND MUNICIPAL COURTS. ACTS. Alma City Criminal Court Established. Blackshear City Court; Amending Act. Carrollton City Court Abolished. Cleveland City Court Abolished. Coffee County City Court Abolished. Douglas City Court Established. Floyd County City Court; Amending Act. Greensboro City Court Stenographer. Greenville City Court; Amending Act. Jefferson City Court Salaries. Millen City Court; Amending Act. Polk County City Court; Amending Act. Savannah City Court Salaries. Sylvester City Court; Amending Act. Thomasville City Court Judge's Salary. Valdosta City Court Terms Changed. Waycross City Court Salaries. Bacon County Court Abolished. Atlanta Municipal Court; Amending Act. Atlanta Municipal Court; Salary Increases. Macon Municipal Court; Amending Act. Savannah Municipal Court; Amending Act. ALMA CITY CRIMINAL COURT ESTABLISHED. No. 516. An Act to establish the City Criminal Court of Alma, in and for the County of Bacon; to define its jurisdiction, provide for 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 for carrying cases direct from said city court to the Court of Appeals and Supreme Court of Georgia by bill of exceptions and writs of error, 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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aforesaid, That the City Criminal Court of Alma, to be located in the City of Alma, in the County of Bacon, is hereby established and created, with criminal jurisdiction of the whole County of Bacon, concurrent with the superior court, to try and dispose of criminal cases of whatever nature, except those of which the Constitution of this State has given the Superior Court exclusive jurisdiction; to try and dispose of all offenses below the grade of felonies, committed in the County of Bacon, and that the same be tried by said City Court of Alma by an accusation drawn by the solicitor or by an indictment returned by the superior court of said County of Bacon; that the jurisdiction herein conferred shall include criminal cases only, and the jurisdiction in criminal cases, and is the same as in the superior courts of the several counties of the State of Georgia, and all procedure shall be the same as in the superior court in the said City Court of Alma. Court established. Location. Criminal jurisdiction. Section 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That there shall be a judge of said City Court of Alma, and the Honorable T. B. Taylor, ordinary of Bacon County, is hereby authorized and empowered to name the judge of the City Court of Alma, who shall be forthwith commissioned by the Governor of the State of Georgia, as other county officers are commissioned, who shall hold his office for the term of two years beginning January 1st, 1919, or until his successor is elected and qualified. The general election to be held, 1918. Should there be a vacancy in the office of judge from any cause whatsoever, the said vacancy shall be filled in the same manner as vacancies of the judge of the superior court are now filled. The judge of said city court shall receive such salary as may be recommended by the grand jury, not exceeding five hundred ($500.00) dollars per year, which shall not be increased or diminished except upon recommendations of the grand jury, and which shall be paid monthly by the treasurer of the said County of Bacon on the order of the ordinary or other officers charged by law with the paying out of money of the County of Bacon, and it shall be the duty of such person

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or persons to make provisions annually by levying taxes for this purpose. The judge shall receive no other compensation for this service. Judge. Term of office. Vacancy. Salary. Sec. 3. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the judge of the City Court of Alma shall not be required to be a licensed or practicing attorney, and that he shall be eligible to hold the judgeship at the time of his qualification, provided he is thirty years old and a resident of Bacon County for three years previous to his election. He shall before entering upon the duties of this office take and subscribe the following oath: I do solemnly swear that I will administer justice without respect to person, and do equal right to the poor and rich, and I will faithfully and impartially perform and discharge all the duties that may be required of me as judge of the city of Alma, of this State, according to the best of my ability and understanding, agreeable to the laws and Constitution of this State and of the United States, so help me God, which oath shall be filed in the executive department. Eligibility. Oath of Office. Sec. 4. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That there shall be a solicitor of said city court, who shall be appointed by the judge of the City Court of Alma, who shall hold office as solicitor of said court until the next regular election held for the election of members of the General Assembly immediately after the passage of this Act, when a solicitor shall be elected by the qualified voters of Bacon County in the same manner as county officers are now, or may hereafter be elected, for a term of two years beginning January 1st, 1919, and until his successor is elected and qualified, and thereafter the term of office of said solicitor shall be two years beginning January 1st, 1919, and shall be commissioned by the Governor. Should there be a vacancy in said office of solicitor for any cause whatsoever, the said vacancy shall be filled in the same manner as vacancies in the office of solicitor generals are now filled. It shall be the duty of said solicitor to prosecute all offenses cognizable before the said court. He must be at least thirty

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years of age and a resident of Bacon county for four years prior to his election, and must have been in actual practice of law for four years previous to his election. The said solicitor shall before entering upon the duties of his office give bond and security in the sum of three thousand ($3,000.00) dollars, and condition for the faithful discharge of the duties of his office, and shall take and subscribe the oath required by the solicitor generals of the Superior Court of this State, and shall receive the same fees for each written accusation in said court as are allowed the solicitor general for each indictment in the superior court, and his fees for all services shall be the same as are and is allowed the solicitor generals in the superior courts prior to the Act placing said officers on a salary basis. 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 regular qualified solicitor of this court; provided that the bond given by the present solicitor shall be entered upon record and filed with the ordinary of said county, and shall have administered to him said oath of office of solicitor general of this State. Solicitor. Term of office. Vacancy. Duty. Eligibility. Bond and oath. Fees. Solicitor pro tem. Sec. 5. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the solicitor of said City Court of Alma shall for his services in the Court of Appeals or in the Supreme Court, be paid out of the treasury of the State in the same manner as the solicitor-generals of the Superior Courts are paid for like services rendered. Fees in reviewing courts. Sec. 6. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That there shall be a clerk of said court to be, and the clerk of the superior court of Bacon County, who shall hold his office for a term of two years. Before entering upon the discharge of his duties he shall take an oath to faithfully and impartially perform the duties thereof, which oath shall be entered upon the book of minutes of said court. He shall also, before entering upon the duties of his office, execute a bond with good security in the sum of one thousand ($1,000.00) dollars for the faithful discharge of the

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duties of his office, which bond shall be approved by the judge of said court and deposited with the ordinary of said county for record. The clerk of the superior court shall be ex-officio clerk of this court and shall be eligible to hold said office. Clerk. Bond and oath. Ex-Officio clerk. Sec. 7. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That there shall be a sheriff of the City Court of Alma, who shall be appointed by the judge of said court, who shall hold his office for a term of two years, after holding the part to which he has been appointed to begin with, and the sheriff of Bacon County shall be eligible to hold said office, and the sheriff so appointed, in his official connection with said court, shall be known as the sheriff of the City Court of Alma. Before entering upon the discharge of the duties of his office, said sheriff shall execute a bond with good security in the sum of one thousand ($1,000.00) dollars, condition for the faithful discharge of the duties of his office. Said bond to be filed with the ordinary of Bacon County. Sheriff. Bond. Sec. 8. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all duties and liabilities attached to the office of the clerk of the superior court and to the office of the sheriff shall be attached to the office of the clerk of the City Court of Alma and to the office of the sheriff of the City Court of Alma, respectively, and the judge of the said city court is empowered to enforce the same authority over said clerk and sheriff as are exercised by the judge of the superior court over the clerks and sheriffs of counties of Georgia. Duties of officers. Sec. 9. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the clerk of the City Court of Alma shall receive one-half the costs received by the clerk of the superior court in all criminal cases in said city court. The sheriff's fee is the same as allowed in superior courts. They shall be amenable to the same processes and penalties as are the officers of the superior courts, and they shall be entitled to the same remedies to enforce the collection of their fees and costs in said court as the clerk and sheriff of said court are now entitled to in said superior court. Costs, fees, etc.

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Sec. 10. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the term of said city court shall be quarterly. The first term to be held on the fourth Monday in August, 1918, and fourth Monday in November, 1918, the second term; the third term held on the fourth Monday in February, 1919, and the fourth term on the fourth Monday in May, 1919. The term of said court shall be held at the court house in the City of Alma, in the County of Bacon, for which, when necessary, juries shall be drawn as hereinafter directed, and shall last until the business is disposed of, unless sooner adjourned for good cause. The judge of said city court shall, within 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 interest of the State and the accused, and may also hold adjourned terms for the regular term of said city court, for which he may draw new juries or require the attendance of the same jury, as in his sound legal discretion may seem best. Said city court judge may also set cases for trial at convenient times, and the same may be tried as of the terms, whether court has been held from day to day or not. Terms of court. Juries. Trials. Sec. 11. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That in all matters pertaining to service, pleading and practice, the laws governing the superior, where not inconsistent with this Act, and unless specifically provided by this Act, shall be applicable to said city court. Pleading and practice. Sec. 12. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the judge of said city court shall have power and authority to hear and determine, without a jury, in all criminal cases, provided always, that the defendant in any cause shall be entitled to a trial by a jury in said court, by entering a demand by himself or his attorney, at the call of the docket in writing upon the opening of each term, which demand shall be granted and the defendant then and there to, and at the same term, have a trial by a jury. Jury trial on demand. Sec. 13. Be it further enacted by authority aforesaid, That the judge of said City Court shall have power to cause

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testimony to be taken to be used de bene esse and for the purpose of perpetuating testimony within the jurisdiction within 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 all other officers of the superior courts of this State may have power, respectively, may in like cases do. Testimony de bene esse. Oaths. Sec. 14. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That said City Court of Alma shall be a court of record, and shall have a seal and the minutes, records, other books and files that are required by law and rules to be kept for the superior court, shall be kept in and for said city court, and in the same manner; and all laws applicable to the duty of the clerk in said superior court shall apply to them in said city court, except where they conflict with the provisions of this Act. Records and seal. Sec. 15. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the judge of said city court shall have power to enforce all his orders, punish for contempt, and to enforce all of his judgments as is vested by law in the judges of the superior courts of this State. Contempts. Sec. 16. Be it further enacted by the 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 the jury list of the superior court of Bacon County, as provided from time to time for such 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 of Alma 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 not less than twenty-four (24), in the manner now required by law in said superior courts. All laws with reference to the drawing, selecting and summoning traverse and tales traverse in the superior courts shall apply to the city court,

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except that the sheriffs shall be paid five ($5.00) dollars for summoning said jurors. Juries, how drawn. Sec. 17. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all laws in reference to the qualifications, relations, impaneling, fining, challenging jurors now in force in this State, or hereafter enforced by the General Assembly, regulating the same in the superior courts, shall apply to and be observed in said City Court, except where inconsistent with this Act. Laws applicable. Sec. 18. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That twenty-four jurors, drawn and summoned as above provided, shall be impaneled, and in all cases a trial by a jury of twelve shall be had in said court upon the call of the docket, and not thereafter. Should a trial of a jury of twelve be demanded in writing, the judge shall cause a list to be made up of the entire twenty-four jurors, from which the defendant shall be entitled to seven (7) strikes, and the State five (5); in all other cases wherein there is a jury demanded and not a demand for a jury of twelve (12), then the judge shall cause three panels of eight (8) each, to be made up of the twenty-four (24) jurors, sixteen (16) of which shall constitute a panel of jurors from which to select a jury; the defendant shall be entitled to five (5) strikes, and the State three (3). The remaining eight (8) jurors shall constitute a trial jury. Jurors drawn on a 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 whenever necessary to complete a panel, shall receive the per diem as allowed jurors serving in the Superior Court of said county, the same to be paid under the rules governing the payment of superior court jurors. Panels of jurors. Trial juries. Sec. 19. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all criminal cases in said court shall be tried by the judge thereof without a jury except when the accused shall in writing demand a jury trial on the call of the docket. If, upon the trial of any case, it shall appear to the

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judge that the evidence makes a case of felony against the accused, he shall thereupon suspend the trial and commit or bail over the defendant to the next term of the superior court, as in preliminary examinations. Criminal trials without jury. Committal or bail. Sec. 20. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the defendants in criminal cases in said court shall be tried on a written accusation setting forth plainly the offense charged, founded upon the affidavit of the prosecutor and signed by the solicitor of said city court, and in all criminal cases within the jurisdiction of said city court the defendant shall not have the right to demand an indictment by the Grand Jury of Bacon County. All the proceedings after accusation shall conform to the rule governing like cases in the superior courts except that there shall be no jury trial unless demanded by the accused, as hereinbefore provided. In all cases tried the accusation shall set forth the offense charged with the same particularity, both as to form and substance, as is required by the laws and rules of criminal pleading to be observed in bills of indictment in the superior court. Accusation. Sec. 21. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the judge of the superior court shall send down from the Superior Court of Bacon County to said city court for trial and disposition all presentments and indictments for misdemeanors which may be undisposed of at the close of each term of the superior court in which there is no forfeiture of appearance bonds, and the order transmitting such cases shall be entered on the minute books of both of said courts, which order may be passed in term time or vacation; provided, that in all transferred cases the solicitorgeneral of the superior court shall be entitled to his accrued costs, to be collected as herein provided for the costs of the solicitor of the city court. Transfer of misdemeanor cases. Sec. 22. Be it enacted by the authority aforesaid, That it shall be the duty of all justices of the peace and notaries public ex-officio justices of the peace of Bacon County to bind over to said city court all persons charged with offenses

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committed within the limits of Bacon County, over which said city court has jurisdiction, there to answer to said offenses. Binding over. Sec. 23. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That writs of error shall be had from said city court to the Court of Appeals and 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 in filing of bills of exceptions in the superior courts of this State or the supreme court. Writs of error. Sec. 24. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That in all cases in said city court the same power and rights of parties as to waiver, pleadings and procedure or other matters pertaining to the same shall be allowed and upheld by the laws and rules of practice in the superior courts of this State. Procedure. Sec. 25. 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 in his court upon the same terms and conditions and under the same laws and regulations in every respect governing and granting of new trials in the superior courts. All rules of pleadings, 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 city court within ten days after the rendition of the judgment complained of, and not afterwards, unless for good cause, in the sound legal discretion of the judge, further time made by order 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. Procedure. Criminal cases. Sec. 26. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That whenever the judge of said city court is from any

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cause disqualified from presiding, and the judge of the superior court cannot be procured, and upon consent of the parties or upon their failure or refusal 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 of this State. Judge's disqualification. Sec. 27. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, 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 direction be given the court shall be adjourned to the next regular term. Judge's absence. Sec. 28. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all fines and forfeitures arising from cases tried in said city court shall be collected by the solicitor thereof, and shall be paid over to the treasurer of Bacon County, who shall keep the same as a separate fund, to be known as the fine and forfeiture fund of the City Court of Alma, the same to be paid out by the treasurer only upon the order of the judge of the said city court in extinguishment of insolvent orders granted by such judge, to the solicitor of said court, the county treasurer of Bacon County, the clerk of the said city court, the clerk of the superior court, the sheriff of said city court, the sheriff of Bacon County, the justice of the peace and other officers who may be entitled thereto, in settlement of their insolvent costs, bills arising from cases finally disposed of in said city court. It is further provided that not later than the 31st day of January of each year the judge of said city court, after the payment of and satisfaction of all outstanding costs bills, may by order cause the treasurer of said court to transfer all the remainder of said fines and forfeitures fund above the sum of three hundred ($300.00) dollars to the city court fund of said county, to be used in the payment of expenses of said city court, and not otherwise. Fines and forfeitures. Sec. 29. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the ordinary, bond commissioners of Bacon

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County, or other proper officers, shall provide a suitable place in the courthouse of said county, in the City of Alma, for the use of the clerk of said city court, for the transaction of the business of said court and to provide the necessary books for keeping dockets, minutes and other records of said city court, and also to provide for preserving the papers, books, records and minutes thereof. Room and supplies. Sec. 30. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the sheriff of said court, with the approval of the judge, is hereby authorized to appoint at each term of said court, bailiffs as officers of said court, who shall receive for their services not more than two ($2.00) dollars per day. Bailiffs. Sec. 31. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the City Court of Alma, Bacon County, Georgia, shall go into effect, and that the first term of said court shall be held on the fourth Monday in August, 1918, and that the officers herein named shall be forthwith commissioned and qualify as such officers, and that the City Court of Alma be organized and established forthwith, upon the approval of this Act by the Governor of Georgia. Court, when effective. Officers. Sec. 32. 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 20, 1918. BLACKSHEAR CITY COURT; AMENDING ACT. No. 352. An Act to amend an Act entitled An Act to establish the City Court of Blacskhear, in and for the County of Pierce, 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 trial therein, and for carrying cases direct from

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said city court to the Court of Appeals by bill of exceptions or writ of error, and for other purposes approved August 15th, 1911, and an Act amendatory thereof, approved August 6th, 1914, so as to fix the salary of the judge of said court, and to fix the terms of office of the judge and solicitor 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 the Act creating and establishing the City Court of Blackshear, to be located in the City of Blackshear, in the County of Pierce, approved August 15, 1911, as contained in the Acts of 1911, pages 210 to 229, and an Act amendatory thereof, as contained in the Acts of 1914, pages 185 to 193, be and the same is hereby amended as follows, to-wit: Acts of 1911 and 1914 amended. Sec. 2. Be it enacted by the authority aforesaid, That Section 2, of said original Act, creating the City Court of Blackshear, approved August 15th, 1911, be and the same is hereby amended that said section when so amended will read as follows: Sec. 2. Be it enacted by the authority aforesaid, That there shall be a judge of said City Court of Blackshear, who shall be elected by the qualified voters of the County of Pierce at the next general election to be held for the election of members of the General Assembly of Georgia for the year 1918, in the same manner as county officers for the County of Pierce are now elected or may hereafter be elected, and whose term of office shall be for a period of four years beginning January 1st, 1919, 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 Pierce County every four years from said election herein provided, and under the provisions of this section, at the same time and in the same manner as county officers of Pierce County are now elected or may hereafter be elected, and all persons elected under the provisions of this section shall be commissioned by the Governor as county officers are commissioned. Should there be a vacancy in said

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office of judge from any cause whatsoever, the said vacancy shall be filled in the same manner as vacancies in the office of the judge of the superior courts are now filled. The judge of said city court shall receive a salary of fifteen hundred dollars per annum, which shall not be increased or diminished during his term of office, and shall be paid monthly in equal monthly payments by the treasurer or county depository of said county on the order of the ordinary, commissioners of roads and revenue, board of county commissioners or other persons in said county charged by law with the paying out of money of the County of Pierce, and it shall be the duty of such persons to make provision annually for the payment of said salary by levying and collecting taxes for this purpose. The judge of said court shall receive no other compensation, but may practice law in any court except his own. Sec. 2 to be read. Judge, election of. Term of office. Vacancy. Salary. Sec. 3. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That Section 4 of said original Act creating the City Court of Blackshear, approved August 15th, 1911, be and the same is hereby amended so that after the expiration of the term of the present solicitor of the City Court of Blackshear on August 14th, 1919, the term of his immediate successor shall commence on August 15th, 1919, and shall expire on December 31st, 1922, and thereafter the term of the solicitor of said court shall be four years, each incumbent to hold office until the election and qualification of his successor. The said solicitor shall be elected by the qualified voters of Pierce County and commissioned by the Governor as provided in the original Act creating the said City Court of Blackshear. The first election for said solicitor under this amendment shall be had at the election of members of the General Assembly of Georgia in the year 1918, and he shall be elected every four years thereafter at said election of members of the General Assembly of Georgia. Sec. 4 amended. Solicitor's election and term of office. 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, 1918.

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CARROLLTON CITY COURT ABOLISHED. No. 382. An Act to repeal an Act approved December 21, 1897, entitled an Act to establish a city court in the city of Carrollton, in the County of Carroll, etc., and for other purposes, and acts amendatory thereof; to abolish said city court of Carrollton and provide for the disposition of all books, papers, records, dockets, minutes, suits pending therein, and all matters pertaining thereto, and to provide that all cases, both civil and criminal, pending in said court shall be transferred to the Superior Court of Carroll County, to provide for ratification of this Act by voters of Carroll 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 the authority of the same, That an Act approved December 21, 1897, entitled An Act to establish the City Court of Carrollton, in the city of Carrollton, in the County of Carroll; and for other purposes, and all Acts amendatory thereto, be and the same are hereby repealed, and the said City Court of Carrollton is hereby abolished. Act of 1897 repealed. Sec. 2. Be it enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all suits pending in said City Court of Carrollton be and the same are hereby transferred to the Superior Court of Carroll County, and all judgments and executions rendered in and by said City Court of Carrollton are hereby kept alive and of full force and vigor, and that all such executions and all means and final processes of said City Court of Carrollton which have not been executed shall be returnable to the Superior Court of Carroll 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 Carroll County. Transfer of Pending suits, etc.

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Sec. 3. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all criminal cases founded upon indictment pending in City Court of Carrollton shall be transferred to the superior court for trial, and all criminal cases founded upon accusation pending therein shall be at once heard by some justice of the peace of the county aforesaid, 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 on a warrant; provided, however, that when the accused has been regularly bound over on warrant to the City Court of Carrollton or has given bond for appearance before said court, such committal or bond shall be considered valid and secure his presence at the next term of the superior court without further investigation. Criminal cases. Sec. 4. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all motions for new trial pending in the City Court of Carrollton shall be heard and determined by the judge of the Superior Court of the Coweta judicial circuit, and when 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 Carrollton, the clerk of said court shall transmit the remittitur in said case to the clerk of the Superior Court of Carroll County, where it shall be made the judgment of said court as having jurisdiction therein. Motions for new trial. Remittiturs. Sec. 5. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all dockets, minutes, records, books and papers pertaining to the business of the City Court of Carrollton shall be turned over to the clerk of the Superior Court of Carroll County, Georgia, to be preserved by him as part of the record of said court. Transfer of Records. Sec. 6. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all suits brought in the City Court of Carrollton and pending therein where service has been regularly perfected, the same are hereby declared for trial at the first term of the Carroll Superior Court after this Act goes into effect as

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hereinafter provided, as well as all other cases pending in the said City Court of Carrollton. Trial of suits. Sec. 7. Be it further enacted, That any case pending in said city court at the time this Act goes into effect and finally disposed of in superior court or otherwise, as provided in this Act, that the solicitor of said city court shall receive out of the fines and forfeitures all of the fees actually earned by him to be paid out of the fines and forfeitures coming into the county treasury when the cases are disposed of. That fines and forfeitures arising out of cases transferred from the city court to the superior court, as provided in said bill, shall be first applied to the insolvent cost due or may become due the present solicitor of said court. after the cost in said case is paid. Fines and forfeitures. Sec. 8. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That this Act shall not become effective until it is submitted to the qualified voters of Carroll County, Georgia, and it is hereby made the duty of the ordinary of said county to call an election to be held not later than December 1, 1918, giving thirty days' notice of said election in the official organ of Carroll County, submitting to the qualified voters of said county the question of abolishing of the City Court of Carrollton. Those voting in favor of abolishing city court shall have written or printed on their ballot, For abolishing City Court, and those against abolishing city court shall have written or printed on their ballots, Against abolishing City Court, and if a majority voting at said election vote for abolishing city court, this Act shall take effect January 1, 1919. The expenses of said election shall be paid as expenses of other county elections are paid. This act referred to popular vote. Sec. 9. 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 17, 1918.

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CLEVELAND CITY COURT ABOLISHED. No. 386. An Act to repeal An Act approved August 8, 1917, entitled An Act to create the City Court of Cleveland in and for the County of White; to define its powers, jurisdictions, procedure and practice; to provide for a judge, solicitor and other officers of said court; to provide compensation of said officers and a place of holding said court, to abolish the City Court of Cleveland, in the County of White, and provide for the disposition of all books, papers, records, dockets, minutes, suits pending therein and all matters pertaining thereto, and to provide that all cases, both civil and criminal, pending in said court shall be transferred to the superior court of White County, except those civil cases wherein the principal sum is less than one hundred dollars, these cases are hereby transferred to the justice's court of White County, in which the defendants reside; 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 approved August 8th, 1917, entitled An Act to create the City Court of Cleveland, in White County, to define its powers, jurisdiction, procedure and practice; to provide for a judge, solicitor and other officers of said court, to provide compensation of said officers and a place of holding said court, be and the same is hereby repealed and the City Court of Cleveland is hereby abolished. Act of 1917 repealed. Court abolished. Sec. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all civil suits now pending in the City Court of Cleveland where the principal sum involved is one hundred dollars or more be and the same are hereby transferred to the Superior Court of White County, Georgia, and all civil suits where the principal sum involved is less than one hundred

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dollars be and the same are hereby transferred to the justice court in White County, Georgia, having jurisdiction of the defendant in said suit, and all judgments and executions rendered in and by said City Court of Cleveland are hereby kept alive and of full force and vigor, and that all such executions and all measure and final process of said City Court of Cleveland which have not been executed shall be returnable to the Superior Court of White County, and all claims, illegalities and other issues arising from the effect of such process and fi. fas. shall be returnable and determinable as though the same had issued from the Superior Court of White County. Transfer of pending cases. Judgments and executions. Sec. 3. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all criminal cases founded on accusation pending therein shall be turned over to the solicitor general of the Northeastern Judicial Circuit (the Superior Court of White County being one of the courts of said circuit) and by him properly brought before the grand jury of White Superior Court, 1918, that bills of indictment may be preferred in such cases, and until the said grand jury meets and indictments preferred the bonds of all defendants are hereby made good and binding until said cases are passed upon by the grand jury aforesaid and new arrest made. Criminal cases. Sec. 4. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all motions for new trial pending in the City Court of Cleveland shall be heard and determined by the judge of the Superior Court of the Northwestern Judicial Circuit, and when judgment is rendered in the Court of Appeals of Georgia in any case pending therein from the City Court of Cleveland the clerk of said court shall transmit the remittitur in said case to the clerk of the Superior Court of White County, where it shall be made the judgment of said court as having jurisdiction therein. Motions for new trial. Remittiturs. Sec. 5. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all dockets, minutes, records, books and papers pertaining to the business of the City Court of Cleveland shall be turned over to the clerk of the Superior Court of White

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County, Georgia, to be preserved by him as part of the records of said court. Records, etc. Sec. 6. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all suits brought in the City Court of Cleveland, White County, and pending therein, where service has been regularly perfected, when the same would be for disposition at the September quarterly term of said city court, 1918, be and the same are hereby declared for trial at the October term, 1918, of the Superior Court 1918, White County, Georgia, as well as all other cases pending in said city court of which the Superior Court has jurisdiction. Suits for trial. Sec. 7. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the provisions of this Act shall become operative September 15th, 1918. When operative. 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 17, 1918. COFFEE COUNTY CITY COURT ABOLISHED. No. 480. An Act to abolish the City Court of Coffee County, to provide that all cases pending therein and all unfinished business, books, papers and records thereof be transferred to the City Court of Douglas, 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 Coffee County, established by recommendation of the grand jury at the February term, 1918, of the Superior Court of Coffee County, Georgia, under the provisions of law found in Section 4270-4309, inclusive, of the Civil Code of Georgia of 1895, be and the same is hereby abolished. Court abolished.

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Sec. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all cases pending in said City Court of Coffee County shall be transferred to the City Court of Douglas, to be disposed of as other cases therein. Transfer of pending suits. Sec. 3. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all mesne and final processes from the City Court of Coffee County which have not been executed, shall be returnable to the City Court of Douglas, and all claims and execution and all other issues arising from the execution of such processes shall be returnable as though such processes had issued from the City Court of Douglas. Return of processes. Sec. 4. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all mesne and final processes from the City Court of Coffee County not executed when this Act goes into effect may be executed by the officers having the authority to execute similar papers from the City Court of Douglas. Execution of processes. Sec. 5. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all dockets, minutes, records, books and papers of the City Court of Coffee County shall be turned over to the clerk of the City Court of Douglas. Records. Sec. 6. This act shall not become operative or go into operation until submitted for ratification or rejection to the qualified voters of Coffee County. The ordinary of Coffee County shall call an election to be held on the third Saturday in September, 1918, at all the precincts in said county. Tickets shall be furnished to the voters as follows: For repeal City Court Coffee County and Against repeal City Court Coffee County. The election returns shall be consolidated at Douglas on Monday after the third Saturday in September, 1918, and if a majority of voters vote for a repeal of said court, this Act shall immediately go into effect; if they vote against a repeal of said court this act shall not go into effect, but said court shall stand. The county commissioners shall advertise said election in the official newspaper for said county in at least two issues before said election. This act referred to popular vote.

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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 August 19, 1918. DOUGLAS CITY COURT ESTABLISHED. No. 346. An Act to establish the City Court of Douglas in the city of Douglas, in Coffee County, to define its jurisdiction and powers, to provide for the appointment and election of a judge and other officers thereof, and to define their powers and duties; to provide for the granting of new trials and writs of errors 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 from and after the passage of this Act, the City Court of Douglas, by that name, is hereby established and created, to be organized, located and held in the city of Douglas, in Coffee County, Georgia, with jurisdiction, civil and criminal, as hereinafter provided. Court established and located. Sec. 2. Be it further enacted, That the jurisdictional limits of the City Court of Douglas shall embrace the whole County of Coffee, and this court shall, within those limits, have jurisdiction concurrent with the superior court of the County of Coffee of all civil cases whatever nature, except those in which jurisdiction is exclusively given to the superior court by the Constitution and laws of the State; provided that in all cases brought in said court, where the principal amount claimed is under $75.00, the plaintiff shall pay all cost in excess of justice court in similar cases. And the said jurisdiction herein conferred shall include not only ordinary suit by petition and process, but also all other kinds of suits and proceedings which now or are hereafter in use in the superior courts, either under the common law or by statutes, including, among others, attachments and

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garnishment proceedings, illegalities, counter affidavits to any proceeding from said court, statutory awards, proceedings against intruders and tenants holding over partition of personalty, issued from distress warrants, foreclosure of liens upon chattel mortgages. Jurisdiction in civil cases. Sec. 3. Be it further enacted, That said City Court of Douglas shall have criminal jurisdiction to try and dispose of all offenses committed in the County of Coffee, and which do not subject the offenders to loss of life or confinement in the penitentiary. Criminal jurisdiction. Sec. 4. Be it further enacted, That W. C. Bryan is hereby appointed, constituted and made judge of the said City Court of Douglas, and that he shall hold said judgeship of said city court from the approval of this Act until the first Monday in January, 1921, or until his successor is elected and qualified, all vacancies in the office of judgeship shall be filled by appointment by the Governor for the residue of the unexpired term, such appointment being subject to the approval of the Senate, which may be then 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 Douglas shall receive a salary of twelve hundred dollars ($1,200.00) per annum, which shall be paid monthly out of the treasury or depository of the County of Coffee by the person or persons charged by law with paying out of the money of the County of Coffee. Judge designated. Term. Vacancy. Salary. Sec. 5. Be it further enacted, That any person who shall be appointed or elected judge of the City Court of Douglas must at the time of his selection be at least thirty years of age and must have resided in Coffee County at least three years immediately preceding his appointment or election, and he must also have been a practicing attorney at least five years before his selection, and he shall before entering upon the discharge of the duties of his office take and subscribe the following oath: I do solemnly swear I will administer justice without respect to persons, and do equal

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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 Douglas, 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, and said oath shall immediately thereafter be forwarded to the Governor and filed in the executive department. Said judge shall have authority to issue criminal warrants, warrants to dispossess tenants holding over, intruders, to issue distress warrants and generally do all acts which the judge of the county courts of this State are authorized to do, unless otherwise provided. Eligibility. Oath of office. Authority. Sec. 6. Be it further enacted, That the judge of said court shall have power to cause testimony to be taken de bene esse, and for the purpose of perpetuating testimony within his jurisdiction in all cases, according to the general laws of this State; and the judge and other officers of said city court shall have power, respectively, to administer all oaths pertaining to their respective offices as the judge and other officers of the superior court may in like cases do, and said judge shall also have power to attest deeds and other paper and administer affidavits in all cases anywhere in the State, in which by existing laws such papers may be attested and affidavit administered by a justice of peace of this State; and the judge of said city court shall have all the power and authority throughout his jurisdiction of judges of the superior courts, except when by law exclusive power and authority is vested in the superior courts, and all laws relating thereto and governing the judges of the superior courts shall apply to the judge of said city court so far as the same may be applicable, except as herein provided. Powers. Sec. 7. Be it further enacted, That the judge of said city court shall have power and authority to hear and determine all civil cases which the said court has jurisdiction, and to give judgment and award execution thereon; provided, always, that either party in any cause shall be entitled

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to a trial by a jury in said court, upon entering a demand therefor by himself or his attorney, in writing, on or before the call of the docket of said court at the term to which the same is returnable, in all cases where such party is entitled to a trial by a jury under the Constitution and laws of this State Hearing and judgment. Demand for jury trial. Sec. 8. Be it further enacted, That the judge of said city court may practice law in any of the courts of this State or United States, except in said city court and the Court of Appeals and the Supreme Court in writs of error from the city court. The judge of the superior court and the judge of the city court may preside in the courts of each other in said county in cases where the judge of either court is, from any cause, disqualified to preside; provided, also, that whenever the judge of said city court is from any cause disqualified from presiding in any case, and the judge of the superior court on account of absence or other cause shall fail to preside in said court, as above provided, then upon consent of the parties, or upon their failure or refusal to agree, said cause may be tried by a judge pro hac vice selected in the same manner as now provided for in the superior courts. Judge may practice law. Disqualification. Judge pro hac vice. Sec. 9. 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 the same in the same way and with the same power as judge of the superior court. Habeas corpus. Sec. 10. Be it further enacted That R. B. Chastain is hereby appointed, constituted and made solicitor of said city court of Douglas, and that he shall hold said solicitorship of said city court from the approval of this Act until the first Monday in January, 1921, or 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. The solicitor of said City Court of Douglas shall receive a salary of fifteen hundred ($1,500.00) dollars per annum, which shall be paid monthly out of the treasury or depository of the County of Coffee by the person or persons

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charged by law with paying out the money of the County of Coffee. He shall prosecute all offenses cognizable before said City Court of Douglas, and shall also act as county attorney and perform all the duties as such for the board of commissioners of roads and revenues of said County of Coffee, all of which service he shall do for the salary heretofore designated, and said solicitor shall also represent the State in the cases carried to the superior court of the Court of Appeals from said city court, and that may be carried to said appeallate courts wherein the County of Coffee is interested as party plaintiff or defendant, and said solicitor shall receive the fees of the solicitor-generals of the superior courts of said State for services in like cases in addition to the salary herein designated. No person shall be appointed or elected solicitor of said court unless at the time of such selection he shall have arrived at the age of twenty-five years, and shall be a resident of said County of Coffee for three years prior thereto, and shall have been a practicing attorney-at-law for five years, said solicitor before entering upon the duties of his office shall give bond with good and sufficient security in the sum of $3,000.00, payable to the Governor, conditioned for the faithful discharge of the duties of his office, and shall in addition to the oath required of all civil officers, take and subscribe an oath to faithfully and impartially discharge his duties as the solicitor of said city court. If for any reason said solicitor shall fail or be disqualified to act in any case, the court shall have power to appoint a solicitor pro tem., and he shall be paid for such services what is reasonable and just by said solicitor of said city court, or should he refuse and fail to pay for said services, then and in that event same shall be deducted from his salary as solicitor of said court. Solicitor designated. Term. Vacancy. Salary. Duties. Fees. Eligibility. Bond. Oath. Solicitor pro tem. Sec. 11. Be it further enacted, That H. F. Brown is hereby appointed and constituted and made clerk of the said City Court of Douglas, and that he shall hold said clerkship of said court from the approval of this Act until the first Monday in January, 1921, or until his successor is elected and qualified, and all vacancies in the office of clerkship

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shall be filled by the commissioners of roads and revenues of said county, electing such clerk by a majority vote of said board for the residue of the unexpired term. Any person who is eligible to hold other county offices shall be eligible to hold the office of said clerkship, and shall before entering upon the duties of his office take an oath similar to that prescribed for clerks of the superior courts, which oath may be administered by the judge of said city court; he shall also execute a bond with good security, payable to the Governor, in the sum of $3,000.00 for the faithful discharge of the duties of his office, said bond to be approved by the judge of said court, and the oath and the bond aforesaid shall be entered upon the minutes of said court, after which the same shall be deposited in the office of the ordinary of said county of Coffee; said clerk shall have, with the consent of the board of commissioners of roads and revenues of said county, power to appoint a deputy, which said deputy shall be paid by the clerk out of his salary. The duties of said clerk relative to said City Court of Douglas shall be the same as the duties of the clerk of the superior court of Coffee County, Georgia, relative to the superior court of said State and county, and in addition thereto the other duties herein designated said clerk of said city court of Douglas shall also be and act as clerk of the board of commissioners of roads and revenues of the County of Coffee, State of Georgia. The clerk of said City Court of Douglas shall receive a salary of $1,200.00 per annum, which shall be paid monthly out of the treasury or depository of the County of Coffee, by the person or persons charged by law with paying out of the money of the County of Coffee. He shall have the same power to administer affidavits, attest deeds and other papers as is vested by law in the clerks of the superior courts of this State. Clerk designated. Term. Vacancy. Eligibility. Oath. Bond. Deputy clerk. Duties. Salary of clerk. Powers. Sec. 12. Be it further enacted, That there shall be created the office of sheriff of the said City Court of Douglas. He shall hold said office of sheriff of said court from the ratification of this Act until the first Monday in January, 1921, which said office shall be filled by the commissioners

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of roads and revenues of said county, who shall elect a sheriff by a majority vote of said board, and any person who is eligible to hold other county offices shall be eligible to hold the office of sheriff of said city court. The sheriff of Coffee County may also be eligible to hold the office of sheriff of said City Court of Douglas. Before entering upon the discharge of the duties of his office he shall take and subscribe before the judge of said court an oath similar to that prescribed by the sheriffs of the counties, and shall also execute a bond with good security, payable to the Governor, in the sum of $5,000.00 for the faithful discharge of the duties of said office; said bond to be approved by the judge of said court, and the oath and bond to be entered upon the minutes of said court and filed in the ordinary's office of said State and county, said sheriff with the consent of the board of commissioners of roads and revenues of said county, shall have power to appoint a deputy or deputies, but the salary for the services of said deputy or deputies shall be paid by the sheriff of said city court. All the duties and liabilities, not inconsistent with this Act, attached to the office of the clerk of the superior court and the office of sheriff of the county, shall be attached to the office of clerk of said city court and to the office of sheriff of said city court, respectively, and the judge of said city court is empowered to exercise the same authority over the said clerk and sheriff and their deputies as is exercised by the judges of the superior courts over the clerks of said superior courts and the sheriffs of the counties of said State. When, for any cause, neither the sheriff of said court nor any of his deputies can be had in case of emergency the judge of said city court may appoint any constable of said county or any other person to execute any writ, order or process from said court, and such person appointed shall not be required to give bond, but must take an oath to perform the duties of his office; provided, always, that the sheriff and his deputy or deputies of Coffee County shall have power to execute any process or order of said courts and to perform any and all duties of the sheriffs of said city court,

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when so directed by the judge of said court. The sheriff of said City Court of Douglas shall receive the regular fees for his services as is now prescribed by law for the sheriff of said county for similar services. Sheriff. Eligibility. Oath and bond. Duties and liabilities. Constable for emergency. Oath. Sheriff's fees. Sec. 13. Be it further enacted, That after the expiration of the terms of office herein provided for, the judge, solicitor, clerk and sheriff of said City Court of Douglas, the terms for said various officers shall be four years and shall be elected by the qualified voters of said county, whose terms of office shall begin on the first Monday in January, 1921, and who shall be elected at the regular election provided for the other county officers of said county at the general election held the year 1920. Terms of office. Elections. Sec. 14. Be it further enacted, That in said city court the same rules of procedure, service, pleading and practice shall govern as for the time being obtains in the superior courts, except as otherwise provided in this Act, and except that at each term of said city court actually held it shall be the duty of the presiding judge to call the appearance docket, at which time, in all cases founded upon unconditional contracts in writing, where there has been legal service on the defendant, and no issuable defense is filed thereto in writing, 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 an account, and there has been legal service of such declaration, and no defense is filed thereto, or if such defense as is filed is 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. All exceptions to declaration 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 consent of the parties and the court continued until after the trial term, and when all such preliminary questions and dilatory pleas and

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motions are disposed of, if the case is otherwise ripe for trial and there is no issue offered or 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 rules of procedure and practice prevailing in the superior courts of this State at the time of trial, and whenever, and in all cases when the rules of the superior court cannot be made applicable on account of the difference of the constitution of said court, then the judge of said court may make and promulgate rules to cover said cases. Procedure, pleading, and practice. Sec. 15. Be it further enacted, That the general laws of this State with regard to the commencement of suits in the superior courts, defenses, set-off, affidavits of illegality, arbitration, examination of parties to suits or witnesses by interrogatories or under subpoena, attendance of witnesses, continuances, or other matters of a judicial nature, within the jurisdiction of said city court, shall be applicable to said court, unless otherwise provided in this Act. It shall be competent to make additional parties in suit or proceedings in said city court, where it is necessary to determine the rights of interested persons. Any defendants in any cause in said court may set up equitable defenses, and it shall be within the power of said city court, in a proper case, to mould the verdict at law so as to do full justice to the parties, and in the same manner as a decree in equity, and the judgment and execution shall conform to the verdict. General laws applicable. Sec. 16. Be it further enacted, That the terms or sessions of said court shall be tri-monthly, beginning on the third Monday in August, 1918, and every three months thereafter; provided, that the city court judge may, from time to time, change the time of holding said sessions, such change to be advertised one or more times in some newspaper published or having a general circulation in said County of Coffee. The judge of said court shall have power to hold said sessions and adjourn from time to time, provided that said court shall not remain continuously in session at any time until nearer than within five days of the

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next succeeding term, and the judge of said court may set cases for trial at convenient time, and the said cases may then be tried, whether court has been held from day to day until said time or not. Terms of Court. Sec. 17. Be it further enacted, That all judgments obtained in said city court shall be a lien on all property belonging to the defendant or defendants throughout the State, in the same manner as are judgments of the superior courts, and all executions issuing from said city court shall be tested in the name of the judge and signed by the clerk thereof, and directed to the sheriff or his deputies of the City Court of Douglas, and to all and singular the sheriffs or their deputies of the State of Georgia. Judgments. Sec. 18. Be it further enacted, That suits in said city court shall in all respects be conformable to the mode of proceedings in the Superior Court, except as otherwise provided in this Act, but the process to writs shall be annexed and signed by the clerk of said city court to be tested in the name of the judge thereof, and be directed and be served by the sheriff and his deputies of Coffee County. Suits. Sec. 19. Be it further enacted, That all laws upon the subject of garnishment and attachments as to any matter whatever in the superior courts of this State shall apply to said city court, or if named with the superior court, so far as the nature of the city court admit. Attachments in said court are returnable to said court, shall be directed to the sheriff or his deputies of the City Court of Douglas, and to all and singular the sheriffs and constables of this State, and the judge of said city court 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. Attachment and garnishment. Sec. 20. Be it further enacted, That scire facias to make parties and revive judgments may be had as in the superior courts, but such scire facias shall run through the State and may be served by any sheriff or his deputy thereof. Scire facias.

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Sec. 21. Be it further enacted, That any writ or process of said city court to be served in any other county than Coffee shall be served by the same officers of the county of service as may serve superior court process, and parties out of the State may be served as in the superior courts. Service. Sec. 22. Be it further enacted, That all suits against joint obligations, joint promissor copartners or joint trespassers, in which any one or more resides in the county of Coffee, may be brought in said court within its jurisdiction 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 defendants. Sec. 23. Be it further enacted, That said city court shall be a court of record, with a seal, and the minutes, records, dockets and files that are required to be kept in the Superior Court shall be kept in and for said city court, and in the same manner, and shall be provided in the same manner as for the Superior Court. Records, seal, etc. Sec. 24. Be it further enacted, That all laws regulating the enforcing of judgments of the Superior Courts, whether civil or criminal, shall apply to said city court, and the executions shall issue and be levied, and sales be had thereunder, under the same rules and laws regulating the same in the Superior Courts. Laws applicable. Sec. 25. Be it further enacted, That from and after the passage of this Act, judgments may be taken at the appearance term in all suits based on promissory notes, stipulating for attorney fees, when the statutory notice has been given, for principal, interest and attorney's fees, unless there is a defense filed in said suit. Judgments by default. Sec. 26. Be it further enacted, That the judge of said city court shall have the same power to enforce his orders, to preserve order, punish for contempt and to enforce all his judgments, as vested by law in the judges of the Superior Courts. Contempts.

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Sec. 27. Be it further enacted, That all persons liable to serve as grand and petit jurors in Superior Court of Coffee county, shall be liable to serve as petit jurors in said city court, to copy into a book the lists of all names liable to serve as grand and petit jurors in said Superior Court, to be taken from the lists of said Superior Court, under the supervision of the judge of said city court, and to make a new list as often as said Superior Court jury lists are revised, to conform to said revision, which said book containing the lists of persons liable to serve as jurors in said city court as above prescribed, shall be alphabetically arranged, and shall be kept in the office of the clerk of said city court. The clerk shall also make out tickets equal in number to the number of persons on said lists, and write upon each the name of one of said persons, and deposit the same in a box to be provided at public expense, and numbered one, until there shall be a ticket in said box bearing the name of each person on said lists. Jurors. Sec. 28. Be it further enacted, That during the session of said city court, at each term in open court, the judge of said court, or the judge of the Superior Court, when presiding in said court, shall draw from said box number one thirty-six names of persons to serve as jurors at the next term thereafter of said city court, and shall cause the clerk to record the names so drawn, and then deposit the tickets in another box numbered two. These boxes shall be so constructed as to be kept under one seal and lock, and shall be kept sealed, and shall not be opened by any person except the judge of said city court, or the judge of the Superior Court when presiding in his place, for the purpose of drawing juries in open court, except in cases when, from failure to draw a jury in term time or from other cause, it may be necessary to draw a jury from said city court in vacation. If, from any cause, it should become necessary to draw a jury from said court in vacation, either the judge of said city court or the Superior Court judge may at any time, fifteen days before the next term of said city court, in the presence of the clerk and sheriff of said court, proceed to

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draw juries in the manner above prescribed. The clerk of said court shall keep said jury boxes, and the sheriff of said court shall keep the key, and it shall be the duty of the clerk of said city court, within six days after the appointment of the judge of said court, to prepare said jury lists in boxes hereinbefore provided, and after said boxes are prepared the jury to serve at the first term of said court shall be drawn, as above provided, for drawing juries in vacation. Juries. Sec. 29. Be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the clerk of said court to issue and deliver to the sheriff or his deputy of said court a precept containing the names of the persons drawn as jurors in said court, and upon receipt of said precept said sheriff or his deputy shall cause the persons whose names are therein written to be served personally or by leaving the summons at their most notorious place of abode, at least five days prior to the term of the court the juries were drawn to attend. Precept of jurors. Sec. 30. Be it further enacted, That twenty-four jurors drawn and summoned as above provided shall be empanelled, in all cases, both civil and criminal, unless trial by jury is waived, and the same rules and regulations as to strikes and the selection of a jury of twelve from said panel in each case shall prevail in said city court as now obtains in the Superior Courts of said State in the selection of juries in similar cases. The jurors those drawn on the regular panel, and likewise the talesman, the judge of said court being empowered to have summons instanter at any term of said court, whenever necessary to complete a panel, shall each receive the sum of two dollars per day while serving as jurors in said court, same to be paid under the rules governing the payment of Superior Court jurors, and the city court jury script shall stand on the same footing in every respect as Superior Court jury script. Panels of juries. Sec. 31. Be it further enacted, That the incidental expenses of the said city court shall be paid in the same manner as such expenses in the Superior Court are paid. Expenses.

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Sec. 32. Be it further enacted, That witnesses in civil and criminal cases in said city court shall receive the same pay, from the same source and in the same manner, as witnesses in the Superior Court. Witnesses' pay. Sec. 33. Be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of all the justices of the peace, notaries public and all other officers having like authority, to commit or bind over to said city court all persons charged with offenses for which they may be bound over or committed, within the limits of Coffee county, over which said city court has jurisdiction, to answer for said offense in said city court. Binding over. Sec. 34. Be it further enacted, That at any session or term of said city court the judge thereof may hear and determine the case or cases of any person charged with the commission of any criminal offense within the jurisdiction of said court, on accusation, indictment or presentments, without a jury; provided, the person accused shall in open court waive a trial by jury in said court; and provided further, that in no event shall the defendant be allowed to demand an indictment by the grand jury of said county. Should the accused waive trial by a jury in said court, the judge of said court shall have authority to try and dispose of said case at any time so soon as the State and the accused may get ready for trial, without waiting for a regular term of said court. When on investigation of a case on accusation the offense appears to be a felony, the trial shall be suspended and the defendant committed or bound over to the next term of the Superior Court of Coffee County, as in preliminary examinations. Trial without a jury. Felonies. Sec. 35. Be it further enacted, That all criminal cases tried in said city court, whether at a regular or special session, shall be upon written accusation, unless upon indictment or presentment; such accusation shall set forth plainly the offense charged, and shall conform as to matters of substance with the rules of criminal pleading which prevail in the Superior Courts, provided, however, that said accusations shall be amendable at any stage of the trial, until

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said accusation shall be legally sufficient, and same shall not be dismissed or quashed upon a mere technicality. Said accusation shall be based upon an affidavit made before the judge of said court as before some other competent judicial officer of this State, and same shall be signed by the solicitor of said court or other attorney representing the State, and having indorsed thereon the name of the prosecutor, if any. Accusation. Sec. 36. Be it further enacted, That the judge of the Superior Court of Coffee County shall by order transmit to said city court for trial and final disposition all presentments and bills of indictments found by the grand jury for offenses within the jurisdiction of said city court, which may remain indisposed of at the end of each term of the said Superior Court of Coffee county the order so transmitting such cases to be entered on the minutes of both courts. All bonds returnable to the Superior Court shall follow the case of the city court when so transferred, and the defendant shall in such case be bound to appear in said city court at its first session after such indictment or presentment shall have been transferred, and after he shall have notice of such transfer in like manner the judge of the Superior Court of Coffee County may by order transmit to said city court all civil cases upon the docket of the Superior Court which are within the jurisdiction of said city court; provided that the parties to said cases shall agree that same be transmitted to said city court. Transfer of Indictments. Bonds. Sec. 37. Be it further enacted, That the judge of said city court of Douglas 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. Upon the new trial of a case either party in a civil cause, or the defendant in a

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criminal case, shall have the right to demand a jury trial without regard to whether or not the preceding trial or trials were with or without a jury. New trials. Demand for jury. Sec. 38. Be it further enacted, That a writ of error shall be direct from the said city court of Douglas to the Court of Appeals of the State of Georgia upon a bill of exceptions filed under the same rules and regulations as govern and control the issuing of writs of error and filing of bills of exceptions in the Superior Courts of this State. Writ of error. Sec. 39. Be it further enacted, That the fees of the clerk of said city court shall be as follows: For each criminal case tried on accusation, $6.00; for each criminal case tried on indictment or presentment handed down from the Superior Court, $3.00; for each commission to take testimony, $1.00; for each subpoena, 15c; for filing and docketing civil cases, $1.00; for copying process, $1.00; for recording judgment and proceedings of same, $1.50; for issuing and docketing fi. fa., 50c; for full service in cases carried from said court to the Supreme Court, in each case, $5.00; for fee on garnishment, 50c; for filing pleas and demurrers, 50c; for filing and recording any order, 25c; for all other service required of him the fee for such service shall be the same as those for the clerk of the Superior Court on similar orders and matters in the Superior Court. Fees of clerk. Sec. 40. Be it further enacted, That fees of the sheriff of said court for service of writs, processes and all other papers generally for said court, and for all other services therein rendered, shall be the same as allowed the sheriff of the county for similar services rendered in and for the Superior Court. The fees for services of said sheriff in all criminal proceedings shall be the same fees as allowed the sheriff in the Superior Court. Fees of sheriff. Sec. 41. Be it further enacted, That the officers herein provided for said court shall receive no compensation for service rendered in the discharge of their duties as such officers other than the salary herein provided for each of

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said officers, and that all fees, costs, fines and forfeitures and all items and cases, both civil and criminal, in the City Court of Douglas shall be collected by the clerk of the City Court of Douglas and paid into the general funds of Coffee County, Georgia, except costs due sheriff and officials of other courts. Salary in lieu of fees. Sec. 42. Be it further enacted, That in the absence of the judge of said city court, from indisposition or otherwise, from any term of said court, it shall be the duty of the clerk or sheriff of said court to open and adjourn said court to such day as the judge in writing directs. Absence of judge. Sec. 43. Be it further enacted, That said city court shall have jurisdiction of all claim cases where personal property is levied on under execution or other process from said court. Claim cases. Sec. 44. Be it further enacted, That the judge of said City Court of Douglas shall have power to appoint an official reporter or stenographer for said city court, who, for services rendered in reporting civil cases and furnishing briefs of evidence therein, shall be allowed the same fees as is allowed for similar servics in the Superior Courts, same to be paid by the parties under rules governing such matters in Superior Courts. Criminal cases may likewise be reported when defendants desire this done, and will pay for the services of said reporter. Stenographer. Sec. 4. Be it further enacted, That the sessions of said court shall be held in the court house of Coffee County, in said city of Douglas. Sessions in court-house. 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 12, 1918.

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FLOYD COUNTY CITY COURT; AMENDING ACT. No. 282. An Act to amend an Act entitled an Act creating the City Court of Floyd County, approved September 27, 1883, and all other amendatory Acts thereof, so as to provide for the abolition of the fee system in said court as it affects the solicitor of said court; to provide for the payment of a salary to said solicitor; to provide that all costs, fines and forfeitures arising from the City Court of Floyd County which would, under the present fee system, go to the solicitor, shall be paid into the County Treasury of Floyd County and become a part of the general funds of said county; to provide that the solicitor shall not accept employment or appear as attorney or counsellor in behalf of defendants in criminal cases below the grade of felony arising in the County of Floyd; to provide a penalty for the violation of this provision; to define the duty of committing courts in respect to cases of which the City Court of Floyd County has jurisdiction, and to provide a penalty for the violation 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 fee system, so far as it relates to the solicitor of said city court, now existing in the City Court of Floyd County, be and the same is hereby abolished, and the solicitor of said court shall hereafter be paid a salary as hereinafter provided instead of fees as under the present system. Fee system abolished, as to solicitor. Sec. 2. The salary of the solicitor of the City Court of Floyd County shall be $1,200 per annum in lieu of all fees, fines and forfeitures now accruing to him as solicitor of said city court from any source, which said salary shall be paid monthly by the treasurer of Floyd county out of the general funds of said county, and it shall be the duty of the commissioners

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of said county to make provisions annually in levying taxes for this purpose. Salary of solicitor. Sec. 3. It shall be unlawful for the person holding the office of solicitor of said court during the term of his office to accept employment or appear as attorney or counsellor in behalf of defendants in criminal cases below the grade of a felony arising within the county of Floyd, and upon a violation of this section it shall be the duty of the Governor of this State to cite the person holding said office to appear before him on a day named and to show cause, after fifteen days' notice of the time and place of said hearing, why he should not forfeit his office for the cause aforesaid, and the same be declared vacant; and if, after hearing, the issue is found against the person holding said office, his office shall be declared vacant, and the same shall be filled by the appointment of the Governor under the same terms and provisions as are applicable to vacancies in said office arising from other causes. Unlawful employment. Vacation of office. Sec. 4. It shall be the duty of all committing courts of Floyd county, and all officials in the city of Rome in said county having committing powers, to commit the misdemeanor cases arising before them to the City Court of Floyd County, if in session at the time of such commitment; but if not in session, to the court then in session, and should there be no court then in session, then to the next court thereafter convening. And upon the failure of any committing officer to comply with the provisions of this section he shall be guilty of malpractice in office and punished as provided by Section 295 of the Penal Code of Georgia, 1910. Committals. Sec. 5. All costs, fines and forfeitures in all matters and cases, both civil and criminal, in the City Court of Floyd County shall be collected by the clerk of the said court, and shall be paid to the general fund of Floyd county, to the treasurer of said county, save and except only such costs, fines and forfeitures or parts thereof as are legally due and payable to other officials. Costs, fines, and forfeitures.

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Sec. 6. Be it further enacted, That the provisions of this Act shall not become effective until January 1st, 1921. The salary of the solicitor of the city court shall not be increased during his term of office. Effective Jan. 21, 1921. Sec. 7. All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be and the same are hereby repealed. Approved July 31, 1918. GREENSBORO CITY COURT STENOGRAPHER. No. 296. An Act to amend Section 36 of the Act creating the City Court of Greensboro, Act of 1912, page 234, by striking out the word five in the thirteenth line of said section and inserting in lieu thereof the word ten, so that said Act when amended shall read as follows: Be it further enacted, That there shall be a stenographer of said City Court of Greensboro appointed by the judge thereof, and all civil cases in said court shall be reported at the request of the plaintiff or defendant, or when ordered by the judge in his discretion, and the fee for reporting said cases to be the same as allowed for the same services in the Superior Courts, to be paid by the plaintiff and defendant equally, and in the final disposition of the case to be taxed as provided by law in the Superior Court. And the said stenographer shall have the right to enforce his fees as in the Superior Courts. And said stenographer shall report and transcribe all criminal cases tried in said court, and to be paid ten dollars for each day's work out of the county treasury on the order of the judge of said court. Stenographer. Pay per diem. 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 1, 1918.

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GREENVILLE CITY COURT; AMENDING ACT. No. 455. An Act to amend an Act entitled An Act to establish the City Court of Greenville, in and for the County of Meriwether; to define its jurisdiction and powers; to provide for the election of judge, solicitor and the appointment of officers thereof, and to define their power and duties; to provide for pleading and practice and new trials therein, and writs and errors therefrom to the Supreme Court, and for other purposes, approved December 13, 1899, and all amendments thereto, so as to provide for the number of jurors to be drawn in said court, and so as to provide for the number of jurors to constitute a panel in said court, and so as to provide for the number of strikes of said jurors in civil and criminal cases in said court, and so as to provide for judgments to be taken and entered at the first or appearance term of said court, and so as to provide for the distribution of all fines, forfeitures and such like funds arising in said 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, That from and after the passage of this Act, Section 26 of the aforesaid Act be and the same is hereby amended by striking the word sixteen wherever it occurs in said section, and inserting in lieu thereof the word twenty-four, so that said section when amended shall read as follows: Section 26. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That it shall be the duty of the clerk of said City Court of Greenville to prepare and file in his office a complete copy of the traverse jury list of the Superior Court of Meriwether County, as provided from time to time for such Superior Court. From said copy so made traverse jurors in said city court shall be drawn in the following manner: The clerk of said City Court of Greenville shall write upon separate

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tickets the names of each traverse juror, and shall number the same and place the same in a box to be prepared for the purpose, from which shall be drawn twenty-four traverse jurors in the manner as now required by law in the Superior Court. All laws with reference to the drawing, selecting and summoning traverse and tales traverse jurors in Superior Courts shall apply to the city court, except that the sheriff shall be paid $3.00 for summoning said jurors. All exemptions from jury duty now in force in the County of Meriwether shall apply and be of effect in the said city court. Act of 1899 amended. Jury list. Jurors, how drawn. Sec. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That Section 32 of said Act be and the same is hereby amended by striking therefrom the following words: Provided, that this section shall not apply to those presentments or indictments under which no arrests have been made, or those under which arrests have been made and the bond of the defendant forfeited; provided, that in all transferred cases the solicitor-general of the Coweta circuit shall be entitled to his accrued costs to be collected as herein provided for costs of the solicitor of the city court, so that said section when amended shall read as follows: Section 32. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the judge of the Superior Court shall send down from Superior Court of Meriwether 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 said courts. Transfer of indictments. Sec. 3. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That Section 28 of said Act be amended as follows: by striking the entire section and inserting in lieu thereof the following: Section 28. That the law with reference to panels of jurors in said city court, and the law with reference to the number of jurors before whom cases are tried in said city court, both civil and criminal, shall be

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the same and shall be identical with the law relating to those matters now of force in the Superior Courts in said State, and the law with reference to strikes of jurors shall likewise be the same as the law relating to strikes as now prevails in said Superior Courts. Panels of jurors. Sec. 4. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That Section 39 of said Act be and the same is hereby amended by striking all of said sections and inserting in lieu thereof the following: Section 39. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the first term of said city court, after defendants in all civil cases have been served at least fifteen days before the convening of said court, shall be trial or judgment term, unless there is a plea or pleas filed or answer made as required by law, or some legal defense made according to law by the defendant or defendants, and the judge of said court is authorized and empowered to give and grant judgments on all such cases in default at the first term of said court immediately upon or after the call of the appearance docket; verdicts likewise may be taken by the jury in all such cases, and judgments entered thereon. The first term shall be the appearance term in all cases properly answered at the call of the appearance docket, and in which pleas are filed, or other proper defense made, and the second term shall be the trial term in all such cases where pleas are filed or other proper defense is made and all laws, rules and practices in said court with reference to terms thereof and to continuances, pleadings and the trial causes therein shall be the same as in the Superior Courts, unless otherwise provided in this Act. Trial term. Appearance term. Sec. 5. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That Section 42 of said Act be and the same is hereby amended by striking the entire section and inserting in lieu thereof the following: Section 42. Be it enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all fines, forfeitures and such like funds arising from cases tried in said city court, and such like funds arising from any source in said court, shall

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be paid out by an order of the judge of said city court, which order shall be entered on the minutes of said court as follows: Twenty-five per cent. of same to the clerk and sheriff of said city court prorata upon their insolvent cost bill; fifty per cent. of same to the solicitor of said city court until such solicitor has received from such source in any one year the sum of six hundred dollars, it being the intention of this Act to provide that said solicitor may receive from such fines and forfeitures fifty per cent. of same until his compensation or pay amounts to six hundred dollars per annum from such source, and after such solicitor has received from such source in any one year the sum of six hundred dollars for his services, he is to have no further compensation or pay directly or indirectly, either in the way of costs from such fines or for fees for services rendered, and the remaining twenty-five per cent. of such fines and forfeitures shall be paid into the county treasury of said county, and in addition thereto, after said solicitor has received in any one year from the sources aforesaid the sum of six hundred dollars, then and after such event the fifty per cent. of such fines and forfeitures provided for for such solicitor shall likewise be paid into the county treasury of Meriwether county, provided that nothing herein shall be construed to repeal the law relative to payment of insolvent cost bills of magistrates and constables as are now prescribed by the Code for the payment of such bills. Should the said funds arising from fines, forfeitures and such like funds at any time upon a division of same as above prescribed be more than sufficient to pay off the insolvent cost bills of said officers, then such excess shall be ordered paid into the county treasury. Fines, forfeitures, etc., how paid out. 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 19, 1918.

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JEFFERSON CITY COURT SALARIES. No. 418. An Act to amend the Act creating the City Court of Jefferson in the County of Jackson, approved July 16, 1903, so as to fix the salary of the judge of said court at $1,200 per annum, and to fix the salary of the solicitor of said court at $1,000.00 per annum, 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 that the judge of the City Court of Jefferson shall receive a salary of $1,200.00 per annum, which salary shall be paid monthly by the treasurer of the County of Jackson, and that so much of the Act creating the City Court of Jefferson, approved July 16th, 1903, as provides that the judge of said court shall receive a salary of $600.00 per annum is hereby repealed; that so much of the first section of the Act amending said Act approved August 23rd, 1905, as provides that the judge of said court shall receive a salary of $800.00 per annum is repealed; that so much of the Act amending said Acts, approved August 17th, 1916, as provides that the judge of said court shall receive a salary of $1,000.00 per annum is repealed and superseded by the provisions of this Act as to amount and payment of said salary. Salary of judge. Sec. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That from and after the passage of this Act the solicitor of said City Court of Jefferson shall receive a salary of $1,000 per annum, which salary shall be paid monthly by the treasurer of the County of Jackson, and that so much of the Act creating the City Court of Jefferson approved July 16, 1903, as provides that the solicitor of said court shall receive fees for his services is hereby repealed, and that so much of the Act amending said Act approved August 23, 1905, as provides that the solicitor of said court shall receive

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a salary of $800.00 per annum is repealed and superseded by the provisions of this Act as to amount and payment of said salary. 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 18, 1918. MILLEN CITY COURT; AMENDING ACT. No. 462. An Act to amend an Act entitled An Act to establish the City Court of Millen, in the County of Millen, in and for the County of Jenkins, approved August 10th, 1912, as will be found in Georgia Laws of 1912, pages 245 to 275, and all Acts amendatory thereto, as will be found in Georgia Laws of 1916, pages 267 to 269, so as to provide for an increase in salary for the judge and solicitor thereof and for an increase in the fees for the sheriff and clerk thereof, and for the appointment of a deputy clerk for said City Court of Millen, and for other purposes; to provide for submitting this Act to a vote of the qualified voters of Jenkins county for ratification 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 establishing the City Court of Millen, approved August 10th, 1912, as amended by Acts approved August 19th, 1916, be and the same is hereby amended by striking out Section 2 of said amending Act, and inserting in lieu thereof the following: Section 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That there shall be a judge of the City Court of Millen who shall be elected by the qualified voters of Jenkins county and commissioned by the Governor of this State as hereinafter provided.

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The judge of said city court, when so elected, shall hold his office for the term of two years, and until his successor is elected and qualified; provided, however, that the first term of his office shall expire January 1, 1915; provided further, that all other terms thereafter shall be two years from said date. Should a vacancy occur in the office of judge, the ordinary of Jenkins county shall call an election to be held in said county to fill such vacancy upon such rules and regulations as govern elections for the filling of vacancies in county offices, and while such vacancies may exist, any judge of the city courts of this State may perform the duties of the judge of the City Court of Millen when requested to do so by the clerk thereof. The judge of said city court shall be furnished with an office in the court house by the county authorities, and shall receive a salary of fifteen hundred dollars per annum, to be paid in equal monthly installments from the treasury of Jenkins county. The said judge shall receive no other compensation, but may practice law in any other court except his own. Act of 1916 amended. Judge, election of. Term. Vacancy. Office and salary. Sec. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the Act establishing the City Court of Millen, approved August 10, 1912, and the same is hereby amended by striking out Section 8 of said Act and inserting in lieu thereof the following: Section 8. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That there shall be a solicitor of said city court who shall be elected by the qualified voters of Jenkins county and commissioned by the Governor as hereinafter provided. Said solicitor shall hold his office for the term of two years and until his successor is elected and qualified; provided, however, that the first term of his office shall expire January 1, 1915; provided further, that all other terms thereafter shall be two years from said date. Should a vacancy occur in the office of solicitor, the ordinary of Jenkins county shall call an election to be held in said county to fill such vacancy, upon such rules and regulations as govern the election for filling

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vacancies in county offices. The solicitor of said city court shall be furnished an office and shall receive a salary of twelve hundred dollars per annum, to be paid in equal monthly installments from the treasury of Jenkins county. Said solicitor shall receive no other compensation for his services whatever. Solicitor, election of. Term. Vacancy. Sec. 3. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That Section 11 of the Act establishing City Court of Millen, approved August 10, 1912, be and the same is hereby amended by adding the following paragraph to Section 11 of said Act: Any person, regardless of sex, may be appointed and is hereby authorized to fill said office of deputy clerk, so that said section when so amended shall read as follows: Section 11. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the clerk of the Superior Court of Jenkins County shall be ex-officio clerk of the City Court of Millen, and in his official connection with said city court shall be known as clerk of the City Court of Millen. Said clerk shall, before entering upon the duties of his office, take and subscribe an oath before the judge of said city court to faithfully and impartially discharge his duties as clerk thereof, which oath shall be entered upon the minutes of said city court. He shall also, before entering upon the duties of his office, execute a bond with good security in the sum of two thousand dollars for the faithful discharge of his duties and to well and truly account for all moneys that may come into his hands under and by virtue of being clerk of said court, which bond shall be payable to the Governor of the State, and filed and approved by the ordinary of Jenkins county. Said clerk may also appoint a deputy clerk under the same rules and regulations as govern the appointment of deputy clerks in the Superior Courts, which deputy shall be known in his official connection with said city court as deputy clerk of the City Court of Millen; any person, regardless of sex, may be appointed and is hereby authorized to fill said office of deputy clerk. Clerk. Deputy, male or female.

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Sec. 4. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the Act establishing the City Court of Millen, approved August 10th, 1912, be and the same is hereby amended by striking out the Section 44 of said Act and inserting in lieu thereof the following: Section 44. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the clerk of said city court shall receive for his services in criminal cases the same fees as are prescribed for clerks of the Superior Courts in Section 1133 of the Code of 1910, with the exception that he shall not receive anything for entering a bill of indictment, presentment or an accusation on the minutes in a case of a nolle prosequi, and he shall receive the sum of five dollars for each criminal case tried on indictment or presentment handed down from Superior Court, or an accusation arising from said city court. In addition to the fees herein provided the clerk shall receive three per cent. of all moneys to be collected by him as provided by this Act, and said per cent. shall be paid to the clerk in the same manner as provided by Section 49 of this Act for the payment of other fees. Clerk's fees. Sec. 5. Be it enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the Act establishing the City Court of Millen, approved August 10, 1912, be and the same is hereby amended by striking out Section 45 of said Act and inserting in lieu thereof the following: Section 45. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the sheriff of said city court shall receive for his service in criminal cases the same fees as are allowed sheriffs of Superior Courts for like services, with the exception that said sheriff shall receive no turnkey fees except as hereinafter provided, and shall only be allowed the sum of two dollars per day for attending the regular monthly and quarterly terms of said court. If necessary for him to have a deputy or a special bailiff, or bailiffs, in attendance before a quarterly term or monthly term of said court, he shall receive the sum of two dollars per day for services of such deputy or bailiffs. The riding bailiffs shall be paid as in Superior Courts. Sheriff's fees.

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Sec. 6. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaird, That the Act establishing the City Court of Millen, approved August 10, 1912, be and the same is hereby amended by striking out Section 50 of said Act and inserting in lieu thereof the following: Section 50. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the provisions of the preceding sections shall not include jail fees of the sheriff of said court, and the sheriff when presenting his bills under the preceding sections shall not include his jail fees, but in all cases the sheriff shall receive his jail fees, whether there is a conviction or not. Upon the proper presentation of his bills to the commissioners of roads and revenues for Jenkins county, who shall issue their warrant upon the county treasurer for said fees; provided, in all cases where the defendant is convicted and a fine is imposed and paid or a sentence is imposed for service upon the county chaingang, said sheriff shall be entitled to charge and collect in his bill of costs, turnkey fees in said case. Jail fees. Sec. 7. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the Act establishing the City Court of Millen, approved August 10, 1912, be and the same is hereby amended by striking out of said Act Section 55 of said Act and inserting in lieu thereof the following: Section 55. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the judge of said city court shall, when in his discretion the same is expedient, have power to appoint a reporter or stenographer for any day or term of said court, whose duty it shall be to take down the testimony, charge of the court, etc., in any case tried during any day or term for which he may be employed when requested so to do by either party in a case. Said stenographer shall preserve said testimony and transcribe same, together with the charge of the court, in any case when requested so to do by either party to a cause. For such services said stenographer shall be allowed a sum not exceeding ten dollars a [Illegible Text] during a session of said court, to be paid as provided in Section 49 of this Act, for the payment of other expenses. Before any stenographer

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of any court shall enter upon the discharge of his duties he shall take and subscribe an oath to faithfully and impartially discharge his duties as stenographer of said court to the best of his understanding and ability, which oath shall be filed with the clerk and spread upon the minutes of the court. Stenographer. Duty. Pay. Oath. Sec. 8. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the foregoing amendments shall not become effective until ratified by a majority of the qualified voters of said county. He shall vote upon said amendments on Tuesday after the first Monday in November, 1918, at which time the same shall be voted upon. Those favoring these amendments shall vote `In favor of amendments to the City Court Act' and those opposed to these amendments shall vote `Against the amendments to the City Court Act.' The ordinary of Jenkins county is hereby authorized and required to provide ballots and make all other necessary arrangements for taking said vote in said election, the expenses of which shall be paid by the county commissioners, as are all other general expenses of said county, out of any fund provided therefor. Immediately upon the approval of this Act by the Governor the ordinary of said county shall secure a certified copy from the Secretary of State, the caption of which he shall cause to be printed in the official organ of Jenkins county in four issues thereof prior to the date of said election, the expenses of which shall be paid for as herein provided for; provided, the publication fees shall not exceed ten dollars. If ratified, said amendments shall become immediately effective and shall remain effective only for and during the time that the United States Government is engaged at war with the Imperial Government of Germany, and shall become immediately null and void when peace shall have been declared between the United States Government and the Imperial Government of Germany or the German nation. This act referred to popular vote. Sec. 9. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid,

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That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be and the same are hereby repealed. Approved August 19, 1918. POLK COUNTY CITY COURT; AMENDING ACT. No. 390. An Act to repeal an Act entitled an Act to amend Section 4 of an Act entitled An Act to establish the City Court of Polk County, in the city of Cedartown, in and for the County of Polk; to define its jurisdiction and powers, to provide for the appointment of a judge and other officers thereof, and for other purposes, so as to repeal the amendment approved July 27, 1906, and to amend the original Act creating said City Court of Polk County, approved November 18, 1901, so as to specify the courts in which the judge thereof shall not practice law, 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 aforesaid, That Sections 1, 2 and 3 of an Act to amend Section 4 of an Act entitled an Act to establish the City Court of Polk County, in the City of Cedartown, in and for the County of Polk; to define its jurisdiction and powers; provide for the appointment of a judge and other officers thereof, and for other purposes, so as to provide for an increase in the salary of the judge of said court, approved July 27, 1906, be and the same are hereby repealed. Repeal of Secs. 1, 2, 3 of Act of 1906. Sec. 2. Be it further enacted, That the eighteenth line of Section 4 of an Act to establish the City Court of Polk County, in the city of Cedartown, in and for the County of Polk; to define its jurisdiction and powers, provide for the appointment of a judge and other officers thereof; to define the powers of the judge and other officers thereof, and for other purposes, approved November 18, 1901, be and the

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same is hereby amended by striking the following words: Said judge shall not practice law during his term of office, and by inserting in lieu thereof after the word officer in line eighteen of said Section 4, the following words: Said judge shall not practice law in the City Court of Polk County or in the Superior Court of Polk County, except in cases appealed to the Superior Court of Polk County, but may practice in all other courts, so that said Section 4, when amended, shall read as follows: Be it further enacted, That there shall be a judge of said City Court of Polk County, who shall be appointed by the Governor, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, whose term of office shall be for four years, and all vacancies in the said office shall be filled by appointment of the Governor for the remainder of the unexpired term, such appointment being subject to the approval of the Senate, which may be then in session, or if the Senate be not in session at the time of such appointment, or shall fail to act, then subject to the approval of the Senate at any session thereafter; provided, that the judge first appointed under the Act shall, if the Senate be not in session, or shall fail to act, hold and fill the office subject to the approval of the Senate at any session thereafter. The judge of said City Court of Polk county shall receive a salary of twelve hundred dollars per annum, which shall not be increased or diminished during his term of office, and shall be paid monthly out of the treasury of the county of Polk, without the intervention or order of the county commissioners, or any other county officers. Said judge shall not practice law in the City Court of Polk County or in the Superior Court of Polk County, except in cases appealed to the Superior Court of Polk County, but may practice in all other courts. Act of 1901 amended. Judge. Practice of law. Sec. 3. Be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect on January 1st, 1919. Sec. 4. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed. Approved August 17, 1918.

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SAVANNAH CITY COURT SALARIES. No. 452. An Act to alter and amend the laws relating to the City Court of Savannah, 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 January 1st, 1919, the judge of the City Court of Savannah shall be paid a salary of $6,000 per annum, in monthly installments of $500 each, the same to be paid out of the treasury of Chatham county, as other court expenses are paid. Judge's salary. Sec. 2. Be it further enacted, That the second deputy clerk of said court shall receive a salary of $25.00 per month, to be paid as the salary of the judge of said court is paid. Second deputy clerk. Sec. 3. Be it enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be and they are hereby repealed. Approved August 19, 1918. SYLVESTER CITY COURT; AMENDING ACT. No. 374. An Act to amend an Act approved August 8, 1916, entitled an Act to establish a City Court in the city of Sylvester, County of Worth; to define its jurisdiction and powers; to provide for a judge and solicitor and other officers thereof; to define their powers and duties; to provide for pleading and practice and new trials and writs of error therefrom to the Court of Appeals, and for other purposes, by amending that part of Sections 14, 15, 16, 17 and 18 of said Act providing for the payment and fixing compensation for the clerk and sheriff of said court; and by providing in lieu thereof for the fixing

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and payment of compensation for the clerk and sheriff of said court; to provide for writs of error from the City Court of Sylvester to the Court of Appeals, 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 establish a city court in the city of Sylvester, county of Worth; to define its jurisdiction and powers; to provide for a judge and solicitor and other officers thereof; to define their powers and duties; to provide for pleading and practice and new trials, and writs of error therefrom to the Court of Appeals, and for other purposes, approved August 8th, 1916, be and the same is hereby amended by striking from Section 14 of said Act and beginning with the fourth line of said section, the following: Two-thirds of the fees which the clerk of the Superior Court receives when the amount involved is less than two hundred dollars, and the said clerk shall not be required to keep a final record of cases where the amount involved is less than two hundred dollars. In all other instances the clerk of the City Court of Sylvester shall receive, and by striking the words where the amount involved is two hundred dollars and more in the twelfth and thirteenth lines of said section, so that said section, when amended, shall read as follows: Section 14. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the clerk of the City Court of Sylvester shall receive in all civil business prosecuted in the said city court, the same fees as the clerks of the Superior Courts of this State; his duties relating to the records of the said city court shall be the same as in the Superior Court; and the said clerk is hereby entitled to the same remedies to enforce the collection of their fees in the said city court as they are now entitled to in the Superior Courts of this State. Act of 1916 amended. Clerk's fees. Sec. 2. That said Act be further amended by striking the following portion of Section 15, beginning with the

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word except in the fifth line of said section, and striking all the remainder of said Section 15 as follows: Except that no costs shall be paid for verdicts rendered by a jury, and the said sheriff shall receive only one dollar where the amount is less than two hundred dollars; where the amount involved is two hundred dollars or more the said sheriff shall receive the same fees as he is entitled to where the action is in the Superior Court, so that said section when amended shall read as follows: Section 15. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the sheriff of the City Court of Sylvester shall receive in all civil business prosecuted in the City Court of Sylvester the same fees as are now paid to the sheriffs of the Superior Courts of this State. Sheriff's fees. Sec. 3. That said Act be further amended by adding after the word That in the second line of Section 16 of said Act, the words, one-half, and by adding after the word costs in the third line of Section 16 of said Act the words including fines, forfeitures or otherwise accruing from criminal business or procedure in said city court; that said Act be further amended by adding after the word same, the last word in Section 16 of said Act, the following: And for the purposes of this Act the sheriff of said court is hereby made the collecting officer of said court, and shall collect all fines and moneys arising on account of same, so that said section when amended shall read as follows: Section 16. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That one half all money paid into the City Court of Sylvester on account of criminal costs, including fines, forfeitures or otherwise accruing from criminal business or procedure in said city court, except as hereinafter provided, shall be turned over to the treasurer of Worth county by the officer of said court collecting same, and for the purpose of this Act the sheriff of said court is hereby made the collecting officer of said court, and shall collect all fines and moneys arising on account of same. Costs, fines, forfeitures, etc.

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Sec. 4. That said Act be further amended by striking the following portion of Section 17 of said Act, as follows: Beginning with the word and in line four of said Section 17 and striking the words And shall be paid to the Treasurer of Worth county, which is the remainder of Section 17, so that said Section 17 of said Act when amended shall read as follows: Section 17. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That in all criminal cases settled upon the payment of costs, the costs shall be the same as in the Superior Courts of this State in similar cases. Costs in criminal cases. Sec. 5. That said Act be further amended by adding after the word full in the third line of Section 18 of said Act the words and entire, and by striking from said Section 18 of said Act, beginning with the word the in the fifth line of said section and ending with the word annum in the sixth line the following: The sum of four hundred and fifty dollars per annum, and inserting in lieu thereof the following: One-fourth of all money arising from fines, forfeitures and other criminal procedure in said court that is actually paid over to the collecting officer of said court, and which shall be paid over to said clerk by said collecting officer at such time and times as he may receive or collect the same. That said Act be further amended by adding after the word full in the seventh line of Section 18 of said Act, the words and entire, and by striking from said Section 18 of said Act all of lines nine, ten and eleven as follows: The sum of six hundred and fifty dollars per annum, except that the said sheriff shall receive the same fees for making arrests in criminal cases as in the Superior Court, and inserting in lieu thereof the following: One-fourth of all money arising from fines, forfeitures and other criminal procedure in said court that is actually paid over to the collecting officer of said court, and which shall be paid over to said sheriff by said collecting officer at such time and times as he may receive or collect the same, so that said Section 18 of said

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Act when amended shall read as follows: Section 18. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the clerk of the said City Court of Sylvester shall receive as full and entire compensation for all services rendered in connection with the criminal business of the said city court one-fourth of all money arising from fines, forfeitures and other criminal procedure in said court that is actually paid over to the collecting officer in said court, and which shall be paid over to said clerk by said collecting officer at such time and times as they may receive or collect the same; that the sheriff of said City Court of Sylvester shall receive as full and entire compensation for all services rendered in connection with the criminal business of the city court one-fourth of all money arising from fines, forfeitures and other criminal procedure in said court that is actually paid over to the collecting officer of said court, and which shall be paid over to said sheriff by said collecting officer at such time and times as he may receive and collect the same. Clerk's compensation in full. 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 17, 1918. THOMASVILLE CITY COURT JUDGE'S SALARY. No. 273. An Act to amend an Act entitled An Act to establish the City Court of Thomasville, in and for the County of Thomas; to define its jurisdiction and powers, etc., approved August 18, 1905, as amended by the Act approved August 6, 1912, so as to change and fix the salary of the judge 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 authority of the same, That from and after the passage of this Act

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the above recited Act establishing the City Court of Thomasville, approved August 18, 1905, and embodied in the Georgia Laws of 1905, pages 383 to 395, inclusive, as amended by an Act of the General Assembly of Georgia, approved August 6, 1912, and embodied in the Georgia Laws of 1912, pages 313 to 315, inclusive, be and the same is hereby amended as follows: By striking from said original Act all of Section 12, and from said amendatory Act all of Section 1, and by inserting in lieu thereof and to be known as Section 12, the following, to-wit: Section 12. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the judge of said court must be at least twenty-eight years of age; must have been a resident of the county of Thomas at least three years immediately preceding his election and a practicing attorney at law at least five years before his election. Before entering upon the discharge of his duties he shall 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 discharge and perform my duties, which may be required of me as judge of the City Court of Thomasville, in the county of Thomas, of this State, according to the best of my ability and understanding, agreeable to the laws and Constitution of this State and the Constitution of the United States, so help me God.' Such oath shall be immediately forwarded to the Governor and filed in the executive department. Said judge may practice law in any other court except the one provided for by this Act; he shall have authority to issue criminal warrants, to disposses tenants holding over and intruders; to issue distress warrants and generally to do all acts which the judges of the county courts are generally authorized to do, unless otherwise provided in this Act. The said judge shall receive a salary of three thousand dollars per annum, which shall be paid monthly out of the treasury of Thomas county by the person or persons charged by law with the paying out of the money of said county. The said judge shall have the same power

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to enforce his orders, preserve order and punish for contempt, and enforce laws and judgments as is vested by law in the judges of the Superior Courts of this State. Acts of 1905 and 1912 amended. Salary of judge. 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 31, 1918. VALDOSTA CITY COURT TERMS CHANGED. No. 288. An Act to amend Section 11 of the Act establishing the City Court of Valdosta, approved December 11, 1901 (Acts 1901, pages 376 to 388) as amended by an Act approved August 5th, 1905 (Acts 1905, pages 395 to 398), so as to change the terms of said court from the first Monday in March, June, September and December of each year to the second Monday in January, April, July and October 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 by the authority of the same, That Section 11 of the Act approved December 11th, 1901 (Acts 1901, pages 176 to 188) as amended by Section 4 of the Acts approved August 15th, 1905 (Acts 1905, pages 395 to 398) be and the same is hereby amended by striking from line two of said Section 11 of said Act of 1901, as amended by said Act of 1905, the word first, and inserting in lieu thereof the word second and by striking from line three of said Section 11 of said Act of 1901, as amended by said Act of 1905, the words March, June, September and December, and inserting in lieu thereof the words January, April, July and October, so that said section when amended will read as follows: Sec. 11. Be it further enacted, That the terms of said City Court of Valdosta shall be held quarterly, beginning

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on the second Monday in January, April, July and October of each year. The judge of said city court shall have power to hold said court in session and adjourn from time to time; providing that said court shall be finally adjourned at least five days before the next succeeding term. Acts of 1901 and 1905 amended. Terms of court. Sec. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That this Act shall take effect immediately upon the passage of the same; provided, however, that if any proceedings have been instituted in said court returnable to the September, 1918, term thereof, the same shall stand over and be, and the same are hereby made returnable to the October term of said court as effectually as if the same had been made returnable to the October term, 1918, in the first instance. Return term of suits. Sec. 3. 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, 1918. WAYCROSS CITY COURT SALARIES. No. 412. An Act to amend an Act to establish the City Court of Waycross in and for the County of Ware, to define its jurisdiction and powers, and for other purposes, so that from and after the passage of this Act and until otherwise provided, the salary of the judge of said court shall be eighteen hundred dollars per annum, and the salary of the solicitor of said court shall be seventeen hundred dollars per annum. 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 Act approved August 22nd, 1907, on pages 244 and 245, of the

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Acts of the Georgia Legislature of 1907, be and the same are hereby amended as follows: Act of 1907 amended. Sec. 2. The second section of said Act is hereby amended so as to make the salary of the judge of said City Court of Waycross the sum of eighteen hundred dollars per annum, and so as to make the salary of the solicitor of said City Court of Waycross the sum of seventeen hundred dollars per annum instead of fifteen hundred dollars per annum as therein provided, so that when amended said section shall read as follows: Be it enacted by the authority aforesaid, That from and after the passage of this Act, and until otherwise provided, the salary of the judge of the City Court of Waycross shall be eighteen hundred dollars per annum and the salary of the solicitor of said court shall be seventeen hundred dollars per annum, which shall be paid monthly out of the treasury of said county and out of the general county funds. Salaries of judge and of solicitor. Sec. 3. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That so much of the Act creating the City Court of Waycross approved December 11th, 1897, and so much of the amendments thereof in the Act approved July 30th, 1903, and so much of the Act approved August 23rd, 1905, and so much of the Act approved August 22nd, 1907, as are in conflict with the provisions of this Act, and all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be and the same are hereby repealed. Repeal of conflicting laws. Approved August 19, 1918. BACON COUNTY COURT ABOLISHED. No. 314. An Act to repeal an Act to create a county court in each county of the State of Georgia except certain counties therein mentioned, approved January 19th, 1872, and all

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Acts amendatory thereof, so far as the same applies to Bacon, 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 is hereby repealed, so far as they apply to the County of Bacon, and the county court of said County of Bacon is hereby abolished. Repeal of law and abolishment of court. Sec. 2. That all papers, books, suits. mesne and final processes of whatever nature, and all criminal cases and business now pending in the County Court of Bacon County be and the same are hereby transferred to the Superior Court of Bacon County for trial and final disposition. Transfer of proceedings. Sec. 3. That all laws in conflict with this Act be and the same are hereby repealed. Approved August 8, 1918. ATLANTA MUNICIPAL COURT; AMENDING ACT. No. 512. An Act to amend an Act carrying into effect the provisions of amendments to Paragraph 1. Section 7, of Article 6, of the Constitution of the State of Georgia, ratified October 2, 1912, establishing the Municipal Court of Atlanta; the Acts herein referred to being approved August 20th, 1913, and the Acts amendatory thereto; providing for chief clerk to the clerk of the Municipal Court of Atlanta, and fixing the salary thereof; for revising of cost bill (amending Section 49 of said Act), providing for costs in trial by jury (amending Section 39 of said Act); for authority to order service perfected after the first term (amending Section 36 of said Act); for authority

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to render default judgments in certain cases (amending Section 46 of said Act); providing for certain penalties for justices of peace for issuing processes to be served within the city limits of the city of Atlanta (amending Section 58 of said Act); for a conciliation branch 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 authority of the same, That on and after the approval of this Act the judges of the Municipal Court of Atlanta, Fulton section, shall have authority to appoint a deputy clerk to be known as chief clerk to the clerk of said court, and who shall have the same powers and be subject to the same liabilities as a deputy clerk of said court, and in addition thereto who, in the absence of the clerk, shall perform the duties of the clerk, under the direction of the chief judge. He shall execute a bond payable to the clerk in the sum of $2,500.00, conditioned for the faithful discharge of the duties of his office. He shall receive as his compensation a sum of not more than $2,100 per annum, payable in monthly installments of not more than $175 each; his salary to be fixed by the judges on the recommendation of the clerk, and to be paid in like manner as the salaries of deputy clerks as now provided for. Chief clerk to the clerk. Bond. Salary. Sec. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That Section 36 of the Act approved August 20, 1913, be amended by adding after the word thereafter in line 14, by inserting as follows: Provided, that where service is not so perfected by the marshal or deputy marshal of said court, the chief judge shall have the same power as is now vested in the judges of the Superior Courts of this State, to order the process amended and service to be perfected at the next term after his order, so that said Section 36 when amended shall read as follows: Section 36. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the terms of said court shall commence on the first and third

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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 late for a particular term shall be good for the next succeeding term thereafter; providing that where service is not perfected by the marshal or deputy marshal of said court, the chief judge shall have the same power as is now vested in the judges of the Superior Courts in this State, to order the process amended and service to be perfected at the next term after his order. 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 [Illegible Text] 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 prescibed 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

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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 the summons were 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 postoffice address of the defendant or his attorney. Act of 1913 amended. To be read. Order to perfect service. Sec. 3. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That Section 46 of said Act be amended by inserting after the word returnable, in the fifth line of said Section 46, as follows, to-wit: And in all cases, except actions for unliquidated damages, and there is no issuable defense made by the party sued, the plaintiff shall be permitted to take judgment as if each and every item or paragraph were proven by testimony, so that said Section 46 as amended will read as follows: Section 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, and in all cases, except actions for unliquidated damages, and there is no issuable defense made by the party sued, the plaintiff shall be permitted to take judgment as if each and every item, or paragraph, were proven by testimony; 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

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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. Judgment by default. Sec. 4. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That Section 58 of the Act creating said court, as approved August 20, 1913, be and the same is hereby amended by inserting after the word provided. in the eighth line of said Section 58, as follows, or any justice of the peace, or any notary public, ex-officio justice of peace issuing any process, warrant, suit or writ of any kind or character to be executed within the limits of the city of Atlanta, so that said Section 58 as amended shall read as follows: Section 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, or any justice of the peace or any notary public ex-officio justice of the peace issuing any process, warrant, suit or writ of any kind or character to be executed within the limits of the city of Atlanta, 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. Justice of the peace in contempt. Sec. 5. All laws and parts of laws in conflict herewith are hereby repealed. Approved August 20, 1918.

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ATLANTA MUNICIPAL COURT; SALARY INCREASES No. 261. An Act to amend an Act, carrying into effect the provisions of Paragraph 1, Section 7, of Article 6, of the Constitution of the State of Georgia, ratified October 2nd, 1912, establishing the Municipal Court of Atlanta, approved August 20th, 1913, and Acts amendatory thereto, so as to give authority to the commissioners of roads and revenues of Fulton County to increase the salaries of the clerk and deputy clerks, marshal and deputy marshals and special marshals, in a sum not greater than 20 per cent. of the amount now provided by law. Sec. 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 carry into effect in the city of Atlanta the provisions of amendment to Paragraph 1, Section 7 of Article 6 of the Constitution of the State of Georgia, ratified October 2nd, 1912, relating to the abolishment of justice courts and the office of justice of the peace and notary public ex-officio justices of the peace in certain cities, and for other purposes, approved August 20th, 1913, and the Acts amendatory thereto be and the same are hereby amended as follows: Act of 1913 amended. Sec. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That on and after the passage of this Act, that the Commissioners of Roads and Revenues of Fulton County be and they are hereby authorized and empowered to increase from time to time the salaries of the clerk and deputy clerks, marshal and deputy marshals, and special marshals, to a sum not to exceed a total of twenty per cent., in addition to the amount now provided by law as salary or compensation of said officers. Said increase to be paid in like manner as the salaries of the marshal and deputy marshals, clerk and deputy clerks and special marshals as now

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provided by law, and to continue of force only so long as the commissioners may from time to time direct. Authority to increase salaries 20 per cent. 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 July 10, 1918. MACON MUNICIPAL COURT; AMENDING ACT. No. 490. An Act to amend an Act abolishing justice courts, the offices of justice of the peace and notary public ex-officio justice of the peace, and the office of constable in the city of Macon, and to establish and create in lieu thereof a Municipal Court in the city of Macon, approved August 16, 1913, and also for the purpose of amending an Act amending the above recited Act, approved August 18, 1917, which amendment was for the purpose of regulating the fees of the officers of courts, and to authorize the judge of the Superior Court of Bibb County to appoint a secretary, 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 above recited Act, approved August 16th, 1913, and the above recited Act, approved August 18th, 1917, be amended by striking the words fifteen hundred dollars and fifteen hundred dollars per annum where the same occur in Section ----- of said last mentioned Act, and inserting in lieu thereof the words eighteen hundred and eighteen hundred dollars per annum, so that the compensation of the clerk of said municipal court of the city of Macon is hereby fixed at the sum of eighteen hundred dollars per annum. Acts of 1913 and 1917 amended. Clerk's pay. Sec. 2. Be it further enacted, That Section 2 of the Act approved August 18th, 1917, amending the original Act approved August 16th, 1913, be amended by striking the words

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one thousand and eighty wherever they occur in said section of said Act, and inserting in lieu thereof the words fifteen hundred, so that the compensation of the deputy clerks of the said Municipal Court of the city of Macon shall be fixed at the sum of fifteen hundred dollars per annum. Deputy clerk's pay. Sec. 3. Be it further enacted, That said Act approved August 18, 1917, amending the original Act approved August 16, 1913, be amended by striking the words fifteen hundred in Section ----- of said Act approved August 18, 1917, and inserting in lieu thereof the words eighteen hundred, so that the salary of the sheriff of the Municipal Court of the city of Macon shall be fixed at the sum of eighteen hundred dollars. Sheriff's pay. Sec. 4. Be it further enacted, That Section 10 of the original Act approved August 16, 1913, be amended by inserting in said Act after the word demand where it occurs in Section 10, the following words, to-wit: not exceeding three in number, that said Section 10 be further amended by striking therefrom the figures 2.50 and the words per diem, and inserting in lieu of said figures and words the following: That the compensation of said deputy sheriffs shall be fifteen hundred dollars per annum. Deputy sheriff's pay. Sec. 5. Be it further enacted, That Section 3 of the Act approved August 18, 1917, amending said original Act be amended by striking from said Section 3 the following words, to-wit: In view of the additional duties placed upon the judge of the Superior Court by this Act, he is hereby authorized to appoint a secretary at a salary of not exceeding fifty dollars per month, the same to be paid out of the treasury of Bibb County, as other court expenses are paid, properly chargeable to said county. Provision for judge's clerk stricken. 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 19, 1918.

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SAVANNAH MUNICIPAL COURT; AMENDING ACT. No. 505. An Act to amend An Act to carry into effect in the city of Savannah the provisions of the amendment to Paragraph 1, Section 7 of Article 6 of the Constitution of the State of Georgia, ratified October 2nd, 1912, relating to the abolition of justice's courts and the office of justice of the peace in certain cities, as further amended by an Act of the Legislature of Georgia approved July 29th, 1914, and ratified November 3rd, 1914, relating to the abolition of said courts and officers in the city of Savannah, 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 Savannah, and to establish in lieu thereof the Municipal Court of Savannah in the city of Savannah; to define its jurisdiction and powers; to provide for the appointments, qualification, duties, powers and compensation of the judges and other officers thereof; to provide for pleading and practice and rules of procedure and new trial therein; to abolish the office of constable in said city; to define the jurisdiction of said court as to the amount of subject matter, and the territorial jurisdiction of each section 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 Act entitled An Act to carry into effect in the city of Savannah the provisions of the amendment to Paragraph 1, Section 7, of Article 6, of the Constitution of the State of Georgia, ratified October 2, 1912, relating to the abolition of justice's courts and the office of justice of the peace in certain cities, as further amended by an Act of the Legislature of Georgia, approved July 29,

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1914, and ratified November 3rd, 1914, relating to the abolition of said courts and officers in the city of Savannah, 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's courts and the office of justice of the peace, in the city of Savannah, and to establish in lieu thereof the Municipal Court of Savannah, in the city of Savannah, to define its jurisdiction and powers, to provide for the appointments, 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; to abolish the office of constable in said city; to define the jurisdiction of said court as to amount and subject matter and the territorial jurisdiction of each section thereof, and for other purposes, approved August 13th, 1915, be and the same are hereby amended as follows: Act of 1915 amended. Sec. 2. Be it enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the chief judge of the municipal court and ex-officio judge of the city court of Savannah, from and after January 1st, 1918, shall receive a salary of six thousand dollars ($6,000) per annum, which shall be paid as follows: $4,500.00 by the County of Chatham and $1,500.00 by the Mayor and Aldermen of the City of Savannah, and the authorities of said county and municipality are hereby directed and authorized to pay the same. Salary of chief judge. Sec. 3. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That from and after the first day of January nineteen hundred and nineteen (1919), each of the associate judges of the said Municipal Court of Savannah shall receive and be paid a salary of three thousand dollars ($3,000.00) per annum, payable semi-monthly by the mayor and aldermen of the city of Savannah. Salaries of associate judges. Sec. 4. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That from and after the first day of January, nineteen hundred and nineteen (1919), the clerk and bailiff of the

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said Municipal Court of Savannah shall receive and be paid each a salary of eighteen hundred dollars ($1,800.00) per annum, payable semi-monthly by the mayor and aldermen of the city of Savannah. Salaries of clerk and bailiff. Sec. 5. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the said original Act creating said Municipal Court of Savannah, approved August 13th, 1915, and Section 16 of said Act be and the same are hereby amended by striking from Section 16 the words and by the bailiff with the approval of the chief judge an additional deputy bailiff and such deputies shall be paid at the rate of three dollars ($3.00) per day each, for each day serving, provided, that no deputy shall be appointed to serve for a term exceeding thirty days without the approval of the mayor and aldermen of the city of Savannah, as to the length of said term, and inserting in lieu thereof the following words, and by the bailiff with the approval of the chief judge deputy bailiffs not to exceed two, so that when amended said section will read as follows: Section 16. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That in the event the three judges of said municipal court certify that additional officers are necessary in order to properly conduct the business of said court, there shall be appointed by the clerk, with the approval of the judge, a deputy clerk, and by the bailiff, with the approval of the chief judge, deputy bailiffs not to exceed two. The chief judge of said municipal court is authorized to remove such deputies appointed in pursuance of this section at any time that he thinks the duties of the court do not require such additional service. Deputy bailiffs. Sec. 6. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That from and after the first day of January nineteen hundred and nineteen (1919) the deputy bailiffs who may be appointed under the provisions of this Act shall be paid thirteen hundred and fifty dollars ($1,350.00) per annum, payable semi-monthly by the mayor and aldermen of the city of Savannah. Salaries of deputy bailiffs.

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Sec. 7. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That from and after the first day of January, nineteen hundred and nineteen (1919), any deputy clerk who may be appointed under the provisions of this Act shall receive and be paid a salary of fifteen hundred dollars ($1,500.00) per annum, payable semi-monthly by the mayor and aldermen of the city of Savannah. Salary of deputy clerk. 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 16, 1918.

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TITLE II. SOLICITORS-GENERAL; ABOLISHING FEES. ACTS. Blue Ridge Circuit; Salary Fixed. Cherokee Circuit; Salary Fixed. Cordele Circuit; Salary Fixed. Western Circuit; Salary Fixed. Flint Circuit; Salary Fixed. Middle Circuit; Salary Fixed. Northeastern Circuit; Salary Fixed. Stone Mountain Circuit; Salary Fixed. Coweta Circuit; Salary Fixed. BLUE RIDGE CIRCUIT; SALARY FIXED. No. 510. An Act to abolish the fee system now existing in the Superior Courts of the Blue Ridge Judicial Circuit, as applied to the office of solicitor-general, and all fees now, heretofore or hereafter accruing to the office of solicitor-general in said circuit, in so far as the same constitutes the compensation attached to said office; to provide for the payment of a salary to said solicitor-general, in addition to the salary prescribed in Paragraph 1 of Section 13 of Article 6 of the Constitution of this State; to provide for the disposition of the fines, forfeitures and fees, including insolvent costs, accruing to the office of solicitor-general in said judicial circuit; to impose certain duties upon the clerks of the Superior Courts of the counties composing said circuit, and upon the solicitor-general of said circuit, in reference to the collection, payment and disposition of all funds, moneys and emoluments accruing to the office of solicitor-general; to provide for the levy and collection of a tax by the county authorities of the various counties composing said circuit;

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for the purpose of paying the salary of said solicitor-general; 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 fee system now existing in the Superior Courts of the Blue Ridge judicial circuit, as applied to the office of solicitor-general, and all fees now or heretofore or hereafter accruing to the office of solicitor-general in said judicial circuit be and the same are hereby abolished in so far as the same constitute the compensation of said solicitor-general, but the same schedule of fees and costs, prescribed under existing laws, shall remain for the purpose of ascertaining the sum or sums to be paid into the treasuries of the counties composing said circuit, as provided by Section 3 of this Act, and the solicitor-general of said judicial circuit shall hereafter be paid a salary, as hereinafter provided, in lieu of fees, as under the present system. Salary in lieu of fees. Sec. 2. The salary of the solicitor-general of the said Blue Ridge judicial circuit shall be the sum of $3,500.00 per annum in addition to the salary of $250.00 per annum prescribed in Paragraph 1, Section 13 of Article 6 of the Constitution of this State, which said salary additional to the constitutional's salary of $250.00 per annum shall be paid pro rata out of the general treasuries of the various counties composing said circuit upon the basis of population; that is to say, each one of the counties composing said circuit shall pay such part or proportion of said salary as its population bears to the total population of all the counties in said circuit, according to the official Federal census of 1910, until the completion and promulgation of the next official Federal census, and then in like manner according to such succeeding Federal census, and so on according to each succeeding official federal census. It shall be and is hereby made the duty of the ordinary, county commissioners or other authority having control of county matters in each of said counties, to cause the part or portion

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of said salary so assessed against each of said counties to be paid to said solicitor-general quarterly in each year out of the funds of said counties; that is to say, on the first days of April, July, October and January, and upon regular county warrants issued therefor; and it is further made the duty of said ordinaries, county commissioners or other county authorities having control of county matters to make provision annually when levying taxes for expenses of courts for the levying and collection of sufficient taxes in their respective counties for the purpose of paying the portion of said salary chargeable against their respective counties as hereinbefore set forth; and the power to levy taxes for such purpose is hereby delegated to said counties. Said salary of $3,500.00 and the constitutional salary of $250.00 shall be in full payment for all of the services of said solicitor-general, for all traveling and other expenses and for all sums paid out by said solicitor-general for clerical aid and legal assistants engaged or employed by him, except as provided in Section 5 of this Act. Salary fixed; payable pro rata. No expense allowance. Sec. 3. In the distribution among officers of court of all costs, both in particular cases or matters, and all insolvent costs, and all fines, forfeitures and fees paid into the Superior Courts of the counties composing said judicial circuit or which may become due and payable therein, the said counties shall be subrogated to the rights and claims of the solicitor-general of said circuit, and any former solicitor-general, and shall stand in their places and stead, and shall be entitled to all funds, moneys and emoluments accruing to said office in said judicial circuit, and hereafter when orders on the insolvent fund or other judgment or finding are entered or approved in behalf of other officers of the court, instead of the same being entered and approved in the name of the solicitor-general, as under the present system, the same shall be entered and approved in the name of the solicitor-general, for use and benefit of the respective counties of said circuit. All costs, both in particular cases or matters, and all insolvent costs and all

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fines, forfeitures and fees, and all funds, moneys and emoluments accruing to the office of solicitor-general in said judicial circuit, under any laws heretofore or now existing or which may hereinafter be enacted, shall be collected by the clerks of the Superior Courts of the various counties composing said judicial circuit, and shall be paid by said clerks into the treasuries of their respective counties, all of which said sums shall be the property of said counties; that is to say, all sums collected from any and all cases or matters arising in any particular county shall be paid by said clerk into the treasury of that county, and shall become the property of said county, said clerks shall make written reports, under oath, of the amount so collected and make payment and remittance thereof to the treasurers or other custodians of county funds of said counties within 30 days after the adjournment of each term of court held in their respective counties; and shall furnish a duplicate of said sworn statement to the ordinaries, county commissioners, or other county authorities of such counties, at the time of making such statement and remittance to said county treasurers. Such clerks of the Superior Courts of said counties shall keep an accurate, detailed and exact record of all fees and emoluments, including insolvent costs, earned by the said solicitor-general of said circuit, from any and all services whatsoever, arising within their respective counties, and likewise keep a record of all sums collected by them, under the provisions of this Act, and paid by them into the treasuries of their respective counties; and their books, records and vouchers relating thereto shall be open to the inspection of the public, as other public records, and shall be the subject of investigation and inquiry by the grand juries of said counties, and shall also be audited whenever the books and records of other county officials are audited. Costs, fees, fines, and forfeitures; collection and account. Sec. 4. The solicitor-general of said circuit is hereby made chargeable with the duty of justly and accurately accounting to said clerks for all fees earned and costs collected,

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from any source whatsoever, in the various counties of said circuit, and at the conclusion of each term of court, he shall review and verify the books, records and vouchers of said clerks as to all fees earned and costs collected, and it shall be his duty at all times to exercise supervision over the collection of all said fines, fees and forfeitures, in all of the counties of said circuit, and to see that all sums of money due thereunder are faithfully collected and accurately accounted for and paid into the treasuries of said counties; and it also shall be his duty to furnish his own services as attorney at law in the collection of all such sums, whenever it becomes necessary. Account by solicitor-general. Sec. 5. Nothing in this Act shall be construed to affect the fees now allowed by law to solicitors-general of this State for appearance in criminal cases in the Supreme Court and Court of Appeals of this State. Fees in review courts not affected. Sec. 6. This Act shall not go into effect until the first day of January, 1919. Effective jan. 1, 1919. Sec. 7. All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be and the same are hereby repealed. Approved August 20, 1918. CHEROKEE CIRCUIT; SALARY FIXED. No. 435. An Act to abolish the fee system now existing in the Superior Courts of the Cherokee Judicial Circuit, as applied to the office of solicitor-general, and all fees now, heretofore and hereafter accruing to the officer of solicitor-general in said circuit in so far as the same constitutes the compensation attached to said office; to provide for the payment of a salary to said solicitor-general, in addition to the salary prescribed in Par. 1 of Sec. 13 of Article 6 of the Constitution of this State; to provide for the disposition of the fines, forfeitures and fees, including insolvent

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costs accruing to the office of solicitor-general in said judicial circuit; to impose certain duties upon the clerks of the Superior Courts of the counties composing said circuit, and upon the solicitor-general of said circuit in reference to the collection, payment and disposition of all funds, moneys and emoluments accruing to the office of solicitor-general; to provide for the levy and collection of a tax by the county authorities of the various counties composing said circuit, for the purpose of paying the salary of said solicitor-general, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same as follows: Section 1. The fee system now existing in the Superior Courts of the judicial circuit, as applied to the office of solicitor-general, and all fees now or heretofore or hereafter accruing to the office of solicitor-general in said judicial circuit be and the same are hereby abolished in so far as the same constitutes the compensation of said solicitor-general; but the same schedule of fees and costs prescribed under existing laws shall remain for the purpose of ascertaining the sum or sums to be paid into the treasuries of the counties composing said judicial circuit, as provided by Section 3 of this Act, and the solicitor-general of said judicial circuit shall hereafter be paid a salary, as hereinafter provided, in lieu of fees as under the present system. Salary in lieu of fees. Sec. 2. The salary of the solicitor-general of said judicial circuit shall be the sum of $3,000.00 per annum in addition to the salary of $250.00 per annum prescribed in Paragraph 1, Section 13 of Article 6 of the Constitution of this State, which said salary, additional to the constitutional salary of $250.00 per annm, shall be paid pro rata out of the general treasuries of the various counties composing said circuit, upon the basis of population; that is to say, each one of the counties composing said circuit shall pay such part or proportion of said salary as its population bears to the total population of all the counties in said circuit, according

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to the official federal census of 1910, until the completion and promulgation of the next official federal census, and then in like manner, according to such succeeding federal census, and so on, according to each succeeding official federal census. It shall be and is hereby made the duty of the ordinary, county commissioners, or other authority having control of county matters, in each of said counties, to cause the part or portion of said salary so assessed against each of said counties to be paid to said solicitor-general quarterly, in each year, out of the funds of said counties; that is to say, on the first days of April, July, October and January, and upon regular county warrants issued therefor; and it is further made the duty of said ordinaries, county commissioners, or other county authorities having control of county matters, to make provision annually when levying and collection of sufficient taxes in their respective counties for the purpose of paying the portion of said salary chargeable against their respective counties as hereinbefore set forth, and the power to levy taxes for such purpose is hereby delegated to said counties said salary of $3,000.00 and the constitutional salary of $250.00 shall be full payment for all the services of said solicitor-general, for all traveling and other expenses and for all sums paid out by the said solicitor-general for clerical aid and legal assistants engaged or employed by him, except as provided in Section 5 of this Act. No expense allowance. Sec. 3. In the distribution among officers of court of all costs, both in particular cases or matters and all insolvent costs and all fines, forfeitures and fees paid into the Superior Courts of the counties composing said judicial circuit, or which may become due and payable therein, the said counties shall be subrogated to the rights and claims of the solicitor-general of said circuit, and any former solicitor-general, and shall stand in their places and stead, and shall be entitled to all funds, moneys and emoluments accruing to said office in said judicial circuit; and hereafter when orders on the insolvent fund or other

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judgment or finding are entered or approved in behalf of other officers of court, instead of the same being entered and approved in the name of the solicitor-general (as under the present system, the same shall be entered and approved in the name of the solicitor-general) for the use and benfit of the respective counties of said circuit. All cost, both in particular cases or matters, and all insolvent costs and all fines, forfeitures and fees, and all funds, moneys and emoluments accruing to the office of solicitor-general in said judicial circuit, under any laws heretofore or now existing or which may hereinafter be enacted, shall be collected by the clerks of Superior Courts of the various counties composing said judicial circuit, and shall be paid by said clerks into the treasuries of their respective counties, all of which said counties; that is to say, all sums collected from any and all cases or matters arising in the particular county shall be paid by said clerk into the treasury of that county, and shall become the property of such county; said clerks shall make written reports, under oath, of the amounts so collected, and make payment and remittance thereof to the treasurers or other custodians of county funds of said counties, within thirty days after the adjournment of each term of court held in their respective counties; and shall furnish a duplicate of said sworn statement to the ordinaries, county commissioners, or other county authorities of such counties at the time of making such statement and remittance to said county treasurers. And upon the failure of said clerk to pay all such funds in his possession into the treasury of said county, according to the terms and provisions of this Act, the proper county authorities whose duty it now is to issue execution against defaulting tax collectors and county treasurers, shall have the power, and it shall be his duty, to issue execution in like manner against the clerk of said county and his bondsmen for such sums as said clerk may have failed to pay into the treasury; and said clerk shall have the right or his bondsmen shall have the right, to file any defense

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to said execution by affidavit of illegality that he or his bondsmen could file and plead if suit were filed upon his bond. The proceedings in all such cases shall be governed and controlled in the same manner as now provided by law in cases where execution is issued against defaulting tax collectors, both as to the enforcement of said execution and any defense filed thereto. Said clerks of the Superior Courts of said counties shall keep an accurate, detailed and exact record of all fees and emoluments, including insolvent costs, earned by the said solicitor-general of said circuit, from any and all sources whatsoever, arising within their respective counties, and likewise keep a record of all sums collected by them, under the provision of this Act, and paid by them into the treasuries of their respective counties; and their books, records and vouchers relating thereto shall be open to the inspection of the public, as other public records, and shall be the subject of investigation and inquiry by the grand juries of said counties, and shall be audited whenever the books and records of other county officials are audited. Costs, fees, fines, and forfeitures; collection and account. Sec. 4. The solicitor-general of said circuit is hereby made chargeable with the duty of justly and accurately accounting to said clerks for all fees earned and costs collected from any source whatsoever in the various counties of said circuit, and at the conclusion of each term of court he shall review and verify the books, records and vouchers of said clerks, as to all fees earned and costs collected, and it shall be his duty at all times to exercise supervision over the collection of all said fines, fees and forfeitures in all of the counties of said circuit, and to see that all sums of money due thereunder are faithfully collected and accurately accounted for and paid into the treasuries of said counties; and it shall also be his duty to furnish his own services as attorney at law in the collection of all such sums whenever it becomes necessary. Account by solicitor-general. Sec. 5. Nothing in this Act shall be construed to affect the fees now allowed by law to solicitors-general of this

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State for appearance in criminal cases in the Supreme Court and Court of Appeals of this State. Fees in review courts not affected. Effective Jan. 1, 1919. Sec. 6. This Act shall not go into effect until the first day of January, 1919. Sec. 7. All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be and the same are hereby repealed. Approved August 20, 1918. CORDELE CIRCUIT; SALARY FIXED. No. 307. An Act to abolish the fee system now existing in the Superior Court of the Cordele Judicial Circuit, as applied to the office of solicitor-general, and all fees now, heretofore or hereafter accruing to the office of solicitor-general in said circuit in so far as the same constitutes the compensation attached to said office, to provide for the payment of a salary to said solicitor-general, in addition to the salary prescribed in Paragraph 1 of Section 13, of Article 6 of the Constitution of this State; to provide for the disposition of the fines, forfeitures and fees, including insolvent costs, accruing to the office or solicitor-general in said judicial circuit; to impose certain duties upon the clerks of the Superior Courts of the counties composing said circuit, and upon the solicitor-general of said circuit, in reference to the collection, payment and disposition of all funds, moneys and emoluments accruing to the office of solicitor-general; to provide for the levy and collection of a tax by the county authorities of the various counties composing said circuit, for the purpose of paying the salary of said solicitor-general, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same as follows:

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Section 1. The fee system now existing in the Superior Court of the Cordele Judicial Circuit, as applied to the office of solicitor-general, and all fees now or heretofore or hereafter accruing to the office of said solicitor-general in said judicial circuit be and the same are hereby abolished in so far as the same constitutes the compensation of said solicitor-general; but the same schedule of fees and costs prescribed under existing laws shall remain for the purpose of ascertaining the sum or sums to be paid into the treasuries of the counties comprising said judicial circuit, as provided by Section 3 of this Act, and the solicitor-general of said judicial circuit shall hereafter be paid a salary as hereinafter provided, in lieu of fees, as under the present system. Salary in lieu of fees. Sec. 2. The salary of the solicitor-general of the said judicial circuit shall be the sum of $4,000.00 per annum, in addition to the salary of $250.00 per annum prescribed in Paragraph 1, Section 13, of Article 6 of the Constitution of this State, which said salary (additional to the constitutional salary of $250.00 per annum) shall be paid pro rata out of the general treasuries of the various counties composing said circuit, to-wit: Ben Hill, Crisp, Dooly and Wilcox; that is to say, that each of said named counties shall pay to the solicitor-general of said circuit in the manner and at the times hereinafter provided, the sum of one thousand dollars each per annum. It shall be and is hereby made the duty of the ordinary, county commissioners or other authority having control of county matters, in each of said counties, to cause the part or portion of said salary so assessed against each of said counties to be paid to said solicitor-general quarterly in each year, out of the funds of said counties; that is to say, on the first days of April, July, October and January, and upon regular county warrants issued therefor; and it is further made the duty of said ordinaries, county commissioners, or other county authorities having control of county matters to make provisions annually when levying taxes for expenses of courts for the

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levying and collection of sufficient taxes in their respective counties, for the purpose of paying the portion of said salary chargeable against their respective counties, as herein set forth, and the power to levy taxes for such purpose is hereby delegated to said counties. Said salary of $4,000.00 and the constitutional salary of $250.00 shall be in full payment for all the services of said solicitor-general, for all traveling and other expenses and for all sums paid out by said solicitor-general for clerical aid and legal assistants, engaged or employed by him, except as provided in Section 5 of this Act. Salary fixed payable pro rata. No expense allowance. Sec. 3. In the distribution among officers of court of all costs, both in particular cases or matters and all insolvent costs, and all fines, forfeitures and fees paid into the Superior Courts of the counties composing said judicial circuit, or which may become due and payable thereto, the said counties shall be subrogated to the rights and claims of the solicitor-general of said circuit, and any former solicitor-general and shall stand in their places and stead, and shall be entitled to all funds, moneys and emoluments accruing to said office in said judicial circuit; and hereafter when orders on the insolvent fund or other judgment or finding are entered and approved in behalf of other officers of court, instead of the same being entered and approved in the name of the solicitor-general, as under the present system, the same shall be entered and approved in the name of the solicitor-general for use and benefit of the respective counties of said circuit. All costs, both in particular cases and matters, and all insolvent costs, and all fines, forfeitures and fees, and all funds, moneys and emoluments accruing to the office of solicitor-general in said judicial circuit, under any laws heretofore or now existing or which may hereafter be enacted, shall be collected by the clerks of the Superior Courts of the various counties composing said judicial circuit, and shall be paid by said clerks into the treasuries of their respective counties; all of which sad sums shall be the property of said

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counties; that is to say, all sums collected from any and all cases or matters arising in any particular county shall be paid by said clerk into the treasury of that county, and shall become the property of such county, said clerks shall make written reports, under oath, of the amounts so collected, and make payment and remittance thereof to the treasurers or other custodians of county funds of said counties within thirty days after the adjournment of each term of court held in their respective counties, and shall furnish a duplicate of said sworn statement to the ordinaries, county commissioners, or other county authorities of such counties at the time of making such statement and remittance to said county treasurer. Said clerks of the Superior Courts of said counties shall keep an accurate, detailed and exact record of all fees and emoluments, including insolvent costs, earned by said solicitor-general of said circuit, from any and all sources whatsoever, arising within their respective counties, and likewise keep a record of all sums collected by them, under the provisions of this Act, and paid by them into the treasuries of their respective counties, and their books, records and vouchers, relating thereto shall be open to the inspection of the public, as other public records, and shall be the subject of investigation and inquiry by the grand juries of said counties, and shall also be audited whenever the books and records of other county officials are audited. Costs, fees, fines, and forfeitures: collection and account. Sec. 4. The solicitor-general of said circuit is hereby made chargeable with the duty of justly and accurately accounting to said clerks for all fees earned and costs collected, from any source whatsoever, in the various counties of said circuit; and at the conclusion of each term of the court, he shall review and verify the books, records and vouches of said clerks, as to all fees earned, and costs collected, and it shall be his duty, at all times, to exercise supervision over the collection of all said fines, fees and forfeitures, in all of the counties of said circuit, and to see that all sums of money due thereunder are faithfully collected

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and accurately accounted for and paid into the treasuries of said counties; and it shall also be his duty to furnish his own services as attorney at law in the collection of all such sums whenever it becomes necessary. Account by solicitor-general. Sec. 5. Nothing in this Act shall be construed to affect the fees now allowed by law to solicitor-general of this state for appearance in criminal cases in the Supreme Court and Court of Appeals of this State. Fees in review courts not affected. Sec. 6. This Act shall not go into effect until the first day of January, 1919. Effective Jan. 1, 1919. Sec. 7. All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be and the same are hereby repealed. Approved August 8, 1918. COWETA CIRCUIT; SALARY FIXED. No. 407. An Act to abolish the fee system now existing in the Superior Courts of the Coweta Judicial Circuit, as applied to the office of solicitor-general, and all fees hereafter accruing to the office of solicitor-general in said circuit, in so far as the same constitutes the compensation attached to said office; to provide for the payment of a salary to said solicitor-general, in addition to the salary prescribed in Paragraph 1 of Section 13 of Article 6 of the Constitution of this State; to provide for the disposition of the fines, forfeitures and fees, including insolvent costs, accruing to the office of solicitor-general in said judicial circuit; to impose certain duties upon the clerks of the Superior Courts of the counties composing said circuit and upon the solicitor-general of said circuit in reference to the collection, payment and disposition of all funds, moneys and emoluments accruing to the office of solicitor-general; to provide for the levy and collection of a tax by the county authorities of

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the various counties composing said circuit for the purpose of paying the salary of said solicitor-general, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same as follows: Sec. 1. The fees as now provided by law for the compensation for services rendered by the solicitor-general of the Coweta Judicial Circuit in the Superior Courts of said circuit, and all fees accruing to the office of solicitor-general for services rendered in said Superior Courts after January 1, 1919, be and the same are hereby abolished in so far as the same constitutes the compensation of said solicitor-general; but the same schedule of fees and costs, prescribed under existing laws shall remain for the purpose of ascertaining the sum or sums to be paid into the treasuries of the counties composing said judicial circuit as provided by Section 3 of this Act; and the solicitor-general of said judicial circuit shall hereafter be paid a salary, as hereinafter provided, in lieu of fees, as under the present system. Salary in lieu of fees. Sec. 2. The salary of the solicitor-general of the said Coweta Judicial Circuit shall be the sum of $3,750.00 per annum, in addition to the salary of $250.00 per annum prescribed in Paragraph 1, Section 13 of Article 6 of the Constitution of this State, which said salary (additional to the constitutional salary of $250.00 per annum) shall be paid pro rata out of the general treasuries of the various counties composing said circuit in the following proportions, to-wit: Carroll county shall pay the sum of $912.02; Coweta county shall pay the sum of $922.80; Meriwether county shall pay the sum of $721.75; Troup county shall pay the sum of $933.80; Heard county shall pay the sum of $259.62. It shall be and is hereby made the duty of the proper office or offices having control of county matters in each of said counties, to cause the part or portion of said salary so assessed against each of said counties to be paid to said solicitor-general

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quarterly in each year out of the funds of said counties; that is to say, on the first days of April, July, October and January, and upon regular county warrants issued therefor, and it is further made the duty of the ordinaries, county commissioners, or other county authorities having control of county matters, to make provisions annually when levying taxes for expenses of courts for the levying and collection of sufficient taxes in their respective counties for the purpose of paying the portion of said salary chargeable against their respective counties, as hereinbefore set forth and the power to levy taxes for such purpose is hereby delegated to said counties. Said salary of $3,750.00 and the constitutional salary of $250.00 shall be in full payment for all services of said solicitor-general in lieu of fees as now provided by law, except as provided in Section 5 of this Act. Salary fixed; apportioned to counties. Sec. 3. In the distribution among officers of court of all costs, both in particular cases or matters, and all insolvent costs and all fines, forfeitures and fees paid into the Superior Courts of the counties composing said judicial circuit, or which may become due and payable therein, the said counties shall be subrogated to the rights of solicitor-general of said circuit and any former solicitor-general, and shall stand in their places and stead, and shall be entitled to all funds, moneys and emoluments accruing to said office in said judicial circuit, and hereafter when orders on the insolvent fund or other judgment or finding are entered or approved in behalf of other officers of court, instead of the same being entered and approved in the name of the solicitor-general as under the present system, the same shall be entered and approved in the name of the solicitor-general for the use and benefit of the respective counties of said circuit. All costs, both in particular cases or matters and all insolvent costs and all fines, forfeitures and fees and all funds, moneys and emoluments accruing to the office of solicitor-general in said judicial circuit, under any laws heretofore or now existing or which may hereafter be

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enacted, shall be collected by the clerks of the Superior Courts of the various counties composing said judicial circuit and shall be paid by said clerks into the treasuries of their respective counties, all of which said sums shall be the property of said counties; that is to say, all sums collected from any and all cases or matters arising in that particular county shall be paid by said clerk into the treasury of that county and shall become the property of such county. Said clerk shall make written reports under oath of the amounts so collected, and make payment and remittance thereof to the treasurers or other custodians of county funds of said counties, within thirty days after the adjornment of each term of court held in their respective counties, and shall furnish a duplicate of said sworn statement to the ordinaries, county commissioners or other county authorities of such counties at the time of making such statement and remittance to said county treasurer; said clerks of the superior court of said counties shall keep an accurate detailed and exact record of all fees and emoluments, including insolvent costs, earned by the said solicitor-general of said circuit from any and all sources whatsoever, arising within their respective counties, and likewise keep a record of all sums collected by them, under the provisions of this Act, and paid by them into the treasuries of their respective counties and their books, records and vouchers relating thereto shall be open to the inspection of the public, as other public records, and shall be the subject of investigation and inquiry by the grand juries of said counties; and shall also be audited whenever the books and records of other county officials are audited. Costs, fees, fines, and forfeitures; collection and account. Sec. 4. The solicitor-general of said circuit is hereby made chargeable with the duty of justly and accurately accounting to said clerks for all fees earned and costs collected, and it shall be his duty, at all times, to exercise supervision over the collection of all said fines, fees and forfeitures, in all of the counties of said circuit, and to see that all sums of money due thereunder are faithfully collected

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and accurately accounted for and paid into the treasuries of said counties; and it shall also be his duty to furnish his own services as attorney at law in the collection of all such sums whenever it becomes necessary. Account by solicitor-general. Sec. 5. Nothing in this Act shall be construed to affect the fees now allowed by law to solicitors-general of this state for appearance in criminal cases in the Supreme Court and Court of Appeals of this State and in proceedings to validate bonds. Fees in courts of review. Sec. 6. It is further provided that this Act shall not go into effect until the 1st day of January, 1919. Effective Jan. 1, 1919. Sec. 7. All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be and the same are hereby repealed. Approved August 19, 1918. FLINT CIRCUIT; SALARY FIXED. No. 302. An Act to abolish the fee system now existing in the Superior Courts of the Flint Judicial Circuit, as applied to the office of solicitor-general, and all fees now, heretofore or hereafter accruing to the office of solicitor-general in said circuit in so far as the same constitutes the compensation attached to said office; to provide for the payment of a salary to said solicitor-general, in addition to the salary prescribed in Paragraph 1 of Section 13 of Article 6 of the Constitution of this State; to provide for the disposition of the fines, forfeitures and fees, including insolvent costs, accruing to the office of solicitor-general in said judicial circuit; to impose certain duties upon the clerks of the Superior Courts of the Counties composing said circuit and upon the solicitor-general of said circuit in reference to the collection, payment and disposition of all funds, moneys and emoluments

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accruing to the office of solicitor-general; to provide for the levy and collection of a tax by the county authorities of the various counties composing said circuit for the purpose of paying the salary of said solicitor-general, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same, as follows: Section 1. The fee system now existing in the Superior Courts of the Flint Judicial Circuit, as applied to the office of solicitor-general, and all fees now or heretofore or hereafter accruing to the office of solicitor-general in said judicial circuit be and the same are hereby abolished in so far as the same constitutes the compensation of said solicitor-general, but the same schedule of fees and cost prescribed under existing laws shall remain for the purpose of ascertaining the sum or sums to be paid into the treasuries of the counties composing said judicial circuit, as provided by Section 3 of this Act, and the solicitor-general of said judicial circuit shall hereafter be paid a salary, as hereinafter provided, in lieu of fees, as under the present system. Salary in lieu of fees. Sec. 2. The salary of the solicitor-general of said Flint Circuit shall be the sum of $3,500.00 per annum in addition to the salary of $250.00 per annum prescribed in Paragraph 1, Section 13 of Article 6 of the Constitution of this State, which said salary (additional to the constitutional salary of $250.00 per annum) shall be paid by the counties composing said Flint Judicial Circuit pro rata upon the basis of taxable property; that is to say, each one of the counties composing said circuit shall pay such part or proportion of said salary as the total amount of its taxable property, assessed for taxation, bears to the total amount of the taxable property assessed for taxation of all the counties in said circuit for the year preceding the year in which the salary is to be paid. It shall be and is hereby made the duty of the ordinary, county commissioners or other authority

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having control of county matters, in each of said counties to cause the part or portion of said salary so assessed against each of said counties to be paid to said solicitors-general quarterly in each year out of the funds of said counties; that is to say, on the first days of April, July, October and January, and upon regular county warrants issued therefor; and it is further made the duty of said ordinaries, county commissioners, or other county authorities, having control of county matters to make provisions annually when levying taxes for expenses of courts for the levying and collection of sufficient taxes in their respective counties for the purpose of paying the portion of said salary chargeable against their respective counties, as hereinbefore set forth, and the power to levy taxes for such purpose is hereby delegated to said counties. Said salary of $3,500.00 and the constitutional salary of $250.00 shall be in full payment for all of the services of said solicitor-general for all traveling and other expenses and for all sums paid out by said solicitor-general for clerical aid and legal assistants engaged or employed by him, except as provided in Section 5 of this Act. Salary fixed; payable pro rata. No expense allowance. Sec. 3. In the distribution among officers of court of all cost, both in particular cases or matters, and all insolvent costs, and all fines, forfeitures and fees paid into the Superior Courts of the counties composing said judicial circuit or which may become due and payable therein, the said counties shall be subrogated to the rights and claims of the solicitor-general of said circuit, and any former solicitor-general, and shall stand in their places and stead, and shall be entitled to all funds, moneys and emoluments accruing to said office in said judicial circuit; and hereafter when orders on the insolvent fund or other judgment or finding are entered or approved in behalf of other officers of court, instead of the same being entered and approved in the name of the solicitor-general, as under the present system, the same shall be entered and approved in the name of the solicitor-general, for use and benefit of the

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respective counties of said circuit. All costs, both in particular cases or matters and all insolvent costs and all fines, forfeitures and fees, and all funds, moneys and emoluments accruing to the office of the solicitor-general in said judicial circuit, under any laws heretofore or now existing or which may hereinafter be enacted, shall be collected by the clerks of the Superior Courts of the various counties composing said judicial circuit, and shall be paid by said clerks into the treasuries of their respective counties; all of which said sums shall be the property of said counties; that is to say, all sums collected from any and all cases or matters arising in any particular county shall be paid by said clerk into the treasury of that county, and shall become the property of such county; said clerks shall make written reports, under oath, of the amounts so collected, and make payment and remittance thereof to the treasurers or other custodians of county funds of said counties, within thirty days after the adjournment of each term of court held in their respective counties; and shall furnish a duplicate of said sworn statement to the ordinaries, county commissioners, or other county authorities of such counties, at the time of making such statement and remittance to said county treasurers. Said clerks of the Superior Courts of said counties shall keep an accurate, detailed and exact record of all fees and emoluments, including insolvent costs, earned by the said solicitor-general of said circuit from any and all sources whatsoever arising within their respective counties, and likewise keep a record of all sums collected by them under the provisions of this Act, and paid by them into the treasuries of their respective counties, and their books, records and vouchers relating thereto shall be open to the inspection of the public, as other public records, and shall be the subject of investigation and inquiry by the grand juries of said counties, and shall also be audited whenever the books and records of other county officials are audited. Costs, fees, fines, and forfeitures; collection and account. Sec. 4. The solicitor-general of said circuit is hereby

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made chargeable with the duty of justly and accurately accounting to said clerk for all fees earned and cost collected from any source whatsoever, in the various counties of said circuit, and at the conclusion of each term of court he shall review and verify the books, records and vouchers of said clerks, as to all fees earned and costs collected, and it shall be his duty, at all times, to exercise supervision over the collection of all said fines, fees and forfeitures, in all of the counties of said circuit, and to see that all sums of money due thereunder are faithfully collected and accurately accounted for and paid into the treasurers of said counties; and it shall also be his duty to furnish his own services as attorney at law in the collection of all sums whenever it becomes necessary. Account by solicitor-general. Sec. 5. Nothing in this Act shall be construed to affect the fees now allowed by law to solicitors-general of this State for appearance in criminal cases in the Supreme Court and Court of Appeals of this State. Fees in courts of review. Sec. 6. This Act shall not go into effect until the first day of January, 1919. Effective Jan. 1, 1919. Sec. 7. All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be and the same are hereby repealed. Approved August 1, 1918. MIDDLE CIRCUIT; SALARY FIXED. No. 353. An Act to abolish the fee system now existing in the Superior Courts of the Middle Judicial Circuit, as applied to the office of solicitor-general, and all fees now, heretofore or hereafter accruing to the office of solicitor-general in said circuit, in so far as the same constitutes the compensation attached to said office; to provide for the payment of a salary to said solicitor-general, in addition

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to the salary prescribed in Paragraph 1 of Section 13 of Article 6 of the Constitution of this State; to provide for the disposition of the fines, forfeitures and fees, including insolvent costs, accruing to the office of solicitor general in said judicial circuit, to impose certain duties upon the clerks of the Superior Courts of the counties composing said circuit, and upon the solicitor-general of said circuit, in reference to the collection, payment and disposition of all funds, moneys and emoluments accruing to the office of solicitor-general, to provide for the levy and collection of a tax by the county authorities of the various counties composing said circuit, for the purpose of paying the salary of said solicitor-general, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same as follows: Section 1. The fee system now existing in the Superior Courts of the Middle Judicial Circuit as applied to the office of solicitor-general, and all fees now or heretofore or hereafter accruing to the office of solicitor-general in said judicial circuit, be and the same are hereafter abolished in so far as the same constitutes the compensation of said solicitor-general, but the same schedule of fees and costs prescribed under existing laws shall remain for the purpose of ascertaining the sum or sums to be paid into the treasuries of the counties composing said judicial circuit, as provided by Section 3 of this Act, and the solicitor-general of said judicial circuit shall hereafter be paid a salary as hereinafter provided, in lieu of fees, as under the present system. Salary in lieu of fees. Sec. 2. The salary of the solicitor-general of said Middle Judicial Circuit shall be the sum of three thousand two hundred and fifty ($3,250.00) dollars per annum in addition to the salary of $250.00 per annum prescribed in Paragraph 1, Section 13 of Article 6 of the Constitution of this State, which said salary (additional to the constitutional salary

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of $250.00 per annum), shall be paid pro rata out of the general treasuries of the various counties composing said circuit upon the basis of population; that is to say, each one of the counties composing said circuit shall pay such part or proportion of said salary as its population bears to the total population of all of the counties in said circuit, according to the official federal census of 1910, until the completion and promulgation of the next official federal census, a,nd then in lake manner, according to such succeeding official federal census, and so on. It shall be and is hereby made the duty of the ordinary, county commissioners, or other authority having control of county matters in each of said counties to cause the part of portion of said salary so assessed against each of said counties to be paid to said solicitor-general quarterly in each year out of the funds of said counties; that is to say, on the 1st days of April, July, October and January, and upon regular county warrants issued therefor, and it is further made the duty of said ordinaries, county commissioners, or other county authorities having control of county matters, to make provision annually when levying taxes for expenses of courts for the levying and collection of sufficient taxes in their respective counties for the purpose of paying the portion of said salary chargeable against their respective counties, as hereinbefore set forth, and the power to levy taxes for such purpose is hereby delegated to said counties. Salary fixed; payable pro rata. Said salary of thirty-two hundred and fifty ($3,250.00) dollars and the constitutional salary of $250.00 shall be in full payment for all of the services of said solicitor-general for all traveling and other expenses and for all sums paid out by said solicitor-general for clerical aid and legal assistants engaged or employed by him, except as provided in Section 5 of this Act. No expense allowance. Sec. 3. In the distribution among officers of court of all costs, both in particular cases or matters, and all insolvent costs, and all fines, forfeitures and fees paid into the Superior

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Courts of the counties composing said judicial circuit, or which may become due and payable therein, the said counties shall be subrogated to the rights and claims of the solicitor-general of said circuit, and any former solicitor, and shall stand in their places and stead, and shall be entitled to all funds, money and emoluments accruing to said office in said judicial circuit; and hereafter when orders on the insolvent fund or other judgment or finding are entered or approved in behalf of other officers of court, instead of the same being entered and approved in the name of the solicitor-general, as under the present system, the same shall be entered and approved in the name of the solicitor-general for use and benefit of the respective counties of said circuit, all costs, both in particular cases or matters, and all insolcut costs, and all fines, forfeitures and fees, and all funds, moneys and emoluments accruing to the office of solicitor-general in said judicial circuit, under any laws heretofore or now existing or which may hereinafter be enacted, shall be collected by the clerks of the Superior Courts of the various counties composing said judicial circuit, and shall be paid by said clerks into the treasuries of their respective counties; all of which said funds shall be the property of said counties; that is to say, all sums collected from any and all cases or matters arising in any particular county shall be paid by said clerks into the treasury of that county, and shall become the property of such county; said clerks shall make written reports, under oath, of the amounts so collected, and make payment and remittance thereof to the treasurers or other custodians of county funds of said counties, within thirty days after the adjournment of each term of court held in their respective counties; and shall furnish a duplicate of said sworn statement to the ordinaries, county commissioners or other county authorities of such counties, at the time of making such statement and remittance to said county treasurers. Said clerks of the Superior Courts of said counties shall keep an accurate, detailed and exact record of all fees and emoluments, including

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insolvent costs, earned by the said solicitor-general of said circuit from any and all sources whatsoever, arising within their respective counties, and likewise keep a record of all sums collected by them under the provisions of this Act, and paid by them into the treasuries of their respective counties; and their books, records and vouchers, relating thereto, shall be open to the inspection of the public as other public records, and shall be the subject of investigation and inquiry by the grand juries of said counties, and shall also be audited whenever the books and records of other county officials are audited. Costs, fees, fines, and forfeitures; collection and account. Sec. 4. The solicitor-general of said circuit is hereby made chargeable with the duty of justly and accurately accounting to said clerks for all fees earned and costs collected from any source whatsoever, in the various counties of said circuit, and at the conclusion of each term of court he shall review and verify the books, records and vouchers of said clerks, as to all fees earned and costs collected; and it shall be his duty, at all times, to exercise supervision over the collection of all said fines, fees and forfeitures, in all of the counties of said circuit, and to see that all sums of money due thereunder are faithfully collected and accurately accounted for and paid into the treasuries of said counties; and it shall also be his duty to furnish his own services as attorney at law in the collection of all such sums, whenever it becomes necessary. Account by solicitor-general. Sec. 5. Nothing in this Act shall be construed to affect the fees now allowed by law to solicitors-general of this State for appearance in criminal cases in the Supreme Court and Court of Appeals of this State. Fees in courts of review. Sec. 6. This Act shall not go into effect until the first day of January, 1921. Effective Jan. 1, 1919. Sec. 7. All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be and the same are hereby repealed. Approved August 16, 1918.

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NORTHEASTERN CIRCUIT; SALARY FIXED. No. 308. An Act to abolish the fee system now existing in the Superior Courts of the Northeastern Judicial Circuit as applied to the office of solicitor-general, and all fees now, heretofore or hereafter accruing to the office of solicitor-general in said circuit, in so far as the same constitutes the compensation attached to said office; to provide for the payment of a salary to said solicitor-general in addition to the salary prescribed in Paragraph 1 of Section 13 of Article 6 of the Constitution of this State; to provide for the disposition of the fines, forfeitures and fees, including insolvent cost, accruing to the office of solicitor-general in said judicial circuit; to impose certain duties upon the clerks of the Superior Courts of the counties composing said circuit and upon the solicitor-general of said circuit, in reference to the collection, payment and disposition of all funds, moneys and emoluments accruing to the office of solicitor-general; to provide for the levy and collection of a tax by the county authorities of the various counties composing said circuit; for the purpose of paying the salary of said solicitor-general, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same, as follows: Section 1. The fee system now existing in the Superior Courts of the Northeastern Judicial Circuit, as applied to the office of solicitor-general, and all fees now or heretofore or hereafter accruing to the office of solicitor-general in said judicial circuit be and the same are hereby abolished, in so far as the same constitutes the compensation of said solicitor-general; but the same schedule of fees and costs prescribed under existing laws shall remain for the purpose of ascertaining the sum or sums to be paid into the treasuries of the counties composing said judicial circuit, as

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provided by Section 3 of this Act, and the solicitor-general of said judicial circuit shall hereafter be paid a salary as hereinafter provided, in lieu of fees, as under the present system. Salary in lieu of fees. Sec. 2. The salary of the solicitor-general of said judicial circuit shall be the sum of $3,950.00 per annum, in addition to the salary of $250.00 per annum prescribed in Paragraph 1, Section 13, of Article 6 of the Constitution of this State, which said salary (additional to the constitutional salary of $250.00 per annum) shall be paid pro rata out of the general treasuries of the various counties or county depositories composing said circuit, upon the bases of population; that is to say, each one of the counties composing said circuit shall pay such part or portion of said salary as its population bears to the total population of all of the counties in said circuit, according to the official federal census of 1910, until the completion and promulgation of the next official federal census, and then in like manner, according to each succeeding federal census, and so on, according to each succeeding official federal census. It shall be, and is hereby made, the duty of the ordinary, county commissioners or other authority having control of county matters in each of said counties, to cause the part or portion of said salary so assessed against each of said counties to be paid to said solicitor-general quarterly in each year out of the funds of said counties; that is to say, on the first days of April, July, October and January, and upon regular county warrants issued therefor; and it is further made the duty of said ordinaries, county commissioners or other county authorities having control of county matters, to make provision annually, when levying taxes for expenses of courts, for the levying and collection of sufficient taxes in their respective counties for the purpose of paying the portion of said salary chargeable against their respective counties, as hereinbefore set forth; and the power to levy taxes for such purpose is hereby delegated to said counties. Said salary of $3,950.00 and the constitutional salary of $250.00 shall be

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in full payment for all of the services of said solicitor-general, for all traveling and other expenses and for all sums paid out by said solicitor-general for clerical aid and for legal assistants engaged or employed by him, except as provided in Section 5 of this Act. Salary fixed; payable pro rata. No expense allowance. Sec. 3. In the distribution among officers of court of all costs, both in particular cases or matters and all insolvent cost and all fines, forfeitures and fees, paid into the Superior Courts of the counties composing said judicial circuit or which may become due and payable therein, the said counties shall be subrogated to the rights and claims of the solicitor-general of said circuit, and any former solicitor-general, and shall in their places and stead, and shall be entitled to all funds, moneys and emoluments accruing to said office in said judicial circuit; and hereafter when orders on the insolvent fund or other judgment or finding are entered or approved in behalf of other officers of court, instead of the same being entered and approved in the name of the solicitor-general, as under the present system, the same shall be entered and approved in the name of the solicitor-general for the use and benefit of the respective counties of said circuit. All costs, both in particular cases or matters, and all insolvent costs and all fines, forfeitures and fees and all funds, moneys and emoluments accuring to the office of solicitor-general in said judicial circuit under any laws heretofore or now existing or which may hereafter be enacted, shall be collected by the clerks of the Superior Courts of the various counties composing said judicial circuit, and shall be paid by said clerks into the treasuries or county depositories of their respective counties; all of which said sums shall be the property of said counties; that is to say, all sums collected from any and all cases on matters arising in any particular county shall be paid by said clerk into the treasury or county depository of that county, and shall become the property of such county. Said clerks shall make written reports under oath of the amounts so collected, and make payment and remittance

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thereof to the treasurers or other custodians of county funds of said counties, within thirty days after the adjornment of each term of court held in their respective counties, and shall furnish a duplicate of said sworn statement to the ordinaries, county commissioners or other county authorities of such counties at the time of making such statement and remittance to said county treasurers. Said clerks of the Superior Courts of said counties shall keep an accurate, detailed and exact record of all fees and emoluments, including insolvent costs, earned by the said solicitor-general of said circuit, from any and all sources whatsoever arising within their respective counties, and likewise keep a record of all sums collected by them under the provisions of this Act and paid by them into the treasuries or county depositories of their respective counties, and their books, records and vouches relating thereto shall be open to the inspection of the public, as other public records, and shall be the subject of investigation and inquiry by the grand juries of said counties; and shall also be audited whenever the books and records of other county officials are audited. Costs. fees, fines. and forfeitures; collection and account. Sec. 4. The solicitor-general of said circuit is hereby made chargeable with the duty of justly and accurately accounting to said clerks for all fees earned and costs collected from any source whatsoever, in the various counties of said circuit, and at the conclusion of each term of court he shall review and verify the books, records and vouchers of said clerks, as to all fees earned and costs collected, and it shall be his duty at all times to exercise supervision over the collection of all said fines, fees and forfeitures in all of the counties of said circuit and to see that all sums of money due thereunder are faithfully collected and accurately accounted for and paid into the treasuries or county depositories of said counties; and it shall also be his duty to furnish his own services as attorney at law in the collection of all such sums, whenever it becomes necessary. Account by solicitor-general. Sec. 5. Nothing in this Act shall be construed to affect the fees now allowed by law to solicitors-general of this

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State for appearances in criminal cases in the Supreme Court and Court of Appeals of this State. Fees in courts of review. Sec. 6. This Act shall not go into effect until the 1st day of January, 1919. Effective Jan. 1, 1919. 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 8, 1918. STONE MOUNTAIN CIRCUIT; SALARY FIXED. No. 428. An Act to abolish the fee system now existing in the Superior Courts of the Stone Mountain Judicial Circuit, as applied to the office of solicitor-general and all fees now, heretofore or hereafter accruing to the office of solicitor-general in said circuit, in so far as the same constitutes the compensation attached to said office; to provide for the payment of a salary to said solicitor-general, in addition to the salary prescribed in Paragraph 1 of Section 13 of Article 6 of the Constitution of this State; to provide for the disposition of the fines, forfeitures and fees, including insolvent costs, accruing to the office of solicitor-general in said judicial circuit; to impose certain duties upon the clerks of the Superior Courts of the counties composing said circuit, and upon the solicitor-general of said circuit in reference to the collection, payment and disposition of all funds, moneys and emoluments accruing to the office of solicitor-general; to provide for the levy and collection of a tax by the county authorities of the various counties composing said circuit, for the purpose of paying the salary of said solicitor-general, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same as follows:

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Section 1. The fee system now existing in the Superior Courts of the Stone Mountain Judicial Circuit, as applied to the office of solicitor-general, and all fees now or heretofore or hereafter accruing to the office of solicitor-general in said judicial circuit, be and the same are hereby abolished in so far as the same constitutes the compensation of said solicitor-general; but the same schedule of fees and costs prescribed under existing laws shall remain for the purpose of ascertaining the sum or sums to be paid into the treasuries of the counties composing said judicial circuit as provided by Section 3 of this Act, and the solicitor-general of said judicial circuit shall hereafter be paid a salary, as hereinafter provided, in lieu of fees, as under the present system. Salary in lieu of fees. Sec. 2. The salary of the solicitor-general of the said Stone Mountain Judicial Circuit shall be the sum of $4,000.00 per annum in addition to the salary of $250.00 per annum prescribed in Paragraph 1, Section 13 of Article 6 of the Constitution of this State, which said salary (additional to the constitutional salary of $250.00 per annum) shall be paid pro rata out of the general treasuries of the various counties composing said circuit, upon the basis of population; that is to say, each one of the counties composing said circuit shall pay such part or proportion of said salary as its population bears to the total population of all of the counties in said circuit, according to the official federal census of 1910, until the completion and promulgation of the next official federal census, and then in like manner according to such succeeding federal census, and so on, according to each succeeding official federal census. It shall be and is hereby made the duty of the ordinary, county commissioners, or other authority having control of county matters, in each of said counties to cause the part or portion of said salary so assessed against each of said counties to be paid to said solicitor-general quarterly in each year, out of the funds of said counties; that is to say, on the first days of April, July, October and January, and upon regular

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county warrants issued therefor; and it is further made the duty of said ordinaries, county commissioners, or other county authorities having control of county matters to make provision annually when levying taxes for expenses of courts, for the levying and collection of sufficient taxes, in their respective counties, for the purpose of paying the portion of said salary chargeable against their respective counties, as hereinbefore set forth; and the power to levy taxes for such purpose is hereby delegated to said counties. Said salary of $4,000.00 and the constitutional salary of $250.00 shall be in full payment for all of the service of said solicitor-general for all traveling and other expenses and for all sums paid out by said solicitor-general for clerical aid and legal assistants engaged or employed by him, except as provided in Section 5 of this Act. Salary fixed; payable pro rata. No expense allowance. Sec. 3. In the distribution among officers of court of all costs, both in particular cases or matters, and all insolvent costs and all fines, forfeitures and fees paid into the Superior Courts of the counties composing said judicial circuit or which may become due and payable therein, the said counties shall be subrogated to the rights and claims of the solicitor-general of said circuit, and any former solicitor-general, and shall stand in their places and stead, and shall be entitled to all funds, moneys and emoluments accruing to said office in said judicial circuit; and hereafter when orders on the insolvent fund or other judgment or finding are entered or approved in behalf of other officers of court, instead of the same being entered and approved in the name of the solicitor-general, as under the present system, the same shall be entered and approved in the name of the solicitor-general for use and benefit of the respective counties of said circuit. All costs, both in particular cases or matters, and all insolvent costs and all fines, forfeitures and fees, and all funds, moneys and emoluments accruing to the office of solicitor-general in said judicial circuit under any laws heretofore or now existing or which may hereinafter be enacted, shall be collected by the clerks of the Superior

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Courts of the various counties composing said judicial circuit, and shall be paid by said clerks into the treasuries of their respective counties; all of which said sums shall be the property of said counties; that is to say, all sums collected from any and all cases or matters arising in any particular county shall be paid by said clerk into the treasury of that county and shall become the property of such county. Said clerks shall make written reports, under oath, of the amounts so collected and make payment and remittance thereof to the treasurers or other custodians of county funds of said counties, within thirty days after the adjournment of each term of court held in their respective counties, and shall furnish a duplicate of said sworn statement to the ordinaries, county commissioners or other county authorities of such counties at the time of making such statement and remittance to said county treasurers. Said clerks of the Superior Courts of said counties shall keep an accurate, detailed and exact record of all fees and emoluments, including insolvent costs, earned by the said solicitor-general of said circuit, from any and all sources whatsoever, arising within their respective counties, and likewise keep a record of all sums collected by them under the provisions of this Act, and paid by them into the treasuries of their respective counties, and their books, records and vouchers relating thereto shall be open to the inspection of the public, as other public records, and shall be the subject of investigation and inquiry by the grand juries of said counties; and shall also be audited whenever the books and records of other county officials are audited. Costs, fees, fines, and forfeitures; collection and account. Sec. 4. The solicitor-general of said circuit is hereby made chargeable with the duty of justly and accurately accounting to said clerks for all fees earned and costs collected from any source whatsoever, in the various counties of said circuit; and at the conclusion of each term of court he shall review and verify the books, records and vouchers of said clerks, as to all fees earned and costs collected; and it shall be his duty at all times to exercise supervision

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over the collection of all said fines, fees and forfeitures, in all of the counties of said circuit, and to see that all sums of money due thereunder are faithfully collected and accurately accounted for and paid into the treasuries of said counties; and it shall also be his duty to furnish his own services as attorney at law in the collection of all such sums, whenever it becomes necessary. Account by solicitor-general. Sec. 5. Nothing in this Act shall be construed to affect the fees now allowed by law to solicitors-general of this State for appearance in criminal cases in the Supreme Court and Court of Appeals of this State. Fees in courts of review. Sec. 6. This Act shall not go into effect until the first day of January, 1921. Effective Jan. 1, 1919. Sec. 7. All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be and the same are hereby repealed. Approved August 19, 1918. WESTERN CIRCUIT; SALARY FIXED. No. 476. An Act to abolish the fee system now existing in the Superior Courts of the Western Judicial Circuit, as applied to the office of solicitor-general and all fees now, heretofore or hereafter accruing to the office of solicitor-general, in said circuit, in so far as the same constitutes the compensation attached to said office; to provide for the payment of a salary to said solicitor-general, in addition to the salary prescribed in Paragraph 1 of Section 13 of Article 6 of the Constitution of this State; to provide for the disposition of the fines, forfeitures and fees, including insolvent costs, accruing to the office of solicitor-general in said judicial circuit; to impose certain duties upon the clerks of the Superior Courts of the counties composing said circuit, and upon

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the solicitor-general of said circuit, in reference to the collection, payment and disposition of all funds, moneys and emoluments accruing to the office of solicitor-general; to provide for the levy and collection of a tax by the county authorities of the various counties composing said circuit, for the purpose of paying the salary of said solicitor-general, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same as follows: Section 1. The fee system now existing in the Superior Courts of the Western Judicial Circuit, as applied to the office of solicitor-general, and all fees now or heretofore or hereafter accruing to the office of solicitor-general in said judicial circuit be and the same are hereby abolished in so far as the same constitutes the compensation of said solicitor-general; but the same schedule of fees and costs prescribed under existing laws shall remain for the purpose of ascertaining the sum or sums to be paid into the treasuries of the counties composing said judicial circuit, as provided by Section 3 of this Act; and the solicitor-general of said judicial circuit shall hereafter be paid a salary, as hereinafter provided, in lieu of fees, as under the present system. Salary in lieu of fees. Sec. 2. The salary of the solicitor-general of the said Western Judicial Circuit shall be the sum of $4,750.00 per annum, in addition to the salary of $250.00 per annum prescribed in Paragraph 1, Section 13 of Article 6 of the Constitution of this State, which said salary (additional to the constitutional salary of $250.00 per annum) shall be paid pro rata out of the general treasuries of the various counties composing said circuit, in the following proportions, to-wit: Barrow county shall pay $900.00; Banks county shall pay $250.00; Clarke county shall pay $750.00; Gwinnett county shall pay $1,000.00; Jackson county shall pay $625.00; Oconee county shall pay $425.00; Walton county shall pay $800. This proportion of salary by the

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several counties of said circuit shall be of force until the completion and promulgation of the Federal census of 1920, when said proportion of salary of the solicitor of said circuit by the several counties of the circuit shall be revised, but the several counties shall continue to pay in the proportion herein fixed until the revision is made. Salary fixed; Apportioned to counties. It shall be and is hereby made the duty of the ordinary, county commissioners, or other authority having control of county matters, in each of said counties, to cause the part or portion of said salary so assessed against each of said counties, to be paid to said solicitor-general quarterly, in each year, out of the funds of said counties; that is to say, on the first days of April, July, October and January, and upon regular county warrants issued therefor; and it is further made the duty of said ordinaries, county commissioners, or other county authorities, having control of county matters, to make provision annually when levying taxes for expenses of courts, for the levying and collection of sufficient taxes in their respective counties, for the purpose of paying the portion of said salary chargeable against their respective counties, as hereinbefore set forth, and the power to levy taxes for such purposes is hereby delegated to said counties. Said salary of $4,750.00 and the constitutional salary of $250.00 shall be in full payment for all of the services of said solicitor-general, for all traveling and other expenses and for all sums paid out by said solicitor-general for clerical aid and legal assistants engaged or employed by him, except as provided in Section 5 of this Act. No expense allowance. Sec. 3. In the distribution among officers of court of all costs, both in particular cases or matters, and all insolvent costs, and all fines, forfeitures and fees paid into the Superior Courts of the counties composing said judicial circuit, or which may become due and payable therein, the said counties shall be subrogated to the rights and claims of the solicitor-general of said circuit, and any former solicitor-general,

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and shall stand in their places and stead, and shall be entitled to all funds, moneys and emoluments accruing to said office in said judicial circuit; and hereafter when orders on the insolvent fund or other judgment or finding are entered or approved in behalf of other officers of court, instead of the same being entered and approved in the name of the solicitor-general, as under the present system, the same shall be entered and approved in the name of the solicitor-general for use and benefit of the respective counties of said circuit. All costs, both in particular cases or matters, and all insolvent costs and all fines, forfeitures and fees and all funds, moneys and emoluments accruing to the office of solicitor-general in said judicial circuit, under any laws heretofore or now existing or which may hereafter be enacted, shall be collected by the clerks of the Superior Courts of the various counties composing said judicial circuit, and shall be paid by said clerks into the treasuries of their respective counties, all of which said sums shall be the property of said counties; that is to say, all sums collected from any and all cases or matters arising in any particular county shall be paid by said clerk into the treasury of that county, and shall become the property of such county; said clerks shall make written reports, under oath, of the amounts so collected, and make payment and remittance thereof to the treasurers or other custodians of county funds of said counties within thirty days after the adjournment of each term of court held in their respective counties; and shall furnish a duplicate of said sworn statement to the ordinaries, county commissioners, or other county authorities of such counties at the time of making such statement and remittance to said county treasurers. Said clerks of the Superior Courts of said counties shall keep an accurate, detailed and exact record of all fees and emoluments, including insolvent costs earned by the said solicitor-general of said circuit from any and all sources whatsoever arising within their respective counties, and likewise keep a record of all sums collected

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by them under the provisions of this Act, and paid by them into the treasuries of their respective counties; and their books, records and vouchers relating thereto shall be open to the inspection of the public, as other public records, and shall be the subject of investigation and inquiry by the grand juries of said counties; and shall also be audited whenever the books and records of other county officials are audited. Costs, fees, fines, and forfeitures: collection and account. Sec. 4. The solicitor-general of said circuit is hereby made chargeable with the duty of justly and accurately accounting to said clerks for all fees earned and costs collected from any source whatsoever, in the various counties of said circuit; and at the conclusion of each term of court he shall review and verify the books, records and vouchers of said clerks as to all fees earned and costs collected, and it shall be his duty at all times to exercise supervision over the collection of all said fines, fees and forfeitures, in all of the counties of said circuit, and to see that all sums of money due thereunder are faithfully collected and accurately accounted for and paid into the treasuries of said counties; and it shall also be his duty to furnish his own services as attorney at law in the collection of all such sums, whenever it becomes necessary. Account by solicitor-general. Sec. 5. Nothing in this Act shall be construed to affect the fees now allowed by law to solicitors-general of this State for appearance in criminal cases in Supreme Court and Court of Appeals of this State. Fees in courts of review. Sec. 6. This Act shall go into effect upon its passage. Sec. 7. All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be and the same are hereby repealed. Approved August 19, 1918.

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TITLE III. COUNTY MATTERS. ACTS. Banks and Jackson Jailers' Fees. Bleckley Commissioner's Salary. Bryan Board of Commissioners Created. Bryan Depository Act Repealed. Bryan Treasurer's Office Abolished; Depositories to be Selected. Cherokee Commissioner's Salary. Coffee Board of Commissioners Abolished. Coffee Board of Commissioners Created. Coffee Depository; No Premium Required. Colquitt; Bulls and Boars at Large. DeKalb Board of Commissioners Created. Fannin, Gilmer, Pickens, Rabun, Towns, Union: Width of Roads. Franklin School Board Election. Gilmer Treasurer's Office Abolished; Depositories Provided for. Glynn Treasurer's Office Abolished; Depositories Provided for. Gwinnett Bridges and Roads, Powers as to. Hart Board and Commissioner Abolished. Hart Board of Commissioners Created. Houston Treasurer's Salary Fixed. Irwin Commissioner's Term of Office. Jeff Davis Board of Commissioners Created. Jeff Davis; Bulls and Boars at Large. Jefferson Commissioners and Districts. Lee Board of Commissioners; Repealing Act. Lee Board of Commissioners; Amending Act. Liberty Board of Commissioners Abolished. Liberty Board of Commissioners Created. Lowndes Treasurer's Office Abolished: Depository Provided for. Lowndes System of Accounts. Meriwether Court Cost Payments. Meriwether Treasurer's Office Abolished: Depository Provided for. Mitchell Primary-Election Act Repealed. Mitchell Treasurer's Salary and Bond. Murray Supervisors; Amending Act. Pickens Commutation Tax for Road Work. Richmond Commissioners; Amending Act. Stephens County Matters; Repealing Act. Stephens County Commissioners Created. Stephens Primary Elections Regulated. Talbot Treasurer's Office Abolished; Depositories Provided for. Taylor Treasurer's Office Revived. Toombs Commissioners; Amending Act. Towns Road-Tax Levy Authorized. Turner Board of Commissioners Abolished. Walker Treasurer's Office Abolished; Depository Provided for. Webster Treasurer's Office Abolished; Depositories Provided for. Wheeler Commissioners; Amending Act. Whitfield Voting Precinct Name Changed.

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BANKS AND JACKSON JAILERS' FEES. No. 332. An Act to repeal an Act entitled an Act to fix the fees of jailors in the counties of Banks and Jackson. Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, That from and after the passage of this Act, An Act entitled an Act to fix the fees of jailors of the counties of Banks and Jackson, approved February 26th, 1877, and amended by an Act approved September 18th, 1883, be and the same are hereby both repealed, so far as said Acts relate to the county of Jackson and the County of Banks. Repeal of acts of 1877 and 1883. 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 12, 1918. BLECKLEY COMMISSIONER'S SALARY. No. 369. An Act to amend an Act approved August 18th, 1918 [1913 * * (*See Acts of 1913, p. 345.Compiler.) ], creating the office of commissioner of roads and revenues of Bleckley county, Georgia, prescribing his powers, duties and qualifications, to fix his salary, and for other purposes, by increasing the salary of commissioner of roads and revenues of Bleckley county from fifteen hundred dollars per annum to two thousand dollars 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 authority

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of the same, that Section 9 of the aforesaid Act be amended so that the salary of the commissioner of roads and revenues of Bleckley county shall be the sum of two thousand dollars per annum, and clerk or office force employed shall be paid by commissioner out of his salary, to be paid monthly out of the treasury of said county. Salary increased. 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 17, 1918. BRYAN BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS CREATED. No. 504. An Act to create a board of commissioners of roads and revenues for the county of Bryan, State of Georgia, to be elected by the qualified voters of said county to define the jurisdiction, powers and duties of said 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 the authority of the same, That after the passage of this Act there shall be created and established a board of commissioners of roads and revenues for the county of Bryan, in the State of Georgia, consisting of five persons, one from each militia district of said county, and a chairman, election of whom is hereinafter provided for, and each of whom shall be freeholders, who shall be elected by the qualified voters of their respective districts at a special election to be held on the eleventh day of September, 1918, which election shall be called by the ordinary of said county after giving fifteen days' notice in the official advertising organ of said county, and all electors voting at said election shall be qualified to vote under the laws of said State governing election for state house officials, and the officers so elected shall be

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declared elected by the ordinary of said Bryan county, and they shall immediately qualify and assume their duties of office and shall take oath of office before the ordinary and so qualify, and shall hold office until the 31st day of December, 1920, and each and all subsequent elections held to elect their successors in office shall be held under the laws governing state house elections, and the successors of the officers elected at the special election shall be elected at the next general election for state house officials, and their terms of office shall begin on January 1st, 1921, and shall run for a period of two years, and all other elections shall be held at the general election for state house officials, and said officers so elected for commissioners of roads and revenues shall hold their office for a period of two years. Board created. Elected by people. Terms of office. Sec. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the four commissioners of roads and revenues elected either at the special or any general election shall be commissioned by the Governor of Georgia, and shall qualify and take oath of office before the ordinary of Bryan county and the term of office of those elected at said special election shall be from the date of their qualifications as officers under this Act until December 31st, 1920, when their successors who shall have been elected, shall assume the duties of office under the provisions of this Act. Oath to qualify. Sec. 3. Be it further enacted by authority aforesaid, That the county of Bryan is by this Act divided into four districts for road purposes, and are hereby, according to the militia districts of said Bryan county, there being four militia districts in said Bryan county, and by the provisions of this Act each of the said four militia districts are hereby made a road district, and it is further provided that one commissioner of roads and revenues shall be elected from each of the several districts of said Bryan county, under the provisions of this Act. Road districts. Sec. 4. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the four commissioners so elected from their

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respective districts shall at their first meeting proceed to elect a chairman from the county at large, who shall likewise be a freeholder and shall not be the holder of an elective office. Chairman. Sec. 5. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That said board of commissioners of roads and revenues are hereby authorized and empowered by the provisions of this Act to elect one of their number as clerk of said board or any other person in their judgment who is qualified to hold said position, and fix his compensation, whose duties it shall be to keep a correct and accurate minute of the proceedings of said board. In case of a vacancy of the clerk of said board, said board is hereby authorized and empowered under the provisions of this Act to elect another clerk. Clerk. Sec. 6. Be it further enacted by authority aforesaid, That in case of death or resignation of any member of said board of commissioners of roads and revenues, said board is hereby authorized and empowered under the Act to elect a successor of said officer to fill the unexpired term of said officer so resigned or death from that particular district where said officer so resided, in and from which he held office. Vacancy to be filled. Sec. 7. Be it further enacted by authority aforesaid, That each of said commissioners of roads and revenues shall be paid the sum of three dollars per day each day they shall actually serve and sitting for county purposes. Pay. Sec. 8. Be it further enacted by authority aforesaid, That the said board of commissioners and revenues shall hold their regular session on the first Tuesday in each month at the county site, and they are hereby empowered and authorized under the provisions of this Act to call an extra session for county purposes at any time or place in said county, when necessity or emergency shall require the same to be done. Sessions.

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Sec. 9. Be it further enacted by authority aforesaid, That under the provisions of this Act that three members of said board shall constitute a quorum which may include the chairman, to constitute the quorum. Quorum. Sec. 10. Be it further enacted, That said board of commissioners of roads and revenues of said county shall have original and exclusive jurisdiction over the following subject matter, to-wit: 1st. In direction and controlling all county property of said county, as they may deem expedient according to law, including the county jail and courthouse of said county. 2nd. In levying a general tax for general purposes and a special tax for special purposes according to law. 3rd. To establish, work, alter or abolish all public roads, bridges and ferries according to law. 4th. In establishing and changing election precincts and militia district. 5th. In examining and allowing and settling, according to law, all claims that may arrive against said county. 6th. In examining and auditing the accounts of all officers having the care, management, keeping, collecting or disbursements of money belonging to the county or appropriated for its benefit and use and bringing them to settlement. 7th. In making rules and regulations according to law for the support of the poor of the county and for the promotion of health as are granted by law and not inconsistent with law hereinafter enacted. Jurisdiction of board. Sec. 11. Be it further enacted, That said board of commissioners of roads and revenues shall have authority to employ annually a superintendent or warden for the chaingang of said county, who shall be paid a reasonable compensation for his services to be fixed by said board and said officers so selected shall give bond in an amount to be fixed by said commissioners of roads and revenues and which bond shall be made payable to said board of commissioners of roads and revenues of said county and their successors in office for the faithful performance of the duties of the said superintendent or warden, and for proper handling of

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the property and funds of the county that may come into his hands by virtue of his office. Chain-gang Superintendent. Sec. 12. Be it further enacted by authority aforesaid, That said board shall have charge of the superintendent or warden and guards, and they shall be under the direction and control of said board of commissioners of roads and revenues in conformity of the laws, rules and regulations as is prescribed by the State laws and by the Prison Commission of Georgia, and that said board shall have authority to discharge or remove any of them from office as in their judgment they shall deem to the best interest to the management of the affairs of said county. Warden and guards. Sec. 13. Be it further enacted under the provisions of this Act, That said board shall have the authority and power to fix the salaries of guards that may be employed under the provisions of this Act and to pay them such salaries. Salaries. Sec. 14. Be it further enacted, That said board of commissioners of roads and revenues of said county shall have the authority to relieve any person or corporations from double taxes if, in their judgment, the same should be done, and that they shall have no authority to correct or change any tax returns or refund any money that shall have been paid by any person or corporation who shall be liable for taxes due the state or county. Double tax. Tax returns. Sec. 15. Be it further enacted, That said board of commissioners of roads and revenues shall pay, upon an itemized sworn monthly statement rendered to them, such an amount as they shall deem proper to the sheriff or jailor of said county for feeding and dieting the prisoners who shall be confined in said county and jail by due written process of law. Feeding prisoners. Sec. 16. Be it further enacted, That said board of commissioners of roads and revenues shall keep in view the proper, just and legal management of all their affairs of

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the county entrusted to them by law, and shall not approve or pay any account, claim, insolvent cost or other cost of any kind, or any other demands against said county unless the same is directed and authorized by law. Payment of demands. Sec. 17. Be it further enacted by authority aforesaid, That each of said commissioners shall give a good and sufficient bond, payable to the ordinary of said Bryan county and his successors in office for the faithful discharge of their respective duties in the sum of $1,000.00. Bond. Sec. 18. Be it further enacted by authority aforesaid, That the chaingang shall be so far as practical work an equal number of days in each year on the roads of each of the road districts of said county. Chain-gang work. Sec. 19. Be it further enacted by authority aforesaid, That the commissioners shall have power to employ and pay a county physician for the purpose of giving medical attention to the jail prisoners, convicts and any other matters requiring the service of a physician. Be it further enacted in the employing of a county physician, That they may, in their discretion, more definitely fix and outline his duties and shall fix his compensation. Physician. Sec. 20. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the respective commissioners in their districts under the provisions of this Act shall have exclusive jurisdiction over the matter of working the roads in his district by persons who are subject to road duty under the general law, or who may be subject to road duty under the provisions of this Act. Road work. Sec. 21. Be it further enacted, That by the provisions of this Act the board of commissioners of roads and revenues are authorized to employ counsel for legal advice or otherwise when they shall deem it necessary. Legal advice. Sec. 22. Be it further enacted by authority aforesaid, That said commissioners, by the provisions of this Act, are required to make an itemized report of moneys collected

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and expended and in each instance it shall be shown from what source derived and how expended, at all times taking proper receipt therefor, and which, with said books of said commissioners, shall be exhibited to the grand jury of said Bryan county at each term of court, which report shall show the exact condition of the county affairs of said Bryan county. Itemized reports. Sec. 23. 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 20th. 1918. BRYAN DEPOSITORY ACT REPEALED. No. 276. An Act to repeal an Act entitled An Act creating a depository for the county of Bryan, Acts of 1916, page 369, 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 create a depository, to receive and disburse the county funds; to authorize the tax collector of said county and other officers or persons receiving county funds to deposit the money in the banks so named; to authorize such bank to pay the vouchers drawn upon the funds of said county by the commissioners of roads and revenues of said county, and for other purposes, be and the same is hereby repealed. Act of 1916 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 July 31, 1918.

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BRYAN TREASURER'S OFFICE ABOLISHED; DEPOSITORIES TO BE SELECTED. No. 301. An Act to abolish the office of county treasurer for the county of Bryan, State of Georgia; to provide for the election and qualification of county depository or depositories for the funds of said county; to provide for the receiving, holding and disbursing of the funds of 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 on and after the first day of January, 1921, the office of county treasurer for the county of Bryan, State of Georgia, shall be and the same is hereby abolished. Office abolished. Sec. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That it shall be the duty of the board of commissioners of roads and revenues, or other county authorities for the county of Bryan, State of Georgia, as soon as this Act becomes effective, to demand from the county treasurer all books and papers belonging to said county and pertaining to the office of county treasurer, and to examine the accounts of such retiring treasurer, or his representative and to have with such treasurer, or his representative a full and complete accounting and final settlement, and to issue to said treasurer, or his representatives, and to his bondsmen, upon such final settlement, a full and complete release of all liability as such treasurer. It is hereby made the duty of said treasurer to surrender and deliver to said board of commissioners, or other county authorities, the books and papers referred to. Accounting and settlement. Sec. 3. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That as a part of the settlement referred to in Section two (2) of this Act, the retiring treasurer of Bryan

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county shall deliver and turn over to the county depository or depositories selected as provided in this Act, all funds, property, moneys and effects except the books and papers to be delivered to the board of commissioners or other county authorities, in the hands of said county treasurer as such treasurer and shall be receipted therefor by the said board of commissioners, or other county authorities; and until such final receipt is given, the county treasurer shall remain subject as now provided by law, to a strict accounting as a holder of public money. Delivery of funds, books, etc. Sec. 4. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the board of commissioners of roads and revenues, or other county authorities, for Bryan county, shall at their first meeting in January, 1921, or as soon thereafter as practicable, select by a majority vote of said commissioners, as a depository or depositories for the funds of the county of Bryan, any bank or banks or trust company, state or national, authorized to do business in this state, such selected to be for the term of one year and until the selection and qualification of such depository's or depositories' successor or successors. The selection of such depository or depositories shall be made by majority vote of the commissioners, or other county authorities, at the first regular meeting in each year. Should any bank in Bryan county fail to qualify as such depository, said commissioners or other authorities, are hereby authorized to select some bank or banks in an adjoining county; Provided, however, the banks of Bryan county shall first be given an opportunity to qualify. Selection of depository. Sec. 5. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That before any bank or banks or trust company so designated as county depository, shall receive any of the funds of Bryan county, such depository, through its proper officers shall execute and deliver to the board of commissioners of roads and revenues, or other county authorities for Bryan county or their successors, a good and sufficient bond, in an

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amount to be fixed by said board, and not less than twenty-five thousand ($25,000.00) dollars, payable to the ordinary of Bryan county, its successors and assigns conditioned for the safe keeping, accounting for and paying over, upon demand of the proper authorities, all moneys and funds which may come into the keeping of such bank or banks or trust company by virtue of its or their selection as county depository or depositories; and that such depository or depositories shall faithfully and according to law perform whatever duties may be required thereof by this Act. Said bonds shall be approved by a majority of the board of commissioners, or other county authorities, shall be in a good and solvent surety company, doing business in this State, and the premium or premiums shall be paid out of the funds of Bryan county; Provided, however, That said board of commissioners, or other county authorities, may, in lieu of said bond, insure the county deposits in a good and solvent company, the loss, if any, payable to Bryan county, and upon such insurance no bond shall be necessary. The premium of such insurance shall be paid out of the funds of Bryan county. Bond of depository. Insurance in lieu of bond. Sec. 6. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That upon the selection and qualification of such county depository or depositories it shall be the duty of the retiring treasurer of Bryan county to pay over to such depository or depositories all moneys and funds in his hands as treasurer belonging to Bryan county. Such depository or depositories shall receive all moneys and funds from officers and other sources now received and held by the county treasurer, and all persons holding, or who may hereafter hold or some into possession of county moneys or funds, shall pay same, when this Act becomes effective, to such depository or depositories as they now pay over to the county treasurer. Such depository or depositories shall hold said moneys and disburse same upon warrant of the proper authority, shall pay, when in funds, all orders and warrants issued by the board of commissioners of roads

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and revenues, or other county authorities for Bryan county, as hereinafter specified; shall take a receipt on each order when paid, and carefully file it away; shall keep a wellbound book in which shall be entered all receipts stating when and from whom received, and on what account, and all amounts paid out, stating when paid, to whom and on what account; shall keep a well-bound book in which shall be entered a full description of all county orders or other forms of indebtedness as they are presented; shall record copies of orders of county authorities levying county taxes; shall render reports to and appear before the board of commissioners of roads and revenues, or other county authorities of Bryan county, whenever notified, and before any grand jury on request, to render an account of its doings as such depository; shall exhibit its books as such depository upon request of any grand jury, and monthly to said board of commissioners or other county authorities, at their monthly meetings. Such depository or depositories shall be both criminally and civilly liable as county treasurer are now liable, and subject to like punishment, for malfeasance or nonfeasance of duty. Said depository or depositories shall be bound as to the bank property and the property of stockholders, as well as on their bonds, for the true accounting of county deposits, as in case of other depositors. The accounts in faor of Bryan county shall come within the purview of the general examinations made by the State or National Bank Examiners, and also within the purview of the examinations of the State Auditor, should such office be created. Treasurer's duty. Disbursement of moneys. Accounts. Reports, etc. Civil and criminal liability. Examinations. Sec. 7. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That no depository shall receive any compensation as such depository other than that all books shall be furnished by Bryan county out of the county funds, and premiums on all bonds paid by Bryan county out of county funds. No compensation. Sec. 8. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all checks or warrants against the county funds in any depository shall be drawn by the clerk of the board

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of commissioners of roads and revenues, or other county authorities for Bryan county and countersigned by the chairman of said board, which check shall be numbered and stubbed, shall show for what purpose drawn, the amount for which drawn, and the party to whom drawn. No check shall be honored by any county depository unless in accordance with these provisions. Checks and warrants. Sec. 9. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all other duties now performed by the treasurer for Bryan county, especially such as are now specified in Section 576 (1) (2) Code of 1910, shall be performed by the board of commissioners of roads and revenues, or other county authorities of Bryan county. Duties as in Code. Sec. 10. Be it enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act shall be and the same are hereby repealed. Approved August 1, 1918. CHEROKEE COMMISSIONER'S SALARY. No. 324. An Act to amend Section 7 of an Act approved August 9, 1915, creating the office of commissioner of roads and revenues for the county of Cherokee, and for other purposes, by striking from said section the following: A salary of $1,200.00 per annum for his services, and inserting in lieu thereof the following words: A salary of not less than $1,200.00, and not to exceed the sum of $1,800.00 per annum for his services, the amount to be fixed 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 an Act entitled an Act to create the office

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of commissioner of roads and revenues for the county of Cherokee, approved August 9, 1915, be and the same is hereby amended by striking from Section 7 of said Act the following words: A salary of $1,200.00 per annum for his services, and the following inserted in lieu thereof: A salary of not less than $1,200.00 and not to exceed the sum of $1,800.00 per annum for his services, the amount to be fixed by the grand jury of the county and to be paid monthly at the end of each month's services. Act of 1915 amended. Increase of salary. 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 12, 1918. COFFEE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS ABOLISHED. No. 267. An Act to repeal an Act to create a board of commissioners of roads and revenues for the county of Coffee; to provide for the appointment and election of members thereof; to define their duties and powers and prescribe their qualifications, and for other purposes, approved July 31, 1917. 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 create a board of commissioners of roads and revenues for the county of Coffee; to provide for the appointment and election of members thereof; to define their duties and powers and prescribe their qualifications, and for other purposes, approved July 31, 1917, Acts of 1917, pages 330-38, be and the same is hereby repealed. Act of 1917 repealed. Sec. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That this Act shall not become operative until the 6th day

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of January, in the year one thousand nine hundred and nineteen. Effective Jan. 6, 1919. 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 July 26, 1918. COFFEE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS CREATED. No. 266. An Act to create a board of commissioners of roads and revenues for the county of Coffee; to provide for the appointment and election of members thereof; to define their duties and powers and prescribe their qualifications, 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 Coffee consisting of one commissioner for each road district of said county and one commissioner at large for said county is hereby created. Said commissioners shall be qualified voters of said county and the road commissioners representing the respective road districts of said county shall reside in the road districts for which they are elected, which said districts are to be defined later in this Act, and the commissioner at large shall reside in said county and shall have the same power and authority as one of the other commissioners herein provided for. Board created. Sec. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That for the purpose of this Act said county of Coffee shall be divided into four road districts to be constituted as follows: Road district number one shall comprise and constitute the 748th militia district; road district number

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two shall comprise and constitute the 1353rd militia district and the 1170th militia district; road district number three shall comprise and constitute the 1127th militia district and the 437th militia district, and road district number four shall comprise and include all territory of said county not included and embraced in the said road districts numbers one, two and three, above designated, it being intended that said road district number four shall include all of, or any portion of, militia districts numbers 1713 and 1130, and 1026 and 1556, which may be within the limits of said county at the date designated herein for the organization of said board of commissioners herein provided for, or any new militia districts which may hereafter be constituted in said county from said territory. Road districts. Sec. 3. 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 the said county under this Act, to-wit: S. J. Stubbs, for district number one; B. H. Tanner, for district number two; F. M. Merritt, for district number three; J. B. Harper, for district number four; Charlton Gillis, as commissioner at large for said county. That the terms of office of the above named commissioners shall begin on the first Monday in January, 1919, and shall continue until the first Monday in January, 1921, or until their successors are elected and qualified. Commissioners designated. Terms of office. Sec. 4. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That B. H. Tanner is hereby appointed, constituted and made chairman of the commissioners of roads and revenues of said county, and he shall hold the chairmanship of said commissioners until after the first Monday in January, 1921, or until his successor is elected and qualified, and shall have and exercise all authorities and powers conferred by this Act upon the chairman of said commissioners. Chairman. Sec. 5. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That at the regular election for the Statehouse officers

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to be held in the year 1920, said board of commissioners of roads and revenues shall be elected for a term of two years, whose terms of office shall begin on the first Monday in January, 1921, and who shall serve for a term of two years, and until their successors are elected and qualified. Said commissioners of roads and revenues shall be elected in the following manner: One commissioner shall be elected by the voters of said county from each of the said road districts, and the candidate in said election receiving the greatest number of votes of all the candidates for commissioners shall be chairman of said board of commissioners. Election and terms of office. Sec. 6. 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. 7. 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 vacancy in writing, and said ordinary is hereby authorized and empowered to call an election to fill the vacancy in the same manner as is provided for elections to fill vacancies in the county offices. The ordinary shall report such elections to the Governor, who shall issue a commission to the successful candidate for the unexpired term. Election to fill vacancy. Sec. 8. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the board of commissioners as herein provided shall be commissioned by the Governor for the term of office of which they are elected or appointed, and before entering upon the discharge of their duties, shall subscribe to the oath before the ordinary of said county required by law for the other county officers, and shall give good and solvent bond to be approved by the ordinary of said county, payable to the Governor of the State and his successors in

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office, in the sum of $3,000.00 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 and bond. Sec. 9. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the chairman of the board of commissioners of roads and revenues as provided for in this Act shall preside at all meetings, sign the minutes of all proceedings, sign his name as chairman to all orders, warrants, summons, subpoenas, or other processes issued by said board or by authority of said board. Chairman's duties. Sec. 10. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the board of commissioners shall at their first meeting in January, 1919, 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; Provided, however, The said vice-chairman shall have no authority to countersign vouchers nor make any contract binding the county which by the provisions of this Act are required to be made by said chairman. Vice-chairman. Sec. 11. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That should there not hereafter and before January 6, 1919, be provided by law a clerk of said board of commissioners, then and in that event said board of commissioners at their first meeting shall elect a clerk with such pay as the board may allow, not to exceed $300.00 per year. Said clerk, whether he be selected by the board of county commissioners or hold said office by other authority of law, shall give a good and solvent bond in the sum of $2,000.00, 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 the duties of said clerk to the board of commissioners of roads and revenues in and for the county of Coffee. Said board of commissioners shall have power to remove clerk at

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pleasure by a majority vote of said board. It shall be the duty of said clerk to attend all meetings of said board of commissioners of roads and revenues and keep a full record of all its proceedings and to keep on file and 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 designed; also an inventory of all county property, including all road machinery, live stock, chaingang outfit, and road-working tools; to keep in his 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 of said county. He shall also keep a separate book in which shall be kept an account of the commutation tax collected by the commissioners 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 account. 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 funds of said county, which record shall show by proper entry the fund from which same is payable, the person to whom payable, the date of record and the amount of said voucher or warrant. 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 of the board of commissioners. All records provided for in this section shall be kept in the commissioners' office in the said courthouse of said county, and shall be subject to inspection by any taxpayer of Coffee county. The clerk of the Superior Court of Coffee county, or the clerk of the City Court of Douglas, if there be such court, may be selected by said board of commissioners to act as clerk of the board of commissioners of roads and revenues. Clerk. Pay. Bond. Removal. Duties. Accounts, records, etc. Selection of clerk.

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Sec. 12. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That said board of commissioners shall hold a regular court for the transaction of business pertaining to county matters on the first Monday of each month of the year, the same to be held in the courthouse of said county in the office set apart for the use of said board of commissioners, and may hold special sessions at any time the business of the county shall demand. A majority of the board of commissioners, including the chairman of said board, or excluding the chairman, four of the members of said board shall constitute a quorum and it shall require a majority of said commissioners, including the chairman, to pass any order to transact business; Provided, however, That the concurrence of any four members of said board shall be controlled to pass any order to transact any business within the jurisdiction of said board of commissioners, and all business attempted to be transacted contrary to the regulations here set forth shall be null and void The chairman, or vice-chairman in the absence of the chairman, shall at any meeting of the commissioners be authorized to administer oaths, and said board may hear testimony as to matters to which said board has jurisdiction, and, when sitting as a court, shall have power to punish for contempt under the same rules and regulations as are provided by law for other courts. Court for county matters. Quorum. Orders. Testimony. Sec. 13. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the said commissioners shall have exclusive jurisdiction and control over the following matters, to-wit: In controlling and directing all 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 of or abolishing or changing election precincts or militia districts; in supervising the tax collector's and tax receiver's books; in allowing the insolvent list of said county; in settling claims and accounts of officers having the care and management or disbursement of funds belonging

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to or appropriated for the use and benefit of said county and bring them to settlement; in providing for the paupers of the county, and for the promotion of health as granted by law and not inconsistent with law; in examining the tax digest of said county for the correction of errors; in regulating and fixing license fees as may be provided by law; in establishing and maintaining the county chaingang; in working said gang on public roads 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, guards of convicts and chaingang, janitor of courthouse and jail, and superintendent of the county funds. In making such rules and regulations as they deem best for the interest of the county, governing all minor officers and employees appointed by them and fixing reasonable compensation for them as said board of commissioners may deem best for the interest of the county, and providing for the collection of the commutation road tax, fixing the amount to be paid in number of days' work 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 exercise all powers theretofore 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 or authority to erect any public building costing more than $5,000.00 without the recommendation being made by two preceding grand juries of said county, and said recommendation being ratified by a majority of voters of said county at an election held for such purposes; Provided, further, That said board of commissioners shall have no authority to expend more than $15,000.00 per year, inclusive with the commutation road tax, which shall not exceed $2.00 per capita per year, for the maintenance of the changang of said county. Jurisdiction of board. Powers limited.

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Sec. 14. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That said board of commissioners shall have the authority to use all the convict labor on the public roads of the county, distributing such labor as equitably and justly as possible, and said board of commissioners may in their discretion cease to operate the chaingang in the working of said road and return to the State such convicts as may be in the possession of said chaingang. Chain-gang and convicts. Sec. 15. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the board of commissioners shall prepare and submit to the grand jury at each spring term of the Superior Court of said county a full and complete statement of the finances of the county, which statement shall be sworn to and subscribed by the chairman of said board; said statement and report to the grand jury shall show an account of all receipts and disbursements, the source 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 their time on the public road 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. Reports to grand juries. Publication. Sec. 16. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That each of said commissioners, except the chairman of said board, shall receive for his services the sum of $3.00 per day for each day of actual service rendered by him, not to exceed 75 days in any calendar year. Pay of board members. Sec. 17. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the chairman of said board shall give and devote as much of his time and attention to the duties of said office as in the judgment of the majority of the board the duties of said office may require, not to exceed 200 days each calendar year, for which services he shall receive $3.00 per day. Chairman.

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Sec. 18. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the board of commissioners shall have published in a newspaper having general circulation in the county a monthly itemized statement of all receipts and disbursements of their office, showing the source from whence received and the purpose for which expended. Monthly statement. Sec. 19. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the said board of commissioners shall not have or contract with any member of said board or with any one related to any member of said board nearer than the second degree, for work to be done or supplies to be furnished to said county, in amounts exceeding $25.00, except such work to be done or supplies to be furnished shall be let at public outcry or by sealed bids to the lowest and best bidder. Contracts for work or supplies. Sec. 20. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That it shall be the duty of said board of commissioners to look into the conduct and management of the finances of the county during the last four years, and if said board shall find that any moneys belonging to said county have been illegally misappropriated and spent or squandered contrary to law, it shall be their duty to employ competent counsel and bring proceedings to cover such moneys as have been improperly and illegally spent. Past illegal expenditures Sec. 21. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all the books, records, documents, files and properties of the present board of commissioners of said county shall be by them delivered to the board created by this Act on the first Monday in January, 1919. Books, Records, [Illegible Text]. Sec. 22. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That in all cases where moneys or other property belonging to said county are illegally appropriated, spent or otherwise disposed of, that said commissioners shall be personally responsible for such misappropriation; Provided, however, That no commissioners not voting for such

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illegal misappropriation shall be held responsible for such misappropriation. Personal liability. Sec. 23. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That none of said commissioners except the chairman shall receive any compensation whatever from said county for any services rendered to said county in any capacity whatever, except for attendance upon the meetings of said board of commissioners and attending to official duties of his district. Pay limited. Sec. 24. 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 reepaled. Approved July 26, 1918. COFFEE DEPOSITORY; NO PREMIUM REQUIRED. No. 461. To amend an Act entitled an Act creating a county depository in and for Coffee county, and to provide for the receiving and disbursing of county funds, and for the keeping of records as heretofore kept by the county treasurers of this State and defining the duties of county commissioners relative thereto and for other purposes, approved August 19, 1916. To amend said Act by striking from said Act Section 10 of said Act, so as to provide by said amendment that the Citizens' Bank shall not be required to pay any amount whatever as a premium to act as county depository for said 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 Section 10 of said Act approved August 19, 1916, be and the same is hereby stricken from said Act and said section is hereby repealed, and the said Citizens'

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Bank is hereby relieved from paying any amount whatever as a premium to act as the county depository of Coffee county. Depository relieved. Sec. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the provisions of this Act shall not become operative until the first day of January, 1919. Effective Jan. 1, 1919. 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, 1918. COLQUITT; BULLS AND BOARS AT LARGE. No. 317. An Act to encourage the raising of live stock in Colquitt county, Georgia, by prohibiting the running at large in said county, beyond the limits of the lands of its owner or manager, any bull or uncastrated male cow or any boar or uncastrated male hog over four months old, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same as follows: Section 1. From and after sixty days from the passage of this Act, no bull or uncastrated male cow and no boar or uncastrated male hog over four months old shall be permitted to run at large in Colquitt county, Georgia, beyond the limits of the lands of its owner or manager. Animals not to be at large. Sec. 2. Such bulls or boars so running at large in said county shall be subjected to the provisions of Sections 2033 to 2035 inclusive, Volume 1 of Code of 1910, Section 3. All laws and parts of laws in conflict herewith be and the same are hereby repealed. Law applied. Approved August 8, 1918.

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DEKALB BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS CREATED. No. 293. An Act to create board of commissioners of roads and revenues for the county of DeKalb; to provide for the election of members thereof; to prescribe their powers, duties and compensation; to repeal the Act approved August 21, 1906, creating a commissioner of roads and revenues for 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 a board of commissioners of roads and revenues for the county of DeKalb is hereby created, to consist of five members, who shall be freeholders and qualified voters of said county. Board created. Sec. 2. Be it further enacted by authority aforesaid, That for the purpose of this Act the county of DeKalb shall be divided into five road districts, as follows: The first district shall be composed of Edgewood, East Atlanta and Mills militia districts; the second district shall be composed of Decatur, Kirkwood and Panthersville militia districts; the third district shall be composed of Stone Mountain, Clarkston, Evans and McWilliams militia districts; the fourth district shall be composed of Lithonia, Redan, Phillips and Diamonds militia district; the fifth district shall be composed of Brownings, Doraville, Shallowford and Crosskeys militia districts. Road districts. Sec. 3. Be it further enacted by authority aforesaid, that the first commissioners to be elected under this act shall be elected by the qualified voters of said county on the first Tuesday in November, 1918, at the same time as the general election for members of the General Assembly is held, and under the same laws controlling elections for county officers. One member shall be elected from each of the five road districts, and no member shall be elected

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from any road district unless he is a bona fide resident of the same; but each member shall be elected by the voters of the entire county and not by the voters of his district alone. Election of commissioners. Sec. 4. Be it further enacted by authority aforesaid, that the terms of office of said commissioners shall be for four years, beginning January 1, 1919; Provided, however, two of the commissioners first elected under this Act shall hold office for only two years, and upon the organization of the board the commissioners shall draw for terms under the supervision of the ordinary of said county, as follows: Two for short terms, to expire January 1, 1921, and three for full terms, to expire January 1, 1923; and as these terms expire their successors shall be elected for full terms of four years each, at the same time and under the same laws controlling elections for county officers, and any member may become his own successor in office, if elected. Terms of office. Sec. 5. Be it further enacted by authority aforesaid, That should a vacancy from death, resignation, removal from county or district, or otherwise, occur on said board of commissioners, the same shall be filled by appointment of the judge of the Superior Court of said county of DeKalb until the first day of January after the general election held next after the expiration of thirty days from the time such vacancy occurs, at which election a successor for the unexpired term shall be elected and said successor, either by appointment or election, shall be from the road district from which the vacancy occurs. Appointment to fill vacancy. Sec. 6. Be it further enacted by authority aforesaid, That each commissioner, before entering upon his duties, shall give bond in the sum of one thousand dollars, payable to the ordinary of said county and his successors in office, and shall take and subscribe to an oath before the ordinary of said county to well and faithfully perform his duties as such commissioners under this Act, which bond

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and oath shall be filed with the ordinary and recorded upon his minutes. Said bond shall be for the faithful performance of the duties of the office, and may be sued on by the ordinary on his own motion or by direction of the grand jury, and any commissioner and his sureties shall be liable for any breach thereof by way of malfeasance in office or for any neglect of duty. Bond and oath of office. Sec. 7. Be it further enacted by authority aforesaid, That said board of commissioners shall hold two regular meetings in each month, on the first and third Mondays thereof, the first meeting to be held on the first Monday in January, 1919, at 10 o'clock a. m., when the present commissioner of roads and revenues for said county shall turn over to them his office, all records, books and official papers therein, together with all county property, with a full inventory of the same, and a full and complete statement showing the financial condition of the county. At this meeting, or as soon thereafter as practicable, the board of commissioners shall organize by electing one of their members as chairman, one as vice-chairman, and every two years thereafter, on the first Monday in January, a chairman and vice-chairman shall be elected; but any chairman and vice-chairman shall hold his office until his successor is elected, and nothing herein shall prevent the re-election of any chairman or vice-chairman. The vice-chairman shall, in the absence or disqualification of the chairman, or during a vacancy in the office of chairman, perform and discharge all the duties of the chairman, and in the event of a vacancy in the office of chairman or vice-chairman, the same shall be filled by the board at its next regular meeting. The chairman shall be the chief executive officer of the board. He shall see that all orders, resolutions and rules of said board are faithfully, fully and impartially executed and enforced, and that all the officers, employees and agents of said board faithfully and impartially discharge the duties required of them. He shall have the general

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supervision of the affairs of the county, acting under orders of the board, and shall preside at all meetings of the board. He shall have the power to convene the board in extra session, and shall do so whenever requested, in writing, by at least two members of the board. Meetings of board. Chairman, and vicechairman. Duties. Sec. 8. Be it further enacted by authority aforesaid, That the salaries to be received by the commissioners shall be five dollars per day each, but no commissioners shall receive pay for more than ten days in any one month, and his pay shall be for actual services rendered. At the first regular meeting in each month each commissioner shall furnish the clerk a statement of his services for the previous month, and upon approval of the board, he shall be paid therefor from the county treasury in the same manner as other expenses of the county are paid. Pay. Sec. 9. Be it further enacted by authority aforesaid, That said board of commissioners shall, at their first regular meeting in January, 1919, or as soon thereafter as practicable, and every two years thereafter, on the first Monday in January, elect a clerk, who shall be a competent book-keeper, at a salary to be fixed by the commissioners, not to exceed fifteen hundred dollars per annum, who shall not engage in any other business during his term of service, and before entering upon his duties as such clerk he shall give bond, to be approved by the board of commissioners, payable to the ordinary of said county and his successors in office, in the sum of two thousand dollars, conditioned for the faithful performance of his duties as such clerk and to account for any and all funds, property or effects which may come into his hands as such clerk, which bond shall be filed with the ordinary of said county and recorded on his minutes, and may be sued on in like manner as the bond of a commissioner. The board of commissioners shall cause the clerk to keep a proper and accurate book of minutes, wherein shall appear all the acts, orders and proceedings of the board, and shall also cause him to keep full and accurate books of accounts, wherein shall appear in

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detail all orders, warrants and other proceedings drawn by the board of commissioners on the county treasury for what purpose and on what fund, and all such orders and warrants shall be so drawn as to specify the purpose and on what fund drawn; said books and records shall be so kept as to show at all times the financial condition of the county, and shall be open to inspection by any citizen or taxpayer of the county, or to any other person interested in the same. The clerk shall also keep a book of inventory of all county property, including road machinery, live stock, chaingang outfits and road-working tools, and every other kind and class of property belonging to said county, together with a fair valuation of the same, where located, in whose custody and in what condition, which inventory shall be carefully revised each year. And the clerk shall keep such other books and records as may be necessary or as the board may order. Clerk. Salary. Bond. Duties. Sec. 10. Be it further enacted by authority aforesaid, That the clerk of the board of commissioners shall be purchasing agent of the board, and shall, upon orders of the board, purchase all equipment, material and supplies for said county, of such kind and quality, and in such quantities as he is directed by said board of commissioners, and wherever practicable purchases of all such equipment, material and supplies shall be by competitive bids, which bids shall be kept on file in the office of the commissioners and subject to inspection by grand juries or others interested. All purchases made by the clerk shall be upon written orders, and duplicate copy of said orders shall be kept on file in the office of the commissioners, and subject to inspection by grand juries and others interested. Nothing herein shall prevent purchases being made by the board of commissioners, or by committees from said board, appointed for such purpose, but the written orders therefor shall be given by the clerk. All purchases made shall be charged to DeKalb county, and before bills therefor are submitted to the board for approval, they shall be audited and payment

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thereof recommended by the clerk, and if approved by the board of commissioners at a regular meeting thereof, said approval shall be endorsed upon said bills by the chairman, and a list thereof entered upon the minutes of the board, and when this is done, warrants therefor shall be regularly drawn, which warrants shall be signed by the clerk and chairman, as all other warrants drawn on the treasury of the county shall be signed, before payment thereof is made. Purchase of supplies, etc. Audit and payment of bills. Sec. 11. Be it further enacted by authority aforesaid, That said board of commissioners may, in their discretion, and when they deem one necessary, elect a superintendent of roads and bridges, to be selected on account of his efficiency and knowledge and skill in practical road building, preference to be given to a civil engineer when he fully measures up to the other requirements. The superintendent may also be convict warden, but aside from his duties as warden, if elected to that position, he shall not engage in any other business, trade or calling during his term of service. This officer shall have charge of laying out, building, repairing, improving and maintaining the public roads and bridges of the county, under orders of the board of commissioners. He shall receive such salary as may be fixed by the board of commissioners, not to exceed eighteen hundred dollars per annum, and his term of office shall be such as may be fixed by the board, not to exceed two years. He shall make requisition upon the clerk of said commissioners for all supplies needed in his department, said requisition to be in writing and filed with the clerk of said board on or before the regular meeting of the board in any month, and for all supplies and material received by the superintendent from the clerk, he shall give his receipt therefor. Superintendent of roads and bridges. Convict warden. Salary. Sec. 12. Be it further enacted by authority aforesaid, That the board of commissioners shall have the books and accounts of the tax collector, tax receiver, treasurer, sheriff,

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superintendent of schools, and the commissioner of roads and revenues, audited by a certified public accountant of this State immediately after they take charge of the affairs of the county, to cover such period as they may think advisable, and each year thereafter they must have the books and accounts of said officers examined for the year previous. Full reports of such audits, including statement of assets and liabilities, of revenues and expenses and such schedules as may be necessary for a clear understanding of the affairs of the country, as of January 1 of each year, shall be made, and such audits shall be completed and furnished to the March term grand jury of the county. An intelligent statement of each audit, showing the financial condition of the county, its receipts and disbursements, shall be published by the commissioners in the official organ of the county, if satisfactory prices therefor can be made for such publication; if not, in some newspaper having a general circulation in the county, that the citizens and tax payers may fully understand the financial condition of the county. Audit of county officers' books, etc. Sec. 13. Be it further enacted by authority aforesaid, That said board of commissioners of roads and revenues shall have, and they are hereby vested with exclusive jurisdiction and control over the following matters, to-wit: In directing, controlling and caring for all the property of the county, according to law; in levying taxes, according to law; in establishing, altering or abolishing public roads, private ways, bridges and ferries, according to law; in establishing, abolishing or changing election precincts and militia district, according to law; in supervising the tax collector's and tax receiver's books and allowing the insolvent lists for said county, according to law; in settling all claims against the county, examining and auditing all claims and accounts of officers having the care, management, keeping, collecting or disbursement of money belonging to the county or appropriated for its use or benefit, and bringing them to settlement, and especially are they

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charged with frequently examining, auditing and checking the books of the county treasurer, county depository, the tax collector, the tax receiver, the sheriff, the superintendent of public schools, or other officers of said county through whose hands county funds may pass, and this may be done by the commissioners themselves, through their clerk or auditor, and they may require from all such officers subject to examination such reports as may be necessary to keep said board of commissioners completely informed at all times of the financial condition of the county; in controlling, caring for and managing the convicts of the county, according to law; in making rules and regulations for the support of the poor of the county, according to law; in promoting and preserving the public health of the county, according to law; in electing and appointing all minor officials of the county whose election or appointment is not otherwise provided by law, such as superintendents and guards of convicts and chaingangs, janitor of the courthouse, superintendent of pauper farm, county physician and health officer, tax assessors, county policemen and other officers and guards as needed and authorized by law; in regulating peddling licenses, according to law; and generally to exercise all the powers heretofore vested in the ordinary when sitting for county purposes, and to have and exercise such other powers as are granted by law or as are indispensible to complete and proper jurisdiction over county finances and county matters. Said board of commissioners shall have the entire control and management of the convicts in said county, sentenced to work upon the public roads or works of said county, and of all convicts of this State assigned to this county by the proper authorities of the State, and shall so employ them, according to law and under such plans of working, building, repairing, maintaining the public roads, bridges an [Illegible Text] of said county as may now or hereafter be adopted or in force by law in said county. Jurisdiction of board.

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Sec. 14. Be it further enacted by authority aforesaid, That said board of commissioners may receive contributions for the improvement of the public roads of the county from persons who own property along the same, or from any other person who may be interested in the improvemeent of the roads, and such contributions, when received, shall be used for the improvement of the road designated by the contributor, and it shall be the duty of the clerk to receive such contributions and to disburse the same, as directed by the commissioners, and he shall keep a book of accounts which shall correctly show all such contributions, from whom received and a correct disbursement of the same, to whom paid, and shall take and file receipts for all such disbursements and for any misappropriation of any such funds, he and his sureties on his bond shall be liable therefor. Contributions for road improvements. Sec. 15. Be it further enacted by authority aforesaid, That it shall be unlawful for said commissioners to employ any person related within the third degree, either by blood or marriage, to any member of said board, or to contract with such person for any equipment, material or supplies, or for any work to be done upon the public roads, bridges or other public works of the county, and it shall likewise be unlawful for any member of said board, or their clerk, to have any financial interest in the sale or purchase of any article to or from the county, or to receive and rebate, expense account, transportation or other valuable consideration in connection with or through the purchase of any equipment or supplies for the county, the awarding of any contract for said county, and, if any commissioner or the clerk shall knowingly and wilfully violate any of the provisions of this section, he shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction, shall be punished as prescribed by Section 1065 of the Penal Code of Georgia, 1910, and shall also forfeit his office or be discharged from employment. Unlawful contracts and employment. Penalty. Sec. 16. Be it further enacted by authority aforesaid, That three members of said board shall constitute a quorum

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and all votes of the board making appropriations, authorizing the expenditure of county funds, or fixing the salaries of officers, agents or employees, shall be by ayes and nays, duly recorded on the minutes, and on any question or matter before the board, any member may demand an aye and nay vote, and on such demand the vote shall be taken and recorded on the minutes. Quorum and votes. Sec. 17. Be it further enacted by authority aforesaid, That the Act of the General Assembly of Georgia, approved August 21, 1906, creating a commissioner of roads and revenues for the county of DeKalb, as found in the Acts of 1906, from page 405 to 412, be and the same is hereby repealed; the repeal to take effect January 1, 1919, as this Act goes into effect. Act of 1906 repealed. Sec. 18. Be it further enacted by authority aforesaid, That the ordinary of DeKalb county shall order and provide for an election for the approval of this Act by the qualified voters of said county, to be held on the 11th day of September, 1918, under the same rules and regulations governing elections for members of the General Assembly, notice of which election shall be given by the publication of the order therefor in the newspaper publishing the sheriff's advertisements in said county of DeKalb once a week for three weeks preceding said election. This act referred to popular vote. The ordinary shall furnish tickets to the managers of said election, upon one-half of which shall be printed the words For five commissioners of roads and revenues, and upon the other half the words Against five commissioners of roads and revenues. The managers shall count the ballots and make their returns to the ordinary, who shall canvass the same and declare the result. If a majority of the qualified voters of DeKalb county, voting in the election vote for Five commissioners of roads and revenues, then this Act shall become, be, and go into effect and of force on January 1, 1919; otherwise, not.

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Sec. 19. Be it further enacted by authority aforesaid, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict herewith be and the same are hereby repealed. Approved August 2, 1918. FANNIN, GILMER, PICKENS, RABUN, TOWNS, UNION; WIDTH OF ROADS. No. 396. An Act to repeal An Act to alter and amend Section 639 of Irwin's new code, so far as the same relates to the counties of Fannin, Gilmer, Pickens, Union, Towns, and Rabun, which Act provides that so far as said section of said code relates to said counties in reference to the width of certain public roads, it shall read: They shall be at least fourteen feet wide, side digging, and be cleared of all stumps, grubs and bushes at least sixteen feet wide, and of such limbs of trees as may incommode horseman and carriages and tires, no matter what distance on either side of said roads, which are likely to fall in or across said road, shall be felled; the carriage track must be at least five feet six inches wide, approved August 24, 1872, Acts of 1872, page 418, 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 special Act above entitled be and the same is hereby repealed. Act of 1872 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 17, 1918.

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FRANKLIN SCHOOL BOARD ELECTION. No. 410. An Act to repeal an Act entitled An Act to amend an Act to establish public schools in Franklin county, Georgia, in the city of Lavonia, approved August 8th, 1908, and the various Acts amendatory thereof, so as to provide for the election of the board of education 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, the above entitled Act to amend an Act to establish public schools in Franklin county, Georgia, in the city of Lavonia, approved August 8th, 1908, and the various Acts amendatory thereof, so as to provide for the election of the board of education for the said city, and for other purposes, be and the same is hereby repealed. Act of 1908 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 19, 1918. GILMER TREASURER'S OFFICE ABOLISHED; DEPOSITORIES PROVIDED FOR. No. 333. An Act providing for abolishing the office of county treasurer of Gilmer County, Georgia; the creation and establishment of county depositories of said county, which depositories shall receive, keep, care for and pay out all county funds, including road funds, etc., 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 and after the first day of January, 1921, the office of county treasurer of Gilmer county, Georgia, shall be and the same is hereby abolished, or sooner, in case of vacancy by death, resignation or otherwise. In the event of the death or resignation of the present incumbent that then and in that event said office is hereby abolished. Office abolished. Sec. 2. The Gilmer County Bank is hereby designated and by this Act made county depository of Gilmer county, and the county officials having charge of the finances of said county shall keep all county funds in said bank; Provided, however, That said county authorities having charge of the finances of the county may make, and they are hereby given authority to make, such other arrangements with other banks, either in or without the county, as depositories, as they may deem to the best interest of the county. Depository designated. Other arrangements. Sec. 3. County funds mentioned in Section 2 of this Act is meant to include all funds raised by taxation or otherwise, and all road tax of all kinds, and all moneys coming into the county funds from all sources whatever, to be used for county or road purposes, and all special taxes levied for special purposes, etc. County funds defined. Sec. 4. The county authorities are hereby required, for the protection of the county, to require bond or bonds from said bank, or other banks if other banks are selected, payable to said county authorities, conditioned to answer for all funds turned over to them, in such sum as may be reasonble and just and that will protect the county against loss. Bonds for protection. Sec. 5. All money drawn from these depositories shall be by check or county order signed by the authorities having charge of the finances of the county. Said check or county order shall be entered on the records of the authorities drawing the same, showing the amount of check, the person in whose favor drawn and for what purpose, which records shall at all times be open to inspection by any person

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or persons whose duty it is to inspect the records kept by the various county officials and open to inspection by the grand jury of said county as a body or through its committees; Provided, That the clerk of the Superior Court of said county or clerk of any other court of said county may and he is hereby authorized to draw on the proper funds his scrip for jury service to jurors of said county, and said county depositories are hereby authorized to respect said scripts and to pay the same; this proviso to apply only to the payment of jurors who are paid out of county funds as is now or may hereafter be provided by law. Drawing of moneys. Sec. 6. All claims in favor of the clerk, sheriff, court bailiffs and other court officials of said county for their services and per diem for waiting on the court or courts shall be approved by the judge thereof and presented to the county authorities having charge of the finances of the county, and, if approved by said authorities, they shall draw their check or warrant on said county depositories in favor of such sheriff, clerk, bailiff or other official for the amount of said claims, or any part thereof, which, when presented to said depositories shall be paid and become a receipt for the amount directed to be paid. Pay of court officers. Sec. 7. Said depositories shall report to the county authorities having charge of the finances of the county as often as once every six months, or oftener if required by said authorities, showing the amount of funds on hand, and return all cancelled checks or orders. Reports. Sec. 8. The account so kept by said depositories of said county shall be subject to inspection by the State Auditor and come within the purview of the general examination by the State Bank Examiner or Comptroller of Currency, as other parts of the bank are subject; also to the inspection by the grand jury of said county, either in a body or through a committee. Inspection of accounts.

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Sec. 9. The county treasurer of said county shall, on or before the first day of January, 1921, or sooner, in case of resignation, turn over to the depositories of said county selected by the authorities of said county as herein set out, all money which may be in his hands at that time, together with all books and records belonging to his office. In case of death of the county treasurer the county authorities shall take charge of all money belonging to the county in the hands of the county treasurer, together with all records belonging to said office, and turn the same over to the said county depositories selected by said authorities. Delivery by treasurer. Sec. 10. From and after the said county depositories have taken charge of said funds and records as set out in the preceding section of this Act and so long as they remain as such depositories, the tax collector of said county and all other persons or officers collecting money due the county shall turn the same over to said depositories. In the event the depositories or any bank that may become county depository under this Act shall cease to be depository or depositories, all funds belonging to the county and records shall be turned over to the authorities having charge of the finances of the county and by them turned over to any other bank or banks selected as county depository under this Act on such terms as may be agreed upon, by, and between such bank or banks and said authorities. Deposits of moneys. Sec. 11. All officers collecting money of any description and turning the same over to the depositories selected by the said authorities shall take receipts from such depositories in duplicate, keeping one and turning the other over to the authorities having charge of the county finances. Receipts. Sec. 12. All of said depositories and disbursing agents shall be liable, both civilly and criminally, just as county treasurers are liable, for any nonfeasance or malfeasance of duty and that said county authorities shall have the right to proceed against said depositories and disbursing agents and the securities on their bonds as said treasurer may now

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be proceeded against in case of nonfeasance or malfeasance in the conduct of their office. Liability, civil and criminal. Sec. 13. All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed. Approved August 12, 1918. GLYNN TREASURER'S OFFICE ABOLISHED; DEPOSITORIES PROVIDED FOR. No. 312. An Act to abolish the office of County Treasurer of Glynn County, Georgia, and to provide in what manner the funds of said county shall be deposited and disbursed, 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 first day of September, 1918, the office of county treasurer of Glynn county, Georgia, shall be abolished, and such office shall from and after that date cease to exist. Office abolished. Sec. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the commissioners of roads and revenues of Glynn county shall by a majority vote taken among themselves, select some duly incorporated bank or banks in said county to act as depository or depositories and disbursing agent or agents of and for the public funds of said county. Selection of depository. Sec. 3. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That each bank or banks that shall be so designated as such depository or depositories and disbursing agent or agents, shall receive no compensation for acting as such, but said commissioners shall, if possible, get such bank or banks to pay said county for the privilege of acting as such depository and disbursing agent. No compensation.

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Sec. 4. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That no such bank shall be allowed to act as such depository and disbursing agent until it shall have given a bond payable to said commissioner with security to be by them approved, conditioned for the faithful performance of all the duties pertaining to said appointment, and in a sum which in the judgment of said commissioners will be at least fifty per cent. in excess of the amount of the county funds that will probably be deposited with such bank for the ensuing twelve months from the date of the bond. It shall be within the power of said commissioners to call upon such bank or banks to strengthen such bond or give a new bond to increase the amount of such bond at any time, and in default of the same being done to revoke the appointment of such bank as depository and disbursing agent. Bond of depository. Sec. 5. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That it shall be the duty of each such bank acting as such depository and disbursing agent Duties. 1. To pay without delay, when in funds, all orders issued by said commissioners, or by their authority, according to the rate of such orders. Payments. 2. To take a receipt on each order when paid and carefully file it away. Receipts. 3. To keep a well-bound book in which shall be entered all receipts, stating when received, from whom and on what account, and all amounts paid out, stating when paid, to whom and on what account. Bookkeeping. 4. To keep a well-bound book in which shall be entered a full description of all county orders or other forms of indebtedness, as they are presented, and to record a copy of the order of the county authorities levying county taxes in each year as levied. Records. 5. To render reports to and appear before said commissioners whenever notified, and to appear before any

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grand jury of said county on request, to render an account of its actings and doings as such depository and disbursing agent, and to exhibit its books and vouchers as such depository and disbursing agent whenever notified. Reports. Sec. 6. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That said commissioners shall have the power and authority from time to time to prescribe other reasonable duties and regulations for the government of said depositories and disbursing agents, and said depositories and disbursing agents shall be just as much bound to observe the same as they shall be bound to observe those provided for in this Act. Further duties. Sec. 7. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That said commissioners shall appoint such depository and disbursing agent or depositories and disbursing agents and such bond or bonds shall be given on or before the day this Act shall go into effect, and the county treasurer of said county then in office shall on the day this Act shall go into effect, deliver to such depository or depositories as he may be directed by said commissioners, all county funds in his hands, and he shall at the same time deliver to said commissioners all records, books and papers that he may have pertaining to his office. Delivery by treasurer. Sec. 8. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That in case said commissioners shall be unable to make satisfactory arrangements with any bank in said county as to its becoming such depository and disbursing agent, or in case it should come to pass that there should be no incorporated bank in said county, then said commissioners shall have the authority to appoint some bank in an adjoining county, or in some county in the same section of the State to act as such depository and disbursing agent. Depository in adjoining county. Sec. 9. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That said commissioners may determine in each case at the time of making the appointment the length of time

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during which such bank shall act as such depository and disbursing agent. Term. Sec. 10. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That said commissioners shall, out of the funds of said county, pay for all books and blanks required to be kept by said depositories of their acts as such agents and depositories and as well as all premiums on the bond given by said bank under the terms of this Act. Books and bond premium. Sec. 11. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That such depositories shall, at least once in every three months, submit to said commissioners an itemized and detailed statement of all receipts and disbursements by it of the funds of said county, which statement shall be duly verified by the oath of its cashier and which statement shall be by said commissioners published in a newspaper or papers having a general circulation in said county of Glynn. Itemized statements. Sec. 12. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That said commissioners shall, at least once during each year, cause the books of said depositories, so far as the same pertains to its actings and doings as such depository, to be audited by a competent accountant or accountants to be selected and employed by said commissioners for such purpose. Audit of books. Sec. 13. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with any provision of this Act be and the same are hereby repealed. Approved August 8, 1918.

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GWINNETT BRIDGES AND ROADS; POWERS AS TO. No. 493. An Act to amend an Act to create a board of county commissioners of Gwinnett county and to prescribe and define the powers and duties thereof, approved August 16th, 1915, by giving said commissioners the right to build and repair bridges; to contract to have roads graded, soiled and built; to prescribe how the contracts may be made; to provide for road machinery to be furnished each militia district of said county to be used in working the public roads under the alternative road law, 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 Section 5 of said Act be and the same is hereby amended by adding the following subdivision to said section to be numbered. They are herein numbered: Act of 1915 amended. 9. To build or repair bridges, to let the building or repairing of said bridges out by contract, or by hired labor. Provided, That this shall not interfere with the rights and powers of the Gwinnett superintendent of roads to build and repair bridges as given in the Act approved August 16, 1915, page 248. Bridges. 10. To construct, grade, soil, pave or macadamize public roads in said county by letting said work out by contract to some person, company or corporation, as the lowest and best bidder; said road to be built according to specification and location to be furnished by said board, and said contract shall be under the inspection of the road superintendent or other person to be named by said commissioners. Provided, That the contractor shall enter into a good and sufficient bond in a sum double the amount of the contract price for the faithful performance of said contract, payable to the county commissioners of Gwinnett county. Road improvements. Contractor's bond.

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11. Said board of commissioners shall furnish each militia district of said county with road machinery and tools to effectually work the public roads under the alternative road law. Said machinery and tools to be bought by said commissioners and paid for out of the funds raised by said road tax, each district paying for its own machinery out of said road tax in each said district. Machinery and tools. 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 19, 1918. HART BOARD AND COMMISSIONER ABOLISHED. No. 319. An Act to repeal an Act creating the office of commissioner of roads and bridges and a board of finance for Hart county, prescribing the manner of their election and defining their duties, and for other purposes, approved August 15th, 1914, Acts of 1914. 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, 1919, that an Act approved August 15, 1914, creating the office of commissioner of roads and bridges and a board of finance for Hart county, to provide for their election, to define their duties and powers, to fix their compensation, and for other purposes be and the same is hereby repealed. Act of 1914 repealed. Sec. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That this Act shall not take effect until January 1st, 1919. Effective Jan. 1, 1919. Sec. 3. 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 8, 1918.

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HART BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS CREATED. No. 305. An Act to create a board of commissioners of roads and revenues for the county of Hart, to provide for the election of members thereof by the grand jury of said county; to define their duties and powers, fix their salaries and term of office; to provide for filling vacancies and to divide the county into four 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 authority of same, That a board of commissioners of roads and revenues for the county of Hart, to consist of five persons, is hereby created. Said commissioners shall be freeholders and qualified voters of said county. Board created. Sec. 2. That for the purpose of this Act the said county of Hart shall be divided into four road districts, to be constituted as follows: Road districts. The first district shall be composed of the 1112th and 1119th militia districts. The second district shall be composed of the 1113th and 1116th militia districts. The third district shall be composed of the 1114th and 1118th militia districts. The fourth district shall be composed of the 115th and 1117th militia districts. Sec. 3. That the five commissioners provided for in this Act shall be elected as follows: One commissioner from each road district and one from the county at large, and they shall be elected by the grand jury of Hart county at the August term 1918 of Hart Superior Court and begin their term of office January 1st, 1919. Election by grand jury.

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Sec. 4. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That said board of commissioners of roads and revenues shall give bond in the sum of five thousand dollars in some solvent surety company doing business in said county, to be approved by the ordinary of Hart county and the premium shall be paid out of the county funds by order of the board of commissioners of roads and revenue. That said board of commissioners of roads and revenue and their successors in office shall, before entering upon their duties, take an oath before the ordinary of Hart county for the faithful performance of their duties, which oath and their bond shall be recorded by the ordinary of Hart county and shall remain in his custody. Bond. Oath of Office. Sec. 5. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the board of commissioners of roads and revenue shall, after giving bond and taking oath, meet at the courthouse in Hartwell and organize by electing a chairman and clerk on or before the day their term of office begins, and their successors elected by the grand jury as herein provided shall so organize by electing a chairman and clerk. Organization. Sec. 6. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That two of the said commissioners shall be elected for a term of one year, two for a term of two years and one for a term of three years, and their terms of office shall begin on January 1st, 1919, and said grand jurors shall elect said board of commissioners of roads and revenue annually thereafter in accordance with this Act, and said board of commissioners of roads and revenue shall be commissioned by the udge of the Superior Court of the Northern Circuit after their election has been certified by the foreman of the grand jury electing them. Terms of office. Sec. 7. The board of commissioners of roads and revenue thus elected and qualified shall hold office during their terms and until their successors are elected and qualified, and all vacancies shall be filled by the ordinary of Hart county and the person or persons so appointed shall fill the

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unexpired term of whom he succeeds and shall qualify and give bond as required in this Act. Vacancies. Sec. 8. Be it further enacted, That said board of commissioners shall have exclusive jurisdiction when sitting for county purposes over the following subject matters, to-wit: First, in building and repairing and controlling all property of the county as they may deem expedient according to law. Second, in levying a general tax for general purposes and a special tax for special purposes, according to the provisions of the general law and special enactments of the General Assembly. Third, in establishing, altering, building, repairing and abolishing all roads, bridges and ferries in the county, conformity to law. Fourth, in establishing and changing election precincts and lines and militia districts. Fifth, in examining, auditing and allowing all claims for and against the county of Hart. Sixth, in examining and auditing the accounts of all county officers who receive pay out of money of the county or state, and examining all matters of record as required to be kept by law. Seventh, in collecting and disbursing all funds belonging to the county or appropriated for its use or benefit and in bringing all debtors of the county to a speedy settlement. Eighth, in making such rules and regulations for the support and maintenance of the poor of said county and for the promotion of health as permitted by law. Jurisdiction of board. Sec. 9. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That said board shall meet at the courthouse in said county and hold their sessions at such times as may be agreed upon and advertised by them. Sessions. Sec. 10. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That for each day's services rendered by the members of said board at monthly meetings they shall receive three ($3.00) dollars. Pay. Sec. 11. Be it further enacted, That said board of commissioners shall have the power to appoint a clerk or secretary

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for said board and fix his compensation for such services. Clerk. Sec. 12. Be it further enacted, That all the Acts of said board shall at all times be open for the inspection of the public and they shall cause each county officer who handles the funds of the county to make an itemized statement showing to the grand jury twice each year the money received and from what source and all money paid out and for what purpose. Public inspection. Sec. 13. Be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of said board of commissioners to publish every six months in the official organ of Hart county a full, complete, itemized statement of their acts and doings, showing all money taken in by them, its source and disbursements, to whom paid and for what purpose; the costs of publishing such statement to be paid out of the county treasury. Publication of itemized statements. Sec. 14. Said board shall have entire control and management of the convicts of said county and work them in accordance with the laws of said state. Convicts. Sec. 15. Said board shall hold at least one session in each month at county site and in the courthouse of said county, where they shall have an office. The chairman of said board may in his discretion call an extra session of said board to transact any business that may arise after the regular meeting of said board, and for the services in attending extra sessions the members of said board shall receive two dollars ($2.00) per day compensation therefor; provided not more than four extra sessions are held during any one year at the expense of the county. Sessions, regular and extra. Sec. 16. The members of the board of commissioners shall be exempt from jury and road duty and no grand juror, while serving on the grand jury, shall be elected a member of said board. Exempt from jury duty.

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Sec. 17. The board of commissioners of roads and revenue shall recommend to the prison commission of Georgia, competent men for appointment by the prison commission to the positions of county wardens and convict guards. Convict wardens and guards. Sec. 18. Be it further enacted, That said board shall have authority to elect a county physician and fix his salary and term of office and employ a competent civil engineer, fix his salary and term of office and such other employees as are necessary in the building of roads and bridges as provided by law, and their salaries shall be paid out of the county treasury. Physician. Sec. 19. Be it further enacted, That all male inhabitants who are subject to road duty under existing laws of this State shall be required to work on the public roads of Hart county the number of days as prescribed in the alternative road law, Acts of 1890 and 1891, page 135 and codified in Parks' Code of Georgia, 1914, Volume 1. Road work. Sec. 20. That the alternative road law contained in the Acts of 1890 and 1891, page 135, and codified in Parks' Code of Georgia, 1914, Volume 1, having been recommended by the grand jury of Hart county and now of force and effect in said county, the board of commissioners of roads and revenue herein created shall exercise all authority delegated under Sections 694 to 703, inclusive, of Parks' Code of Georgia, 1914, Volume 1, and all amendments to said sections by the General Assembly of Georgia, and shall have full and complete authority to enforce the above sections of this code in the discharge of their duties as commissioners of roads and revenue for the county of Hart, and all amendments to said sections by the General Assembly of Georgia. Law applied. Sec. 21. Be it further enacted, That the board of commissioners of roads and revenue shall, after January 1st, 1919, perform the duties heretofore performed by the board of finance as provided for in an Act of the General

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Assembly of Georgia, Acts of 1915, pages 260 to 263, inclusive, which Act was approved by the Governor of Georgia August 12th, 1915; the same providing for the handling of the county funds and for other persons as expressed in said Act, and all of said Act shall remain of force and effect except where it is in conflict with this Act and the laws relating to the duties of county treasurer, and all laws pertaining to the county treasurer as expressed in Sections 565, 566, 569, 570, of Article 1, Parks' Code of Georgia, 1914, and as expressed in Section 2, Article 1, Parks' Code of Georgia, 1914, Volume 1, Sections 571, 572 and 573, and as expressed in Section 3, Article 1, sub-sections 574, 576, 577 and 578, and it is enacted that all the above sections of the Code of Georgia shall apply to the board of commissioners of roads and revenue of Hart county in the discharge of their duties which were formerly performed by the treasurer of Hart county, and said board of commissioners of roads and revenue shall receive as compensation for their services the sum of two hundred ($200.00) dollars per annum for receiving and disbursing the county funds and performing such other duties as were performed by the county treasurer, and said salary to be paid out of the funds of the said county. County funds: receipt and disbursement. Laws applied. Pay. Sec. 22. Be it further enacted, That Section 3, Article 1 of Parks' Code of Georgia, 1914, Volume 1, as contained in sub-Sections 574, 576, 577 and 578 and Section 4 of Article 1 of said Parks' Code, Volume 1, as contained in sub-Sections 579 to 584, inclusive, and also Sections 585, 586 and 587, Volume 1, of said Parks' Code shall apply to the board of commissioners of roads and revenue of Hart county in the discharge of their duties, which were formerly discharged by the treasurer of Hart county. Laws applied. Sec. 23. Be it further enacted, That the bond of the commissioners of roads and revenue shall be signed jointly and severally by members of said board and payable to the ordinary of Hart county, and the same to be approved by

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the ordinary, and this bond shall be in addition to the bond hereinbefore provided for in this Act. The conditions of this bond is that the said board shall faithfully discharge their duties as custodians of the public funds of said county arising from taxation or otherwise, which duties were formerly discharged by the county treasurer of Hart county. Bond of comnissioners. Sec. 24. Be it further enacted, That the clerk or secretary of said board of commissioners shall give bond in the sum of thirty-five hundred ($3,500.00) dollars, payable to said board of commissioners of roads and revenues, in some solvent surety company doing business in this county, to be approved by the chairman of said board. If said clerk or secretary of said board should misappropriate any sum in excess of his said bond, the board of commissioners of roads and revenues shall be responsible for the money so misappropriated and on the failure to pay the sum so misappropriated the ordinary of Hart county is authorized to institute suit against said board for the recovery of same. Bond of clerk. Board reponsible. Sec. 25. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all sales of stock, machinery, or other road equipment not essential to road and bridge building shall be sold at public outcry at the courthouse door in Hartwell, Georgia, after publishing notice of the sale thereof in the official organ of said county for two weeks prior to said sale. Sales Sec. 26. Be it further enacted; That the clerk or secretary of said board shall keep an accurate record of the meeting of said board, recording the vote of each member of the board on all questions voted upon, and shall keep an accurate account of all funds collected by him or turned over to him by any agent of the board or officer of this county. He shall collect at the office of the board of commissioners of roads and revenue all commutation tax paid by persons subject to road duty and not exempt from same. He shall keep a complete record of all commutation tax

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collected by him and showing from whom collected, when collected and from what road district the tax payer resides. He shall also keep an account and accurate record of all disbursements from funds in his hands to whom, when and the amount paid and for what purpose. Clerk's duties. Sec. 27. Be it further enacted, That no stock of any kind shall be kept or fed at the county convict camp or county farm except stock owned by the county, and a violation of this section by any officer of this county, warden or convict guard shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction thereof, shall be punished as prescribed in Section 1065, Parks' Code of Georgia, 1914, Volume 6. Unlawful feeding of Stock. Penalty. Sec. 28. Be it further enacted, That when any official bond is executed by the members of the board of commissioners of roads and revenues, as required by this Act for the faithful discharge of their duties or by the clerk or secretary of said board, the property of the members of said board and said clerk or secretary, as well as the securities on either of said bonds, shall be bound from the time of the execution thereof for the payment of any and all liability arising from the breach of said bonds. Liability on bonds. Sec. 29. Be it further enacted, That on the first Monday in February of each year said board shall make a sworn financial statement to the ordinary of said county showing the amount of money received as commutation tax, amount received from the tax collector of Hart county and all moneys received from any other source; they shall also show the disbursements made by said board, to whom paid and when paid; also submit a statement of unpaid county warrants, showing to whom payable and amounts of each and when payable. They shall likewise submit an itemized statement of the indebtedness of the county for which no warrant has been executed. The purpose of this section being to show the taxpayers the financial condition of the county. The ordinary of Hart county shall record this report and for this service shall receive out of

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the county treasury the sum of five ($5.00) dollars. It shall be the duty of said board to submit a similar statement to the grand jury at each spring term of Hart Superior Court. Financial statements to be verified. Sec. 30. Be it further enacted, That all disbursements of funds of the county shall be by warrant drawn against the fund from which said debt shall be paid, and no other, and said warrant shall be signed by the chairman and clerk or secretary of the board of commissioners of roads and revenue. No warrant shall be drawn until the claim or debt shall be approved by a majority of said board and in accordance with the following section. Warrants for disbursements. Sec. 31. Be it further enacted, That before any debt or claim against the county for machinery, mules, horses, supplies for camps, clothing and supplies for convicts and all necessary supplies for the officers of the courts and county, and all lumber, piping and bridge material shall be paid by said board, the person, firm or corporation presenting the same shall itemize said account and show the amount of profits made on each item or bill of goods sold said board, and on failure to comply with this section by either party to the sale and purchase of any of the above named articles or personal property and shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction thereof shall be punished as prescribed in Section 1065 of Parks' Code of Georgia, 1914, Volume 6. This section shall not apply to any purchase of the value of twenty-five ($25.00) dollars, or less. Itemized statements of accounts and profits. Penalty. Sec. 32. Be it further enacted, That no member of said board shall hire, employ or contract with himself for work to be done or supplies to be furnished said county, nor shall any member of said board be interested in any way, directly or indirectly, in any contract for labor, material, machinery, stock or supplies made by said board, nor shall said board make any such contract with any firm, corporation in which any member of said board is a member or stockholder. Unlawful contract and employment.

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Sec. 33. Be it further enacted, That said board shall have the authority to issue subpoenas in the trial of all road tax defaulters and issue all summons or notices necessary to bring to trial all offenders of the public road laws over which the board of commissioners of roads and revenue have jurisdiction, and all of said subpoenas, summons and notices shall be signed by the chairman and clerk of the said board of commissioners, and said board shall have authority to administer oaths and punish for contempt of court. Trial of road defaulters. Sec. 34. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the board of commissioners of roads and revenue may delegate to the ordinary of said county the authority to look after public buildings and the county farm at a reasonable cost. Delegation to ordinary. Sec. 35. Be it further enacted, That the provisions of this Act shall not go into effect until January 1st, 1919, except Section 3 hereof, which provides for the election of the members of said board of commissioners of roads and revenue at the August term of 1918 of Hart Superior Court. Effective Jan. 1, 1919. Sec. 36. 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 2, 1918. HOUSTON TREASURER'S SALARY FIXED. No. 313. An Act to fix the salary of the county treasurer of Houston county, and for other purposes. Section 1. Be it enacted, That from and after the passage of this Act the compensation of the treasurer of Houston county, shall be $300.00 per annum in place of all commissions as now received by him, the same to be paid

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out of the treasury of Houston county, and in addition to said $300.00 the cost of the bond of said treasurer shall be paid out of the county treasury aforesaid. Said $300.00 to be paid monthly; that is $25.00 per month. $300 a year instead of commissions. 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 8, 1918. IRWIN COMMISSIONER'S TERM OF OFFICE. No. 419. An Act to amend an Act amending an Act entitled 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; to provide how vacancies shall be filled; to provide how the convict shall be worked on the public roads; the division of Irwin county into road district; the election of said county commissioner by the people, approved August 8th, 1916, by extending the term of office of said commissioner so selected until January 1st, 1921, 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 entitled an Act amending an Act to create the office of commissioner of roads and revenue 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 may be filled; to provide how the convicts shall be worked upon the public roads, the division of Irwin county into road districts, the election of said commissioner by the people, and for other purposes, be and the same is

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hereby amended by striking from Section 2 of said amending Act the following words: Beginning on the 17th line of said section 2 after the words of January, 1918, and striking therefrom the following, and shall hold said office until the first day of January, 1919, at the regular election to be held in the State of Georgia on Tuesday following the first Monday in November, 1918, the successor of the said commissioner of roads and revenues so elected at the special election to be held on the first Tuesday in November, 1917, shall be elected and shall take office on the first day of January, 1919, and shall hold said office for a period of four years from that date, and his successor shall be elected at the regular election held on Tuesday following the first Monday in November, 1922, and each four years thereafter, said commissioner so elected to be commissioned by the Governor, and substituting in lieu thereof the following: And shall hold said office until the first day of January, 1921, at the regular election to be held in the State of Georgia for the election of county officers on Tuesday following the first Monday in November, 1920, the successor of the said commissioner of roads and revenues so elected at the special election to be held on the first Tuesday in November, 1917, shall be elected and shall take office on the first day of January, 1921, and shall hold said office for a period of four years from that date, and his successor shall be elected at the regular election held on Tuesday following the first Monday in November, 1924, and each four years thereafter, said commissioner so elected to be commissioned by the Governor, so that said Section 2 of said amending Act when so amended will read as follows: Act of 1916 amended. Sec. 2. Be it further enacted, That the successor to said commissioner shall be elected by the qualified voters of the county of Irwin at a special election to be held in said county on the first Tuesday in November, 1917, said election to be called by the ordinary of said county and advertised in the public gazette of the county of Irwin for

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a period of four weeks immediately preceding the holding thereof; said election to be held under the same law, rules and regulations as govern the election of members of the General Assembly of this State, and at said special election all persons who under the law are authorized to vote for the members of the General Assembly of this State shall be and are hereby authorized to vote for the commissioner of roads and revenue of the county of Irwin. The commissioner so elected at said special election to be held on the first Tuesday in November, 1917, shall take office on the first day of January, 1918, and shall hold said office until the first day of January, 1921. At the regular election to be held in the State of Georgia for the election of county officers on Tuesday following the first Monday in November, 1920, the successor of said county commissioner of roads and revenue so elected at the special election to be held on the first Tuesday in November, 1917, shall be elected and shall take office on the first day of January, 1921, and shall hold said office for a period of four years from that date, and his successor shall be elected at the regular election held on Tuesday following the first Monday in November, 1924, and each four years thereafter. Said commissioner so elected to be commissioned by the Governor. Should a vacancy occur in the office of commissioner of roads and revenue it shall be the duty of the ordinary of said county to call an election to fill said vacancy, said election to be held not more than forty days from the date on which said vacancy occurs, and notice thereof to be given in the public gazette of said county for a period of four weeks. From the date of said vacancy to the date of said election and the qualification of the commissioner thus elected, the ordinary of said county shall perform all of the duties which devolve upon the commissioner of roads and revenue of said county, and shall receive for such services the same compensation now provided for said commissioner of roads and revenue. To be read. Election and term of office. Vacancy.

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Sec. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all laws and parts of law in conflict herewith be and the same are hereby repealed. Approved August 19, 1918. JEFF DAVIS BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS CREATED. No. 336. An Act to establish for the county of Jeff Davis a board of commissioners of roads and revenues; to prescribe the powers and duties of said board; to fix the terms of such officers and their compensation; to provide for the appointment of said commissioners by the Governor; and to provide for the election of said 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 the authority of the same, That a board of commissioners of roads and revenues for the county of Jeff Davis, in the State of Georgia, is hereby created and established, with all the jurisdiction, with all the powers and privileges usually conferred by law or such board of commissioners, and subject to such other rules and regulations as may be prescribed by this Act. Board created. Sec. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That said board of commissioners of roads and revenues shall consist of three members, one of whom shall be chairman of said board, said chairman to be resident of the 1364th district G. M. of said county. That the term of office of said commissioners shall be for four years, except as to the first three, whose term of office shall be as herein-after prescribed. Members. Term of office. Sec. 3. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That no person shall be qualified to fill the office of county commissioner of Jeff Davis county who is not twenty-one

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years of age, and no person shall be qualified to hold office as chairman of said board of commissioners who is not twenty-five years of age, and when said commissioners shall have been so selected or elected, they shall, before entering upon the performance of their duties, take and subscribe before the judge of the City Court of Hazlehurst, said county, or the clerk of the Superior Court of Jeff Davis county, an oath to faithfully perform the duties of commissioner of roads and revenues under this Act and constitution and laws of the State of Georgia, which oath, when taken and signed, shall be recorded in a book of minutes hereinafter required to be kept by the clerk of said board of commissioners, and in addition to the oath taken and subscribed, each member of said board of commissioners, before entering upon the discharge of his duties, shall give a bond with good and sufficient security, payable to Jeff Davis county, in the sum of one thousand dollars, conditioned for the faithful discharge of his duties as a member of said board of commissioners, said bond to be approved by the judge of the city court of Hazlehurst, said county, or the clerk of the Superior Court of Jeff Davis county, and recorded by said clerk of said Superior Court and kept on file in his office. Eligibility. Oath of office. Bond. Sec. 4. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That each member of said board of commissioners of roads and revenues shall receive as compensation for his services as a member of such board the sum of three dollars per day for each day actually spent in the discharge of the duties required of him as a member of the said board of roads and revnues; Provided, however, That the actual compensation of no member of such board shall exceed the sum of eighteen dollars in one calendar month. That said board of commissioners of roads and revenues shall have entire and exclusive management of the entire affairs of said county of Jeff Davis that are within the jurisdiction of said board of commissioners; that they shall make all contracts, do all of the buying and shall superintend all of

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the work done by or for said county, whether done by contract or hired labor, and shall have entire and exclusive control of the convicts and convict camps of said county, in so far as said county has jurisdiction over said convicts and convict camps. That said board of commissioners shall select some competent person to act as clerk of said board of commissioners of roads and revenues, who shall keep all the books necessary for the conduct of said office and shall keep a book of minutes of the meeting of said board, together with all the files pertaining to said office, said set of books showing disbursements and receipts, and giving all other information relating to the financial condition of said county. The salary of said clerk of said board of commissioners shall be determined by said commissioners, but shall not exceed the sum of twenty-five dollars per calendar month. Said board of commissioners shall require said clerk on the first Monday in each month to make up a complete copy of the proceedings of said board, together with a statement of the affairs of the county, and to publish the same in a newspaper in which the legal advertisements for said county are published; Provided, That said proceedings and statement can be published for a sum not exceeding five dollars per month, and in the event said proceeding and statement cannot be published for said amount, said proceeding and statement shall be posted on the bulletin board at the courthouse door in said county, in lieu of said publication. It shall be the duty of said board of commissioners to employ an attorney at law of said county, to be known as county attorney, and it shall be the duty of such attorney to represent the county in all matters of controversy in which said county is interested, and to be the legal adviser of said board, and to attend the meetings of said board. Such attorney shall receive for compensation for his services such a sum as may be agreed upon by and between he and the board of commissioners, provided that such compensation shall not exceed the sum of twenty-five dollars per calendar month. Pay. Jurisdiction. Clerk; duties of. Salary. Publication of proceedings. Attorney. Pay.

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Sec. 5. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That said board of commissioners shall keep and maintain an office at the courthouse in said county of Jeff Davis, and that there shall be a regular meeting of said board of said board of commissioners once each month to be held in the office of said board on the first Monday in each month. The first meeting of said board shall be held on the next first Monday after the appointment and qualification of said commissioners as hereinafter provided. The chairman of said board shall have the power to call such other meetings of said board as may be found necessary for the transaction of business after giving the other members of said board reasonable notice of the time and place of such meetings, and any two members of said board shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. That at all meetings of said board the chairman shall preside when present and not disqualified, and in the event of his absence or disqualification one other member shall preside as chairman. The minutes of the meetings of the said board shall be signed by the chairman and one other member of said board. That said board shall approve all just claims against said county, and all warrants on the treasurer or county depositor of said county for the payment of county funds, shall be signed by the chairman and one other member of the board, and the treasurer or county depository of said county shall not disburse or pay out of any of its funds any order unless the same shall have been signed by said chairman and one other member of said board; Provided, this shall not apply to pay script properly signed by the clerk of the Superior Court of said county or the clerk of the City Court of Hazlehurst, said county, or order drawn by the judges of said courts, authorized by law. That all other orders, processes and summons shall be signed by the chairman of said board in his official capacity, and when so done shall be of the same force as if signed by the whole board. Office. Meetings. Minutes. Approval of claims. Warrants for payments. Orders, etc.

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Sec. 6. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That said board of commissioners of roads and revenues shall have power to exercise exclusive jurisdiction and control over all county matters in Jeff Davis county that are now vested by law in the ordinaries of the counties of the State, as relates to roads, bridges, public buildings, county property, county finances, management of county jails and its fees, control and maintenance of paupers, assessing and collecting taxes, disbursing county money for county purposes, and the execution of all laws in reference thereto, not only as such laws may be found in the First Title, Chapter 3, Article 3, Section 4796 of the Code of 1910, but any and all laws in Georgia conferring jurisdiction on the ordinary in county matters, and when sitting for county purposes. Control of county matters. Laws applied. Sec. 7. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That at the regular meetings of the board of commissioners they shall be clothed with the powers of a court, subject to the same rules that govern, define and control the powers of the Court of Ordinary, when sitting for county purposes; that they shall have the same right to punish for contempt and to try and punish road defaulters as provided by law. Court, powers of. Sec. 8. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the commissioners shall at each term of the Superior Court of said county prepare and submit to the grand jury a complete statement in writing, showing the condition of county property, county finances, public roads, bridges, buildings and paupers thereof, and shall, whenever called upon by said grand jury, furnish full and distinct information concerning the business of the county. Statements to grand juries. Sec. 9. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That said commissioners shall be commissioned in the same manner as justices of the peace and to be exempt from jury duty; Provided, however, That the commissions and dedimus shall be forwarded by the Governor to the clerk of the Superior Court of Jeff Davis county, or the

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judge of the City Court of Hazlehurst, said county, for proper execution. That all vacancies in said board caused by death, resignation, or otherwise, shall be filled by appointment by the Governor of the State of Georgia to fill such unexpired term. That the terms of office of commissioners provided for, shall begin on their appointment and qualification as hereafter provided, and shall continue until the first day of January, 1921, or until their successors are elected and qualified as hereinafter provided. Commission. Exemption from jury duty. Vacancies. Terms of office. Sec. 10. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That for the purpose of this Act that Jeff Davis county shall be divided into three road districts to be divided as follows: Road district number one shall comprise and constitute 1364th district G. M.; road district number two shall comprise and constitute the 1621st district G. M., and the 1631st district; number three shall comprise and constitute the 1622nd district G. M. and the 1620th district G. M. Road districts. Sec. 11. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That immediately upon the approval of this Act that the Governor shall appoint from each road district of said county one commissioner whose term of office shall be as hereinbefore provided. That at the regular election of Statehouse and county officers to be held in the year 1920 and every four years thereafter, one commissioner from each road district shall be elected by the qualified voters and electors of said county. Appointment and election. Sec. 12. Be it further enacted, That this Act shall not become effective until the same shall have been ratified by a majority of the qualified voters of said county, voting in an election to be held for that purpose. This Act referred to popular vote. Sec. 13. Be it further enacted, That immediately after the passage of this Act the ordinary of said county shall call an election for the purpose of submitting to the qualified voters of said county the question whether they desire

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county commissioners created for said county, which said election shall be held within thirty days from the date of said call. Those voting in favor of the creation of county commissioners shal cast ballots having written or printed thereon the words For commissioners, and those voting against the creation of said commissioners shall cast ballots having written or printed thereon the words Against commissioners. Such election shall be held under the present law governing the holding of general elections in said State, except that the returns must be made to the ordinary, who shall consolidate the returns and declare the result. 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 12, 1918. JEFF DAVIS; BULLS AND BOARS AT LARGE. No. 286. An Act to prohibit the running at large in Jeff Davis county, Georgia, of any bull or boar hog over the age of four months; to provide and prescribe the penalty for the violation 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 from and after the passage of this Act, it shall be the duty of every person, firm or corporation in Jeff Davis county owning or controlling a boar hog or a bull of more than four months old, to enclose said animals in some enclosure so as to prevent said animal from running at large. Enclosure required. Sec. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That any person, firm or corporation violating the provisions of this Act and the provisions of the preceding

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section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and punished as for a misdemeanor. Penalty. Sec. 3. 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, 1918. JEFFERSON COMMISSIONERS AND DISTRICTS. No. 294. An Act to change the board of roads and revenue of Jeffercon county, Georgia, so that said board shall consist of three men instead of one; to cut said county into three road districts, from each of which a commissioner shall be elected; to provide for the filling of the unexpired term of the present commissioner; to provide that said board may employ a supervisor, which shall be, if they should so select, one of their number, and whose business it shall be to supervise the road building of the county; to repeal so much of the Act of the General Assembly approved August 16, 1915, as subsequently amended as shall conflict with this Act, 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 and its approval by the Governor, the board of roads and revenue of the county of Jefferson shall consist of three members instead of one. Board of three members. Sec. 2. Be it further enacted, That said county shall be cut into three road districts, to-wit: No. 1 shall consist of the 83rd, 84th and 85th militia districts; No. 2 shall consist of the 76th, 78th, 79th and 82nd militia districts; No. 3 shall consist of the 77th, 81st, 1460th and 1493rd militia districts. Road districts.

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Sec. 3. No two of said board shall be from the same district, but one shall be elected from each district by all of the voters of said county, nominations having been previously made by political parties by the voters of the separate districts. Membership. Sec. 4. Immediately upon the enaction of this bill into law, the term of the present commissioner of Jefferson county shall cease, and to fill the unexpired term until the next regular election, the following named citizens will act as commissioners from the respective districts, to-wit: District No. 1, Hon. J. R. O. Smith; District No. 2, Hon. Carlos C. Burkhalter; District No. 3, Hon. George S. Farmer. Commissioners designated. Sec. 5. It shall be optional for said board to employ a supervisor of roads or they may select one of their number as such supervisor. Supervisor of roads. Sec. 6. Be it further enacted, That all of the Acts of 1915, approved August 16, 1915, relative to board of commissioners of roads and revenue of Jefferson county, that conflict with this Act shall be repealed, but all other parts shall stand. Repeal of part of Act of 1915. Approved August 7, 1918. LEE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS; REPEALING ACT. No. 402. An Act to repeal an Act entitled An Act to create a board of commissioners of roads and public buildings and public property and finance for the county of Lee, and for other purposes, approved August 16th, 1907. Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, That from and after the passage of this Act, the Act approved August 16, 1907, entitled an

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Act to create a board of commissioners of roads and public buildings and public property and finance for the county of Lee, be and the same is hereby repealed. Act of 1907 repealed. Sec. 2. 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 17, 1918. LEE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS; AMENDING ACT. No. 440. An Act to amend an Act approved August 16, 1907, entitled An Act to create a board of commissioners of roads and revenues for the county of Lee, and for other purposes, by providing that said board shall consist of three members to be elected by the grand jury of said county, fixing the term of office of said commissioners, 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 August 16, 1907, entitled An Act to create a board of commissioners of roads and revenues for the county of Lee, and for other purposes be and the same is hereby amended by striking Section 1 thereof and inserting in lieu thereof the following section, to-wit: 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, and in accordance with the subsequent sections of the same, there shall be elected by the grand jury of Lee county, Georgia, three commissioners of roads and revenues for said county for a term of three years, beginning their term of office January 1st following their election; Provided, That the grand jury at the November, 1918, term shall elect three commissioners to be designated by name, for the terms of

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one, two and three years, respectively, and the grand jury at the November term preceding the expiration of said term shall elect a successor to the encumbent whose term is expiring for a term of three years. Said grand jury shall elect a chairman of said board from the three commissioners so elected, who shall be paid a salary not to exceed one hundred dollars per annum, to be fixed by the grand jury at the time of the election of said chairman. The commissioners shall meet at least once a month, and the other two commissioners shall be paid a salary of sixty dollars per annum. Act of 1907 amended. Election of commissioners. Section 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, that Section 2 of said Act approved August 16, 1907, be stricken and Section 4 substituted in lieu thereof, same to be numbered Section 2. Sec. 3. Be it further enacted, That two members of said board shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, and that any vacancy in said board shall be filled by the next succeeding grand jury by a majority vote of said grand jury. Quorum. Sec. 4. Be it further enacted, That in lieu of Section 4 of said Act, the following be substituted and numbered Section 4: Sec. 4. Be it further enacted, That any succeeding grand jury may by a two-thirds vote thereof, for malpractice or failure to discharge the duties of the office or any other just cause shown, discharge any member of said board and declare a vacancy in said board as to such derelict member, and thereupon said grand jury shall elect a successor by a majority vote of said grand jury. Discharge by grand jury. Sec. 5. Be it further enacted, That in lieu of Section 5 of said Act, Section 6 of same be substituted and numbered Section 5. Sec. 6. Be it further enacted, That the holding of the office of county commissioner of Lee county shall disqualify

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any of the said commissioners from holding any other county office during the term for which they may have been elected, and they shall be exempt from military or jury duty during their terms of office. Disqualification and exemption. Sec. 7. Be it further enacted, That in lieu of Section 7 of said Act, Section 10 thereof be substituted and numbered Section 7, and in lieu of Section 8, Section 12 thereof be substituted, and in lieu of Section 9 Section 13 thereof be substituted. Sections substituted. Sec. 8. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be and are hereby repealed. Approved August 20, 1918. LIBERTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS ABOLISHED No. 310. An Act to repeal An Act to create a board of commissioners for the County of Liberty, and to define their duties, approved December 13, 1871, and all amendments thereto. 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 to create a board of commissioners for the County of Liberty, and to define their duties, approved December 13, 1871, and all Acts amendatory thereto, and the same are hereby repealed. Act of 1871 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 8, 1918.

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LIBERTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS CREATED. No. 392. An Act to create a board of commissioners of roads and revenues for the County of Liberty; to provide for the election of members thereof by the qualified voters of said county; to provide for commissioners for said county until the first election under this law; to define all 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 authority of the same, That a board of commissioners of roads and revenues of the County of Liberty, to consist of five persons, is hereby created. Said commissioners shall be freeholders and qualified voters of said county and of good moral character and shall reside in the road district from which they are elected, which districts are to be defined later on in this Act. Said commissioners shall be men of good business qualities and experience. Board of five created. Sec. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That for the purpose of this Act the said county of Liberty shall be divided into five road districts to be constituted as follows, to-wit: The first road district shall be composed of the 1458th, 1359th and 15th militia districts; the second road district shall be composed of the 17th and 1476th militia districts; the third road district shall be composed of the 1132nd and 1543rd militia districts; the fourth road district shall be composed of the 16th, 1672nd and the 1756th militia districts, and the fifth road district shall be composed of the 24th and the 1544th militia districts. Road districts. Sec. 3. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That at any time the county commissioners shall create a new militia district they shall have authority by a majority vote of their board to attach said new militia district to any one of the five road districts. New militia district.

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Sec. 4. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the first election of county commissioners under this Act shall be held on the regular election day in November, 1918, and that the commissioners elected on that day shall go into office on January 1st, 1919, and serve for a term of four years. And that their successors shall be elected regularly in the November election for terms of four years each, and that all commissioners thus elected shall serve until their successors qualify. Election and term of office. Sec. 5. Be it enacted by the authority aforesaid, That said commissioners shall be elected by the qualified voters of the entire county, but one of said commissioners shall be a resident of and be elected from each of said road districts, each road district being thus represented on said board by a resident respectively. The resident of a road district receiving the highest number of votes in the entire county shall be declared elected to represent his district. Districts to be represented. Sec. 6. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That from and after the passage of this Act until January 1, 1919, or until their successors are elected and qualified, A. F. Winn shall be the commissioner for the first road district, J. B. Clarke shall be commissioner for the second road district, J. J. Dasher shall be commissioner for the third road district, S. H. Howard shall be commissioner for the fourth road district, and T. P. Gordon shall be commissioner for the fifth road district, with full authority to perform all duties of the office of commissioner of roads and revenues of Liberty county. Commissioners designated. Sec. 7. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the members of the board of commissioners shall be exempt from all jury duties during their term of office. Exempt from jury duty. Sec. 8. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That before any commissioner shall qualify and perform any of the duties of his officer under this Act, that he shall give a good bond in the sum of two thousand ($2,000.00)

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dollars, to be approved by the ordinary of said county and payable to the ordinary of said county for the faithful performance of any and all duties of said office; Provided, That this provision of this Section shall not go into effect until January 1st, 1919. Bond. Sec. 9. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That should there be a vacancy from any cause in the office of any commissioner during his term of office under this Act, the judge of the Superior Court of said county shall at once appoint his successor to fill out his unexpired term and said successor shall be appointed from the road district where the vacancy occurs. Vacancy in office. Sec. 10. Be it enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the said commissioners shall not expend any money for any purpose without express law and authority for the same, and if they do, they shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be punished as for a misdemeanor. Unlawful expenditure. Sec. 11. Be it enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the said commissioners is hereby authorized and directed to pay to the proper officers the actual cost in the case where misdemeanor convict is sentenced to the chaingang of said county and serves his term upon said chaingang in said county; Provided, he is sentenced to said chaingang for a period of four months or more, and if not thus sentenced, they shall not pay said cost. Cost payment. Sec. 12. Be it enacted by the authority aforesaid, That said commissioners shall not pay out any money for any purpose except upon an itemized sworn account after it is examined and approved, and then it shall be filed away alphabetically, and all accounts paid at each monthly meeting shall be filed away together and indexed so any citizen can easily find said paid account, and said commissioners shall at once purchase proper files for the same, and that no account shall be paid at any time only at the regular monthly meeting, and said account shall be approved by

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a majority vote of the board, and the check or voucher for the same shall be signed by the chairman and clerk of the board. Payments on itemized accounts. Sec. 13. Be it enacted by the authority aforesaid, That where the commissioners pay a regular monthly salary to any one for any purpose, that it shall be unlawful for them to pay him anything else for incidentals or other expenses connected with his work or for any other work. Extra pay unlawful. Sec. 14. Be it enacted by the authority aforesaid, That no member of said board of commissioners shall hold any subordinate position under said board, or receive any salary or pay other than compensation herein fixed; that no member of any firm of which he may be a member or any corporation in which he may own stock, or by which he may be employed, shall buy anything from or sell anything to, or perform any contract of service, either directly or indirectly, of any character whatever, with said board, and if he does, he shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. Unlawful dealings. Sec. 15. Be it enacted by the authority aforesaid, That members of the board of commissioners herein created shall receive as their compensation four dollars a day for each day's actual service; Provided, That no commissioner shall be paid for more than twenty-five days' service during any one year. The said commissioners shall elect a clerk of said board, whose duty it shall be to keep a record of the actings and doings of the board, at the courthouse in said county; said records to be open for inspection of any citizen of said county at all times, if the same does not conflict with the meetings of the board, and he shall perform such other duties as may be assigned him by said board, and he shall keep all the books and records in a neat, first-class, businesslike condition at all times. He shall receive compensation for all his duties as such clerk in the amount of thirty dollars a month, and this shall include his salary and all expenses connected with his duties. Said clerk shall not be a member of said board of commissioners. The said

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commissioners shall at their first meeting elect a chairman of said board from their own membership, who shall act as such chairman during the entire time of said board. Said commissioners before entering upon their duties as such shall take an oath before the ordinary for the faithful performance of their duties. Pay of commissioners. Clerk. Duties and pay. Oath. Sec. 16. Be it enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the said board of commissioners shall be the purchasing agent for said county for all things needed by the different departments of said county, and especially for all supplies for convicts and feed for mules and horses owned by said county and for all machinery used for said county, and, in fact, everything purchased by said county. And said commissioners shall secuure as far as possible competitive bids for such supplies, and this shall apply to all supplies for county officers, including the judge and solicitor of the city court, but supplies for convicts and road machine crews may be purchased by man in charge of same in a case of necessity. Purchases of supplies. Sec. 17. Be it 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 according to law; in levying taxes according to law; in altering, establishing or abolishing roads, bridges and ferries, according to law; establishing, abolishing or changing election precincts or militia districts; in supervising tax collectors and tax receivers' books and allowing an insolvent list of said county, and they shall have the right to inspect or have inspected any office and records of any county officer at any time, and they shall have the right to employ a competent person or firm to do said work at a price which, in the judgment of said commissioners, shall be fair and reasonable; in settling all claims against the county, examining and auditing all claims and accounts of officers having a care, management, keeping, collecting or disbursement of any money belonging

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to the county, or appropriated for its use or benefit and bring them to settlement; in controlling and managing the convicts of said county according to law; in making rules and regulations for the support of the poor of the county and for the promotion of health, and electing and appointing all minor officers of said county where election is not otherwise provided by law, such as superintendents and guards of convicts or of chaingangs, janitors of courthouse, superintendent of the pauper farm, county physician and health officer, and other guards as needed and authorized by law; in regulating peddling, and to have and to exercise all the powers before 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 indispensible to their jurisdiction over all county matters and all county finances. Jurisdiction. Sec. 18. Be it enacted by the authority aforesaid, That said board shall have entire control and management of the convicts for said county sentenced to work on the public roads of said county, and may employ them upon public roads and bridges, or any other public work of said county. Said board of commissioners shall have the right and power to hire, work and control on the public work of said county such convicts from other counties of Georgia as may be necessary in carrying on said public work in said county. The said commissioners shall have authority at any regular meeting to establish a chaingang in and for Liberty county, and pass such rules and regulations for maintaining and carrying on the work of the same that they may deem right and proper. Convicts. Sec. 19. Be it enacted by the authority aforesaid, That said commissioners shall hold at least one session on the first Tuesday in each month at the county site in the county courthouse where the clerk of said board of commissioners shall keep a regular office. At the request of a majority of the said commissioners, the chairman may at any time call

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an extra session. Written notice of such shall be served on each member. The said commissioners shall have the right to adjourn from day to day until they finish their business. No less than three members of said commissioners shall pass any order or any subject matter, or at any meeting where there are not more than three members present, they shall not conduct any business or pass on any question unless the vote is unanimous, and the vote on all questions shall be shown on the minutes by recorded aye and [Illegible Text] vote. The chairman shall vote on all measures before the board. Sessions. Sec. 20. Be it enacted by the authority aforesaid, That said commissioners shall not neglect any public road in said county, nor refuse to keep up a road that has been built, and they shall not build more roads in one section of the county than in another, and the most of the work of the convicts shall be fairly and equitably divided between the different road districts, according to the needs of the roads of said districts. Roads. Sec. 21. Be it enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the said commissioners shall have the authority to employ a county attorney, who is a resident of Liberty county, and they shall not pay him a salary of more than twenty-five dollars a month, and at any time in the opinion of said commissioners the interest of the county shall demand it, they shall have the right to employ additional counsel at a price that may seem fair and reasonable. Attorney, employment of. Sec. 22. Be it enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the said commissioners shall have the right to employ a county physician for the pauper farm, the county jail and for the county convicts, at a price that they shall deem fair and reasonable. Physician Sec. 23. Be it enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the clerk of said board of commissioners mentioned in Section 15 of this Act shall, on and after January 1st, 1919,

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give a good bond in the sum of two thousand ($2,000.00) dollars, to be approved by the ordinary of said county and payable to the ordinary of said county, for the faithful performance of any and all duties of said office. Clerk's bond. Sec. 24. Be it enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the clerk of the Superior Court shall on the first Tuesday in each month report in writing to the county commissioners a true statement of all money that has been spent by the judge of the Superior Court, or the judge of the City Court, or by the clerk in paying jurors or otherwise. Reports of Expenditures. Sec. 25. Be it enacted by the authority aforesaid, That at the first regular meeting in January of each year, said board shall adopt a program or scheme for road work for the ensuing year; Provided, That the time shall not necessarily be divided equally between said road districts, but the work shall be apportioned according to the needs of each district in the discretion of the board; Provided, further, That the road work shall be done in rotation from district to district in the following order, to-wit: First, in the fourth road district; second, in the fifth road district; third, in the first road district; fourth, in the second road district; fifth, in the third road district, the time to be devoted to said work in each district to be fixed by the board in its discretion as aforesaid; Provided, further, That in case of an emergency, in the judgment of the board, the convicts may be temporarily transferred from one district to another. Plan of road work. Sec. 26. Be it enacted by the authority aforesaid, That from and after the passage of this Act, as provided in the Act approved August 18th, 1911 (Act 1911, page 461), the said board shall have no power or authority to build a new courthouse, or to rebuild the old one, or to let or make any contract for such building or rebuilding, without first having submitted the question to the qualified voters of Liberty county, at an election to be called for that purpose by the board of commissioners of said county, upon forty days'

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notice thereof in the gazette in which sheriff's sales for said county are advertised. Such election shall be held under the rules governing elections for members of the General Assembly. The ballots shall be marked For a new courthouse or Against a new courthouse, or For rebuilding the old courthouse, or Against rebuilding the old courthouse, as the case may be. If it said election a majority of the qualified voters voting at said election vote for a new courthouse, or for rebuilding the old courthouse, then the board of commissioners shall have power and authority to build or rebuild or to contract to build or rebuild, as the case may be, and shall have the power and authority to levy taxes to provide funds for the same; but without said election, or if at said election a majority of the qualified voters voting at said election vote against a new courthouse or against rebuilding the old one, the board of commissioners shall have no power or authority to build or rebuild or to contract for the building or rebuilding of the courthouse, and any contract or any levy of taxes made thereunder shall be null and void and unenforcible. Court-house building, election as to. Sec. 27. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the board of commissioners of Liberty county shall have no power or authority to do any public work (except with reference to roads and bridges) at cost of exceeding five thousand ($5,000.00) dollars, unless the same be recommended by two grand juries at succeeding terms of court. Public work, recommendation for. Sec. 28. 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 17, 1918.

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LOWNDES TREASURER'S OFFICE ABOLISHED; COUNTY DEPOSITORY PROVIDED FOR. No. 284. An Act to abolish the office of county treasurer of Lowndes county and to provide for the general management, keeping and control and disbursement of the funds of 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 from and after the passage of this Act that the office of county treasurer of the county of Lowndes, in the State of Georgia, be and the same is hereby abolished. Office abolished. Sec. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That immediately after the passage of this Act, the said treasurer of said county, his successor, or representative, shall turn over all money, books, accounts and all other property of said county in his possession or control to such person, or persons, natural or artificial, as the county commissioners of said county may direct, and such person or persons, shall be required by said county commissioners to make bond and discharge the duties and receive such compensation as hereinafter specified until the first day of January, 1919, and for thirty days thereafter. Delivery by treasurer. Sec. 3. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That said commissioner of roads and revenues of said county, in the month of January, 1919, and biennially thereafter, shall give notice by publication once a week for four weeks in the official organ of said county, inviting proposals and bids from any chartered bank or trust company, in said county, for the keeping, receiving and disbursement of the county funds of said county for the next succeeding two years, and said commissioners shall name such bank, or trust company, as the county depository of said Lowndes county for two years after being so named

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that may offer the largest amount of interest on monthly balances, and who shall furnish bond in some security company authorized by law to do business in this State in the sum now required by law to be given by the treasurer of said county, the premium upon which bond shall be paid by said county, said bond payable to the county commissioners of said county, and to be made by such person, or persons, as aforesaid, and with the security named as aforesaid, and conditioned as the bond heretofore given by the treasurer of said county. Bids for handling county funds. Sec. 4. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That such bank or trust company so named and designated as the county depository, shall perform such duties in the matter of keeping, receiving and disbursement of the county funds of said county as heretofore required under the law to be discharged by the county treasurer of said county, but without compensation. Duties of depository. Sec. 5. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That in the event no chartered bank, or trust company, shall make application for appointment as county depository for said county, as provided for in this Act, then said commissioners may in their discretion appoint some citizen of said county to discharge all of the aforesaid Acts, duties and requirements relating to such county fund and property subject to all of the requirements in this Act relating to such banks or trust companies as referred to in Section 3 of this Act, except that if such citizen should be so named and appointed he shall be paid a salary out of the county funds of said county not exceeding five hundred dollars per annum, but in no event shall the commissioners of said county have authority to so name and designate any such person or citizen to so act unless there shall be a failure of any such bank or trust company to make application for appointment as county depository as aforesaid. Appointment of depository, if no bank apply.

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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 July 31, 1918. LOWNDES SYSTEM OF ACCOUNTS. No. 413. An Act to create and install for use an adequate modern system of accounts in and for the county of Lowndes; to require all accounts, bills and claims of every class and variety whatsoever against the county to be audited by the board of commissioners of roads and revenues or the clerk to the board and ordered paid only by them through their executive offices as prescribed by law; to require all executive warrants issued in payment thereof to be recorded in their numerical order and distributed to the proper fund those which it is to be paid; to require the commissioners to employ as competent and responsible expert public accountant to design said system of accounts, and install same for the use of the county as prescribed by law, 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 within thirty (30) days from the passage of this Act the commissioners of roads and revenues of Lowndes county shall employ a competent and responsible expert accountant practicing his profession in this state for the purpose of designing and installing for use in and for Lowndes county, an adequate and modern system of accounts, so that all matters of county finance of the said county of Lowndes shall be dispatched by and through the executive offices of the board of commissioners of roads and revenues, said forms so designed shall be submitted and

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approved by said board of commissioners before installation. Modern system to be installed. Sec. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all jury script, court orders and all claims whatsoever against the said county of Lowndes that shall have first been legally ordered paid by the proper authorized officers of the several courts of jurisdiction and county of Lowndes be paid only upon the prescribed form of executive warrant of the commissioners of roads and revenues of said county signed by its chairman, or, in his absence, by the vice-chairman, and countersigned by the clerk to the commissioners. Payment on prescribed form. Sec. 3. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all the books and accounting records of the several courts of jurisdiction, of all county officers and other employees in so far as they affect the county's finances are to be designed, installed and used with a view of harmonizing with the fundamental idea of converging toward the executive head all matters of county finance, for the purpose of maintaining therein a positive and inclusive integrity of county accounts at all times for the benefit and advantage of the tax payer. Books and records. 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 19, 1918. MERIWETHER COURT COST PAYMENTS. No. 488. An Act to provide for the payment of court costs by the county authorities of Meriwether county in certain cases, and for other purposes. Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of

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the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same, That from and after the passage of this Act, the commissioners of roads and revenue of Meriwether county are authorized and empowered to pay out of any funds collected, or received, as fines and forfeitures, and out of any funds collected under the alternative road law, commonly known as the commutation road tax, the court costs to such officers as are entitled to receive the same in all misdemeanor cases where the defendants are convicted and serve as long as six months in the chaingang of said county, or for a longer term. Costs in misdemeanor cases, fund for paying. 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 19, 1918. MERIWETHER TREASURER'S OFFICE ABOLISHED; DEPOSITORY PROVIDED FOR. No. 431. An Act to abolish the office of the county treasurer for the county of Meriwether; to provide for the creation of a depository for said county; to provide the manner and authority by which said depository shall be designated and appointed; to provide for the receiving and disbursing of the public funds of said county, and to provide for the ratification of this Act by the voters of Meriwether 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 office of county treasurer for the county of Meriwether be and the same is hereby abolished on and after the first day of January, 1921, provided this Act is ratified in the manner hereinafter pointed out. Office abolished.

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Sec. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the board of commissioners of roads and revenue for the county of Meriwether are hereby authorized and required to appoint some chartered bank of said county as depository of the county funds of said county, in which the county funds of said county shall be deposited and through which they shall be disbursed in like manner as such funds are now deposited and disbursed through the office of county treasurer, and said depository shall have all the powers and perform all the duties heretofore performed by the county treasurer. Appointment of bank. Sec. 3. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the said board of commissioners of roads and revenue of said county are hereby authorized and required to appoint a depository for said county at the first meeting of said board of said commissioners held on or after the first day of January, 1921, or as soon thereafter as they shall find it practicable to do so, and the depository so selected and designated shall serve as the depository of said county for a term of two years after appointment, and until its successors is selected and qualified, at the end of the term for which such depository is designated and appointed to serve. It shall be the duty of said county commissioners to again appoint and designate some chartered bank of said county as the depository of the county fund for a period of two years. Said board of commissioners may at any time revoke the appointment for cause and shall have the power to fill vacancies. Term of office Sec. 4. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That each depository so selected shall qualify by giving bond with good security in the amount required by law of county treasurers, to be approved by the board of commissioners of roads and revenue of said county. Bond Sec. 5. Be it further enacted, That said depository shall receive no compensation, but the board of commissioners of roads and revenue are hereby authorized in their discretion

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to pay the premium on the bond required of said depository out of the commissions heretofore received by the county treasurer. No pay but bond premium. Sec. 6. Be it further enacted, That in the event no chartered bank will accept the appointment as county depository for said county, as provided for in this Act, then said commissioners may in their discretion appoint some citizen of said county to discharge all of the aforesaid acts, duties and requirements relating to such county fund and property, subject to all the requirements in this Act relating to such bank, but in no event shall the commissioners of said county have authority to so name and designate any citizen to so act unless there shall be a failure in their getting some chartered bank to act as county depository as aforesaid. Appointment if no bank accept. Sec. 7. Be it further enacted, That this Act shall not go into effect until the same has been ratified at an election by the voters of Meriwether county, and the county commissioners of said county are hereby authorized and directed to prepare ballots and furnish same to the election managers of said county, and those voting desiring to vote for the ratification of this Act shall have printed on their ballots For the abolishment of county treasurer, and those desiring to vote against the ratification of this Act shall have printed on their ballots Against the abolishment of county treasurer. This issue shall be voted upon at the regular election to be held in said county in November, 1918, and the managers of said election are directed to count the ballots, consolidate the votes and certify the result to the ordinary of said county, and if a majority of those voting, vote for the abolishment of county treasurer and in favor of the ratification of this Act, then the same shall become effective as provided for in the various sections of this Act. This Act referred to popular vote. Sec. 8. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts

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of laws in conflict herewith be and the same are hereby repealed. Approved August 19, 1918. MITCHELL PRIMARY-ELECTION ACT REPEALED. No. 320. An Act to repeal an Act fixing the date for primary elections in Mitchell county, approved August 16, 1915, 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 cause a permanent date for county primary elections in the county of Mitchell, said date to be on same date as State primary, approved August 16, 1915, be and the same is hereby repealed. Act of 1915 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 8, 1918. MITCHELL TREASURER'S SALARY AND BOND. No. 298. An Act to provide for the payment of a salary to the treasurer of Mitchell county in lieu of all commissions and fees for his services; to make provisions regarding the amount of his bond and the payment of the premium thereon, 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 on and after January 1st, 1919, the compensation of the county treasurer of Mitchell county shall be a salary of six hundred dollars per annum, to be paid monthly out of the funds of the county on the warrant of the county board of commissioners of said county, and after January 1st, 1919, the treasurer of said county shall not be entitled to nor receive any commissions or fees provided by the general law of this State for county treasurers, except the commissions on moneys received from the tax levies of 1918. Salary in lieu of commissions. Sec. 2. Be it further enacted, That the bond required of the treasurer of said county shall be given only in such amount as the said board of commissioners of said county may prescribe, and the premium on said bond may, in the discretion of said board of commissioners, be paid out of the funds of said county, in addition to the salary of said treasurer. Bond and premium. 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 1, 1918. MURRAY SUPERVISORS; AMENDING ACT. No. 311. An Act to amend Section 6 of an Act approved August 17, 1917, creating a board of supervisors for the county of Murray by striking from said Section 6 in the second line of the same the words, The first Monday and inserting in lieu thereof the words, A day to be fixed by the board, so that said Section 6, when amended, shall read as follows: Section 6. Be it further enacted, That said board shall met at the county courthouse on a day to be fixed by the board, in each month, for the transaction

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of business; that they shall have power to appoint road overseers, employ road builders, let contract for roads, bridges and all other road work; that they shall enforce all the road laws and requirements for working roads as is now prescribed by law; that they shall enforce the law pertaining to road defaulters, road tax or road work in lieu thereof. Time of meeting. Approved August 8, 1918. PICKENS COMMUTATION TAX FOR ROAD WORK. No. 271. An Act to fix the amount of commutation tax for road work in the county of Pickens and to provide how the same be discharged by work on the roads 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 from and after the first day of January, nineteen hundred and nineteen, that the commutation assessment fixed by the ordinary or county commissioners, as the case may be, of Pickens county, shall be at the rate of one ($1.00) dollar per day for those subject to road duty who select to work out their time on the public roads of said county of Pickens. Provided, further, That the commutation tax shall not exceed the sum of five ($5.00) dollars per annum, and the county authorities shall have authority to demand the payment of said sum, or labor in lieu thereof at one period, or may be divided into two periods, as said county authorities may select. Provided, further, That those who select to work out their time on the public roads of the county if Pickens shall not be required to work outside the limits of the militia district in which is their legal residence. Rates prescribed.

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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 July 31, 1918. RICHMOND COMMISSIONERS; AMENDING ACT. No. 387. An Act to amend an Act approved August 19, 1907, entitled an Act to create a board of commissioners of roads and revenues for the county of Richmond, to define 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 an Act of the General Assembly approved August 19, 1907, entitled an Act to create a board of commissioners of roads and revenues for the county of Richmond; to define their powers and duties, and for other purposes, be amended by striking from the twelfth and thirteenth lines of Section 6 thereof the words Fifteen hundred dollars per annum, payable monthly, and inserting in lieu thereof the words Twenty-one hundred dollars per annum, payable monthly; this Act to take effect on and from the first day of the calendar month next succeeding its approval by the Governor, so that said section of said Act when so amended shall read as follows: Be it further enacted, That said board of commissioners shall have the power and authority to elect a clerk, who shall have an office at the courthouse, and observe from 9:00 a. m. to 2:00 p. m. and from 3:30 to 5:00 p. m. as his office hours. Said clerk shall keep minutes of the proceedings of said board and perform such other clerical work as the board may require. He shall have authority to administer oaths. Said clerk shall be elected for the term of two years, subject

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to removal at the pleasure of the board. He shall give bond in the sum of two thousand dollars payable to said board and its successors in office for the faithful performance of his duties as clerk. Said clerk shall receive as compensation the sum of twenty-one hundred dollars per annum, payable monthly. This Act to take effect on and from the first day of the calendar month next succeeding its approval by the Governor. Act of 1907 amended. To be read. Clerk's salary. Sec. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That said board of commissioners shall have the power and authority to elect an attorney-at-law, who is licensed as such, whose duty it shall be to advise and represent said board of commissioners in all legal matters pertaining to the discharge of their official duties; that said attorney at law shall receive a salary of twelve hundred ($1,200.00) dollars per annum, payable monthly; that his term of office shall be for one year, and he shall be elected by said board at its first regular meeting in January, 1919, and annually thereafter. Attorney. Salary. 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 17, 1918. STEPHENS COUNTY MATTERS; REPEALING ACT. No. 341. An Act to repeal an Act entitled An Act to fix the compensation of the ordinary of Stephens county for attending to matters pertaining to roads and revenues in said county; to provide for the payment of the same, and for other purposes, 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 an Act to fix the compensation of the ordinary of Stephens county for attending to matters pertaining to roads and revenues in said county; to provide for the payment of same, and for other uprposes, contained in the Acts of 1909, pages 444 and 445, approved August 9th, 1909, be and the same is hereby repealed, this Act to be effective when a board of county commissioners of Stephens county are provided for and the members thereof are elected and qualified. Act of 1909 repealed. Sec. 2. All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed. Approved August 12, 1918. STEPHENS COUNTY COMMISSIONERS CREATED. No. 472. An Act to provide for county commissioners of roads and revenue for the county of Stephens, and for other purposes. Section 1. To be enacted by the General Assembly 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 Stephens to consist of three persons, is hereby created. Said commissioners shall be freeholders and qualified voters of said county. Board created. Sec. 2. The three commissioners herein provided for shall be elected by the grand jury of Stephens county at the September term, 1918, or if no session of the court should be held at that time, then at the first term of the court, special or regular, held thereafter. If any person so elected fails to qualify within thirty days after his election, a vacancy thereby will be created and shall be filled as provided

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in Section 5. Said commissioners shall be elected from the county at large, but no two of said commissioners shall be residents of the same militia district. One commissioner shall be elected for a term of one year, one for two years and one for three years. Their terms of office shall begin January 1st, 1919, annually, after the first election as above provided; the grand jury at the fall term shall elect one commissioner for a fall term of three years. Commissioners elected as herein provided shall hold office until their successors are elected and qualified. Said commissioners shall be commissioned by the judge of the superior court of Stephens county after their election has been certified to him by the foreman of the grand ury electing same. Election, and term of office. Commissioned by judge. Sec. 3. Each of the commissioners shall give bond in the sum of five thousand dollars for the faithful performance of his duties in some solvent surety company doing business in the county, the same to be approved by the ordinary and the premium to be paid out of the county funds by proper order. Said bond shall be payable to the ordinary and his successors in office. Said commissioners before entering upon their duties shall take before the ordinary the following oath: I,....., do solemnly swear that I will faithfully discharge the duties of commissioner of roads and revenues for the county of Stephens, and that I will so act as in my judgment will be most conducive to the welfare and prosperity of said county, so help me God. And said bond and oath shall be recorded by the ordinary and remain in his custody. Bond. Oath. Sec. 4. Having made bond and taken the oath required, the commissioners shall meet at the courthouse in Toccoa and organize by the election of one of their number as chairman, and a clerk; and their successors shall elect a chairman and clerk annually. Organization. Sec. 5. All vacancies on the board shall be filled by the judge of the Superior Court of Stephens county, and the

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person so appointed shall hold office until the next session of the grand jury, when an election shall be held for the unexpired term. Vacancies. Sec. 6. Said board of commissioners shall have exclusive jurisdiction when sitting for county purposes over the following subect matters: First, building, repairing and controlling all property of the county, according to law; second, levying a general tax for general purposes and a special tax for special purposes, according to the provisions of the general law, and special enactments of the General Assembly; third, establishing, altering, building, repairing and abolishing roads, bridges and ferries; fourth, establishing and changing election precincts and lines and militia districts; fifth, examining, auditing and allowing all claims for and against the county; sixth, examining and auditing the accounts of all county officers who receive and pay out money of the county or the State, and examining all matters of record as required to be kept by law; seventh, collecting and disbursing all funds belonging to the county or appropriated for its use or benefit, and in bringing all debtors of the county to a speedy settlement; eighth, making such rules and regulations for the support and maintenance of the poor of the county, according to law, and for the promotion of health as permitted by law. Jurisdiction. Sec. 7. The board shall meet monthly at the courthouse in regular session on some fixed date, and upon call of the chairman, oftener, if need be. Their office shall be at the courthouse. Meetings. Sec. 8. The services performed by said commissioners shall be free during the period of the war and also for one year after peace has been declared, after which time the salary shall be fifty ($50.00) dollars per year. No pay for commissioners. Sec. 9. The compensation of the clerk of the board shall be fixed by the board. Clerk's pay. Sec. 10. The meetings of said board shall be open to

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the public, as shall all their books and records, and they shall cause each county officer who handles the funds of the county to make an itemized statement showing to the grand jury twice each year the money received and from what source, and all money paid out and for what purpose. Open meetings, and records. Sec. 11. Every six months the commissioners shall publish in the official organ of the county, a full, complete, itemized statement of their acts and doings, showing all money taken in by them, its source and disbursements, and to whom paid and for what purpose, the cost of publishing such statement to be paid out of county funds. If satisfactory arrangements cannot be made with the official organ, the statement shall be posted at the courthouse door and in ten other public places in the county. Publication of statements. Sec. 12. The commissioners shall have entire control of the convicts, in accordance with law. Convicts. Sec. 13. The commissioners shall be exempt from road and jury duty, and no grand juror while serving on the jury shall be elected a commissioner of roads and revenues. Exemptions. Sec. 14. The board shall recommend to the prison commission, competent men for appointment to positions of county warden and convict guards. Convict guards. Sec. 15. The board shall have the authority to elect a county physician and civil engineer, if needed, and fix their salaries and such other employees as may be necessary in building roads and bridges, and their salaries shall be paid out of the county funds. Physician and engineer. Sec. 16. The board of commissioners herein provided for being vested by this Act with the power, jurisdiction and remedies as to county matters, heretofore invested in the ordinary, shall perform all the acts and duties to be done and performed by the ordinary in An Act to abolish the office of county treasurer of Stephens county, Georgia; to provide for the performance of the present duties of the

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treasurer of Stephens county; to provide for a depository for funds of said county, and for other purposes, Acts of the General Assembly of Georgia of 1915, pages 359 to 363, approved by the governor August 16th, 1915, the board of commissioners and their office taking the place of the ordinary and his office. Duties prescribed. Sec. 17. The clerk of the board shall give bond in the sum of five thousand dollars, payable to the board, in some solvent surety company doing business in the county, the same to be approved by the chairman of the board and conditioned for the faithful performance of his duties as such clerk. The board shall be responsible for any misappropriation of funds by the clerk, and on their failure to pay the sum so misappropriated, the ordinary of the county is authorized to institute suit against the members of said board for the recovery of such sum. Clerk's bond. Liability of board. Sec. 18. When it shall be deemed wise by the board to sell any personal property belonging to the county, the same shall be sold at public outcry at the courthouse door in Toccoa after publishing notice of the sale in the official organ of the county for two weeks prior to such sale. Sales of personalty. Sec. 19. The clerk of said board shall keep an accurate record of the meetings of said board, record the vote of each member of the board on all questions and shall keep an accurate account of all funds collected by him or turned over to him by any agent of the board or officer of the county. He shall collect at the office of the board all commutation tax paid by persons subect to road duty and not exempt from same, and shall keep a complete record of such collections, showing from whom and where collected and the district in which the taxpayer resides. He shall also keep an accurate record of all disbursements from funds in his hands, to whom, when, the amount paid and for what purpose. Clerk's duties. Section 20. No stock of any kind shall be fed at the

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county convict camp or county farm except stock owned by the county, and a violation of this section by any officer or employee of the county, warden or convict guard, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction thereof, shall be punished as prescribed in Section 1065, Volume 2 of the Code of Georgia. Feeding of stock. Penalty. Sec. 21. When any official bond is executed by members of the board of commissioners or clerk of the board as required by this Act for the faithful discharge of their duties, the property of the members of the board and clerk as well as the securities on their bonds, shall be found from the time of the execution thereof for the payment of any and all liability arising from the breach of said bonds, but each for himself and not for each other. Liability on official bond. Sec. 22. On the first Monday in May, in each year, the board shall make a sworn financial statement to the ordinary of the county, showing the amount of money received as commutation tax, the amount received from the tax collector of the county and all monies received from any source. They shall also show the disbursements of unpaid county warrants, to whom payable, when payable, and the amount of each. They shall likewise submit an itemized statement showing the idebtedness of the county, for which no warrants have been executed, the purpose of this section being to show the taxpayers the financial condition of the county. The ordinary shall record the report and for his services shall receive five dollars. It shall be the duty of the board to submit a similar statement to the grand jury at the next succeeding term of Stephens Superior Court. Sworn financial statements. Sec. 23. All disbursements of funds of the county shall be by warrant drawn against the fund from which said debt shall be paid, and no other, and said warrant shall be signed by the chairman and clerk. No warrant shall be drawn until the claim or debt shall be approved by a majority of the board in meeting assembled. Before any debt

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or claim against the county for machinery, stock, supplies for camps, clothing and supplies for convicts and all necessary supplies for the officer of the court and county, and all lumber, piping and bridge material shall be paid by said board, the person, firm or corporation presenting the same shall itemize said account. On failure of any one to comply with any provision of this section such party shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction thereof shall be punished as prescribed in Section 1065, Volume 2 of the Code of Georgia. All purchases of the county shall be made upon the written order of the clerk after having been duly authorized by the said commissioners in meeting assembled except in cases of emergency, in which event clerk may purchase without authority of the board of commissions for an amount not to exceed ten dollars. Disbursements, how made. Penalty. Purchases. Sec. 24. No member of said board may hire, employ or contract with himself for work to be done or supplies to be furnished the county, nor shall any member of the board be interested, directly or indirectly in any contract for labor, material, machinery, stock or supplies, made by said board, nor shall said board make any such contract with any firm or corporation in which any member of said board is a member or stockholder. Any violation of this section shall be deemed a misdemeanor and punished as prescribed in Section 1065, Volume 2 of Code of Georgia. Unlawful contract or employment. Sec. 25. Said board shall have authority to issue subpoenas in the trial of all road defaulters and issue all summons and notices necessary to bring to trial all offenders against the public road laws over which the board has jurisdiction, and all of said subpoenas, summons and notices shall be signed by the chairman and clerk, and said board shall have the authority to administer oaths and punish for contempt of court. Trial of road defaulters. Sec. 26. All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed. Approved August 19, 1918.

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STEPHENS PRIMARY ELECTION REGULATED. No. 415. An Act to prescribe the manner of holding primary elections in Stephens County, to provide rules and regulations governing the same, to provide penalties for violations thereof, 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 January 1st, 1919, all primary elections held in Stephens County for the nomination of all Federal, State and County officers shall be held and conducted under the rules and regulations as provided in this Act. The ordinary or county commissioners, if there are such, shall prepare in each voting precinct in the county, suitable booths in sufficient numbers to reasonably accommodate the electors casting ballots, said booths to be so arranged that electors cannot be observed by each other in preparing their ballots to be cast in said primary election. Effective Jan. 1, 1919. Booths for voters. Sec. 2. All primary elections held in said county shall be held in a room sufficiently large to accommodate the managers and clerks and such others as may be necessary to assist in conducting a fair and impartial election, and sufficiently large for the proper arrangement of the booths elsewhere provided for in this Act. Election room. Sec. 3. It shall be the duty of the authorities providing for a primary election to furnish the managers thereof in each voting precinct a sufficient number of ballots for the voters in said precinct, which ballot shall be entitled The Official Ballot, to be cast in said primary election, and no ballot other than the official ballot shall be allowed cast in said election. Said ballot shall contain the names of all the candidates to be voted for in said primary election, with instruction, when necessary, to Vote for one, or Vote for two, or for whatever number of candidates are to be

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nominated in said primary. Said official ballot shall be furnished to no one except the managers selected to hold the primary in which they are to be used, and a copy of said official ballot shall be posted at or near the entrance to the voting place in such manner that the same can be inspected by any person before entering the precinct, and shall remain so posted until the polls shall have closed. Official ballot prescribed. Sec. 4. No candidate or other individual shall be allowed to solicit votes within a distance of twenty-five feet of the entrance to the polling place, and only the number of electors shall be admitted to the precinct voting place equal to the number of the voting booths provided for said voting place or precinct. After entering into said voting precinct or voting place, no voter shall be allowed to enter into conversation with any one, or allowed to discuss any matter whatever with any other voter who may occupy the precinct voting place at the same time. Upon entering the voting place the voter shall be provided with a copy of the official ballot by the election managers, and the voter shall immediately repair to the booth and mark his ballot secretly, after which said ballot shall be deposited with the managers of said primary election. In event a ballot is spoiled in marking, the voter shall be furnished another upon the surrender of the spoiled ballot, in such numbers as may be necessary, not to exceed three. All voters shall be allowed ten minutes each in which to prepare and cast their ballots; Provided, no other voters are waiting to enter the voting place, in which event only five minutes shall be allowed. Soliciting of votes. Voting regulated. Sec. 5. Any voter who is unable by reason of physical disability, illiteracy, or otherwise, to prepare his own ballot, shall have his ballot prepared by two of the election managers, according to the instruction of the voter, and without comment or solicitation by such managers, or such voter may be allowed to be accompanied into the voting place by his son, brother, or father, who may prepare

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his ballot according to his instruction. The managers may, if they deem it proper, require of any voter requiring such assistance, to take oath as to such disability, and as to the relationship of the party he wishes to accompany him. Assistance in preparing ballot. Sec. 6. The primary election manager assisting a voter in preparing his ballot shall keep the contents of the ballot of such voter in absolute confidence and secrecy, and all managers, clerks and their assistants of such primary elections shall be legally sworn before entering upon the duties of holding such primary election, to conduct the same according to law, with fairness and impartiality, and to preserve inviolate the secrecy of the ballot and divulge to no one the contents of any ballot. Secrecy. Oath of managers and clerks. Sec. 7. No candidate shall be allowed the nomination in any primary election held in said county if it be shown to the authorities under which said primary is held, that such candidate used whiskey, money or other things of value to influence and secure votes, or that he furnished money, whiskey or other thing of value to his friends to be used for such purpose, or that he promised any money, whiskey or other thing of value for such purpose, or that he wilfully violated any provision of this Act. Acts preventing nomination. Sec. 8. A bailiff shall be employed at each voting precinct, and it shall be his duty to see that the terms of this Act are properly complied with, and said bailiff shall have the same authority as is conferred upon lawful constables of this State, and in addition thereto he shall be legally sworn to faithfully and efficiently perform the duties herein provided for. Bailiff. Sec. 9. No information in regard to the returns of any primary election held in said county, or the ballot cast therein, shall be given out by any election manager, clerk, bailiff or other assistant until 6 o'clock P. M. of the day on which said primary election is held. Information to be withheld. Sec. 10. Within five days after the date of any primary election held in said county, any candidate for a nomination

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in said primary who has been defeated upon the face of the returns, may petition the authorities under whose jurisdiction said primary was held for an appeal from or review of the action and decision of the judges of the nomination in the counting and consolidation of the ballots and announcing the result, and for a recanvass and recount of the ballots cast in any or all of the precincts in which said primary election was held. Upon the filing of said petition with affidavits made by any persons, setting out acts of fraud, mistakes, error or irregularity in making said county returns by the judges of said primary, or setting forth that the returns of said election show on their face ambiguity, error, fraud or mistake by the managers or judges of said election; or if no such affidavits are filed with such petition, and the petitioner, in lieu of said affidavits, offers to give and does give bond, in an amount in each instance to fixed and approved by the authorities having jurisdiction of said primary, to pay the reasonable cost of said appeal, recount, review and recanvass, the said authorities in either requiring any evidence to be taken, or proof submitted, and recount and recanvass the ballots cast in the precincts named in said petition. Said review, recount and recanvass shall be conducted with all possible dispatch and in preference to all other business, under such mode of proceedure as the authorities hearing such contest shall prescribe. And for the purpose of securing witnesses, such authorities shall have the right to subpoena witnesses and enforce their attendance as in justice court. They shall sit for such purposes at some convenient place agreed upon for the purpose every day, except Sunday, from nine o'clock a. m. until 5 p. m., with an intermission of one hour for lunch, until said review, recount, recanvass and contest is completed. Said investigation in its entirety shall be public. Upon the completion of their investigation the cost shall be awarded as follows: If the result of such primary election shall be changed thereby on account of the misconduct of any candidate, the cost shall be awarded against such

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candidate; if there is a change thereby of two per cent. of the total vote recounted, the cost shall be awarded against the authorities under whose jurisdiction the election is held, but if the result is not changed as much as two per cent., then the cost shall be awarded against the petitioner and against his bondsmen, if he gave a bond; then their duties are finished as herein prescribed, they shall declare their finding and the same shall be conclusive. Appeal of defeated candidate. Recount. Cost. Sec. 11. Violation of any of the provisions of this Act shall be deemed a misdemeanor and shall be punished as prescribed in Section 1065 of the Penal Code. Penalty. Sec. 12. All laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed. Approved August 19th, 1918. TALBOT TREASURER'S OFFICE ABOLISHED; DEPOSITORIES PROVIDED FOR. No. 443. An Act to abolish the office of county treasurer of Talbot County, Georgia, and providing the manner of appointment of some bank or banks, to whom said county funds shall be turned over, and prescribing the duties of said bank or banks, in receiving and disbursing county funds, 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, as follows: The office of county treasurer of Talbot County, Georgia, be and the same is hereby abolished. Office abolished. Sec. 2. It shall be the duty of the commissioners of roads and revenues for said county to appoint on the first Tuesday in December, annually, some bank or banks, to act as depository or depositories and disbursing agent or agents of and for the public funds of said county, to receive

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all county funds to be disbursed by the county treasurer, provided, said commissioners shall designate only such bank or banks after competitive bids, as will comply with all of the provisions of this Act and will pay the highest rate of interest for the county funds so deposited, which interest shall be computed from the average monthly balance of said deposit, said bank or banks shall give good and sufficient bond in such sum as may be fixed by said commissioners of roads and revenues and in some approved indemnity company and the premium or premiums on said bond or bonds shall be paid out of county funds. Said bank or banks shall not receive any commission or any other compensation for receiving or disbursing county funds; and said bank or bankers shall keep all vouchers, checks and jury script for sums disbursed on file, subject to inspection by the grand jury or its agents, and commissioners of roads and revenues and their agents, and shall make a report showing receipts and disbursements of county funds to the grand ury at March and September terms of the Superior Court of said county each year. Selection of bank. No compensation. Section 3. It shall be the duty of each such bank or banks acting as such depository requiriments: Duties of Depository. 1. To pay, without delay, when in funds, all orders issued by said commissioners or by authority, also jury script by the clerk of the Superior Court, according to the dates of such orders, checks and jury script. 2. To keep a well-bound book in which shall be entered all receipts, stating when recorded, from whom and on what account, and to make a report to the commissioner of roads and revenues January 1st of each year, the amount of funds on hand and all amounts paid out, stating when paid, to whom, and on what account. 3. To keep a well-bound book in which shall be entered a full description of all county orders or other forms of indebtedness

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as they are presented and to record a copy of the order of the county authorities levying county taxes. Sec. 4. All books and stationery which may be required by a depository in the transaction of such business shall be furnished by the county, and when such books of said depository are full they, together with the vouuchers and other files relating thereto, or connected therewith must be deposited in the office of the ordinary of said county and afterwards be a part of his records. Sec. 5. This Act shall not take effect until from and after the termination of the term of the office of the present treasurer of Talbot county, to-wit, December 31, 1920, and the retiring county treasurer shall turn over to such bank or banks, as may be designated under the provision of this Act, all county funds which he may have in his charge, and the said retiring county treasurer shall make a report to the commissioners of roads and revenues of Talbot county, showing all receipts and disbursements of county funds since his last report to the grand jury, but said treasurer shall not be entitled to any commission for turning over the funds as aforesaid. Effective Jan. 1, 1921. Report. Sec. 6. All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed. Approved August 20th, 1918. TAYLOR TREASURER'S OFFICE REVIVED. No. 274. An Act to repeal an Act approved August 17th, 1916, entitled an Act to abolish the office of county treasurer of Taylor County, etc., and providing for the handling of county funds of Taylor county, by a treasurer, as before the office of treasurer was abolished, and to provide for a treasurer of Taylor county until the next regular election of county officers, and to fix salary for such treasurer, 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 on and after the passage of this Act that the Act approved August 17th, 1916, entitled An Act to abolish the office of county treasurer of Taylor county and to provide in what manner the funds of said county shall be deposited and disbursed, be and the same is hereby repealed. Act of 1916 repealed. Sec. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That T. F. Layfield be and he is hereby named treasurer of Taylor county, to hold said office of treasurer until the next general election of county officers, upon his making such bond as required of county treasurer under the general law of Georgia, and that he be paid a salary of five hundred dollars. Treasurer designated. Sec. 3. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the general law of Georgia governing county treasurers be the law governing the county treasurer of Taylor county, except that said treasurer is paid a salary of five hundred dollars, as above provided, in lieu of fee as provided by general law. Law applied. Salary. Sec. 4. 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 July 31, 1918. TOOMBS COMMISSIONERS; AMENDING ACT. No. 318. An Act to amend an Act entitled An Act to create a board of commissioners of roads and revenues in and for the County of Toombs, to provide for the election of commissioners which shall constitute said board, to prescribe their terms of office, their duties, their jurisdiction and fix their salaries, and for other purposes. Approved

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August 17th, 1912. As amended by the Act approved August 7th, 1914, by amending Section five of said Act by way of more specifically setting forth their jurisdiction with reference to county affairs, 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 create a board of commissioners of roads and revenues in and for the said County of Toombs, to provide for the election of commissioners, which shall constitute said board, to prescribe their terms of office, their duties, fix their salaries, jurisdiction, and for other purposes, approved August 17, 1912, as amended by an Act approved August 7th, 1914, be and the same is hereby amended by adding to said Act as amended at the end of Section five the words: That said commissioner shall have control of all property belonging to the county; shall have the right to levy taxes according to law; to establish, abolish, change and lay out roads and bridges, ferries, etc., according to law; to operate the chaingang; to supervise the books of the tax collector and tax receiver; to let all contracts for public buildings and etc., according to law, and to perform all other and further duties that formerly devolved on the judges of the Superior Court, or on the ordinary in reference to county matters and property. So that said section shall read as follows: Act of 1912 amended. Sec. 5. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That said commissioners shall have exclusive jurisdiction and control over the county affairs as provided for in the Toombs county road laws, 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. That said commissioners shall have control of all property belonging to the county; shall have the right to levy taxes according to law; to establish, abolish, change and lay out roads and bridges, ferries and etc., according to law; to

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operate the chaingang; to supervise the books of the tax collector and the tax received; to let all contracts for public buildings and etc., according to law, and to perform all other and further duties that formerly devolved on judges of the inferior courts or on the ordinary in reference to county matters and property. To be read. Powers of commissionsioners. 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 8, 1918. TOWNS ROAD TAX LEVY AUTHORIZED. No. 306. An Act to authorize the ordinary of Towns county to levy a tax for the purpose of building roads in said county, not to exceed ten mills per year for a term not to exceed five years, in the discretion of said ordinary, 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 ordinary of the County of Towns be and is hereby authorized to levy a tax not to exceed ten (10) mills for any one (1) year, and not exceed five (5) years, including the year 1918, the proceeds of said levy to be used in the building of good roads within the said County of Towns. Rate and period. 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 5th, 1918.

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TURNER BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS ABOLISHED. No. 469. An Act to repeal an Act entitled An Act to create a board of commissioners of roads and revenues for Turner county, approved August 14th, 1908, and the Acts amendatory thereof, approved August 11th, 1909, and August 15th, 1910, respectively, 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 create a board of commissioners of roads and revenues for Turner County, approved August 14th, 1908, and the amendment thereto providing for a vice chairman for said board, approved August 11, 1909, and the amendment to said Act changing the length of the terms of the members of said board of commissioners approved August 15th, 1910, be and the same are hereby repealed and the board of commissioners of roads and revenues created by said Act and the Acts amendatory thereof be and the same are hereby abolished; provided, however, that this Act shall become effective on and after the first day of January, 1919. Acts of 1908, 1909, 1910 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. Effective Jan. 1, 1919. Approved August 9th, 1918. WALKER TREASURER'S OFFICE ABOLISHED; DEPOSITORY PROVIDED FOR. No. 467. An Act to abolish the office of county treasurer of Walker county, Georgia, and to provide in what manner the funds of said county shall be deposited and disbursed, and for what purpose, 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, 1921, the office of county treasurer of Walker county shall be abolished, and such office shall on and after that date cease to exist. Office abolished. Sec. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That any incorporated bank in Walker county shall be eligible to become the county depository. Banks eligible. Sec. 3. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the commissioners of roads and revenues of said county shall not later than the first meeting in November, 1920, and bi-annually thereafter, notify in writing each chartered bank in Walker county that sealed bids for a county depository will be received for the ensuing two years. Said notice shall state when the time for receiving said bids shall close and when same shall be opened. Bids from banks. Sec. 4. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, that the bids shall be opened publicly by said commissioners of roads and revenues at the time mentioned in said notice, and the said commissioners of roads and revenues shall accept the bid of the bank agreeing to pay the highest rate of interest on monthly balances; Provided, That said commissioners shall have authority by a majority vote taken among themselves to reject any and all bids and to accept new bids after giving notice as before mentioned. If the commissioners should fail to receive a satisfactory bid from any bank in Walker county to act as such depository, it shall be their duty to appoint some citizen of said county to receive and disburse the funds of said county, and the duties and liabilities of such person shall be the same as those now provided by law for county treasurer. Such person shall give bond to be fixed and approved by said board of commissioners of roads and revenues, the premium of said bond to be paid out of the funds of said county. The compensation of such person shall be fixed by said commissioners, but in no

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event shall such compensation exceed the sum of two hundred dollars ($200.00) annually, which salary shall be paid out of the funds of said county. Acceptance of bid. Appointment of citizen. Bond, premium, and compensation. Sec. 5. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That such bank shall be designated as such county depository and disbursing agent, shall receive no compensation for acting in such capacity. No compensation to bank. Sec. 6. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That no bank shall be allowed to act as depository and disbursing agent until it shall have given a bond payable to said county commissioners of roads and revenues with security or securities to the approved by said board of commissioners of roads and revenues, conditioned upon the faithful performance of all the duties pertaining to said appointment, and in the sum which, in the judgment of said commissioners; will be double the amount of the county funds that will probably be deposited with such bank for the ensuing twelve months from date of the bond. The property of such bank, as well as the security or securities on such bond, shall be bound from the time of the execution thereof for the payment of any and all liabilities arising from the breach of said bond. It shall be within the power of said commissioners to call upon said bank to strengthen said bond or give new bond at any time, and in default of the same being done to revoke the appointment of such bank as a depository and disbursing agent. Bond of depository. Property liable. It shall be the duty of said county commissioners to pay the premium on said bond out of the funds of said county. Premium on bond. Sec. 7. Be it further enacted by authority aforesaid, That the commissioners of roads and revenues of said county shall furnish said depository with new record books, such as will be necessary for the keeping of a complete record of all business done by said depository, and that the commissioners of roads and revenues shall have printed and

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ready for use on the first day of January, 1921, new county warrants in the following form: Record books. $..... LaFayette, Ga.,.....191..... Form of warrant. .....County Warrant.....No......Walker County Commissioners of Roads and Revenues orders the County Depository to pay to the order of..... Dollars out of..... fund. .....Chairman. .....Clerk Sec. 8. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That it shall be the duty of bank acting as such depository and disbursing agent: Duties of depository specified. 1. To pay without delay, when in funds, all orders issued by said commissioners or by their authority, according to the dates of such orders. 2. To take a receipt on each order when paid out and carefully file it away. 3. To keep a well-bound book in which shall be entered all receipts, stating when received, from whom and on what account. 4. To keep a well-bound book in which shall be entered a full description of all county orders or other form of indebtedness, as they are presented, and to record a copy of the order of the county authorities levying county taxes. 5. To render monthly reports to and to appear before said commissioners whenever notified, and to appear before any grand jury on request; to render an account of its actings and doings as such depository and disbursing agent, and to exhibit its books and vouchers at such depository and disbursing agent whenever notified. Sec. 9. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That said commissioners shall have the power and authority

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from time to time to prescribe other reasonable duties and regulations for the government of said depositories and disbursing agents, and said depositories and disbursing agents shall be just as much bound to observe the same as they are bound to observe those provided for in this Act. Additional duties, etc. Sec. 10. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That on the first day of January, 1921, the county treasurer of Walker county shall deliver to such bank as shall have been designated county depository by said board of commissioners of roads and revenues under the provisions of this Act, all the county funds then in his hands, and he shall at the same time deliver to said commissioners all records, books and papers that he may have pertaining to his office. Said treasurer shall receive no commission or compensation for turning said funds over to said county. Delivery by treasurer. Sec. 11. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That said depository or disbursing agent shall be liable both civilly and criminally just as county treasurers are liable, for any non-feasance or malfeasance of duty and said commissioners shall have the right to proceed against such depository and disbursing agent and the securities on their bond as county depository as the securities on county treasurers' bonds may now be proceeded against in case of non-feasance or malfeasance in the conduct of their office. Civil and penal liability. Sec. 12. 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 19th, 1918. WEBSTER TREASURER'S OFFICE ABOLISHED; DEPOSITORIES PROVIDED FOR. No. 283. An Act to abolish the office of county treasurer for the County of Webster; to provide a depository or depositories

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for the funds of said county, and how said funds shall be disbursed; to prescribe the regulations governing the handling by such depository or depositories 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 office of county treasurer in and for the County of Webster shall be abolished, and such office shall on and after that date cease to exist. Office abolished. Sec. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That at some date immediately after the passage of this Act the board of commissioners of roads and revenues of Webster county shall select some duly chartered bank or banks of said county to act as a depository of all county funds heretofore handled by the treasurer. Selection of bank. Sec. 3. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the cashier or cashiers of the bank or banks thus selected, shall discharge all the duties heretofore discharged by the county treasurer without compensation from said county. Duty without compensation. Sec. 4. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That said cashier or cashiers before handling any funds of said county, shall enter into bond with good security to be approved by said board of county commissioners, conditioned for the faithful discharge of the duties aforesaid, in a sum equal to that now required of the county treasurer; Provided, That if the bond be taken in some security or bonding company, the premiums on such bonds shall be paid by the commissioners out of funds belonging to the county; said bond to be filed in the office of the ordinary. Bond of depository. Sec. 5. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That should the county commissioners fail to make satisfactory arrangements with any bank or banks in the county, they shall have the power to select some bank in

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some other county in Georgia that is most convenient and satisfactory arrangement can be made, and if no arrangements can be made wih any bank in some other county, they shall select some good reliable white citizen of said county as receiving and disbursing agent of Webster county, whose duties shall be the same as now required of the county treasurer, and who shall give bond as required of any bank or cashier as above recited in this Act. The salary to be determined by the county commissioners, but shall not be more than $200.00 per annum for his services. The county commissioners shall furnish said disbursing agent or bank or banks with well-bound books as required for recording all business for the county, said books and the premium on their or his bond to be paid out of the funds of the county. The receiving and disbursing agent shall be appointed every two years. Selection of citizen, if no bank. Bond and salary. Record books and bond premium. Sec. 6. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That immediately after the passage of this Act the county commissioners shall have a complete settlement with the county treasurer and he shall turn over all monies in his hands to the depository or depositories as directed by said county commissioners and shall turn over all books, papers and other things belonging to the county treasurer's office. Settlement with treasurer. Sec. 7. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed. Approved July 31, 1918. WHEELER COMMISSIONERS; AMENDING ACT. No. 304. An Act to amend an Act entitled An Act to provide for the creation of county commissioners in Wheeler county; to define their duties and powers; to provide for their compensations, and for other purposes, so as to fix

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the salary of the chairman of said board of county commissioners, define his duties and to provide for the election of said commissioners. 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 August 19, 1913, entitled 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, be and the same is hereby amended by striking from Section 3 of said Act the following sentence, to-wit: Only the qualified voters from the road district from which the commissioners is to be elected shall be qualified to vote for the commissioners to be elected from that district, and substituting for said sentence so stricken the following sentence, to-wit: The qualified voters from the entire county shall vote at their respective election precincts throughout the county for the commissioners to be elected from the several districts, so that when said section is amended as aforesaid, it shall be and read as follows, to-wit: 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 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

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successor from the road district he represents shall be elected. The qualified voters from the entire county shall vote at their respective election precincts throughout the county for the commissioners to be elected from the several districts. 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. Act of 1913 amended. To be read. Voting for commissioners. Sec. 2. Be it enacted further by the authority aforesaid, That the first three lines of Section 7 of said Act be stricken and the following substituted, to-wit: Sec. 7 amended. Each county commissioner except the chairman, who shall receive six hundred dollars per annum, shall receive two hundred dollars per annum for all services performed by him of every kind, and shall receive no extra compensation. So that when said section is amended as aforesaid, it shall be and read as follows, to-wit: Sec. 7. Each county commissioner (except the chairman, who shall receive six hundred dollars per annum) 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 warrants 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 be 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. To be read. Pay of commissioners. Sec. 3. Be it further enacted, That all of lines one to eight inclusive and all of the ninth line except the last two

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words, to-wit, said board, of Section 9 of said Act be and the same are hereby stricken, and that there shall be substituted for said part of said paragraph so stricken to be known as Section 9, the following to-wit, Sec. 9. Said board shall designate one of their number as chairman and shall elect or designate a new chairman every two years at the first meeting of said board after the beginning of a regular term of office of any member of said board. 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. The chairman of said board of commissioners shall be the sole purchasing agent for the County of Wheeler, and no contracts for the purchase of material or supplies for any office or department of public works of said county or for other county purposes shall be binding or enforcible against the said county of Wheeler if made by any other person than said chairman of the board of county commissioners. All contracts for the county of Wheeler, in order to bind said county, shall be executed in the name of the county by said chairman of said board of county commissioners, and said chairman of said board shall have full power to make all purchases for the use and needs of said county, and to make all contracts in the name and in the behalf of said county in amounts or for sums of five hundred dollars or less. Should the amount of said purchase exceed the sum of five hundred dollars, or the contract to be made involve more than five hundred dollars, then, and in that event, said chairman shall, before making such purchases or such contract, first procure the approval of at least one of the other commissioners. Said chairman shall devote his whole time to the duties of his office, and shall have general supervision under the advice and direction of the board of commissioners over the chaingang of said county, and the road-working therein, as well as all county affairs properly coming within the jurisdiction of said board of commissioners. Sec. 9 amended.

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The remainder of said paragraph shall be numbered Sec. 9-A, and shall be and stand as the same now is, so that when said Section 9 is amended as aforesaid, it shall be and read as follows, to-wit: Section 9. Said board shall designate one of their number as chairman and shall elect or designate a new chairman every two years at the first meeting of said board after the beginning of a regular term of office of any member of said board. It shall be the duty of the chairman to preside at all meetings, approved and sign the minutes and officially sign all orders, warrants and processes issued by the commissioners. The chairman of said board of commissioners shall be the sole purchasing agent for the County of Wheeler, and no contracts for the purchase of materials or supplies for any office or department of public works of said county, or for other county purposes, shall be binding or enforcible against the said County of Wheeler if made by any other person than said chairman of the board of county commissioners. Sec. 9 to be read. Chairman of the board. Purchasing agent. All contracts for the County of Wheeler, in order to bind said county shall be executed in the name of the county by said chairman of said board of county commissioners. And said chairman of said board shall have full power to make all purchases for the use and needs of said county and to make all contracts in the name and in the behalf of said county in amounts or for sums of five hundred dollars or less. Should the amount of said purchase exceed the sum of five hundred dollars or the contract to be made involved more than five hundred dollars, then, and in that event, said chairman shall, before making such purchase or such contract, first procure the approval of at least one of the other commissioners. Said chairman shall devote his whole time to the duties of his office, and shall have general supervision, under the advice and direction of the board of commissioners, over the chaingang of the said county and the road working therein, as well as all county affairs properly coming within the jurisdiction of said board of commissioners. Contracts. Duties.

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Sec. 9A. 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. Clerk of the board; duties Oath and bond. Sec. 4. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That said Act be and the same is hereby amended by adding thereto another section to be known as and numbered 13, and which shall be and read as follows: Sec. 13. The compensation of the chairman of the board of commissioners of said county shall be the sum of six hundred dollars per annum, to be paid monthly. Pay of chairman. Sec. 5. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the provisions of this Act shall not become effective until submitted to a vote of the qualified voters of Wheeler county as herein provided, at the general election to be held in November, 1918. The qualified voters of Wheeler county who favor these amendments to said Act creating the board of commissioners for Wheeler county shall have written or printed on their ballots for which purpose separate ballots shall be provided, the following words: For amendment to commissioner Act. Those

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who oppose said amendments shall have written or printed on their ballots the following words, Against amendment to Commissioner Act. Should a majority of the qualified voters of said county voting at said election upon said question vote For amendment to commissioner Act, then, and in that event, this Act shall become of full force and effect, and not otherwise. The managers and superintendents of said general election are hereby constituted the managers and superintendents of the election hereinprovided for, and are hereby required to keep two separate tally sheets and list of voters for said election. The vote shall be consolidated as the vote in said general election, and the returns thereof made to the ordinary of Wheeler county, and said ordinary shall declare the result of said election. This Act referred to popular vote. 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, 1918. WHITFIELD VOTING PRECINCT; NAME CHANGED. No. 460. An Act to change the name of a certain voting precinct in the County of Whitfield corresponding with the 1278th District, G. M., now known as the Red Clay District, to that of the Cohutta District, 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 after the passage of this Act the voting precinct of Whitfield county, now known as the Red Clay District be hereafter known as the Cohutta District. Red Clay to be known as Cohutta. 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 19, 1918.

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TITLE I. MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS. ACTS. Alma, City of; Amending Act. Athens Civil Service Commission. Atlanta Aldermen and Councilmen; Succession in Office. Atlanta, Grant of Easement to. Atlanta; Sundry Charter Amendments. Augusta, Extension of Cumming Street. Augusta Policemen and Firemen. Bainbridge Registration Act Repealed. Bainbridg Rgistration of Voters. Baxley, State School Fund for. Blakely, Qualified Voters in. Blue Ridge Mayor and Councilmen. Bowden Public School System. Broxton, City of; Charter Amended. Brunswick, Closing of Streets in. Cadwell School System; Amendment. Cairo Voters; and Taxation. Calhoun, City of; New Charter. Canton School System; Amending Act. Cedar Grove Town Charter Repealed. Clarkston; Repeal of Charter Sections. Colquitt Ice Factory and Factory Cold Storage. Columbus Elections and Voters. Columbus Tax Ad Valorem. Cornelia, City of; Charter Amended. Dacula, Town of; New Charter. Dacula, Town of; Nw Charter. Darien Tax Ad Valorem. Dawson Street Paving Assessments. Douglas, City of; Charter Amendments. Eastman, State School Fund for. Ellijay Cemeteries, Repair of. Fairmount Street Paving Assessments. Fitzgerald Charter Amendments. Griffin Police Officers' Salaries. Griffin School Tax Levy. Jefferson Taxation Ad Valorem. Jesup Public School System. LaGrange Charter Amendments. Lavonia, City Charter Repealed. Lavonia, City of; New Charter. Lavonia, School Act Repealed. Lumpkin Public School Tax.

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Macon Charter Amendments. Maysville Tax Ad Valorem. McDonough Territory Extended. McRae, City of; New Charter. Palmetto Tax Ad Valorem. Pelham School Tax. Pine Park Territory Extended. Ray City Charter Amended. Rome, City of; New Charter. Salt Springs Named Lithia Springs. Savannah Advertising Appropriation. Savannah Charter Amendments. Savannah Encroachment on Congress street. Soperton School Tax. Southwest LaGrange Charter Amendments. Sparta Officers' Qualifications. Statesboro Nuisances, Abatement of. Statesboro School Tax. Thomasville Charter Amendments. Valdosta Public Assembly Hall. Villa Rica City Public Schools. Warrenton School Tax. Whitesburg School System Abolished. Worth Election Date Changed. ALMA, CITY OF; AMENDING ACT. No. 395. An Act to amend an Act changing the name of the Town of Alma from the name of the Town of Alma to the name of City of Alma, approved August 21st, 1906, and which said town was at that time located in the County of Appling, but which is now located in the new County of Bacon, said State. Also to amend an Act which amended the Act of August 21st, 1906, approved August 6th, 1915, ot make the office of the marshal elective by the city councilmen; to consolidate the offices of the city clerk and that of city treasurer, and to make this one office, and to be known as the clerk of council of the City of Alma, and that the holder of said office shall be elected by the city councilmen. 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

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Act, entitled A Bill to be entitled an Act to change the name of the Town of Alma, in Appling county, to the name of the City of Alma, but which is now in the new County of Bacon, be and the same is hereby amended as follows: Sec. 2. By striking from the Acts approved August 21, 1906, and the Act approved August 6, 1915, wherever the same appears, the word town and insert in lieu thereof the word city, the same reading: The City of Alma, Bacon County, Georgia. Acts of 1906 and 1915 amended. Sec. 3. Be it further enacted, That Section three (3) of the said Act approved August 6, 1915, be and the same is hereby amended by striking from said section the following words: There shall be an election on the second Saturday in December of each year of a marshal of said town by the qualified voters thereof in the same manner in which the mayor and council of said town are now elected, and inserting in lieu thereof the following: The mayor and council shall elect the marshals for one year or fractional part thereof, caused by death, resignation or otherwise. Election of marshal. Sec. 4. Be it further enacted, That Sections four (4) and Section five (5) of said Acts approved August 6, 1915, be and the same are hereby amended and consolidated and made one and the same office, and also Sections ten (10) and eleven (11) of the Acts approved August 21, 1906, and to consolidate the same into one office to be known as the office of the clerk of the council of the City of Alma. Consolidation of offices. Sec. 5. Be it further enacted, That Section four (4) of said Act approved August 6, 1915, be and the same is hereby amended by striking from said section the following words: There shall be elected on the second Saturday in December of each year a clerk of the council of said town by the qualified voters thereof in the same manner in which the mayor and council of said town are elected, who shall serve for a term of one year, or until his successor is elected and qualified, and inserting in lieu thereof the following: The mayor and council shall elect a clerk of the council

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for such term as desired and have power to discharge said clerk at any time desired by a majority of the vote of said councilmen. Clerk of council. Sec. 6. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That this amendment shall be in effect from the signing of said bill. Sec. 7. 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 7, 1918. ATHENS CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION. No. 287. An Act to amend an Act entitled An Act to amend the charter of the Town of Athens and the various Acts amendatory thereof, approved August 24, 1872, so as to provide a Civil Service Commission for the City of Athens, to place the fire department and the police department of said city under the said commission, to provide for the personnel of said commission, and for rules and regulations governing 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 from and after the passage of this Act, the Act entitled An Act to amend the charter of the Town of Athens and the various amendatory thereof, approved August 24, 1872, be amended as follows: Act of 1872 amended. Sec. 2. Civil Service Commission Election and Qualifications. That the mayor and council of the City of Athens shall elect three registered electors of the city as a civil service commission, one to serve for two years, one for four years and one for six years, to take office September

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1, 1918, or as soon thereafter as elected and qualified. Thereafter the members of the civil service commission shall be elected to serve for six years and until their successors have been elected and have qualified. Members of the civil service commission shall not hold any other office, elective or otherwise, under the city of Athens or the County of Clarke. Any vacancy in said commission shall be filled by the mayor and council for the unexpired term. Civil-service commission. Terms of office. Vacancy. Sec. 3. Chairman and Chief Examiner Elected By Commission, Clerk of Council to be Clerk of Commission. Immediately after their election the members of the civil service commission shall organize by electing one of its members chairman. The clerk of the city council of Athens shall act as secretary of the commission and shall keep a minute book wherein are recorded all the actions of the commission. The commission shall also elect from their number a chief examiner and may appoint such subordinates as may be provided for by the mayor and council. Chairman. Secretary. Examiner. Sec. 4. Salaries of Chairman and Members of Commission. The chairman of the commission shall receive a salary not to exceed $300.00 per annum nor to be less than $200.00 per annum, payable monthly. The other members of the commission shall receive salaries not to exceed $200.00 per annum for each commissioner. All of said salaries to be fixed by the mayor and council of the City of Athens. Salaries. Sec. 5. Commission Has Control and Management of Fire and Police Departments. The civil service commission shall have complete control over the fire department and police department of the City of Athens and the personnel of the same, subject only to the provisions of this Act. Fire and police departments. Sec. 6. Commission to Promulgate Rules. Report Annually to Council. The said commission shall adopt, amend and enforce a code of rules and regulations providing for the appointment and employment in all positions

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in the fire and police departments of the City of Athens based on merit, efficiency, character and industry, which shall have the force and effect of law; shall make investigations concerning the efficiency of the two departments and make full annual reports concerning the same to the mayor and council. Rules and regulations. Annual reports. Sec. 7. Monthly Reports of Expenditures. In addition to the full annual report to the mayor and council, the commission shall render to the mayor and council monthly statements of expenditures in each of the departments. Statements of expenditures. Sec. 8. Chief Examiner, Duties of, Eligible Lists to be Kept. The chief examiner shall be the employment officer of all employees in the fire and police departments. He shall provide examination in accordance with regulations of the commission and may maintain lists of eligibles of each department of service of those meeting the requirements of the said regulations. Positions in each department shall be filled by him from sucli eligible lists under such rules and regulations as may be prescribed by the commission. As positions are filled, the employment officer shall certify the fact in proper and prescribed form to the city treasurer, or such other officer as the mayor and council may designate, and to the chief of the department in which the vacancy exists. Lists of eligibles. Sec. 9. Chief Examiner Certifies to Treasurer Names of Employees. The chief examiner shall further certify to the city treasurer or other public disbursing officer, the names of all persons in the employ of the city holding positions in the police and fire departments on September 1st, 1918, when this Act becomes operative. Names of employees. Sec. 10. Rules for Promotions. The said commission shall provide for promotion to all positions in each department based on records of merit, efficiency, conduct and seniority. Promotions.

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Sec. 11. Probation Period. An appointment or promotion shall not be deemed complete until a period of probation not to exceed six months has elapsed and a probationer may be discharged or reduced at any time within the said period of six months upon the recommendation of the chief of the department in which said probationer is employed, with the approval of the majority of the commission, or in case the probationer is filling the position of chief of the department with the approval of the majority of the commission. Probation period. Sec. 12. Employees Discharged or Demoted Must be Given Reason in Writing. No employee in either department shall be reduced in rank or compensation or discharged by the commission until he has been presented with reasons for such reduction or discharge specifically stated in writing and has been given an opportunity to be heard in his own defense. The reason for such discharge or reduction and any reply in writing thereto by such employee shall be filed with the commission. Reasons for discharge. Sec. 13. Chiefs of Departments May Suspend or Reduce Employees. The said commission may grant authority to the chief of each department to suspend or reduce in rank any of the employees under him for insubordination or other cause, but any employee so reduced or suspended may appeal from the decision of such chief to the civil service commission and said commission shall determine the manner, time and place by which such appeal shall be heard. The judgment of such commission shall be final. Suspension or reduction in rank. Appeal. Sec. 14. Present Employees Shall be Retained. All persons in the employ of the city, holding positions in the police and fire departments of said city on Sept. 1st, 1918, shall, unless their positions be abolished by law, retain the same until discharged, reduced, promoted or transferred in accordance with this Act. Retention of employees.

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Sec. 15. Treasurer to Pay Employees Only Upon Certificate of Commission. The treasurer of the City of Athens or other public disbursing officer shall not pay any salary or compensation for services to any person holding a position in the fire or police departments unless the pay roll or account for such salary or compensation shall bear the certificate of the civil service commission that the persons named therein have been appointed or employed and are performing service in accordance with the provisions of this Act and the rules established hereunder. Payment on certificate. Sec. 16. Commission May Subpoena Witnesses. In any investigation conducted by the civil service commission it shall have the power to require the testimony of witnesses and the production of books appertaining to the investigation and to administer oaths to such witnesses. Testimony. Sec. 17. No Discrimination Against Employees for Political or Religious Reasons. Employees Not to Take Part in Politics. No person in either the police or fire departments, or seeking admission thereto, shall be appointed, reduced or removed or any way favored or discriminated against because of political opinion or affiliation or religious belief. No officer or employee of the city 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 holding a position in either of the two departments shall take any part in political management or affairs or in political campaigns further than to cast his vote or express privately his opinion. Discrimination forbidden. Political activity prohibited. Sec. 18. Penalties for Violating Commission's Rules. The civil service commission shall, by rule or ordinance, determine the penalty for the violation of the civil service provisions of this Act. Penalty. Sec. 19. Department Increased or Diminished. Said commission shall have power, with the approval of the mayor and council of the city of Athens to increase or

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diminish the number of persons now employed in the police and fire departments. Number of employees. Sec. 20. Equipment Sold, Exchanged and Purchased. The civil service commission shall from time to time inspect the physical equipment of the departments under their control, and after consultation with the chief of such department make recommendation to the mayor and council for the purchase, exchange or sale of apparatus and equipment. No apparatus or equipment, however, shall be purchased, exchanged or sold by the commission unless authorized by the mayor and council. Equipment, powers as to. Sec. 21. Salaries of Employees. The mayor and council of the city of Athens at the beginning of each year shall fix the salaries of all employees in both the police and fire departments for the ensuing year, and shall appropriate each year a sufficient sum to carry out the provisions of this Act. Salaries, appropriations for. Sec. 22. Ordinances Harmonious With Act Remain in Force Until Repealed by Commission. All ordinances of the city of Athens now in force relating to the fire and police departments and which are not in conflict with this Act shall remain in force until amended or repealed by the civil service commission. Ordinances of force. Sec. 23. Repealing Clause. 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 31, 1918. ATLANTA ALDERMEN AND COUNCILMEN; SUCCESSION IN OFFICE. No. 323. An Act to amend an Act establishing a new charter for the City of Atlanta, approved February 28th, 1874, and the

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several Acts amendatory thereof, whereby all limitations upon the rights of aldermen and councilmen to succeed themselves shall be removed and they shall hereafter be permitted to succeed themselves without limitations, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same, That an 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: Act of 1874 amended. Section 1. The provision of the present charter prohibiting councilmen and aldermen from succeeding themselves are hereby stricken and in lieu thereof it is hereby enacted that the councilmen and aldermen of the City of Atlanta may succeed themselves without limitation just so long as the people may see fit to elect them. That the provisions of the present charter as found in Sections 77 and 79 and any other contrary provisions of the charter of the City of Atlanta as published in the City Code of 1910, be and the same are hereby repealed and all ordinances passed thereon are likewise hereby repealed. Succession in office not limited. Sec. 2. That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be and the same are hereby repealed. Approved August 8, 1918. ATLANTA, GRANT OF EASEMENT TO. No. 422. An Act to grant to the city of Atlanta an easemen as of a right of way through certain property of the 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 the City of Atlanta be and is hereby

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granted an easement as of a right of way for the widening and improvement of Spring Street and Carnegie Way in said city in and to that part of the property of the State known as the mansion lot which lies in irregular shape to the westward of a straight line drawn from the corner of said lot at the intersection of Spring and Cain Streets south-wardly to a point where such line will strike the point where it coincides with the line between the property of the City of Atlanta and the Lagomarsino lot, upon condition, however, that the city grade, pave and maintain said street without expense to the State and in addition thereto will erect a substantial stone retaining wall along the western boundary of the State's property upon the line thus established. Part of mansion lot to widen street. Conditions. 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, 1918. ATLANTA; SUNDRY CHARTER AMENDMENTS. No. 437. An Act to anmend an Act establishing a new charter for the City of Atlanta, approved February 28th, 1874, and the several Acts amendatory thereof, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same, That an Act establishing a new charter for the City of Atlanta, approved February 28th, 1874, and the several Acts amendatory thereof be and the same are hereby amended as follows: Act of 1874 amended. Section 1. That the provisions of the charter of the City of Atlanta, as found in Sections 204, 205 and 206 of the city Code of 1910 be and the same are hereby repealed

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and in lieu thereof the following are hereby enacted: The mayor and council or mayor and general council shall have full power and authority, in their discretion, to negotiate loans on the most advantageous terms to the city, to supply and make up any deficiency that may exist during any one year of the funds in the treasury for the purpose of paying the expenses of the city, which may be incurred under the several heads hereinafter mentioned, in any amount not exceeding $750,000.00 and not exceeding the amounts set apart under each head for the year in question. As soon as an amount equal to the amount so borrowed is paid into the treasury by taxation, or from any other sources of revenue, not already applied to other debts or liabilities of said city, the said mayor and general council shall at once apply the 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. Loans for current expenses. Repayment. Sec. 2. There shall be established in the department of police, a special officer to be known as Captain in Charge of Bureau of Identification, whose salary shall be the same as now paid the superintendent of signal service, until otherwise directed by the mayor and general council. If the present superintendent of signal service is selected to fill the position of captain, then said person shall enter into said new position and render the services heretofore rendered as such superintendent and shall receive credit for previous service therefor in said department, as coming under the head of civil service, when applying for pension or otherwise. Said Captain shall be in general charge of a bureau known as a bureau of identification, and shall perform such other duties as council may require by ordinance, or the board of police commissioners may require by resolution. Police captain of bureau of identification.

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Sec. 3. That Section 9 of an Act approved December 10th, 1897, found in Georgia Laws 1897, page 150, of an Act amending an Act amending the Act establishing a new charter for the city of Atlanta, be stricken and in lieu thereof the following is hereby enacted: The Board of Education of the City of Atlanta shall hereafter be composed of five members selected as hereinafter provided, and the mayor and the chairman of the committee of schools of the general council shall be ex-offico members thereof, and, as so constituted, same shall hereafter be recognized as one of the regular boards of the city government. The said five members shall be elected from citizens of and from five school districts, which districts shall consist of the territory embraced in two of the wards of the city as now constituted, this division of the wards to be left to the discretion of the mayor and general council; Provided, That however districted, the two wards so selected for each district shall be contiguous, in whole or in part. The office of each member of the present board of education of said city is hereby abolished on and after the first Monday in January, 1919. The first election of said five members shall be held at the next general election of said city to be held on the first Wednesday in December, 1918. This election shall be held in the same manner, at the same time and decided by the same majorities, and reported and declared in the same manner as all other elections held at the same time. The five members so elected shall take office on the first Monday in January, 1919, and shall serve for a term fixed as follows: At the first meeting of said board lots shall be cast by which it shall be decided that one member shall serve for one year, two for two years and two for three years, the mayor to serve during his term of office. The chairman of the committee of schools shall serve during the year of his appointment. At the conclusion of said terms, at the election to be held prior thereto, at the same time as other city elections, the successors to each of said five members shall be elected and serve for a term of two years each, or until their successors shall have been elected and qualified. The mayor

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and general council for the year 1919, and each year succeeding same, shall set apart for the sole and exclusive use of the board of education from the current funds of that year a sum not less than the proportion of the funds received set apart to said board in the present year. The purpose of this provision being that, as the income of the city increases, the total annual appropriation to said board shall increase, but the percentage thereof shall not be less than the same, as set apart and fixed by the mayor and general council during the present year and during each succeeding year prior to the year when the appointment is made. Said board shall have the sole control of the distribution and disbursement of the apportionment made each year and shall not exceed, in their expenditures or contracts, the total of the yearly apportionment. All payments therefrom shall be made as provided by existing charter provisions. Said board shall be held responsible for the proper use, disposition and expenditure of the funds, so appropriated, and shall have the sole authority to fix salaries of the officers, employees and teachers in said department, the purchase of supplies therefor, the purchase of school property, the erection of school houses, the furnishing thereof, insuring the same and paying the premiums therefor, and to take such other steps as may be needed in the preservation and protection of all property in their charge. Provided, the total amount so expended does not exceed the yearly apportionment. Said board shall elect and have control over the superintendent, officers, teachers and employees of the department of public schools, and shall have exclusive supervision of the government of said schools and department, free and independent of any existing or future ordinance of the mayor and general council of said city, subject only to the requirement that all rules passed by said board shall be reasonable and in conformity with the Constitution and laws of the State of Georgia. Said board shall cause accurate minutes of all its proceedings and an accurate record of all expenditures to be kept,

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both of which shall be open to the inspection of the public at reasonable hours. The present superintendent, officers and teachers shall serve to the end of the terms for which they have been elected and at the salaries fixed for such positions at the time of their election, unless sooner dismissed for cause to be judged of by said board. Board of education. Five members to be elected from school districts. Present board abolished. Election. Terms of office. School funds. Control of funds. Payments. Authority and responsibility of board. Officers, teachers, and employees. Sec. 4. That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be and the same are hereby repealed. Approved August 20, 1918. AUGUSTA, EXTENSION OF CUMMING STREET. No. 367. An Act to authorize and empower the city council of Augusta to extend Cumming street, or Tenth Street, in the City of Augusta, across the right of way of the Georgia Railroad and Banking Company, between Walker and Fenwick streets, in 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 from and after the passage of this bill the City Council of Augusta shall have power to extend Cumming Street or Tenth Street, in said city across the right of way and property of the Georgia Railroad and Banking Company, between Fenwick and Walker Streets, in the City of Augusta, said extension not to be wider than the present street on the north side of said right of way. Power to extend street. Sec. 2. Be it further enacted that all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this bill be and the same are hereby repealed. Approved August 17, 1918.

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AUGUSTA POLICEMEN AND FIREMEN. No. 444. An Act to amend an Act of the General Assembly of Georgia, approved August 5, 1913, entitled an Act to create a board of civil service commission for the City of Augusta 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; so as to provide for the raising of the age limit of policemen and firemen, 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 5, 1913, creating a board of civil service commission for the City of Augusta, this State, be amended by striking the words thirty-six in paragraph 3, sub-section 1, in lines six and seven and substituting in lieu thereof the word fifty, so that said sub-section when so amended shall read as follows: (1) For the qualification of each applicant for any of the positions in each department; Provided, however, That no person shall be qualified for the position of an officer or private employed in either department who has not arrived at the age of twenty-one or is over the age of fifty; provided, further, That this shall not apply to any person employed in either department upon the passage of this Act. Act of 1913 amended. To be read. Qualification; age limits. Sec. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same, That from and after the passage of this Act the City Council of Augusta shall have the power during the first month of each calendar year, at any special adjournment or regular meeting to fix and determine the number of men, including officers, privates and other employees, to be employed on the police or fire department in the City of Augusta, and to fix their compensation. Number of men and compensation.

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Sec. 3. Be it further enacted, That all laws and part of laws in conflict with this Act be and the same are hereby repealed. Approved August 19, 1918. BAINBRIDGE REGISTRATION ACT REPEALED. No. 331. An Act to repeal an Act entitled An Act to amend the charter of the City of Bainbridge, Georgia, so as to provide for the registration of voters of said city, to prescribe the mannner thereof, and for other purposes, approved September 12th, 1885. Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, That from and after the passage of this Act, the Act entitled An Act to amend the charter of the City of Bainbridge, Georgia, so as to provide for the registration of the voters of said city, to prescribe the manner thereof and for other purposes, approved September 12, 1885, be and the same is hereby repealed. Act of 1885 repealed. 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 12, 1918. BAINBRIDGE REGISTRATION OF VOTERS. No. 334. An Act to amend an Act to create a new charter for the City of Bainbridge, and for other purposes, approved December 16, 1901, by striking therefrom Section 6 providing for the qualification and registration of voters and the manner of holding elections and inserting in lieu thereof a new Section 6 pertaining to the same subject matter.

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Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, That the Act entitled An act to create a new charter for the City of Bainbridge, and for other purposes, approved December 16, 1901, be and the same is hereby amended by striking from said Act all of Section 6 thereof pertaining to the qualifications and registration of voters and the manner of holding and conducting elections in said city. Act of 1901 amended. Sec. 2. Be it further enacted, That in lieu of said Section 6 so stricken, there shall be inserted a new Section 6, which shall be as follows: That every male citizen of the City of Bainbridge twenty-one years of age who shall have resided in the State of Georgia one year next preceding the election and six months within the corporate limits of the City of Bainbridge next preceding the election, and shall have paid all taxes, licenses, fines, assessments and fees required of him by 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 Bainbridge for any purpose whatsoever; provided, The mayor and aldermen of the City of Bainbridge by proper ordinance may provide for the registration of such voters and require them to register as an additional qualification, and may also provide the manner in which such elections shall be held and the results declared. New Sec. 6. Voters; qualification and registration. 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 12, 1918. BAXLEY, STATE SCHOOL FUND FOR. No. 277. An Act to amend an Act to create and establish a new charter for the City of Baxley; to declare the rights,

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powers and privileges of said corporation; to provide for a mayor and council and for other officers of the 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 the Act entitled as follows: An Act to create and establish a new charter for the City of Baxley; to declare the rights, powers and privileges of said corporation; to provide for a mayor and council and for other officers for same, and other purposes, be amended by providing that the State School Superintendent of Education be authorized and empowered to pay the pro rata of the State school fund for the City of Baxley direct to the clerk and treasurer of the City of Baxley. Payment of State fund to clerk of city. Sec. 2. Be it further enacted, That all laws in conflict herewith be and they are hereby repealed. Approved July 31, 1918. BLAKELY, QUALIFIED VOTERS IN. No. 388. An Act to allow all persons who are now properly registered, or who shall hereafter register, to vote in all elections to be held in and for the City of Blakely, to remain registered for all future elections to be held in and for said city without again registering in said city; to fix the qualifications of voters in City of Blakely, and for other purposes. Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly, and is hereby enacted by authority of same, That forever and after the passage of this Act all persons now qualified and registered to vote in all elections to be held at the City of Blakely, shall therefore be qualified to vote in all elections to be held in and for said City of Blakely from and after the passage of this Act. Voters qualified.

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Sec. 2. Be it further enacted by authority aforesaid, That upon the registration of any persons in the City of Blakely, if said person be properly qualified, he shall not hereafter be required to register for any election to be held in and for the City of Blakely. Registration. Sec. 3. Be it further enacted by authority aforesaid, That any person, after having registered for city election in Blakely, Georgia, and who shall move without the incorporation limits from the city of Blakely, he shall be disqualified to vote in any election to be held in and for the City of Blakely, and he shall not be qualified to vote aforesaid until he shall have again become a citizen of said city, for the space of sixty days. Disqualification by removal. Sec. 4. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be and they are hereby repealed. Approved August 17, 1918. BLUE RIDGE MAYOR AND COUNCILMEN. No. 401. An Act to repeal Sections 1 and 2 of An Act to amend the charter of the City of Blue Ridge, in Fannin County, Georgia, and for other purposes, approved August 14, 1915, which sections provide for the number of councilmen, their election and the election of their successors, that of the mayor; to substitute in lieu thereof other sections which shall provide for the number of councilmen, their election and the election of their successors, that of the mayor, time of holding elections for mayor and councilmen of the City of Blue Ridge and their terms of office, 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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aforesaid, That from and after the passage of this Act, Sections 1 and 2 of the Act approved August 14, 1915 (Acts of 1915, p. 508) be and the same are hereby repealed. Act of 1915 repealed in part. Sec. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That on the fourth Saturday of December, 1918, and annually thereafter on the same day and month in each year, there shall be elected by the qualified voters of the City of Blue Ridge a mayor and five councilmen, said election to be held at the county courthouse of said city, under the rules and regulations prescribed by the Act incorporating the City of Blue Ridge, in Fannin County, Georgia, approved August 6, 1908, and shall hold their said offices for the term or terms prescribed in Section 4 of said referred to Act, approved August 6, 1908. Election of mayor and council. Sec. 3. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the terms of office of the present mayor and councilmen of the City of Blue Ridge shall expire on the 31st day of December, 1918, or as soon thereafter as their successors elected as aforesaid shall have qualified. Terms of office. 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 17, 1918. BOWDEN PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM. No. 265. An Act to establish a system of public schools for the town of Bowden, Carroll County, Georgia; to provide for the carrying on, management, control and support of the same; to provide for a board of education and other offices of said school system and prescribe their powers and duties, and for other purposes; to provide for bonds and voting thereof, for the purchase of property in which to carry on the school system after submitting

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the same to the qualified voters of the Town of Bowden and the same is ratified by a two-third vote thereof, 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 may be established in the Town of Bowden, in this State, a system of public schools to be established, conducted, maintained, supported and controlled in the manner provided by this Act. Establishment of school system. Sec. 2. Be it further enacted, That the Board of Education of the Town of Bowden, Carroll County, Georgia, shall consist of five members elected at same time and in same manner as mayor and councilmen of said town is elected. At the first election after the passage of this Act one member shall be elected for one year, one for two years, one for three years, one for four years and one for five years, so that after the first election under this Act one member shall be elected annually at same time mayor and council for full term of five years, or until their successors are elected and qualified. All vacancies occurring in said board by death, resignation or otherwise, shall be filled by a special election called for that purpose by the mayor and council. If mayor and council refuse to call such special election to fill any such vacancies or vacancy in Board of Education, two members of the Board of Education of said town may do so. All notices for special elections under this Act shall be posted at postoffice at least ten days before such election, giving time of election and whose place on Board of Education is to be filled. No member of the Board of Education shall serve as mayor or councilman or tax assessor of the Town of Bowden. Any one qualified to vote for mayor and council under the charter of the Town of Bowden shall be qualified to vote for members of Board of Education. Immediately after this Act is ratified as hereinafter provided, the mayor of Town of Bowden shall appoint

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five citizens of the Town of Bowden, who shall serve as a Board of Education till the first regular election of a board as provided in this Act, who shall, serve until their successors elected and qualified. The Board of Education of the Town of Bowden created by the provisions of this Act, shall be a body corporate, with the right in them and their successors to take and hold in trust for said Town of Bowden 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 to be sued; that they have the right to purchase suitable lot or lots for school buildings and to erect thereon a school building or buildings or to purchase lots with building or buildings on them; to purchase equipment and furnishings and grounds for school purposes. The said Board of Education are authorized and empowered to establish and maintain a thorough system of public and high schools up to and including the eleventh grade on said premises, to conduct dormitories, to put buildings thereon by donation from others, to make contracts and to do any and every other thing that may be necessary or proper for the conduct and caring of said public and high school system in the Town of Bowden. 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. Terms of office. Vacancies. Special elections. Eligibility. Voters. Temporary board. Corporate powers. School system. 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 to the following oath: I 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 Bowden, to the best of my skill and ability and in accordance with what shall to me appear for the 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 of office.

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Sec. 4. Be it further enacted, That at first meeting of board after their election as provided in this Act, and annually thereafter at their first meeting after the election of mayor and one member of the board as provided in the Act, they shall organize by electing a chairman for the ensuing year, also 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 in office 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, or they may elect the clerk of the town council as such officer. The members of said Board of Education shall receive no compensation for their services as such. Organization. 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 records shall at all times be kept open to inspection of any taxpayer of said Town of Bowden. 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 the Town of Bowden for the faithful discharge of his duties, and the safe keeping and proper disbursement of all money which may come into his care by his reason of his 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 the order of the board entered upon the minutes. He shall receive such compensation for his services as may be fixed by said board, not to exceed two per centum of amount received, which said board is hereby

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authorized to contract for and pay out of the public school funds. Secretary and treasurer. 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 Bowden, fix their salaries, contract with them as such and pay the same out of the money coming into their hands; and shall have the right and authority to suspend or remove said superintendent or teachers 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 time of opening and closing of the same, prescribe the curriculum, the text books and books of reference to be used therein and shall do any and all such acts, not inconsistent with the laws of this State, as may promote the system of education. Superintendent and teachers. Incidental powers of board. 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 itemized statement, accompanied with vouchers for all money disbursed, and the same shall be published or posted by the town council and spread upon their minutes. Annual reports. Sec. 8. Be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the Board of Education to establish such grammar school and high schools necessary for the education of the children attending said school, and tuition in same shall be free to all children within school age, residing within the Town of Bowden, up to and including the seventh grade, but the

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board shall have a right when in their best judgment and sound discretion it is necessary to do so in order to make the high school more efficient to charge a small tuition fee for the eighth, ninth, tenth and eleventh grades, not to exceed $2.00 per month. They shall also have a right to charge a matriculation fee not to exceed $2.00 for the entire school year, to be paid upon entrance or in such installments as the board may direct; they shall have a right to establish grades higher than the eleventh, but those desiring to take such higher grades shall pay all expenses of same. Children of non-residents may be admitted to such school upon such terms as may be prescribed by the board. Schools. Tuition fees. Matriculation fee. Sec. 9. Be it further enacted, That it shall be lawful for the county school superintendent of Carroll 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 Bowden, 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 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 superintendent, 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. Non-resident pupils. Sec. 10. Be it further enacted, That the Board of Education of the Town of Bowden shall prepare and take a census, annually, after the passage and ratification of this Act, of all the children residing in said Town of Bowden, 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 superintendent on or before the first day of September each year, unless said board shall

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prefer and so contract for the public school fund through the county board of Carroll county. Census. Sec. 11. Be it further enacted, That the State school fund shall be supplemented by an ad valorem tax levied by the town council of the Town of Bowden, as follows: The Board of Education 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 town council of said town, and when the same is approved by said town council it shall be the duty when making the annual tax levy for the current expenses of said town to levy a school tax along with the other city taxes upon all taxable property within the corporate limits of the Town of Bowden and the said town council are hereby authorized and required to levy said school tax and collect or have the same collected by the city officers, along with the ad valorem taxes of the said city, in the same manner as other taxes are levied and collected; Provided, however, That said mayor and council shall have no authority to levy and collect more than one-half of one per cent. of the value of all taxable property within said town for school purposes. Tax levy ad valorem. Rate. Sec. 12. Be it further enacted, That said Board of Education of the Town of Bowden are authorized and empowered to make provision for the education of the children of said town in combination with schools outside said town, and to use their funds for the support of such schools outside of said town, if they deem it to the best educational interest of the town to combine with such other schools for the education of the said Town of Bowden, rather than to build and maintain a school system within the incorporate limits, but such contract, in combination with other schools for the education of the children of the Town of Bowden, beyond or within the incorporate limits of said town, shall also have the sanction and approval of the town council. There shall be separate schools for white and colored pupils. Combination with outside schools.

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Sec. 13. Be it further enacted, That before this Act shall become operative, it shall be submitted to the qualified voters of the Town of Bowden, for which purpose the town council thereof shall order an election of which thirty days' notice shall be given by publication or posting, which said election shall be held under the same rules and regulations as are required for the mayor and council of said town and the qualification for the voters shall be the same. Those voting in said election in favor of public schools shall have written or printed on their ballot For taxation for public schools, and those opposed shall have written or printed on their ballot, Against taxation for public schools. The managers of said election shall make returns to the mayor and council of said town, who shall open said returns and declare the results of the said election at the first regular meeting thereafter, and if two-thirds of those voting in said election shall vote For taxation 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, 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 twelve months from any election when the same shall have been previously defeated, and if at any subsequent election the same should be adopted by a two-thirds vote it shall then become effective. The town council of Bowden shall call said election when they deem best and give at least thirty days' notice of said election. This Act referred to popular vote. Sec. 14. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the town council of said town shall have power and authority to issue bonds of said town not to exceed twenty thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be in their judgment necessary for the purchase of suitable lot or lots for school building thoroughly equipped for school purposes or purchase buildings already built, said bonds may be issued of such denomination and with such

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rate of interest not exceeding six per cent. per annum as the town may determine upon. They shall run for a term not to exceed thirty years, and said town council may provide for maturing of said bond at any time during said thirty years, and the said mayor and councilmen designate when the interest on said bond 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 for buildings already erected or for lot or lots and erecting buildings thereon, erecting and equipping buildings and grounds for school purposes. The secretary and treasurer shall receive no commissions on funds received for sale of such bonds. Bond issue for school lots and buildings. Sec. 15. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That before bonds shall be issued it 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 this purpose the mayor and council, upon the recommendation of the City Board of Education, shall order an election of which at least thirty days' notice shall be given by publication in terms of law, or 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 city Board of Education to order another election; provided, said election shall not be held oftener than every twelve months. Bond election. Sec. 16. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That at or before issuing any of said bonds, the town

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council of the Town of Bowden 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 purpose. Annual bond tax. 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 July 26, 1918. BROXTON, CITY OF; CHARTER AMENDED. No. 263. An Act to amend an Act incorporating the City of Broxton, in the County of Coffee, approved July 27, 1904, and the Acts amendatory thereto; to fix the time of municipal elections; to provide for a school committee and qualifications and duties of committeemen; to fix the duties of the clerk and treasurer; to define the duties of city marshal; to provide for a water and light commission and regulate the duties 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 the Act to incorporate the City of Broxton, in the County of Coffee, to define its boundaries, and for other purposes, approved July 27, 1904, be, and the same is hereby amended by striking therefrom the whole of Sections 4, 5, 12 and 25 of the original Act and Section 21 as incorporated in Section 2 of amendatory Act approved August 21, 1906, and inserting in lieu thereof the following: Oct of 1904 amended. (a) That the next annual municipal election of said city shall be held on the first Tuesday in December, 1917, and on the first Tuesday in December of each year thereafter, for the purpose of electing for the ensuing year the

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following officers of said city, who shall succeed encumbent in office: A mayor, four aldermen, two members of the Board of Education and a clerk and treasurer, to hold office until their successors are sworn in. Annual municipal election. (b) For Section 4. That at the aforementioned annual election there shall be elected a mayor for said city for a term of one year. Mayor. (c) For Sections 5 and 12. That at the aforementioned annual election there shall be elected by vote at large four aldermen for said city for a term of one year. Aldermen. (d) For Section 21 as incorporated in Section 2 of this Act approved August 21st, 1906. That the mayor and council of said city of Broxton are hereby authorized to levy a tax annually in addition to that now authorized by law not to exceed five-eighths of one per cent. on the taxable real and personal property in the City of Broxton for the purpose of establishing and maintaining a system of public schools in said city; provided, the money so raised by taxation shall be used only for school purposes as in this Act set forth. That there shall be a Board of Education for said city consisting of three members, one of whom shall be the mayor, who shall be a members, and chairman of said Board of Education by virtue of his election and office of mayor of said city; the other two members of said board shall be elected at the annual election heretofore provided for in this Act and shall hold office for a term of one year. All vacancies occurring in said board by death, resignation, removal or otherwise, shall be filled in the same manner as provided for filling vacancies in the office of mayor and aldermen. That the said Board of Education shall have authority to establish and maintain a system of public schools in the City of Broxton and establish rules and regulations of the conduct and control of said public schools and modify and change the same from time to time as may be deemed best. Said board shall have authority to purchase and rent buildings, appurtenances and furniture for school purposes, employ

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teachers and suspend or discharge them for good cause. To prescribe terms upon which students are to be received in said public schools and to establish rules and regulations and by-laws as they may deem right and proper in maintaining the system of public schools in said city. That the money raised by this tax shall only be used in giving instructions to children between the ages of six and eighteen years. Said Board of Education shall have authority to admit students into said school who do not come within the required age, but such students coming into the schools must pay for such fees and tuition as said board may determine as proper, and all students shall pay such matriculation fee as the Board of Education may direct and assess. That the officers of said board shall consist of a chairman and the secretary and treasurer, the clerk and treasurer of said City of Broxton shall be ex-officio secretary and treasurer of said board. Said Board of Education shall provide separate schools in which the white and colored children of said city must be taught and shall be authorized to receive all gifts and donations and appropriate the same to the support and maintenance of the public schools of said city, and said board shall not have authority to employ any teacher to teach in the public schools of said city who does not hold, at the time of employment, a first grade teachers' license, and said member of said board shall serve without compensation. Annual school tax. Board of education. (e) For Section 25 of original Act. That at the aforementioned annual election there shall be elected by vote at large a clerk and treasurer, which shall constitute but one office for said city, for a term of one year, who shall give good and sufficient bond to the mayor and council of said city in a sum of not less than $1,000.00 or more, in the discretion of said council. The compensation of said clerk and treasurer shall be fixed by the mayor and aldermen and shall be paid out of the funds arising from the taxes collected annually for the expenses of said city and in addition to the other duties imposed upon said clerk and treasurer,

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he shall make out an itemized statement of the financial conditions of the city of Broxton quarterly, and post same in two public places, to-wit: The post office in said city and at the city hall of said city. Clerk and treasurer. (f) That no person shall be eligible to be mayor, alderman, member of the school board or clerk and treasurer of said city who is not at the date of the election a freeholder and who has not been a resident of said city at the date of said election at least six months prior to said election. Eligibility to office. (g) That the qualifications of all electors voting on said beforementioned elections of said city shall be at all times the same as those qualified to vote for members of the General Assembly. Voters qualified. (h) Be it further enacted, That said Act to incorporate the City of Broxton be amended by adding to the end of Section 29 of the original Act the following words: That said chief or marshal of said city be required to give bond of at least $1,000,000 to said mayor and council in addition to the other duties of said office, shall also be tax collector for said city and shall account for and turn over all taxes collected and funds otherwise received to the clerk and treasurer of said city, and take his receipt therefor. Marshal and tax-collector. (i) Be it further enacted by authority aforesaid, That there be created a water and light commission of said city, which shall be composed of three members. One of said members shall be selected from the aldermen of said city of Broxton, who shall be chairman of said committee, and the other two shall be chosen from among the citizens of Broxton who hold no other office under said city, and all of said members of said commission shall be elected by the mayor and council at its first annual meeting each year, the chairman of which said commission shall receive $25 as full compensation for his services on said committee, the other two members shall serve without compensation. All the members of said committee shall be freeholders and it shall

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be the duty of said committee to purchase all necessary supplies for the carrying on and operation of the water and light plant of said city, to hire all labor and to discharge same as they may deem best in said operation. It shall be the duty of said committee to draw up rules regulating the prices to be charged for said water and light and the rules to be enforced between the city and its customers in the operation of said business, and rules regulating the cutting off of water and light from delinquents and rules for the collection from customers and submit same to the council at the first meeting after their election and after same has been approved by said mayor and council, same shall be the rules and regulations governing the operation of said water and light plant in said city, and it shall be the duty after such approval by mayor and council of the clerk to enter same upon the minutes. Water and light commission. Sec. 3. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That it shall be the duty of the clerk and treasurer to keep at all times a true and correct account of all moneys derived through this department. He shall also keep itemized accounts of all expenditures, such as repairs, fuel, oil, salaries and labor, and shall have all bills itemized and approved by chairman of this commission before payment is made. Accounts of moneys received and paid. 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 July 20, 1918. BRUNSWICK, CLOSING OF STREETS IN. No. 478. An Act to amend the charter of the City of Brunswick, and for other purposes.

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Section 1. Be it and it is hereby enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, That the charter of the City of Brunswick, Georgia, and the Acts amendatory thereof, be amended as follows: The mayor and council of said city is hereby authorized and empowered to close and abandon as streets and highways that portion of Bay Street in said city south of Howe Street, and those portions of George, London, Prince, Albemarle and Dartmouth Streets and First Avenue which lie west of the west line of Oglethorpe Street, or such portions thereof as said mayor and council may elect, and with full power and authority to said mayor and council to sell and convey said portions of said streets or any part thereof, and every interest and right said mayor and council may have or own therein, absolutely and in fee simple, and upon such terms and for such considerations as the mayor and aldermen of said city may deem proper, and subject only to the franchise rights and other vested rights of the railroad companies now having railroad tracks on said portions of said streets or any part thereof, and with full power and authority in said mayor and council to make and perform contracts with said railroad companies for the purpose of changing the locations of such railroad tracks, and with like power to make and perform contracts with public utility companies occupying or using any part of said portions of streets for the changing and removal of any of their structures thereon to other locations. Charter amended. Parts of streets may be abandoned and sold. Section 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 19, 1918. CADWELL SCHOOL TAX RATE. No. 344. An Act to amend an Act approved August 12, 1914, to incorporate the Town of Cadwell and define the corporate

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limits thereof, to provide for the election of mayor and council, to define their powers and duties; to provide manner of their election, and to provide its succession of rights, powers and duties and duties of the Town of Cadwell heretofore created by an Act of the General Assembly of the State of Georgia approved August 19th, 1912; to establish chaingang; to establish a system of public schools of said town and provide for support of same by taxation and otherwise. 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 45 is hereby amended by striking the words one fourth of in the sixth line of said section. so that said section when so amended shall read as follows: Acts of 1914 amended. Section 45. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, should said election result in the establishment of a public school, the mayor and council shall have full power and authority to put the same in force and to levy such tax as may be necessary for such purposes each year, not to exceed one per cent. upon all taxable property in said town. They shall in such events have power to elect a Board of Education of said town and to delegate to said Board of Education such power for the government and control of said school as they may see fit. They shall also have power to prescribe the number of members of said Board of Education, their term of office and their compensation. They shall also have power in such event to erect and equip such schoolhouse or schoolhouses as may be necessary in their discretion and pay for the same, either by levying taxes therefor or by issuing bonds or contracting other indebtedness, and to this end shall have the right to buy, lease or in any way that they may deem advisable provide for said school building and ground, and when in the discretion of the mayor and council that said town holds as school property that same can be disposed of advantageously and for

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the best interest of the public school of said town, they shall have the right to sell the same upon such terms and conditions as in their judgment they deem advisable. Provided, That the title of said school property, in the event of the adoption of the said public school system, shall at all times vest in the town of Cadwell and shall at no time pass out of said town of Cadwell into the Board of Education. That in the event of the adoption of said public school system that said mayor and council in addition to electing a Board of Education for said town may prescribe their powers and duties and provide for the equipment of school building and the election of teachers and control of the schools and give to said board such other and further powers for the management of said schools as in their judgment is to the best interest of said school system. Sec. 45 to be read. School tax Board of education. Powers. Title to property. Powers of board. 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 12, 1918. CAIRO VOTERS; AND TAXATION. No. 463. An Act to amend the charter of the City of Cairo, County of Grady, 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 Act of the General Assembly approved August 6th, 1906, creating a charter for the City of Cairo in the County of Grady and State of Georgia, be and the same is hereby amended by striking Section 25 of said Act and by inserting in lieu thereof the following as a part of charter, to-wit: Act of 1906 amended. Section 25. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That at all special elections held for any purpose

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whatsoever in the said city not more than three months after the next preceding regular election of officers, the official registered voters' list used at the said last regular election of officers next preceding shall be used to determine who are qualified to vote in such special elections; but for all other special elections that may be held in said City of Cairo for any purpose, a new registration of the voters shall be required for which the registration books shall be opened and closed within the time prior to such election as fixed in this charter for the registration of voters for regular elections. The manner of the registration and making out of the list of voters, the duties of the registrars and all other proceedure in reference to said registration shall be the same as provided by this charter for the registration of voters for regular elections in said city. New. Sec. 25 Elections and registration of voters. Sec. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That said Act creating a charter for the City of Cairo be and the same is hereby further amended by striking Section 29 of said Act and inserting in lieu thereof as a part of said charter the following, to-wit: Section 29. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That for the purpose of raising revenues for the ordinary current expenses incident to the proper support and maintenance of the city government in the exercise of any power granted to it by this charter, the said mayor and council shall have power to levy and collect an ad valorem tax upon all property, real and personal or of whatever character, within the limits of the city of Cairo (not to exceed one and four-tenths per cent, or fourteen mills on the dollar), and that said right to levy said amount by said mayor and council shall be of force only until January 1, 1921, and from and after that date the rate now of force, or heretofore having been of force, in the said city of Cairo, to-wit: ten mills on the dollar, or one per centum, shall be and become the maximum tax rate, or the maximum amount authorized that the mayor and council may levy in the City of Cairo). In the event it becomes necessary to levy and collect a tax for any

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extraordinary purpose or purposes, or for the purpose of providing for the payment of any indebtedness, bonded or otherwise, the incurring of which would require the assent of two-thirds of the qualified voters of said city, at an election for that purpose, the power of said mayor and council to levy and collect the same shall be limited only by the constitution and general laws of this State. The said mayor and council shall have power to enact and adopt such ordinances as shall be necessary for carrying out the powers herein conferred. They may double tax any property unreturned after giving the owner a hearing in which he shall have opportunity to show cause why the same should not be double taxed. New Sec. 29. Ad valorem tax. Rate. Extraordinary tax. Ordinances. Double tax. 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, 1918. CALHOUN, CITY OF; NEW CHARTER. No. 518. An Act to create a new charter for the City of Calhoun, in the County of Gordon, and to reincorporate said city and define its territorial limits; to continue in operation, confirm and consolidate all Acts heretofore passed incorporating said city and amending the charter thereof; to change the corporate name from The mayor and aldermen of the Town of Calhoun to `The City of Calhound' ; to provide that all ordinances, rules, regulations and resolutions of said city now in force and not in conflict with this Act be preserved and continued of force and remain valid and binding until the same are repealed and amended; to declare and constitute the rights and powers of said corporation; to prescribe the rights and powers, duties and liabilities and qualifications of all

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officers and the manner of their election and removal from office; to provide for the retention of office for the present officers of the said city until the elections provided for in this charter are held; to provide for the manner and time for all elections in said city; to provide for the qualification of all electors and voters therein, and for the registration of the same and the time during which the registration books of said city shall be open; to provide for the mayor's court and the trial and punishment therein of all offenders against the laws of said city, and the manner of appeal therefrom; to provide for a city chaingang and stockade and the working of prisoners therein and the regulation and management of the same; to provide for a fire department and the officers thereof; to provide for a board of health and the officers thereof; to provide for the proper regulations of the water system of said city; to provide for a light commission and the members and officers thereof; to authorize the mayor and aldermen to maintain and operate a system of waterworks and sewers; to authorize said city to borrow money, to hold elections for issuing bonds for public purposes and improvements and other evidences of debt for like purposes; to provide for parks and create a commission therefor; to regulate cemeteries; to grant and regulate franchises; to provide for streets, avenues, lanes, alleys, sidewalks, crossings and for the laying out, opening, grading, working and paving and curbing the same; to provide for the opening up of all streets, avenues and squares and the assessment against the abutting property owners for such improvements; to provide for a division for the expenses of such laying out, opening, paving and curbing of said streets, alleys, crossings, avenues, sidewalks and squares between abutting property owners and the city and to provide a levy of taxes therefor; and the creation of liens against the property affected by such improvement; to provide for the proper condemnation

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of property for public uses; to create and maintain a chamber of commerce; 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 on the bonded indebtedness of said city and providing the manner in which the money shall be raised and applied; to authorize the assessment and collection of a tax for street work and improvements; to provide for the taxation and license of all kinds of trade, business, professions, shows, exhibitions and entertainments in said city; to provide for the maintenance, regulation and supervision of the public schools of said city; to issue bonds from time to time for the enlargement and improvement of the same; to grant encroachments on the streets; to force the connection of all closets with sanitary sewers and to provide a penalty for a failure to do so; to regulate the manner in which the city shall do such work and hold and enforce a lien against the owner and property for such work; to provide for the general policing and all police laws and the general welfare of the citizens and inhabitants of said corporation; to provide for all matters and things necessary and proper or incident to a municipal corporation, 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 municipal government of the city of Calhoun shall consist of a mayor and four aldermen, who hereby constitute a body corporate under the name and style of The City of Calhoun, and by such name they shall have perpetual succession, with power and authority to contract and be contracted with, to sue and be sued, to plead and be impleaded, to have and use a common seal; shall be able in law or equity to purchase, have, hold and enjoy, receive, possess and retain to them and their successors in office, for the use and benefit of the City of Calhoun, in perpetuity or for

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any term of years any estate or estates, real or personal, of every kind and nature within or without the corporate limits, for corporate purposes. To have and to hold all property now belonging to the city either in its own name or the name of others to the use of said city for the purpose and intents for which the same was given, granted, dedicated or purchased; to use, manage and improve, sell, convey, rent or lease the same; and shall have like powers over the property hereinafter acquired, and shall succeed to all the rights and liabilities of the present corporation. They shall have power to borrow money and give evidences of indebtedness for the same; to use bonds from time to time, and to do and perform all and every act and acts necessary or incidental to the raising of funds for the legitimate use of said city. They shall have the right, power and authority to govern themselves by such rules, laws, by-laws, regulations, ordinances or other orders as they may deem proper not in conflict with this charter of the constitution and laws of this State or the United States. Government. Corporate name. General powers. Sec. 2. Be it further enacted, That the corporate limits of said city shall extend one-half mile in every direction from the county courthouse of Gordon county, in said town, forming a perfect circle, with the following addition: Beginning at a point at the intersection of Hicks Street and Wall Street and running north one hundred feet; thence east one hundred feet to a point; thence south about eighty feet to the city limits of said town as described by the Act of the General Assembly approved December 13th, 1895 (Acts of 1895, p. 145). Territorial limits. Sec. 3. All present officers of said city shall hold their offices until the expiration of their present terms, and until their successors are elected and qualified, except as herein provided. The term of office of the mayor and aldermen shall be two years and until their successors are elected and qualified. Terms of office.

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Sec. 4. The general election for mayor and aldermen shall be held on the second Wednesday in December each year as follows: The first election under this charter shall be held the second Wednesday in December, 1918, for the election of two aldermen, as heretofore, to succeed the two whose terms will expire at that time, and on the second Wednesday in December, 1919, an election shall be held to elect a mayor and two aldermen to succeed those whose terms will expire at that time, and the said election shall continue annually in this manner. Election of mayor and aldermen. Sec. 5. All persons who have been bona fide residents of said city for sixty days before the day of election who, before registering as hereinafter required, have paid all taxes of every description legally imposed and demanded by the authorities of said city, who shall have been duly registered, as hereinafter provided, and who shall be qualified to vote for members of the General Assembly, shall be qualified electors. Voters qualified. Sec. 6. Such election shall be conducted under the management of a justice of the peace and two freeholders, who are residents of said city and not candidates in said election, or in the absence of a justice of the peace any three freeholders, residents of said city and not candidates in said election may manage same. Conduct of election. Said managers shall conduct said election as near practicable as elections for members of the General Assembly are conducted. The polls at such election shall be opened at eight o'clock a. m. and closed at five o'clock p. m. At subsequent elections the mayor and council shall appoint the said election managers in accordance with the provisions of this charter. The mayor and council may designate two or more polling places, if occasion should require, and may also appoint three freeholders as managers of the same. Managers, polls, etc.

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Sec. 7. The managers shall each, before proceeding with the election, take and subscribe the following oath: All and each of us do swear that we are qualified by being freeholders or the justices of the peace, as the case may be, to hold this election: that we will make a just and true return thereof, and not knowingly prohibit any one from voting who is entitled; that we will not knowingly divulge for whom any vote was cast, unless called upon under the law to do so, so help us God. Oath of managers. Sec. 8. The affidavit of oath shall be signed by each manager in the capacity in which he acts; said oath shall be subscribed before some officer authorized to administer oaths, if any such be present, and if no such officer be present, said oath shall be made and subscribed by each manager in the presence of the others. The managers of said election shall proceed to count out the ballots and declare the result, and issue certificates of election to the mayor-elect and aldermen-elect; Provided, however, That said certificates of election and the results of said election shall not be issued by the managers until after the expiration of five days from the election. That it shall be the duty of the managers at any election held under the provisions of this law, after the ballots have been counted and the results have been ascertained, to replace all the ballots in the ballot boxes, together with a list of the voters and tally sheets, and carefully seal the same and deposit the same with the clerk of the superior court of the county of Gordon, who shall preserve the same and deliver it only as herein provided. That the certificates thus issued as herein provided for shall be sufficient authority to the persons so elected to enter upon the discharge of their official duties, after qualification as hereinafter provided. Affidavit. Certificates of election. Ballots and ballot-boxes. Sec. 9. The managers of each election shall issue to the newly-elected mayor and each of the newly-elected alderman a like certificate, and shall also certify the result of the election to the acting council, which last certificate

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shall be entered upon the records of said mayor and council. Said managers shall also furnish the city council one of the tally sheets of said election, certified to by them as being correct. Certificates of election. Tally-sheets. Sec. 10. Be it further enacted, That in the event any one desires to contest any election had in said city, said contest shall be conducted under the rules and regulations now prescribed by law, and it shall be the duty of the said clerk of the Superior Court to produce ballot box and deliver it to the justice of the peace, or other officers, who shall be selected to take evidence in said case, or before some officer who may be designated by law to take testimony in the contest. The said clerk shall produce said box and said contents at the time and place fixed for taking testimony in said contest, and whenever he may be required to produce said box and its contents on account of said contested election, he shall be allowed five dollars for each services, to be paid out of the treasury of said city. Contest of election. Sec. 11. Be it further enacted, That in the event any contest for any of said officers is instituted, that the said certificate of election shall not be delivered by the managers of said election until the contest is heard and determined as now required by law in such cases made and provided. And it shall be the duty of the officers in commission at the time said election is held to continue to discharge the duties of their officers until said contest is heard and determined. Certificate withheld pending contest. Sec. 12. Be it further enacted, That if the election managers should violate any of the provisions of this Act they shall jointly and severally be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction be punished as provided in the Penal Code of the State of Georgia. Penalty. Sec. 13. In the event that the office of the mayor, or any aldermen shall become vacant by death, removal, disqualification, resignation, or other cause, the mayor pro

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tem., or the aldermen, if both said offices should be vacant, shall order an election, of which at least ten days of written notice shall be given, by publication in some newspaper published in said city; also by posting the notice at three public places in said city, to fill the vacancy or vacancies; said newly-elected persons to fill out unexpired terms only. Vacancy in office. Sec. 14. Before entering upon the discharge of their respective offices the mayor and aldermen shall each make and subscribe the following oath: I do solemnly swear that I will faithfully discharge all duties devolving on me as mayor (or alderman, as the case may be) of the City of Calhoun during my continuance in office, according to the best of my ability and understanding, so help me God. Said oath shall be entered upon the records of said city. Oath of office. Sec. 15. The mayor and aldermen shall elect annually, at the first regular meeting of the city council in January, a mayor pro tem. from the aldermen, whose duty it shall be to act in all cases as the mayor in the absence, disqualification or sickness of the mayor, during which time he shall be clothed with all necessary powers of the mayor; also elect a clerk, who shall be officially designated city clerk, a treasurer and a chief of police, with such a number of policemen as they deem necessary for the protection of the city, and they may, from time to time, increase the number of policemen as the growth of the city may require. The city clerk is hereby made ex-officio city marshal and clerk of board of aldermen, and is charged with all the duties of such. The said mayor and aldermen shall have the right to pass such rules, regulations and ordinances for the management of the police force as they may deem necessary. Mayor pro tem. Clerk, treasurer, police chief. City marshal Sec. 16. All of said officers shall hold their office for one year until their successors are elected and qualified. Term of office. Sec. 17. Any of said officers may be removed at any time by a majority vote of the mayor and city council for

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neglect of duty, incapacity or malfeasance in office. All of said officers shall be governed by such rules and regulations as may be prescribed by the mayor and city council, which are not inconsistent with this Act. The mayor shall have the authority to suspend any officer temporarily, in his discretion, until the next regular meeting of the mayor and aldermen, when such officer shall be given a trial. Removal from office. Sec. 18. The mayor and city council may also appoint special policemen when, in their judgment, such appointments may be necessary. Such policemen shall be discharged when the emergency requiring their service has passed, and to be compensated as the mayor and city council may determine; or the city council may by ordinance provide for the appointment by the mayor at a fixed compensation per day, week or month of such special policemen. When such policemen are on duty they shall have the same authority and be charged with the same duties as prescribed for the regular policemen of the city. Policemen. Sec. 19. Be it further enacted, That in no case shall the corporation herein created be liable for damages to any person or persons for any unlawful or unauthorized arrest or false imprisonment made or effected by the marshal, chief of police or any other policeman of said city; but if damages are ever thus sustained they can only be recovered out of the officer or officers whose unlawful and unauthorized conduct may have produced them. Non-liability for unlawful arrest, etc. Sec. 20. Be it further enacted, That the municipal government of said city shall be vested in the mayor and four aldermen, and such other officers as the mayor and aldermen may see fit to elect and appoint as hereinafter provided. That said mayor and aldermen shall constitute the legislative department of said city, and as such shall have the full power and authority, from time to time, to make and establish rules, laws, ordinances, regulations and orders as may to them seem right and proper respecting streets, railroad crossings, street railways, automobiles, bicycles,

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carriages, drays, hacks, wagons, airships, livery stables and sales stables, warehouses, storage houses, hitching places, markets, slaughter houses, butcher pens, public houses, hotels, boarding houses, sleeping apartments, restaurants, cafes, opera houses, theaters, picture shows, and all kinds of shows and circuses, dance halls, skating rinks, bowling alleys, pool and billiard rooms and all other places of amusement, garages, shops, mills, factories, ginneries, barber shops, soda fountains, beer saloons, telephone and telegraph companies, gas, water, light and electric companies, power companies, booths, stands, tents and all and other matter and things whatsoever that may be by them considered necessary or proper or incident to the good government of said city and to the peace, security, health, happiness, welfare, protection or convenience of the inhabitants of said city and for preserving the peace, good and dignity of said government. This enumeration of powers shall not be constructed as restricted to said powers alone, 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 said government by this Act or by any Act or Acts heretofore passed, but shall be constructed as in addition to and in aid of such powers that are not repealed by this Act. Government. Legislative powers. General welfare. Powers. Sec. 21. Be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the city clerk upon the first Monday in September of each year to open a registration book to be kept at the council chamber for the proper registration of the qualified voters of the City of Calhoun; said books shall be kept open from eight o'clock a. m. until 12 o'clock m. and from 2 o'clock p. m. to 5 o'clock p. m. each and every day (Sundays and legal holidays excepted) until the first Monday in November following, when it shall be finally and absolutely closed. Registration of voters. Sec. 22. Be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the clerk, upon application in person, and not by proxy, of any male person who is qualified to vote for members

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of the General Assembly, who has paid all taxes of whatever character legally imposed or demanded by the authority of the city, and who upon the day of election, if then a resident, will have resided in said city for sixty days prior hereto, to register the name of such person, recording on said list, besides the applicant's name, his age, occupation or business and the locality in the city where he resides. Said clerk shall not knowingly permit anyone to register who is not lawfully entitled to do so, nor refuse any one who is entitled to register, and shall administer to him the following oath: Voters qualified. Sec. 23. You do solemnly swear that you are a citizen of the United States; that you have resided in Georgia for twelve months, in this county for six months, and in this city for six days next preceding this registration, or that by the vote of the next city election, if still a resident of this city you will have fulfilled these conditions; that it is your intention to remain a resident of this city until the day of election; that you are twenty-one years old; that you have paid all taxes due the city of Calhoun; that you have made all returns required of you by the ordinances of this city, so help us God. Oath of voter. Sec. 24. Be it further enacted, That there may be an appeal from the decision of the clerk or registrar as to the right of a person to register, to a committee of three freeholders previously appointed by the mayor and aldermen for that purpose, whose decision shall be final. All appeals shall be made, heard and determined within five days from the time the appeal shall be filed. After all appeals are decided it shall be the duty of the clerk or registrar to make a correct list of the registered voters and furnish the managers of election a certified copy of same. The registration book shall be open to the inspection of the public at all times during office hours. The said committee shall have the authority to purge said registration list of all illegal voters upon five days' written notice to the person or persons who have registered illegally. Appeals List of voters Inspection. Illegal voters.

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Sec. 25. It shall be the duty of the clerk or registrar to furnish the managers of elections, at or before opening of the polls on the day of election, with a complete list of the registered voters, arranged in alphabetical order, certified to under the hand of the clerk or registrar, and the corporate seal of the city. List for elections. Sec. 26. Said list shall be kept by the managers before them for their inspection during said election, and they shall not permit any one to vote whose name does not appear on said list. Sec. 27. Any person voting at any city election who is not qualified to vote according to the provisions of this charter, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction be punished as prescribed for misdemeanor punishment by the Penal Code of the State of Georgia. Unlawful voting penal. Sec. 28. Be it further enacted, That all elections held at any other time than the regular elections as above provided for, such as for the issuing of bonds by the mayor and aldermen, and in all special elections for any purpose whatever, a special registration book shall be had for such elections, and said registration book shall be opened by the clerk of the said city, for proper registration of all those who may be entitled to register for a period of thirty days before said special election, but they must be closed finally ten days before the day of election, and the list made up as above provided for relative to the general election. Special elections, registration for. Sec. 29. Be it further enacted, That in all elections in said city the mayor, in conjunction with the chief of police of the City of Calhoun, and other officers, shall take all necessary measures, steps and precautions to preserve order, to prevent the carrying of any weapons and to secure to all electors the right to deposit their ballots at the polls without fear or harm or intimidation. No officer of said city or manager of any election precinct shall threaten or intimidate or persuade any elector at such election. Orderly elections.

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Sec. 30. Be it further enacted, That no person eligible to hold the office of mayor or alderman in said city unless he be twenty-one years old, a qualified elector of the City of Calhoun, and shall have resided in the city for a period of two years immediately preceding his election. Eligibility to office. Sec. 31. The salaries of all officers of the City of Calhoun shall be fixed by the mayor and council at the first regular meeting in January of each year, which salary shall not be increased or diminished during the year in which said salaries are fixed; Provided, however, That the salary of the mayor shall not be less than $150.00 per year, nor more than $300.00 per year; the salary of the treasurer shall not be less than $125.00 per year, nor more than $250.00 per year; the salary of the aldermen shall not be less than $60.00 per year, nor more than $120.00 per year; the salary of the city clerk and ex-officio marshal shall not be less than $40.00 per month nor more than $100.00 per month. Salaries. Sec. 32. Be it further enacted, That the mayor shall be the chief executive officer of the city and shall have general supervision over its affairs. He shall sign all deeds and contracts, except deeds made for property sold under execution at public sale, 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 and ordinances of the city are faithfully carried out and executed within the corporate limits of said city. He shall keep the board of aldermen advised from time to time of the general condition of the city, and shall recommend such measures as he may deem necessary or expedient for the welfare of the city. He shall preside over the meetings of the board of aldermen, and may call them together at any time when deemed necessary by him; he shall also devote all the time necessary to the discharge of the duties of mayor and aldermen of said city. Mayor's duties and powers. Sec. 33. Be it further enacted, That should the mayor or any member of the board of aldermen be guilty of malpractice

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in office, or wilful neglect of his office, or abuse of the powers conferred upon him, or shall be guilty of any other act or acts or general conduct unbecoming an officer of the City of Calhoun, he shall be impeached by the board of aldermen and upon conviction shall be removed from office. Malpractice in office. Sec. 34. Be it further enacted, That the police force of said city shall consist of a chief of police, marshal and such other officers and men as the mayor and aldermen may by ordinance prescribe. Their term of office shall be one year, but they may be discharged or suspended at any time by the mayor and aldermen, after trial, for neglect of duty, incapacity, conduct unbecoming an officer, or other like offense, when in their judgment it is best for the good of the service or the interest of the city. The compensation of the officers shall be fixed by the mayor and aldermen. The chief and other police officers shall preserve the peace of the city, and they shall have power and authority to arrest all persons within said city guilty or charged with violating any of the laws of the State, or any of the laws and ordinances of the city, and all persons committing or attempting to commit any crime against the laws of the State or ordinances of the city. They shall have power and authority to confine all persons arrested in the city prison or in the common jail of Gordon county and bring them before the recorder's court for trial or commitment; Provided, That all persons not intoxicated, desiring to give bail for their appearance before such recorder's court, in bailable cases, shall be allowed to do so. The mayor and board of aldermen shall have power to prescribe all rules and regulations, from time to time, for the general management and discipline of the said police force of the city. Police force. Duties and powers. Sec. 35. Be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the chief of police, upon the notice given by the mayor or mayor pro tem., or any member of the board of aldermen, to prosecute all offenders against the laws of the State

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committed within the corporate limits of the City of Calhoun. In case any crime is committed in the presence of the chief of police, or come to his knowledge, it shall be his duty to prosecute the same without notice. Prosecutions for crime. Sec. 36. Chief of Police; Bond; Vacancy. Be it further enacted, That the chief of police shall give bond in the sum of one thousand dollars for the faithful performance of his duties as such; or said bond may be increased in the discretion of the mayor and aldermen. Chief of police. In the case of death, resignation, removal from office of the chief of police, the mayor and in his absence the mayor pro tem., and in his absence the board of aldermen, shall appoint some person to perform the duties of the chief of police until the next regular meeting of the aldermen, when the mayor and aldermen shall elect a successor for the unexpired term of said chief of police. Sec. 37. Be it further enacted, That the treasurer of the city of Calhoun shall give bond in a sum to be fixed for his term of office by the mayor and council, with good security, conditioned for the faithful performance of his duties as treasurer of said city, which bond shall be approved by the mayor. He shall also take and subscribe an oath before the mayor that he will, to the best of his ability, faithfully perform the duties of his office without favor or partiality. Treasurer's bond. Sec. 38. Be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the city marshal to levy and collect all executions for taxes or other money due the city; to advertise and conduct all sales of property under execution or other process, execute deeds, or other conveyances used in such cases, and perform such other service as the mayor and alderman shall by ordinance require. He shall give bond in the sum of one thousand dollars for the faithful discharge of his duties, and shall take and prescribe the same oath of office in the presence of the mayor and aldermen as it is prescribed for the treasurer. Marshal.

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Sec. 39. Be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the treasurer to receive and disburse all moneys of the city, upon proper orders, and he shall make itemized reports of all receipts and disbursements and submit the same to the mayor and aldermen whenever called upon by them to do so. Treasurer's duties. Sec. 40. The city clerk and ex-officio marshal shall attend all meetings of the mayor and aldermen, and the mayor's court, and keep the minutes, books and files of each, collect all fines, taxes and other money due the city, attend to the issuance of all licenses, permits, sign and issue as marshal all executions and other writs and processes for the collection of taxes due the city, and perform such other duties as may be required of him by the mayor and aldermen or required of him by ordinance. He shall also attend all meetings of the board of health of said city, and keep the minutes, books and files of the same. Clerk and marshal. Sec. 41. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the office of the city attorney is hereby created and established, and said attorney shall be elected by the mayor and aldermen of said city and shall hold his office for a term of one year and until his successor is elected and qualified. His duties shall be prescribed from time to time by the mayor and aldermen. He shall represent the interest of the city in all the courts, and shall attend the sessions of the mayor and aldermen when they request, and his salary or compensation for any service shall be fixed by the mayor and board of aldermen. City attorney. Sec. 42. Be it further enacted, That in the same manner as above, a city electrician and a city engineer shall also be elected, whose duties and salaries shall be fixed by the mayor and aldermen and prescribed by the ordinances of said city. Electrician and engineer. Sec. 43. Be it further enacted, That besides the officers already provided for that the mayor and alderman shall have power and authority to elect or appoint for a full

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term, or for such time as in their judgment may seem best, such other officers, agents, superintendents, street overseers, draftsmen or other workmen for the proper carrying out of the provisions of this charter, and proper municipal government of the city of Calhoun. Other officers and appointees. Sec. 44. Be it further enacted, That no members of the boards herein provided for shall be interested directly or indirectly personally in any contract made with the city, or receive any profit or emolument for any purchase or sale of material or other articles sold to the city, or paid for out of the public revenues of the city, and nepotism in any of the boards is expressly forbidden. Profit and nepotism forbidden. Sec. 45. Be it further enacted, That the mayor and aldermen shall elect a chief of the fire department, and any other officers and men thereof, whose duties shall be prescribed by said mayor and aldermen, and by the ordinances of said city; they shall have power to suspend or remove any of them whenever they shall deem it necessary or proper for the well-being and efficiency of the department. They shall have power to fix all rules and regulations for the general government and management of this department, and fix by ordinance the salaries of the same. The chief members of the fire department shall be elected for one year, but may be removed or suspended as hereinbefore set out for the police officers. Fire department. Sec. 46. Be it further enacted, That the mayor and aldermen shall have power and authority to remove or cause to be removed, all buildings, porches, steps, fences, or other obstructions or nuisances in public streets, lanes, alleys, sidewalks, squares, parks or other places in said city. They shall have power, if necessary, to establish a market in said city, to designate certain streets or places for the conduct of certain business; to regulate all butcher pens, slaughter houses, blacksmith shops, tan yards, livery stables, forges, stoves and chimneys, steam mills, steam grist mills, mill ponds, oil mills, fertilizer plants, ginneries, fish

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ponds, warehouses, hacks, drays, automobiles, bicycles, motorcycles and other contrivances of like kind, railroad crossings, the moving of trains through the city, and to abate or cause the removal of the same or any of them in case they become a nuisance or dangerous or injurious to the health of the city. They shall have power to fill up all open cellars, or excavations in said city, or cause the owners to do so, when they shall deem it necessary for the public interests for the same to be done. They shall also have to condemn and remove, or cause to be removed, all dilapidated or unsafe walls, buildings, fences, chimneys and other things of like character, which they may consider a nuisance or dangerous to the health or lives of the people of the city, and they may abate, or cause to be removed, anything that works a nuisance, or should become injurious or deleterious to the health of or endanger the lives of the people of the city. They shall also have the right to condemn property for public purposes, as provided by the laws of this State. Nuisances and obstructions. Sundry regulations. Sec. 47. Be it further enacted, That the mayor and aldermen shall have power and authority to protect places of worship; to provide places for the burial of the dead and to regulate interments therein. Places of worship and burial. Sec. 48. Be it further enacted, That the mayor and aldermen shall have power to regulate the keeping of gunpowder, gasoline and other combustibles and explosives, to make regulations for guarding against fires, and to fix and establish fire limits and from time to time change, enlarge or restrict the same; to provide by regulation and ordinance the kinds of buildings to be erected, the kinds of material and construction, to also have power and authority to grant or refuse permits for all kinds of buildings and other structures to be erected in said city, and to provide by ordinance penalties for any violation of the same. Explosives. Sec. 49. Be it further enacted, That the mayor and aldermen shall have power and authority to pass all such ordinances and regulations for the government of said city,

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or the suppression of disorderly conduct, the protection of life and property, the maintenance of public places and the protection of public health, which are not repugnant to the constitution and laws of the State, or the United States, as they may see proper to do, and to prescribe and enforce penalties for the violation of the same. Ordinaries. Sec. 50. Be it further enacted, That there may be a board of health for said city, to consist of the mayor and the superintendent of the public schools and one competent physician, and one citizen to be appointed by the mayor, whose appointment shall be confirmed by the board of aldermen, and who shall hold office for one year and until their successors are appointed and qualified, the citizens appointed on said board of health shall hold no other municipal office during their terms as a member of the board of health. The mayor and board of aldermen shall appoint such other number of citizens to act on the said board of health as they may deem necessary and shall prescribe by ordinance the proper rules and regulations of said board, shall prescribe their duties and the times they shall meet, and the mayor and aldermen shall fix the salaries of the members who shall be appointed on said board, but the mayor shall serve on said board for his regular salary paid him in his official position; 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 of all kinds. They shall likewise exercise absolute power over the subject of quarantine, and from time to time recommend to the mayor and aldermen for passage of such ordinances, rules and regulations for the general health and sanitary betterment of the city as they may deem necessary for the good health of the city. They shall also have power to inspect foods, milk, fruit and other things sold in said city, and report to the mayor and aldermen all persons selling any impure articles, and the said mayor and aldermen shall provide by ordinance a penalty

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for all persons so offending; the said board of health shall look after the general sanitary condition of the city and shall report any nuisance likely to endanger the health of the city, or any neighborhood or place, and the mayor and aldermen shall enforce all sanitary rules and regulations, and shall prescribe penalties for violation of the same; shall abate all nuisances and enforce all ordinances for the general health of the city. Board of health. Powers. Sec. 51. Be it further enacted, That the mayor and board of aldermen shall have full power and authority over and absolute control of all pipes, sewers, private drains for the filthy water or other substances or flush in said city, and full power and authority to prescribe their location and structure, use 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 said city. They shall have full power and authority to prescribe the kind of water closets, urinal or other receptacles or drains for water or other fluids or substances to be used within the corporate limits of said city. They shall have power and authority to condemn and destroy any water closet, urinal or other receptacle or drain now in use or hereinafter to be constructed and put in use, which do not conform to and are not of the kind prescribed for use by the ordinances and rules of the city, and which may be detrimental to the health of the city. They shall also have full power and authority to compel all property owners to connect water closets and urinals, or other receptacles or drains, on the premises of the said property owners, with the sanitary sewers of said city under such rules and regulations as may be prescribed, and if such property owner shall fail to connect any water closet, urinal or other receptacles or drains as aforesaid, within the time and the manner prescribed, which shall not be less than thirty days, then the city authorities may cause said work to be done and the connections to be made, and provide all necessary material

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therefor and assess the costs of the same against the said property owner and the said property so improved, which shall be a first lien on said real estate, superior to all other liens except for taxes; and the marshal shall levy the same on the said real estate in the same manner as the sheriff's sales under judgment and execution. The officer making said sale is authorized to execute to the purchaser a deed to the property so sold, which shall pass the title thereto as fully and completely as sheriffs' deeds under sale made by judgment and execution, and shall proceed at once to dispossess the owner thereof and put the purchaser summarily in possession. The city authorities shall have the right, power and authority to arrest and prosecute the owners of said property before the mayor's court of the city for maintaining a nuisance. The city authorities or any agent of the city shall have the right, power and authority to enter and go upon the premises of anyone, after notice, for the purpose of inspecting said closets, urinals and other drains and pipes, to remove the same whenever condemned and to inspect the connections and fixtures necessary to connect the same with the sanitary sewers of the city, without being deemed a trespasser or becoming responsible as such to the owner or tenant. Sanitation, regulations for. Assessment, levy and sale. Nuisances. Sec. 52. Be it further enacted, That all sales of property under execution in favor of said City of Calhoun shall be advertised in the Calhoun Times, of said city, or the Official Gazette in which sheriffs' sales are advertised, and such sales in all respects be made and conducted in the same manner as sheriffs' sales under execution are now made in this State. Execution sales. Sec. 53. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the mayor and aldermen shall have the power and authority to cause the owner or owners of lots within the city to drain the same, or to fill the same to the level of the streets or alleys on which said lot and lots front, also to cause the owner or

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owners of cellars holding water to cause the same to be emptied of water or filled up if necessary. Also to have the authority to compel property owners to make proper connections or drain pipes to storm sewers and gutters, or other street waterways, and to pass such ordinances regulating the same as they may deem necessary, and whenever the owner of any such property shall refuse or fail, after a reasonable notice to him or his agent, or to the tenant in possession of said premises to comply with the requirements of said mayor and aldermen for a period of twenty days, it shall be lawful for the city authorities to cause the same to be done at the owner's expense, and for the amount so expended the clerk of the city shall issue an execution against said owner to be collected from said property belonging to him, and a sale under said 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 punishment for maintaining a nuisance. Drainage. Sec. 54. Be it further enacted, That the mayor and aldermen shall have power and authority to prevent stock from running at large and to take up and impound any horse, mule, cow, hog, goat, dog or other animal found at large within the corporate limits of said city, and to provide by ordinance for the redemption of 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. Live stock at large. Sec. 55. Be it further enacted, That the mayor and aldermen shall have power and authority to grant encroachments upon the streets, sidewalks, lanes, alleys and lands of the city, upon such terms and in such manner as may be prescribed by ordinance. Encroachments. Sec. 56. Be it further enacted, That the mayor and aldermen shall have power to license all legitimate business in said city and fix the license fees for the same by proper ordinance. They shall have power to license and regulate

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all hotels, public boarding houses, sleeping apartments, opera houses, theaters, picture shows, bowling alleys, billiard and pool rooms, to license and regulate drays, hacks, wagons, automobiles and other vehicles used for business purposes; to license, regulate and control all vehicles; to license, regulate and control all livery stables, garages, places of amusement, telegraph and telephone companies, express and railroad companies, mills, ginneries and factories, and all electric, gas and water companies doing business in said city. They shall also have power and authority, upon proof of the existence of, maintenance of any bawdy house or house of ill fame within the city, to cause the occupants thereof to be forcibly removed without the city, if they shall refuse to leave after three days' notice. Business licenses and regulation. Sec. 57. Be it further enacted, That the mayor and aldermen shall have power and authority to impose and collect a tax on all dogs within the city in such manner as they may deem best, the same to be provided for by ordinance. Dog tax. Sec. 58. Be it further enacted, That the mayor and aldermen shall have power and authority to license and control all markets and mark[UNK]eting within the city limits, to fix the hours of sale therein, to prohibit the sale of marketable commodities elsewhere within the city limits, or at any other time, and to pass all ordinances, rules and regulations necessary and proper to control and regulate the market and marketing in said city. They shall have full power and authority to establish a city market, to prescribe rules and regulations for the government of the same; to rent out stalls and collect therefrom, and to take all steps and do everything necessary and proper to carry out the intention of this Act. They shall have power to prescribe penalties for the violation of the rules and regulations concerning markets and marketing, and any person violating same shall, on trial and conviction before the mayor, be punished for the same. Markets. Sec. 59. Be it further enacted, That the mayor and

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board of aldermen shall have power and authority to appropriate from year to year such sums of money for the support of the public library as they may deem best for the interest of the city. Said library shall be managed and controlled by a board of trustees to be selected by the mayor and board of aldermen, and to consist of such number of citizens as the mayor and aldermen may determine. The trustees shall be elected for a term of one year, and shall be elected by the mayor and aldermen at the first meeting in each January. Th sum of money appropriated, as above provided for, together with all other appropriations for the support of the library, shall be turned over to and be disbursed by said board of trustees, who shall render a full and accurate statement to the mayor and board of aldermen quarterly, showing and for what said funds have been expended. The city clerk shall be the disbursing medium for the board of trustees, keeping a record of same. The mayor and aldermen shall pass such suitable ordinance for the purpose of carrying out the intention of this section. Public library. Sec. 60. Be it further enacted, That the mayor and aldermen shall have power to license as many auctioneers or render masters of the city as they may deem proper, and to fix and collect the amount of license fees required of each. They shall have power to license all other occupations or business not herein specifically provided for and not otherwise taxed. Auctioneers. Sec. 61. Be it further enacted, That whenever any execution issued by proper authority of said city, for fines, forfeitures, taxes, license, or any other debt or demand due said city shall be levied on any property which is claimed by any other person not a party to the execution, said claim shall be interposed under the same rules, regulations and restrictions as regulate claim cases under the laws of this state, and the said claim shall be returned and tried in the first justice court, city court or superior court having jurisdiction thereof, as the case may be. Claims on levies.

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Sec. 62. Be it further enacted, That the mayor and board of aldermen are hereby empowered to establish by ordinance at any time that they may see proper, board of commissioners for its water and light plant that it may own or operate; said board to be known as the water and light commission. Said board, when so established, shall consist of three members, neither of whom shall be the mayor or any alderman. They shall be elected for one year and until their successors are elected and qualified. The manner of election shall be prescribed by ordinances, and they shall be freeholders of the City of Calhoun. All vacancies shall be filled by the mayor and aldermen. Said board when so created is hereby vested with full power and authority to maintain, extend, improve, modify and operate the system of waterworks now in operation, and with like power over any light plant that may be owned or operated by the city, or any light contract existing between the city and any power company; to establish, equip, maintain, modify and operate a system of drains and sewers for said city; to appoint and employ superintendents and other employees, and to remove the same when necessary; to purchase, rent and lease real estate and apparatus and machinery and all other things necessary to properly and successfully conduct said light and water systems, and hold title to the same for the city; to collect, receive and disburse all moneys arising from the sale of bonds, issued for the extension of the plants and all revenues derived from said system; to make such by-laws, rules and regulations for their own government and the government of their employees as they may deem necessary not in conflict with this Act. Said board shall make a quarterly report to the mayor and board of aldermen, showing the amount of money received and from what source, and the amount disbursed and to whom and for what purpose, together with vouchers for the same, and shall furnish as nearly as possible an estimate of the amount required for the ensuing year. Said water and light commission shall elect a clerk and fix his compensation to be approved

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by the mayor and board of aldermen. The members of said water and light commission shall receive for their services such compensation as the mayor and aldermen shall prescribe, which shall not be increased or diminished during their terms of office. The mayor and board of aldermen shall have authority to pass all ordinances for the successful carrying out of the purpose and intent of this section as they may deem proper not in violation of this charter. The mayor and aldermen shall maintain and operate the waterworks system as heretofore until this commission may be created. Water and light works. Board of commissioners. Sec. 63. Be it further enacted, That the mayor and aldermen shall have power and authority to grant the right to use any street or streets, alleys or other passageway in said city for railroad, street car, telegraph, telephone, gas, water and electric light purposes. In granting such franchises they shall fully and completely guard and protect every present and future interest of said city, and no franchise hereunder shall carry with it any right or power except as are specially set forth, enumerated and named therein. Franchises in streets. Sec. 64. For the violation of the laws and ordinances of said city, the mayor may impose such fines or punishments as in his discretion he may think best; provided, no fine shall exceed the sum of one hundred dollars, or the punishment inflicted shall not exceed imprisonment in the guardhouse or county jail for a space of time to exceed sixty days, at labor in the county chaingang for more than six months. If there be no such chaingang, then the mayor is authorized to hire convicts out to some other chaingang, under the same rules as other convicts are let out or hired out. Said mayor may impose any one or all above fines or punishments. Said mayor shall have the same power as other judges of this State to punish for contempt officers and others by a fine not to exceed fifty dollars and imprisonment in the city guardhouse not exceeding ten days, or either or

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both, in his discretion. He shall to all intents and purposes be a justice of the peace, so far as to enable him to issue warrants for offenses committed within the corporate limits of said city, which warrans may be executed by any member of the police force of the city, and to commit the offenders to the county jail of Gordon county, or to admit them to bail, in bailable cases, for their appearance at the next term of the court of competent jurisdiction to be held in and for said county. Punishment, limit of power as to. Sec. 65. Be it further enacted, That in criminal cases the defendant shall not have the right to appeal to the general council from the decision or judgment of the mayor, except where the fine is the sum of twenty-five dollars or the punishment is for longer time than thirty days' imprisonment in the guardhouse or county jail, or four months in the city chaingang, or where a fine and imprisonment are both imposed; but the right of certiorari shall exist in all criminal cases from the judgment of the mayor. Said certiorari shall be obtained in the same manner and under the same conditions as a writ of certiorari is obtained from the judgment of a justice of the peace; Provided, That any person convicted in said court, or his attorney, shall give written notice that he intends to apply for a writ of certiorari to the Superior Court of said county, when it shall be the duty of the mayor or other presiding officer to suspend said sentence until said certiorari shall have been heard and finally determined by the Superior Court, whichever the case may be. But no person shall be released from custody until he shall have paid the costs and 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 said conviction is affirmed, said bond to be in form and operate as other supersedeas bonds in criminal cases. The judge of the Superior Court who grants the certiorari may hear the same in the term time or vacation, after ten days' notice to each party, or their attorneys, of the time and place of hearing,

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the mayor being required to certify and send up to the Superior Court a complete and accurate history of the case, as his answer to the petition for certiorari, and the defendant having the right to traverse said answer as provided by law. The mayor and aldermen shall authorize to pass ordinances regulating the costs for appeals and certiorari; also for the forfeiture of all bonds. Appeals. Certiorari. Sec. 66. The city clerk of Calhoun shall be ex-officio clerk and treasurer of the mayor's court, and shall, by himself or deputy, attend all sessions of said court and do and perform all other duties required of him in connection with said court by the mayor and aldermen. Clerk's duty. Sec. 67. The ministerial officers of the mayor's court shall be the marshal and policemen of the City of Colhoun, to whom all mesne and final processes shall be directed. All of said officers or a sufficient number shall attend the sessions of the court for the purpose of executing the orders of said court, and shall do and perform such and other duties connected with said court as may be required of them by the mayor. Mayor's court, officers for. Sec. 68. Be it further enacted, That the mayor and aldermen of Calhoun 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 business of this court, also all other ordinances that they may deem necessary to preserve order, suppress crime and immorality or to prevent idleness,-vagrancy or loitering in said city, not in conflict with the constitution of the laws of the State of Georgia. Ordinaries to suppress crime, etc. Sec. 69. Be it further enacted, That there shall be a city chaingang for said City of Calhoun, which is hereby created and established, and shall be put in operation whenever deemed necessary by the mayor and aldermen as hereinafter provided. The said chaingang shall be used for working the streets of the city of Calhoun, and for doing and

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performing other work in and for said city, or for its benefit, and shall be made up of convicts convicted in the mayor's court of Calhoun and by employing from the proper authority persons convicted as misdemeanor in other courts of the State. Said chaingang shall be governed by the same rules and regulations as govern other municipal and county chaingangs in this State, unless otherwise provided herein. Chain-gang. Sec. 70. The mayor and aldermen of Calhoun shall have the power to select a competent warden for the said chaingang, and they may select the chief of police, who shall receive no extra compensation, and who shall be empowered to contract with the county of Gordon or any other person or corporate body for sleeping quarters and board for said convicts. Warden. Sec. 71. Be it further enacted, That the authorities in charge of the chaingang shall have prepared and have published full and complete reasonable and humane rules and regulations for the government of the convicts under their control, which rules may be amended as the occasion may require, but shall specifically prescribe powers and duties, in all respects, of the superintendent, commissioner, guard, whipping boss or other person connected with the management of the convicts as to care, keeping, control, work and discipline of convicts. Rules and regulations. Sec. 72. Be it further enacted, That no superintendent, commissioner, guard, whipping boss, or other person or employer of convicts shall be personally responsible or liable for any injury or damage to any convict resulting from the employment, care, control, keeping, work and discipline of convicts who are under the direction of said governing authorities, respectively, in accordance with reasonable and humane rules and regulations, adopted as aforesaid. Non-liability in damages. Sec. 73. Be it further enacted, That white and colored convicts shall not be confined together, nor shall they be chained together at any time or place, nor shall female convicts

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be confined in the same compartment with male convicts, and should be worked separately so far as practicable. Separation of convicts. Sec. 74. Be it further enacted, That the whipping boss, superintendent or other person having the convicts in charge shall keep a book in which he shall record the names of all persons placed in his charge, giving their age, sex, color, time received, time worked, behavior while confined, offense with which they are charged, a record of number of times a convict was whipped and the number of licks given, time of discharge and such other information as may be required of him by the city authorities. Corporal punishment, record of. Sec. 75. Be it further enacted, That the mayor and aldermen shall have power, in their discretion, to hire out and dispose of the convicts convicted in the mayor's court of said city in the same manner and under the same rules and regulations as the convicts who are convicted in the State court in said county, for such length of time as they may see proper to do so, if, in their discretion, it would be better for the city's interest than to maintain a changang in said city. Hiring of convicts. Sec. 76. Be it further enacted, That the rules of practice in the mayor's court, so far as practicable, shall be the same as the rules of practice in the Superior Courts of this State, including the rules of evidence. All officers shall be legal witnesses on trial. Mayor's court. Sec. 77. Be it further enacted, That all persons put on trial in the mayor's court shall have opportunity to employ counsel if they so desire. Counsel. Sec. 78. Be it further enacted, That persons who have worked one or more days in the chaingang and becoming able to pay the fine imposed, shall have the fine reduced according to the number of days worked, and shall be released upon the written authority of the mayor, based on the information of the clerk and treasurer of said city that such fines have been paid. Release on payment of fine.

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Sec. 79. Be it further enacted, That the mayor of Calhoun shall not be eligible to hold the office of mayor for more than two consecutive terms of two years each. Mayor holds but two terms. Sec. 80. Be it further enacted, That the mayor and aldermen of the city of Calhoun shall have the power and authority to open, lay out, widen, straighten or otherwise change the streets, avenues, alleys, sidewalks, crossings or other passageways of said city, and shall have the power to vacate, close up, open, alter, grade and fill, curb, pave, drain and repair the same. They shall have power and authority to prescribe such rules and regulations for laying out, constructing and maintaining the same, and shall also have the power of curbing and paving the whole of any street, avenue, alley, sidewalk, crossing or other passageways of the city. They shall also have power to prescribe by ordinance for the curbing, paving of all squares, triangles and intersections of said city, as they may deem necessary from time to time; they shall prescribe the kind of material to be used in such construction, and shall fix the time when notice shall be given and when the work shall be completed, to supervise the construction of the same and have power to reject any work not performed in compliance with such prescribed regulations. They shall have full and complete power and authority to require any street, avenue, alley, sidewalk, street crossing and railroad crossings, or other passageways to be paved, in such manner, with such material as they may determine by resolution or ordinance. One-third of the expense of paving streets shall be borne by the city and the other two-thirds by the abutting property owners in just proportion to the foot frontage of their property thereon whenever the mayor and board of aldermen shall determine to pave any street, avenue, alley, sidewalk, street crossing and railroad crossings, or other passageways in said city, they shall require the city clerk to notify in writing all persons owning property abutting or fronting thereon of such intention, together with a statement of the amount assessed against said property therefor; and the

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said city shall at once proceed to do said paving, or cause it to be done, and when the same is complete, it shall be the duty of the said property owner to pay into the treasury of the city, within twenty days after said work is completed, the amount so assessed against their property, and in case any property owner shall fail or refuse to do so, the city clerk is authorized and empowered to issue instanter an execution against said owner and against said property, which shall be a lien on said property superior to all other liens, except liens for taxes, and said execution shall be levied on said property by the marshal or chief of police, and the same advertised and sold at public auction in conformity to the laws of this State governing the sales of property under judgment and execution by sheriffs. Said marshal, or chief of police, shall make to the purchaser a good and valid deed thereto, conveying titles as fully as the sheriffs of this State are authorized to do at public sales under judgment and execution. The City of Calhoun shall have full right to bid on and purchase said property at said sale if it choose to offer the highest bid therefor, whereupon said deed shall be made to said city, said marshal or chief of police being authorized and empowered to proceed at once to dispossess said owner, and put the purchaser at said sale in possession. Whenever two-thirds of the property owners on any street, square, avenue or block shall petition the mayor and council to pave, curb or otherwise improve the street, square, avenue or block on which they own real property, it shall immediately, on filing such petition with the city clerk, become the duty of the mayor and aldermen to do such improving under the terms of this section. Streets and sidewalks, powers as to. Improvements, assessments for. Lien of assessment, levy and sale. Sec. 81. Be it further enacted, That the mayor and aldermen of the city have full power and authority to levy and collect an ad valorem tax, or a special street tax, upon all property, real or personal, within the city limits of said city for the purpose of paving the city's one-third of the paving expenses referred to in Section 80 of this Act immediately

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preceding, which said tax shall be collected in the same manner as is provided elsewhere in this charter for the enforcement and collection of taxes. Tax ad valorem for streets. Sec. 82. Be it further enacted, That the mayor and aldermen of said city are given the power and authority to pass all ordinances and necessary legislation for the successful and effectual carrying out of the purposes and intent of the above and foregoing sections relating to paving, as to them may be deemed to the best interest of the city and which shall not be in conflict with the constitution and laws of Georgia. Ordinances. Sec. 83. Be it further enacted, That the mayor and aldermen shall have the power and authority, at any time that they may deem necessary, to appoint a park commission and shall, by proper ordinances, prescribe the manner of election, term of office, duty and salary of the same. Park commission. Section 84. Be it further enacted, That all male residents of said city between the ages of 18 and 50 who have resided in said city for thirty days before the first day of March each year, shall be subject to work the streets of said city, not to exceed ten days in each year, or pay a commutation tax in lieu thereof not to exceed five dollars, as the mayor and aldermen 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 the notice from the marshal or other police officer so to do, such person may be sentenced by the mayor to work upon the streets of said city for and during the term of not exceeding fifteen days under the direction and control of the marshal, or to be fined, or placed in the guard-house, in the discretion of the mayor. Street work or tax. Sec. 85. Be it further enacted, That the mayor and aldermen of said city shall have full power and authority to levy and collect an ad valorem tax not to exceed one per cent. upon all property, real and personal, within the corporate

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limits of the city, which is taxable under the laws of this State, and to provide the manner in which the same shall be collected. Tax ad valorem. Sec. 86. Be it further enacted, That should any person fail or refuse to pay the tax or license imposed by the city authorities according to this charter, within the time allowed or prescribed by the ordinance of said city, the clerk shall issue an execution against such delinquent tax payer for the amount due by him to the city, which shall be signed by the city clerk in his official capacity and bear test in the name of the mayor and the city council of Calhoun. Executions for taxes. Sec. 87. Be it further enacted, That said executions shall bind all the property of that said defaulting tax payer owned in said city on the first day of April in the year for which such taxes are due. Said executions shall be directed to and enforced by the marshal or chief of police of said city, who, after levying the same upon the property of such defaulting tax payers, shall, if the property be personal property, advertise the sale by posting notice in three of the most public places of said city in ten days before the date of sale, and if the property be real estate, he shall advertise the same once a week for four weeks in the official organ of said city before selling the same. All sales under such executions shall be made by the city marshal or chief of police before the door of the council chamber, or at such places as may be prescribed by ordinance, notice of which place and time of sale shall be contained in the advertisement. The property levied upon shall be sold by the marshal or chief of police at public outcry, to the highest and best bidder. Where the sale is of personal property, the marshal shall deliver possession thereof to the purchaser. When real estate is sold the marshal shall make to the purchaser a deed, which shall be as effectual in passing title as the deed against whom the execution is issued, and it shall be the duty of such marshal, upon application of the purchaser or his agent, to put said purchaser or agent, in

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possession of the real estate sold; provided, the said marshal shall not be authorized to turn out any other person than such delinquent tax payer, his heirs, tenants, or assigns, since the lien of the city taxes attached. Lien of tax executions. Levy and sale. Sec. 88. The city clerk shall be entitled to fifty cents for each fi. fa. issued, and the marshal to the same fees for levies as are hereby allowed the bailiffs in this State, and to the same fees for selling as are required by sheriffs for selling property in this State; provided, the mayor and aldermen may by ordinance provide for all such costs to go into the city treasury and pay the city clerk and marshal, or chief of police a regular salary for their whole duty to the city. Costs on fi. fas. Sec. 89. Be it further enacted, That the mayor and aldermen of said city shall have power and authority to prescribe by ordinance the time and manner in which all persons shall return for taxes of all property of every kind and nature, and also prescribe when all business and occupation tax and licenses shall be paid to the city. Tax returns. Sec. 90. Be it further enacted, That the mayor and aldermen shall have power and authority each year, if in their discretion they see proper, to appoint three tax assessors, whose duty it shall be to value the real estate in said city for taxation and to scrutinize carefully each return of property, real and personal, by any tax payers of the city, and in their judgment they shall find the property embraced in their return, or any portion of it returned below its proper value, they shall assess the value thereof. Tax assessors. Sec. 91. Be it further enacted, That whenever the assessors shall raise the valuation at which the tax payer has returned his property, they shall give him written notice of their assessment and it shall be the tax payer's privilege, if dissatisfied with the assessment, within ten days after notice, to have the matter left to three disinterested freeholders, residents of the city, one of whom shall be elected by him, one by the assessors and the third by those

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two selected, and a majority of these arbitrators shall fix the assessment, which shall be final and conclusive. The mayor and aldermen are also given authority to fix the compensation of the said tax assessors and also pass such ordinances bearing on the question as they may deem proper. Valuation, arbitration on. Sec. 92. Be it further enacted, That the provisions of this charter may be pleaded and shall be a defense to any action brought against the mayor and city council of Calhoun, or either of them, under accordance with the provisions and ordinances passed in pursuance thereof. Defense under this charter. Sec. 93. Said mayor and aldermen shall have an authority to establish a guardhouse and provide regulations for the same, in which to confine for punishment, when necessary, persons sentenced by the mayor for violating any of the city laws or ordinances, or any penal sections of this charter, and for the safe detention of all disorderly persons committing or attempting to commit crimes; and the marshal or any policeman of the city, shall have the right to take up all disorderly person or persons and confine them in the guardhouse to await their trial. Guard-house. Sec. 94. Be it further enacted, That the mayor and aldermen of said city shall have the right to establish and maintain a city stockade for the confinement of all the convicts of the city, and to prescribe suitable rules and regulations for the same, whenever they deem the same necessary. Stockade. Sec. 95. Be it further enacted, That the mayor and aldermen shall have power, whenever they deem it necessary and to the best interest of the city, to establish a bureau for the commercial and business interest of the city, to be known as the Calhoun Chamber of Commerce, and the said mayor and aldermen may prescribe scope for its work, the duties devolving upon its membership, its officers,

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and appropriate such sums for its maintenance and operation as they deem proper. Chamber of Commerce. Sec. 96. Be it further enacted, That the mayor and aldermen of said city, or the water and light commission, whenever such may be created, shall have the right to make contracts with persons, firms or corporations residing beyond the limits to furnish them with light and water, or water, or lights, whenever the same can be done without interfering with the efficient service of the city light and water plant to the inhabitants of the city. Contracts for lights and water. Sec. 97. Be it further enacted, That the mayor and aldermen may have the right to employ a competent accountant to examine the books of the officers of the city relative to the affairs of the city, as often as said mayor and aldermen shall consider necessary. Auditing of books. Sec. 98. Be it further enacted, That the mayor and aldermen shall have full power and authority to regulate the running of all railroad trains and street cars within the city limits and to prescribe the manner in which same may be run and the rate of speed of the same. Railroad trains, etc. Sec. 99. Be it further enacted, That the mayor and aldermen of said city shall have power and authority to order elections at various times to determine the issue of bonds, and to issue bonds in accordance therewith, for all public improvements as they may deem necessary; that they may bond for the purpose of enlarging the waterworks and sewer system of the city; to establish a light plant; to erect a city hall where the public business of the city shall be transacted; to curb and pave the streets, and for such other public improvements as they may deem proper, and shall provide how the public debt of the city shall be paid, and may constitute such sinking fund for that purpose, if they may deem it necessary. Elections for bond issues. Sec. 100. Be it further enacted, That the mayor and aldermen of the city of Calhoun are hereby authorized to

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levy a tax annually, not to exceed 7-10 of one per cent. on the real and personal property in the city of Calhoun for the purpose of establishing and maintaining a system of public schools in said city; Provided, That the money so raised shall be used for school purposes as hereinafter set forth. School tax. Sec. 101. Be it further enacted, That the mayor and aldermen are authorized and empowered to issue bonds of said city in such sums at such times as they may see proper, and after the approval of the same by the qualified voters of said city in the manner provided by the constitution of this State in force at the time of the election held for such purposes, not to exceed in aggregate the sum of one hundred thousand dollars of the denomination of one thousand dollars each, to become due and payable at such time or times not exceeding thirty years from the issue thereof, as said mayor and aldermen shall determine, and bear interest not to exceed seven per cent. per annum. Said bonds to be sold, issued and hypothecated for the purpose of purchasing sites, erecting buildings, completing and equipping public school buildings in said city. Bond issues. Sec. 102. Be it further enacted, That the mayor and aldermen of said city are hereby authorized and empowered to levy, assess and collect annually a sufficient tax upon and from the taxable property in said city, real and personal, to pay the principal and interest on such bonds as they shall become due. This tax shall be separately assessed, levied and collected for the specific purpose herein designated and shall not be used or applied to any other purpose whatever. Said mayor and aldermen are hereby authorized and empowered to issue interest coupons payable annually for the interest on said bonds. Any money remaining on bond received and collected under this Act, after the payment of maturing interest coupons and bonds each year, shall be held by the mayor and aldermen as a sinking fund for the payment of the bonds and interest maturing the next year. Bond tax.

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Sec. 103. Be it further enacted, That said bonds shall be signed by the mayor and clerk of said city and registered and sold in such manner and in such sums and at such times as the mayor and board of aldermen may determine for the best interest of said city and the speedy execution of the objects of this Act. Bonds. Sec. 104. Be it further enacted that the present board of trustees of the schools of said city of Calhoun shall serve out the terms for which they were elected, but thereafter the said board shall consist of five members to be chosen from the citizens of said city, two of whom shall hold office for two years, and they shall be elected on the second Wednesday in December, 1918; two others who shall hold their office for two years from the date of their election, and they shall be elected on the second Wednesday in December, 1919, and another who shall hold office for three years from the date of his election, which shall be had on the second Wednesday in December, 1919. Election for their successors shall occur on the second Wednesday in December annually thereafter on the termination of the terms of office of each. All vacancies occurring on said board by death, resignation or disqualification shall be filled by election of the board of education of said city, at such times and under such rules as they may prescribe. The members of said board shall be male citizens of the city of Calhoun, twenty-one years of age or older, of good moral character. School trustees; terms of. Vacancies. Sec. 105. 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 Calhoun. Said board shall have authority to purchase sites, erect buildings, 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 in said schools and to establish such rules, regulations and by-laws as they may deem right and proper in maintaining a

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system of public scohols 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 school who do not come within the legal age, but such students upon coming into the school must pay such fees or tuition as said board may determine proper. School system. Sec. 106. Be it further enacted, That the officers of said board of trustees shall consist of a president, vice-president and secretary and treasurer. Said officers shall be elected in such manner and at such times as said board of trustees may determine, and said board shall prescribe the duties of its officers. Officers of school board. Sec. 107. Be it further enacted, That so long as public schools are maintained in the city of Calhoun, the State School Commissioner is hereby authorized and required to pay over to the treasurer of said board for the use of the public schools under such rules and regulations as said board may prescribe, the proportion of the common school fund arising from any source belonging to the city of Calhoun to be by them expended in the establishment and maintenance of the said public schools as authorized and directed by the constitution and laws of this state. State school fund. Sec. 108. Be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the mayor and aldermen of the city of Calhoun to levy and collect the taxes hereinbefore provided for and keep a separate account of the same to the credit of the public school fund, which fund shall be subject to the order of said board of trustees for the support and maintenance of the public schools; said taxes shall be collected by levy and sale, as provided by this charter and ordinances of the city, and no person shall have the benefit of said schools who fails or refuses to pay all taxes assessed against them by said authorities. Separate account of taxes. Tax collection. Sec. 109. Be it further enacted, That all children whose

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parents, guardians or natural protectors shall have been bona fide residents within the corporate limits of said city for thirty days immediately preceding their application for admission to said schools. The board may also admit children into said schools whose parents, guardians or natural protectors who do not reside within the corporate limits of said city, upon the payment of such tuition fees as the board may deem reasonable and proper. All sums arising from this source shall be used only for the purpose of maintaining such schools. School children. Sec. 110. Be it further enacted, That said board of trustees shall provide separate schools in which the white and colored children must be taught. Said board is authorized to receive all gifts and donations and appropriate the same to the support and maintenance of the public schools. Race separation. Donations. Sec. 111. Be it further enacted, That every ordinance and resolution passed by the board of aldermen may be subject to the veto by the mayor in the following manner: The mayor shall within three days write out his objections to such ordinance or resolution, and the board of aldermen at the next regular meeting at which a quorum shall be present, order said objections entered on the minutes and take a vote on the question as to whether said ordinance, resolution or other action shall become adopted over said veto. Should as many as three aldermen vote in the affirmative, said resolution and ordinance shall stand affirmed and become effective without the approval of the mayor; otherwise not. The ayes and nays shall in all cases be entered on the minutes. Mayor's veto. Sec. 112. Be it further enacted, That this Act shall not abolish any of the ordinances now of force in said city except where they come in conflict with this charter, but shall preserve and continue the same. Ordinances existing. Sec. 113. Be it further enacted, That all other Acts heretofore approved by the General Assembly relating to

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the city of Calhoun except such part or parts thereof as may be in conflict with this Act be and they are hereby continued in operation confirmed and consolidated with and made a part of this Act. Former acts consolidated. Sec. 114. 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, 1918. CANTON SCHOOL SYSTEM; AMENDING ACT. No. 285. An Act to amend the Charter of the Town of Canton in the county of Cherokee, approved December 18, 1893, and an Act approved August 12, 1904, and subsequent Acts, creating and establishing a public school system for said town of Canton and providing the number, manner of election and terms of office of the members of the board of education for said public school system, 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 1 of the Act approved December 18, 1893, and an Act amendatory thereof, approved August 13, 1904, be and the same are hereby amended as follows: The members of the board of education of said town shall consist of six members, who shall be freeholders and qualified voters of the town, elected by the town council in the following manner: At the usual time in January, 1919, for the election of recorder, police and other officers of the town, there shall be elected three members of the board of education, who shall serve for a term of one year, and at the same time there shall be elected three members for a term of two years, and annually thereafter at the regular

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time in January, or as soon thereafter as practicable, there shall be elected three members for a term of two years, who shall hold their office for two years and until their successors are elected and qualified. All vacancies in said board shall be filled by the council at the next regular meeting of council after notice to that body of a vacancy in the board, or as soon thereafter as practicable. Acts of 1893 and 1904 amended. Board of education. Sec. 2. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws now in conflict with this Act be and the same are hereby repealed. Approved July 31, 1918. CEDAR GROVE TOWN CHARTER REPEALED. No. 464. An Act to repeal an Act approved August 17, 1908, entitled An Act to incorporate the town of Cedar Grove, in the county of Laurens, State of Georgia, to define its corporate limits, declare its powers, to provide for its establishment, maintenance and operation of a public school system for said town, 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 from and after the passage of this Act, the Act approved August 17, 1908, entitled An Act to incorporate the town of Cedar Grove, in the County of Laurens, State of Georgia; to define its corporate limits, declare its power, to provide for the establishment, maintenance and operation of a public school system for said town, and for other purposes, be and the same is hereby repealed. Act of 1908 repealed.

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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 August 19, 1918. CLARKSTON; REPEAL OF CHARTER SECTIONS. No. 503. An Act to repeal an Act to provide for a system of public schools for the town of Clarkston, in DeKalb county; to provide by special tax for the maintenance and support of same; to provide suitable buildings therefor; to establish a board of education to conduct the same, and for other purposes, approved December 21, 1898, and to repeal section 25 of an Act approved August 12, 1914, creating a new charter for the town of Clarkston, in the county of DeKalb, 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 provide for a system of public schools for the town of Clarkston, in DeKalb county, to provide by special tax for the support and maintenance of same, to provide suitable buildings therefor, to establish a board of education to conduct the same, and for other purposes, approved December 21, 1898, as found in the Acts of the General Assembly of Georgia, 1914, be and the same is hereby repealed. Act of 1898 repealed. Sec. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That Section 25 of an Act creating a new charter for town of Clarkston, in the county of DeKalb, approved August 12, 1914, as found at the bottom of page 593 and the top of page 594 of the Acts of the General Assembly of Georgia, 1914, be and the same is hereby repealed. Act of 1914 repealed in part.

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Sec. 3. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict be and the same are hereby repealed. Approved August 20, 1918. COLQUITT ICE FACTORY AND COLD STORAGE. No. 326. An Act to amend an Act entitled An Act to amend, consolidate and supersede the several acts incorporating the city of Colquitt, in the county of Miller, and State of Georgia, and all amendments thereto; to create a new charter and municipal government for said corporation, etc., approved August 7, 1915, which said Act appears on pages 534 to 567, inclusive, of the Georgia Laws for the year 1915, so as to allow the mayor and council of the city of Colquitt to lease, maintain, operate, repair and extend any ice factory or cold storage plant that may be now, or hereafter, erected and built in the city of Colquitt by any individual, individuals or corporation, 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 And Act to amend, consolidate and supersede the several Acts incorporating the city of Colquitt, in the county of Miller, and all amendments thereto; to create a new charter and municipal government for said corporation, and for other purposes, approved August 7, 1915, same being known as Act No. 47, appearing on page 534 of the Georgia Laws for the year 1915, be and the same is hereby amended by adding to said Act a new section to be known as Section 35, which said section shall read as follows: The mayor and council of the city of Colquitt shall

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have the power and authority to lease, maintain, operate, repair and extend any ice factory or cold storage plant that may be now or hereafter erected or built in said city of Colquitt by any individual, or corporation, and all the powers conferred on said mayor and council in Section 31 of said Act in regard to the operation and maintenance of any ice factory that may be constructed by said municipal corporation are hereby made applicable to the operation and management of any ice factory or cold storage plant that may be leased by said municipality, so far as the same may not be inconsistent with the provision of this amendment. Act of 1915 amended. Ice and cold storage. Sec. 2. Be it enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with the above Act be and the same are hereby repealed. Approved August 12, 1918. COLUMBUS ELECTIONS AND VOTERS. No. 309. An Act to amend an Act to create a new charter for the city of Columbus, in Muscogee county, and to consolidate the rights and powers of said corporation, and for other purposes, approved November 29, 1890, by striking from the 12th line of Section 6 the word thirty and inserting in lieu thereof the word ninety; by adding after the word any in the 20th line of said section the word regular or primary; by adding at end of said section the following, Nothing in this Act shall prevent any person from voting in any primary election if he will possess the qualifications necessary, as to residence and age, at the date of the regular election, and who is registered as required by this Act; to further amend said Act of November 29, 1890, by adding at the end of

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Section 7 of said Act provisions requiring all political parties or organizations in said city to nominate their candidates for all elective offices by primary elections, fixing the date of such primary elections, providing for notice of same and prescribing regulations therefor, under what is known as the Secret Ballot Plan, and defining what is a political party or organization; to further amend said Act of November 29, 1890, by striking from said Act Section 10, in its entirety, as amended by the Act approved November 15, 1895, providing for special registration for bond elections, and inserting in lieu thereof a new section to be known as Section 10, providing for the creation of a board of registrars of said city; to require the preparation of an official registration list of all legal voters of said city by said board of registrars, for use at all elections held in said city; to further amend said Act of November 29, 1890, by striking from said Act Section 11 in its entirety, and inserting in lieu thereof a new section to be known as Section 11, prescribing an oath to be taken by all voters who may be challenged; providing punishment for false swearing and for illegal voting; to further amend said Act of November 29, 1890, by adding two additional sections to be known as Sections 11-A and 11-B, prescribing the duties and method of procedure of said board of registrars in making up, compiling and purging the list of qualified voters; providing for permanent registration of all voters, in all elections, except bond elections, and providing punishment for violation of any of the provisions of this Act, by any voter, manager, clerk or other officer, 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, as follows: Section 1. That an Act to create a new charter for the city of Columbus and to consolidate and declare the

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rights and powers of said corporation, and for other purposes, approved November 29, 1890, be and the same is hereby amended by striking out the word thirty in the 12th line of Section 6, and inserting in lieu thereof the word ninety; by adding after the word any, in 20th line of said section, the words regular or primary, and by adding at the end of said section the following: Nothing in this Act shall prevent any person from voting in any primary election if he will possess the qualifications necessary, as to residence and age, at the date of the regular election, and is registered as required by this Act. So that said section when so amended shall read as follows: Act of 1890 amended. Sec. 6. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the election of said mayor and board of aldermen shall be by a general ticket system in which every qualified voter residing in any ward shall be entitled to vote for the mayor and aldermen for each and every ward, and all persons shall be qualified to vote at elections for mayor and aldermen of the city of Columbus, and for aldermen, and on any question to be determined by the citizens of said city, and for any other officers to be elected for said city, who are: 1st, male citizens of the United States, and, 2nd, who have resided in the State of Georgia twelve months, and in the county of Muscogee six months, and in the city of Columbus ninety days, immediately preceding the day of the election, and who are of the age of 21 or more years; and, third, who have paid all city taxes required of him, including city taxes, since the adoption of the present constitution of this State, and which he has had an opportunity of paying agreeably to law, except for the year of the election; and, fourth, who have been registered according to the provisions of this Act. No person shall be a legal voter at any regular or primary election for mayor, aldermen, or any other officer of said city, nor at any election to be hereafter held for any city matter or purpose, unless he shall be qualified as prescribed by this section. Nothing in this Act shall prevent any person from

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voting in any primary election if he will possess the qualifications necessary, as to residence and age, at the date of the regular election, and is registered as required by this Act. To be read. Voting. Qualified voters. Sec. 2. That said 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, be and the same is hereby amended by adding at the end of Section 7 of said Act the following: All political parties or organizations shall nominate their candidates for mayor and aldermen, and all other offices which are now, or which may hereafter be elected by the people of said city, by primary elections; such primaries shall be held each year on the last Saturday in November, and it shall be the duty of the chairman and secretary or other executive officer of the committee, or other governing body of such political party or organization holding such primary, to publish in one or more newspapers having a general circulation in said city, notice that such primary will be held, specifying the offices for which nominations are to be made, and specifying the offices in any committee or other party organization to be filled by election, and the date thereof, once a week for four weeks previous to the date above fixed for same; all special primaries to nominate candidate or candidates for offices to be filled at special elections shall be held on such date not less than one week previous to the regular special election, as may be fixed by the executive committee or other governing body of the political party or organization holding such special primaries; and it shall be the duty of the chairman and secretary, or other executive officers of the executive committee, or other governing body of such political party or organization to publish like notice of such special primaries. All persons wishing to qualify so as to become candidates in any general primary to be held on the last Saturday in

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November shall pay the assessments fixed by said committee, or other governing body, and to the person or official designated, on or before 12 o'clock noon of the Saturday one week previous to said general primary, and for a special primary, said assessments shall be paid, in like manner, on or before 12 o'clock noon of the day which is one week previous to said special primary. At all of said general and special primaries, the polling places shall be opened and ready for the voters at 6 o'clock a. m., and shall be closed at seven o'clock p. m. For all such primaries the executive committee or other governing body of the political party or organization holding them shall cause to be erected at all the polling places where ballots are received, a booth or booths, each of sufficient size to accommodate one voter at a time, and so constructed that the voter in preparing his ballot to be voted at said election shall be screened from observation by any and all persons; and all voters in such elections are hereby required to enter the compartment or booth so erected, for the purpose of preparing and casting their ballots, said booths to be constructed so as to admit of easy approach and access to the ballot box or boxes where the ballots of such voters shall be deposited. Only one voter shall be admitted to a booth at the same time, and no person shall be allowed inside a booth or compartment until said voter shall have prepared and cast his ballot, which he shall do as speedily as the same can be done, in order to permit other voters to enter for the same purpose; Provided, That any voter may request any two managers of the election to prepare his ballot for him, if, by reason of being unable to read, or blindness or other physical infirmity, such voter may be unable to prepare his ballot for himself. Further amendment. Each and all of said compartments or booths shall be protected by gates or guard rails, within which limits no unauthorized persons shall be permitted to come while said election is in progress. At all such primary elections the names of all candidates

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shall be printed on the official ballots, and the voter shall strike out or erase the names of those for whom he does not wish to vote, and the candidates who shall respectively receive the greatest number of votes for any particular office shall be declared duly nominated for such office. Said primary elections shall be held under such rules or regulations, not inconsistent with the provisions of this section as may be promulgated for said elections by the executive committee or other governing body of the political party or organization holding said primary elections. A political party or organization which, at the general election for city officers then next preceding a primary, polled more than ten per cent. of the entire vote cast is hereby declared to be a political party or organization within the meaning of this section, within said city, and shall nominate all candidates for offices provided for in this Act, under the provisions hereof; in determining the total vote of a political party, whenever required by this section, the test shall be the total vote cast for the candidate of such political party or organization who received the greatest number of votes. So that said Section 7, when so amended, shall read as follows: Sec. 7. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the regular election for mayor and aldermen shall be held on the second Saturday in December; that the first election under this Act shall be on that day in the year 1890, to fill full terms of two years of the aldermen, one from each ward, whose terms expire at that time under the laws now existing for said city. The next election shall be on the second Saturday of December, 1891, for a mayor and aldermen, one from each ward, for full terms of two years in the place of the present mayor and aldermen, whose terms will expire on that day; and so an election will be held on said day in each year to elect successors to the mayor and one alderman from each ward, when a mayor is to be elected, and if no mayor is then to

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be elected, then one alderman from each ward, as their respective terms of office shall expire, the mayor being chosen once in every two years. In every such election the name of the person voted for as alderman shall appear and also the number of the ward which it is desired that he represent, and in which he shall reside, and the person duly qualified who receives the highest number of votes at such election for mayor shall be elected, and the person duly qualified to serve who receives the highest number of votes as alderman for a particular ward shall be elected alderman for that ward, and be so declared. All elections for mayor and alderman and elections on any question submitted to the voters of the city shall be held at the courthouse, and at such places as are now or may be hereafter established by law or the ordinances or resolutions for such city. The mayor and aldermen shall have full power and authority to establish as many polling places as they may deem necessary. All political parties or organizations shall nominate their candidates for mayor and aldermen, and all other offices which are now, or which may hereafter be elected by the people of said city, by primary elections; such primaries shall be held each year on the last Saturday in November, and it shall be the duty of the chairman and secretary or other executive officer of the committee, or other governing body of such political party or organization holding such primary, to publish in one or more newspapers having a general circulation in said city, notice that such primary will be held, specifying the offices for which nominations are to be made, and specifying the offices in any committee or other party organization to be filled by election, and the date thereof, once a week for four weeks previous to the date fixed for same; all special primaries to nominate candidate or candidates for offices to be filled at special elections shall be held on such date, not less than one week previous to the regular special election, as may be fixed by the executive committee or other governing body of the political

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party or organization holding such special primaries; and it shall be the duty of the chairman and secretary, or other executive officers of the executive committee, or other governing body of such political party or organization, to publish like notice of such special primaries. All persons wishing to qualify so as to become candidates in any general primary to be held on the last Saturday in November shall pay the assessments fixed by said committee, or other governing body, and to the person or official designated, on or before 12 o'clock noon of the Saturday one week previous to said general primary; and for a special primary, said assessments shall be paid, in like manner, on or before 12 o'clock noon of the day which is one week previous to said special primary. At all of said general and special primaries, the polling places shall be opened and ready for the voters at 6 o'clock a. m., and shall be closed at 7 o'clock p. m. For all such primaries the executive committee or other governing body of the political party or organization holding them shall cause to be erected at all polling places where ballots are received, a booth or booths, each of sufficient size to accommodate one voter at a time, and so constructed that the voter, in preparing his ballot to be voted at said election, shall be screened from observation by any and all persons; and all voters in such elections are hereby required to enter the compartment or booth so erected for the purpose of preparing and casting their ballots, said booths to be constructed so as to admit of easy approach and access to the ballot box or boxes where the ballots of such voters shall be deposited. Only one voter shall be admitted into a booth at the same time, and no person shall be allowed inside a booth or compartment until said voter shall have prepared and cast his ballot, which he shall do as speedily as the same can be done, in order to permit other voters to enter for the same purpose; provided, that any voter may request any two managers of the election to prepare his ballot for him, if, by reason of being unable to read, or blindness or other physical infirmity, such voter may be unable to prepare his ballot for himself. Nomination of candidates by primary elections. Qualification of candidates. Regulations of elections.

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Each and all of said compartments or booths shall be protected by gates or guard rails, within which limits no unauthorized persons shall be permitted to come while said election is in progress. At all such primary elections the names of all candidates shall be printed on the official ballots, and the voter shall strike out or erase the names of those for whom he does not wish to vote; and the candidates who shall respectively receive the greatest number of votes for any particular office shall be declared duly nominated for such office. Said primary elections shall be held under such rules or regulations, not inconsistent with the provisions of this section, as may be promulgated for said elections by the executive committee or other governing body of the political party or organization holding said primary elections. A political party or organization which, at the general election for city officers then next preceding a primary, polled more than ten per cent. of the entire vote cast is hereby declared to be a political party or organization within the meaning of this section within said city, and shall nominate all candidates for officers provided for in this Act, under the provisions hereof; in determining the total vote of a political party, whenever required by this section, the test shall be the total vote cast for the candidate of such political party or organization who received the greatest number of votes. Sec. 3. That said 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, be and the same is hereby amended by striking from said Act Section 10 in its entirety, relating to the registration of voters as amended by the Act approved November 15, 1895, providing for special registrations for bond elections, and inserting in lieu of said Section 10, as so amended, the following: Sec. 10. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid,

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That a board of registrars of the city of Columbus is hereby created, to be composed of the clerk of council, city treasurer and city marshal of said city, who shall perform the duties in this Act imposed, without any additional compensation, and who shall take and subscribe an oath to be administered by the mayor of said city or some officer of this State authorized to administer an oath, for the faithful discharge of the duties of said board of registrars. In the event of the disability, incapacity or failure from any cause of any one or more of said officials to act, the mayor of said city shall name some other official of said city elective by the mayor and council of said city, to serve in lieu of such official or officials, who shall likewise be sworn. Said board of registrars shall, on or before the 15th day of October, in each year, prepare and compile a duly certified list of the qualified and registered voters residing within the incorporate limits of said city, in the followng manner: They shall take from the Permanent Qualification Book, or Voters' Book of Muscogee County, in the office of the tax collector of said county, a list of the names of all persons who have placed their names upon said Permanent Qualification Book or Voters' Book on or before the 15th day of September of said year; they shall then take from and purge said list of the names of all persons thereon who reside without the incorporate limits of the city of Columbus, thereby making up a list of the names of all persons on said Permanent Qualification Book or Voters' Book residing within the incorporate limits of Columbus; they shall then take from and purge said last list of the names of all persons as follows: (1) Who have been convicted in any court of competent jurisdiction of treason against the State, of embezzlement of public funds, malfeasance in office, bribery or larceny, or of any crime involving moral turpitude, punishable by the laws of this State with imprisonment in the penitentiary, unless such person shall have been pardoned, as provided by Paragraph 1, Section 2 of Article 2 of the Constitution of this State;

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(2) Idiots and insane persons; (3) Who have failed to pay all state and county taxes due by them at least six months before the general city election, except taxes for the year of the election; (4) Who have failed to pay all city taxes due by them on or before the 15th day of August of said year, except taxes for the year of the election. Further amendment. Registrars, and registered voters. Said board of registrars shall then make up and compile a list of the names of all persons left, after so purging the same as aforesaid, showing on said list the age, occupation, color, ward, street and number of each voter, the white and colored voters to be arranged separately and alphabetically in said consolidated list. After the completion of said consolidated list of registered voters for said city, said board of registrars shall certify the same under their hands and seals, and file the same with the clerk of council of said city, and which said consolidated list shall be the official registration list for said city for all primary elections of any political party or organization, held in said city, for the nomination of candidates for all offices of said city elective by the people, and for the regular general election to be held in said city for that year. It shall be the duty of said clerk of council, after the filing of said registration list to publish the same in such manner as may be ordered by the mayor and aldermen, which shall be distributed in said city as may be directed by said mayor and aldermen, and it shall also be the duty of said clerk of council to have printed, in pamphlet form, a sufficient number of said lists for use of managers, superintendents and clerks of all such elections to be held in said city. Any person whose name appears on said official registration list shall, if otherwise qualified, be listed and entitled to vote at any special election, special primary election, or other special election (except bond elections), which may be held in said city before the next general election. Whenever any special election (except bond elections) may be held in said city between the time of

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holding the regular general election in said city and the 15th day of October of the following year (which is the date required by this section for said board of registrars to file said official registration list), said board of registrars shall, within five days after the call of said special election, make up an accurate and complete list of all names of persons signed in the Permanent Qualification Book or Voters' Book of Muscogee county since the compiling of the official list for the last general election, and not before placed by said registrars on said city registration list, and who reside within the incorporate limits of the city of Columbus; and within five days thereafter said registrars shall file with said clerk of council said supplemental registration list showing the names of additional voters who are entitled to vote at said special election, and any person whose name appears on said list may vote at such special election and at any primary to nominate candidates for offices to be filled at such special election, but the registrars shall purge said list before filing it, of all persons (1) who are disqualified under the provisions of paragraph 1, Section 2, of Article 2 of the Constitution of this State; (2) Who have failed to pay all state and county taxes due by them at least six months before said election, except taxes for the year of the election, and except when said lection is held within six months from the expiration of the time fixed by law for the payment of said State and county taxes; (3) Who have failed to pay all city taxes due by them at least three months before said election, except taxes for the year of the election. It shall, furthermore, be the duty of said registrars upon the call of a special election to purge the list of registered voters prepared for the last general election in said city of any names subsequently disqualified, under any one of the three specifications above set out for purging said supplemental list, and it shall be the duty of the said clerk of council to furnish to the managers of said special election two lists, one composed of the list of voters entitled to vote by reason of their registration for the last general election, and the

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other made up of those entitled to vote by their subsequent registration, as hereinbefore provided for; and if a primary is held for said special election, it shall be the duty of said clerk of council to furnish said lists also to the managers of said primary in time for use in said primary, and no one shall be entitled to vote either in said special election or in said primary election, unless his name is upon one of the lists furnished by said registrars to said clerk of council and by him to the managers of said election. Voters qualified. Provided, no person shall be deprived of the right to vote in any election if it conclusively appears to the managers from inspection of the original list furnished by the registrars that the name of such person was omitted from the printed list furnished by clerk of council by inadvertence or clerical error. In all such cases the managers shall require, as condition precedent to right to vote, the voter to take and subscribe the oath prescribed in Section 4 of this Act. Provided, nevertheless, That the mayor and board of aldermen of said city shall have the power to order a special registration of the voters of said city for any special election to be held for the purpose of passing upon any proposed issue of bonds; said special registration to be in a book provided for that purpose in the hands of the clerk of council of said city, and under such rules and regulations as may be provided by the mayor and aldermen, not inconsistent with the following provisions of this section, and at which special bond election no person shall be allowed to vote unless he shall have registered under said special registration; provided, however, that the registration books for said special bond elections shall close thirty days previous to such election, and within twenty days after the closing of said books, and said board of registrars shall purge said special registration list of the names of all persons thereon (1) who are disqualified under the provisions of paragraph 1, Section 2 of Article 2 of the Constitution of this State; (2) who have failed to pay all

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state and county taxes due by them at least six months before said election, except taxes for the year of the election, and except when said election is held within six months from the expiration of the time fixed by law for the payment of said state and county taxes, and (3) who have failed to pay all city taxes due by them at least three months before said election, except taxes for the year of the election. Said registrars shall then file said special bond election registration list, after so purging the same, with the clerk of the council, duly certified by them, which list shall be the official registration list for said special bond election, and same shall be printed and published, as provided for registration lists for general elections. Special registration. Sec. 4. That said 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, be and the same is hereby amended by striking from said Act Section 11 thereof, in its entirety, relating to the list to be furnished election managers, oath to be administered to voters, false swearing, illegal voting, etc., and inserting in lieu thereof the following, to-wit: Sec. 11. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That when any person desires to vote at any election held in said city, whether general, special or primary, he may be challenged and, if challenged, required to take the following oath in writing: `I do solemnly swear that I am (here insert name, the same as on registration list). That I am duly qualified as a permanent elector, and at the time gave my address as (here insert address given in registration bok); 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 same can be readily proved or disproved); that I have resided at such places under the name of (here insert any name or alias used).

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That I am a citizen of the United States; that I have resided in the State of Georgia for twelve months immediately preceding this election, and six months in the county of Muscogee, and within the incorporate limits of the city of Columbus 90 days immediately preceding this election, and that I do, in good faith, hold and claim my residence and home in said State, county and city for the time aforesaid; that I am 21 years of age; that I have paid all taxes due to the city of Columbus and to the State of Georgia and county of Muscogee since the adoption of the present constitution of this State, and which I have had an opportunity of paying, agreeably to law, except for the year of this election; that I have been duly registered within the time prescribed by law and am entitled to vote at this election, and that I have not voted at this election, so help me God.' Oath on challenge. In case of bond elections, the form of the oath shall be the same as the above, except that the word `permanent' in the first part of said oath may be omitted. Such written oath shall be filed with the managers of the election and preserved. In cases of primary elections, it shall be sufficient for the voter to swear that he will possess the qualifications necessary as to residence and age, at the date of the regular election; and the form of the oath may be changed accordingly. Any person who shall take the oath aforesaid before any manager at any of said elections for the purpose of voting at same, and who is not entitled to vote according to the law and the terms of said oath, shall be subject to be indicted in the Superior Court of Muscogee county for false swearing, and if found guilty shall be subject to the punishment prescribed in the Code of Georgia for said offense. Any person or persons who shall or may vote for mayor and aldermen, or on any question submitted to the

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voters of said city, or at any primary election held in said city, at any of the polling places in said city, without being entitled to vote for the same, in accordance with the provisions of this Act, or who shall vote for any of said officers, or at a primary election, or on such questions, more than once at the same election, or cast any vote which is contrary to the provisions of this Act, at any general, special or primary election held in said city, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction shall be punished as prescribed in Section 1065 of the Penal Code of Georgia. Sec. 5. That said Act to create a new charter for the city of Columbus and to consolidate and declare its rights and powers, and for other purposes, approved November 29, 1890, be and the same is hereby amended by adding the two following sections to be designated respectively as Sections 11-A and 11-B, to-wit: Section 11-A. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That said board of registrars in making up the lists of qualified voters of said city, and in investigating and determining who are the qualified and legal voters of said city, shall be governed by the provisions of Sections 62, 63, 64, 65 and 66 of Volume 1 of the Civil Code of Georgia of 1910, relating to hearings before the registrars, persons unlawfully denied the right to sign the Voters' Book, production of books, disputed right to have name on book placed on list, list open to inspection, and proceedings to contest right to register. Further amendment. Voters qualified. The voters or electors of said city who have qualified and have signed the Voters' Book or Permanent Qualification Book of Muscogee county, shall not thereafter be required to register or further qualify so as to vote in any election, of any kind or character, whether general, special or primary, except bond elections; provided, however, that no person shall remain registered longer than he retains the qualification under which he registered; provided, further,

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that before the name of any voter or elector is removed from the list for an alleged disqualification occurring after being first qualified, such voter or elector shall receive the same notice and shall have the same rights to contest the alleged ground of disqualification as now provided by law as to State and county voters and electors, and as provided in this Act. That the board of registrars shall have the right and shall be charged with the duty of examining each year the qualifications of each elector entered on the Permanent Qualification Book or Voters' Book, residing within the incorporate limits of said city, and shall not be limited or stopped by the action taken at any prior time. Said board of registrars are also charged with the duty of making investigation into the death or removal from the incorporate limits of said city of any person or persons whose names appear on said Permanent Qualification Book or Voters' Book. In making up and compiling the registration lists under this Act, they shall omit from the same the name or names of all such persons. Examination by board of registrars. Sec. 11-B. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That any person who votes, or attempts to vote, knowingly and wilfully, in violation of the provisions of the preceding sections of this Act, at any election; or who shall otherwise violate any of the provisions of this Act; and any manager, clerk or other officer, knowingly and wilfully aiding, assisting, permitting, procuring or being otherwise concerned in, any violation of any of the provisions of this Act, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction shall be punished as prescribed in Section 1065 of the Penal Code of Georgia of 1910. Unlawful voting, etc. Penalty. Sec. 6. That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be and the same are hereby repealed. Approved August 8, 1918.

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COLUMBUS TAX AD VALOREM. No. 350. An Act to amend the charter of the city of Columbus in Muscogee county, Georgia, so as to confer power and authority upon said city to levy and collect for the purpose of paying the ordinary expenses of said city, an ad valorem tax upon all property located within said city subject to taxation, not exceeding seven (7) mills upon the value of said property, for the years 1919 and 1920, and not exceeding six (6) mills annually thereafter for the same purpose; to provide for the submission of this Act to the people of said city for ratification, 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, as follows: Section 1. The new charter for the city of Columbus, in Muscogee County, Georgia, approved November 29, 1890, is hereby amended by adding a new section, following Section XV. of said Act, and to be known as Section XV.-A, and to read as follows: That for the purpose of paying the ordinary current expenses of said city, as defined in Section 865 of the Civil Code, adopted in 1910, the said city of Columbus is hereby invested with power and authority to levy and collect an ad valorem tax upon all property located within said city and subject to taxation under the laws of the State of Georgia, of not exceeding seven (7) mills upon the value of said property, for each of the years 1919 and 1920, and an ad valorem tax of not exceeding six (6) mills annually thereafter for the same purpose. Act of 1890 amended. Tax for current expenses. Sec. 2. This Act shall not take effect until after the same has been submitted to a vote of the people of said city and ratified by the votes of two-thirds of those who

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may vote in the election provided for as follows: On the last Saturday in November, 1918, an election shall be held in said city at the courthouse of Muscogee county, and the polls shall be opened at six o'clock a. m. and shall be closed at seven o`clock p. m. All persons on the official registration list of said city and qualified to vote for aldermen of said city, at the regular election for aldermen to be held in said city on the second Saturday in December, 1918, shall be qualified to vote in said election. It shall be the duty of the mayor and aldermen of said city to appoint the managers and clerks for said election and to prepare and provide such polling places at said courthouse as may, in their judgment, be necessary to accommodate all of the qualified voters of said city; also to have prepared, printed and furnished sufficient registration lists, voters' lists, tally sheets and ballots on which said ballots shall be printed the following: or the levy of additional tax of two mills for 1919 and 1920 and additional tax of one mill annually thereafter for ordinary current expenses, and also Against the levy of additional tax of two mills for 1919 and 1920 and additional tax of one mill annually thereafter for ordinary current expenses. Said election shall be held in all respects under the provisions of the charter of said city in force and governing elections in said city at the time of said election. All expenses of said election, including the printing of official ballots therefor above provided, shall be paid out of the treasury of said city. The votes shall be counted and consolidated as in cases of other elections in said city and the result declared, and if as many as two-thirds of the votes cast at said election shall be in the affirmative, then this Act shall be and become a part of the charter of said city; otherwise the same shall be of no effect whatsoever. Referred to popular vote. Sec. 3. All laws and parts of laws in conflict herewith be and the same are hereby repealed. Approved August 16, 1918.

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CORNELIA, CITY OF; CHARTER AMENDED. No. 378. An Act to amend the charter of Cornelia by amending the Acts of 1887 and all amendments thereto enacted changing the name and date of holding elections, time, manner and installation of officers and to divide the city into wards. Section 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of same, That from and after the passage of this Act the corporate name of the mayor and council of Cornelia be changed to the city of Cornelia; that the principal government of the city of Cornelia shall be vested in a city council, composed of a mayor and one councilman from the city at large, and one councilman from each of the four city wards as hereinafter named, who are hereby constituted a body corporate under the name and style of the city of Cornelia, and by that name and style shall have perpetual succession, and shall have a common seal and shall be capable in law and equity to purchase, have, hold, receive and enjoy, possess and retain to them and their successors for the use of the city of Cornelia, any estate, real or personal, or both of whatever kind, and shall be capable of suing and being sued in said name, in any court of law or equity in this State, and to sell, alien, lease or otherwise dispose of any estate or property, real or personal, belonging to said city of Cornelia. Name changed to City of Cornelia. Corporate powers. Sec. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That from and after the passage of this Act the city of Cornelia, of Habersham county, shall be divided into four wards, described as follows: Four wards bounded. Ward No. 1 shall embrace all territory within the city limits, lying east of a line beginning at a point where the center of Junction street intersects and crosses the center

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of the right of way of the Southern Railway Company, and running to the center of O street where O street intersects with Kinsey street, and east of the center of O street and north of the center of the right of way of the Southern Railway Company. First. Ward No. 2 shall embrace all territory within the city limits lying south of the center of the right of way of the Southern Railway Company and east of the center of Junction street and continually of said street formerly and better known as the old Banks county road. Second. Ward No. 3 shall embrace all territory within the city limits lying west of the center of Junction street and continuation of same, formerly and better known as the old Banks county road and south of the center of the right of way of the Southern Railway Company. Third. Ward No. 4 shall embrace all territory within the city limits lying north of the center of the right of way of the Southern Railway Company and west of the center of O street and a line from the center of O street where it intersects Kimzey street to a point in the center of Junction street in the center of the right of way of the Southern Railway Company. Fourth. All four wards coming together where the center of Junction street and the center of the right of way of the Southern Railway Company intersects. Sec. 3. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the date of holding election for mayor and council for the city of Cornelia be changed from the first Saturday in May of each year to the last Saturday in November of each year. The mayor and council when thus elected shall qualify and take their office on the first Monday in January thereafter. The mayor, T. Y. Irvin, and councilmen, J. M. Gillespie, W. B. Parks, C. R. Brown, Plumer Duckett and M. N. Craw, shall remain in office until after the regular election to be held on the last Saturday in November,

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1919, and until their successors are elected and qualified. That there shall be elcted from the city of Cornelia at large a mayor and one councilman whose term of office shall be for one year; that one councilman shall be elected from each ward; that councilmen elected from Wards 1 and 3 at the regular election of the last Saturday of November, 1919, shall hold office for a term of one year, and councilmen elected from Wards 2 and 4 shall hold office for a term of two years. All holding office until their successors are elected and qualified. Thereafter the term of office of councilmen from each ward shall be for two years, two wards electing a councilman at each regular election on the last Saturday in November of each year. The design being to have two councilmen holding over each year. All elections for mayor and councilmen shall be held at the city hall, the mayor and councilmen from the city at large shall be elected by the qualified voters of the city of Cornelia, the councilmen from each ward shall be elected by the qualified voters residing within said wards. All persons qualified to vote for members of the General Assembly and who have resided within the limits of the city of Cornelia for the past six months prior to said election and in the ward for ten days prior to said election shall be qualified to vote for mayor and councilmen in said city election. Election date changed. Mayor and council; terms of office. Sec. 4. That the city council at its first regular meeting on the first Monday in January, 1920, shall elect a school board of six members, two members for one year, two members for two years and two members for three years thereafter; all members of the school board shall be elected by mayor and council at their first regular meeting on the first Monday of each year, and they shall hold office for a term of three years, and until their successors are elected and qualified. The design being to elect two members of said school board on the first Monday of each year for a term of three years, members of said school board shall be freeholders in their own rights, twenty-one

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years of age or over, and shall have resided in the city of Cornelia for twelve months before the election of said school board. That the school board shall elect a secretary and treasurer who shall give a bond in the penal sum of $2,000.00, payable to the city of Cornelia, which bond shall be approved by the mayor, and when the school board has elected their treasurer and he has qualified by making the required bond, the treasurer of the city of Cornelia shall turn over to the trasurer of the school board all school funds coming into his hands, and the treasurer of the school board shall pay out said school funds under the instructions and on proper warrants of the school board, who shall have complete control of all schools, school funds, school property and school teachers, with full authority to engage, hire, retain and discharge teachers, janitors or other school employees. Said school board shall not under any conditions incur debts or spend more funds than the amount coming into the hands of said treasurer each year, and in the event said school board cannot agree and there is a tie on any point or question the mayor of the city of Cornelia is hereby made an ex-officio member of said school board and shall have a vote in deciding said question. School board. Secretary and treasurer. 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 17, 1918. COVINGTON, CITY OF; NEW CHARTER. No. 349. An Act to provide a new charter for the city of Covington in Newton county; to define its powers, prescribe its duties and liabilities, provide its officers and prescribe and define their duties and their compensation, and to

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invest said city of Covington with all of the rights, powers and liabilities of municipalities in said State. 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 inhabitants of that territory now embraced in and known as the city of Covington, located in the county of Newton, State of Georgia, be and they are hereby incorporated under the name of the city of Covington, and by that name shall be and are hereby invested 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 anywise appertaining to said city of Covington as heretofore incorporated, shall be and are hereby vested in the city of covington, created by this Act, and the said city of Covington 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 councilmen such ordinances, rules, regulations and resolutions for the transaction of its business and the welfare and proper government of said city as the said mayor and council may seem best, and not inconsistent with the laws of the State of Georgia and of the United States, and the said city of Covington shall be capable 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 soever, within or without the limits of said city, for corporate purposes, and to sell, alien, exchange or lease them, or any part thereof, or convey the same or any part thereof. Said city of Covington created by this Act is hereby made responsible as a corporate body for the legal debts, liabilities and undertakings of said city of Covington heretofore incorporated. The corporate limits of said city of Covington shall extend for one mile in each direction from the Newton county courthouse. City of Covington incorporated. Corporate powers.

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Sec. 2. Be it enacted by the mayor and city council of the city of Covington, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That the government of said city shall be vested in a mayor and six councilmen, who shall hold their respective offices for two years and until their successors are elected and qualified. But the mayor and councilmen now holding office in the city of Covington shall continue to hold and exercise the duties and powers of mayor and councilmen for and during the term of office for which they have respectively been elected heretofore. Government. Sec. 3. Be it further enacted, That on the third Monday in December of each year, after the passage of this Act, there shall be an election held at the courthouse in said city for three councilmen, biennially for a mayor and three councilmen, whose terms of office shall each be for two years. Should there for any cause fail to be an election at the time specified, or should any vacancy from death, removal from city, or other cause occur, the mayor and council, or the council, if the vacancy aforesaid be as to the mayor's office, shall order an election to be held and shall post a notice of the time of such election at the courthouse in said city for at least ten days previous thereto. At all such elections the polls shall not be opened earlier than nine o'clock a. m., and shall close at three o'clock p. m. All elections under this Act shall be held by a justice of the peace, or ordinary of Newton county, assisted by two free-holders, all of whom shall be citizens of said city and own real estate therein, and each of said managers before entering upon his duties shall take and subscribe before some 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 illegal voting to the best of our skill and power, so help us God. Such election shall be conducted under the rules and regulations governing elections for members of the General Assembly, except that only two lists of voters and two tally sheets shall be kept. After the polls

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are closed, the managers shall count the votes, declare the result and certify the same on their books of minutes. The managers shall deposit with the mayor all papers pertaining to said elections who shall preserve them for ten days and then destroy them, unless notice of a contest has been filed. All contests shall be conducted as may be prescribed by law. Elections for mayor and council. Oath of managers. Sec. 4. Be it further enacted, That the mayor and city council of the city of Covington may provide by ordinance for the registration of voters and no person shall be allowed to vote at any city election held under the provision of this charter except such persons as shall have been duly registered in compliance with the terms of said ordinance. Registration of voters. Sec. 5. Be it further enacted, That no person shall be eligible to election to any city office unless he be a bona fide citizen of said city, but this restriction shall not apply to officers elected by the mayor and city council of Covington. Eligibility to office. Sec. 6. Be it further enacted, That within ten days after the election of said mayor and councilmen, and before they enter upon the discharge of their official duties, the mayor shall, before some officer authorized to administer oaths, take and subscribe the following oath: I do solemnly swear that I will, to the best of my ability, discharge the duties of the mayor of the city of Covington during my continuance in office, so help me God, and the mayor, after being so qualified, shall have full power and authority to administer a like oath to each member of the council. Oath of office. Sec. 7. Be it further enacted, That said mayor and council at their first meeting in January of each year, or as soon thereafter as practicable, shall elect the following officers, a majority of the votes cast being in every case sufficient to elect, to-wit: A clerk, a treasurer, a tax collector, a tax receiver, a chief of police and as many other

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regular policemen as the city council may deem proper to elect, a recorder, a city physician, a city attorney, a superintendent of lights, waterworks and sewerage, a street superintendent and such other officers as the mayor and council of the city of Covington may see fit to elect, and the said mayor and council of the city of Covington may prescribe by ordinance such officers as they may deem necessary for the best interest of the city, and shall by ordinance prescribe duties, fix the bonds and fix the compensation of all the city officers elected by their body, each of the said officers before entering upon the discharge of their duties shall give bond and take and subscribe an oath to discharge the duties of the office to which he has been elected. Municipal officer. Sec. 8. Be it further enacted, That the mayor and council shall meet for the transaction of business at such times and places as they may prescribe. At all the meetings of the mayor and council, the mayor, if present, shall preside, and he may vote in all cases of a tie; he may also vote in all elections for officers who are elected by the board, whether there be a tie or not, the mayor and four members of the council to constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. A less number, in the absence of a quorum, may adjourn a regular meeting to future time. Council meetings. Sec. 9. Be it further enacted, That said mayor and council shall have full power to pass all ordinances, by-laws and regulations which they may deem necessary to the good government of said city, the protection of property, peace, good order, health, comfort and conveniences of the citizens thereof, and to fix suitable penalties for the violation of the same. They may provide for punishing violators of their ordinances, by-laws, resolutions by fine, imprisonment in the city prison, or working in the chaingang on the streets of said city; the fines in no case to exceed two hundred dollars ($200.00) and the imprisonment in the city prison not to exceed sixty days, and sentence in

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the chaingang not to exceed four months, and either one or all of said penalties may be imposed at the discretion of the recorder's court, and said mayor and council is hereby authorized to have any convict or convicts of said city whipped for failure to work on the streets or elsewhere in the chaingang of the city or to enforce proper discipline. The punishment for failure to work, or any other improper conduct upon the part of any convict shall be whipping, which shall be administered by or under the direction of the police in proportion of the offense, and shall not be excessive. Ordinances; general power. Punishment, limit as to. Sec. 10. Be it further enacted, That said mayor and council shall have the superintendence and control of the streets, sidewalks, bridges and alleys and of the public square, parks and cemeteries in said city, and may prohibit or remove all obstructions of or encroachment thereon, or interference therewith. They are vested with the power to open and lay out new streets or alleys; to widen or straighten any of the streets or sidewalks or alleys of the city and to assess whatever damage any property holder may incur by reason of such widening or straightening, which damage shall be paid out of the city treasury. If any such property holder is dissatisfied with the damage so assessed, upon his or her complaint to the board, the question of such damages shall be referred to the arbitrament and award of three arbitrators, one to be selected by the mayor and one by the property holder, and the third by the other two. A majority of the arbitrators may make an award. Either party dissatisfied with such findings may enter and appeal to the Superior Court of said county of Newton by filing with the mayor and council a statement in writing of the case and the amount of the finding and that such party desires to enter and appeal; whereupon it shall be the duty of the mayor and council to transmit said statement to the next Superior Court of Newton county, when the question of damage shall be tried by a jury. Said mayor and council shall also have power and authority to

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pave or otherwise permanently improve the sidewalks of said city with whatever material and in whatever manner they deem proper and best, and to assess one-half the cost of so paving or otherwise improving the sidewalks, including all necessary curbings, against the real estate abutting on the sidewalk so paved or otherwise improved, and to enforce the collection thereof shall have power to issue executions against the owner or owners of said abutting property, as city tax, executions are issued, and to order a levy on and sale of said abutting property. Streets, etc.; powers conferred. Damage assessment. Arbitration. Appeal. Sidewalk paving. Sec. 11. Be it further enacted, That said mayor and council are hereby vested with the power and authority to remove or abate nuisance in any part of said city, whether on the streets or elsewhere under such rules and in such manner as they may prescribe by ordinance or resolutions. Nuisances. Sec. 12. Be it further enacted, That said mayor and council may levy and collect for city purposes a tax not to exceed fifty cents on every one hundred dollars value of real estate, stock and trade, and all other property therein that may at the time being be taxable by the laws of Georgia. They may also levy and collect an additional tax not to exceed three-fourths of one per centum per annum on every hundred dollars value of all such property, for the maintenance of the public schools for said city, as is provided in the Act establishing a system of public schools for said city, approved September 15, 1887. Said mayor and council shall also have power to levy and collect out of the property aforesaid such additional tax as may be necessary to provide for the payment of the principal and interest of any bonded debt of said city now existing or hereafter to be created by said city. In all cases the order levying taxes shall be recorded in the minutes of the board, and shall specify for which of the purposes aforesaid it is levied, and how much for each purpose. Taxes, power to levy and collect. Section 13. Be it further enacted, That said mayor and council shall also have power to fix and collect a special

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tax, a license upon all kinds of business, callings, professions or occupations carried on within the corporate limits of said city; they shall have power and authority to tax, license, regulate and control all opera houses, livery stables, garages, hacks, drays and other vehicles used for hire, vendormasters, auctioneers, theatrical performances, shows, circuses and exhibitions of all kinds, peddlers and itinerate traders, every keeper of billiard, pool or bagatelle table kept for public use or gain, every keeper of a shooting gallery or a ten-pin alley, or the keeper of any other table, stand or place for the performance of any game or play, whether played with sticks, balls, cards, dice, rings or other contrivances; also any person running a flying-jenny or flying horses, bicycles, velocipedes, or skating rinks for gain; all solicitors, canvassers selling goods, ware or merchandise, by sample or retail, or to consumers; they shall have power to fix penalties against any and all persons carrying on any of said occupations, or exercising any of such privileges, without having first obtained such license and paid a tax therefor. Occupation taxes. Sec. 14. Be it further enacted, That said mayor and council shall have power to require every male inhabitant of said city, between the ages of sixteen and fifty years, to work such lengths of time on the streets of said city as said mayor and council shall direct, and not to exceed twelve days for one year. Said persons so subject to work on the streets shall have the right to relieve themselves of said work by paying a commutation tax, which said mayor and council shall fix by ordinance, and which tax shall, in no event, exceed three dollars for one year; said work to be done and said commutation tax to be paid, at such time as said mayor and council shall direct. Any person subject to work on said streets who shall fail to work or pay said tax after being properly notified, may be punished as may be prescribed by said mayor and council. Street work or tax. Sec. 15. Be it further enacted, that in all cases where any taxes, fines, commutation taxes or license fees are not

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paid when due, the tax collector shall issue executions against the delinquents, which executions shall be directed to the chief of police of said city and his deputies, and it is hereby made the right of said chief of police and his deputies to proceed to levy and collect all such fi. fas., as in the case of fi. fas. issued for the state and county taxes. Executions. Sec. 16. Be it further enacted, That said mayor shall be the chief executive officer of said city: He shall see that all laws, ordinances, resolutions and rules of said city are faithfully executed; he shall have general jurisdiction of the affairs of said city. He shall have control of the police of said city, and may appoint special policemen when, in his judgment, it is necessary. He shall have the same power as the justice of peace, to witness and attest papers, to administer oaths, to issue criminal warrants and to hold courts of inquiry; he may commit offenders tried before him as a court of inquiry, or may admit them to bail in cases where a justice of the peace has power to bail. He shall have the right to remit or reduce the fines imposed by the recorder's court imposed upon defendants charged with violating any of the city laws; he shall have the authority to pardon all the offenders convicted before the recorder's court; he shall have authority to temporarily suspend any city officer, reporting his action and his reason therefor, to the next regular or called meeting of the mayor and council of the city of Covington, who shall hear all the facts of the case and by a majority vote may either discharge, suspend for a definite term or reinstate said officer. Mayor's duties and powers. Sec. 17. Be it further enacted, That there shall be a recorder's court in said city for the trial of all offenders against the laws and ordinances of said city, to be held by the recorder in the council chamber of said city as often as necessary. In the absence or disqualification of the recorder, the mayor or any member of the council designated by the mayor, may hold said court. Said court shall have power to preserve order and

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compel the attendance of witnesses and punish for contempt, by imprisonment not exceeding ten days, or fine not exceeding ten dollars, either or both. Said recorder shall have full power and authority, upon conviction, to sentence any offender to labor upon the streets or other public works in said city for a period not exceeding four months, or to impose a fine not exceeding two hundred dollars, or to sentence said offender to be confined and imprisoned in the city prison, or other place of confinement in said city for a period not exceeding sixty days; either one or more of said penalties may be imposed, in the discretion of said recorder. The recorder shall have the right to issue criminal warrants, to hold preliminary trials and to fix bonds of all persons tried before him to answer for their appearance at Newton Superior Court for a violation of the criminal laws of said state, or in default of such bond, commit such offenders to jail for safe keeping. Recorder's court. Powers. Sec. 18. Be it further enacted, That it shall be lawful for the chief of police or any special policeman lawfully appointed to arrest, without warrant, any and all persons violating the ordinances and laws of said city against drunkness, rioting, fighting or other gross or immoral conduct in the limits of said city, and to confine such person or persons so arrested in the city prison, until a hearing can be had before the proper officer, said chief of police or policeman shall have power and authority to call to his assistance to arrest and detain such offenders the sheriff of the county or his deputies, or any constable of said county, or any bystander, and such person when summoned shall be bound to aid and assist said officers, and should they fail to do so, they, or either of them, shall be liable to indictment by the grand jury of said county of Newton, and upon conviction shall be subject to a fine of not less than one hundred nor more than five hundred dollars. Arrests by policement without warrant. Sec. 19. Be it further enacted, That the mayor, the recorder and each member of the council shall be paid such salaries for their services as may be fixed each year by

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the mayor and city council of Covington in December of each year prior to the annual election, to apply to the ensuing term of office. The salary of the mayor shall be not less than two hundred dollars per annum nor more than five hundred dollars; the salary of the recorder shall be not less than one hundred nor more than three hundred dollars per annum, and the salary of the councilman shall be not less than twenty, nor more than one hundred dollars per annum, which amounts shall not be increased or diminished during the terms of office. Salaries. Sec. 20. Be it further enacted, That the mayor and city council of Covington may provide by ordinance for the paving, grading and widening of the public streets of the city. They may prescribe the material to be used and the manner in which such paving shall be laid. They may provide for the cost of such improvements by assessing the cost of such improvement against the adjacent property owners by requiring one-third of such cost to be paid by each of the owners of property on each side of the street and by an appropriation from the city treasury. They shall have a lien against the adjacent property and the owners thereof for the cost of such improvement, and may issue execution therefor. They may by ordinance require such cost to be paid upon completion of the work, or they may permit such costs to be paid in annual or semi-annual installments, extending over a period of not more than three years. Upon all deferred payments they shall collect interest of 7 per cent. per annum from the date of the completion of such improvements. All liens against such property shall be recorded in the office of the clerk of the Superior Court of Newton county, within three months after the completion of such work; an execution therefor may be issued at any time within twelve months next following the date when each installment shall have become due. Liens for the cost of the street improvements shall be superior to all other liens except liens for taxes, nor shall any notice of these liens to property owners be necessary

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to make the same valid and binding against the property affected. Street improvements. Assessment of property. Liens. Sec. 21. Be it further enacted, That the city of Covington may, in the manner now prescribed by law, provide by ordinance for the issuing of bonds for enlarging or extending the public utilities of the city, including waterworks, sewerage, electric lights, public school system and street or other public improvements. Bond issues. Sec. 22. Be it further enacted, That the mayor and city council of Covington may provide by ordinance for the taking of appearance bonds, to be made by persons charged with the violation of any of the laws or ordinances of the city. They may prescribe by ordinance for the taking of cash collateral bond or have bonds issued by personal solvent securities and they may provide for the summary forfeiture of all cash bonds and for the summary forfeiture of all other appearance bonds by order of the Recorder's Court, which order when entered may be enforced by executions therefor, issued by the city clerk. Appearance bonds; cash collateral. Sec. 23. Be it further enacted, That in the event there shall occur a vacancy in the office of mayor, caused by the death, resignation or removal of the incumbent, the city council shall immediately call an election to fill such vacancy, which election shall be called to be held within ten days. In the filling of such vacancy they shall give due and timely notice by appropriate notice and advertising. But in the event of vacancy occurring in the office of councilmen the mayor and city council of Covington shall so soon thereafter as possible, elect some qualified citizen to fill such vacancy and he shall hold office until the next regular municipal election. Vacancy in office. Sec. 24. Be it further enacted, That the mayor and city council of Covington may provide by ordinance for such committees as they may deem fit for the administration of the municipal affairs of said city, prescribe the

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duties of such committees and define their authority. They may also provide by ordinance for the establishment of a sinking fund commission, whose duty it shall be to supervise and invest the sinking funds of said city and recommend to the mayor and city council of Covington the levy of such taxes as may be necessary at all times to meet the bonded indebtedness of said city. Committees of council. Sinking fund commission. Sec. 25. Be it further enacted, That the mayor and city council of Covington shall also have authority to provide by ordinance for a board of health to be composed of such members as may be provided for in said ordinance; to prescribe their terms of office and define their powers, authority and compensation. Board of health. Sec. 26. Be it further enacted, That the city of Covington shall continue to supply all the public utilities of said city, to-wit: Waterworks, sewerage, electric lights, public schools; and for these purposes the mayor and city council of the city of Covington shall be invested with all the authority to enlarge such systems of public utilities as they may deem necessary and they may have authority to prescribe by ordinances for the government and regulations of all public utilities. Public utilities. Sec. 27. Be it further enacted, That the city of Covington shall have authority to prescribe by ordinance enacted by the mayor and city council of Covington for the regulation of hacks, drays, street cars, jitney service and all other public service companies or persons doing any kind of service in said city for which charges are made; they may grant franchises therefor or prescribe licenses therefor under such rules and regulations as they may deem for the best interest of the city. Franchises in streets. Sec. 28. Be it further enacted, That the city of Covington shall have the authority to make contracts for supplies, including electric current for electric lights and power for all of the public utilities of said city, which contracts may be for a term of years from the date thereof; provided

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only, that the compensation for such supplies to be paid by said city shall be paid by said city monthly or annually and the amount of such compensation for any one year shall not exceed the amount which may be lawfully levied therefor as now prescribed by law. Contracts for supplies. Sec. 29. Be it further enacted, That the city of Covington shall provide by ordinance for the establishment and maintenance of a fire department for said city, and for this purpose they may acquire property and equipment therefor to be paid out of the revenues of said city or by municipal bonds properly voted and validated therefor, as now prescribed by law. They may provide either for a voluntary service or for a paid service if the revenues of said city authorize such payment, and they may provide by ordinance such rules and regulations as they may deem necessary for the government and control of said fire department, which ordinance shall provide officers therefor and prescribe their duties, authority, terms of office, manner of election and compensation. Fire department. Sec. 30. Be it further enacted, That all officers elected by the mayor and city council of Covington, and all officers provided for by city ordinances shall hold their office for one year and until their successors shall have been elected and qualified, provided only, that all such officers may be subject to removal from office at any time before the expiration of their term of office by a two-thirds vote of the members of the mayor and city council of Covington, nor shall the city of Covington become liable to any officer removed from office in the manner above provided for any sum whatever on account of salary of other compensation. Terms of office. Sec. 31. Be it further enacted, That the mayor and city council of Covington may prescribe by ordinance such rules and regulations as they see fit for the regulation of all buildings erected within incorporate limits of said city, or for the repair of such buildings they may prescribe the

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materials to be used and the manner of erecting or repairing the same. Building regulations. Sec. 32. Be it further enacted, That the city of Covington by the mayor and city council of Covington may prescribe by ordinance for the regulation of all public entertainments, shows, circuses, parades, may prescribe when such entertainments, etc., may be held, as well as the manner in which the same may be conducted. Regulation of shows, etc. Sec. 33. Be it further enacted, That the city of Covington as incorporated by this Act shall succeed to all the rights, properties and obligations of the city of Covington as heretofore incorporated, shall pay all of its bonds and legal obligations according to the tenor thereof, and the laws and ordinances of said city now of force shall remain of full force and binding until repealed in the manner prescribed by law. Succession to property and obligations. Sec. 34. Be it further enacted, That the mayor and city council of Covington may provide by ordinance to combine two or more of the city offices so that one person may hold and discharge the duties of more than one office, provided, however, that no member of the city council shall be eligible to hold any other municipal office during the term for which he was elected. Combination of offices. Sec. 35. Be it further enacted, That the mayor and city council of Covington shall have exclusive control of the streets, sidewalks and bridges of the city; they may enact such ordinances as they may deem best for the regulation of traffic upon said streets, sidewalks and bridges, and provide suitable punishment for the violation of these ordinances. Control of streets. Sec. 36. Be it further enacted, That the mayor and city council of Covington shall have authority to make donations out of the funds in the treasury of said city, not otherwise appropriated, for the support of the poor, for public libraries, for public charities and for public hospitals,

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public rest rooms and other institutions of like character. Donations for public institutions. Sec. 37. Be it further enacted, That the mayor and city council of Covington may have authority to borrow money to meet casual deficiencies in the revenues of said city; provided only, the loans thus negotiated shall not extend over a period longer than twelve months and shall be paid out of the revenues of the current year for which provision shall be made by tax levy. Borrowing of money. Section 38. Be it further enacted, That there shall be a board of education composed of six members who shall be elected by the qualified voters of the city at the annual municipal election, whose terms of office shall be as now provided by law, and the authority of said board shall be as provided by the Act of 1887 and the several Acts amendatory thereof. Board of education. Sec. 39. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with any of the provisions of this Act be and the same are hereby repealed. Approved August 16, 1918. DACULA, TOWN OF; NEW CHARTER. No. 345. An Act to repeal an Act to incorporate the town of Dacula, in the county of Gwinnett, to provide for mayor and councilmen and other officers; to prescribe their duties; to provide penalties for the violation of the same, and for other purposes, approved August 7, 1905, and the amendment thereto, approved July 23, 1907, and to incorporate the town of Dacula, in the county of Gwinnett, to create a new charter and municipal government of the town of Dacula, to define the rights, powers and duties of the same; to re-establish and define the corporate limits; to create a board of assessors and

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equalize the taxes of said town, and define their powers and duties; to provide for the punishment of violators of the by-laws or ordinances of said town; to provide for the handling and work of the prisoners of said town; to provide for public improvements and the proper sanitary and police regulations for 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 inhabitants of the territory embraced in the corporate limits of the town of Dacula, located in the county of Gwinnett and State of Georgia, be and they are hereby incorporated under the name and style of the Town of Dacula and the said town of Dacula is hereby chartered and made a town under the corporate name of the Town of Dacula. Corporate name. Sec. 2. That under and by virtue of the corporate name of the town of Dacula, it shall by that name have perpetual succession, and is hereby vested with all the rights, powers and privileges incident to municipal corporations of the State of Georgia, or cities thereof, and all the rights, powers, titles, property, easements and heridaments, within or without its corporate limits, now belonging or in any wise appeartaining to said town of Dacula, and as heretofore incorporated, shall be and are hereby vested in the said town of Dacula, created by this Act, and the said town of Dacula as created by 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, and maek and enact through its mayor and council such ordinances, by-laws, regulations and resolutions for the transaction of its business, welfare and proper government of said town as to said mayor and council may seem best, which shall be consistent with the Constitution and laws of the State of Georgia and of the United States, and the said town of Dacula shall have the right and be able in law to

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purchase, rent, 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, easements and the right of eminent domain, and of all property, real or personal, of whatsoever kind, within or without the limits of said town, for corporate purposes, and said town of Dacula, created by this Act, shall succeed to all the rights of and is hereby made responsible, as a body corporate, for all the legal debts, liabilities and undertakings of the said town of Dacula, together with all the debts, taxes, fines and indebtedness of whatever kind due the said town of Dacula, incorporated under the charter repealed by this Act, shall remain of the same force and effect and vest in said town of Dacula, created by this Act, and its mayor and council of the town of Dacula, as heretofore incorporated. General powers. Sec. 3. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the corporate limits of said town of Dacula shall extend one-half of one mile in an air line, in every direction from the following described center of said town. The center of said town shall be the southeast corner of the brick store building now owned by N. G. Pharr, on the southeast corner of lot number sixteen (16) located in the southeast corner of Block B, on the north side of Second avenue, and west side of Wilson street where Wilson street intersects Second avenue, as shown in the plot of the town of Dacula, (formerly the town of Freeman) under which said plot was made, on record in the clerk's office of Gwinnett county. Territorial limits. Sec. 4. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the corporate authority of said town of Dacula, and the territory or jurisdiction of said town, and the territory or jurisdiction of the governing body and officers thereof, shall extend, for police and sanitary purposes, over all the lands which are now owned or controlled, and all the lands which may be hereafter owned or controlled by said town, for waterworks, electric lights, power plants, sewerage, easements, drainage or cemetery purposes, within or without the territory indicated in Section 3 hereof; and over

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all mains, pipes, wires, poles, machinery, apparatus and fixtures which are now, or may be hereafter owned, controlled or used by said town for either of said purposes, within or without the territorial limits indicated in Section 3 hereof. The governing body and the officers of said town shall have full power and authority to make and enforce such ordinances, by-laws, rules and regulations as they may deem necessary to protect such lands and premises referred to in this section, and all rights and interests of said town therein, as fully and completely as if the same were located within the limits of said town proper, as indicated in Section 3 hereof. Extension for police and sanitation. Sec. 5. The municipal government of the town of Dacula and its corporate powers shall be exercised by a mayor and four councilmen, to be elected from the town at large, and which governing body shall be known as the mayor and council. Mayor and council. Sec. 6. That at the first election held under this Act there shall be elected a mayor and four councilmen, and the candidates for the respective places receiving the largest number of votes shall be declared elected, as herinafter provided. The mayor at this and succeeding elections shall be elected for a term of two years, or until his successor is elected and qualified. At the first election hereunder, two councilmen shall be elected for a term of two years and until their successors are elected and qualified for a like term, and two councilmen shall be elected for a term of one year and until their successors are elected and qualified for a term of two years, so as to have the term of the councilmen for two years, with two to be elected each year. The present mayor and council of said town of Dacula, as named in Section 89 of this Act, shall continue in their respective offices with their present compensations until the 1st day of January, 1919, when their successors elected shall be qualified, or until their successors are elected and qualified, and shall exercise all the powers and authorities conferred upon the mayor and council of the town of Dacula

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by this Act. And all officers or employees appointed or elected by the present mayor and council shall hold their offices under this Act at the will of the present mayor and council. Elections, and terms of office. Sec. 7. That should there be a tie vote between two or more candidates for the office of mayor or councilman, then and in that event, the mayor and councilmen then qualified shall call an election to be held within twenty days from the date of the regular or special election to decide by popular vote of the voters of said town which of the tied candidates shall be elected, and no other candidate shall be eligible to participate in said election; and the new mayor-elect and councilmen-elect, nor any of them, shall be qualified until the mayor and four councilmen are elected. Special election on tie vote. Sec. 8. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That if there be a vacancy caused in said council by resignation, death or otherwise, then and in that event, the vacancy shall be filled by the remaining members of said council, if there be a sufficient number of said council, or of the mayor and council remaining to constitute a quorum, and if there be no quorum of said council or mayor and council, then a special election shall be called by the remaining members of the council, or the mayor and council, to fill said vacancy or vacancies by the vote of the qualified voters. If a vacancy, from any cause, shall occur in the office of the mayor, a special election shall be called by the council remaining to fill such vacancy, provided, that if the vacancy shall occur within six months of the time before the regular election, then and in that event, the mayor pro tempore shall fill the office of mayor until a mayor is elected at the regular election and qualified, or if there be no mayor pro tempore, then the council shall elect a mayor pro tempore to fill such vacancy. That in any event when it is ascertained that a special election must be called, it shall be done within five days from the time it is so ascertained, to be held within twenty days from the date the election is so called. The same rules governing the calling

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of a special election for mayor shall govern that of filling a vacancy in the council, if there be no quorum to fill such vacancy. Vacancy in office, how vote. Sec. 9. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, that the mayor, or if no mayor, the said council of said town, whenever an election is to be held, shall post a notice in three public places in said town twenty days before said election, giving the purpose of said election, the date to be held. Notice of election. Sec. 10. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all persons qualified to vote for members of the General Assembly in the county of Gwinnett, and who have resided in the town of Dacula for six months next preceding the date of election in said town, and who then is a bona fide resident of said town, and who have paid all legal taxes due said town, shall be qualified to vote in any municipal election provided for in this charter. Qualified voters. Sec. 11. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all elections in which any subject, or question is submitted, or an election is held to fill any office of said town, the qualified voters of said town shall be superintended and managed by a justice of the peace and two freeholders, or by three freeholders, all of whom shall be citizens of said town. Each of said managers, before entering on his duties, shall take and subscribe before some officer authorized by the laws of Georgia to administer oaths, 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 elections shall be held at the city hall, or if no city hall, then at whatever place the mayor and council shall direct, which place shall be included in the advertisement of said election as provided in Section 9 of this Act. Said managers shall keep or cause to be kept two lists of voters and two tally sheets. The polls shall open at 7 o'clock a. m. and close at 6 o'clock p. m. Persons

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receiving the highest number of votes for the respective offices shall be declared elected, and any subject or question submitted to election shall be declared carried, with the majority of votes cast for or against said question, except those requiring a constitutional majority by Constitution of Georgia and in case of a tie vote on said question another election may be called immediately, as other elections are called. The managers of all elections held under the provisions of this charter shall be appointed by the mayor and council, or the authority calling said election, who shall pay for the same by an order of the town treasurer. Election managers. Oath. Place. Polls. Sec. 12. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the said managers shall certify two lists of voters and two tally sheets, and shall place the same, together with ballots, in a sealed package, which package and certificate showing the result of said election signed by all said managers, and deliver them forthwith to the said mayor and council, who shall open them and declare the result of said election, provided no notice of contest has been given, in which event all further proceedings shall be postponed until said contest shall have been determined. If any election held under this charter shall be contested, setting forth all grounds of contest shall be filed within two days after said election is held, and the contestor shall pay five dollars ($5.00) advance cost, which shall include all costs except witness fees for said hearing, which fees shall be seventy-five cents per day for each person. Each notice shall be filed with the clerk of said town, who shall cause a copy of said notice and the grounds of said contest to be served upon the contestee, if said contest is for an office. If the contest is over the result of an election in which any question is submitted, then the clerk shall cause the mayor to be served with a copy and said notice shall be published as notices for elections are published. The mayor of said town shall set a time for hearing said contest within ten days from the time service is perfected, provided each party shall have five days notice of the time of hearing said contest.

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Said contest to be heard and decided by the mayor and council as other questions are decided, and the losing party shall pay all costs for witness fees and advanced costs, for which the 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, after said contest is determined, then the result of said election shall be declared, or a new election ordered, according to the finding of said hearing on said contest, but in either event said ballots shall be destroyed by said mayor and council. Returns of elections. Contest. Sec. 17. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the first election to be held hereunder shall be held on the first Monday in December, 1918, at which election there shall be elected a mayor for a term of two years, as shown in Section 6 of this Act, and four councilmen, as shown in Section 6 of this Act. The election for mayor shall be held on the first Monday in December every two years thereafter, whose term shall be two years, or until his successor shall be elected and qualified, and on the first Monday in December each year there shall be elected two councilmen, as prescribed in Section 6 of this Act. The officers then elected shall qualify and enter upon their duties on the first day of January following said election, or as soon thereafter as their election can be determined. All other elections, except those made mandatory by this Act, may be held at any time the mayor and council may deem necessary. Times of elections. Sec. 14. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That after the expiration of sixty days from the date of any election the mayor and council shall order the clerk of said council to burn the ballots of said election in their presence without examining them or allowing the same to be done; provided, no written notice of a contest shall have been filed as provided by this Act and said contest remains undecided. Ballots to be burned.

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Sec. 15. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That no person shall be eligible for the office of mayor or councilman of said town who has not resided in said town for two years next preceding his election, who is not a qualified voter of said town in its municipal elections, who is not entitled to register under the registration laws in force in this State, and who is not a freeholder of said town. Eligibility to office. Sec. 16. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the regular monthly meeting of said mayor and council shall be fixed by said mayor and council by ordinance. The said mayor and council shall meet as often as may be necessary in special session to transact any business for said town as may be necessary, and they shall also have the right to adjourn over any regular session to some future date. Said council shall also have the right to adopt regular weekly meetings, by ordinance, but weekly meetings shall not be compulsory. The meetings of said council shall be in the council chamber. Council meetings. Sec. 17. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the persons elected for mayor and councilmen shall meet on January 1st, or as soon thereafter as possible as hereinbefore ordered, and subscribe the following oath before any judicial officer of the State of Georgia authorized by law to administer oaths, which shall then be entered upon the minutes of the said council: 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 Dacula, to the best of my skill and ability, without favor or affection, and I will support and defend the charter of said town of Dacula, so help me God. Oath of office. Sec. 18. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all subordinate officers of said town elected by the mayor and council shall take and subscribe to the same oath prescribed for the mayor and councilmen, before the mayor or other judicial officers, which shall also be entered upon the minutes of said council. Oath of subordinate officers.

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Sec. 19. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the power of legislation and the appointment of all subordinate officers of said town shall be vested in the mayor and council of said town. Legislation. Sec. 20. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the mayor and two councilmen shall constitute a quorum of said town, except in special case herein provided for, for the transaction of business in the absence of the mayor, the mayor pro tem., and two members of the council shall constitute a quorum. In case there is no quorum those present may adjourn from time to time, with proper entry on the minutes, and compel the attendance of absentees, which power is hereby given them. Quorum of council. Sec. 21. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the mayor shall be the chief executive of the town; he shall see that all laws, ordinances, resolutions and rules of said town are enforced; he shall be the presiding officer of what shall be termed a police court, and as such officer shall try all offenders against the law and ordinances of said town committed within the corporate limits of said town and within the police jurisdiction extending beyond the corporate limits of said town, and to punish for the violation of such laws and ordinances of said town by inflicting such punishment as hereinafter provided as he may deem just and proper. The mayor shall also be a committing officer for the violation of state laws, the same as a justice of the peace. He shall preside at the meetings of the mayor and council; he shall have the right to vote, in case of a tie, in all matters pending before the mayor and council; he shall have the right to call a special meeting of the mayor and council whenever he may deem it necessary; he shall have the right to veto all ordinances, orders, resolutions and by-laws passed by the mayor and council within three days from the date of the passage of the same, which veto shall be in writing and fully stating the reasons why he vetoes said ordinance, order, resolution or by-law, and shall file the same with the clerk; but said ordinance,

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order, resolution or by-law may be passed and the mayor's veto overridden by a three-fourths vote of the council, to be taken by ayes and nays, and upon three members of council voting for the passage of said ordinance, order, resolution or by-law, it shall be declared carried and the mayor's veto overridden. Upon the question of overriding the veto of the mayor, said mayor shall have no right to vote, and such vote shall not be taken until after four days from the right time said veto is filed with the clerk. Mayor's duties and powers. Sec. 22. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the salary of the mayor shall be $25 per annum, payable annually, and he shall be entitled to no further compensation by costs or otherwise. Each member of the council shall receive a salary of $10 per annum, payable annually, and shall receive no further compensation. Salaries. Sec. 23. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That on the first day of January, each year, or as soon thereafter as posisble, the mayor and council shall elect the following subordinate officers: Town clerk, who shall be clerk of the council and clerk of the police court, whose salary shall be fixed by the mayor and council, but in no case shall it exceed sixty dollars per annum. The duties of the said clerk shall be to keep all minutes of council meetings, police court records and all records of the said town. He shall keep the seal of said town and shall affix said seal to all instruments or documents when so required. He shall collect all taxes of said town and all returns of property for taxation shall be made to said clerk. Provided, That the duties of the clerk of said town shall not be construed to conflict with the duties of the tax assessors of said town hereinafter provided for. Said clerk shall also act as the treasurer of said town and sign all checks for money when properly ordered by said council, which check must then be countersigned by the mayor. Town officers. Clerk.

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Marshal, or marshals, whose salary shall be fixed by the mayor and council, but not to exceed fifty dollars per month, and whose duty shall be to properly police the town, arrest violators of the laws, ordinances or rules of said town and perform all duties of his office under this Act and the ordinances and laws of said town. Marshals. In the discretion of the mayor and council, they may elect a reputable attorney, not one of their body, who shall be the city attorney, at an annual retainer fee not to exceed $100.00 per annum, payable annually, but which may be less in the discretion of said mayor and council. The mayor and council may also pay other reasonable fees to the town attorney for such work as they may have him do, or for representing said town in the trial of any action for or against said town, and shall also have the right, if they deem it necessary, to employ other counsel to represent said town in special legal work at a fee or fees as shall be proper. Attorney. In the discretion of the mayor and council they shall employ an auditor to examine and audit the books and accounts of all the town officers in every department at any time they deem it necessary, but it must be done once each year and said mayor and council is empowered to pay the usual fees for the auditing. Auditor. Sec. 24. At the first meeting each year the said mayor and council shall elect one of their body of councilmen as mayor pro tem., who shall, in the absence, disqualification or vacancy in the mayor's office, or in case the mayor refuses to act, perform and discharge all the duties of said office, exercise all the authority and power and act as fully and completely as the mayor to carry out the provisions of this Act, and the by-laws of said town. Mayor pro tem. Sec. 25. Be it further enacted by the authority of the aforesaid, That the mayor and council shall have the authority to elect or appoint such other officers and agents of said town as they may deem necessary or proper, except as hereinafter provided for; shall have power to regulate the

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time, mode and manner of electing or appointing such other officers or agents; to fix their fees or salaries; to take their bond; to prescribe their duties and oaths; to fix a definite term of office for each. The mayor and council shall not fix the salaries of any officer or agent elected or appointed by them to exceed the salary of the clerk of said town. The mayor and council may suspend or discharge, with or without notice or cause, any officer or agent employed or appointed by them at any time they deem proper. Other officers or agents. Sec. 26. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the Mayor, or as herein provided, the mayor pro tem., shall be bound to keep the peace and shall be ex-officio justice of the peace as far as to enable him to issue warrants for the arrest of offenders of the laws of said town committed within the jurisdiction granted by this Act. It shall be his duty to inquire into the facts of each case brought before him, and if the facts of the case be not only a violation of the town ordinance, but also of some State law, or if no violation of the town ordinance, but a violation of some State law, it shall be his duty to place a fine on the defender of the town ordinance and to commit the offender of the State law to the Gwinnett county jail, or to assess an appearance bond to await the action of the grand jury of said county, or he may commit said offender without imposing a fine for violation of said town ordinance where it also constitutes a state offense. Mayor as justice of the peace. Sec. 27. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the mayor shall on the first meeting in January, or as soon thereafter as practical, appoint a committee of three of the members for each committee of the council to compose the following committees: Finance, Streets, Alleys and Sidewalks, Sanitary, Police, Cemetery, Building, Public Improvements, Lights, Water and Sewerage, Parks. It shall be the duty of the mayor to put each of the several councilmen on an equal number of committees, if possible, dividing the chairmen of such committees, as nearly equal as possible, making

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one of the three on each committee chairman, placing each councilman on the committee for which he is best suited. Committees of council. Sec. 28. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That upon complaint being made by any citizen, person or marshal that any person has violated any of the ordinances of said town, who is authorized by this Act to administer the oath that a warrant may issue, the said clerk shall issue a warrant in the name of the mayor or other presiding officer of the police court, signed by said clerk, directed to all and singular the marshal, deputy marshal of the town of Dacula, for the arrest of said offender. The affidavit and warrant shall be in the form of criminal affidavits and warrants in the criminal courts of the State of Georgia. Said warrant shall then be turned over to some marshal of said town to be executed, and when the arrest is made on said warrant the person so arrested may be held by said marshal and confined in the town jail, upon failure of the defendant to make such bond as may be required by the arresting officer of said town, until final trial and termination of said case. The marshals of said town are hereby authorized to arrest any person or persons anywhere in the State when said warrant is given them against any person or persons for violating any of the laws or ordinances of said town. The marshal of said town shall have authority to make arrests without warrant if any offense is committed in their presence or an offender is trying to make his escape, and for any reason that the officers of the State are authorized, to make arrests. The marshals of said town are hereby authorized to summons any or all bystanders to assist in making an arrest for violation of any town ordinance or law of the State, and the council may prescribe a legal penalty for refusal of any purpose to obey said summons. Warrants for arrests. Arrests without warrant. Sec. 29. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the town marshal shall keep within a well-bound book a complete itemized statement, properly dated, of all

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receipts for said town. The marshal shall be governd in these duties by the direction of the mayor and council. Marshal's book of receipts. Sec. 30. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That said town marshal shall have the right to enforce payment of taxes or other debts due said town for paving sidewalks, or improving them, by ordering the town clerk to issue fi. fas. and executions for taxes, and each other debts in the name of the town of Dacula which shall be signed by said clerk and mayor, which shall then be enforcible as tax fi. fas. of the state are enforced. Tax executions, etc. Sec. 31. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the town marshal and the town clerk shall each be required to give an indemnifying bond payable to the mayor and council of the town of Dacula, which amount and bond shall be fixed by the mayor and council, provided that the bond of the marshal of said town shall not be less than $300.00 and that of the clerk not less than $1,000.00, which bonds shall be made with some good and solvent bonding company to be named by the mayor and council, and the fees for making bonds are to be paid out of the general funds of said town, or said clerk and marshal may make a personal bond to be approved by the mayor and council. Bonds of clerk and marshal. Sec. 32. Be it further enacted, That no officer of said town shall have any interest, directly or indirectly, in which the town is interested or is a party; neither shall he or they make any contract with said town nor any department thereof; neither shall any member of the council or the mayor vote upon any question in which they are, directly or indirectly, interested. Unlawful interest in contracts. Sec. 33. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the mayor, councilmen or any subordinate officer of said town shall be liable to punishment for violation of the laws or ordinances of said town as any other person. Penal liability. Sec. 34. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the mayor and council shall at their first regular

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meeting in March of each year, or as soon thereafter as practicable, elect three persons, who have been a resident of said town for two years, and are freeholders, and qualified voters of said town, as tax assessors, and shall be known as the board of assessors. It shall be the duty of said board of assessors to assess the fair market value of all real estate and personal property situated in said town or subject to taxation in said town by the first Monday in June of each year, or as soon thereafter as possible. It shall be the further duty of said board to see that all taxable property within said town is returned for taxation at its fair market value, and that the valuation of property of the taxpayers shall be fairly and justly equalized, so that each taxpayer will only pay his proportionate share of the taxes of said town. It shall be their further duty, after they have assessed and returned all property, to return all the blanks with the names thereon to the town clerk, at such time as may be fixed by ordinance. Said assessors shall take such oath as may be prescribed by the council and mayor. Provided, that said assessors shall not assess nor pass upon any of his own property, nor that of his co-assessors, but the property of each of the assessors shall be passed upon and assessed by the mayor and council of said town in the same manner and under the same laws as the assessors are governed. Board of tax assessors. Sec. 35. Be it further enacted, That the board of assessors may issue subpoenas for the attendance of witnesses and to require the production of any person, firm or corporation, all of his or its books, papers, or documents from which to gather information of the existence of any property, or liability of property for taxation. If any person or witness fails or refuses to appear or produce books or other documents, they may be punished as other violators of the ordinances of said town, to be prescribed by the mayor and council of said town, provided, they are not in conflict with this Act and the laws of Georgia. Production of evidence.

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Sec. 36. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That when the said assessors shall make any change or correction in the assessment of property, to lower or raise the value, or double tax any person, firm or corporation, for refusal to return property for taxation, said person, firm or corporation shall have written notice by personal service or by leaving at their residence or place of business, in some conspicuous place, and in case of a non-resident of said town, service may be made through the United States mail to the last known address, and in case of a non-resident of this State, notice may be published in the paper where the sheriff's notices are published, one time, which shall be sufficient notice in any of the instances. Said board of assessors shall then give said person, firm or corporation a hearing, and if the finding, after the hearing is adverse to the person, firm or corporation, the hearing may be then had before the mayor and council. The said assessors and the mayor and council may compel the attendance of witnesses and the production of books and documents for said hearing as prescribed in the preceding section. The mayor and council may, in their discretion, change the finding of the board of assessors, but their decision shall be final in so far as the municipality is concerned. Provided, that nothing in this section shall be construed to mean an abridgement of any other legal remedy. Assessments for taxation. Sec. 37. Be it further enacted, That when the board of assessors have returned all blanks with property returns, or any part of them, which have been finally determined, or when no objections have been made to the assessment to the clerk, he shall correctly and neatly enter them on the tax digest of said town, provided said assessments of said board of assessors are adopted and approved by said mayor and council, who shall have the right to adopt or refuse to adopt any assessment of the said assessors as being an unfair or unjust assessment and the mayor and council shall have the right to make any needed correction thereto. Assessments; entry and correction.

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Sec. 38. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That at the first regular meeting in September of each year, or as soon thereafter as practical, the mayor and council shall make up the tax levy and levy the taxes for that year in accordance with this act, the laws of the state and the ordinances of said town. Tax levy. Sec. 39. Be it further enacted, That the clerk of said town shall open and keep open from the 1st day of October to December 20th, inclusive, each year, for the purpose of receiving and receipting for all taxes paid said town. When the tax books for said town have closed, the clerk shall make a neat and correct list of all who have not paid their taxes due said town, giving the amounts due, which shall be passed on by the mayor and council at their final meeting of the year and turned over to the succeeding mayor and council, who shall have fi. fas. issued and turned over to the marshal of said town to levy and collect. Tax books. Unpaid list. Sec. 40. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the mayor and council shall fix by ordinance a form of blanks for returning all property for taxation in said town, furnish blanks to be used in making returns of property for taxation, and prescribe an oath to be taken by the person, firm, corporation, trustee, guardian, agent or any holder of property, which oath may be administered by the clerk of said town, or other officer competent to administer oaths under the laws of Georgia, and which oath must be taken and subscribed to on said blank before the clerk of said town is authorized to accept said returns. The mayor and council are authorized to pass an ordinance providing a penalty for failure of any person, firm or corporation or any person who fails to make a return of property, subject to taxation in said town, for which they are authorized to include in the tax fi. fa. to be collected in this way only. Provided, That said penalty shall not exceed the amount of double taxes on said property not returned. Any taxes may be returned by an agent who shall be sworn to said return as herein provided. Returns for taxes.

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Sec. 41. Be it further enacted, That when any penalty has been imposed for failure to make a return of property for taxation, a written notice shall be given to the party, subject to pay said tax, and he may within ten days make written application to the mayor and council to be relieved of said penalty, which they may do, if justice so requires, and if the failure to return said property for taxation was due to providential cause, it shall be the duty of the council to relieve said applicant from the said penalty. The council is also authorized to make correction of any error in tax values and assessments. Penalty for non-return. Sec. 42. Be it further enacted, That assessors or clerks of said town, or the mayor and council may cause return of property to be returned for back taxes and collect said back taxes on any property under the rates and laws governing taxes at the time or times of the failure to pay said taxes, and may issue tax fi. fas. for the collection of any back tax, which lien shall date from time the tax should have been returned, or assessed. All unpaid taxes shall bear interest at the rate of eight per cent. per annum from the date of the last day for paying taxes for the year they should have been paid, and this shall apply to taxes on property, whether returned or unreturned, if said property was subject to taxation. Back taxes. Interest. Sec. 43. Be it further enacted, That for the support and maintenance of the town of Dacula and the government thereof, the mayor and council shall have full power and authority for the assessment, levy and collection of an ad valorem tax on all real and personal property, or other property in said town, subject to taxation, of not exceeding one-half of one per cent. for the ordinary expenses of said town. Rate of tax ad valorem. Sec. 44. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That for the purpose of providing a sinking fund for paying the principal and interest of any bond heretofore issued, or that may be hereafter issued by said town authorities,

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and for paying the annual or semi-annual interest on said bonds and for the payment of legal and equitable judgments and decrees against said town, the said mayor and council shall have authority and power to levy and collect an additional tax in the mode and manner prescribed by the Constitution and Laws of Georgia, as provided in Sections 865, 867, 869, 870 and 871 of the Civil Code of Georgia of 1910, and the other general laws of the State of Georgia, and for the purpose specified in those sections. Those sections above referred to being made a part of this Act and charter. Additional tax to pay bonds. Sec. 45. Be it further enacted, That Sections 872 to 875 inclusive of the Civil Code of Georgia of 1910 shall apply to the taxation of all railroads of said town of Dacula, and to carry out the provisions thereof, said sections are hereby made a part of this Act. Code sections applied. Sec. 46. 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 resident or non-resident, who may engage in, prosecute or carry on any business, calling or vocation, except those who pay a professional tax under the laws of Georgia, within the corporate limits of said town, by their agents or by themselves, to register their business with said town, giving the kind of business, trade or vocation and the name under which it is being conducted and purchase a license from said town to carry on said business, trade or vocation in said town which shall be issued by the clerk at the rate to be designated by the mayor and council. Said license to be required annually, semi-annually or quarterly, in the discretion of said council. The mayor and council may, if they deem proper, upon application being made, allow any business that changes hands to be operated on the license of the predecessor for the period remaining under the license in force. There should be a license for every business, trade or profession hereunder, and only one may be engaged in under said license, and which must be in one and the same

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locality, and if business of the same kind is engaged in at more than one location, a license shall be required for each. If a business, trade or vocation is moved from one location to another in said town and conducted under the same trade name, said license shall remain of force. The mayor and council shall provide by ordinance a penalty for any violation of this section, which penalty shall not be less than the amount of said license plus 25 per cent., and shall not be greater than double license. The mayor and council shall have no right to grant or issue a license to carry on any business, trade or vocation prohibited under this Act or the laws of the State or the United States. The mayor and council shall not have the right to exempt any person, firm, company or corporation from the business license required by this Act. Licenses and occupation taxes. Sec. 47. Be it further enacted, That the mayor and council shall have full power and authority to use and expend all license tax funds for any purpose termed Extraordinary Expenses, but the mayor and council shall have power and authority to use said fund for any purpose which is necessary for the benefit of said town or the citizens thereof. The funds of said town shall be kept separate as follows: General funds and extraordinary funds, and when any appropriation is made it shall specify from which fund it shall be paid. Tax funds, how used. Sec. 48. Be it further enacted, That the mayor and council of the town of Dacula shall have full power and authority to declare any business, trade or avocation that by reason of its nature tends to increase idleness or [Illegible Text] a nuisance, and refuse to grant a license for any person, firm, company or corporation to engage in or carry on said business, trade or avocation within the corporate limits of said town. Nuisances; refusal of license. Sec. 49. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the mayor and council shall have full power and authority to require and compel all male persons residing

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in said town between the ages of twenty-one and fifty, subject to road or street duty not to exceed ten days during each year, or in the alternative to pay a street tax not to exceed $5.00 to be paid at such times as may be by proper ordinance required, after notice by the mayor and council through the clerk. The mayor and council shall pass such ordinance as they may deem proper to enforce this section of this Act, but the penalty shall not exceed twice the tax or work on the streets or alleys, as required by this Act, for any person failing or refusing, without legal excuse, to obey the summons or notice of said mayor and council. Street work or tax. Sec. 50. Be it further enacted, That the mayor and council shall have full power and authority to impose a license tax on all dogs owned or kept within the corporate limits of said town, and shall pass such ordinance as may be necessary to collect said tax. To enforce the provisions of this section, the mayor and council shall have full power and authority to direct the marshal to impound or kill any dog on which the tax is not paid, or in lieu thereof, pass an ordinance making it an offense against the laws and ordinances of said town to keep or maintain a dog or dogs within said town without paying the license tax prescribed by ordinance of the mayor and council, and to pass such other ordinances as the mayor and council deem necessary to enforce the provisions of this section. Dog tax. Enforcement. Section 51. Be it further enacted, That there shall be in said town a court known as Police Court, to be held at such time and place as the mayor and council may direct by ordinance, to be presided over by the mayor, or, in his absence, disqualification or vacancy of mayor's office, by the mayor pro tem., or by such other member of the council as the mayor and council shall direct, who shall exercise all the powers conferred on the mayor as such presiding officers over said court by Section 21 of this Act. Police court. Sec. 52. Be it further enacted, That there shall be kept in said police court one or more dockets, upon which shall

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appear the names of each person for whom a warrant has been issued, which shall be docketed by the clerk of said town and court, giving a brief statement of the offense, together with the names and witnesses for said town and the defendant. The clerk shall also docket all other cases of persons summoned before said court by virtue of any process whatever under this Act, with the same particularity as in cases of warrants. Dockets. Sec. 53. Be it further enacted, That the presiding officer of said court shall have power and authority to compel attendance of witnesses for any trial before said court, by issuing subpoenas to such person or persons wanted as witness, either for the town or defendant, which subpoena shall bear test in the name of mayor and be signed by the clerk, and if no clerk, by the mayor or other presiding officer, and when served on any person residing within the corporate limits of said town, if they shall fail or refuse to obey said subpoena or summons, they shall be punished as the mayor and council shall direct by ordinance, which shall be as other violaters of ordinances are punished. Persons refusing to obey said subpoena may be arrested by warrant and brought before the court for contempt of court. No subpoena shall be issued for a person outside the corporate limits, without first having said subpoena approved by the mayor or other presiding officer of said court. The ministerial officer of said court shall be the chief of police, or in his absence, any marshal of said town, any of whom shall execute the mandates of the court, and to whom, in the alternative, all the final processes thereof shall be directed. Powers of presiding officer. Sec. 54. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That when any person shall be convicted for the violation of any ordinance of said town in the police court before the mayor or other presiding officer of said court, the defendant shall have the right of certiorari to the Superior Court of Gwinnett County, which shall be done under the laws of Georgia, in such cases made and provided. Provided, that all costs are first paid and bond given to the Town of

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Dacula for the eventual condemnation money in said cause, to abide the final judgment of the court. Provided, that nothing shall in this section prevent the applicant from filing the proper pauper affidavit in lieu of the costs and giving bond, as now required by law and this Act. In case final judgment should be rendered in favor of the defendant, the appellant, the said town of Dacula shall refund to the defendant the sum he may have paid on said sentence and cost. Certiorari. Sec. 55. Be it further enacted, That in any case where any person has deposited with said town of any officer thereof a sum of money as a bond for his appearance in said police court to stand trial of any offense over which said town has jurisdiction, said sum shall be forfeited by the owner and paid over to the town, in the event the party fails to appear at the appointed time, and no writing shall be necessary, except the order to be taken by said officer, which shall be entered on the warrant and signed by the mayor or other presiding officer, so forfeiting said sum. Provided, that unless he shall make it appear under oath that his non-appearance was due to providential cause, which shall restore said bond. Forfeiture on non-appearance. Sec. 56. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That when any person is arrested for violation of any ordinance of said town of Dacula, that he shall be allowed to give a bond for his appearance in the police court to answer said charge, which bond shall be made payable to the mayor and council of the town of Dacula, and give as security some person or persons as may be deemed by the arresting officer as sufficient security. Said bond may be assessed by the arresting officer, to be governed by the ordinances of said town, passed by the mayor and council. When any person gives an appearance bond to said court and fails to appear, without providential hindrance, said bond shall be forfeited, as appearance bonds are forfeited in the Superior Courts of the State of Georgia. And all

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laws governing the forfeiture of bond by the State shall also govern the forfeiture of bonds by said town. Appearance bonds. Sec. 57. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the mayor and council shall have full power and authority to govern and fix the costs for all arrests in said town, which total costs shall not exceed two dollars for each arrest and warrant. When costs are collected by said town, it shall be placed with the general funds of said town. There shall also be collected fifty cents per diem for each witness sworn in any case tried before the mayor or other presiding officer of said court for each witness proving his subpoena, to be paid said witness or witnesses, which shall be collected as cost, in addition to other costs. Costs. Sec. 58. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That persons sentenced who elect, or are otherwise serving a sentence inflicted by the presiding officer of the police court, as in this Act provided, shall be turned over to the chairman of the street committee or other officer in charge of the working of the streets of said town, or working the convicts of said town on said streets, sidewalks or other public works of said town, who shall be empowered to singly or doubly shackle such person, confine such person in the town prison; that in order to enforce discipline and work of such person, the mayor and council shall appoint a whipping boss to inflict such punishment as may be necessary; provided the punishment is within the bounds of reason; provided further, it is done in the presence of the mayor and town councilmen of said town, and a licensed physician, or in the presence of three councilmen of said town and a licensed physician; provided further, said punishment is administered in a private place and in the presence of no other persons than those herein specified. Punishment by labor. Corporal punishment. Sec. 59. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the mayor and council are hereby authorized to pass all such ordinances and make such rules as will effectually establish a chaingang for said town, to be maintained

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and kept in compliance with the preceding section and the laws of Georgia governing municipal and county chain-gangs in this State. Chain-gang. Sec. 60. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid. That all fines and forfeitures shall be collected by the chief of police, or in his absence, the clerk may receive said fines, and turn over to the town clerks to be applied on the general funds of said town. The presiding officer of said court shall have the right to enforce the collection of fines and costs by issuing fi. fas. to be enforced as tax fi. fas. Fines and forfeitures. Sec. 61. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That any marshal or police of said town shall have the right to arrest any person, with or without a warrant, for the violation of any ordinance of said town, or the penal laws of Georgia, upon the information of one or more citizens, and to hold such person for a reasonable length of time for such warrant to be issued subject to the provisions of the Penal Code of Georgia of 1910. The marshals of said town are empowered to execute any warrant or make an arrest for a violation of the State's penal statutes as fully as the sheriffs of said State. Arrests on warrant and without it. Sec. 62. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That there may be a board of health for said city, to consist of the three members composing the sanitary committee of said city, and two other citizens of said city, who shall be elected or appointed by the mayor and council by a majority vote, and they shall hold office for one year and until their successors are appointed and qualified. The chairman of the sanitary committee of said town shall be chairman of said board of health, and each of said members of said board of health shall be entitled to the right to vote on all matters that may be pending before said board, and the mayor and council shall prescribe by ordinance the proper rules and regulations for said board, prescribe their duties, time and place of meeting; they shall have the right to fix the salaries of the members appointed or elected by the mayor and council, provided that it shall not exceed one

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hundred dollars per annum for the two salaries combined. Said board shall not be established except when, in the discretion of a majority of the mayor and council, they shall deem it necessary, and when so elected and appointed they, together with the three councilmen composing the sanitary committee, shall constitute said board of health, and 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 of all kinds; they shall exercise absolute power over the subject of quarantine; shall have power to inspect foods, milk, fruit, meats, fish and game, and all other things of like character sold in said town, and shall report to the mayor and council all persons selling any impure articles, and the mayor and council shall provide for ordinance a penalty for all persons so offending. Said board of health shall look after the sanitary condition of said town, shall report any nuisance likely to endanger the health of the town, or in any neighborhood or place, and the mayor and council shall enforce all sanitary rules and regulations and prescribe penalties for violation of the same; shall abate all nuisances and enforce all ordinances for the general health of the city, all of which shall be done and enforced by the board of health under such ordinances, rules and regulations as may be provided by the mayor and council or enforced by the mayor and council. Board of health. Powers. Sec. 63. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the mayor and council of the town of Dacula shall have the power to condemn all unsafe or dangerous structures in said town and remove or cause the same to be moved at the expense of the owner after due notice to him to remove the same, and the expenses incurred by said mayor and council in removing said dangerous structures shall be enforced by execution, levy and sale; in addition thereto the person may be tried for having and keeping such dangerous structures, and upon conviction may be punished as prescribed by the ordinances of said city; that said mayor

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and council shall have a right to condemn any dwelling or mercantile structure, any closet, stable or other building or structure within said city or within the sanitary limits as hereinafter provided in this Act, that shall be infected, contaminated or contain any infectious or contagious diseases or germs and bacteria of such diseases, by tearing down, dynamiting or by firing any such building which shall be necessary for the preservation of the public health and likewise for the prevention of such infectious and contagious disease, from being communicated, transmitted or being in any other manner placed or carried so as to subject any person within said city to such disease or diseases, provided that no building shall be condemned except on the recommendation of the city board of health; if no board of health, then upon the recommendation of a physician, and upon a vote of four-fifths of the mayor and council of said city; provided further, that said building or buildings shall be condemned in such manner as is provided by the Code of the State of Georgia of 1910, Sections 5206 to 5246, inclusive, which several sections shall constitute under this Act the procedure by which said condemnation shall be had; provided that said mayor and council of said city shall be liable to the other property owners for any damage they may sustain by reason of such destruction of such condemned house, and in the event that said mayor and council and such property owners as aforesaid can not agree, they shall arbitrate the matter as provided for in the aforesaid condemnation proceedings; provided further, that nothing in this Act shall be so construed as to deprive the owner of the actual value of his property so taken or used. Condemnation of dangerous structures, etc. Sec. 64. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the mayor and council shall have power and authority to establish such quarantine regulations against persons who have been exposed to contagious or infectious diseases, and they are hereby given the authority to pass any such ordinance, rules or regulations as they may deem proper to enforce any quarantine regulation for the protection of said town of Dacula, its citizens or any other person

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therein; and for this purpose their jurisdiction shall extend two miles in every direction beyond the city limits, with the right to police such territory whenever the health of the citizens of said city or territory embraced therein shall make it necessary to do so. Quarantine. Sec. 65. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the mayor and council of the town of Dacula shall have the right and power and authority to declare what shall be a nuisance and to provide punishment of persons who may create or continue a nuisance; they shall have power to abate any nuisance within said city as provided for in the Code of the State of Georgia of 1910, Section 5331, and the other general laws of the State governing nuisances in cities, and that in the event any building or structure should become a nuisance the mayor and council may order the same abated and removed by said owner, and unless the same is done within a reasonable time the mayor and council shall proceed to have the same removed and abated by the provisions of Sections 5329, 5330, 5331 and 5332 of the Code of Georgia of 1910. Nuisances. Sec. 66. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the said mayor and council shall have full power and authority to establish and maintain a fire limit, in their discretion, and it shall be unlawful for any person or persons to erect other than buildings or other structures, except those built of stone, brick, concrete or other material which is not subject to fire, nor shall there be any building or part thereof covered with shingles or any other kind of wood within said limits. Should any one erect or cause to be erected within the fire limits established by the mayor and council, any house or other thing out of any material except that described above, said mayor and council shall cause the same to be removed after 5 days' notice at the expense of the owner or owners of such building or buildings; provided that such owner shall begin within five days to remove the same and complete the removal within a reasonable time thereafter, the expense of such removal

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to be collected by execution issued by the authority of the mayor and council in the name of the Town of Dacula against such owners by the city clerk, and shall enforce the same as city taxes are collected as provided by this Act; provided, that the provisions of this section shall not be applicable to any building that has already been erected and completed prior to the passage of this Act. Said mayor and council shall in their discretion enlarge said fire limits, from time to time, as to them may seem just and proper, but under no circumstances after a fire limit has been established under this section shall the area within the fire limit be diminished or decreased except on unanimous vote of four councilmen and mayor. Fire regulations for buildings, etc. Sec. 67. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That said mayor and council may have full power and authority to compel by ordinance each person or persons about to build or repair or cause to be built or repaired any house of any description or other structure to first secure a permit in such manner as may be prescribed by the mayor and council by ordinance, and a failure on the part of one person or persons to comply with such ordinance as may be passed under the authority granted in this section shall be liable to the penalties prescribed by said ordinance. Building permits. Sec. 68. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the mayor and council of said town of Dacula shall have full power and authority to condemn land for the purpose of opening streets, alleys, sidewalks and other public passways for said city for the purpose of laying out new streets, alleys, sidewalks, or other public passways for said town, or for the purpose of widening, straightening or otherwise changing or altering any street, alley, sidewalk or other public passway in the town of Dacula. If the owner, his agent or attorney of the land through which said new street, alley, sidewalk or other public passway is proposed to be opened, straightened, altered or otherwise changed or altered, claims that the owner shall be damaged thereby, and if the owner of the land, his agent or attorney,

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and the mayor and council are not able to agree as to the amount of damage that will be done the owner of the land by opening of said public passway, then said mayor and council shall proceed to condemn and arbitrate said matter. Condemnation of land for streets. Sec. 69. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That when said mayor and council shall desire to condemn any property for municipal purposes within or without said town, they shall cause to be served by the marshal of said town on the owner thereof, his agent or attorney a notice of their intention to condemn such land, and that said proceeding shall be had under and by virtue of Sections 5206 to 5246, inclusive, of the Code of Georgia of 1910, which sections shall comprise the method and proceeding, and said sections are hereby made a part of this Act and charter. Notice and procedure. Sec. 70. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That said mayor and council of said town shall have full power and authority to regulate traffic and sales upon its public streets, to regulate the speed of trains, street cars, locomotives, motorcycles, automobiles, wagons, buggies or any other kind of vehicle or device for transportation or other purposes; to prevent fast driving of any animal or propelling power through or on the streets of said town; that the said mayor and council shall have power to either lay off, vacate, close, alter, pave, curb, and keep in good order and repair roads, streets, alleys, thoroughfares, sidewalks, crosswalks, driveways, drains and gutters for the use of the public or for any citizen thereof; to improve and light the same, and have them kept free from obstruction on, under or above them; to regulate the width thereof; to order the sidewalks, footways, crosswalks, drains and gutters to be paved and curbed and put in good order, free and clear of obstruction by the owner and occupants thereof, or of the real property adjacent thereto; they shall have the further right to grade, pave, macadamize, curb or otherwise improve for travel of drainage any of the streets, alleys, or ways of said town, or to regrade, repave, recurb,

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macadamize or repair the same, with right to pay for such improvement out of the taxes of said town, as provided by the laws of Georgia, or to assess one-half of the total cost of such improvements against the owner of the property abutting on each of the streets, alleys, or ways so improved, according to the frontage of each owner thereof, and to require any railroad or street railroad company having, or which may hereafter have, track running through or across the streets, alleys or ways of 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 such companies to repair or repave 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 same done and the expense thereof shall be assessed against said company or companies and enforced and collected by an execution, levy and sale, as town taxes are collected as provided by this Act. Regulations relating to streets. Sec. 71. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That said mayor and council of said town of Dacula shall have full power and authority to order, demand and require the owner of any real estate, his agent or tenant in possession of such property to grade, pave and otherwise keep in good order and condition the sidewalks abutting on their real estate in the town of Dacula, and said mayor and council shall have full power and authority to have all sidewalks made uniform and to order the same paved or made from just such material as they may order, and just such width and thickness, styles or shapes as said mayor and council may order; provided, the said mayor and council caused to be served by the town marshal or other officer upon said owner of real estate, his agent, attorney-at-law or tenant in possession, if to be found in the County of Gwinnett, or notice directed to such owner specifying and describing the sidewalk to be constructed or improved, and the way to be improved, and the material to be used in improving the same, and if the said owner of real estate does

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not within thirty days from the date of service of said notice, or from the date of the entry of the town marshal or other officer of search for said owner, his agent, attorney-at-law or tenant in possession in the County of Gwinnett, shall fail to commence to comply with such order and the terms of the notice, then in that event the said mayor and council by this Act have full power and authority to have said sidewalks built, constructed and improved, and to collect the expense thereof from such real estate owner, and in the event the same is not paid within thirty days after the completion of the work, and demand has been made on the said owner, if to be found in the County of Gwinnett, and if not then without demand. Sidewalk improvements. Sec. 72. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the mayor and council shall, in order to collect for the above improvements specified in the foregoing section when done by the town, shall order the clerk of the council to issue an execution against said real estate or against said owner, and the said real estate, in the name of the town of Dacula, and in its favor, or the full amount of such expense and cost, and such execution shall be in lieu on the real estate abutting on said sidewalks so improved, and said lien shall date from the commencement of the work on said sidewalks and shall be superior to all liens for taxes except those due the State and County until the same is fully paid, and the real estate so improved shall be subject to be levied upon and sold by the town marshal at Dacula, or the sheriff of Gwinnett county after advertising as sheriff's sales are usually advertised in the County of Gwinnett, and be sold, and said sale shall operate to convey the title to said real estate to the purchaser as completely and absolutely as the conveyance of the owner would or could, and said officer shall execute a deed to the purchaser in accordance with his bid. Executions. Sec. 73. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the mayor and council of the town of Dacula, in Gwinnett county, shall have power, and the same is hereby

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conferred on them, to issue bonds to an amount not exceeding seven per centum of the taxable value of said town; provided the qualified voters of said city shall at an election or elections to be held for that purpose, by a constitutional majority, vote in favor of issuing said bonds, and said mayor and council are hereby empowered and authorized to call an election at any time for the issuing of such bonds or any part thereof as they may deem to the best interest of said town, in accordance with the provision of the Code of Georgia of 1910, Sections 440 to 462, inclusive. Bond issues. Sec. 74. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That said bonds shall be of such denomination as the said mayor and council shall decide upon and direct; they shall bear such rate of interest not to exceed six per cent. per annum, as may be determined upon by said mayor and council. Interest rate. Sec. 75. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the said mayor and council are hereby authorized, with the proceeds arising from the sale of any bonds of said city as provided for by this Act, they may construct a system of waterworks for said town, to construct, build and equip an electric or gas-lighting system for said town; to provide for said town a suitable and proper system of sewerage, a crematory, paving or macadamizing streets, erection of necessary public buildings, an adequate fire department; buy acreage and establish parks within said town; to improve or build any streets, lanes, alleys, walkways, parks or other public property of town of Dacula. Said mayor and council, instead of erecting a system of waterworks, a system of electric or gas lights, may in their discretion use such portions of the aforesaid funds as may be necessary and rent or lease from other parties such water or lights as mayor and council deem best; provided, the notice of election specifies the person contracted with and the terms of the contract. Said mayor and council in addition to supplying said town with such water and lights as are necessary for public purposes, are also authorized and empowered

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to contract with private individuals and corporations to furnish water, electricity or gas and to charge for and collect for same whatever may be agreed upon; provided, that no contract shall be longer than the end of the terms of office for which the said mayor and council were elected, unless it is voted on, and the general laws of the State governing the same are complied with, that the aforesaid bonds shall be redeemed and interest thereon paid as provided herein. Proceeds of bonds for public utilities. Sec. 76. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the mayor and council of Dacula shall have full power and authority to borrow money and to contract for the loan of money or temporary loan to meet casual deficiencies, which contract shall aid the town of Dacula for the payment of the same, subject to the restrictions of the Constitution of the State of Georgia in the Code of Georgia of 1910. Borrowing of money. Sec. 77. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the mayor and council shall have the right to buy acreage and establish a park within said town, and to maintain the same and pay for the same out of the taxes and revenues of said town; provided, it shall be done in accordance with the general laws of said State and the provisions of this Act. Park. Sec. 78. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all orders for the payment of money due on contracts, accounts or other indebtedness against said town shall be audited by the mayor and council of said town at a regular meeting of the same, and the funds of said town shall be paid out of an order drawn on the treasurer in favor of the party of whom the debt is due, which shall be signed by the mayor and clerk of the council on the face thereof, and indorsed on the back of said order by each member of the council present by writing his name across in his own handwriting; that all orders drawn shall be serially numbered on a stub of the same, which stub shall be kept in a bound book showing the serial number, the date,

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to whom drawn, and the amount, and which order shall be noted in the minutes of said mayor and council, and a special book to be kept by the clerk for entering up each order drawn, which shall specify full and complete data of each order. No money shall be drawn from the treasury of said town, except in the manner above specified. Orders for payments. Sec. 79. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the mayor and council of Dacula shall make or cause to be made a quarterly statement and account of the financial condition of said town, such statement shall be itemized, stating from whom money is received, for what purpose received, date received, and all money paid out; said statement shall show when paid out, what amount paid, to whom paid, and for what purpose. Such statement shall also show what amounts are due said town and the liabilities of the town and the balance in the treasury, if any. Such quarterly statements shall be published in the newspaper published in said town, iy any newspaper is published therein; if not, then published by posting said statement at three of the most public places of said town. Itemized statement quarterly. Sec. 80. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the mayor and council of the town of Dacula shall in addition to the powers hereinbefore granted have the right, power and authority as follows: Additional powers. (a) To grant franchise, permits, easements and right- of-way in, on, and under the streets, alleys, lanes, sidewalks, parks or other property of the town, upon such terms, reservations and conditions as the mayor and council may fix; Provided, however, That same shall not be granted for a longer term than twenty years, and not without compensation to the town; and provided further, That the application therefor shall be published at the expense of the applicant thirty days in a newspaper of Gwinnett county, as official organ, prior to action thereon, by the mayor and council; and provided further, That no such franchise shall be

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granted until said application shall have received a majority vote at the regular meetings of the mayor and council Street franchises. (b) To define the fire limits in said town and to regulate the character of the buildings and the erection thereof within said limit; to regulate the construction of buildings as to the foundation, walls, roofs, doors, windows and floors so as to secure safety of the structure and people, and to prevent the spread of fires; to authorize, provide and require the inspection by such officers as often as may be designated of buildings or structures erected, or to be erected, or in process of erection; to authorize the permit for the erection of any building to be revoked and the condemnation of any building already erected in whole or in part. Fire regulations. (c) To compel persons about to undertake any work which may be dangerous or likely to involve liability upon the city to execute a bond with a good and sufficient security, conditioned for the payment of any damage that may be sustained by any person from such work. Damage bonds. (d) To try all nuisances within the city and abate the same; to define what shall constitute a nuisance; to cause any nuisance likely to endanger the health of the city or any neighborhood to be abated in a summary manner; to change the expense of abating such nuisance against the person causing the same or the owner of the premises, according as the one or the other is liable, and to enforce the collection of said expenses by execution issued as execution for town taxes. Nuisances. (e) To regulate butcher pens, tanyards, livery stables, fish stands, restaurants, or any other business in which decaying animal or vegetable matter is kept, or in which noxious odors may become dangerous or injurious to the health of the public or any part of it, to license same only in such localities as may be least offensive to the public, and to revoke the license for the same when they prove dangerous and injurious to the health aforesaid. For these purposes

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the town shall have jurisdiction for two miles from the limits thereof. Sanitary regulations. (f) In order to guard against danger of damage by fire said town shall have the power to regulate and control blacksmith shops, forges, stoves and chimneys, and to cause same to be moved or remedied as safety may dictate; to create fire limits and prescribe the materials out of which buildings shall be constructed therein; to regulate the construction of doors, exits and steps in places of public gatherings, and may require the execution of fire-escapes in all buildings, not private residences, three or more stories in height. Fire precautions. (g) 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, cattle and other animals within the town and to require the owner or keeper of any dog or dogs to muzzle the same in such manner as the mayor and council may prescribe, whether said dogs are upon the streets and other thoroughfares of said town or upon the private property of the owner of such dog. Impounding of live stock. (h) To regulate and control all hotels and public houses within the town and revoke the license of the same in case they should become disorderly. Hotels, etc. (i) To require owners of lots to drain same, to fill up excavations or depressions, cut and remove weeds and other vegetation, and upon failure to do so after reasonable notice to have same done at owner's expense and enforce collection by execution against property. Drainage of lots. (j) To provide a proper building code for the erection and repair of all structures built in said town, and in case of violation of said code, passed in pursuance of this Act, the said mayor and council shall be empowered, after a five days' notice, to have such structure removed at the expense of its owner or builder, and an execution issued therefor from the town clerk. Building code.

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(k) To abate, remove or prohibit the establishment of any building, avocation, enterprise, implement or fixture, which in their judgment tends to endanger any property, person or town by fire. Any remedial steps in such direction shall be at the expense of the owners, lessees, builders or property in the discretion of the mayor and council, and execution shall issue whenever necessary. Removal of structures. (l) To regulate the construction, maintenance and repair of all conduits, pipes, wires, poles, plants and all other equipment used or to be used for lighting, heating, telephone or telegraphic purposes or for the generation, conveyance or application of electricity, gas or heat. Conduits, wires, poles, etc. (m) To regulate the construction, maintenance and repair on all plumbing, water pipes, septic tank, sewer and all other means by which sewerage is conveyed in said town and to prescribe the material used in conveying the same or connected in anywise with said sewerage. Plumbing. (n) To preserve peace and good order, prevent vice and immorality, quell riots and disperse disorderly assemblages, to prevent cruelty to children and animals; to suppress gaming and gaming houses, and places of ill-fame, and assignation houses, or houses kept for immoral purposes; to prohibit gaming and destroy and instrument or device of gaming, and to restrain from fraudulent practices; to license, tax, regulate, restrain or prohibit all tables, machines, devices or places of any kind of sport or games; to regulate the time and place of and restrain or prohibit bathing in creeks or pools within or adjacent to the town; to direct the location and management of public bath-houses, and to license the same, and to require the same to be closed if deemed expedient; to restrain and punish vagrants, itinerants, idlers, loiterers, their associates, thieves, criminals; for these purposes the town is given jurisdiction for two miles from the corporate limits thereof. Prevention of vice and immorality. (o) To protect places of divine worship in said town; to regulate the opening of stores, soda founts, drug stores

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and other places wherein things are bartered and sold, and to prescribe whether the same shall be opened on Sunday, and if so, the hours. Places of worship. Sunday laws. (p) To authorize and empower the police to enter, and if necessary, to break open any place, when, in the opinion of the mayor or the chief of police, there is reasonable cause to believe there is a gambling house or blind tiger being operated, or that spirituous, vinous or malt liquors are being sold, kept or dispensed contrary to law, and to seize and destroy any gambling paraphernalia or stock of liquors found in such place, and to provide for the abatement of such place as a nuisance; Provided, That a warrant is first issued by the mayor or presiding officer of the police court under such rules and regulations, and may be prescribed by ordinance. Intoxicating liquors. (q) The mayor and council of the town of Dacula shall have the power and authority to construct, maintain, operate, repair and extend any system of waterworks, electric lighting plant, or sewage of said town, that may now be owned or hereafter owned by said town; to erect, maintain and operate public hydrants, fire-plugs, poles, wires, waterworks, electric lights within the town limits, and without, if they should deem it to the best interest of said town; to supply the town with lights, water for fire purposes as may be necessary; also for flushing sewers, sprinkling streets, and for all other purposes as may be prescribed by ordinance. They shall regulate and provide for the private use of water and lights and place of payment thereof, and in default of payment for water or lights, they may shut them off and keep the same shut off until the arrears are fully paid; if it becomes necessary to enforce payment, the town clerk shall issue execution for the amount due for lights or water, which shall be levied and collected as other executions. The mayor and council may expend so much of the income of each of these as may be necessary for the maintenance and operation of the same and for repairing and extending the same, and the surplus, if

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any, shall be expended as the mayor and council may direct. The mayor and council shall elect a superintendent, and from time to time shall appoint such other agents and servants as may be necessary to operate said plant and prescribe their salaries or fees. They may remove any person whom they have appointed or elected at any time without assigning any cause therefor. The mayor and council shall elect a collector for their body, who shall be the collector of all bills and demands of every sort in connection with the said waterworks, sewerage system and also the electric light system, who shall give bond in some solvent surety company, approved by the mayor and council, in such sum as the mayor and council shall prescribe, for the faithful discharge of his duties, for the prompt payment of all money that he may collect for the town treasurer, which bond shall be made payable to the town of Dacula. The mayor and council shall make such rules and regulations for the government of their servants and employers, and for the distribution and use of the products of said plants as they may deem proper, but shall not make any contract for water or lights for a longer period than one year, nor shall they by contract limit or restrain their own power, nor their successors, to make such contracts with other persons to modify, or discontinue such as they may make whenever in their judgment it is best to do so. The mayor and council may make such ordinances and by-laws for the protection of said system or as they may deem proper, and any person violating any one or more of said ordinances shall be tried in the police court and on conviction shall be punished as for a violation of other city ordinances. Waterworks. Sec. 81. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That when any execution or fi. fa. provided for in any of the several sections of this Act shall issue illegally or shall be proceeding illegally, such person, firm or corporation against whom said fi. fa. or execution is proceeding shall, if he desires to do so, file an illegality with the levying officer to such fi. fa. in writing, and otherwise attack such fi. fa. or execution in the same manner as is provided

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for in the Code of the State of Georgia of 1910, Sections 5305, 5306, 5307, 5308, 5309, 5310 and 5311, and the other general laws of said State, and that said illegality shall be returned by the levying officer for trial to the justice court or notary public court that is held in the town of Dacula, or Superior Court of Gwinnett County, the one having jurisdiction, as the case may be, and the procedure under the general laws of said State shall be in the same manner as if the execution of fi. fa. had been issued by any one of the above courts. Illegality of executions. Sec. 82. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That when any execution of fi. fa. provided for in any of the several sections of this Act shall be claimed by a person not a party to the execution, such person, firm or corporation shall interpose a claim thereto with the levying officer under the rules, restrictions and regulations that govern claim cases in the courts of this State, unless otherwise provided for herein, and such claim shall be returned for trial to the justice's court or notary public's court that is held in said town of Dacula, or the Superior Court of Gwinnett county, the one having jurisdiction, as the case may be, and the proceedure under the general laws of said State shall be in the same manner as if the execution or fi. fa. had been issued by any one of the said courts. Claims on levies. Sec. 83. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the mayor and council shall have the power to pass any and all ordinances they may deem requisite and proper to the peace, security, welfare, health, good government and convenience of said town and its citizens. General welfare. Sec. 84. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the mayor and council shall have authority to make such by-laws and ordinances as they may from time to time think necessary, and they may codify the same, together with its charter, into one book, properly indexed, to be known as the Code of the Town of Dacula, and when the same is adopted by the mayor and council, said code shall be admitted in evidence in any of the courts of

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this State, upon the certificate of the clerk of said town certifying the same to be the code of the ordinances and laws of said town. Code of Laws. Sec. 85. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That 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 said authorities of said town and in force therein at the time of the approval of this Act, and all parts of the same, shall remain in force, except 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 council of said town whenever they deem it expedient and wise to do so. Ordinances and resolutions effective. Sec. 86. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the mayor and councilmen shall have power, in their discretion, to hire out and dispose of the convicts convicted in the police court of said town in the same manner, and under the same rules and regulations as the convicts who are convicted in the State courts in said county, for such length of time as they may deem proper to do so, if in their discretion it would be better for the town's interest than to maintain a chaingang in said town. Hiring of convicts. Sec. 87. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the rules of practice in the police court, so far as practicable, shall be the same as the rules of practice in the Superior Courts of this State, and that all persons placed on trial in the police court shall have opportunities to employ counsel if they so desire. Police court practice. Sec. 88. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That whenever, by the provisions of this Act, the mayor and council or other authority of said town, shall have power beyond the limits of said town for sanitary quarantines or police purpose, it shall not be deemed or intended herein that said municipality shall have any right or taxation nor shall it be responsible or charged with the maintenance

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or upkeep of any road or bridge beyond the limits specified herein. Non-liability beyond town limits. Sec. 89. Be it enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all officers elected by popular vote and the subordinate officers, unless otherwise removed by the provision of this Act, consisting of A. M. Wilson, mayor, and G. F. Pharr, J. C. Pool, S. H. Pound, L. E. Strickland, councilmen, and all subordinate officers, in the discretion of the mayor and council, shall hold their respective offices until the first day of January, 1919, or as soon thereafter as their successors can be elected and qualified, and they shall by this Act be entitled to hold said offices until the aforesaid time, unless otherwise removed by the provision of this Act. Officers holding. Sec. 90. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That an Act entitled An Act to incorporate the town of Dacula, in the County of Gwinnett; to provide for a mayor and councilmen, and other officers; to prescribe their duties, to provide penalties for the violation of the same, and for other purposes, approved August 7, 1905, and amendment thereto approved July 23, 1907, is hereby expressly repealed. Acts of 1905 and 1907 repealed. Sec. 91. 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 12, 1918. DARIEN TAX AD VALOREM. No. 328. An Act to be entitled An Act to amend the charter of the city of Darien, so as to authorize said city of Darien to levy and collect a greater ad valorem tax than is now provided for under the charter, and for other purposes. Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia, That an Act entitled An Act to provide a new

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charter for the city of Darien, superseding all previous Acts, defining its limits and conferring additional powers on said corporation and for other purposes, approved August 14th, 1909, be and the same is hereby amended as follows: For the purpose of raising money for the support and maintenance of the city government, the mayor and aldermen of the city of Darien shall have the power and authority to levy and collect an ad valorem tax on all property in said city of Darien subject to taxation under the laws of Georgia, not to exceed one per centum per annum of the value of the same. Act of 1909 amended. 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. Tax rate. Approved August 12, 1918. DAWSON STREET PAVING ASSESSMENTS. No. 468. An Act to amend An Act to incorporate the city of Dawson and to grant it a new charter, and to repeal all pre-existing charters, and for other purposes, approved August 7, 1909, so as to authorize the city of Dawson to pave the streets of the city of Dawson and assess the abutting property owners for their portion of the expense of such paving; to provide methods of enforcing the collection of such assessments, 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 city of Dawson, which was approved August 7, 1909, be and the same is hereby amended so as to authorize and empower the city of Dawson to pave, or cause to be paved, any or all of the streets and alleys within the limits of the city of Dawson. Act of 1909 amended.

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Sec. 2. That the city council of Dawson shall be the legislative and governing authority of said city. Sec. 3. That the city council of Dawson shall have full power and authority to provide by ordinance and require the paving of any street, lane or alley of said city and prescribe the material to be used for that purpose, and for the grading of such streets, lanes or alleys, and the manner in which the paving shall be paid, and to provide for the payment thereof, and to this end said municipality shall apportion the cost of paving and grading in the following manner: Each abutting property owner shall pay one-third and the city of Dawson shall pay one-third; provided that in case of intersections, where there is no abutting property the expense shall be paid by the city; and provided further, That if there is an intersection on one side and an abutting property owner on the other side, then such abutting property owner on one side shall pay one-third the expense and the city of Dawson shall pay the remaining two-thirds. Such assessments against the abutting property owners for the aforesaid purposes may be collected by the issuance and levy of fi. fas. and sale of the property in the same manner as taxes are collected; to provide by ordinance for establishing the grade of the intersections of the streets, lanes and alleys in said city, and to construct such intersections in accordance with such grade, and to provide for the paving of all intersections of streets, lanes and alleys; to prescribe the character of material to be used for such paving; the manner in which said paving shall be laid. The assessment above provided to be made for grading and paving streets, alleys and street intersections shall be made against all property abutting thereon owned by individuals, corporations, churches or the County of Terrell. Said city may provide by ordinance for the payment of these assessments in installments and on such terms as may be prescribed. When payments are allowed in installments a lien shall arise and exist in favor of the city against the property of the person, firms or corporations owning the same from the date of the completion of the work until such

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installments are paid, and said debt and lien shall be evidenced by a statement thereof in writing entered on record in the city clerk's office. Said debts and liens may be transferred by the city, and when transferred the holders thereof shall be subrogated to and enjoy all rights of said city, including the right to foreclose and enforce such liens. Assessments for street improvements. Liens. Transfers. Sec. 4. That the city council of Dawson shall be authorized and empowered to pass all ordinances necessary for carrying out the provisions of this amendment. Sec. 5. That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be and the same are hereby repealed. Approved August 19, 1918. DOUGLAS, CITY OF; CHARTER AMENDMENTS. No. 399. An Act to amend an Act approved December 21st, 1899, entitled An Act to provide for a system of public schools for the town of Douglas, Coffee County, Georgia; to provide by a special tax for the support and maintenance of same; to provide suitable buildings therefor; to establish a board of education to conduct the same, and for other purposes, so as to provide for a levy and collection of a tax not to exceed one-half of one per cent. per annum on taxable property for school purposes. Also to amend the new charter of the city of Douglas, approved December 20th, 1899, and all amendatory Acts thereto, so as to confer power upon the mayor and aldermen of the city of Douglas to create and establish a board of commissioners for its system of electric light and water works and sewerage system, to confer powers on same; to define and confer duties on same, and for other purposes. Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and the same is hereby enacted by

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the authority of the same, That from and after the passage of this Act, that Section 12 of the Act approved December 21st, 1899, be amended and the same is hereby amended by striking from the second line on page 451 thereof the word one-fourth, and inserting in lieu thereof the word one-half, so that said section when so amended will read as follows: Section 12. Be it further enacted, That if the election herein provided for shall be in favor of public schools, then the mayor and council of said town of Douglas shall be authorized and empowered to assess, levy and collect annually a tax, in addition to that now provided by law, not to exceed one-half of one per cent. per annum on all taxable property of said town, which shall be used solely and exclusively for the purpose of establishing and maintaining said schools, and providing furniture, apparatus, grounds and buildings for said schools. This tax shall be collected by the first day of January of each year after the same is assessed and levied, in like manner as other taxes are collected, and shall be turned over to said board of education, to be used for the purpose aforesaid, and no other. Provided, however, That the provisions of this Act shall not go into full effect until the supplementary tax herein provided for shall have been levied and collected. Act of 1899 amended. School tax. Sec. 2. Be it further enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and the same is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That from and after the passage of this Act that the new charter of the city of Douglas approved December 20th, 1899, and all amendatory Acts thereto, be and the same are amended as follows: The mayor and board of aldermen of the city of Douglas are hereby empowered to establish by ordinance at any time they see proper a board of commissioners for its electric light and waterworks system now owned and operated by said city of Douglas, to be known as the Water and Light Commission. Said board, when established, shall consist of three members, who shall be freeholders in said city, neither of whom shall be the mayor or any alderman. They shall be elected by the mayor and board of aldermen, one

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for a term of one year, one for a term of two years, and one for a term of three years, and thereafter they shall be elected for a term of three years each, and shall serve until their succssors are elected and qualified, and shall not be eligible to any other municipal office during the term for which they are elected and are serving in said capacity. Water and light commission. Sec. 3. Said board of commissioners, when established, is hereby vested with full power and authority to maintain, extend, improve, modify and operate the system of electric light and waterworks now owned and operated by said city, to establish, equip, maintain, modify and improve the system of sewerage and drains in said city; to appoint a superintendent of said systems, to remove all employees of said systems, to purchase, rent or lease real estate and apparatus and machinery and all other things necessary to properly and successfully operate said light and water system, to hold title to same for said city, to collect and disburse all moneys arising from the sale of bonds for the extension of said systems, to receive and collect all light and water rents and all other revenues derived from said system; to make such rules, by-laws and regulations for their own government and the government of the employees and the management of said light and water and the sewer and drain systems as they may deem proper, not in conflict with this Act. Said board shall elect a clerk and fix his compensation to be approved by the mayor and board of aldermen. The members of said board shall receive for their services such compensation as shall be fixed by a two-thirds vote of the mayor and board of aldermen voting, which shall not be increased or diminished during his term of office. The board of commissioners when established shall establish and maintain a sinking fund for the purpose of retiring the bonded indebtedness of said light and water system, and said sewerage system; said board shall make a quarterly report to the mayor and board of aldermen, showing the amount of money received and from what source, and the amount disbursed, and for what purpose, and shall deliver all vouchers for same, and shall furnish as nearly as

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possible an estimate for the amount required the ensuing year. Powers conferred. Sec. 4. It shall be the duty of said board to draft the rules and regulations regulating the prices to be charged for said light and water service, and the rules to be enforced between the customers and said city in the operation of said light and water system, and rules regulating the cutting off of delinquents, and rules regarding the collection from customers, and submit same to the mayor and board of aldermen at the first meeting after their election, and after same is approved by the mayor and board of aldermen same shall be the rules and regulations governing the operation of said light and water system service, and it shall be the duty of the mayor and board of aldermen to enter same on their minutes as in cases of other ordinances. Said board shall keep a full and complete record of all moneys received, and shall keep itemized accounts of all expenses, such as repairs, new materials, fuel, oil, salaries and other labor, and shall file all invoices and paid bills along with other records kept by them. Rules and regulations for light and water service. Sec. 5. Said board when established as herein provided shall not be abolished except by a repeal or amendment of this Act by the General Assembly. In event of a vacancy by death, resignation or otherwise, on said board the mayor and board of aldermen shall at their next meeting elect a successor to said member for the unexpired term, so that there shall at all times be three members of said board. How abolished. Vacancy in office. 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 17, 1918.

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EASTMAN, STATE SCHOOL FUND FOR. No. 484. An Act to authorize the State School Superintendent to pay to the treasurer of the Board of Education of the city of Eastman each year the pro rata share of the city of Eastman of the State school fund as shown by the census, 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 State school superintendent shall apportion to the city of Eastman and pay to the treasurer of the board of education its pro rata share of the state school funds based upon the school population to the municipality as shown by the census required under State law. Payment to treasurer of local board. 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, 1918. ELLIJAY STREETS AND CEMETERIES. No. 279. An Act to amend an Act entitled An Act to incorporate and establish the city of Ellijay in the County of Gilmer; to declare the rights, powers and privileges of said corporation, and for other purposes, approved August 14, 1909, by striking from Section 27 of said Act all the words that occur therein after the words twenty years in the seventh line of said section, and by adding at the end of Section 40 of said Act the following, to-wit: The said city shall have the power, and it is hereby made its duty, to maintain and keep in good repair

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the public cemetries located in 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, Section 27 of the said Act shall be amended by striking from said Section 27 all the words that occur therein after the words twenty years in the seventh line of this section, so that said section as amended shall read as follows: Section 27. Be it further enacted, That the mayor and councilmen of said city shall have power to grant franchises, easements, and rights-of-way over, in and under and on the public streets, lanes, alleys, parks and other property of said city on such terms and conditions as they may fix, provided that no such franchise shall be granted for more than a term of twenty years. Act of 1909 amended. Street franchises: time limited. Sec. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority of the same, That from and after passage of this Act, Section 40 of said Act shall be amended by adding at the end of said Section 40 the following, to-wit: The said city shall have the power and it is hereby made its duty to maintain and keep in good repair the public cemeteries located in said city, so that said Section 40 as amended shall read as follows: Ellijay shall have all the additional power and authority usually and properly incident to municipal corporations, not in conflict with the Constitution or laws of the State of Georgia, or of the United States, as may be necessary to promote the good government of the city and the general welfare of its citizens. The said city shall have the power, and it is hereby made its duty, to maintain and keep in good repair the public cemeteries located in said city. Cemeteries, repair of. 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 July 31, 1918.

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FAIRMOUNT STREET PAVING ASSESSMENTS. No. 337. An Act to amend an Act creating a new charter for the town of Fairmount, in Gordon county, approved August 6, 1908, so as to authorize and empower the mayor and aldermen of said town to construct, pave and otherwise improve the sidewalks, streets and highways of said town, and to provide for the collection of assessments therefor, 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 creating a new charter for the town of Fairmount, in Gordon county, approved August 6, 1908, be and the same is hereby amended as follows, to-wit: Act of 1908 amended. Sec. 2. That on and after the passage of this Act the mayor and aldermen of said town in Fairmount shall have full power and authority in their discretion, to grade, pave, macadamize, and otherwise improve the travel and drainage of the sidewalks, streets, squares, public lanes and alleys of siad town. In order to carry into effect the authority above, the said mayor and aldermen shall have power and authority to assess the cost of paving and otherwise improving the sidewalks, including not more than one-third of the cost of the necessary curbing on the real estate abutting on the said sidewalks. Said mayor and aldermen shall have full power and authority to assess one-third of the cost of grading, paving, macadamizing, constructing sidewalks and drains, cross-drains, crossings or otherwise improving the roadway 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 abutting on the street shall pay not more than two-thirds of the entire cost in the discretion of the mayor and aldermen, and any street railroad company, or any other railroad company

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having tracks running through or across the streets of said town shall be required to pave, macadamize or otherwise improve said streets in such proportions as the mayor and aldermen may prescribe. Said mayor and aldermen shall have full power and authority to adopt by ordinance such a system 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 the real estate according to its frontage on the street, or portion of the street so improved, or according to area or value of said property, either or all, as may be determined by ordinances. That 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 the ordinance providing for the work and making the assessment: The mayor and aldermen shall have full power and authority to enforce collection for the amount 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 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 case of sales of real estate for taxes as now provided by the charter of said town, the same shall be sold at public outcry to the highest bidder. Such sale shall vest absolute title in the purchaser, subject to the same right of redemption as provided by law in cases of tax sales for State and County taxes. Said town marshal shall have authority to eject occupants and to put purchasers 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 is 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 Gordon County, and then tried and the issue determined

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as in cases of illegality, subject to the penalties provided as in case of illegality filed for delay. The mayor and aldermen shall have authority to pave and contract to pave the whole surface of the street, without giving any railroad company or other property holder or occupant of the street the option of having the space to be paved, by themselves or by a contract, at his or its instance, the object being to prevent delay and to secure uniformity. The lien for assessment on abutting property and on street railroad or other railroads 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 lien to date from the passage of the ordinance authorizing the execution of the work in each case. Said mayor and aldermen shall have power and authority to prescribe by ordinance such other rules as they may, in their discretion, think necessary, to grade, pave, drain, macadamize or curb the streets, sidewalks and alleys of said city, to enforce by execution the cost thereof against the adjacent property owners and railroad companies and to provide how the agents or owners thereof shall be served with notice, by personal service or publication. Assessments for street for street improvements. Liens. Execution. Levy and sale. Affidavit of illegality. Uniform paving. Lien. Powers. Sec. 3. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That it shall be lawful for the marshal or any policeman 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, have been guilty of violating any of the ordinances of said town and to hold such person so arrested until a hearing of the matter before the proper officers 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 for a reasonable length of time. The marshal and policemen of said town are authorized to the same extent as sheriffs of this State to execute warrants placed in their hands charging any person or persons with violating the criminal laws of this State. The marshal and policemen of said town are

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also authorized to arrest anywhere within the limits of this State any person charged with violating any of the ordinances of the town of Fairmount, provided when the arrest is not made within twenty-four hours after the offense is committed said marshal and policemen are not authorized to arrest the offender outside the corporate limits of said town except in obedience to written warrant signed by mayor, mayor pro tem. or acting mayor. The city marshal, or any policeman may take bonds for the appearance of person arrested by them for appearance before the police court for trial, and all such bonds may be forfeited as provided by ordinance for forfeitures of appearance bonds. Arrest and imprisonment. 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 12, 1918. FITZGERALD CHARTER AMENDMENTS. No. 280. An Act to amend Sections 42, 45, 49, 50, 97 of the existing charter of the city of Fitzgerald, which charter was approved August 17th, 1914, so as to empower the mayor and council of said city of Fitzgerald to fix the salary of the clerk, treasurer, chief of police and all policemen of said city at any amount within their discretion, without any reference to the maximum amount now fixed in said charter, and to authorize said mayor and council to levy for the maintenance and support of the public school system of said city of Fitzgerald a tax not to exceed 5 1-2 mills on each one dollar of taxable property in said city of Fitzgerald, 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 42 of the charter of the city of Fitzgerald as contained in an Act of the General

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Assembly approved August 17, 1914, be amended by striking the words The said city treasurer shall receive for his services the sum of seventy-five ($75.00) dollars per month, and inserting in lieu thereof the following, to-wit: The said city treasurer shall receive for his services a monthly salary, the amount of which shall be fixed by the mayor and council. Act of 1914 amended. Sec. 2. Be it enacted by the authority aforesaid, That Section 45 of said charter be amended by striking from said section of said Act the words, The clerk shall receive for his services nine hundred ($900.00) dollars per annum, and inserting in lieu thereof the following words, to-wit: The clerk shall receive for his services a monthly salary to be fixed by the mayor and council. Salary of treasurer. Sec. 3. Be it enacted by the authority aforesaid, That Section 49 of said Act be and the same is hereby amended by striking the words in said section of said Act, He shall receive a salary such as may be fixed by the mayor and his council not exceeding twelve hundred ($1,200.00) dollars per annum, inserting in lieu thereof the following words, to-wit: He shall receive a monthly salary to be fixed by the mayor and council. Salary of clerk. Sec. 4. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That Section 50 of said Act be and the same is hereby amended by striking from said Section the words Shall receive a salary to be fixed by the mayor and council not to exceed nine hundred ($900.00) dollars per annum, and inserting in lieu thereof the following words, to-wit: Shall receive a salary to be fixed by the mayor and council. Salary of police chief. Sec. 5. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That Section 97 of said Act be and hereby is amended by striking from said section of said Act the proviso contained therein, which is in the following words: Provided, however, That the amount so reported and collected shall not exceed 5 mills on the taxable value of the property of Fitzgerald, according to the city assessment, and inserting

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in lieu thereof the following words, to-wit: Provided, however, That the amount so reported and collected shall not exceed 5 1-2 mills on the taxable value of the property of Fitzgerald, according to city assessment. Salaries of policemen. School-tax rate. 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 July 31, 1918. GRIFFIN POLICE OFFICERS' SALARIES. No. 506. An Act to amend the charter of the city of Griffin, in Spalding County, Georgia, approved August 15, 1910, and Acts amendatory so as to fix the maximum salary to be paid to the chief of police and policemen of said city, to provide for the payment 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 January 1, 1919, the salary of the chief of police of the city of Griffin shall be such an amount, payable in equal monthly installments, not exceeding the sum of fifteen hundred dollars per year, as may be annually fixed by the governing authority of said city in December of each year, or as soon thereafter as may be possible; and further, That from and after January 1, 1919, the salary of each policeman of said city shall be such an amount payable in equal monthly installments not exceeding the sum of twelve hundred dollars per year, as may be annually fixed by the governing authority of said city at the same time and in like manner as the salary of the chief of police is fixed. Salaries of police chief and policemen. Sec. 2. Be it further enacted by said authority, That the salaries herein provided for shall be paid out of the current

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or general fund of said city, and that said salaries, when fixed as hereinafter provided, shall not be increased or diminished during the year for which they are so fixed. The salaries herein provided shall be in full for all services required to be rendered, and rendered, by said chief of police and policemen as such officers of said city. Provided, nothing herein contained shall be construed as limiting the right of the governing authority of said city as now provided by its charter or ordinances, or as may be hereafter ordained, from suspending or discharging any officer herein named or imposing fines or forfeitures or other penalties on any of them for neglect or failure to perform their duties, or for insubordination, or inefficiency, or other sufficient cause in the opinion of said governing authority. Payment. Discharge or suspension. Sec. 3. Be it further enacted by said authority, That all laws or parts of laws in conflict with this Act be and the same are hereby repealed. Approved August 20, 1918. GRIFFIN SCHOOL-TAX LEVY. No. 400. An Act to amend the charter of the city of Griffin, in Spalding County, Georgia, approved August 15, 1910, and Acts amendatory thereof, so as to authorize the governing authority of said city to levy and collect an annual tax of not exceeding 50-100 of one per centum on the value of all property in said city returned and assessed for taxation therein for the use of the board of education of said city in providing, maintaining, repairing, extending and operating the public schools of and in said city, and for other purposes. Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by said authority, That the charter of the city of Griffin be amended so as to authorize the governing authority of said city to levy and

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collect an annual tax of not exceeding 50-100 of one per centum on the value of all property in said city returned and assessed for taxation, to be used in providing, maintaining, repairing, extending and operating the public schools of and in said city. School-tax rate. Sec. 2. Be it further enacted by said authority that the money arising annually from the levy and collection of the tax provided for in Section 1 hereof, any part or all of the same as may annually be levied and collected shall be, when collected, paid over to the board of education of said city, or the successors of said board by whatever name called, as taxes are now paid over to said board, and shall be used by said board for the uses and purposes specified in Section 1 of this Act, and for no other purposes whatever. Paid over to board of education. Sec. 3. Be it further enacted by said authority, That said board of education shall annually submit to the governing authority of said city an estimate of the probable amount of money to be needed by said board for said named purposes, together with an estimate of the probable income of said board from all sources other than from this tax, and only such part of the tax herein provided for shall be levied as will be necessary to provide said board with sufficient funds to provide, maintain, repair, extend and operate the public schools of said city under the jurisdiction and control of said board. Annual estimate. Sec. 4. Be it further enacted by said authority, That the tax herein provided for shall be in lieu of all city taxes heretofore authorized by the Act of August 15, 1910, and any amendatory Act, to be levied and collected for the support of the public schools of said city. In lieu of tax under Act of 1910. Sec. 5. Be it further enacted by said authority, That the collection of the tax herein provided for shall be enforced in the same manner as is now or may hereafter be provided for the collection of all other taxes due to said city of Griffin. Collection.

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Sec. 6. Be it further enacted by said authority, That this Act shall go into effect immediately after its passage and approval, and further, that all laws in conflict herewith be and the same are hereby repealed. Approved August 17, 1918. JEFFERSON TAX AD VALOREM. No. 445. An Act to amend an Act incorporating the city of Jefferson, Jackson County, Georgia, approved December 12, 1899, so as to provide for making all property, both real and personal, returnable for taxation, to limit the tax rate in 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 from and after the passage of this Act the tax on all property in the city of Jefferson for the years 1918 and 1919 shall not exceed sixteen and one-half (16 1-2) mills on each dollar of the value of the property taxable in said city. Tax rate for 1918 and 1919. Sec. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That from and after the year 1919 the city tax on all property for any one year by the mayor and council of the city of Jefferson for all purposes shall not exceed fifteen (15) mills on each dollar of the value of the property taxable in said city. Tax rate after 1919. Sec. 3. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That Section 6 of the Act approved August 20, 1917, amending said charter of the city of Jefferson limiting said tax levy to fifteen (15) mills on the dollar of all property values returned, be and the same is hereby repealed. Repeal of conflicting law. Sec. 4. 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, 1918.

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JESUP PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM. No. 442. An Act to amend an Act of the General Assembly of Georgia entitled An Act to establish a system of public schools in the town of Jesup; to provide for the maintenance and support of the same, and for other purposes, approved December 12, 1893, by striking the words town of Jesup wherever the same may appear in said Act, and inserting in lieu thereof the words city of Jesup; to enlarge the powers of the board of education; to provide for submitting said amendment to the qualified voters of the city of Jesup, 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 an Act of the General Assembly of Georgia, approved December 12, 1893, entitled An Act to establish a system of public schools in the town of Jesup; to provide for the maintenance and support of the same, and for other purposes, be and the same is hereby amended as follows: By striking the words town of Jesup wherever the same may appear in the caption, and in any of the sections of said Act, and substituting in lieu thereof the words, city of Jesup, and by striking the words town and aldermen wherever they may appear as referring to the municipality and governing body, and inserting in lieu thereof the words city and councilmen, respectively, so that said Act will conform to an Act of the General Assembly of Georgia approved August 16, 1915, incorporating the inhabitants of said city under the corporate name of city of Jesup. Act of 1893 amended. Sec. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That Section 3 of said Act be repealed and in lieu thereof the following be enacted: Section 3. Be it furthere enacted, That all elections for members of the board of education of said city of Jesup shall be held and governed by the same rules and regulations as for elections for

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mayor and councilmen of said city of Jesup. The term of office of the members of said board, elected as hereinafter provided, shall be two years. The board of education of said city of Jesup shall consist of five members, the mayor of said city, by virtue of his office, being a member of said board, the other four being elected as follows: At each regular election for mayor and councilmen of the city of Jesup, there shall be elected by the qualified voters of said city two members of the board of education, and at the first meeting of the mayor and councilmen thereafter of the city of Jesup, said mayor and councilmen shall elect two members of the council on said board of education. The mayor and two members thus elected from the council shall be eligible as members of said board so long as they retain their respective offices as mayor and councilmen of said city. If a vacancy shall occur at any time by resignation or otherwise, said board of education shall fill the unexpired term by appointment. No one shall be eligible as a member of said board who is not a bona fide citizen and resident of said city of Jesup, and who has not attained the age of 21 years. New Sec. 3. Board of education. Sec. 3. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all of Section 7 of said Act be and the same is hereby repealed, and in lieu thereof the following is hereby enacted: Section 7. Be it further enacted, That said board of education shall have authority to establish and from time to time to modify a system of public schools for said city of Jesup, to be open not less than six nor longer than ten scholastic months in each year, which time may, in the discretion of said board, be divided in two or more terms. Said board shall have authority to employ a superintendent and principal and other teachers for said school; to provide for the examination of all teachers; to suspend or discharge them for good cause; to prescribe the terms upon which students are to be received in said school; to prescribe text-books to be taught therein, and to establish such rules, regulations and by-laws for the government of said school as they may deem right and proper. In addition to

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the regular common school cause said board of education may provide such courses, including primary, grammar and high school, as they may deem proper; to provide the curriculum in said school; to receive by purchase, gift or otherwise, all property both real and personal as may be by them deemed proper or necessary; to contract and be contracted with, and to do all and every other act or acts as are or may be necessary for the proper support, maintenance and operation of said system of schools, and said board shall have the power and authority to borrow money from time to time in such sum or sums as may be necessary to supply any casual deficiency of its revenues. New Sec. 7. Powers of board of education. Sec. 4. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That before the provisions of this amending Act shall become operative, it shall be submitted to a vote of the qualified voters of the city of Jesup, and the mayor and council of said city shall, within thirty days after the approval of this Act, or as soon thereafter as may be practicable, order an election to be held in said city for the ratification of this Act under the same rules and regulations that govern elections in and for said city, and after first publishing notice of said election once a week for four weeks in any newspaper having a general circulation in said city prior to said election. All persons qualified to vote under the rules and regulations governing elections in and for said city for mayor and councilmen shall be entitled to vote in the election herein provided for, and those voting and desiring to vote for the amendment in this Act provided for shall have written or printed on their ballots, For amendment to School Act, and those desiring to vote against the amendment shall have written on their ballots Against amendment to School Act, and if two-thirds of the voters so qualified to vote shall vote for amendment to school Act then this Act, upon the result being by resolution for the mayor and council of said city spread upon their minutes so declare, shall immediately become operative and of full force and effect. If the amendment at such election shall fail to be ratified, the same question

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may be resubmitted to said qualified voters, as herein provided, as often as every six months after date of the preceding election, upon application therefor in writing by twenty-five freeholders of said city made to the mayor and council and spread upon their minutes. This Act referred to popular vote. Sec. 6. 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 20, 1918. LAGRANGE CHARTER AMENDMENTS. No. 363. An Act to amend the charter of the city of LaGrange; to authorize said city to build and operate jointly with the town of Southwest LaGrange a sewage disposal plant, to authorize said city to sell certain electric lighting lines and equipment to the town of Southwest LaGrange, 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 the city of LaGrange is hereby authorized to build and operate a disposal plant for sewage jointly with the town of Southwest LaGrange, and the city of LaGrange is further authorized to sell to the town of Southwest LaGrange the electric lines and equipment belonging to the city of LaGrange, located in the said town. Sewage disposal. Sec. 2. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this law be and the same are hereby repealed. Approved August 16, 1918.

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LAVONIA, CITY CHARTER REPEALED. No. 508. An Act to repeal an Act entitled An Act to incorporate the city of Lavonia, in the County of Franklin, 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 to incorporate the city of Lavonia, in the County of Franklin, and for other purposes, approved August 16th, 1915, be and the same is hereby repealed. Act of 1915 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 19, 1918. LAVONIA, CITY OF; NEW CHARTER. No. 519. An Act to incorporate the city of Lavonia, in the County of Franklin, State of Georgia; to define the corporate limits thereof; to provide a municipal government for said city; to confer certain powers and privileges thereon, 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 and approval of this Act the inhabitants of the territory in the County of Franklin, State of Georgia, known as the city of Lavonia and hereinafter described, are hereby continued incorporated by the name and style of City of Lavonia, a body corporate and politic, with power to govern themselves by such ordinances, resolutions, rules, regulations and by-laws

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for municipal purposes as may be adopted and promulgated under the terms and provisions of this charter not in conflict with the Constitution or laws of this State or 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 any and all courts, and to have and use a common seal, and to do all other things necessary to promote the municipal corporate purposes of said city; and shall be able and hereby authoried to purchase, hold, receive, enjoy, possess, retain, manage and dispose of for the use and benefit of said city of Lavonia any real or personal property or interest therein of whatsoever kind or description within or without the corporate limits of said city; to have and to hold all property and effects now belonging to said city, either in its name or in the name of others for its use, for the purpose and intents for which the same were granted or dedicated; in like manner to use, manage, improve, sell and convey, rent or lease, and otherwise manage and dispose of, any and all property hereafter acquired, and all transfers and conveyances of real or personal property heretofore made by said city are hereby confirmed, ratified and declared legal and binding. And the said City of Lavonia as created and established by this charter shall succeed to all the rights, privileges and immunities, and shall be subject to all the liabilities, debts and obligations of any and all kinds and sorts accruing or acquired under the Act of incorporation approved July 30th, 1908, and the Act of incorporation approved August 16th, 1915. All ordinances, resolutions, rules, regulations and by-laws now of force and effect under the present charter of said City of Lavonia shall be and demain of full force and effect under this charter until the same shall be repealed by proper action of the mayor and council. Corporate name. General powers. Succession. Ordinances effective. Sec. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the central point of said city shall be a point in the center of the maint track of the Elberton Southern Railway Company, directly opposite center of the eastern terminus of Depot street, and the territorial limits of said city

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shall embrace and include all the territory within one mile from said central point in every direction. Territorial limits. Sec. 3. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the municipal government of said city shall be vested in a mayor and four councilmen elected from the city at large. The present mayor and council of the City of Lavonia shall continue in office under this charter until the first Monday in January, 1919, and until their successors are elected and qualified; and they and their successors shall have and exercise all the rights and powers, and assume all the duties hereby conferred upon the mayor and council of said city. The mayor and council of said city shall be the supreme governing body, exercising all the powers herein conferred upon the corporation and not otherwise specifically delegated. The chief executive officer of said city shall be the mayor, who shall be a qualified elector, a bona fide resident of said city for twelve months prior to his election, and whose term of office shall be for one year, or until his successor shall be elected and qualified. The councilmen of said city shall be qualified electors, bona fide residents of said city for twelve months prior to their election, and whose terms of office shall be as hereinafter provided. Mayor and council. Sec. 4. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That on the first Wednesday in December each year hereafter, beginning on the first Wednesday in December, 1918, there shall be elected a mayor, whose term of office shall be for one year, or until his successor shall be 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 to hold office until his successor shall be elected and qualified; provided that at each election after that held on the first Wednesday in December, 1918, there shall be elected a mayor and two councilmen, the mayor to serve one year or until his successor shall be elected and qualified, and the two councilmen to serve two years, or until their successors shall be elected and qualified, and so on in

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each year, thus securing a rotation in office of councilmen, so that the full membership of said body may not be completely changed at any one election. Each officer so elected shall enter upon the duties of their respective offices on the first Monday in January following such election. Election of mayor and council. Sec. 5. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That at the first regular meeting of the mayor and council after their election and qualification, they shall elect one member of council mayor pro tem., whose term of office shall be for one year, or until his successor shall be elected in like manner. 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 council shall fill such vacancy for the unexpired term by an election by their body. Mayor pro tem. Vacancy in office. Sec. 6. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the following offices are hereby created in said city: City attorney, whose duty it shall be to represent said city in all legal matters when called upon to do so by the mayor, or mayor and council; city physician, whose duty it shall be to superintend, look after and care for the health of the inhabitants of said city, see that the sanitary rules and regulations of said city are being observed and obeyed, and to act as chairman of the board of health of said city; clerk and treasurer, whose offices shall be consolidated, whose duty it shall be to keep the books, records, papers, moneys and other things belonging to said city in a neat, business-like manner. No person shall be eligible to the office of clerk and treasurer who is not a practical and competent bookkeeper, and before he enters upon the discharge of the duties of the office he shall give such bond, with good and solvent security, payable to said city, and in such sum as may be required of him by the mayor and council. Sexton, whose duty it shall be to superintend the burial of the dead, care for, look after, maintain and protect the cemetery of said city; superintendent of streets, whose duty it shall be to superintend and care for and have worked and kept in proper condition the streets, roads, alleys, sidewalks

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and ways, drains and ditches, sewers and water mains and pipes in said city; such officer may be one of the members of council, or not, as the mayor and council may determine; chief of fire department, whose duty it shall be to act as chief of the fire department of said city, and to see that all proper steps are taken to protect said city from fire, and to do and discharge such other duties as may be required of him by the rules, ordinances and resolutions of said city; chief of police, whose duty it shall be to act as chief of the police force of said city, to preserve good order in said city, to see that other members of the force discharge their duties, and to do such other things as may be required of him by the mayor and council. At the first regular meeting of mayor and council after the first Monday in January in each year, beginning in the year 1919, all of the said named officers shall be elected by the mayor and council, and the term of office of each such officer shall be for not longer than one year, and each of whom may be removed from office at the will and pleasure of the mayor and council. The compensation of each said officer shall be fixed by the mayor and council electing them, and shall not be increased or diminished during their respective terms of office. City attorney. Physician. Clerk and treasurer. Sexton. Fire chief. Police chief. Sec. 7. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the salary of the mayor of said city shall be one hundred and fifty dollars per annum; the salary of the councilmen shall be fifty dollars per annum, and said salaries shall not be increased or diminished during their respective terms of office. Salaries of mayor and council. Sec. 8. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all elections held under the provisions of this charter and all elections in which any question or subject is submitted to the qualified voters of said city shall be superintended and managed by a justice of the peace or notary public and ex-officio justice of the peace, and two freeholders of said city, or in the absence of such officer, by three freeholders of said city, and each of said managers,

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before entering on his duties as such, shall take and subscribe before some officer authorized by law to administer oaths 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 held in said city shall be held at the city hall, unless otherwise ordered by the mayor and council for good and sufficient cause shown; and the voting shall be by ballot. The polls shall open at 8 o'clock a. m. and close at 4 o'cdock p. m. Persons receiving the highest number of votes for the respective offices shall be declared to have been elected. The mayor shall appoint the managers of all elections held under this charter, or held in said city for any purpose whatever, who shall be paid reasonable compensation for their services, for which the mayor may draw his warrant on the treasurer. Elections. Oath of managers. Sec. 9. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the said managers shall certify two lists of voters and two tally sheets, and place the same, together with the ballots, in a sealed package, together with a certificate showing the result of the election, signed by said managers, and deliver them forthwith to the mayor, or in his absence, to the mayor pro tem., who, together with the council, shall immediately proceed to open the said package, and declare the result of said election, provided no written notice of contest shall have been given said mayor and council. If written notice of contest shall have been given the mayor and council before the result of said election shall have been declared by them, by any person having an interest in the result of said election, then and in that event all further proceedings shall be postponed until said contest shall have been determined. Should any person having an interest in the result of any election held in said city desire to contest the result thereof, such person shall file a written notice of such contest with the clerk of said city within twelve hours from the closing of

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the polls of said election, which notice shall set forth plainly and specifically all the grounds of contest relied upon by such contesting person, and at the time of filing said notice shall pay to the clerk of said city the sum of ten dollars, which shall be paid into the city treasury, and the payment of said sum shall be required as a condition precedent to filing said notice by said clerk, and upon the payment of said sum and filing said notice, the clerk shall cause a copy of said notice to be served upon the contestee, if the election being contested is for the election of officers; and if the election being contested is an election at which any question is being submitted to the qualified voters of said city, said clerk shall cause such copy to be served upon the mayor of said city, or in his absence, the mayor pro tem., provided the contestor shall pay to the said clerk the additional sum of two dollars as compensation for the police officer for serving said notice of contest. The mayor, or in his absence the mayor pro tem., shall fix the time and place for hearing and determining said contest, which shall be within ten days from the day on which the election was held, of which both parties shall have at least three days' notice in writing, signed by the clerk of said city. It shall be the duty of the mayor and council to hear and determine the contest, who are hereby authorized to render judgment against the losing party for all the costs and expenses of said proceeding, upon which the clerk is hereby authorized to issue execution, if not paid, which shall bear test in the name of the mayor, and shall be levied by the police officer or officers of said city, or by any lawful constable of said county. Election returns. Contest. Sec. 10. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all male persons being qualified to vote for members of the General Assembly of said State, and who have paid all taxes due said city, except for the year in which they offer to vote, and who have resided in said city six months immediately preceding the election at which they desire to vote, and who shall have registered as hereinafter required, shall be qualified to vote at any election held in said city. Quualified voters.

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Sec. 11. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That it shall be the duty of the clerk of said city, upon the first Monday in October each year beginning on the first Monday in October, 1918, to open a registration book for the purpose of registering the qualified voters of said city. Said book shall be kept open at such place and at such hours as the mayor and council may direct, each and every day, Sundays excepted, until the second Monday in November following thereafter, when it shall be finally closed. Said clerk shall not knowingly permit any one to register who is not legally entitled so to do, 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, and that you are loyal to both; that you have resided in this State for twelve months, and in the city of Lavonia for six months next preceding the election for which this registration book is opened; that you are twenty-one years of age, or will have reached that age before the date of said election; that you have paid all taxes required of you by the laws of this State, except taxes for this year, so help you God. No person refusing to take and subscribe said oath when requested so to do by said clerk shall be permitted to register or vote in said city. The clerk of said city is hereby authorized and empowered to administer said oath. After said registration book has been closed, it shall be the duty of the clerk to deliver the same to the mayor and council of said city, who shall carefully examine the same, and purge the same of any illegal voters, and should they find the name of any person thereon whom they find, upon careful investigation, not to be entitled to vote in said city at the election for which said book was opened, they shall notify such person to appear before them at such time and place as they see proper to show cause why his name should not be stricken from said registration list, and if after such hearing they find that such person is not a legally qualified voter in said city, his name shall be stricken from said list of voters. After said list has been purged as

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aforesaid, the clerk shall make out a list of all legally qualified voters in said book, in alphabetical order, and to certify the same under his official signature and the seal of said city, and deliver the same to the managers of the election by the time the polls of such election have been opened. The manager shall keep said list before them during said election and shall permit no person to vote whose name does not appear thereon; provided that should the name of any person qualified to vote in such 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 city may certify under his official signature and seal of said city to such accidental omission to place the name of such person on said list, and that such person was duly and legally registered in due time and form before the registration books were closed, and upon filing such certificate with the managers such person shall be allowed to vote in such election. When said election is over it shall be the duty of the managers to return said registration list to the clerk of said city. For any and all special elections held in said city for any purpose whatsoever, it shall be the duty of the clerk to open the registration book at least thirty days before the date fixed for such special election, and shall close the same at least ten days before said election, and shall then prepare and furnish the registration list as hereinbefore provided. And the method of purging said list by the mayor and council shall be the same as hereinbefore provided in case of general elections. Notice of opening and closing the registration books shall be given in the manner and form as the mayor and council may determine upon. Any person voting in any election held in said city who is not legally qualified to vote therein, under the provisions of this Act, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction shall be punished as provided in Section 1065 of the Code of Georgia of 1910. Registration of voters. Sec. 12. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That before entering upon the discharge of the duties

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of their offices, the mayor, councilmen, city attorney, city physician, clerk and treasurer, sexton, superintendent of streets, chief of fire department, chief of police and any and all other officers of said city shall be required to take and subscribe before some officer of said State duly authorized by law to administer oaths, the following oath: I do solemnly swear that I will well and truly perform the duties of mayor (or other officer, as the case may be) of the City of Lavonia, to the best of my skill and ability, and as it shall seem to me the best interest and welfare of said city, without fear, favor or affection, so help me God. After taking said oath and executing such bonds as may be required of them by the mayor and council they shall forthwith enter upon the discharge of the duties of their respective offices. Oath of city officers. Sec. 13. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That there shall be a fire department, maintained and operated in said city of Lavonia, under such rules, regulations and ordinances as the mayor and council may prescribe. In addition to the chief of the fire department, the department shall consist of such a number of men as may be provided by ordinance. The chief shall be the executive head of the department, shall be responsible for the good order and efficiency of the same, shall make such expenditures therefor as may be previously authorized by the mayor and council, and shall make such report to said mayor and council as to the condition of the department, and other matters as may be required by said body, and said chief shall be and he is hereby made ex-officio a police officer of said city, empowered to make arrests as regular police officers. Fire department. Sec. 14. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That there shall be and hereby is established in and for said city, to be conducted in such manner and at such time, except Sunday, at such place in said city as the mayor and council may prescribe, a city police court, in which court the mayor shall be the presiding officer. In

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case of the absence or disability of the mayor, for any cause, the mayor pro tem., or in his absence or disability, for any cause, any member of the council designated by the mayor pro tem., shall preside. The procedure in said court with reference to the conduct and trial of cases therein, not in conflict with this section of this charter, shall be prescribed by the mayor and council, or by rule or order of the presiding officer thereof not in conflict with this charter or any of the city ordinances on the subject. The presiding officer of said court shall have power to compel the attendance of all persons violating any municipal ordinance, before said police court, by summons or copy of charges, to answer the offense charged, and when employed, such summons or copy of charges shall be issued as provided for subpoenas, and shall contain a summary or simple statement of the offense charged; and disobedience of said summons or copy of charges shall be punished as for contempt of court. Said police court shall have jurisdiction to try all offenders against the laws and ordinances of said city committed within the corporate limits thereof, and to punish persons convicted in said court of violating such laws and ordinances in a fine not to exceed one hundred dollars, by imprisonment in the guard house, city prison or other place provided, by compulsory labor on the streets or other public works, or city chaingang, not to exceed sixty days, and any one or more of said punishments may be imposed, or the several punishments may be cumulative, or the fine may be imposed with an alternative of such imprisonment or compulsory labor, or coerced or enforced by said imprisonment or labor; Provided, That the punishments, within the limits prescribed, shall only be imposed by the court in the amount and manner prescribed by the penal ordinances of said city, but in the event no penalty is provided for the doing of which is made unlawful by ordinances, the court shall have power to proceed to impose the punishments as herein enumerated in its discretion. The jurisdiction of said police court shall further extend to the investigation of any charge involving or amounting

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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 said city, and provided such charges are made in writing and verified to the best of the knowledge and belief of the person making them. The mayor or other presiding officer of said court shall have the same power as judges of the Superior Courts of this State to punish for contempt of said court by a fine not to exceed twenty-five dollars ($25.00), or imprisonment in the city guard house, city prison or other place provided, not to exceed ten days, and either or all of said punishments may be imposed in the discretion of the court, or the fine may be imposed with the alternative of such imprisonment, or coerced by such imprisonment. The mayor and councilmen of said city shall be to all intents and purposes, justices of the peace in so far as to enable them, or either of them, to issue warrants for offenses committed within the City of Lavonia against the penal laws of this State, this either before or after a hearing or trial of the charge in said police court; provided the affidavit required by law to obtain warrants is first made before such officer, or some other officer authorized by law to administer oaths, which warrant may be executed by any member of the police force of said city. Said mayor or other presiding officer of said court, as such ex-officio justice of the peace, shall have power and authority to commit to the jail of the County of Franklin offenders against the laws of the State of Georgia, and to admit them to bail in bailable causes for their appearance in the court of competent jurisdiction, and shall, if the evidence in the trial of an offense against the ordinances of said city discloses the violation of any State law, have the power to bind the defendant over as above set forth. The mayor or other presiding officer of said court, shall have the right and power to suspend, vacate or reduce penalties of said court imposed by him, for legal grounds, in his discretion, and the same shall apply to penalties and sentences of said court pronounced

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by the officer who presided in the mayor's stead, it being the intention hereof to give the officer who pronounced the sentence power to vacate, alter or modify the same when, for good and legal reasons, he may be convinced that such a course is consistent with justice; provided fines which have been imposed and collected shall be refunded in whole or in part, except by the city council, upon written recommendation of the mayor, or other presiding officer, who may have imposed such fine. There shall be kept in such court one or more dockets, upon which shall appear the names of such person arrested by the officers and members of the police force for any offense against the municipal ordinances of said city or State penal laws, and each person brought before said court by summons, copy of charges, warrant or other writ issued therefrom, to answer for the violation of any ordinance of said city, or any State penal law, together with the names of the witnesses against them, and a summary or simple statement of the offense with which they are charged, which statements shall be deemed sufficient notice to or accusation of the accused. Upon the trial of such person the sentence imposed or the disposition of the case shall be entered in writing opposite the name and charge, by the mayor or other presiding officer of said court, which respective entries, signed by the mayor or other presiding officer, shall constitute the judgment of the police court of said city in each respective case. Said court shall have the power to compel the attendance of witnesses in all proceedings before said court by subpoena, which subpoena may be issued by the chief of police or any member of the police force, or by the clerk of council, and shall bear test in the name of the mayor and shall contain a brief statement of the case, the time set for trial or hearing, and the time at which the person subpoenaed shall appear. The mayor or other officer presiding in said court shall have the power to punish any person disobeying said subpoena for contempt of court, within the limits of punishment of this act prescribed; such subpoena shall be served by any officer or member of the police force of said

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city, and person who may be charged with contempt of court as herein provided may be arrested under an attachment for contempt, or warrant signed by the mayor or other presiding officer in said court, which said attachment or warrant may be executed by any member of the police force of said city. The ministerial officers of said court shall be the chief, and all other members of the police force of said city, any of whom may execute the mandates of the court, and to whom in the alternative all mesne and final process thereof shall be directed. 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 said State in such cases made and provided. In any case where any person has deposited a sum of money as a cash bond for the appearance in said police court of any person charged with the violation of any of the ordinances of said city, such sum of money shall be forfeited by the owner thereof, and be paid over by said police court to the city treasurer as the property of the city of Lavonia, in the event the party does not appear at the time appointed, for whose appearance such sum of money was deposited as a bond. When any bond is given by any person charged with a violation of the ordinances, or arrested for such offense conditioned for his or her appearance at any session of said police court, and such person so giving bond shall fail to appear at the time appointed in said bond for his or her appearance, then the mayor or other presiding officer in said court shall issue a scire facias against the principal and his or her security, calling on them to show cause in said court at the time therein specified why said bond should not be forfeited, a copy of which said scire facias shall be served by any member of the police force of said city at least two days prior to the return day thereof upon the principal and sureties, personally, if to be found in said city, and if not to be found in said city, then by leaving such copy at their most notorious place of abode, or place where they last resided or were located in said city. If, at the return time of said

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scire facias in said court, no good and sufficient cause be shown to the contrary, said bond shall be declared to be forfeited, and judgment shall be entered upon said bond against said principal and sureties for the amount of the principal of said bond and all costs incurred. Upon said judgment execution shall be issued by the clerk in conformity with the judgment, which execution shall be executed by any member of the police force of said city. All persons sentenced to labor by said police court shall be turned over to the superintendent of streets or other officers in charge of the streets of said city and public works, to be put to work on said streets or public works in or near said city. The mayor and council shall have the power to provide by ordinance for the charge and collection of all items of costs in cases brought into said police court, such as are incident and lawfully chargeable to the prosecution of said case. Upon the failure or refusal of any person to pay any fine or costs imposed by said police court, the same may, in addition to other methods, be enforced and collected by an execution issued and directed, as is provided for the issuance and direction of tax executions by said city, and sales thereunder shall be conducted in the same manner. Upon complaint being filed with the mayor, or in his absence or disability to act, the mayor pro tem., by affidavit or such other manner as he may require, that any person has violated any of the ordinances of said city or laws of said State, said mayor or mayor pro tem., shall have the power to issue a warrant for the arrest of said offender, which warrant shall be directed to the chief of police or any member of the police force of said city, and shall be signed by said mayor or mayor pro tem. Police court. Procedure. Summons. Contempt. Juurisdiction. Punishment Jurisdiction. Punishment for contempt. Powers as justice of the peace. Penalties, vacation or suspension of. Dockets. Sentence. Evidence. Contempts. Court officers. Certiorari. Forfeiture of cash deposit. Bond. Forfeiture of bond. Punishment by street labor. Costs. Enforcement of fines, etc. Warrant for arrest. Sec. 15. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the police force of said city shall consist of a chief of police and such other officers and men as the mayor and council shall see fit and proper to elect, and shall be elected by the mayor and council as hereinbefore provided, they shall each take and subscribe the oath herein provided, and shall give such bonds as may be required of

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them by the mayor and council of said city. It shall be their duty to make arrests in the manner prescribed by law of persons charged with the violation of irdonances of said city and the penal laws of said State, and it shall be their duty to attend the trial of all violators of the ordinances of said city, and to assist in their prosecution of such cases. They shall preserve good order and the peace of said city, and shall diligently perform all their duties as such officers and do such things as may be required of them by the mayor and council. Police force. Sec. 16. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the said city shall have the right and power to own, possess and operate its electric light system, and system of waterworks and sewers, to charge the users and consumers of water a fair and reasonable price for the use thereof, to use the streets of said city for laying of water and sewer pipes as may seem necessary to said city, and to lease, rent or otherwise dispose of its water and electric light systems, and in such case the mayor and council shall have the right to control the prices charged for the consumption of light, power and water. The mayor and council shall have the power to enact all necessary ordinances for the management and control of such systems, whether owned and operated by said city or owned and operated by private individuals, or leased from said city by private individuals or corporations. The mayor and council shall not grant any public franchise to any person, firm or corporation, without reserving in said grant the right to tax said franchise, and reserve in said grant the right by ordinance from time to time to pass and adopt such reasonable ordinances, rules and regulations regulating and governing the exercise of such franchise as may be deemed expedient or necessary. Light and water systems. Franchise taxation. Sec. 17. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That said city shall have power to establish and maintain a complete system of drainage and sewage for the promotion of the health and comfort of its inhabitants, and

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shall have entire and absolute control and jurisdiction of all soil pipes, private drains and sewers, water closets and privies in said city, with full power and authority 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 said city, and shall have the right and power to require changes in, or total discontinuance of, any such structures already in existence, or that may hereafter be allowed. Drainage and sewerage. Sec. 18. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That said city shall have the power and authority to control the streets, roads, alleys, ways and sidewalks in said city, to regulate the width, location and grade of all streets, roads, alleys, ways and sidewalks in said city, and shall have power to locate and lay off new streets, roads, alleys, ways and sidewalks within said city, to alter in any manner or close and vacate any of the same. Control of streets. Sec. 19. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the City of Lavonia is hereby authorized and empowered to condemn lands and buildings located thereon within or without the corporate limits of said city, for sites for the erection of public buildings for said city, for parks, water supply, sewers, cemeteries, plants for handling and disposing of sewage and garbage, for drainage or sewer purposes, for the purpose of opening and laying off any new streets, roads, alleys, ways and sidewalks, and for the purpose of extending, widening or altering in any manner any of the same, and for other public purposes, and to pay the owners of said property the damages incident thereto. Said city shall proceed in condemning said property for the purposes mentioned, under the provisions provided by the laws of said State in such cases. The fact that such property needed by said city for said purposes may be owned by a railroad company or other corporation, or that the same may be in the hands of a trustee, shall be no bar to the exercise of the right of condemnation hereby conferred. Condemnation of lands.

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Sec. 20. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the said city shall have the right and power to grant encroachments upon the streets, roads, alleys, ways and sidewalks of the city, on such terms and in such manner as may be by ordinance prescribed, and shall 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, roads, alleys, ways and sidewalks in said city upon adequate compensation, to be determined by the mayor and council, the same being paid into the city treasury, upon such terms and conditions as the mayor and council may prescribe; provided that notice of the application for such privilege or franchise shall be published at least twice in some newspaper published in said city before final action on such application. Street encroachments, franchises, etc. Sec. 21. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the mayor and council of said city shall have the right and power to have compiled, and to adopt and declare of force and effect a code of the ordinances, rules and regulations of said city, such code being subject to amendment or repeal at any time the mayor and council may determine. Code of ordinances. Sec. 22. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the mayor and council of said city shall have the power and authority to pass any and all ordinances, rules and regulations that they may deem requisite and proper to promote the peace, security, welfare, health, good government and convenience of said city, and to prescribe punishments for the violations of the same, in a fine not to exceed one hundred dollars, by imprisonment in the guard house, city prison or other place provided, by compulsory labor on the streets or other public works, or city chaingang, not to exceed sixty days, and any one or more of said punishments may be imposed, or the said several punishments may be cumulative, or the fine may be imposed with an alternative of said imprisonment or compulsory labor, and the fine imposed may be coerced by such imprisonment

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or labor. The mayor and council shall have the power to erect and maintain suitable guard houses, city prisons, and work houses, for the confinement and detention of persons arrested and convicted for the violation of the ordinances of said city. All ordinances and resolutions passed by the mayor and council shall be signed by the mayor or other officer presiding at the time of their passage, and countersigned by the clerk. There shall be kept by the clerk a regular ordinance and resolution book, in which all ordinances and resolutions shall [Illegible Text] entered and numbered consecutively. Ordinances for general welfare. Prisons. Ordinances. Sec. 23. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the mayor of said city shall be the supreme executive officer of the city government, and it shall be his duty to see that all laws, ordinances and resolutions are properly executed and enforced, and that all the officers of said city properly perform their respective duties, and shall in all things and matters exercise a general supervision of the affairs of said city, making such recommendations to the council from time to time as may to him seem proper for the public good. The mayor shall be the presiding officer of council in all their deliberations, and shall not be allowed to vote upon any question, except in the election of other officers who are required to be elected by the mayor and council, and in the case of a tie vote upon any question before said body. But the mayor, or when acting in his stead, the mayor pro tem., shall have the right to veto any ordinance, resolution or question before the said body and enacted by the council, which veto must be filed with the clerk in writing, setting forth his reasons for such veto, within two days after the adoption of such ordinance, resolution or question by the council, and shall be entered of record on the minutes of council, and when so vetoed, such measure shall not be effectual unless passed over said veto by a vote of three of the four councilmen at the first regular meeting of council after such veto has been filed, and not thereafter. Mayor's duties and powers.

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Sec. 24. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the mayor pro tem. shall in case of the absence, disability of the mayor from any cause, or in case of a vacancy in the office of mayor, be clothed with all the powers and fulfill and discharge all the duties of the office of mayor, and shall receive such compensation for such services as may be prescribed by ordinance. In case of the absence, death or disqualification of both mayor and mayor pro tem., the remaining members of council shall fill such vacancy by election for such time as may be necessary. Mayor pro tem. Sec. 25. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the mayor and council of said city shall have the power and authority to establish, operate and maintain a chaingang, to be worked upon the streets, or at such other places in said city as they may direct, and to pass all ordinances, and to adopt such rules and regulations as are necessary for the maintenance and regulation of the same, and may provide by ordinance for the punishment of escapes therefrom, in such manner as they may see fit and proper. Chain-gang. Sec. 26. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the mayor and council of said city shall constitute the legislative department of the government of said city, and it shall be their duty to exercise a watchful care over all the interests and affairs of said city, and more especially to initiate and propose such municipal legislation as may to them seem proper and needful. They shall have power to punish for contempt in a penalty not to exceed twenty-five dollars ($25.00) or imprisonment in the city guard house, city prison, or other place provided, not to exceed ten (10) days, and either one or all of said punishments may be imposed, at the discretion of the mayor and council, or the fine may be imposed with the alternative of such imprisonment, or coerced by such imprisonment. Said mayor and council shall have power and authority to establish parliamentary rules for the orderly conduct of business. They shall provide by ordinance for the impeachment

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and trial of any member of said body, when guilty of malpractice or malfeasance in office, or of any wilful neglect or abuse of the powers and duties of said offices, and when convicted by a two-thirds vote of the whole body, the mayor voting, except in case of his own impeachment, such member being so impeached shall be immediately dismissed from office. Reasonable notice and a fair trial and hearing shall be given the accused. Legislation. Punishment for contempt. Impeachment. Sec. 27. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That neither the mayor nor any member of the council, nor any other city officer, shall be interested directly or indirectly in any contract made with the city, or receive any profit or emolument from any such contract, or from the purchase or sale of any material or supplies or other articles or things paid for out of the public funds of said city, or for which the city is or becomes in any way or manner responsible and liable. Unlawful interest in contracts. Sec. 28. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the mayor and council shall have authority to pass and enforce ordinances against idleness and loafing upon the streets or other places in said city, and to prescribe penalties for the violation thereof. Idling and loafing. Sec. 29. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the said mayor and council shall have power and authority by ordinance to lay out and prescribe the limits of a fire district in said city, and enlarge, change and modify its limits from time to time.; to prescribe when and how, and of what kind of material buildings in said limits may be erected and repaired; to prescribe the thickness of the walls, the manner in which the chimneys, stove-flues and all other parts of buildings of any and all kinds and sorts may be built; to require any changes made in buildings which they deem necessary for the proper protection of said city from fire and conflagration. They also shall have power and authority to condemn and order the removal of any buildings or parts of same within said fire limits, which, in their opinion, shall be dangerous or likely to

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cause fire and damage to the property of said city or its inhabitants, and should they have such done, the owner shall be required to pay the cost thereof, provided the owner shall first be given an opportunity to make such changes or removal himself, and upon his failure or refusal so to do, then it shall be removed under the orders and direction of said mayor and council, and all expenses shall be taxed against te owner thereof, and may be collected by execution as taxes are collected in said city. Should any person erect or repair any building in said fire district with a permit from said mayor and council, or without their consent, said mayor and council shall have the right and authority to have the same removed at the expense of said party. Fire district and regulations. Removal of buildings. Sec. 30. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That any person convicted for the violation of any of the ordinances of said city, in the city police court of said [Illegible Text] may have the right to enter an appeal from the [Illegible Text] of said court to the council of said city, provided the appeal be made in writing, and filed with the clerk of said [Illegible Text] within twenty-four hours after the rendition of the judgment from which such appeal is taken, and provided all costs are paid and bond given with good security, conditioned for the appearance of said defendant to abide the final judgment in said case; before hearing said appeal the council shall have the right to either increase or decrease the penalty imposed by the court, or to discharge the defendant as may to them seem proper. Should the defendant be convicted by the council on the trial of the appeal, and he desires to certiorari said case to the Superior Court, then and in that event the proceedings shall be as provided by the general laws of this State. Appeals on convictions. Sec. 31. Be it further enacted by authority aforesaid, That the mayor and council shall each year at the [Illegible Text] of their terms of office, appoint three fit and proper persons, one of whom shall be the city physician, who shall be chairman, who shall constitute the board of health of

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said city. It shall be the duty of said board to meet as often as may be necessary, and report to the mayor and council the sanitary conditions of said city, and should they report any nuisances, or other unsanitary conditions which are likely to affect the health of the inhabitants of said city, the mayor and council shall have the power and authority to take proper steps to have the same removed and to have such nuisances abated, which shall be done in a summary manner at the expense of the person responsible for such nuisance or such unsanitary conditions, and the costs of so doing shall be collected by execution as taxes are collected in said city. Board of health. Sec. 32. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That each male person residing without the present or future corporate limits of said city between the ages of twenty-one (21) years and fifty (50) years, inclusive, shall be required by the mayor and council to work upon the streets of said city, as may be directed by the superintendent of streets, for as many as six days in each year, or in lieu of said work to pay a street or commutation tax not to exceed five dollars annually, as may be fixed by the said mayor aand council. And the mayor and council shall provide by ordinance for the collection of said tax by execution which may be issued and enforced as other tax executions are enforced and collected in said city; and to provide for the punishment in the city police court of all such persons who shall fail and refuse to work when notified to do so, and fail and refuse to pay the said tax when the same is demanded of them by the officer whose duty it is to make such demand, and who shall fail and refuse to do good and faithful work as ordered by the person or officer in charge of such work when such persons have appeared for said work. Street work, or tax. Sec. 33. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That said city shall have the power and authority by ordinance to pave, repave and repair the pavement of any

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or all of the sidewalks of said city, and to assess the cost of the same, or so much thereof as may be determined by ordinance, against the owners of the real property abutting on such sidewalks, according to frontage owned by them thereon, and said city shall have the power and authority by ordinance to grade, pave, macadamize, curb or otherwise improve for travel or drainage any of the streets, alleys or ways of the city, or to regrade, repave, recurb, remacadamize or repair the pavement, curbings, grade or drainage of the same, and to assess one-half of the total cost of the same against the owners of the property abutting on each side of the streets, alleys and ways so improved, according to the frontage owned by each thereon, or so much of the cost thereof, not exceeding one-half, as may be determined by ordinance; and to require any railroad or street railroad company having or which may hereafter have tracks running through the streets, alleys or ways of said city, so improved, to macadamize or otherwise pave or improve as the mayor and council may direct, the width of their tracks and two feet additional on each side thereof, and to require said companies to repair or repave their said portions of said streets, alleys and ways of said city as the mayor and council may direct. In the event any such company or companies fail or refuse to comply with said requirements, the city may have the same done, and the expense thereof may be assessed against said company or companies, and the collection thereof enforced by execution, issued against said company or companies, as hereinafter provided; and said city is hereby empowered to enforce the payment of the assessments provided for in this section by execution against the abutting property and against the owners of the same, which execution shall be issued and enforced by levy and sale of said propery in the same manner as executions for taxes are issued and enforced in said city, and said property shall be sold in the same manner and shall be subject to all the incidents of purchase by the city, and redemption by the owner, as provided by Section eight hundred

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and seventy-nine (879) of Volume one (1) of the Code of Georgia of 1910 and amendments thereto. Provided, 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 issued is due, and the reason why the same is not due by and from defendant, and stating what amount is 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 said affidavit and execution shall be returned to the Superior Court of Franklin county and there tried and the issue determined as in cases of affidavits of illegality, subject to all the pains and penalties provided in cases of illegality for delay. Assessments for street improvements. Execution. Affidavit of illegality. The publication of the ordinance or ordinances providing for the improvements proposed to be done under this section, in one edition of some newspaper published in said city, shall be sufficient notice to abutting property owners, or railroad or street railroad companies having tracks on the streets, alleys or ways to be improved, of the contents and provisions of such ordinance or ordinances, and of the fact that such improvements are to be made; Provided, That in case of non-residents, a copy of said ordinance or ordinances shall be mailed to the address of all non-residents owning land abutting where said improvements are to be made, if the address of said non-residents be known; but failure to send or receive such copy shall not invalidate the ordinance, the assessment or levy, nor any other proceedings thereunder. Notice by publication. To non-residents. Sec. 34. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That in addition to the special school tax authorized by an Act of the General Assembly of said State, approved August 8th, 1908, and thereafter ratified by a vote of the qualified voters of said city, the said city of Lavonia shall have the right and power, and hereby clothed with the authority to assess, levy and collect a tax upon all property, both real and personal, within the limits of said city, not to

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exceed one per cent. ad valorem, to assess, levy and collect a specific or occupation tax on all businesses, occupations, professions, callings or trades, public or private, exercised within said city as may be deemed just and proper, and upon all franchises and incomes; to fix a license and levy a tax on all theatrical exhibitions, circuses, and shows of all kinds, on hacks, drays and all kinds of vehicles and conveyances, hotels, boarding and rooming houses, restaurants, fish stands, fruit stands, billiards, pool and other kinds of tables, ten-pin alleys, skating rings and all other kinds of amusements, picture shows, butcher shops, livery stables, garages, auctioneers, and upon all other classes and kinds of business legitimately coming within the police power of said city, as may be just and reasonable. The taxing power of said city, except as herein specifically limited, shall be as broad and general, as complete and full as that of the State of Georgia. Said city shall have the right and power to provide by ordinance for the return of all real and personal property for taxation, to provide for compelling such return, and to provide penalties for failure to do so; to double tax defaulters and those failing to make such returns, after due notice and hearing to be prescribed by ordinance for the current or any previous years, not in conflict with any limitations prescribed by the laws of this State; to prescribe the time or times at which said returns shall be made, and shall have the power to enforce the collection of all taxes by execution issued by the clerk, directed to the chief of police, and any member of the police force of said city, and bearing test in name of the mayor, which execution shall be issued in the time and manner prescribed by ordinance not in conflict with the State laws, and such execution shall be enforced by levy on and sale of the property of the defendant, and all sales of property thereunder shall be had and conducted as is now or may hereafter be provided by State laws, and the ordinances of said city not in conflict with said state laws; and where the owner of property in said city is unknown, such execution may be issued against said property and the levy thereon

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and sale thereof shall be had as provided by ordinance. And the power of said city to provide machinery and methods for the return, assessment and taxation of property within said city shall be as full and complete as that of the State of Georgia. Said city shall have the power to provide by ordinance for the registration of all business occupations that are subject to a specific occupation or license tax, the time or times at which the same shall be made, and shall provide penalties for engaging in such business and occupations without having first registered and paying the tax required, and shall have the power in addition thereto to enforce the collection of said taxes by execution as hereinbefore provided. The mayor and council of said city shall have the power and authority to appoint a board of tax assessors of all property in said city, both real and personal, consisting of three freeholders of said city, which board shall assess for taxation the values of all real and personal property in said city, and perform such other duties in connection therewith as the mayor and council may prescribe. And said board when sitting shall have the powers of a court to compel the attendance of parties and witnesses, to require the production of books and papers and to enforce such attendance and production of books and papers by attachment for contempt, which may be punished by said board as in this charter prescribed for contempt committed before the city police court, and the mayor and council shall have power and authority to provide by ordinance, not in conflict with the state laws, for the ascertainment of the value of all taxable property by said board, in contested cases, and shall provide for notice and hearing to taxpayers, the value of whose property has been increased, or whose unreturned property has been assessed. Taxation ad valorem. Specific and occupation taxes. Powers. Sec. 35. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the said city of Lavonia shall, in addition to the powers hereinbefore granted, have the following rights and powers: To try all nuisances within the city and abate

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the same; to define what shall constitute a nuisance; to cause any nuisance likely to endanger the health of said city or any neighborhood therein or near said city to be abated in a summary manner; to charge expense for abating such nuisance against the person causing the same, or the owner of the premises, according as the one or other is liable, and to enforce the collection of such expenses by execution issued as executions for taxes. To regulate butcher pens, butcher shops, tanyards, livery stables, garages, fish stands, restaurants, or any other business in which decaying animal or vegetable matter is kept, or in which noxious odors may become dangerous and injurious to the health and comfort of the public, or any part thereof; to license same only in such localities as may be least offensive to the public, and to revoke the license for same when they prove dangerous and injurious to health as aforesaid. To regulate and control all hotels and other public houses within said city, and to revoke the license of same in case they should become disorderly. To take up and impound dogs, horses, mules, cattle, hogs and other animals running at large, and to pass such ordinances as may be deemed necessary for the regulation of such animals within the city. To require the owners of lots to drain the same, fill up excavations and depressions, and upon failure to do so after reasonable notice, to have same done at the owner's expense, and enforce collection of same by execution against the property, which execution shall be issued and enforced in the same manner and with the same privileges as to content, to the defendant as provided in case of sidewalk and street paving executions. To regulate all vehicles of every kind and character used in said city for profit in the transportation of passengers, freight or both; to provide for the regular inspection of same, and to fix the rate of fares and carriage thereon. To construct or extend sewers in any of the streets, alleys or ways of said city, or contiguous territory; to assess such part of the cost of the same against the real estate abutting on the street, alley or way in which the

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same may be extended, according to frontage as may seem just and reasonable, and to enforce the payment of same by execution against the said abutting real estate and the owner thereof; Provided, That to an execution issued under this paragraph 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 stating the reasons why same is not due, and what amount he admits to be due, which shall be paid before the affidavit shall be received and the affidavit shall be received for the balance, which affidavit, together with the execution, shall be returned to the Superior Court of Franklin county and there tried and determined, as in cases of affidavits of illegality subject to all the pains and penalties provided for in cases of affidavits of illegality for delay. To regulate the running of all machinery, including stationary and locomotive engines, within the city, and to make all such needful rules and regulations for the same as will guard the citizens or any portion thereof against annoyance by unnecessary volumes of smoke and disagreeable and unnecessary noises. To own, use and operate for municipal purposes and for profit, a system of waterworks 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 found guilty or wrongfully using said water or lights or power, and who wrongfully divert same from their property channels of transmission. And to provide by ordinance for the punishment of those who wrongfully handle, meddle and interfere with any of the pipes, drains, faucets, valves, wires, poles, lamps and any other parts of said water and light systems. To provide by ordinance for a water and light commission to be composed of three freeholders of said city, whose duty shall be to manage and superintend both said systems, to collect the revenues therefrom and turn them over to the city treasurer, and to have jurisdiction of all matters and things pertaining to the management and operation of said waterworks and electric light systems, or

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either. To provide for the inspection of all buildings for the purpose of having the same meet with all requirements relative to the material used and the safety and strength of the same, as well as the proper location thereof, as the mayor and council may from time to time prescribe by ordinance to guard against loss by fire, injuries to the person or damage to property. To have the right power and authority to issue bonds for the erection and construction of any municipal improvement and for the enlargement, extension and improvement of all municipal improvements now existing, and for the pavement of streets and sidewalks, or either of them in said city. Additional municipal powers. Sec. 36. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the enumeration of powers contained in this Act shall not be considered as restrictive, but the city of Lavonia and its municipal authorities may exercise all powers, rights and jurisdictions as they might it such enumeration were not made and the mayor and council may pass all laws and ordinances, rules and regulations they may deem needful and proper for the general welfare of said city, and where, under this charter, rights are conferred or powers granted, but the manner of exercising them is not fully prescribed, the mayor and council may prescribe the method of exercising them or they may prescribe additional regulations and modes of procedure not repugnant to the intents and purposes of this Act, nor the laws of this State. Statement of powers not restrictive. Sec. 37. 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; Provided, That nothing in this Act contained shall operate to affect or repeal the Act of the General Assembly of Georgia, approved August 8th, 1908, to authorize the city of Lavonia to establish and maintain a system of public schools for said city, and for other purposes, which said Act is hereby declared to be and remain of full force and effect. Act of 1908 not repealed. Approved August 20, 1918.

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LAVONIA SCHOOL ACT REPEALED. No. 361. An Act to repeal an Act entitled an Act to amend an Act to establish public schools in Franklin county, Georgia, in the city of Lavonia, approved August 8th, 1908, and the various Acts amendatory thereof, so as to provide for the election of the board of education 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 the above entitled Act to amend an Act to establish public schools in Franklin county, Georgia, in the city of Lavonia, approved August 8th, 1908, and the various Acts amendatory thereof, so as to provide for the election of the board of education for the said city, and for other purposes, be and the same is hereby repealed. Act of 1908 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 17, 1918. LUMPKIN PUBLIC SCHOOL TAX. No. 391. An Act to amend an Act to establish a public school system for the town of Lumpkin, in the county of Stewart; to provide for the maintenance of the same; to create a board of education for government of same; to require the county school commissioner of Stewart county to pay the board of education of said town the pro rata share of the state school fund for all of the pupils attending the schools established in said town, and for other purposes, approved October 16th, 1889, by striking from

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said Act all of Paragraph 1 of Section 6 and in lieu thereof insert the following paragraph which reads as follows: Paragraph 1. The city council of the city of Lumpkin is hereby authorized, empowered and required to levy each year after the passage of this Act a special tax as the board of education of the city of Lumpkin shall recommend, not to exceed one per cent. on all the property in the corporate limits of the city of Lumpkin, subject to taxation by said city of Lumpkin, to collect the said tax and pay same over to the secretary and treasurer of said board of education. 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, That an Act to establish a public school system for the town of Lumpkin in the county of Stewart, to provide for the maintenance of the same; to create a board of education for the government of the same; to require county school commissioners of Stewart county to pay over to the board of education of said town the pro rata share of the state school fund for all of the pupils attending the schools established in said town and for other purposes, approved October 16th, 1889, be and the same is hereby amended by striking from said Act all of Paragraph 1 of Section 6 and adding a new paragraph in lieu thereof and inserting the following paragraph, which shall read as follows: Paragraph 1. The city council of the city of Lumpkin is hereby authorized, empowered and required to levy, each year after the passage of this Act a special tax, as the board of education shall recommend, not to exceed one per cent. on all the property in said city of Lumpkin, subject to taxation by said city of Lumpkin and to collect said tax and pay over the same to the secretary and treasurer of said board of education. Act of 1908 amended. Special school tax. 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 17, 1918.

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MACON CHARTER AMENDMENTS. No. 465. An Act to amend an Act approved August 17th, 1914, creating a new charter for the City of Macon, and Acts amendatory thereof; by prohibiting the city of Macon from granting encroachments; to increase the compensation of certain members of the board of water 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 first of October, 1918, Section 66 of the Act approved August 17th, 1914, appearing on pages 981 to 1044 of the published Acts of Georgia, creating a new charter for the city of Macon, be and the same is hereby amended by striking out the words and figures seven hundred and fifty ($750.00) dollars, appearing in the ninth and tenth lines of said section and inserting in lieu thereof the words and figures, nine hundred ($900.00) dollars, so that said section when amended shall read as follows: Section 66. That immediately after the election of said water commissioners each of them shall give bond for the faithful discharge and performance of their duties in the sum of ten thousand ($10,00.00) dollars, payable to the city of Macon, and to be approved by the mayor and council of the city of Macon; that they shall proceed to elect a chairman for the term of two years, at a salary of twelve hundred and fifty ($1,250.00) dollars per annum; that the other members of said board shall receive a salary of nine hundred ($900.00) dollars per annum, all salaries to be paid monthly by vouchers drawn upon the fund deposited to the credit of said board by the chairman and countersigned by the secretary of said board. Act of 1914 amended. To be read. Salaries of water commissioners. Sec. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That Section 102 of said Act, approved August 17th, 1914, wherein it is provided of the granting of encroachments upon the streets, lanes or alleys of the city, be and

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the same is hereby expressly repealed, and from and after the passage of this Act the mayor and council of the city of Macon shall have no power or authority to grant, bargain, sell, lease or convey any encroachment into any street, lane or alley in said city. Street encroachments not allowed. Sec. 3. Be it further enacted, That 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, 1918. MAYSVILLE TAX AD VALOREM. No. 417. An Act to amend an Act incorporating the town of Maysville in the counties of Jackson and Banks, approved August 17, 1909, so as to increase the ad valorem tax on all the property in said city, so as not to exceed one and one-quarter per cent., thus amending Section 37 of said charter by substituting one and quarter for one where it appears, 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 37 of the Act entitled An Act to revise, consolidate and amend the several Acts incorporating the town of Maysville, in the counties of Jackson and Banks; to create a new charter and municipal government for said town with additional powers and authorities to provide for the continuance of the present public school system, embracing all matters growing out of the establishment thereof, and etc., approved August 17, 1909, and the same is hereby amended by striking the word one where it appears in the eighth line of said section and substituting in lieu thereof one and one-quarter, so that said section when so amended shall read as follows: Sec. 37. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That for the

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purpose of raising revenues to defray the ordinary current expenses incident to the support and maintenance of the town government, the said town council shall have full power and authority to levy and collect an ad valorem tax upon all property, both real and personal, and choses in action in the corporate limits of said town, not to exceed one and one-quarter per cent., but when that amount is deemed insufficient, said town council shall have the authority to levy an additional tax in the mode and manner provided by the constitution and laws of the State of Georgia. Act of 1909 amended. To be read. Tax rate. Tax, additional. 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 19, 1918. McDONOUGH TERRITORY EXTENDED. No. 329. An Act to amend an Act entitled an Act to amend the charter of the town of McDonough, in the county of Henry; to extend the corporate limits of said town, so as to include the East White cemetary, and other property, 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 entitled an Act to amend the charter of the town of McDonough, in the county of Henry, approved November 27th, 1901, be and the same is hereby amended by striking out the latter part of Section 1 beginning at the word southeast, in the sixth line of said section, and by inserting in lieu thereof the words northwest corner of East White cemetery, thence east ninety-six and one-half feet, thence south three hundred and fifty eight feet, thence west ninety-six and one-half feet on Cemetery street, thence south along said street to the southeast

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corner of the White cemetery, thence west to the northwest corner of the colored cemetery, thence south four hundred and sixty-two feet, thence west to the western boundary of the right of way of the Southern Railway company, thence northerly along said western boundary line to where said line of right of way intersects the corporate limits of said town. So that said section when amended will read as follows: That the corporate limits of the city of McDonough, in the county of Henry, shall extend one-half mile in every direction, from the center of the public square, except where the corporate limits of said city intersects Cemetery street on the south side, that from said point said limits shall extend south along said Cemetery street to the northwest corner of the East White cemetery, thence east ninety-six and one-half feet, thence south three hundred and fifty-eight feet, thence west ninety-six and one-half feet to Cemetery street, thence south along said street to the southeast corner of the Old White cemetery, thence west to the northwest corner of the colored cemetery, thence south four hundred and sixty-two feet, thence west to the western boundary of the right of way of the Southern Railway company, thence northerly along said western boundary line to where said line of right of way intersects the corporate limits of said city. Act of 1901 amended. To be read. Territorial 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 12, 1918. McRAE, CITY OF; NEW CHARTER. No. 295. An Act to amend by substitution an Act creating a new charter for the city of McRae and to consolidate the Acts relating to the Acts and powers of said corporation; to enact amendments thereto, 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 Sections 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43 and 44 of the Act known as an Act to create a new charter for the city of McRae, approved August 17th, 1909, Acts of 1909, page 1149, be and the same are hereby repealed, and the amendments hereinafter set out shall be substituted therefor. Act of 1909 amended. Sec. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, that the municipal government of the city of McRae shall consist of a mayor and six aldermen, who are hereby constituted a body corporate under the name and style of the city of McRae, and by that name and style shall have perpetual succession, shall have a common seal and be capable in law and equity to purchase, have and hold, receive and enjoy, possess and retain any estate or estates, real and personal, of whatsoever kind or nature, within the jurisdictional limits of the city of McRae, and shall by the same name be capable to sue and be sued in any court of law or equity in this State, and shall succeed to all the rights, powers, privileges and immunities and be subject to all the penalties, forfeitures and liabilities of the present municipal corporation known as the city of McRae. Every right, title, claim or interest in property, real and personal, legal or equitable, contingent or vested, present or future, and every note, bill, bond, chose in action or demand of any kind now held, claimed, or owned by the mayor and council of the city of McRae or by the city of McRae, shall and does hereby pass to the city of McRae, along with every right, power and privilege to enforce such right, title, claim or demand in its own name as was enjoyed by the city of McRae or by the mayor and council of the city of McRae. And every right, title, claim or demand of any kind or character against the mayor and council of the city of McRae or the city of McRae may be enforced, set up and established

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against the city of McRae to the same extent as such right, title, claim or demand could have been set up and established against the mayor and council of the city of McRae or the city of McRae, and the city of McRae shall be liable on all such rights, claims and demands to the same extent, and no more, than would the city of McRae on the mayor and council of the city of McRae had its charter not been amended as herein provided. All officers, agents and employees shall continue in their offices and the discharge of their duties under the city of McRae, with the same rights, powers, privileges and immunities and subject to the same liabilities and for the same terms and compensation in the same manner and to the same effect that they would have been authorized, empowered and liable had not the charter of said city been amended as aforesaid. Corporate name. Succession. General powers. Sec. 3. The corporate limits of the city of McRae shall include and embrace all of the territory known and distinguished as lots of land numbers 172, 173, 188 and 189, situated, lying and being in the Tenth Land district of Telfair county, Georgia, and boundary lines between said lots above mentioned and the lands adjoining said lots shall be and shall constitute the corporate limits of said city of McRae. Territory. Sec. 4. That the mayor and council of the city of McRae shall have full power and authority, by a two-thirds vote, to create wards in and for said city and to define the boundaries and limits of such wards, to name or number such wards as may be created, and to provide for the number of councilmen who shall be elected from each ward, but the creation of wards shall always be at the discretion of said mayor and council, and should wards be created in and for said city, they may be abolished at any time by a two; thirds vote of the council, the same as when created. Nothing in this Act, however, shall be construed to authorize more than six aldermen. In the event said city is divided into wards, each ward shall be entitled to an equal representation on the council. Wards of city. Representation.

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Sec. 5. On the first day of January of each year the clerk of the city of McRae shall open a book to be designated as Voters' Book, containing on the top of each page thereof the following oath, to-wit: I do solemnly swear or affirm that I am a citizen of the United States, that I am 21 years of age, or will be on the first Tuesday in December of this calendar year; that I have resided in this State for one year, in this county for six months and in the city of McRae for three months immediately succeeding the date of this oath, or will have so resided on the first Tuesday in December of this calendar year; that I have paid all taxes, state, county and municipal, which since the adoption of the constitution of 1877 have been required of me, except the 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 the ward street and street number set opposite my name in this Voters' Book is my true place of residence, and that the statements opposite my name in said book as to my age and occupation are true, so help me God. In addition to keeping such Voters' Book open for signatures during the usual hours of business daily from January 1st, as hereinbefore required, said clerk for a period of thirty days, beginning ninety days prior to the first Tuesday in December, 1918, and annually thereafter (the same being the days of the general city election), shall keep said Voters' Book open for signatures at such place as may be designated by the mayor and council, from 9 o'clock a. m., until 4 o'clock p. m. each day, Sundays only excepted. For the period of thirty days beginning ninety days prior to the first Tuesday in December, 1918, and each year thereafter, the mayor of the city of McRae shall appoint a deputy registrar, subject to confirmation by the council. Said deputy registrar shall have charge of said registration book during said period of thirty days, and during said period he is authorized and empowered to administer said oath and to assist voters registering in making their signatures clearly legible. Any male person desiring to be registered as a voter,

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and who may be qualified to register as hereinafter provided, may apply to the said clerk, or the deputy registrar, during the period of his service, and after reading said oath or having the same read to him, shall subscribe to the same by signing his name in such Voters' Book underneath the written or printed oath above described. A memorandum of the age of such registrant shall be made at the time he registers, and if not twenty-one years of age a memorandum of the date when such registrant will arrive at the age of twenty-one shall in like manner be made, showing the date in that year when he will reach twenty-one and where the registrant has not resided in the State one year, or in the county six months, or in the city three months at the date of taking the oath and registering, a similar memorandum shall be made, showing the date in that year when he will have resided in the State for one year, in the county six months and in the city three months. Said city clerk shall always keep such Voters' Book for signatures at his office at the city hall at any and all times when his office is open for the payment of taxes or other business, except for the closed period hereinafter provided for. Upon request of the applicant, or in any case in the discretion of the officers in charge of said book, such officer shall read or repeat said oath distinctly to the applicant, and if such applicant cannot sign his name, said officer shall sign for him, the applicant making his mark. The signature so made in said book shall be evidence that the person so signing swears or affirms the truth of every statement contained in said oath, and also to the written memoranda or entries opposite his signature. For the purpose of more easily identifying the voters a note shall be made on the Voters' Book in connection with each signature of persons signing; that is to say, whether white or colored. Any person swearing falsely under this section shall be liable to indictment and punishment as in other cases of false swearing under the laws of this State, and the act of signing said registration book shall in any prosecution hereunder be held and deemed equivalent to taking the oath therein

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printed. Sixty days before the general election in December of each year, said city clerk of McRae shall close the registration books for the general election of that year, and shall make up and keep on file in his office a list to be designated as Registered Voters in alphabetical order, of the names of said Voters' Book and distinguishing in said list between the white and colored voters. Voters' oath. Registration of voters. Sec. 6. All persons qualified to vote for members of the State legislature in the county of Telfair who shall have paid all the taxes legally imposed and demanded by the authorities of the city, including the street tax, except for the year in which the election occurs, and who shall have resided three months within the jurisdictional limits of the city of McRae and have registered as hereinbefore provided, shall be qualified to vote at any city election. Voters qualified. Sec. 7. The following shall be the qualifications necessary for registration: (a) The person must be a male citizen of the United States, who has resided in the State one year, in the county six months and in the city three months next preceding the time of the election. (b) He must be twenty-one years of age or must become so by the day of the election. (c) He must have paid all taxes since the adoption of the present state constitution, to the state, county and to the city of McRae which have been required of him and which he had an opportunity to pay, agreeable to law, except for the year of the election. No person shall be entered on the register who does not apply to the city clerk or the deputy registrar during his period of service, in person upon the days and within the hours fixed for registration. Qualifications for registration. Sec. 8. No person shall be allowed to vote at any election in said city for the election of mayor and alderman for said city who has not been duly registered according to the provisions herein set forth. Any person voting in any such election without having registered shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction shall be punished as prescribed in Section 1065 of the Penal Code of this State. Illegal voting. Penalty.

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Sec. 9. It shall be the duty of the city clerk to cause to be printed and posted in a conspicuous place at the council chamber by 8 o'clock a. m., on the day of the election, the corrected list of the registered voters, and also to furnish each of the election managers a copy of such printed list before the polls are open on the day of the election. The books of registration shall be open to public inspection at all times from the beginning of the registration to the day of the election. List of voters posted. Sec. 10. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the government of said city of McRae shall be vested in said council composed of a mayor and six aldermen. The present mayor and the present aldermen shall continue in office until the expiration of the term for which they are elected and until their successors are elected and qualified. And they and their associates and successors shall have and execute all the rights, powers and duties herein conferred on the city council of the city of McRae created by this Act, and all ordinances, rules and regulations now of force in said city not repugnant to this charter are continued in full force and effect until the same may be repealed, annulled, amended, changed or modified by said council. All officers now in office, elected or appointed by the mayor or council or mayor and council, shall continue to hold their office and discharge the duties until the expiration of the term for which they were elected or appointed, and until their successors are elected or appointed, unless sooner suspended, removed or discharged by said council. City government. Duties and powers. Officers hold. Sec. 11. The term of office of the mayor of the said city shall be two years. On the first Tuesday in December, 1919, a successor shall be elected for the present mayor of the city of McRae, and biennially thereafter there shall be an election for mayor of said city of McRae. The term of office of the aldermen of said city shall be two years. On the first Tuesday in December, 1918, three aldermen shall be elected for a term of two years, to succeed the three aldermen whose terms of office expire at that time, and annually

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thereafter three aldermen shall be elected for a term of two years each to succeed the three aldermen whose terms of office expire annually. Terms of office. Sec. 12. At all city elections, special as well as regular, or annual elections, the polls shall open at 9 o'clock a. m. and shall close at 2 o'clock p. m. on the day of the election. Election polls. Sec. 13. The mayor shall appoint three freeholders in said city, who shall be registered voters therein to manage said elections. It shall be the duty of the managers to receive, count and verify the number of ballots polled. Each of said managers, before entering on his duties, shall take the following oath before some judge or justice of the peace: I do solemnly swear that I will faithfully and impartially conduct the election for which I am appointed manager and prevent all illegal voting to the best of my ability and power, so help me God. Election managers. Sec. 14. The mayor and council shall provide at the expense of the city the necessary material for carrying on the elections, and shall designate the buildings or places where the polls for all elections shall be had. Said mayor and council shall provide for the holding of all elections either at the courthouse of the county of Telfair in said city, or at the council chamber, or other room or building where said city council holds its meetings, and not elsewhere. Until changed, as hereinafter provided, all elections of said city shall be held at the council chamber. In the event it shall be desired to change the place of holding elections, said city council may by resolution adopted in regular meeting, change the place of holding elections to said courthouse, or from said courthouse to the council chamber, as the case may be, but before said change shall be effected, said city council shall cause notices in writing of said change to be posted before the courthouse door and in a conspicuous place at said council chamber for a period of thirty days. Election places.

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Sec. 15. The mayor of said city, in conjunction with the sheriff of Telfair county and the police of said city shall take all necessary measures to preserve order, to prevent the carrying of deadly weapons contrary to law, and to secure to all the electors the right to deposit their ballots at the polls on the day of elections. Police officers shall not intimidate nor persuade any elector at the polling places of said city at such elections. For every violation of this section the party or parties so violating the same shall be subject to indictment, and on conviction be fined not less than twenty-five dollars nor more than one hundred dollars, or be imprisoned for not less than ten days, nor more than three months. The grand jury of Telfair county shall have power to inquire into this offense. Unlawful acts at elections. Penalty. Sec. 16. If any person offering to vote at any election of said city is challenged he shall 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; have resided in this State one year, in the county of Telfair six months and in the city of McRae three months next preceding this election; that I have paid all taxes which 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 in this election this day, so help me God. Challenge of voter; oath. Sec. 17. Any person voting illegally at any election held in said city shall be liable to the same penalties as are prescribed by law of this State for illegal voting in the State and county elections. After the votes for mayor and aldermen, or for aldermen, as the case may be, at any election shall have been counted by the managers, they shall cause two copies of the tally sheets to be made out, one of which shall be handed over to the mayor for the time being and the other shall be retained by the managers, and as soon as the mayor as aforesaid shall be informed of the result of said

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election he shall cause the persons elected to be notified of the same and shall also file with the clerk of the council of said city the copy of the tally sheet of said election to be kept on file by said clerk in his said office and duly recorded by the said clerk on the book of minutes of the council aforesaid. The person who shall receive the highest number of votes for mayor shall be declared duly elected. The persons offering for aldermen who receive the highest number of votes shall be declared duly elected. Illegal voting. Election returns. Sec. 18. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That if for any reason there is a failure to hold the regular election for mayor and aldermen at the regular time provided for in this charter, on the first Tuesday in December, it shall be the duty of the city council to order an election as soon as practicable thereafter by giving at least ten days' notice of the same by publishing said notice once in a newspaper and posting a written notice at one or more public places in said town, and such election shall be held and managed and results declared in the same manner as at a regular election, as provided for hereinafter. Election on order and notice. Sec. 19. The mayor and aldermen shall constitute the legislative department of the city government, and as such shall be vested with all power and authority from time to time to make and establish such rules and regulations and ordinances respecting the streets, lanes, alleys, parks and open courts, the markets and marketing, railroads, public houses, warehouses, ginneries, factories, manufacturing plants, carriages, wagons, drays, automobiles, livery stables, pumps, blacksmith shops, fire engines, street business and residence lights, the water supply and all water used publicly and privately in said city, all closets and privies of whatever kind or character in said city, and all other matters affecting the good government of said city as they shall deem requisite and proper for preserving the peace, order and good government of the same. This general enumeration of powers, however, is not to be so construed

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as to conflict with any special power or authority given to the mayor and council of said city by this Act, but rather in aid of such power. Legislative powers. Sec. 20. That persons elected as mayor and aldermen, or aldermen, as the case may be, shall attend on the first day of January, unless it be Sunday, and in that case on the next day following, after their election, at the council chamber for the purpose of qualifying and taking the oath of office. The mayor and each member of the council so elected shall take and subscribe before some judge or justice of the peace the following oath: I,....., do solemnly swear that I will well and truly perform the duties of mayor, or member of the council, 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 city of McRae and the common interest thereof, so help me God. They shall then immediately enter upon the duties of their respective offices. Oath of office. Sec. 21. There shall be a chairman pro tem. elected by the council at their first meeting, or as soon thereafter as practicable, who shall preside over the council in the absence of the mayor, and who, on taking the oath of office, shall be clothed with all the powers, rights and duties of the mayor and shall serve during the absence from the city or disability of the latter officer. He shall have the casting vote in case of a tie, but shall not exercise the veto power vested in the mayor. In the absence from the city of the mayor and mayor pro tem., the council shall select from their body one to act as mayor pro tem., who shall have the power given to the mayor pro tem. The permanent or standing committees of the council shall be designated by the mayor at the first regular meeting after the organization of council in each year, or as soon thereafter as practicable. All vacancies in committees shall be filled by the mayor. Resignations of any member of council, either from the standing committees or from the council itself, and all resignations of the members of any of the boards of the

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city shall be addressed to the mayor of the city and disposed of by him. The resignation of the mayor shall be addressed to the council. Be it further enacted by authority aforesaid, That the mayor and three councilmen shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of any business before the city council at its regular meeting and that the mayor and three councilmen shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of any business at a call meeting, and a majority of the votes shall determine all questions and elections before the city council. Said city council shall hold regular meetings in every month, and oftener if they think best, at stated times and at a stated place in said city, and shall hold such meetings as may be ordered by the mayor, or, in his absence or sickness, by the mayor pro tem., for special purposes, or when requested to do so by a majority of the aldermen. All meetings of the city council shall be public, and the public shall be allowed at all times to witness their deliberations, except when the city council resolves itself into executive session, when the public shall be excluded. Chairman pro tem. Mayor pro tem. Committees of council. Vacancies and resignations. Quorum. Meetings of council. Sec. 22. That all elections by the mayor and council and all votes on appointees for confirmation shall be in public, and shall be conducted as follows: As soon as the names of candidates or appointees are announced, the clerk shall call the roll and each member of the body shall, as his name is called, vote viva voce, the clerk keeping a list of the votes, which shall be entered upon the minutes. At the conclusion of the call the presiding officer shall declare the result. A majority of the whole board shall in all cases be necessary to elect or confirm, as the case may be. Elections by council. Sec. 23. That every ordinance of the council and every resolution passed by that body shall, before it takes effect, be presented, certified by the clerk, to the mayor within two days after the passage thereof. If the mayor approves it he shall sign it; if not, he shall return it with his objections and file the same with the clerk within five days, Sundays

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excepted, after he receives it, and the council shall at the first regular meeting thereafter when a quorum is present order the objections to be entered at large on the minutes, and shall at said meeting take a vote on the question, Shall the ordinance or resolution pass, notwithstanding the objections of the mayor? If as many as four aldermen shall vote in the affirmative, such ordinance or resolution shall stand and become effective; otherwise, not. The ayes and nays shall in all such cases be entered on the minutes. If such ordinance or resolution shall not be returned by the mayor within five days, Sundays excepted, after he shall have received it, the same shall become effective in like manner, as if he had signed it. The clerk shall endorse on each ordinance or resolution the time when presented to the mayor, and this endorsement shall be conclusive of the fact of such presentation and the time thereof. Ordinances. Veto. Passage over veto. Sec. 24. The city of McRae is hereby authorized to issue bonds in such amounts as may be permitted under the constitution and laws of the State of Georgia, and at such time or times as the mayor and council of the city of McRae may prescribe for the purpose of establishing and maintaining a system of surface and sanitary sewers; for the purpose of acquiring, operating and maintaining a light plant and system, and a water plant and system for furnishing lights and water to the citizens of said city; for the purpose of acquiring, operating and maintaining an ice factory or plant, and a cold storage plant for the purpose of furnishing ice and cold storage to and for its citizens; for the purpose of opening, repairing, grading and claying, paving and otherwise reclaiming and improving the streets and sidewalks of said city, as the mayor and council of the city of McRae may prescribe, and for other purposes, with full power and authority in the city of McRae to make all contracts in the erection, maintenance and operation of such plants and systems, and for carrying on such work, and with full power and authority in the mayor and council of said city to make, declare and enforce all such ordinances,

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resolutions, rules and regulations concerning the use of said sewers, streets and sidewalks, lights and water, ice plant and cold storage plant; and to provide by ordinance for compelling residents, citizens and property holders to make connection with such sewers at their own expense, and regulate and supervise such connections; and to prohibit connection with such sewers and the use of the lights and water and the streets and sidewalks of said city; and to provide for the enforcement of such ordinances by fine and imprisonment as well as the issue and levy of execution for that purpose. Bond issues for public utilities. Sec. 25. The mayor and council of the city of McRae are hereby authorized and empowered to call by ordinance an election by the qualified voters of said city, for the purpose of obtaining the assent of two-thirds of said qualified voters to an issue of bonds in such amount or amounts as may be permitted under the constitution and laws of the State of Georgia, and at such time or times as the mayor and council may, in their discretion, prescribe for any or all of the following purposes, to-wit: Bond elections. 1st. For working, grading, claying, paving, macadamizing, draining or otherwise improving for travel or use the public streets, alleys and lanes of said city. Street improvements. 2nd. For establishing and maintaining a system of surface or storm and sanitary sewers within the city. Sewers. 2nd. For establishing and maintaining a system of surlighting plant or a municipal gas plant, or for the construction of a new electric lighting plant or gas plant; for extension and improvement of such electric lighting plant or gas plant if so acquired or built; for the extension, improvement and maintenance of the present light plant of said city. Electric or gas works. 4th. For the acquisition by purchase of a municipal water plant, or for the construction of a new water plant, and for the extension and improvement of such water plant, or for the extension and improvement of the present water plant of said city. Waterworks.

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5th. For the acquisition by purchase or for the construction of an ice factory or plant and a cold storage plant, and for the extension and improvement of the same, and for the maintenance and operation of such plant or plants. Ice factory. Sec. 26. In all elections that may be hereafter held [Illegible Text] the city of McRae for the purpose of authorizing the issue of bonds by the city of McRae for any purpose whatever, a special registration shall be had, and such registration list prepared as herein provided, except the city clerk of the city of McRae or the deputy registrar appointed for such special election during the period of his service for a period of thirty days beginning forty-five days prior to such special election, shall keep the voters' books open for signatures at the office of said city clerk in said city of McRae, and at such other places as the mayor of said city may designate, from 9 o'clock A. M. to 3 o'clock P. M. of each day, Sundays excepted. All of the provisions of this Act with reference to registering illegally for general elections shall apply to registrations for special bond elections. No bond election shall hereafter be held in the city of McRae without such special registration. Special registration. Sec. 27. That no person shall be eligible as mayor unless he be of the age of twenty-five years at least, qualified to be an elector of the city, and who shall have resided in the city two years immediately preceding his election. He shall also be a bona fide freeholder of the city in his own right at the time of his election, and shall remain such bona fide freeholder owning real estate in the city in his own right during his entire term of office as mayor. Eligibility as mayor. Sec. 28. The mayor, until otherwise provided by ordinance, shall receive a salary of two hundred dollars per annum. The mayor and council may fix by ordinance the salary of the mayor, however, but no change shall be made in the salary of the mayor during his term of office. He shall hold his office for a term of two years, and until his successor shall be chosen and qualified. He shall be the chief

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executive officer of the city and shall have a general supervision over all its affairs, sign all deeds and contracts, approve all bills and vouchers for the payment of money, and shall be clothed with the veto power as hereinafter set forth. It shall be his duty to see that the laws of the State and ordinances of the city are faithfully executed within the limits of the territory over which the city government extends. He shall keep the council advised from time to time of the general condition of the city, and shall recommend such measures as he may deem necessary or expedient for the welfare thereof. He may call the council together at any time when deemed necessary by him, and he shall preside over all meetings of the council. He shall preside over the police courts of said city, and shall exercise the duties of judge of the police court for the trial of violations of the ordinances of said city as hereinafter provided. Mayor's salary duties and powers. Sec. 29. No person shall be eligible as an alderman of said city unless he shall have attained the age of twenty-one years, and shall be at the time of his election qualified to be an elector of said city, and must, in the event he is elected from any particular ward, reside in the ward for which he is elected, and shall not remove therefrom during his term of office on pain of forfeiture of his said office. Eligibility as alderman. Sec. 30. The compensation of each alderman of the city of McRae shall be the sum of twleve ($12.00) dollars per annum, which said sum shall be in full of all compensation that any alderman shall be entitled to receive out of the treasury of the city of McRae. The mayor and council of said city shall have power to change by ordinance the salary or compensation of aldermen for their services as such, but compensation of such alderman shall not be changed during his term of office. Pay of aldermen. Sec. 31. That in case the mayor, or any members of council, while in office, shall be guilty of malpractice, any wilful neglect in office or abuse of the powers confided to

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him, or shall be guilty of any other conduct unbecoming his station, he shall be subject to be indicted before the Superior Court of the county of Telfair, and on conviction shall be fined in the sum not exceeding one hundred dollars, and shall moreover, be removed from office. The said fine may be collected by execution and shall be applied to the use of the city by the treasurer. Malpractice in office. Penalty. Sec. 32. That it shall be unlawful for any alderman or aldermen composing any committee of council to expend more money for the use of any department of the city government than has been duly appropriated for such department by the mayor and council of the city of McRae. That any alderman or aldermen violating this provision shall be personally liable to the city of McRae or to any other person damaged thereby, in the amount of the unauthorized excess expended over and above the amount set aside and appropriated by the mayor and council of the city of McRae. Unlawful expenditure. Liability. Sec. 33. That in case of any vacancy among the members of council, either by death, resignation, failure to elect, removal from office, or removal from the city, the mayor shall advertise an election to fill the vacancy, and in case of the death of the mayor, his resignation, removal from office, or removal from the city, the city council shall order an election for filling the vacancy. In each case ten days' notice shall be given in the public gazette of the city, and by posting written notice at one or more public places in said city, unless such vacancy should occur within three months of the next regular election in said city at which aldermen for said city are elected. In which latter event the council shall elect the mayor or aldermen, as the case may be, to fill said vacancy until said regular election in which said mayor or aldermen, as the case may be, shall be elected to fill such unexpired term, or as successor of said officer, as the case may be. Election to fill vacancy in office. Sec. 34. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid,

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That the mayor and aldermen of said city are hereby authorized and empowered to elect for said town, annually and for a term of one year, unless sooner discharged, a clerk, treasurer, chief of police and as many policemen as they think necessary, a board of health, sanitary inspectors, building inspector, chief of fire department, city physician, attorney and tax assesors, and so many of said officers and such other officers, including cemetery keeper, as they may deem necessary and proper, 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 elected or appointed by said mayor and town council shall accept such offices subject to be suspended, removed or dismissed therefrom at the will of the town council, at any time they may see fit to make such suspension, removal or dismissal, and no officers dismissed or removed shall be entitled to any salary whatever during suspension or after removal, no matter whether the time for which he has been elected or appointd has expired or not. The mayor and councilmen, at their discretion, may elect or appoint the same person to discharge duties of more than one officer. All such officers shall be elected at the first meeting of the mayor and councilmen in January of each year, or as soon thereafter as possible. City officers elected by mayor and aldermen. Sec. 35. Be it further enacted by authority aforesaid, That it shall be the duty of the clerk to collect and keep, subject to the discretion of the city council, all money due and belonging to the city, except as hereinafter provided; to be custodian of the books and records of the city and to preserve a minute of all the acts and doings of each meeting of the city council; to be ex-officio clerk of the police court of said city, and to perform 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 city council. Before entering upon the discharge of the duties of his office he shall take before the officer authorized to administer oaths in this State an oath

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to faithfully and honestly discharge the duties of his office, and shall execute such bond and in such sum as shall be required of him by the city council, with good and sufficient security, to be approved by the mayor. He shall keep a separate and correct account of all the separate and distinct funds received and disbursed, so at all times to show the true condition of such funds. He shall also make general and special reports in the manner and at the times when called upon by the city council to do so. Clerk's duties. Sec. 36. Be it further enacted by authority aforesaid, 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 sums paid out by him, when and to whom, and for what purpose, and shall give a receipt for all sums of money received by him, and shall take a receipt for all sums of money paid out by him, which books and receipts shall at all times be open to the inspection of any citizen of said city, and all sums of money paid into the hands of the treasurer by the provisions of this Act shall be, and the same are hereby directed to be a fund for the exclusive use of the said city. The duties of the treasurer are such as are usual and which may be required of him by the ordinances of said city and by this section. 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 bonds and in such sums as shall be required of him by the city council, with good and sufficient security, to be approved by the mayor. He shall also make general and special reports in the manner and at the times when called upon by the city council to do so. Treasurer's duties. Sec. 37. Be it further enacted by authority aforesaid, That all other officers elected or appointed by the city council shall take such oath and give such bond as they may be required so to do, and also to perform such duties as they may be required to do by the ordinances, rules and regulations

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of the city council and to otherwise conform with all requirements made by the city council governing such officers. Bond and oath of officers. Sec. 38. Be it further enacted by authority aforesaid, That the compensation and salaries of mayor and councilmen and all other officers, servants and employees of the town, shall be such sums as the town council may fix; and the mayor and aldermen and such other officers as they may designate may, in addition to their salaries or compensation, be relieved of street tax and street duty. Pay of officers. Sec. 39. That it shall be the duty of the city marshal to levy and collect all executions for taxes or other money due the city; to advertise and conduct all sales of property under execution, or other process, execute deeds and other conveyances usual in such cases, and perform such other services as the mayor and council may by ordinance require of him. He shall give bond in the sum of one thousand dollars for the faithful discharge of his duties and shall take the same oath of office, in the presence of the council, as that prescribed for the treasurer. Marshal's duties. Sec. 40. Said marshal shall also be the chief of police of said city, and as such shall perform such duties and shall perform all other duties as may be required of him by the ordinances of said city. Police chief. Sec. 41. That there shall be a building inspector for the city of McRae. The mayor and council shall have authority to elect such inspector as other city officials are elected, or shall designate some other proper person or city officer who shall, in addition to his other duties, perform all the other duties and have all the authority of the building inspector. Said building inspector shall be a practical workman at one of the building trades. Building inspector. (a) That the building inspector, or such person as shall be designated as such by the mayor and council, shall keep a record in a book provided for the purpose, of all buildings

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erected in the city of McRae; shall issue permits for the building of the same, inspect all buildings, fences or walks in the city, and shall make a monthly report to the mayor and council. It shall be his duty to cause all buildings, walls and fences to be erected in accordance with the laws of the city, and shall make an inspection of any house, building, wall or fence, whether in course of construction or not, whenever required by the mayor and council of the mayor, and report immediately upon the same. Records, permits, etc. (b) Whenever the building inspector, after examination, shall determine that any buildings, walls, or fences constructed or in the course of construction, are dangerous, he shall have the authority to compel such structure torn down or removed, and the defects remedied, and the owner shall cause the orders of the inspector to be immediately carried out. In the event of the failure of the owner or his agent to carry out the orders of the inspector, the inspector shall have authority to do the work necessary with whatever force provided by the mayor and council of the city of McRae at the expense of the owner of the property. The expense thereof shall be collected by execution, to be issued by the treasurer of the city, and shall be a lien upon the property of the owner, and shall be collected in the same manner as tax executions. Removal of dangerous structures. (c) The mayor and council shall have full power to pass all necessary ordinances regulating buildings, fences and works, and prescribing the duties and compensation of the building inspector. Regulations. Sec. 42. The mayor and council, upon the recommendation of the board of health of said city, may designate some fit and proper person as milk inspector and food inspector of said city of McRae, whose duties it shall be to enforce all ordinances and rules and regulations of the mayor and council and of the board of health of said city of McRae touching the inspection and sale of milk and cream, and of all meats, vegetables and groceries of all

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kinds and character in said city, and to enforce the rules and regulations of the mayor and council and of the board of health of said city with reference to all restaurants, hotels and other eating places in said city. Such inspector shall have full power as an officer of the board of health to examine all cows, dairies or stables, whether in the city of McRae or not, and condemn the milk sold from the same, and said inspector shall have full power to examine and inspect all meats, vegetables and other groceries offered for sale in said city, and to inspect all hotels, restaurants and other eating places, and to go in and upon any premises, store, or other place for said purpose, and any person offering for sale any milk or cream, meats, vegetables or other groceries, or keeping or maintaining any eating place in said city contrary to or in a condition contrary to any ordinance or regulation of said city, or of the mayor and council, or of the board of health of said city of McRae, shall be arraigned before the mayor and be punished as prescribed by the ordinances of said city defining the punishment for disorderly conduct in said city. And any milk, cream, meats, vegetables or other groceries, or any food offered for sale or consumption in said city that may be condemned by the inspector shall be at once destroyed. The mayor and council shall have full power to charge such fee for the sale of such articles as will pay the salary of such inspector and the expense of inspection. The salary of the inspector and his term of office shall be prescribed by the mayor and council. Milk and food inspector. Powers. Condemnation. Sec. 43. That the mayor and council shall have power to appoint inspectors of the weights and measures in use in said city, and to pass rules and regulations with respect to the same, and fix fees for such inspection, to be paid by the parties using said weights and measures. Weights and Measures. Sec. 44. There shall be, and is, a police court established for said city of McRae, which shall have jurisdiction to try the offenses against the laws and ordinances of the municipal government and to punish for the violation of

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the same. Said court shall also have power to enforce its judgments by the infliction of such penalties as may be provided by law, to punish witnesses for non-attendance, and also any person who shall counsel or encourage or persuade another whose testimony is desired or material in any proceeding before said court to go or remove beyond the process of the same. Said court shall be presided over by the mayor of said city, and, in his absence or disability, by the mayor pro tem. Said court shall be held at such times and place in said city as the mayor or the city council may appoint, and as may be necessary for the trial of cases. Police court. Sec. 45. The mayor of said city, as judge of said police court shall have power to impose fines for the violation of any law or ordinance of said city passed in accordance with its charter, by fine to an amount not to exceed one hundred dollars; to imprison offenders in the guard house of said city or the common jail of Telfair county, not to exceed thirty days, or at labor on the public works and the streets of the city of McRae for not more than sixty days, and said mayor shall have the power and authority to impose any one or more of these punishments when, in his opinion, the facts of the case justify it. Said mayor shall not have the authority to inflict a greater punishment for contempts committed in the presence of the court than to impose a fine of twenty-five dollars, or imprisonment for a space not exceeding ten days. Said mayor shall be to all intents and purposes a justice of the peace, so as to enable him to issue warrants for offenses committed within the corporate limits of said city, which warrants may be executed by any member of the police force of the said city, and to commit the offenders to the jail of the county of Telfair, 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. If, in the examination or trial of any person accused under a charge for violation of any of the municipal ordinances, there is reason to suspect the commission of a crime on his part, the mayor shall have authority

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to bind over or commit said accused to a court of competent jurisdiction for said penal offenses. Powers of mayor as judge. Sec. 46. The right of certiorari from the decisions and judgments of the mayor shall exist in all criminal cases, and such certiorari shall be obtained under the sanction of the judge of the Superior Court of Telfair county upon a petition, in writing, to said judge, to be presented within ten days after the rendition of the decision or judgment complained of, and not thereafter. Such petition shall state the grounds of complaint, and shall contain a brief of the evidence had on the trial, and shall be duly sworn to. If, upon examination, the judge shall consider the petitioner entitled to writ of certiorari, it shall be his duty to cause such writ of certiorari to be issued and served on the mayor, as in other cases under the laws of this State requiring him to certify and send up to the Superior Court a complete and accurate history of the case as his answer thereto, which answer shall be subject to correction and traverse, as provided in the Code of this State. The judge at chambers or in term time may hear and determine such traverse, as well as the certiorari upon which it is based, after ten days' notice to each aprty and may then affirm or reverse the decision or judgment of the mayor; Provided, however, That no writ shall be granted until the accused shall have paid all costs and filed with his petition an affidavit setting forth that he has been wrongfully and illegally convicted, and given bond with good and sufficient security, payable to the city of McRae, conditioned to answer the judgment of the court, or in lieu thereof shall make affidavit of his inability from poverty to pay the costs and given the bond aforesaid. If the writ of certiorari is granted, the judgment of the mayor's court shall be suspended until the judge of the Superior Court shall finally pass on the case. Certiorari. Sec. 47. The city clerk shall be and act as clerk of the mayor's court, and shall attend all sessions and act as clerk thereof in addition to his other duties. He shall sign and issue all processes, summons and all attachments, etc.,

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issued out of the said court, all of which shall bear attest in the name of the mayor. He shall keep all records of said court, receive all fines imposed by said court, and account for the same, as may be prescribed by the mayor and council. The ministerial officers of said court shall be the marshal, who shall be the chief of police; lieutenants and patrolmen of the police force of said city, any of whom may execute the mandates of said court, and to whom, in the alternative, all mesne and final processes thereof shall be directed. The chief of police or other member of the police force, shall attend all sessions of said court for the purpose of executing the necessary orders thereof. Clerk of court. Other officers of court. Sec. 48. In the absence, sickness or disqualification of the mayor, and in the absence, sickness or disqualification of both the mayor and mayor pro tem., to hear and try any case in the mayor's court, the mayor shall in such event be authorized to name and designate any one of the aldermen of the city of McRae to try any case pending in the police court. Such alderman, in any such case, being clothed with the same power as is granted to the mayor by the charter and ordinances of the city of McRae in other cases. Presiding judge pro tem. Sec. 49. Be it further enacted, That the mayor and city council of McRae shall have power and authority to organize one or more chaingangs, and to confine therein persons who have been sentenced by the police courts of said city to work upon the streets, or have not paid their street tax, and they shall have power to make all rules and regulations that may be suitable, usual or necessary for the government and control of such work gangs, and to enforce the same through its proper officers. Chaingangs. Sec. 50. The mayor and council of said city of McRae shall have power to enact ordinances against idling, loitering and loafing in said city, and to prescribe punishment, upon conviction therefor. And the mayor's court shall have jurisdiction to try all persons guilty of vagrancy within

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the limits of said city, and upon conviction, to punish them as prescribed in the code of this State. In all cases where persons charged before said court with offenses of vagrancy shall demand a trial by jury, it shall be the duty of the mayor to send such persons before a court having jurisdiction of said offense, and if no such court shall be then in session, to bind said person over in sufficient bond for his appearance before said court for trial, or in default of bail, to commit said person to wait said trial. Nothing in this section, however, shall be construed to limit the jurisdiction of the mayor's court of said city to try offenses in violation of the city ordinances against idling, loitering and loafing in said city. Idling, vagrancy, etc. Sec. 51. The mayor and 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 business of this court. Ordinances. Sec. 52. That the mayor and council of the city shall be authorized to provide by ordinances for suspension of the sentence of any prisoner carried before the mayor's court for a violation of any city ordinance, law or regulation, until such person shall have an opportunity to appeal to the council of the city, and lay before that body a statement of the facts in this case; and on such appeal the said mayor and council shall have power, after full hearing of said case, to commute, remit, or suspend said sentence. This right of appeal shall be for the purpose of reviewing the degree of punishment in the interest of securing a merciful administration of the penal laws of said city, and no appeal or right of certiorari shall lie from the action of said council. Suspension of sentences. Appeals. Sec. 53. Be it further enacted, That the mayor and council shall have full power and authority to remove the inmates or occupants of lewd or disorderly houses in the city of McRae, and they shall have power and authority to provide by ordinance a penalty for the use of vulgar and obscene language, and to punish lewd or disorderly conduct

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within the limits of said city, and to pass such further and other ordinances as may be necessary or expedient for the preservation of good order, decency, morality, peace, health, welfare, convenience and good government of and for said city. Disorderly and lewd houses. Sec. 54. There shall be a board of health of said city of McRae to consist of three members. The mayor, by virtue of his office, shall be a member of said board, and the mayor shall appoint one alderman as a member of said board, and the council shall elect a reputable practicing physician of said city as a member of said board. The members of said board shall hold their office for two years, and the compensation of the members of said board shall be fixed and appropriated by the mayor and council annually. No member of said board shall receive more than ten dollars per month. The board shall meet at such times and at such places as it may fix, and shall be subject to call at any time the mayor sees fit. Said board shall have full power to execute all sanitary measures necessary to the preservation of the public health, and for the preventation of the generation and introduction of infectious and contagious diseases. They shall likewise exercise absolute power over the subject of quarantine, personal or otherwise; penalties for the violation of such rules and regulations as may be prescribed by said board shall be fixed by the mayor and council. Said board of health shall recommend to the mayor and council that acts and things shall be deemed nuisances, who shall provide by ordinance within what time the same shall be abated. And said board shall declare whatever may be deemed necessary by said board of health for the public health and for the preventation of the generation and introduction of infectious or contagious diseases to be unlawful and a nuisance. The ordinances and regulations now of force in said city with reference to the health thereof shall have the force and effect of law until the same shall be amended or repealed by ordinance. The mayor and council shall by proper ordinances provide for the punishment of offenders against ordinances affecting the health of said

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city, and the regulations of the said board of health, and the mayor's court shall have jurisdiction to try all persons charged with a violation of such ordinances or the regulations of the board of health. And the fine arising therefrom shall be paid into the treasury of said city. Said board of health shall have power to make rules and regulations for quarantine and governing the conduct of all persons with reference thereto, and such rules and regulations shall have the force and effect of an ordinance of said city, and the mayor and council shall by ordinance provide punishment upon conviction for a violation of such rules and regulations. Board of health. Powers of board. Ordinances and regulations. Sec. 55. The mayor and council shall have power and authority to enact any ordinances and by-laws to them deemed desirable with reference to the erection or maintenance of any sink, water closet, privy or other place of like character, together with the drainage and sewers of said city, and to provide that no sink, water closet or privy shall be put in or located in said city except by permit from the board of health, and to provide by ordinance that no water closet or privy shall be located or maintained separate from a dwelling or business house in said city, and no such closet or privy shall be located or erected or maintained for the public use by any person in said city, but that the city alone shall have the power to erect and maintain for the public use water closets and privies in said city. The board of health in said city shall have supervision of all sinks, water closets, privies, etc., together with the drainage and sewers of said city, and shall be authorized to enter upon any premises for the purpose of inspecting and examining the same. The board of health shall also have charge and management of any and all hospitals, temporary or otherwise, for contagious or infectious diseases. Said board of health shall also examine all public institutions within said city, and shall compel such sanitary rules and regulations as they may deem necessary enforced. The expenses of the board of health shall form a legitimate item in the administration of the city government, to be met, as

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in the case of other expenditures, by such appropriations of money as the city council in the exercise of sound economy may deem proper. Said board of health shall make recommendations from time to time to the city council touching public welfare as said board, in its judgment, may see fit and proper. Such recommendations shall always be made when called for by the council. Two members of said board shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. A record of the proceedings of this board, open to the public, shall be carefully kept and filed among the archives of the city government; the clerk of the council shall be ex-officio clerk of the board, and shall perform duties as the board may prescribe. His compensation for such duties shall be fixed by the mayor and council. The said board of health shall have the power to declare what are infected parts or places, and who are infected persons. 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 as are not in conflict with the constitution and laws of this State. The mayor and council shall have power, by ordinance, to require all physicians, clergymen, magistrates, undertakers and other persons to make and keep a registration of births, marriages and deaths occurring in said city within their knowledge, and to require said persons to report the same to the board of health, and to pass such ordinances as they may deem necessary for the full enforcement of this section. Drainage, sewers, etc. Hospitals. Sanitary regulations. Sec. 58. That whatsoever any member of said board shall fail to attend three consecutive meetings without sufficient excuse the board shall have the authority to declare a vacancy and shall forthwith report the same to the council. All vacancies in said board shall be filled for the unexpired term as appointments are made in the first instance. Vacancy on board. Sec. 57. That should the board of health of said city neglect or decline to attend to the duties imposed upon them by this Act, the mayor and council shall act as such

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board of health, and exercise all the powers and discharge all the duties relating to the board of health prescribed in this Act. Neglect of duty. Sec. 58. That the mayor and council of the city of McRae shall, upon the report of the board of health, cause any nuisance liable to endanger the health of the city, or of any neighborhood, to be abated in a summary manner, and where the nuisance is caused by the act or negligence of any individual, the expenses of such abatement may be charged against the party causing such nuisance, or the owner of the premises, as the council may elect. Nuisances. Sec. 59. The mayor and council of the city of McRae shall, on the recommendation of the board of health, cause the owner or owners of lots within the city to drain the same or to fill the same to the level of the streets or alleys on which said lots are fronting; to compel the owner or owners of cellars holding water to cause the same to be emptied of the water or filled up if necessary; to compel the owner or owners of water closets and privies disconnected from dwellings or business houses of such owner, or water closets or privies owned by private individuals and used by the public, to remove the same from any place that such water closets or privies may be located; and in case the owner of such lot or lots or such water closets or privies shall fail to comply with the requirements of the mayor and council, after reasonable notice being given him or his agent, by filling up the lots or cellars or draining the same, or by removing such water closets or privies, it shall be lawful for the mayor and council to employ some person to do the same, and for the amount so expended the city treasurer shall forthwith issue an execution against the owner of said property, to be collected from said lot or any other property belonging to him, and a sale under said execution by the marshal shall pass the title of the property sold as completely as a sale by the sheriff under a judgment and execution. Drainage and sanitary measures. Sec. 60. The mayor and council shall have full power

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and authority to establish a system of quarantine, as may be recommended by the board of health, or as in their judgment may be necessary to prevent the introduction or spreading of contagious or infectious diseases within said city; and that in order to more fully exercise this authority said mayor and city council are hereby given quarantine jurisdiction over all the area embraced within the jurisdictional limits of the county of Telfair, in this State, and anywhere within the limits of said town or county they may establish, erect and change at leasure, either permanent or temporary quarantine grounds or pest-houses, and may condemn and change at pleasure, either permanent or temporary quarantine grounds or pest-houses, and may condemn and take lands and buildings and personal property in said limits for quarantine grounds and quarantine purposes, either permanent or temporary. Condemnation proceedings shall be had and taken in the same manner and by the same rules as are provided by Section 72 of this Act for condemning lands for sewers, etc., and all the provisions of that section for that purpose shall apply and be the provisions for this purpose; and they may by ordinance or resolution put any part or the whole of said area under quarantine, and may arrest, detain, and if need be, confine persons from or suspected to be from any place or places suspected of being infected, and detain and confine such persons from day to day as they may by ordinances see fit to declare and prescribe. And they shall be authorized and have the power to stop, delay, board and search all trains, cars and vehicles or conveyances of every sort, public or private, entering said limits, whenever in their judgment it may seem best and necessary, and may absolutely prohibit any such train or vehicle from entering said limits, or persons coming within same. But such rigid quarantine shall not be held and established except by the mayor and council, and by the board of health of said city. No State board that now is or that may be established shall have power to molest, lessen or in anywise interfere with said authorities in the matter of quarantine in the said limits,

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save only to see to it that they maintain in such area a quarantine not less strict than such State board of health may think best. And said city council shall have full power and authority to punish and violation of the quarantine rules and regulations of said city that may be prescribed by the mayor and council or by said board of health committed in any place within said area, and said mayor and council may, by resolution, adopt any rule or regulation recommended by the board of health, and upon the same being posted one time in such manner as they may prescribe, and within twelve hours after its posting or publication, become a binding ordinance upon all persons within said town and within said area when it shall be so recited. Quarantine, Condemnation. Powers. Sec. 61. Be it enacted further, That said mayor and city council shall have full power and authority to compel the removal to the typhoid fever and smallpox liospital or house provided for that purpose, or any other contagious or infectious diseases, any person who shall have typhoid fever, smallpox or any of the said infectious or contagious diseases, in or near said town, and who do not provide their premises with sufficient disinfectants, treatments and guards to completely regulate and control and quarantine said premises; but even when the said premises on which said sick person may be sufficiently guarded, it shall be still in the judgment of the city council discretionary to assign all of sick persons to the hospital above declared. The mayor and city council shall have power and authority by ordinance or resolution to provide that vaccination shall be compulsory upon all persons residing in said city of McRae, and within one mile of the incorporate limits of said town, and for this purpose the said city authorities are hereby given police jurisdiction over all the territory and over all the residents within the said prescribed area, and upon all persons who may be working or sojourning in said city, whether they be permanent residents or not of said city. And said mayor and city council shall provide in said ordinances and regulations the time within which all persons as above referred to shall be vaccinated, and any person

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failing or refusing to be vaccinated within the time required in such ordinances, rules and regulations shall, upon conviction, be fined not more than one hundred dollars and cost, or imprisonment in the common jail or such other place of confinement, as the mayor and city council may direct. Removal of persons to hospitals. Vaccination. Sec. 62. The mayor and city council shall have full power to adopt any such ordinances, rules and regulations as they may deem necessary to secure the removal of all garbage, rubbish, filth, dead animals, weeds in growth and all other offensive matter and material from the streets and alleys, parks and lanes, and from any and all occupied and unoccupied lots and places within said city limits, and when the same is on private property to be at the expense of the owner removed and destroyed. Said ordinances shall be enforced by the board of health and by the mayor and council. And if such offensive matter or material be located on private property and the owner of such property shall fail or refuse, after written notice from the board of health, to comply with the terms of the ordinances and rules and regulations, he shall be subject to such penalties as may be prescribed by ordinance. And upon notice being given the mayor and council by the board of health of such refusal, the mayor and council may cause the removal of such offensive matter and have execution issued for the cost thereof, as they may by ordinance direct against the property of such owner for the amount of such expense and cost. The person returning such lot or property for city taxes shall be taken and deemed to be the owner, and said execution shall proceed in the same manner and be liable to the same defense as is prescribed in this Act where executions are issued by the city for constructing, paving or otherwise improving the streets, sidewalks, etc., of said city of McRae. Said board of health shall have power and authority, and it shall be the duty of said board, to condemn all outhouses, water closets and privies in said city that may be disconnected from a dwelling or business house, or that, by the nature of their use, either by the owners or the public

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generally, shall cause flies and other insects to collect, or shall create an offensive odor, and upon the board of health reporting any such place or building to the mayor and council, and the failure of the owner thereof to remove the same, it shall be the duty of the mayor and council to cause the same to be removed as hereinbefore provided. Garbage and refuse removal. Sec. 63. The city of McRae is authorized to own and operate a system of water works and a system of light and power plant for the purpose of supplying water, lights and power for all purposes to any and all persons for hire resident in said city. The mayor and council shall have power to make all rules and regulations for the management and operation of said water works and light and power plant, and to fix from time to time the rate charged for water, with the right to classify said rate. The mayor and council shall have power to fix by ordinance the purpose for which lights and power and water shall be furnished, and to make rules and regulations governing the refusal, for reasons deemed sufficient by the mayor and council, to furnish water, lights and power to any person applying therefor, and to discontinue to furnish water, lights or power to any person now receiving and enjoying the same upon information given the mayor and council by the board of health it shall be the duty of the mayor and council to refuse water, or to discontinue to furnish water to any person to be used in any sink, water closet, privy or place contrary to the ordinances of said city, or the rules and regulations of the board of health, or when the water is to be used in any such place as the board of health shall declare to be unsanitary. Waterworks, lights and power. Sec. 64. Said city is authorized to own and operate, to acquire by purchase and to construct an ice manufacturing plant, for the purpose of furnishing to its citizens and others for hire ice and cold storage privileges for all purposes usual in such business. The mayor and council of said city shall have power to make all rules and regulations for the purchase, construction and management and operation of such ice and cold storage plant, with the right to

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provide by taxation for the purchase, operation and maintenance of the same; to fix from time to time, rates and charges for ice and cold storage and to classify such rates; to fix by ordinance the purposes for which ice and cold storage will be furnished, and to make all rules and regulations governing the refusal for reasons deemed sufficient by the mayor and council, to furnish ice or cold storage to any person applying therefor. And said mayor and council shall have power to provide for the disposition of the revenues derived from said ice factory and cold storage plant; to employ all labor for the operation of the same, and to enact all necessary ordinances for the purpose of protecting said city in the ownership and enjoyment of said ice factory and cold storage plant privileges, and to prevent misuse, waste and loss thereof, and to punish offenders against such ordinances. Said mayor and council shall be authorized to enact ordinances providing for discontinuing to furnish ice or cold storage privileges to any person or persons for the non-payment of ice or cold storage privileges, and to continue to refuse to supply the same until all back dues or charges for ice and cold storage are paid. Said city of McRae shall have full power and authority to purchase, hold or condemn all real estate necessary for the erection and operation of said ice factory and cold storage plant, and for extending, improving and operating the same, both in and out of city limits; to condemn property for said purposes, both in and out of the said city, as provided by Section 72 of this Act, for the purpose of condemning land for the purpose of constructing the light and water plants, and for the purpose of constructing sewers in and for said city. Said mayor and council shall have power and authority to enact all other ordinances and laws for the purpose of carrying this section into effect, and for the purpose of securing to said city the privilege of owning and operating an ice factory and a cold storage plant, together with all of the benefits and immunities incident thereto. Ice and cold-storage works. Sec. 65. All the income arising from the operation of said water works and light and power plant, and from any

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ice factory and cold storage plant that may be installed, and all the revenues derived therefrom, shall be first applied to the payment of the necessary operating expenses, in extensions and repairs, that may be deemed necessary, the payment of the interest and the retirement of the principal of any indebtedness for the purchase or erection of said plants, and any future indebtedness that may be created for the purpose of improving or extending the same, and the balance, if any, shall be paid over into te general fund to be applied to the general expenses and purposes of said city government. A separate account and separate book from the balance of the city affairs shall be kept of the business of the light and water plant, and the ice and cold storage plant, which said account shall show the expenses for operating, maintaining, improving and extending, and of the income and revenues of said light and water plant, and said ice and cold storage plant. Income from municipal utilities. Sec. 66. The mayor and council shall have power to employ all necessary labor for the operation and management of said light, power, water, ice and cold storage plants, and they shall have the authority to discharge any and all persons employed by them at any time in the same manner, and to the same extent that any private employer has over his employee. Some person fully qualified to keep correctly the books for said light, water, power, ice and cold storage plants shall be employed, but the duty of keeping the books for said plants may be required by the mayor and council of the city clerk, and the mayor and council may fix the compensation of said clerk for such work, and expert and practical engineer shall be employed to have general superintendency of the operation, construction and extension of said plants, and said superintendent shall have control and management of the other labor used in and about the operation and extension thereof. Employees. Sec. 67. The mayor and council of the city of McRae are hereby authorized to make all the necessary ordinances for the purpose of protecting the city in the ownership and

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employment of said light, water, power, ice and cold storage plants, and for the purpose of protecting the city against loss, misuse and waste of water, lights, power, ice and cold storage; and also for preventing connections with and appropriating of the water, lights and powr of said city without the knowledge or consent of the mayor and council, and for the punishment of offenders against such ordinances. Protection by ordinances. Sec. 68. Said mayor and council shall be authorized to make rules and regulations for shutting off the water and cutting out lights and power and shutting off electricity from premises where supplied for the non-payment of water or light or power rent, and providing that the same shall not be turned on again until such delinquent consumer at such location, or elsewhere pays all back water, light or power rent, as the case may be, due by said delinquent consumer for water, light or power furnished or consumed, to the city of McRae, including any charge for turning off and on the water, light or power, as the case may be, that may be made. And said mayor and council are authorized to provide for such charge as in their judgment may be reasonable for cutting out and cutting on the water, lights or power, as herein provided. Enforcement of payment for service. Sec. 69. The mayor and council may provide for such lights and water for the public use, including street lights and lights in public buildings, water hydrants and fire hydrants, and including water for the streets and all public buildings in said city as they may deem necessary or to the best interest of said city and the convenience of its citizens. And the mayor and council shall provide for the keeping and repair of the water tank, mains and pipes so as to prevent waste and leakage, and shall cause water mains and pipes and the water tank to be flushed and cleaned out at such intervals as will make them sanitary. The board of health of said city shall every three months inquire into the condition of said tank, water mains, pipes, etc., and shall be authorized to require the superintendent of the light plant to flush and clean the same whenever in their judgment, as

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it is to the best interest of the health of the citizens of said city, and essential to the purity of the water furnished. Light and water for public use. Sec. 70. The mayor and council may, in their discretion, install water, light and power meters on any premises supplied by the city with water, lights and power, and when a meter has been so installed to provide for the collection of the cost of installing such meter from the person owning the premises upon which such meter was installed, and should such person fail or refuse to pay therefor, to provide for the shutting off of the water, light or power from such premises, and not to turn the same on at such premises until the charges for such meter installation has been fully paid. Or said mayor and council may provide for the installation of such meters and fix a monthly rental charge for the same, which rent may be enforced by shutting off such water, lights, or power in the manner aforesaid. Sai mayor and council may also provide for the installation of meters upon the premises occupied by any tenant upon the application of such tenant, and his paying the cost and charges for such installation. Said mayor and council shall have power to classify the consumers of water, lights and power furnished by the city into classes according to the quantity of water, light or power consumed, and may in their discretion place any and all consumers on a flat rate. Meters. Sec. 71. Said city of McRae shall have full power and authority to purchase and hold all the real estate necessary for the erection and operation and for extending, improving and operating said system of water works and said water, light and power plants, both in and out of the city limits; to condemn property for the purpose of constructing and operating or extending, improving and operating said water works and said light and power plants, and shall likewise have full power to condemn property both in and out of the city of McRae for the purpose of constructing and extending the system of sanitary sewers for the city of McRae, provided, however, that no private property shall thus be taken for the city of McRae without compensation being paid, and

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the method of procedure for the condemnation of property being the same as now provided by the laws of Georgia in condemnation proceedings. Real estate. Condemnation. Sec. 72. The mayor and council of said city shall provide by ordinance for a fire department, volunteer or for hire, as they may see fit, and to make all rules and regulations deemed necessary for the fighting of fire in said city. They shall have power to contract with and employ persons to fight fire; contract for and purchase material, hose, fire engines, fire wagons, ladders, etc., to be used in fighting fire; fix the salaries and compensation of its employees for such purposes and to pay the expense thereof from the funds of said city raised by taxation. Fire department. Sec. 73. Said mayor and council shall have power to establish and fix the fire limits within said city, and from time to time to extend and enlarge the same as they may see fit and proper. When said fire limits are so established, it shall not be lawful to erect therein other than fireproof buildings or structures of any kind whatever, and should anyone erect or cause to be erected within such fire limits so established an ybuildings or other structures of any other than fireproof material and construction, the said mayor and council, after giving five days' notice, shall cause the same to be removed at the expense of the owners of such building or other structures. Such expense shall be collected by execution as in other cases. And said mayor and council shall have full power to determine what buildings or other structures are or are not fireproof. Fire limits. Buildings. Sec. 74. The police force of the city of McRae shall consist of a chief of police, who may be the marshal of said city, should the mayor and council so provide, and such other officers and men as the mayor and council may by ordinance prescribe. But such chief, officers and men shall be subject to removal by a majority vote of the council in regular or called meeting for any cause deemed sufficient by said mayor and council. It shall be a part of all contracts

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of said city for the services of a chief of police or other officers or men of its police force, whether written in the contract made with such chief, officers or men or not, that the mayor and council shall have authority by a majority vote, to suspend or remove such chief, officers or men from office or the employment of said city without notice or a hearing, and for cause deemed sufficient by said mayor and council. The compensation of all the police force shall be prescribed by ordinance of the mayor and council. Said police force shall have power and authority to arrest all persons in said city guilty of disorderly conduct or public indecency, all persons violating the ordinances of the city and all persons committing or attempting to commit any crime, and to confine them in the city prison or in the common jail of Telfair county, to be brought before the mayor's court at such time as the mayor may direct for trial or commitment; provided that all persons desiring to give bail for their appearance before such court in bailable cases shall be allowed to do so. The amount of bail may be fixed by the mayor at any time, or in his absence or disability by the mayor pro tem. of said city. Police force. Arrests, etc. Sec. 75. It shall be the duty of the chief of police to prosecute in the mayor's court all offenders against the ordinances of said city, and the laws of the State for crime committed within the limits of said city of McRae. Chief of police. Sec. 76. The mayor and council shall have power to license, regulate and control all hotels and public houses within the city; also to regulate all butcher pens, slaughter houses and hog-pens within the corporate limits of said city, and to remove the same if, in the discretion of the board of health or the mayor and council, they shall become nuisances or injurious to the health of the city. They shall also have power to license drays, hacks and other vehicles used for business purposes, and to regulate the same. They shall also have full power to regulate and control all livery stables, pumps, restaurants, places of amusement, telegraph and telephone and electric companies; all

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gas, water and railroad companies doing business or seeking to do business within said city. They shall likewise have power to remove any forge or smith shop when, in their opinion, it shall be necessary to insure safety against fire. They shall also have power to cause any stove or stove-pipe, or other thing which shall endanger the city by exposure to fire, to be removed or remedied as their prudence shall dictate. They shall also have power, upon proof of the existence and maintenance of any house of ill-fame or bawdy house within the city, to cause the occupants thereof to be forcibly removed without the city, if they shall refuse to leave the same after five days' notice. The said mayor and council shall likewise have power to take up and impound any horses, mules, cattle or hogs running at large within the limits of said city, and to pass such ordinances as may be deemed necessary for the regulation of stock and other animals within the city. And said mayor and council shall have power and authority by ordinance to prevent cattle, horses, mules, goats, hogs, dogs or other animals from running at large in said city, and to pass and enforce all ordinances, rules and regulations which they may deem necessary and proper for the regulation, control and prevention of all such animals running at large in said city, and they shall have authority to cause any dog running at large in said city without a badge or without a muzzle, either or both, to be killed. Regulation of occupations. Sec. 77. It shall be the duty of the mayor and chief of police to use all lawful agencies and means to suppress and prevent gambling and keeping gambling houses or rooms, or gaming tables where such offenses are committed in the city. The use of any house or room in said city for gambling or gaming purposes in violation of the laws of the State is hereby declared to be a nuisance, and the mayor and council shall cause any such nuisance to be summarily abated, as in case of other nuisances. Suppression of gaming. Sec. 78. The mayor and council shall have full power and authority to regulate, lay out, direct and control the

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streets and alleys of the city, and the working, claying, grading and improving of the same; to open new streets and alleys, and assess a tax for the payment of the damage caused by the same, when the property of any person may be injured thereby, or taken therefor, and to assess a tax for the payment of the cost and expense of working, claying, grading, paving and improving the streets of said city, and said city of McRae shall have full power and authority to condemn private property for streets and for alleys and avenues in and for said city. Such condemnation proceedings to be effected as provided by Section 72 of this Act, and in conformity with the laws of this State. For all private property taken by said city for street purposes, except by donation or gift, just compensation be made therefor, as provided by the laws of this State. Streets. Sec. 79. The mayor and council of the city of McRae shall have full power and authority to remove, or cause to be removed, any buildings, posts, steps, fences or other obstructions or nuisances, in the public streets, lanes, alleys, sidewalks or public squares of said city. Obstructions. Sec. 80. All streets, alleys, sidewalks, pavements and street crossings shall be under the control, power and direction of the said mayor and council, and they shall have full and complete power and right to direct the mode, manner and style in which all street crossings, sidewalks and pavements shall be constructed, paved or unpaved, and in case of failure or refusal of any property owner, after notice to comply with the ordinances passed by the mayor and council in reference to the construction, paving or repairs of the sidewalks, pavements, street or street crossings, said mayor and council are hereby authorized and empowered to prescribe that said owners may be fined in a sum not exceeding five hundred dollars, and to collect the same by execution; they may also direct their officers or persons in their employment, to carry out and execute the provisions of said ordinance in reference to sidewalks, pavements, streets and street crossings at the expense of the owner so refusing or

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failing to comply with said ordinance; and the said mayor and council are hereby empowered to issue executions for said bill of expense against the said owner, levy and collect same, as in case of execution for taxes; provided, however, That nothing contained in this section or any other part of this charter shall be construed to confer any ministerial power on said mayor or council over the streets, crossings, sidewalks, pavements, public buildings or public works of said city, but the said mayor and council shall have the right to legislate concerning the same and to prescribe by ordinance or resolution the work to be done, the method of doing the same, and shall have charge of the public property, street improvements, street forces, and the performance of all other public work done or performed within the limits of said city of the character referred to in this and the preceding sections. Control of streets, sidewalks, etc. (a) The mayor and council of the city of McRae shall have full power and authority, in their discretion, to work, clay, grade, pave, macadamize and otherwise improve for travel and drainage the streets and public lanes and alleys of said city, to put down curbing, cross drains, crossings and otherwise improve the same. Paving, etc. (b) In order to fully carry into effect the authority above delegated, the mayor and council of the city of McRae shall have full power and authority to assess the cost of working, claying, grading, paving and otherwise improving the sidewalks, including two-thirds of the 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 so improved. Assessments against property. (c) That the mayor and council of the city of McRae shall have full power and authority to assess one-third of the cost of working, claying, grading, paving, macadamizing, constructing side-drains, crossings and otherwise improving the roadway or street proper on the real estate abutting on each side of the street improved, and upon the

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property of any street railroad company or other railroad company. The real estate abutting on each side shall be assessed, and shall pay two-thirds of the entire cost, and any street railroad company or other railroad company having tracks running through, across, or into, any street so improved shall be assessed, and shall pay all the cost of working, claying, grading, paving or improving such street for the entire space between their rails and for one foot on each side thereof, when there is a single track; but whenever any street railroad company or other railroad company shall have and maintain a switch-track or other than one track, on any street or part of street worked, clayed, graded or improved, then such street railway company or other railroad company shall be assessed and shall pay the entire cost of such improvement of the entire space between their two or more tracks and between the rails of each track, and one foot on each side of the outside rail of the outside track; and the treasurer of the city of McRae shall issue executions for the amount assessed against any street railroad company or other railroad company, at the same time and in the same manner as executions shall be issued against the real estate abutting on the street so improved, which said executions shall be enforced, levied and collected by the marshal in the same manner as is now or may hereafter be provided by law for the enforcement of the collections of executions against abutting real estate; Provided, That the law authorizing the assessment against abutting property holders the whole cost of working or improving sidewalks, including two-thirds of the cost of curbing, is in no way affected hereby. Assessments on real estate and railroads. (d) The mayor and council of the city of McRae shall have full authority to adopt by ordinance such a system of equalizing assessments on real estate for the above purpose and for the amounts above set forth as may be just and proper, estimating the total cost of such work or of each improvement made and prorating the cost thereof on the real estate according to its frontage on the street or portion of

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the street so improved. It shall be wholly discretionary with the mayor and council of the city of McRae whether said work or improvements shall be done or not. Equalization of assessments. (e) 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 the ordinance providing for the work and making the assessment. Lien. (f) The city of McRae shall have authority to enforce the collection of the amount of any assessment so made for work, either upon the streets or sidewalks, by execution to be issued by the city treasurer 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 said city upon such real estate, and after advertisement and other proceedings, as in cases of sale for taxes, the same may be sold at public outcry to the highest bidder, and such sale shall vest absolute title in the purchaser, and the marshal of the city of McRae shall have full authority to eject the occupants of said property and place the purchaser thereof in possession; Provided, That the defendants shall have the right to file an affidavit denying that the whole or any part of the amount for which said execution issued is due, and stating what amount he admits to be due, which amount so admitted to be due, with all costs, shall be paid and collected befor the affidavit is received and the affidavit shall be received for the balance, and the affidavit so received shall be returned to the Superior Court of Telfair county, and ther e tried, and the issue determined, as in cases of illegality for delay. Collection by execution. Affidavit of illegality. (g) The city of McRae shall have full authority to work, clay, grade, repair or contract for the same, the whole surface of the street, without giving any street railroad company or other railroad company, or other property holder or occupant of the street the option of having the space to be worked or improved by it worked or improved by itself,

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or by a contractor, at its instance, the object of this section being to prevent any delay in the progress of the work and to secure a uniform quality of workmanship. Uniformity of street improvement. (h) That the lien given to the city of McRae for assessments upon abutting property, and also on the property of street railroad and other railroad companies for street or sidewalk paving, curbing, grading or draining shall have rank and priority of payment next in point of dignity to the liens in favor of the city of McRae for taxes due said city, such liens or priority of payment to exist from the date of the passage of the ordinance authorizing the execution of the work in each case. Rank of lien. (i) The mayor and council shall have full authority to prescribe by ordinance such other rules as may, in their discretion, be necessary to work, clay, grade, pave, macadamize, drain or curb any of the streets of the city; to enforce by execution the payment of the cost thereof against adjacent property owners and railroad companies; to prescribe how the owners or agents thereof shall be served with notice by personal service or by publication. Rules. (j) The city of McRae shall have authority to use executions against the real estate abutting on the streets improved, and the property of street railroad companies or other railroad companies having tracks on the streets worked, graded, clayed, paved or improved, in the payment of the cost of doing said work and improving; and the city of McRae shall have authority to transfer any or all of the executions for paving and improving the streets to any person or corporation, which said transfer shall be made in obedience to an ordinance, resolution or contract of the city of McRae, and shall be in writing on said execution, signed by the mayor and treasurer of the city of McRae, said executions, when issued and transferred as herein provided, shall convey to the owner thereof all right, title and interest in and to said executions and to the assessment and the liens upon the respective lots, parcels of ground and property

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of the street railroad and other railroad companies, as herein provided, with full power to enforce collection thereof by levy and sale of the property. Executions. Transfer. Sec. 81. The city of McRae shall have full power to rework, regrade, reclay, repave and repair any sidewalk, street or alley, and such after proceedings as to levy and collection of assessment therefor as in cases of original work provided for under this Act, whenever, in the judgment of said mayor and council, the work originally done on such sidewalks, streets or alleys, or portion of sidewalk, street or alley, is worn to that extent that it is no longer useful as a good pavement, street or sidewalk. Repaving, etc. Sec. 82. The mayor and council of the city of McRae shall have full power and authority to require any railroad company, whose tracks shall cross any of the streets of the city of McRae, by any overhead bridge or structure, to drain, curb, work, clay, grade and pave the entire width and length of said street extending three feet beyond said track or tracks for the entire space covered by and between said tracks and three feet on each side of the abuttments or trestel supporting said track or tracks, at such time and in such manner and with such materials as the mayor and council may prescribe, and in the event that any railroad company shall fail to grade, curb, work, clay or pave any street or portion thereof, as herein provided, within thirty days from the passage of any ordinance requiring said work to be done, then the mayor and council shall have authority to proceed at once to do such work at the expense of the railroad company and collect the cost of doing such work in the same manner as now provided for the collection of assessments for street drainage, grading, claying, curbing, working and paving. Railroads, requirements of. Sec. 83. Be it further enacted, That the said mayor and city council shall have power and authority to compel all male persons (except such as are exempt under the law) within the corporate limits of said city, between the ages of twenty-one and fifty years, to work on the public streets,

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squares, lanes and alleys of said city not more than fifteen days each year; said mayor and council shall have power and authority to levy and collect a direct tax for each year, without giving the person subject to road duty the right to work on the streets, and to provide the time and amounts, when and how to be paid, or they may in their discretion, permit the person subject to road duty to work on the streets the number of days required of them, and may commute the services so required of them by the payment to the officers of said city authorized to receive and receipt for same such commutation tax as may be fixed by the city council; provided, however, That in no event, whether city council shall declare for a direct street tax, or for a commutation tax in lieu of working the street, either one or both, shall the amount of the commutation tax exceed the sum of eight dollars a year. Street work or tax. Sec. 84. The mayor and council of the city of McRae are hereby authorized and empowered to require all railroads and railroad companies to erect suitable bridges across their tracks and roadbeds, where the same cross the public streets of said city, in all cases in which said mayor and council shall declare the same necessary for the protection of human life. It shall also be the duty of railroads and railroad companies having bridges erected, or when they may hereafter erect bridges across their tracks and roadbeds, when the same cross the public streets of said city, to keep said bridges and 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. Said mayor and council shall have the authority to regulate the building and repair of such bridges in so far as to declare the general character of such bridges or repairs suitable to be made, and to provide for the material or materials to be used in the building or repair of such bridges, and to provide for the drainage, light and comfort of said bridges and the street adjacent thereto or thereunder, and to provide for the least obstruction by supports and otherwise of any portion of the street, practical and consistent with public

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safety and convenience. In case of failure of any railroad or railroad company, after reasonable notice to do so, to build or repair a bridge or approaches thereto or otherwise, as provided above, said mayor and council shall have authority to do such building, repairing or putting safe and comfortable 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 said city, and be levied on any property of such railroad or railroad company; provided, further, That said mayor and council shall have power and authority by ordinance to declare any structure or railroad company's bridge or bridges a nuisance whenever, in their discretion, the same shall need repair, be unsafe, or in any manner shall interrupt or interfere with the public safety or convenience, and shall have the power and authority to order any such structure, railroad or railroad companies bridge or bridges repaired, removed or reconstructed in accordance with the plans and specifications, and with such material and in such time and manner as may be prescribed by the city of McRae, or through its authority; provided, further, That if any railroad or railroad company shall fail to comply, after reasonable notice to build, repair or reconstruct the bridge or approaches thereto, or otherwise, as provided above, or shall fail to build, repair or reconstruct the bridge or approaches according to the plans and specifications as above prescribed, said railroad company, through its resident agent or superintendent, shall be summoned before the mayor of the city of McRae and shall be fined, upon conviction, for each day that said bridges shall not be built or repaired a sum not exceeding fifty dollars a day. Railroad bridges. Building and repairs. Sec. 85. Whenever the city of McRae shall transfer any execution for working, claying, grading, paving and improving the streets, lanes and alleys of said city, or for working or laying sidewalks within the corporate limits of said city, as now provided by the charter, the marshal of said city shall have full power to enforce the collection of such transferred executions for the use or benefit of such

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transferee by levy and sale of the respective lots, parcels of grounds or property against which said executions are liens. Collection of transferred executions. Sec. 86. The city of McRae 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 McRae against the real estate abutting on the street or alley, and with which said service pipes connect, and against the owner 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 McRae 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. Service-pipes. Sec. 87. That when it becomes necessary, in the opinion of the mayor and council of the city of McRae, 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 hereinbefore described to be lowered by the respective owners of real estate abutting on such 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 city of McRae 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 hereinbefore provided. Notice. Sec. 88. The lien given to the city of McRae for the assessment of the cost of lowering service pipes where streets, alleys and sidewalks are to be worked, graded and improved

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shall have rank and priority of payment next in point of dignity to the liens in favor of the city of McRae for taxes due said city. Lien. Sec. 89. The mayor and council shall have authority to grant encroachments upon the streets, lanes or alleys of the city, upon such terms and in such manner as they may by ordinance prescribe, and for a valuable consideration to vest in the purchaser of such encroachments absolute title thereto. In all such cases where this power is exercised, due regard shall be had to the property holders to be affected thereby. Encroachments. Sec. 90. No person or body corporate shall at any time hereafter open, lay out or extend any street, alley, lane or open square contrary to the original plan of said city, without the consent of three-fourths of the council at a regular meeting, and any application of this kind shall be published for one month before the action of council is finally had thereon. Plan of streets. Sec. 91. The mayor and council of the city of McRae shall have power and authority to order the construction, improvements and maintenance of all public works, including sewerage, the care and improvement of the public parks, the public buildings, the streets and bridges, and to employ all the agents and servants necessary for carrying on the work of the department. They shall also have power to remove or discharge all such agents or employees and make all rules and regulations for the government of the same; also to buy all materials and make and let out contracts for work. All new work shall be approved before it is undertaken, and all bills for expenditures shall be passed and approved by the mayor and council before they are paid by the treasurer. Public works. Sec. 92. Whenever the owner of any land or any property is damaged by reason of the construction of any system of drainage or sewerage, or outlet, or outlets to the same, inaugurated by the mayor and council, as aforesaid,

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such damage shall be ascertained and assessed in the following manner: The owner of the premises shall appoint one appraiser and mayor of the city shall appoint another, and these two shall select a third, whose award, or that of a majority of them, certified in writing under their hands and seals in duplicate, one for each of the parties in interest, the mayor and council and the owner or owners of said land or other property, and shall be recorded in the office of the clerk of the Superior Court of Telfair county. The appraisers appointed for the purposes aforesaid shall in all cases in making up their award consider the benefits from the construction of said system or systems of drainage or sewerage, or the outlets thereto, accruing to the owner or owners of such land or other property, and set off such benefits against such damages, but in no event giving an award against such owner for the excess of benefits over damages. In case either party shall be dissatisfied with said award, he, she or they may, within ten days after the recording of the same, enter an appeal to the Superior Court of said county, as in other cases of appeal, when the question of damages shall be determined by a jury; but the award of the appraisers, if not appealed from, shall operate and have the effect of a judgment upon which the clerk of the Superior Court of said county shall issue execution. Damages, ascertainment of Appeal. Sec. 93. The construction of said system or systems of drainage or sewerage and the outlets thereto by the city of McRae shall not be interfered with by any court pending the action of said appraisers or the appeal from their award. Work pending appeal. Sec. 94. The city of McRae is hereby authorized to make, keep and maintain parks and public grounds located in or outside of the incorporated limits of said city, and to receive, hold and own the fee simple title to such real estate and personal property as may be necessary for such parks or public grounds, and to make and enforce all such rules and regulations as may, in the discretion of the mayor and council, be necessary to preserve good order, peace and dignity therein. Parks.

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Sec. 95. The city of McRae shall have power and authority to levy and collect a tax upon all property, real and personal, within the limits of the city, upon banking, insurance and other capital employed therein, on stocks or corporations, and on choses in action, upon salaries and incomes derived from property within the city or from the pursuit of any profession, trade, business or calling, and upon gross sales within the city; provided, That no tax upon real or personal estate or property shall exceed one per cent upon the value thereof. Taxation. Rate. Sec. 96. The said city of McRae shall have power to levy and collect a tax upon factors, brokers and vendors of lottery tickets, upon agents or managers of gift enterprises, and upon all persons exercising within the city any profession, trade, calling or business of any nature whatever. The said city shall also have the power to tax all theatrical performances, exhibitions, exercises or shows of any kind within the corporate limits of said city. Occupation taxes. Sec. 97. Said city shall also have power to license, regulate and control all the ten-pin alleys within the city, and to remove the same when they become nuisances to the neighborhood. They shall also have power to license auctioneers and vendue masters for the city, charging therefor such sum as they may deem proper, and to levy a tax on all sale of goods on commission or at auction within the limits of the city. They shall also have power to license all vehicles within the city, and to limit the rates of freight and passage on the same; also to license all hotels, boarding houses and restaurants, barber shops and billiard tables, as well as all other establishments not herein provided for and not otherwise taxed. It shall have power to license the sale of fresh meat and other articles usually sold on the markets in said city, and if they deem proper to grade said license according to the amount of sales. Licensing of occupations. Sec. 98. Said city of McRae shall have authority to levy and collect a license tax on all drummers and itinerant traders doing business in said city, upon all vendors and

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sellers of any article, goods or merchandise. therein who have no permanent place of business therein, and upon all persons exercising any profession, trade or calling in said city, when not prohibited from so doing by the Constitution and laws of this State to compel the payment of the same, and to make all suitable laws and regulations necessary and proper to carry out the powers herein conferred and to prescribe suitable penalties for the violation thereof. License tax on itenerant traders. Sec. 99. All sales of property under execution in favor of said city of McRae shall be advertised, and such sale shall be made and conducted in the same way and manner as sheriff's sales under execution in the county of Telfair. Sales under execution. Sec. 100. It shall not be lawful for the city of McRae to levy any license or business tax upon vehicles used by merchants, manufacturers and other businesses in said city in the conduct of their business, where no charge is made by persons for drayage, but where said wagons are used exclusively by them in the delivery of goods, wares and merchandise sold by them. No tax on delivery vehicles. Sec. 101. It shall be the duty of every person, firm or corporation, owning real or personal property in the city of McRae subject to taxation, to make returns thereof to the city clerk of McRae on or before the first day of May in each year. All property in said city shall be returned as of a date to be fixed by ordinance, and the owner of such property on said date in each year shall return the same for taxation. All such property shall be returned at its fair market value on a form prescribed by the board of tax assessors of said city, and sworn to by the owner, his agent or person making such return. Each of the members of the board of tax assessors and said city clerk are hereby empowered and authorized to administer a legal oath to persons making such tax returns. Any person, firm or corporation failing to make returns of their property on or before May 1st of each year shall be subject to the penalty of having ten per cent. of the market value of such property added thereto. Tax returns.

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Sec. 102. From and after the passage of this Act there shall be a board of tax assessors and equalizers in said city charged with the duty of assessing and equalizing tax returns on all property, real and personal, in said city subject to taxation. Said board shall consist of three members, two of whom shall be elected by the mayor and council, as other city officials are selected, and the building inspector for said city shall be ex-officio member of said board. Said board shall be in session through the months of May, June and July of each year, and at such other times as they may be called in session by the permanent tax assessors, as hereinafter provided, for the purpose of assessing the valuation of property subject to taxation and equalizing the tax returns made to said city. Said board is hereby vested with full power and authority to so assess for taxation the value of all property, real and personal in said city, that all property in said city subject to taxation, shall stand upon the tax books at its fair market value, according to the best of the skill and knowledge. From the action of said board in fixing an assessment an appeal shall lie to the mayor and council, whose decision thereon shall be final. Property owned and returned by said assessors shall be assessed by the mayor and council. Tax assessors. Sec. 103. The city of McRae is hereby vested with power to prescribe by ordinance rules and regulations necessary to carry into effect the intent and purpose of this Act with reference to assessing and equalizing tax returns; to prescribe the punishment of any person who shall be convicted of wilfully and maliciously secreting and concealing property in said city to avoid paying taxes thereon; the number of days said board shall be in session and the compensation to be paid each of the members thereof. The mayor and council shall provide by ordinance for notice to the taxpayer in case the valuation of his property shall be raised by the tax assessors, and for giving an opportunity to such taxpayer to be heard by said board of tax assessors, and should said taxpayer be dissatisfied with the assessment after being heard by the board of tax assessors to provide

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the detail for an appeal by such tax payer from the assessment of said board to the mayor and council, and for a hearing for such taxpayer before the mayor and council. Equalization of tax returns. Sec. 104. The taxes levied annually by the city of McRae shall be due and payable on the first day of October in each year, and should said tax not be paid by the first day of December the tax books shall be closed and execution issued against all delinquent taxpayers in said city. From said date of December the first all taxes not paid shall bear interest at the rate of seven per cent. per annum. Taxes, when payable. Sec. 105. All taxes levied by the city of McRae shall be collected as follows: An execution shall be issued by the treasurer of the city, directed to the marshal thereof, against the real and personal property of the defaulter, and the marshal shall proceed to levy the same, and after advertising the same for sale for four weeks in such newspaper of general circulation in said city as may be designated by formal resolution adopted by the mayor and council, shall sell the property levied on before the court house door of Telfair county between the legal hours of sale, on a regular sheriff's sale day. It shall be the duty of the marshal to put up the property and offer the same for sale in parcels until he gets a bid sufficient to pay the taxes due, and shall then knock the property off to the purchaser, make him a deed and put him in possession, as in ordinary sheriff's sales. Such a sale shall be as effectual to pass the title as the deed of the person against whom said execution was issued, but the right of redemption shall exist, as in sales for State and county taxes; provided, That in all cases where property has been bought in by said city for taxes and the title thereof vested in said city, it shall be lawful for the mayor, with the consent of the city council, to authorize a reconveyance of said property to the former owner thereof upon the payment by such owners of all the taxes, premiums, penalties and costs due under the process by which same was sold. Executions for taxes. Sales.

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Sec. 106. This Act shall not abolish any of the ordinances of the mayor and council of the city of McRae now in force, except where they may be in conflict with the provisions of this Act, but all such ordinances shall remain of force in the city of McRae in the same manner and to the same effect as the same were of force before the passage of this Act, until they are changed, modified or repealed, by authority of the city of McRae. Ordinances remaining of force. Sec. 107. All of the Acts of the General Assembly creating and amending the charter of the city of McRae now of force, and are not in conflict with this Act, shall be and remain of full force and effect, and shall be held and construed as a part of the charter of the city of McRae until modified or repealed. Previous acts of force. Sec. 108. Be it further enacted, That said city council shall have power and authority to grant franchises, easements and right-of-way over, in under and on the public streets, lanes, alleys, sidewalks, parks and other property of said city on such terms and conditions as said city council shall fix. Franchises in streets. Sec. 109. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That said city council shall have full power and authority to establish a fee bill for the officers of said city not higher than the fees allowed the court officers, nor lower than those allowed the justices of the peace and constables of this State. Said city council shall have power and authority in their discretion to allow said fees to the officers of said city, or to place the same in the treasury of said city, and pay the officers a straight salary for their services. Officers' fees. Sec. 110. Be it further enacted, That the city council shall have authority to employ an expert accountant on accounts, to inspect the books of any officer or employee at any time they may see fit to do so; and to pay for the services of such accountant so employed such amounts as they may see proper. Audit of books.

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Sec. 111. Be it enacted, That should the mayor or any member of the city council be guilty of malpractice in office, wilful neglect of duty, gross or wilful abuse of powers entrusted to them, or for any reason become incompetent or unfit to fill such office, in the judgment of any three members of council, then, and in that event, they are authorized to ask for his resignation, and upon his failure to resign at once, or within five days, it shall be the duty of the three members of the council jointly to bring a rule against such offending officer, setting up the charge against him before the judge of the Superior Court of Telfair county, who shall issue a rule nisi thereupon, requiring the said offending officer named therein to appear and show cause before him, at such time and place as he may therein designate, and require the same to be served upon the officer by handing him a copy of the petition and rule nisi in person or by leaving such copy at his most notorious place of abode at least three days before the hearing, and the said judge of the Superior Court is hereby granted power and authority to hear testimony and pass upon said rule, and may, in his judgment, remove the officer therein charged and declare the office vacant, and his judgment shall be final. Removal for malpractice in office, etc. Sec. 112. Be it enacted, That whenever a person is arrested under the provisions or authority of this Act, or under the ordinances passed by authority of the same, it shall be lawful for him or her to enter into a good and sufficient bond, to be approved by the arresting officer, conditioned for the faithful appearance of such person to answer such charge when the same shall be heard, and shall be payable to the mayor and city council, which bond shall be forfeited on the non-appearance of the defendant in the same manner in the mayor's court as penal bonds are forfeited in the county or Superior Courts of this State, and said mayor is hereby empowered to issue scire facias, returnable before him in not less than seven days nor more than thirty days, when any defendant shall fail to appear in terms of his bond upon the return thereof, judgment against the defendant and his securities shall be entered as in State courts,

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and the sales of all property levied shall be conducted, advertised and made as sales of property under other executions issued by said city, and such judgment and executions shall be a lien on all property of the principal and his securities equal in dignity to the judgment and executions of the several courts of this State of the same date, and superior in dignity to all judgments in this State rendered after the date of such judgment of forfeiture. Appearance bonds. Forfeiture. Sec. 113. A bond commission of the city of McRae is hereby created to be composed of three bond commissioners, who shall be discreet and conservative business men of said city, to be elected by the mayor and aldermen of said city. At the first election they shall elect three bond commissioners to serve for one, two and three years, respectively, and until their respective successors shall be elected and qualified; at each annual election thereafter they shall elect one bond commissioner, who shall serve for three years until his successor shall be elected and qualified. Said bond commissioner shall handle and control such funds that shall have been turned over to them from time to time to compose sinking funds for all bond indebtedness which now exists, or which hereafter may exist, and for payments of interest which may become due on such bonds. Said mayor and aldermen shall provide for delivering and paying over to said commission all taxes that may have been collected on all taxes which may hereafter be collected for the purpose of paying any bonded debt of said city or any interest thereon, and shall provide for delivering and paying over to said commission annually a sufficient sum to pay the accruing interest on all such bonded debt and the amount required to be held by law as sinking fund for the final redemption of the entire bonded indebtedness of said city. From the funds which shall go into the hands of said commission, all bonds of said city and interest thereon shall be paid as same may fall due. Said commission shall have power to invest any of the money in their custody in valid United States, State, county or municipal bonds, to dispose of the same and reinvest the proceeds, and,

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in their discretion, to buy any of the bonds of said city of McRae before maturity thereof and pay premium therefor if necessary in their wise discretion. Said commission shall, on the first days of January and July of each year, submit to the mayor and aldermen written statement, under oath, giving full and accurate account of all the money in their hands and dates of maturity of all outstanding bonds of said city, and showing all other facts that will illustrate the matter over which they have jurisdiction. Said statement shall be published in the newspaper in which other statements of said city shall be published. Said commissioners shall give such bond with good security to be approved by the mayor and aldermen, as may be required by ordinance. Said mayor and aldermen shall appropriate a sum necessary to defray expenses of said commission. Bond commission. Control of sinkingfund, etc. Sec. 114. Be it further enacted, That nothing contained in Section 113 hereof shall be or be construed to repeal or in anywise effect the bond commission now in existence for said city on the personnel of said commission. But Section 113 is a re-enactment of Section 44 of the Act approved August 17, 1909, Acts of 1909, page 1179, et seq. Existing bond commission. Sec. 115. 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, 1918. PALMETTO TAX AD VALOREM. No. 394. An Act to amend the charter of Palmetto, Georgia, which was approved August 17th, 1903, by striking out in Section 17 of said Act the words one-eighth of. 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 from and after the passage of this Act the charter of the town of Palmetto, Georgia, which was enacted by the legislature and approved August 17th, 1903, be and the same is hereby amended by striking out the seventeenth (17th) section of said charter, the words one-eighth of, so that said section will read: Be it further enacted, That the town of Palmetto, through its mayor and council, shall have the power to levy and collect, for the support of the government of said town of Palmetto and to defray its ordinary annual expenses, and an ad valorem tax on all taxable property in said town, said tax not to exceed one per cent. amended. Tax rate 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 August 17, 1918. PELHAM SCHOOL TAX. No. 322. An Act to amend an Act approved December 12, 1901, entitled An Act to amend the charter of Pelham, so as to provide for a system of public schools; to provide for the owning of real and personal property; for the improvement, leasing and renting of same; to provide sanitary regulations and suitable penalties for enforcing the ordinances of said town; to provide suitable revenue for 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 Act entitled an Act to amend the charter of Pelham so as to provide for a system of public schools; provide for the owning of real and personal property, for the improvement, leasing and renting of same; to provide sanitary regulations and suitable penalties

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for enforcing the ordinances of said town; to provide suitable revenues for said town, and for other purposes, approved December 12th, 1901, be and the same is hereby amended by striking from Section 1 the words twotenths, and inserting in lieu thereof the words fivetenths, so that said section when so amended shall read as follows: Be it enacted, That the mayor and council of said town shall have the authority to establish a system of public schools, over which they shall have exclusive jurisdiction, and for this purpose they shall have the power to acquire property by purchase, lease, donation or otherwise, and to levy an ad valorem tax not exceeding fivetenths of one per cent. for the support of said school system. Act of 1901 amended. School-tax rate. 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 8, 1918. PINE PARK TERRITORY EXTENDED. No. 502. An Act to amend an Act entitled an Act to incorporate the town of Pine Park, in the county of Grady, approved August 15th, 1910; to provide for the extension of the corporate limits of the said town of Pine Park, 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 that the corporate limits of the town of Pine Park, in the State of Georgia, county of Grady, are extended as follows: Beginning in the center of lot number eighty-nine (89) in the eighteenth district of Grady county and running east in a direct line to the center of lot number eighty-eight (88),

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thence in a direct line south to the center of lot number one hundred and thirteen (113), thence west in a direct line to the corporate limits at the center of lot number one hundred and twelve (112), thence starting again at the west corporation limits at the center of lot number one hundred and eleven (111), thence running west in a direct line to a point on the west line of lot number one hundred and ten (110), which is half way between the north and south lines of said lot, thence noth along the original line of lot number one hundred and ten (110) to lot ninety-one (91), thence along the west line of said lot number ninety-one, half way across said lot number ninety-one (91), thence in a direct line east to the corporate limits at the center of lot number ninety (90), all of said lots being in the eighteenth district of Grady county, Georgia. Territory defined. 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 19, 1918. RAY CITY CHARTER AMENDED. No. 425. An Act to amend an Act approved August 6, 1915, as amended by an Act approved August 6, 1915, to amend the charter of the city of Ray City, in Berrien county, Georgia, so as to authorize and give power and authority to the mayor and council of said city to issue and sell municipal bonds for the purpose of erecting public buildings for said city, for owning, maintaining and operating public schools and public school buildings, electric, gas or other lighting plants, waterworks, sewerage, city hall, city jail, or any of them, and to provide for a system of revenue by taxation or otherwise to pay for the support of the same; to grant franchises, establish work gangs, fire limits, abate nuisances and establish

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and regulate quarantine, any and all of the same not to be in conflict with the laws of this State or of the United States; 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 Ray City, by and through its mayor and board of councilmen shall have power and authority to provide for and order elections for the purpose of voting bonds in said city for the use of said city in erecting public buildings in and for said city for the purpose of owning, maintaining and operating public schools and public school buildings, electric, gas or other lighting plants, waterworks, sewerage, city hall, city jail, or any of them, to sell and dispose of said bonds as hereinafter set forth; to provide for a system of revenue by taxation or otherwise to maintain and support the same; to grant franchises, establish work gangs, fire limits, abate nuisances and establish quarantines, and any and all of them, and for any and all other purposes that may or might become necessary from time to time in the interest of the general welfare of said city. Elections for bond issues. Sec. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the manner of giving notice for, holding elections for and declaring the result of such elections for issuance of bonds by said city of Ray City, for bonds for any of the purposes set forth in this Act for validating of such bonds when so voted by the qualified voters of said city shall be as provided by Sections 440 to 462, inclusive, of the Code of Georgia, 1910. Code law applied. Sec. 3. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That as soon as such bonds shall be voted, as is herein provided for, the mayor and council of said city of Ray City shall at once issue said bonds in the denomination and in the amounts as so voted and sell the same to the best and highest bidder for cash, after first giving notice by advertisement of such sale of such bonds in a newspaper or newspapers

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published in the city of New York, city of Atlanta, county of Berrien, for at least thirty days prior to such sale calling for sealed bids to be made to such mayor and council. Provided, further, That such bonds shall not be issued for a longer period than thirty years, nor for a greater rate of interest than 7 per cent. per annum, and receive into their hands and truly disburse same, any funds derived from the sale of such bonds, selling and delivering said bonds so advertised only to the highest and best bidder or bidders for cash. Issue and sale of bonds. Sec. 4. Be it enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the mayor and council of said city of Ray City shall have power to properly and faithfully use the funds derived from the sale of any bonds raised under the powers conferred upon them by the provisions of this Act in the election and installing of any building, property or enterprise for which said bonds were so voted, and to see to the proper maintenance and protection of the same for the use of the citizens of said city. Use of funds. Sec. 5. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That should said bonds be voted for public school buildings or building in and for said city of Ray City, as is in this Act provided, the mayor and council shall, as soon as such building site shall be located by them, call an election in said city of Ray City, as election for mayor and council are called, for the purpose of electing a school board for said city of Ray City, to be known as The Board of Education of the city of Ray City, and to be composed of five members, freeholders of said city, such election to be held at the usual place for holding elections in said city, and in the same manner as to voters' qualifications, time of holding open the polls, consolidating the votes, declaring the result, etc., as other elections for said city are held and done; that upon such vote being consolidated and the result announced such mayor and council shall declare the persons receiving the highest vote and the second highest vote in such election to be elected to membership upon said board

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of education for a term of three years; the person receiving the third highest vote to be elected for a term of two years and the persons receiving the fourth and fifth highest votes to a term of one year and each until his successor shall be elected and qualified; That the terms of office of the successor of any and all members of said board thus elected shall be three years, and all elections for members of said board after the first election, as herein provided, shall be held at the same time and in the same manner as elections for mayor and members of the council of said city. That upon such election being had and the result announced said The Board of Education of the city of Ray City shall as soon as practicable meet at the council chamber in said city and organize such board of education by electing a chairman and secretary and treasurer from their own body for whatever time they may see fit, not longer than three years, no member of such board to receive any remuneration for his services with the exception of said officers shall not receive more than the sum of $75.00 annually for his services; shall organize a system of public schools in and for said city and put same into operation; shall have power to select all teachers and fix their salaries and terms of service and to remove the same at their pleasure for cause; Provided, it is in their judgment to the best interest of the school that such teacher or teachers as so removed; to make out and present to the mayor and council of said city, annually on or before the regular meeting of such mayor and council in the month of June, an itemized schedule showing the names of the teachers employed in said school, the salary of each and length of term that said school will be operated for that school year, together with any other expenses that will likely be incurred in the operation of such schools for said term, and upon the representation of said itemized expense sheet to said mayor and council it shall be their duty to include in their tax levy for the raising of revenue for the general expenses of said city an additional levy sufficient to raise the necessary funds for

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the operation and maintenance of said public schools for said city for the year, and such levy of taxes when collected, which shall be as any other taxes are collected by said city, shall be held in the treasury of said city and to be used for no other purposes save to pay the salaries of teachers in said schools and for expenses incurred in the maintenance and operation of such schools, and to be paid out by the clerk and treasurer of said city upon proper warrant or check drawn by the clerk and treasurer of said school board, in making up the expense sheet to the mayor and council as above set forth, the board shall first find out by a census to be taken by them each two years, the first to be taken by them as soon as they shall be elected and sworn in by the mayor of the said city, of all children of school age within said city limits; that is, all children between the ages of 6 and 18 years, inclusive, which census shall be submitted to the chairman of the board of education of Berrien county, Georgia, for the purpose of finding out just what part of the public school funds said city of Ray City shall be entitled to for each school year and taking said amount so to be paid to said school in said city into consideration in making their demand upon said mayor and counsel for funds for the schools for each year, and it shall be the duty of the school superintendent of Berrien county to turn over to the clerk and treasurer of the city of Ray City the amount found to be their proportionate part of the whole of said fund for the county of Berrien, said clerk and said treasurer to place said fund so delivered to him by said school superintendent into the fund held by him for school purposes for said city, as hereinbefore set forth; said mayor and council of said city of Ray City taking into consideration of these said funds in making provision by levy for raising funds with which to operate and maintain said schools; the funds thus raised to be paid out alike to both white and colored children of school age, provided white and colored children shall not be taught in the same building; it being the purpose of this Act to leave

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the raising of funds with which to operate said schools of said city in the hands of the mayor and council of said city and to replace the responsibility of organizing and conducting and controlling said schools in the hands of the board of education of the city of Ray City. Provided, however, That the mayor and council of said city of Ray City shall not have the power to levy this additional tax for raising funds with which to operate said schools in said city until they have first submitted to the qualified voters of said city the question as to whether such tax shall be levied by them for such purpose, and it shall be the duty to submit that question to the voters of said city at the same time they submit the election of members of the board of education of Ray City to the voters of said city the first time or thereafter, as is provided heretofore in this Act, and should two-thirds of the qualified voters of said city vote in favor of such tax being levied, then and in that event said mayor shall have such power, such election to be advertised as any other call election is advertised, along with and under the same rules and regulations as said election for members of said board of education for said city is being held for said city and on the same day and at the same place and by the same election managers, the votes cast in such election on the question as to the right to levy such special tax for school purposes to be consolidated by such managers and by them certified to such mayor and council, who shall announce the result, and if said vote so consolidated shows that two-thirds of the qualified voters of said city have cast their votes in favor of such tax, then said mayor and council shall have power to immediately ascertain what amount will be necessary to operate and maintain said schools as may be organized under the provision of this Act, and at once make such levy therefor as shall seem necessary, same to be collected as hereinbefore provided. Provided, always, That in making such levy for such purpose said mayor and council shall not have the power to levy more than five mills or $5.00 on the one thousand

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dollars worth of property; all children of school age may have the privilege of attending the schools provided for in this Act, whether they live in the city limits of Ray City or not. Provided, however, That children living without the city limits shall be required to pay to the secretary and treasurer of said city board of education a reasonable tuition to be fixed by said board of education, and provided, further, That whatever amount of funds such children thus attending shall be entitled to from the public funds of Berrien county, shall also be paid over to the secretary and treasurer of said city upon proper reports being made to the superintendent of Berrien county by the principal of said city schools monthly; it shall be lawful for said school board of said city to enforce the collection of a matriculation fee not to exceed $1.00 per annum for each student, payable upon entering said school, such fund thus raised to be used in covering and meeting expenses incurred in operating said schools proper. Election of school board. Organization of board. Powers. Tax levy. Census. School funds. Election for school tax. Tax rate. Tuition and fee. Sec. 6. Be it enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be and the same is hereby repealed. Approved August 19, 1918. ROME, CITY OF; NEW CHARTER. No. 522. An Act to create a new charter and municipal government for the city of Rome; to define the rights and powers of the municipality; to define the corporate limits thereof and to repeal all former charters and all laws in conflict therewith. 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 inhabitants of the territory hereinafter described, all of which is located in Floyd county, State of Georgia, be and are hereby incorporated under

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the name and style of the City of Rome, a body politic and corporate, and by that name shall have perpetual succession, and is hereby invested with all the rights, powers and privileges incident to municipal corporations in the State of Georgia, and all rights, powers, titles, property, eastments and hereditaments, within or without its corporate limits, now belonging to said city of Rome; shall be and are hereby vested in the said city of Rome as created by this Act and the said city of Rome, as created by this Act, may, by 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 commissioners such ordinances, by-laws, rules, regulations and resolutions for the transaction of its business and the welfare and proper government of said city as said commissioners may deem proper, not inconflict with this charter, nor in conflict with the constitution and laws of the State of Georgia, nor in conflict with the constitution and laws of the United States of America. And the said city of Rome shall have the right and power to purchase, hold, rent, lease, sell, exchange, enjoy, possess and retain in perpetuity, or for any terms of years, any property, estate, real or personal, lands, tenements and hereditaments of whatsoever kind, within or without the limits of said city for corporate purposes, and said city of Rome shall have the right to rent, lease or operate any and all public buildings for any purpose whatsoever; and said city shall have the right and power to receive gifts, donations, bequests and public trusts and agree to conditions and terms accompanying the same, and the commission of said city is herein empowered to bind said city to carry out the same. Said city of Rome, as created by this Act, shall succeed to all the rights and remedies of and is hereby made responsible as a body corporate for all the legal debts, liabilities and undertakings of the present city of Rome, and its former governing authorities or the former board of public works of said city as a body corporate, as heretofore incorporated. City of Rome incorporated. General powers.

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Sec. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the corporate limits of the city of Rome are hereby declared to be as follows. Beginning near the northwest corner of land lot No. 238, in the twenty-third district and third section of Floyd county, Georgia, at the point of intersection of the north boundary line of the Central of Georgia Railroad Company's right of way with the north boundary line of the Southern Railway's right of way in said land lot No. 238, thence extending easterly along the north boundary line of the right of way of said Southern Railway Company to and across the Oostanaula river and continuing along the north boundary line fosaid railway company to a point north of the east line and in line with the east line with the city pumping station property; thence south across said right of way and thence along the east side of said city's pumping station property to the southeast corner thereof; thence west along the south side of said pumping station property to the low water mark on the east bank of the Oostanaula river; thence down said river along low water mark to the east and west land line between land lots Nos. 236 and 245, in said twenty-third district and third section; thence east along said land line to the southeast corner of said lot No. 236; thence north along the land line between lots Nos. 236 and 235 to a point due east of the south line of the city reservoir property; thence west along the south side of said reservoir property to the east line of the property formerly known as the C. I. Groves old homestead; thence northerly along the east line of said Groves homestead property to the east and west land line between land lots Nos. 205 and 236 in said district and section; thence along said land line between said lots Nos. 205 and 236 and between land lots Nos. 206 and 235 to Spring street; thence northeasterly along the said side of Spring street to and across the right of way of the Southern Railway Company; thence due north from said right of way to the north side of Park avenue; thence southeasterly across land lot 207 in said district and section and along the

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northeasterly side of Park avenue and the continuation thereof to and across the Calhoun public road, and continuing up the Calhoun road to the north and south land line between land lots Nos. 207 and 208 in said district and section; thence south along said land line and along land lines between lots Nos. 233 and 234 to the north side of Cothran street, where the same intersects with said land line; thence west along the north line of Cothran street to a point due north of the east side of the city colored public school lot; thence south along the east side of said public school lot to and across the Etowah river to low water mark on the south side of said river; thence westerly and southerly along low water mark down said river to the north side of the extension of Holmes street to said river; thence easterly along the north side of Holmes street to the east side of Gordon street; thence south along the east side of Gordon street to the north side of Division street; thence east along the north side of Division street to a point opposite the line between Cooper and Hughes property; thence easterly along said line btween Cooper and Hughes property to the land line on the east side of land lot No. 286; thence south along said land line to the south side of East Twelfth street, designated on Deitz's map of Rome and East Rome as Silver street; thence west along the south side of East Twelfth street to and across Second avenue, formerly Howard avenue, to the east side of Dean street; thence southerly along the east side of Dean street to the south side of Union street, Fourteenth street formerly; thence westerly along the south side of said Fourteenth street to the west side of Maple street; thence up the west side of Maple street to the south side of Silver Creek street, designated on Deitz's map of Rome and East Rome as Silver street; thence west along the south side of said street and continuing along and between Anchor Duck Mills and Hauk's Foundry; thence along the southeasterly side of said street in a westerly direction to the west side of the Rome and Cave Spring road; thence southerly along the west side of

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the Rome and Cave Spring road to the land line running east and west between land lots Nos. 284 and 317; thence west along the north boundary line of land lots Nos. 317 and 318 to the northwest corner of lot No. 318; thence northerly with the land line between Nos. 282 and 283 to the south boundary line of the Nixon estate; thence due east along said southern boundary line of the Nixon estate to the western boundary line of the Shadyside addition; thence due north along said western line of the Shadyside addition and continuing due north across the Coosa river to low water mark on the northern bank of said river; thence easterly along said northern bank of the Coosa river at low water mark to the western line of land lot No. 244; thence north along said line to its intersection with the west side of the right of way of the Central of Georgia Railway Company; thence along said west side of said right of way to the southern side of Shorter avenue; thence along the southern line of said avenue to the west side of River street; thence north along said west side of River street across the Central of Georgia Railway Company's right of way to the north side of said right of way; thence northwesterly along said right of way to beginning point. Territorial limits defined. Sec. 3. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the governing and legislative authority of said city shall be vested in a commission of seven members. The members of said commission shall have attained the age of twenty-one (21) years, and shall have been residents and citizens of said city for at least two years next preceding their election, and shall be qualified voters of the city of Rome. Each member of said commission shall receive a salary of two hundred ($200.00) dollars per annum. At their first meeting, or so soon thereafter as possible, the members of said commission shall elect one of their number as chairman, who shall receive an additional salary of four hundred ($400.00) dollars per annum. The chairman, or in his absence, the chairman pro tem., shall preside over the deliberations of the commission and shall have the right to

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vote on all questions; he shall preserve order and decorum at all meetings of the commission and shall enforce the rules of that body, and shall have power to punish all persons for contempt of such rules, and shall perform all other duties incident to his office. Service of legal process directed to or against the city shall be served upon the chairman of the commission. One of said commissioners shall be elected from each ward of the city, but shall be elected by the consolidated vote of the entire city. Said commissioners shall be elected for a term of four years, except as hereinafter provided, and until their successors are elected and qualified, subject, however, to recall, as is hereinafter provided. Commission government. Salaries of commissioners. Chairman. Service of process, etc. Sec. 4. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That an election shall be held in said city on the first Tuesday in March, 1919, to elect said commissioners, who shall hold office from the first Monday in April, 1919, to the first Monday in January, 1921. On the first Tuesday in December, 1920, and quadrennially thereafter, an election shall be held for the purpose of electing said commissioners for a ter mof four years, beginning on the first Monday in January thereafter. In all elections the candidate from each ward receiving the highest vote shall be declared elected. The present city commissioners shall remain in office until the first Monday in April, 1919. Election of commissioners. Sec. 5. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That only such persons qualified to vote for members of the General Assembly of the State of Georgia at the last preceding general election, or have since said time become qualified, shall be entitled to vote in any election held in said city, either for commissioners, or in any election for recall, or any election for the initiative or referendum, as herein provided, or any other election held in said city; provided, they have registered their names, occupations, ages and residences in the office of the secretary of said Rome city commission, as required by this Act, and shall have paid all taxes, fines, forfeitures or other indebtedness due said city. Voters qualified.

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Sec. 6. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the secretary of said Rome city commission shall open a list for the registration of voters sixty (60) days prior to any general election held in said city, which list shall be closed thirty (30) days prior to said election. In any election to fill any vacancy in any elective office, or for an election for recall, initiative or referendum, or any special election, the registration list of the last general election shall be used; provided, however, that said secretary shall, upon the calling of any election for initiative, referendum, recall or any special election, immediately open a list for persons who may have since become qualified and desire to register, which said list shall be closed five days prior to said election. It shall be the duty of said secretary, upon the application of any person qualified to vote as herein provided, within the time prescribed for lists to be kept open, to register the name, age, occupation, ward and place of residence of the applicant, but no person shall be entitled to register who has not paid all taxes, fines, forfeitures or other indebtedness required of him by the laws and ordinances of said city, or who has not been a bona fide citizen, with a continued residence within the corporate limits of said city for ninety (90) days immediately preceding the election. The said secretary is hereby empowered to administer on oath to the applicant touching his right to be registered, which said oath shall be of the same binding force and effect as oaths administered for registration by tax collectors in this State. Registration of voters. Sec. 7. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the secretary of said commission shall furnish the managers of elections, before opening the polls, a complete list of the names, age, occupation and residence of persons registered, which list shall be returned to the secretary when said elections are over. The presiding managers of said election shall be authorized, when challenged, to administer the following oath to any person attempting to vote: You do solemnly swear that you have resided in

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the corporate limits of the city of Rome, and have been a bona fide resident of said city for ninety (90) days immediately preceding this election; that you have been registered in the time prescribed by the charter of said city, and that you are qualified to vote for members of the General Assembly of Georgia, and that you have paid all taxes, fines, forfeitures or other indebtedness due the city which have been required of you, so help you God. Any person voting at any such election who is not qualified to vote, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction shall be punished as is prescribed in Section 1065 of the Penal Code of Georgia. List of registered voters. Voter's oath on challenge. Penalty. Sec. 8. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the persons authorized to hold elections under this charter are ordinaries, justices of the peace and freeholders of the city of Rome. There must be three managers at each voting place, to be named by the commission. Persons who cannot read and write shall not be competent to serve as managers. Before proceeding with such election each manager shall take and subscribe to the following oath before some officer qualified under the laws of Georgia to administer oaths, if present, but if no such officer is present at the time, then said managers may swear in each other, in which event said oath shall be of the same binding force and effect as if taken before a qualified officer: All and each of us do solemnly swear that we will faithfully superintend this day's election; that we are ordinaries, justices of the peace or freeholders of the city of Rome (as the case may be); that we will make a just and true return thereof and will not knowingly permit anyone to vote unless we believe he is entitled to do so according to the provisions of the charter of the city of Rome and the laws of the State of Georgia, nor knowingly prohibit any one from voting who is entitled by law to vote, and will not divulge for whom any vote was cast unless called on under the law to do so, so help me God. Managers of elections. Oath of managers. Sec. 9. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid,

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That the place or places of holding all elections held under this charter shall be selected and fixed by the said commission, and advertised in the newspapers of said city in which the city printing is done, at least ten (10) days prior to the date of said election. The managers of said election shall be selected by the commission, and the time for keeping open the polls shall be from seven (7) o'clock A. M. to six (6) o'clock P. M. All votes shall be by ballot, and there shall be kept by the managers, or by three clerks, three lists of the names of voters, which shall be numbered in the order of their voting, and also three tally sheets at each voting place. As each ballot is received the number of the vote on the list shall be marked on the ballot before being deposited in the ballot box, and when any voter is challenged and sworn, it shall be so written opposite his name on the list and also on his ballot. Regulations for elections. Sec. 10. Be it further enacted by authority aforesaid, That the managers may begin to count the votes at any time in their discretion, but they shall not do so until the polls are closed if a candidate, in person or by written authority, objects. When the votes are all counted, there must be a certificate signed by all the managers, stating the number of votes each person voted for received, which certificate shall be placed in an envelope and sealed with the names of the managers across the seal thereof, and addressed to the Rome city commission, and delivered by one of said managers to said commission at a meeting to be held at the city hall at ten (10) o'clock in the morning after said election, and it shall be the duty of said commission to declare the result of said election. Each list of voters and tally sheets must have placed thereon the signatures of the managers and returned with said certificates of the result of the election. The ballots shall not be examined by the managers or bystanders, but shall be carefully sealed in a strong envelope or box, with the names of the managers across the seals thereof, and delivered to the secretary of the commission at the same time they make return of the election, by

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whom they shall be kept unopened and unaltered, for sixty days, after which time, if there is not a contest begun about said election, the said ballots shall be destroyed by said secretary, without examining the same himself, or permitting others to do so. And if the said secretary shall violate this section he shall, upon conviction, be punished as is provided in Section 1065 of the Penal Code of Georgia. The same rules governing elections for officers shall be applicable in elections for initiative or referendum, or other elections held under this charter. Count of votes. Certificate. Result declared. Returns. Penalty. Sec. 11. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That in case of vacancy in office, elective under this charter, the chairman of the commission, or if he cannot act, the chairman pro tem., shall immediately call a special election, which shall be held as special elections are held, as hereinafter provided in the question of recall. Election to fill vacancy. Sec. 12. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That before entering upon the discharge of their duty each of said commissioners shall take and subscribe to the following oath before some judge or justice of the peace, which shall be entered upon the minutes of said commission: I do solemnly swear that I will faithfully and impartially demean myself as a commissioner of the city of Rome during my continuance in office; that I will discharge the duties of the office to which I have been elected to the best of my ability; that in the enactment and revision of all legislation, I will have due regard for the charter of the city of Rome, the constitution and laws of the State of Georgia, and of the United States of America: I do further swear that I have not, in order to influence my election to the office of commissioner, either in the general election or in any party primary, in which I was a candidate, directly or indirectly expressed or implied any promise of support to any person for any office in the government of the city of Rome, nor have I influenced my election by the unlawful use of money or other things of value, or by the use of intoxicating

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liquors; I do further swear that 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 my convictions as to the public good, so help me God. Oath of office. Sec. 13. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That no candidate for commissioner shall, before his election, or in any party primary election, directly or indirectly promise any person to appoint or vote for such person, or any other person, to any office, agency or employment in the government of said city. For a violation of this provision, said candidate making said promise, and the person exacting the same, shall forfeit his office and either or both shall, upon conviction, be punished as prescribed in Section 1065 of the Penal Code of Georgia, and upon the trial of any person for the violation of this section of this Act, both the candidate making the promise and the person exacting the same shall be a competent witness, one against the other, and shall be compelled to give evidence, and nothing then said by said witness shall at any time be received or given in evidence against him in any prosecution except upon an indictment for perjury in any matter to which he may have testified. Unlawful promise. Penalty. Sec. 14. Any or all of the commissioners provided for in this charter may be removed from office by the election. The procedure to effect such removal shall be as follows: The secretary of said commission shall prepare a book similar to the registration book of said city, for the purpose of receiving the signatures of the qualified voters of the city, to call a recall election. He shall in like manner prepare and keep a similar book for calling a referendum and initiative. Said book shall be opened at any time upon petition in writing, signed by one hundred (100) qualified voters of said city, which shall plainly and distinctly set forth the purposes, reasons and character of the election to be called, the name of the officer or officers sought to be recalled, with the

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specific reason therefor, or setting forth specifically the legislation proposed or opposed in due form. In case a petition for recall election shall be filed with said secretary as herein provided, upon it appearing that it contains the requisite number of names of qualified voters, and that same is in due form, he shall open the book for a recall election, and when one-fourth (1-4) of the qualified voters who were registered and qualified to vote in the last preceding general election of said city, and who are still residents of said city, shall in person go to the office of said secretary and within thirty (30) days from the opening of said book personally sign the same calling such election, the same shall then be called by the secretary of said commission. The ballots at such recall election shall conform to the following requirements: With respect to each person whose removal is sought the question shall be submitted, Shall (name of person) be removed from the office of (name of office) by recall? Immediately following such question there shall be printed on the ballots the two propositions, in the order set forth: For the recall of (name of person), Against the recall of (name of person). Recall election. Ballots. The voters shall strike from the ballot one of these propositions, leaving thereon, unscratched, the proposition he votes for. If the majority of those voting in said election vote in favor of recalling any officer, his office shall be filled in accordance with the provisions of this charter, and any person recalled may be considered a candidate. In case a petition for initiative or referendum shall be filed with said secretary, as herein provided, upon it appearing that it contains the requisite number of names of qualified voters, and that same is in due form, said secretary shall open the books for the initiative and referendum election, and when one-fourth (1-4) of the qualified voters who were registered and qualified to vote in the last preceding general election of said city and who are still residents

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thereof, shall in person go to the office of said secretary and within thirty (30) days from the opening of said books, personally sign the name, calling such election, the same shall be ordered by the chairman of the commission, and the legislation proposed or opposed shall be submitted to the voters of the city. The ballots used when voting upon any such proposed legislation shall state the ordinance in full, or the title thereof, to be voted on and below it the two propositions, For the Ordinance and Against the Ordinance. The voter shall strike from the ballot one of these propositions, leaving thereon, unscratched, the proposition he votes for. If a majority of the electors voting on any such proposed ordinance shall vote in favor thereof, it shall thereupon become an ordinance of the city. Initiative and referendum. Ballots. Proposed ordinances for repealing any existing ordinance or ordinances, in whole or in part, may be submitted as provided above for initiating ordinances. Sec. 15. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That whenever any election provided for in the preceding section of this Act is ordered, the same be held not less than twenty (20) or more than thirty (30) days after a sufficient number of qualified voters have signed the book to call same; Provided, however, that if any commissioner shall be recalled under this charter, the person or persons elected as successor shall only succeed to the unexpired term of such commissioner, subject to the recall, as herein provided. Time for holding election. Sec. 16. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That any party or political organization may hold a primary election for the nomination of candidates, or the expression of party policy, for any general or special election, provided such primary shall be held in accordance with the laws of the State and of this charter for general elections. Primary election.

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Sec. 17. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That any person who shall by offering money, or other thing of value, or by the use of intoxicating liquors, or by promise of office, employment or other reward, or by any other method now or hereafter declared criminal, when such method is used to influence voters in elections in this State, undertake to influence or procure any person to sign a petition for, or the book provided by the secretary of said commission calling for recall, initiatives or referendum election, or any person signing such petition, or said book, who is not entitled under this charter to sign same, or who signs the name of, or who impersonates another; or any person voting in any special or primary election, held in accordance with this Act, who is not entitled to vote in a regular election as is herein provided, shall, upon conviction thereof be punished as is prescribed in Section 1065 of the enale Code of Georgia. Unlawful influences. Penalty. Sec. 18. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That it shall be the duty of the commissioners to employ a city manager, who shall be the administration head of the municipal government, and shall be responsible for the efficient administration of all departments. He shall be a man qualified by training and experience to perform the duties of city engineer and superintendent of public works. He shall give his entire time to the city and shall be paid a salary not exceeding three thousand ($3,000.00) dollars per annum. Said manager may be a non-resident and employed from any place where a man with a necessary qualification may be found. The powers and duties of said city manager shall be: City manager. Qualifications. Salary. (a) To see that the laws and ordinances are enforced. Powers and duties. (b) To appoint, except as herein provided, subject to the approval of a majority of the commissioners, the heads of a majority of the commissioners, the heads of all departments of the municipal government, to-wit: Secretary of the commission, city attorney, city physician, recorder, superintendent

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of public works, chief of police, chief of fire department, or head of any other department which may be established. (c) To remove any of his appointees, or the appointees of the head of any department whose appointment requires his approvaPl, at any time, when he deems such removal necessary or advisable for the public good. (d) To exercise control over all departments created herein or that may hereafter be created by the commission. (e) To attend all meetings of the commission with the right to take part in the discussion, but having no vote. (f) To recommend to the commissioners for adoption such measures as he may deem necessary or expedient. (g) To keep the commission fully advised as to the financial condition and needs of the city. (h) To make the commission a budget each year, at the time of levying taxes, showing the estimated income and expenditures of the city for the ensuing year. (i) To perform such other duties as may be prescribed by this charter, or be required of him by ordinance or resolution of the commission. Said city manager may be removed from office by the affirmative vote of a majority of the commission after a hearing given to said city manager. Sec. 19. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the commissioners of said city shall devote as much of their time to the duties of their office as may be necessary, and shall perform such duties as may be required of them by this charter and the laws, ordinances and resolutions adopted by said commission not repugnant to this Act.

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Sec. 20. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That each of said commissioners shall be to all intents and purposes a justice of the peace, so far as to enable them or any one of them to issue warrants for offenses committed within the jurisdiction of said city, or for a fugitive from justice found within said jurisdiction, which warrant shall be executed by any officer authorized under this charter, or the ordinances of said city, or the laws of the State of Geeogia to make arrests, and said commissioners are empowered to commit such persons to the common jail of Floyd county, or admit to bail such offenders (provided the offense is bailable) for their appearance before the next Superior or City Court thereafter for the county of Floyd, and it shall be the duty of the jailer of said county to receive all such persons so committed and safely keep the same until discharged by due course of law. Powers of justice of the peace. Sec. 21. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That said commission shall have power to fix their regular meetings at such time as they may select by resolution; Provided, That at least one regular meeting shall be held once each week; they may adopt such rules and regulations for their control and guidance as they may see fit, with a right to change same at any time by a majority vote at two separate meetings, or they may suspend such rules temporarily by unanimous consent. They may meet as often in extra session as the chairman, or any two commissioners may designate or call, provided personal notice is given to each commissioner, unless such commissioner is absent from the city. They shall keep accurate minutes of their proceedings and shall have all their acts and doings recorded thereon, and all votes taken shall be aye or no, and shall be made to appear on said minutes. All meetings for said commission for the transaction of business shall be open to the public. Four commissioners shall constitute a quorum at any meeting for the transaction of any business; and it shall require the affirmative vote of four commissioners to adopt any measure, ordinance or resolution,

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except as in the case of the initiative or referendum as herein provided. Meetings of commission. Minutes. Quorum. Sec. 22. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the commissioners shall elect one of their members chairman pro tem., who may exercise all the duties of the chairman in case of his absence or inability to act for any reason. Chairman pro tem. Sec. 23. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That said commission may prescribe the duties and powers of and prescribe the salary of, except as may be specifically provided by this Act, a secretary, who shall be known as the Secretary of Rome City Commission; a superintendent of public works, a city attorney, a city recorder, a city physician, a city sexton, an auditor, a building inspector, three city tax assessors, a chief of police, necessary police officers, a chief of fire department, necessary firemen and such trustees, board members and other officials as the interests of the city may demand. Said commission is hereby further empowered, at any time that they may deem expedient, to create any office, prescribe the duties threof and fix a salary therefor, looking to the best interests of the city. All salaries for any of said officers shall be fixed by resolution of the commission prior to the election of any person thereto, and shall not be increased or diminished during their continuance in office. The present officers of said city shall continue to hold their respective offices, upon the same condition they now hold same, subject to the provisions of this Act. Before entering upon the discharge of their respective duties the said officers shall give such bond, payable to the city of Rome, in such sum as may be prescribed by ordinance or resolution, to be approved by the commission, and they shall each take and subscribe to an oath, in addition to any specific oath for that particular office, that he will faithfully perform the duties of his office. The said secretary may be required to perform the duties of tax collector, and for his services as such shall receive such compensation for all insolvent tax fi. fas. and costs as

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the commission shall establish by ordinance and resolution. The office of city marshal shall be consolidated with the office of chief of police, and in addition to any fixed salary the said chief of police shall receive such costs for levy of tax and other fi. fas. of the city, advertising and making sales, executing deeds, settling and satisfying executions, and for performing such other duties, incident to his office as is now allowed sheriffs of this State in performing similar duties. The office of chief of fire department and building inspector may be consolidated by resolution. The duties of sanitary inspector, except as otherwise provided in this charter, shall be performed by the police department or other officials or employees of said city as may be designated by the city manager. Municipal officers; duties, powers, salaries, etc. Bonds of officers. Sec. 24. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That said commission shall select, in lieu of a treasurer, some chartered bank as a city depository, in which shall be deposited all city funds as soon as collected. The bank so selected shall be the one offering to the city the highest rate of interest on the city deposit for the fiscal year for which it is selected, and shall be required to give a good and solvent bond, payable to the city, with a reputable bonding company authorized and qualified by law to do business in the State of Georgia, as security, such bond to be approved by the commission and for such amount, sufficiently ample to protect said city, as may be fixed by the commission. Ten (10) days before the selection of said bank, the secretary of the commission shall send each bank doing business in the city a notice of the place and time of such selection and the amount of bond required, and ask from said bank sealed bids for the city's account, which said bills shall remain sealed until the time fixed for such selection, and then opened at the place named, in the presence of the commissioners and of the public. It shall be the duty of the commissioners to select the bank making the best and highest bid, provided it gives the bond above referred to, as the city depository

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for the ensuing fiscal year, and such selection shall not be changed except for its violation or disregard of its obligations under this charter, or when it shall be made to appear to the satisfaction of the commissioners that it is not safe to continue the deposit of city funds in said bank. City depository. Sec. 25. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That said commission shall select a city auditor whose duty it shall be to thoroughly examine and audit the books of all city officials, and all institutions in which the said city has a financial interest, at least once each three (3) months, and oftener if it be necessary, and to make a written report of same, which shall be spread upon the minutes of the commission. Auditor. Sec. 26. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That said commission may require the city manager to come before them at any regular or special meeting and answer questions, either orally or in writing, and they may require from said city manager at any time written reports upon any matter involving the city that they may deem proper; and said city manager shall report weekly to said commissioner his general acts and doings, and shall regularly and at stated intervals, at least quarterly, file complete and full reports of the various departments of said city. Manager's reports. Sec. 27. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That said commission shall be vested with full legislative power. They may pass ordinances, adopt resolutions, levy taxes and provide for their collection, fix licenses and provide for their payment, and perform all legislative rights and powers incident to the government of said city. All ordinances and resolutions shall first be reduced to writing, and shall be acted on by said commission, who shall have authority to approve, disapprove or amend the same. A resolution may be passed at the time it is offered, but in no case shall an ordinance be put upon its passage until it has been read at two different regular meetings on two separate days. Four members of the commission must vote affirmatively

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to pass any ordinance. In case any proposed legislation is defeated or passed over the protest of the chairman he shall have authority within forty-eight hours thereafter to suspend the operation of the same, publish the said proposed ordinance in the official newspaper of said city for ten (10) days, and order an initiative or referendum election thereon, as herein provided. Legislative powers. Sec. 28. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That said commission shall be vested with full power and authority from time to time to make and establish such rules, by-laws and ordinances, and to impose penalties for failure to comply with same respecting city property, streets, lanes, alleys, bridges, cemeteries, public buildings and grounds, public houses, wharves, water courses, markets, railroads, telegraph and telephone companies, electric light and power companies, gas companies, erection of buildings, construction of houses, plumbing, drainage, sewerage, fire engines, pumps, forges, blacksmith shops, foundries, fertilizer plants, breweries, tanneries, lumber yards, warehouses, storage room, pawn shops, junk dealers, auctioneers, slaughter houses and all kinds of business places and enterprises operated in said city; they shall have power to regulate and prohibit the storage of all kinds of explosives and all combustible material in said city; they shall have full power and authority to pass all laws and ordinances they may consider necessary for the peace, good order, health, prosperity, comfort and security of said city, and of the inhabitants thereof, and that may be necessary to foster virtue and good morals in said city; to suppress lewdness, gambling, disorderly conduct and to enforce such laws and ordinances by such penalties as are authorized by this charter. The said commission shall have full power to adopt and enforce any and all ordinances they may consider necessary or advisable to carry out the powers granted to said city and said commission by this charter, 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

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under the laws of this State, conferring powers upon municipal corporations; Provided, said laws, ordinances, rules and regulations are consistent with the laws of this State. For these purposes the city is given jurisdiction for two miles from the corporate limits thereof. Regulatory powers. Sec. 29. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That said commission is hereby empowered to declare what shall constitute a nuisance and to pass such ordinances as may be necessary to prevent same; and by ordinance they may empower the recorder to abate same and authorize the removal of such nuisance by the proper officials; they may provide for the punishment for the person, persons, firm or corporation causing or suffering such nuisance to exist, and they may provide for the assessment of the expense of the removal of such nuisance against such person, persons, firm or corporation causing or continuing same, and provide for the collection of such expense by execution, said execution to have the same force and effect as city tax executions, and to be enforced in the same way. Nuisances. Sec. 30. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That said commission is hereby empowered to regulate by ordinance the selling, weighing measuring of hay, wood, ice, coal, coke and all other articles sold by weight or measure; to require dealers to keep honest weights and measures and to provide for the inspection and regulation of such weights and measures, and to provide for the regulation and inspection of gas, electric and water meters, and to compel the correct reading of the shame, and to fix penalties for any violation of this section. Weights and measures. Sec. 31. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That said commission is empowered to license, regulate, restrain or prohibit the running at large, within the corporate limits of said city, of cattle, horses, swine, sheep, goats, geese, chickens, ducks or other fowls and animals and to impound the same, and on notice being given to sell same for penalty imposed by or under any ordinance, and

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to assess the cost and expense of the proceeding against the owner; and said commission is further empowered to regulate and prohibit the running at large of dogs and to provide against injury or annoyance therefrom, and to authorize the disposition of same; they are further empowered to provide penalties for breaking any pound or releasing any animal or fowl impounded by authority of this charter. Animals at large. Sec. 32. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That said commission shall have power and authority to prescribe by ordinance adequate penalties for all offenses against the laws and ordinances of said city, and to punish offenders by fine not to exceed five hundred ($500.00) dollars, imprisonment in the calaboose or city jail not to exceed ninety (90) days, or sentenced to work on the streets or public works of said city not to exceed six (6) months, any one or more or any part of any one or more of said punishments, in the discretion of the recorder or any officer trying the offender. Penalties to be prescribed. Sec. 33. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the said city commission shall have full power and authority to organize a chaingang in said city, under such rules and regulations as may be adopted by said commission, and to cause all offenders against the laws and ordinances of said city to work in said chaingang, on the street or other public works of said city as said commission may direct. Chain-gang. Sec. 34. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That said commission may codify all ordinances and by-laws of said city, together with the charter of said city, into one book, to be known as the Code of the City of Rome, and when same is adopted by said commission, said code shall be admitted in evidence in any of the courts of this State, upon the certificates of the secretary of the said commission certifying the same to be the code of ordinances and laws of said city. Code of ordinances, etc. Sec. 35. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid,

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That there is hereby established for and in said city a court to be known as recorder's court, to be presided over by the city recorder, who shall be appointed by the city manager, subject to approval by the commission, with jurisdiction to try all violations of the laws and ordinances of said city; said recorder shall have power and authority to punish for contempt of court not to exceed a fine of fifty ($50.00) dollars, work in the city chaingang not to exceed ninety (90) days, or imprisonment in the city calaboose or jail not to exceed thirty (30) days, any part or all of said punishment may be inflicted, in the discretion of the court; he shall have full power and authority to compel attendance of parties and witnesses at said court, and for this purpose shall have full power and authority to require bail to secure such attendance, and to issue appropriate orders for the forfeiture of recognizance given in pursuance of this charter; all warrants, summons, subpoenas or other process issued, requiring appearance or attendance on said recorder's court, shall be issued by the secretary of the city commission, directed to the chief of police, any policeman or other arresting officer of said city, and bear test in the name of the recorder; said recorder's court shall be governed by the rules of the Superior Court of the State of Georgia in so far as they may be applicable to such court, and a sound construction of this charter and the laws of said city. The said commission may, from time to time, pass such further rules and regulations regarding said court, not in conflict with this charter and the laws of the State of Georgia. Recorder's court; jurrisdiction and powers. Sec. 36. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That it shall be the duty of the city recorder to preside over the recorder's court, with full power and authority to issue warrants for the violation of any municipal ordinance, and to hold such court, and at such times and places and under such rules and regulations as are prescribed by this charter, or by ordinance for the trial of offenders against the ordinances of said city, and to impose such penalties for a violation thereof as may be prescribed

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by ordinance, and he shall have full power and authority incident to or belonging to the office of the justice of the peace, except for the trial of civil cases. In all cases where the accused is committed to the county jail or ordered to give bond for appearance before the Superior or City court of Floyd county for the violation of a State law, said recorder shall be entitled to receive such costs as are paid justices of the peace in criminal cases. Recorder. Sec. 37. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That said commission is empowered to provide such forms of accusations, warrants, summons and other papers necessary in trials for the violations of the laws and ordinances of said city. Forms of processes. Sec. 38. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That said commission shall have power and authority to compel the attendance of parties and witnesses at the recorder's court, and upon meetings of the commission, and shall have full power and authority to provide by ordinance for the taking and receiving from parties and witnesses of such bail as may be necessary to secure the attendance of parties and witnesses; and said commission is further empowered to provide by ordinance for the forfeiture and collection of such bail-bonds in the same manner as such bail-bonds are now forfeited in the Superior Courts of this State. Compulsory attendance of witnesses. Bond forfeitures. Sec. 39. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That whenever, from any cause, the recorder of said city cannot be in attendance to hold recorder's court, or if it should appear that he is disqualified in any case, it shall be the duty of the chairman of the commission to appoint a member of said city commission to preside in said court in the place and stead of said recorder, and all the acts and doings of said appointee shall be as binding as if performed by the said recorder. Commissioner as recorder. Sec. 40. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the right of certiorari from the decision and

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judgment of the recorder, or the commissioner presiding in his place, shall exist in all criminal cases, and such certiorari shall be obtained under the sanction of the judge of the Superior Court of Floyd county upon a petition in writing to said judge, to be presented within thirty (30) days after the rendition of the decision or judgment complained of, and not thereafter. Such petition shall state the grounds of complaint and shall contain a brief of the evidence had in the trial, and shall be duly sworn to. If, upon examination, the judge shall consider the petitioner entitled to writ of certiorari, it shall be his duty to cause such writ to be issued and served on the recorder, as in other cases under the laws of this State, requiring him to certify and send up to the Superior Court a complete and accurate history of the case as his answer thereto, which said answer shall be subject to correction and traverse, as provided by the laws of this State. The said judge at chambers or in term time, may hear and determine such certiorari or traverse thereto after ten days' notice to each party, and may, after such hearing, modify, affirm or reverse the decision of the recorder; provided, however, that no writ of certiorari shall be granted until the accused shall have paid all costs and filed his petition and affidavit setting forth that he does not file same for delay only, but that he verily believes that he has been wrongfully and illegally convicted, and shall give a good and sufficient bond and security, to be approved by the secretary of the commission, payable to the city of Rome, in double the amount of the fine imposed, conditional to answer the judgment of the court, or in lieu thereof, shall make affidavit of his inability from poverty, to pay the costs, or give the bond as herein provided. In case said petitioner should fail to give bond he shall remain in custody until the determination of said case. If the writ of certiorari is granted the judgment of the recorder's court shall be suspended until the judge of the Superior Court shall finally pass on the case. Upon the hearing of such petition for certiorari the judge of the Superior Court shall consider both the law and

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the facts, and, in his discretion, may hold his judgment that truth and justice may appertain. The recorder shall be entitled to receive such costs in cases of certiorari as are paid justices of the peace in similar cases. Certiorari. Sec. 41. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That said commission shall have full power and authority to provide by ordinance for appeal to their body from judgment rendered in the recorder's court; provided, defendants taking such appeal shall first pay all costs and shall give bond in double the amount of fine imposed, or in the event no fine has been imposed give an appearance bond in such an amount as the recorder may assess, and provided further, that all appeals shall be made within four (4) days from the judgment complained of, and shall be heard by said commission within fifteen (15) days from the date of appeal, unless said hearing shall be postponed to a later date upon legal showing. Appeals. Sec. 42. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That for the purpose of raising revenue for the support and maintenance for the government of said city of Rome, including the payment of bonds, interest on the bonded debts, and the creation of a sinking fund for the extinguishment of said bonded debts, and for paving and macadamizing streets, the said city commission shall have full power and authority for the assessment, levy and collection of an ad valorem tax on all real and personal property owned or held within the corporate limits of said city, which, under the laws of the State, is subject to taxation not exceeding one and one-fourth (1 1-4) per cent of the assessed value of all such property; provided, that in addition thereto they shall have power and authority to levy and collect an ad valorem tax of not exceeding thirty-five one-hundredths (35-100) of one per cent. on all such property, to be known as the public school tax; provided that in no event shall the total tax rate exceed one and one-half (1 1-2) per cent. Taxation. Tax rate. Additional school tax. Sec. 43. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid,

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That said commission shall have full power and authority to require any person, firm, company or corporation, whether resident or non-resident, of said city, who may engage in, prosecute, or carry on, or who is engaged in prosecuting or carrying on any trade, business, calling, vocation or profession in the corporate limits of said city by themselves, or their agents, to register their names, business, calling, vocation or profession annually, and to require said person, company or corporation to pay for said registration and for license to prosecute, engage in or carry on any busines, calling or profession, such amount as the commission may provide by ordinance, not to exceed five hundred ($500) dollars. Said commission may provide by ordinance for the punishment of all persons, firms, companies or corporations required by ordinance to pay such taxes or to take out such licenses for the same, who shall engage in such business, profession or occupation, before paying such taxes, or taking out such licenes, who fail to comply in full with all requirements of such ordinances made in reference thereto. Provided, the terms of the section shall not apply to those professions who pay a special annual tax to the State of Georgia. Registry and licensing of occupations. Sec. 44. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That said commission shall have full power and authority to condemn, regulate, tax and license all automobiles, coaches, drays, hacks, jitney busses and all other vehicles using the streets in sai dcity for hire. Regulation of vehicles. Sec. 45. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That said commissioner may, by ordinance, license, tax, regulate or prohibit billiard rooms, ten-pin alleys or other such alleys, inns, taverns, hotels, restaurants, lunch stands, cafes, social clubs, saloons, theaters, moving picture shows, dance halls or other places kept for public entertainment. They are also empowered to license and regulate livery stables, garages or other places of this kind for the use and benefit of the public. Licenses and regulations. Sec. 46. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid,

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That said commission shall require all persons liable to perform road duty by the laws of this State to perform such duty by work on the streets of said city under the direction of the proper officer of said city; provided that the commission of said city shall have power to levy a street tax in lieu thereof, and provided further, that all persons who shall refuse to pay said tax on or before such time as the said commission may prescribe by ordinance, shall be required, upon three (3) days' notice, to do and perform street work as aforesaid, and upon failure thereof such defaulter shall be dealt with by the recorder as for violation of the ordinances of said city, or may be compelled to work on streets or public works of said city. Street work or tax. Sec. 47. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That said commission may have power by ordinance to license, tax and regulate the keeping of dogs within the corporate limits of the city. Dogs. Sec. 48. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That said commission shall have the power and authority to alter and fix the time for making tax returns, and to provide for the collection of taxes quarterly, semi-annually or yearly, and to have assessment of property made in accordance therewith. Tax returns and collections. Sec. 49. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That said commission shall make, or cause to be made, an equitable annual assessment of all real estate in said city by the first day of February of each year, and all returns of personal property shall be made, under oath, by the first day of March in each year, and the same shall also be passed upon by the assessors. Upon the return of the assessors being handed in, as is herein provided, the commission shall, by the fifteenth day of March thereafter, cause an estimate to be made up and entered on the minutes, showing the gross amounts of the income of the city for the fiscal year, and shall apportion and set apart the same for the necessary expenditures for interest on bonds, redemption of bonds, streets and sewerage, public buildings and grounds,

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city lighting, salaries, water works, fire department, police department, cemetery, contingent expenses, publicity, encouragement of industry, relief of poor, hospitals, public schools, sanitation and health, parks, and for paving and macadamizing, and such other purposes as allowed by law, or prescribed by ordinance, which several sums, taken in the aggregate, shall not exceed the amount of income from all sources for the year in question. Assessment of real estate. Estimate of income. Sec. 50. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the annual expense of said city shall be so restricted as not to exceed the annual income of the city after paying the interest on the bonds and providing a sinking fund for the final payment of the principal of said bonds. Annual expense restricted. Sec. 51. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That it shall be the duty of the commission to set aside annually a sum sufficient as a sinking fund to retire the bonded debt of said city as same becomes due. Sinkingfund. Sec. 52. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the annual appropriation made by the commission may be varied as to the amounts apportioned for the different purposes, but these variations are not to retroact on time expired, or to enlarge in any manner the aggregate appropriations for the year, and no money shall be appropriated for any purpose except by resolution of the commission as herein provided, which shall be void unless it specifies upon its face upon which of said funds it is to be drawn, and each member of said commission shall be individually liable to the city for the refunding of any amount appropriated or expense incurred in excess of said limit, when present at the voting of the same, except such of them as escape said liability by voting in the negative, and the name entered on the minutes, the amount thereof to be recovered in an action brought in any of the courts in this State having jurisdiction thereof, in the name of the secretary of said commission for use of the city, and ten (10) per cent. of the recovery shall be his compensation, and if he fails to bring said action within ten (10) days, the said sums may be recovered

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of him and his bondsmen at the suit of any citizen, and no action brought under this section shall be settled without the consent of the judge before whom said suit is pending upon exhibit of all the facts, and such consent entered on the minutes; and in order that the said commission may know at all times the true financial condition of the city, the said secretary shall prepare and read and enter upon the minutes at the opening of each regular meeting a balance sheet showing the gross revenue of the fiscal year and expenses voted by the commission up to that time, and also the amount of the said several sums estimated as aforesaid, and what part of the same has been, up to that time, appropriated and what part remains unappropriated. Appropriations. Individual liability of commissioner. Sec. 53. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the commission of said city shall have power and authority to borrow money by making a temporary loan or loans to supply casual deficiency of revenue, not to exceed one-fifth (1-5) of one (1) per centum of the assessed value of the taxable property therein in any one (1) year; and it is further enacted that the sum or sums so borrowed shall be repaid out of the income of the city for the fiscal year in which the loan or loans are made, and before the expiration of the fiscal year in which the same was or were made. Temporary loans. Sec. 54. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That there shall be created a board of bond trustees for said city of Rome, the same to consist of three upright and discreet business men, who shall be residents, citizens and freeholders of said city, and shall serve without salary, whose duties shall be to keep a correct record of the bonded debt of said city, showing who holds the bonds, when the same are due, the rate of interest on same, and such other information as will tend to identify said bonds, and whenever any new bonds are issued for said city, to list the same in said book, giving the date of issue, date when due, rate of interest, number, denomination, and to whom sold. It shall be the duty of said trustees to pay in the manner hereinafter provided all lawful bonds of said city, and the interest

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upon the same, whenever due; and to invest any and all of the money placed to its credit as hereinafter provided, in bonds of said city of Rome, or, if the same cannot be obtained at a reasonable market price, then in valid State, county or municipal bonds, and it shall have the power to dispose of the same and reinvest the proceeds thereof in similar bonds whenever said trustees shall desire to purchase any of said bonds it shall authorize a draft to be drawn upon the city depository for the money, said draft to be signed by the clerk and countersigned by the chairman of the board of bond trustees, specifying to whom paid and for what purpose. The said trustees shall keep minutes of their proceedings, acts and doings, which shall show a record of all warrants drawn, the date thereof, and the amount, in whose favor and for what purpose. They must select a chairman from among their own numbers and in determining all questions coming before said trustees a majority vote shall be sufficient. Board of bond trustees. Duties. Sec. 55. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That Cornelius Terhune, J. D. McCartney, J. Robert Cantrell shall constitute the bond trustees of said city, and they shall continue in office until their successors shall be elected by said Rome City Commission at their first regular meeting of April, 1919, for a term of four (4) years, or until their successors are elected and qualified. Bond trustees designated. Sec. 56. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the secretary of said city commission shall keep an account on his books with said bond trustees, and it shall be his duty to keep a separate account of all taxes levied and collected for the purpose of paying the bonded debt of said city when due, and the interest on the same, as well as such other sums as may be appropriated by the commission of said city from time to time for this purpose from other sources of revene, and as soon as practicable after the collection or appropriation of such sums he shall pay the same into the city depository, taking a receipt therefor, which shall be the voucher of such secretary, and shall at the same

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time notify the chairman of said bond trustees in writing of the same. Separate accounts. Sec. 57. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the secretary of the commission must report at each regular meeting of said commission, and at such other times as he may be called upon so to do by said commission, the amount paid into the city depository for use of said board of trustees, and shall enter the same upon the minutes of the commission. The said secretary shall not use any of the money so collected or appropriated for the use of said bond trustees for any other purpose whatever, and should he fail to pay the same promptly into the city depository for said purpose, he shall be personally liable to the city of Rome on his bond, and said bond trustees are hereby authorized, and it shall be their duty to institute suit upon said bond to recover same for the purpose for which it was collected or appropriated. Reports. Secretary's duty. Sec. 58. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That whenever any funds shall be deposited with the city depository, as hereinbefore provided, for the bond trustees, the same shall be entered to the credit of said trustees upon a separate account open on the books of said depository for that purpose, and it shall be the duty of said depository to pay out the same upon warrant of said bond trustees, as hereinbefore provided, the said warrant to be a voucher for said sum, and to be filed as such. In case the said depository should pay out any of such funds in any other manner than herein provided, said depository and the bondsmen therefor shall be liable to the bond trustees in the same manner and extent as the secretary of the commission, as hereinbefore provided. It shall also be the duty of said depository to transfer to said account whatever may be to the credit of the sinking fund and fund for interest on public debt at the time this Act becomes effective. Depository's duty. Sec. 59. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That whenever the said bond trustees take up any bonds or coupons of the city of Rome, they at once cancel

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the same and then turn them over to the secretary of the commission, taking his receipt thereof, specifying in said receipt the number of each bond and coupon, its date, date when due and such other general description as will fully identify the same. Cancellation of bonds or coupons. Sec. 60. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That it shall be the duty of said commission to provide said bond trustees with all necessary funds to defray the expenses of said trustees, and the said trustees shall hold their meetings at the city hall in such office as may be designated by resolution of said commission. Said bond trustees may elect one of their number clerk. It shall be the duty of said clerk to keep the minutes and all necessary books of said trustees, and perfor msuch other duties as may be imposed upon him by said trustees in carrying out the provisions of this Act. Expenses of trustees. Sec. 61. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That it shall be the duty of said bond trustees to make a full and complete report of all matters pertaining to said bonded indebtedness, and of their actings and doings, to the said city commission at the last meeting in March of each year, and at such other time as said commission may call for same; that the books and papers of said bond trustees, and of the secretary of the commission, and of the city depository, in regard to the bonded debts of said city, shall at all times be open to the inspection of said commission, or such other persons as they may designate to inspect and audit same. Report by trustees. Sec. 62. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That it shall be the duty of the secretary of said city commission to record all bonds given by city officials on the minutes of the commission, and shall then deposit the same with said bond trustees, whose duty it shall be to keep same safely and securely, subject, however, to inspection by the said city commission, or such other persons as they may designate to inspect the same. Record of bonds.

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Sec. 63. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That no license or permit to do business required by the charter and ordinances of said city shall be valid unless the secretary of the commission has endorsed the same that said person, firm or corporation taking out the same has registered in his office, in compliance with the terms provided by ordinance, and any person who does or attempts to do business of any character, for which a license or permit is required, without complying with this section, may be arrested for a violation of the same and punished in such manner as may be provided by the ordinances of said city. Licenses, endorsement to validate. Sec. 64. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That if any person, firm or corporation fail to return their property for taxation, or secure a license or permit to do business, or pay street tax, or pay taxes on dogs, at the same time prescribed by this charter and the ordinances of said city, it shall be the duty of such secretary of the commission to search out and require the same to be done, and double tax the same as a penalty for said default, as is provided in this charter. That said secretary shall keep a separate book in which all such delinquent returns, licenses, permits and persons subject to street tax shall be entered, and it shall be the duty of said secretary to collect same, including all cost accrued thereon. Failure in tax return. Penalty. Sec. 65. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That it shall be the duty of said secretary of the commission to make a full report to the commissioner of all taxes due and uncollected at such times as may be fixed by the commission, and he shall make a full report of all taxes remaining uncollected on the first day of December in each year, and on the third Monday in December of each year it shall be the duty of such secretary to make a final settlement for the fiscal year with said commission. It shall be the duty of said commission to pass upon all matters pertaining to said settlement, and allow to said secretary such credits for errors as may be apparent, and such credit for insolvent taxes as he may show to their reasonable satisfaction

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cannot be collected; provided, however, that nothing in this Act shall be construed as in any way repealing any power on the part of said secretary to issue fi. fas. for all amounts not paid in accordance with the charter and ordinances of said city, nor in any way to restrict the duty of the marshal or chief of police of said city to levy fi. fas. and collect the money due thereon by the sale of property or otherwise, as provided in said charter and ordinances. Report of taxes due Settlement. Sec. 66. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That said commission is empowered and authorized to levy a tax upon all property, real and personal, within said city. Tax on property. Sec. 67. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That said city commission shall have full power and authority to elect three persons, freeholders, residents and citizens of said city, as city assessors, who shall hold their office for four (4) years, unless removed by the commission for cause. It shall be the duty of said assessors to assess the value of all real estate and personal property at a fair market valuation within the corporate limits of said city, they shall make a return to the city commission of the assessment of real estate by the first day of February in each and every year, and the said commission shall place said assessment so returned in the hands of the secretary of the commission, who shall enter the same in his books with other taxes, and the same shall be collected as other taxes of said city; provided, that parties dissatisfied with the assessment of their property by the tax assessors may have the same reviewed by the assessors, by filing with the secretary an affidavit that the valuation fixed is excessive, and that the property is not worth the amount assessed, and upon said affidavit being filed the assessors can reconsider their assessment, and their report shall be final, unless the party, still being dissatisfied, should appeal to the commission, which said appeal shall be allowed and heard only in the manner prescribed as follows, to-wit: Any party dissatisfied with the review and report of the assessors as prescribed

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above may at once file with the secretary of the commission a statement of his objections, with request to be heard by the commission upon the matter complained of. Upon the filing of said statement and request, which shall be addressed to the Rome City Commission, it shall be the duty of the secretary to notify the chairman of the commission, or in his absence or disqualification, the chairman pro tem., who shall call a meeting of the commission at the earliest time practicable, at which meeting of said commission shall be fixed a day and hour not later than the first day of April of each year, at which time all appeals from the assessors herein contemplated must be heard. It shall be the duty of said secretary to give prompt and timely notice of the day and hour fixed for hearing appeals to all parties who have filed their statement and request as aforesaid, as well as to the board of assessors. All appeals from the assessors to the commission shall be heard on the day designated for hearing appeals, unless continued to another time, and the decision of the commission thereon shall be final. Said commission is authorized, however, in its discretion, to employ some person or persons experienced in its business, for the purpose of assisting the assessors in making a fair and impartial survey and assessment of all real estate on the front foot basis, and the improvements to be assessed separately, same to be made at a fair market valuation, and if such survey and assessment is made, the commission may provide that the same may stand for a term of years, subject to such physical changes as may take place, not extending, however, beyond the term for which commission is elected. Any person dissatisfied with the assessment so made may appeal to and have the same reviewed by the commission, upon the same terms and conditions as hereinbefore provided for a review when the assessment is made by the city assessors. After the returns of personal property have been made, it shall be the duty of said assessors to examine same and reassess the property so returned, or assess any property not returned under such regulations as may be prescribed by the commission and the charter. City tax assessors. Assessment. Review. Appeal. Notice. Employment of assistant. Personalty.

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Sec. 68. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the said assessors, before entering upon the discharge of their duties, shall take and subscribe to an oath before the chairman of the commission to equitably, faithfully and truly assess all the real estate within the corporate limits of said city at its fair market value, and to return such assessment to the commission. They shall receive for their services such salary and allowed such an amount for actual expenses for personally visiting all property assessed and making assessment thereon, as the commission shall by resolution order. Oath of assessors. Sec. 69. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That it shall be the duty of the chief of police to levy and collect all fi. fas. for taxes, assessments and fines due to city of Rome, and all other fi. fas. that may be issued under authority of this charter, to advertise and sell property so levied on and make title to the purchaser, and to put the purchaser in possession of property so sold, under the same rules and regulations that govern sheriffs or deputy sheriffs at sheriff's sales; he shall perform such other duties as the commission may by ordinance require of him; he shall give bond in such an amount as may be required by resolution of the commission. The office of city marshal may, in the discretion of the commission, be combined with the office of chief of police. Chief of police. Marshal. Sec. 70. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That whenever any personal property has been levied on in the city of Rome, if such property is of character to render its removel to the place of sale more than ordinary expense or inconvenience, the same may be sold at any place within the corporate limits at public outcry within the hours now provided by law, and after having given notice required by law. Sales of personalty. Sec. 71. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all executions in favor of said city for the enforcement and collection of any fine, forfeiture, assessment, taxes or other claims, demand or debt, shall be issued by the

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secretary of the commission and bear test in name of the chairman of the commission, except when otherwise provided in this charter, and shall be directed to the chief of police, or deputy of said city, and shall state for what issued and made returnable to the Rome City Commission ninety (90) days after issuing the same; and it shall be the duty of the chief of police, or collecting officer, to advertise the sale of such real estate or personal property as may have been levied upon by him to satisfy said execution, in the same manner, respectively, as sheriffs' sales of real property or constables' sales of personal property are required by law to be made. All of said sales shall be made at the place and within the usual hours of sale that sheriffs' and constables' sales are made, and under the same rules and regulations governing sheriffs' sales and constables' sales of similar property. The time, place and manner of sale of property, both real and personal, for taxes due, shall be the same as provided by law for sales under execution for State and county tax. Whenever any land is sold for taxes, the owner thereof shall have the privilege of redeeming it within one (1) year by paying the purchaser the amount thereof, with ten (10) per cent premium thereon. Execution. Advertisement of levy and sale. Redemption. (a) Whenever at such sales no one present shall bid for the property put up for sale as much as the amount of such execution and all costs, and after such property shall have been cried for a reasonable time, then any duly appointed or authorized agent of the city may bid off such property for said city, and the chief of police or such other officer making the sale shall make the city of Rome a deed to the property so sold and deliver the same, and the title thus acquired by said city shall be perfect and valid after the period provided for redemption by the owner shall have expired, and the chief of police or other officer making the sale shall put the city in possession. The secretary shall enter on his execution docket all executions, giving the date, amount of each and to whom delivered, and all proceedings thereunder. Said execution shall be returned to the office of the secretary after being satisfied. All sales and conveyances

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made under execution as provided in this section 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 power as the sheriff to put purchasers in possession of property sold by them. Title taken by city. (b) For levy, advertising, sales and other duties of like kind, in the sale of property for the city taxes, assessments, fines, forfeitures and under other executions issued as provided in this charter, the chief of police shall be allowed the same costs and fees as are now allowed sheriffs in this State for performing similar duties. Costs and fees. 72. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all deeds by the city of Rome or the chief of police, pursuant to tax sales or sales under execution issued for the collection of local assessments or other indebtedness to the city of Rome, shall be admissible in evidence on the same terms as deeds made pursuant to sale for taxes due the State and county; provided, it shall be competent for parties denying the validity of such deed to put in evidence the proceedings preliminary to the execution of such deed. The purpose of this section being to give to such deed the same prima facie force and validity which is accorded to the tax deeds made by officers of the State and county. Tax deeds as evidence. Sec. 73. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the city manager shall have general supervision of all streets, lanes, alleys and sidewalks in said city, the construction and upkeep of all public buildings and grounds in the city, the laying and construction of all sewers, drains and curbs in said city, the water works and all that is connected therewith, the electric lights and all that is connected therewith, and the performance of all other duties that may be required of him by ordinance or resolution. Supervision by city manager. Sec. 74. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That said city of Rome, through said city commission, shall have full power and authority to make contracts concerning and having exclusive power over the streets, alleys,

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water courses, sewers, drains, bridges, public grounds and buildings and any other public property within said city, except as afterwards provided in this charter, and except such authority as has been heretofore delegated to the county of Floyd over certain bridges within the corporate limits of said city by special legislative enactment. Said city authorities may also drain and fill up wells, ponds, cellars or low ground, or compel the owners to do so, and may provide for the assessment of the cost of any such improvement upon the property thereby benefited, or for the payment of such costs by the city. Said commission may also cause buildings, structures, or other things in the way of any street, sewer or other public improvement to be taken down, removed or appropriated, upon payment of damages, as provided by law; and may enter upon, seize, appropriate and condemn for streets, alleys, sewers, drains, parks, cemeteries, or other public purposes, all lands, easements and rights-of-way of any person, company or corporation owning, controlling or having an interest in any streams, steam railroad, electric or other street railway or any other property, whether used for private or public purposes, and whether such lands, easements and rights-of-way or other public or private property be occupied by any person, company or corporation or not, upon payment of damages for the purpose so taken. And in case the parties at interest cannot agree, then the city may proceed to assess the damage as provided by the laws of Georgia, and set out in sections 5206 to 5235, inclusive, of the Civil Code of 1910. Contracts as to public property. Drainage, etc. Removal of structures. Condemnation. Assessment of damages. Sec. 75. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all officers and agents employed by the city, except ordinary laborers and mechanics, shall take and subscribe to an oath to faithfully perform the duties of their office, and if required by resolution of the commission, shall give bond payable to the city of Rome, Georgia, in some reputable surety company authorized to do business in this State, for such an amount as the said commission may designate, to be approved by said manager, conditioned for the faithful performance of the duties of their office. Oath of officers.

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Sec. 76. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That whenever said commission shall deem it proper to macadamize, pave or otherwise improve any of the streets, lanes or alleys, or to improve the sewerage or water works system of said city, they shall have a survey made of the streets, sewers and water works systems, and plans, specifications and estimates of the cost of the improvements contemplated, they shall establish and fix a grade of the streets to be improved and shall determine the size and location of the sewers and the mains for the water system; thereupon said commission by and through the city manager may then proceed to make said improvements as hereinafter provided. Surveys of streets, sewers, etc. Sec. 77. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the said Rome city commission shall have the right, power and authority to fix by ordinance and collect as other taxes are collected the amounts to be taxed against and paid by abutting property owners and street railway companies occupying the streets, for paving and macadamizing such streets so paved and macadamized, the basis of assessment to be as follows: Street railway companies shall be assessed so much of the cost of paving and macadamizing the street as is occupied by tracks, and two (2) feet on each side of the rails thereof, and in case there are two or more tracks on the same street, to require said street railway companies to pay the cost of paving and macadamizing for not more than four and one-half (4 1-2) feet between such tracks, except in cases where such street railway companies voluntarily locate their tracks wider apart than four and one-half (4 1-2) feet, in which event they shall pay for paving and macadamizing all space between said tracks, the balance of the cost of paving and macadamizing such streets, including street intersections, headers, curbing and intakes, shall be divided one-third (1-3) each to the respective abutting property owners, leaving one-third (1-3) to be paid by the city. In cases where the streets paved or macadamized are not occupied by street railways the respective abutting property owners shall

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each be assessed one-third (1-3) the cost, and the city shall pay the other third of such paving and macadamizing. Said paving shall include all expenses incurred in doing the work, except grading. When such assessment is made against such street railway company or property owners, the same shall become a lien on such property, subject to be enforced by execution issued as provided for collecting other city taxes; providing that such city commission shall not have the right to assess against owners the cost of grading streets, but this shall be paid out of other funds appropriated by the city for street purposes, surfacing the street, after the same has been brought to a grade preparatory to receiving, paving or macadam shall be paid for by the street railway company, abutting property owners, the city and other public service corporations, as herein provided. All monies so collected by the commission under this section shall be paid over to the city depository and shall be credited to the street improvement department, and used therefor only; the city shall make such appropriation and provisions for street improvements and repairs as is consistent with the financial condition from year to year, and the same shall be turned over to the city depository to be used for street purposes only. Assessments for street improvements. Railways. Abutting property. Lien of assessment. Use of moneys. Sec. 78. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That upon the completion of one or more sections of pavement, between any one or more intersecting streets of said city, the city commission shall ascertain the proportionate cost of such pavement, including street intersections, headers, curbing and intakes, with or without including sidewalks, chargeable to abutting owners, street railways or other public service corporations, or other persons occupying or using said streets, and shall cause the secretary of said commission to give written notice of the result to such abutting owners or public service corporations, or other persons, and the amount so assessed shall be and become immediately due and payable, a copy of which notice shall be served on the owner or occupant thereof by any officer

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of the city, and return thereof made on the original, which original shall be kept in the secretary's office and recorded on the minutes, together with the entry of service thereon, and the city shall proceed immediately to collect the same and pay the same over to the city depository, to be paid out to contractors or transferees, or for material or work on pavement account as the said commission may direct. Ascertainment of proportionate cost. (a) Such abutting owners, street railways or other public service corporations or such other persons may, at their election, pay one-fourth (1-4) of the amount assessed against them in cash within ten (10) days from date of notice served upon them, and the remaining three-fourth (3-4) in three (3) equal annual installments, with interest thereon at seven (7) per cent. per annum, payable annually from the date of such notice; provided, that on default in the payment of any one of said installments the remaining installments shall become immediately due and payable, and may be immediately collected, as herein provided. Installment payments. (b) A special lien is hereby created on and against the land of abutting owners and on and against the land and property of such street railway companies or public service corporations and others for assessments so made against them, and on failure to pay the full amount of such assessment in cash within thirty (30) days after the service of such notice the city commission shall, by its secretary, cause executions to be issued against such abutting owners, street railways, or other public service corporations or others for the the amount of such assessment or assessments, bearing seven (7) per cent. interest from date of such notice; but if such abutting owner, street railways or public service corporations, or others, shall elect to pay their assessments on the installment plan, then and in that event the secretary shall issue executions for the unpaid installments, to be held in abeyance, subject to transfer to contractors or others, as part payment of the contract price, or to be held by the city, should the city on any account be entitled thereto, but not to be levied or collected unless and until default shall

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be made in the payment of any one or more of said installments. Special lien of assessment. Execution. (c) All executions authorized to be issued under this Act or under any provisions of the charter of the city of Rome relating to the subject matter herein referred to shall be levied and collected as other tax executions in favor of said city are now levied and collected. Levy and collection. (d) The secretary of the commission may, by direction of said commission, transfer said executions to contractors or others by suitable entry thereon, and they may then be docketed as State and county tax executions are docketed when transferred under the laws of this State, and the liens herein created thereby preserved. On the pavement of all installments of said executions shall be fully satisfied by the holders thereof. Transfer of executions. (c) Should any abutting owner, street railway company or public service corporation, or other person desire to contest the amount of their assessment, or the legality of any proceeding growing out of or connected with the pavement of the streets of the city, they may do so by filing with the levying officer an affidavit or illegality and stating therein the cause of such illegality, and the amount which he admits to be due, which amount so admitted to be due shall be paid to the levying officer before the affidavit shall be received, and the affidavit shall be returned to the Superior Court of Floyd County, Georgia, and there tried and the issue determined as in the cases of illegality, subject to the penalties provided as in cases of illegality filed for delay, and it shall be the duties of the judgess of the Superior Court to give preference to these cases over all other cases pending in said court. Illegality of execution. (f) The method herein provided for the collection of the proportionate parts of paving accounts, from any and all persons and corporations liable therefor in favor of contractors and other transferees of executions, is for their use and benefit, and shall not be held or taken in any event to

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make the city liable on account thereof, or for court costs in contested cases or in any claim. City not liable for costs, etc. (g) The secretary of the commission may transfer and assign without recourse on the city any execution or executions issued under this Act or the Act of 1909, creating a new charter for said city of Rome, and in that event the owners of such executions shall be entitled to any and all the remedies herein provided for the levy and collections of such executions by and through the officers of the city as though no transfer or transfers had been made, and [Illegible Text] and remedies heretofore existing in favor of such owners prior to the passage of this Act are herein expressly preserved. Remedies of transferee. (h) Whenever, in the judgment of the said city commission, it shall be deemed necessary to construct curbing and guttering on any street of said city, which is not paved or macadamized, said commission may by resolution or ordinance order such curbing and guttering to be constructed; Provided, such resolution or ordinance shall not be passed unless two-thirds (2-3) of the abutting property owners to be affected shall agree, in writing, thereto. Said commission shall have the right and power to fix by ordinance and collect as other taxes are collected, the amount to be taxed against and paid by abutting property owners on the street where such curbing and guttering are constructed, the basis of assessment to be as follows: The respective abutting property owners to pay two-thirds (2-3) of the cost of such curbing and guttering, the remaining one-third (1-3) to be paid by the city of Rome. When the cost of such curbing and guttering has been ascertained, and before the same shall be constructed on any street, the city commission shall, through the superintendent of public works, give ten (10) days' written notice to the abutting property owners of the amount that will be due by them for such curbing and guttering. The abutting property owners may, at their election, pay one-fourth (1-4) of the amount assessed against them in cash within ten (10) days from the completion of

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such curbing and guttering, of which written notice shall be served upon them, and the remaining three-fourths (3-4) in three equal annual installments, with interest thereon at the rate of seven (7) per cent. per annum, payable from the date of such notice; Provided, that on default in the payment of any one of said installments the remaining installments shall become immediately due and payable, and may be immediately collected. When sidewalks are laid under requirements of the city, the adjacent property owners have the right to pay for the same in installments as herein provided for payment of curbs and gutters. Curbing, etc. Basis of assessment. Payments. (i) The rights and remedies of abutting property owners and of the city of Rome as laid down and provided in sub-sections (b), (c), (d), (e), (f) and (g) of this section of this Act shall apply to and be in force in regard to the curbing and guttering provided for in sub-section (b) of this Act. Rights and remedies. Sec. 79. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That it shall be the duty of the city manager, and he is given full power and authority to improve, keep in repair, light, sprinkle and clean, so far as the same is possible within the appropriations made by the commission for such purposes, the streets, sidewalks, crossings, bridges, lanes, alleys, waterworks, public buildings and grounds, sewers, drains and other property of said city, except where otherwise provided in this charter, either by contract or by agents and employees of the city, and shall have authority to purchase all necessary materials and implements for any and all such work to be done, and shall also have complete control and authority over any new construction work of any kind which may be determined upon and ordered by the commission. Said city commission shall determine and pass ordinances providing for all new construction work upon the streets, sidewalks, crossings, bridges, lanes, alleys, sewers, drains, waterworks, public buildings and grounds, and other public property, and shall also provide the character and quality of materials to be used. Said

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work to be done under the supervision and control of the city manager. In the event any work is done by contract, under the provisions of this section, such contract shall be made after due advertisement for proposals, with the right reserved to reject any and all proposals, and in the event of any contract being made, the contractors shall execute a bond, payable to the city of Rome in an amount equal to the contract price, by a surety company authorized to do business in this State, conditioned for the faithful performance of said contract. Duties and powers as to streets, bridges, buildings, sewers, etc. Contracts. Before beginning to pave or macadamize any street, the said commission shall fix and designate the location and position for telegraph, telephone, electric light and power and street railway poles and wires and gas pipes thereon, and shall have power and authority to require the owners or persons using same to place the same as thus located. Poles and pipes. Sec. 80. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the said commission shall have full power and authority to lay out, establish, plot, open, widen, narrow, straighten, extend, grade, pave, or macadamize streets, lanes, alleys, public grounds, parks, public buildings, wharves, landings, docks, bridges, viaducts, markets and other places within the said city, or to have same done under the direction of the city manager, and whenever the city commission shall exercise or desire to exercise the power of establishing, plotting, opening, widening, narrowing, straightening, extending or to do anything else which would involve the actual taking of private property, they shall proceed to do so as is now provided by the laws of the State of Georgia in Sections 5206 to 5235, inclusive, of the Civil Code of Georgia of 1910, and the amendments thereto, or any amendments that may hereafter be made. Powers including exercise of eminent domain. Sec. 81. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That said commission shall have full power and control of the waterworks system of the city of Rome, lying within and without the city limits; to make such extensions

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and betterments thereof as can be paid out of any surplus income therefrom, or out of any appropriations that may be made by said commission for that purpose; to regulate the distribution and use of water in all places and for all purposes, and from time to time to fix the price and payment for the use thereof; Provided, That the price so fixed shall be, as nearly as the same can be arrived at, the cost of said water to the city, taking into consideration the entire expense thereof, including reasonable sums for maintenance and repair of the system, and for the retirement of the bonds issued, or which may hereafter be issued, for the construction or extension of the plant. The secretary of the commission shall issue execution against tenants and landlords, jointly and severally, for water rents due by them, or either of them, to be levied and collected by the chief of police of the said city in the same manner and under the same rules and regulations as now apply to constables' sales in this State, and the cost thereof shall be the same as now apply to such sales. Defendants in such executions who are not so indebted for water tax, may resist the payment thereof by illegality, returnable to either the justice courts held in the city of Rome, where the amount does not exceed one hundred ($100.00) dollars, and to the City or Superior Courts of Floyd county, where the amount exceeds that sum. The city manager is authorized to require payment in advance, or at maturity, for water furnished by the city in or upon any building, place or premises, and in case payment shall not be made as required, to shut off the water from such buildings, place or premises and to keep the same, at his discretion, shut off until the arrears due for water, with interest thereon, shall be fully paid; and by himself, officers or agents, to enter any dwelling or other house where water is taken or used and where unnecessary waste is known or suspected, and examine the cause thereof, to prevent any such waste; and to make or require to be made any alteration in the pipes, stop cocks or other apparatus necessary for such purpose; to examine all surface pipes, stop cocks and other apparatus connected with said system,

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and to ascertain whether the same are of the character and dimensions fixed in the manner directed therefor and to shut off the supply of water until such examination and repairs are made. Waterworks. Water rates. Execution. Payments. Shut-off of water supply. Sec. 82. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That said commission may provide for and collect an annual rental, not exceeding fifty (50) cents for each connections made to any sewer in said city from any resident, and not to exceed one ($1.00) dollar from any place of business in said city; and if any connections are made outside of the city limits, the terms, conditions and rental thereof shall be determined before any such connections are made, but shall in no case be less than fifty per cent. higher than the rental charged for connections made within the corporate limits of said city. Rental for sewer connections. Sec. 83. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That there is hereby established in said city of Rome a system of public schools, and the said commission is empowered to maintain and is authorized and empowered to provide by ordinance, in their discretion, for appropriate agencies to regulate, supervise and carry on said system of public schools and to render same efficient. Public-school system. Sec. 84. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That a board of education, to consist of five (5) members, be and the same is hereby established. The members of said board at the time of and during their continuance in office shall be bona fide residents and citizens of said city of Rome. They shall be upright and intelligent citizens of said city and shall hold office for a term of four (4) years, and until their successors are elected and qualified. The present board of education of said city shall continue in office until the first Monday in April, 1919, or until their successors are elected and qualified. That on the first Tuesday in March, 1919, when the Rome city commission is elected, and quadrennially thereafter, there shall be elected by the qualified voters of said city in said general election,

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five (5) members of said board. Vacancy in said board of education caused by death, resignation, removal, disqualification or otherwise, shall be filled by the remaining members of said board. Board of education. Election. Sec. 85. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That it shall be the duty of said board of education immediately after their organization, or as soon thereafter as practicable, to organize by electing from their number a chairman and a secretary; said members shall serve without pay, except that the city commission may allow the secretary of said board compensation for his services, not to exceed one hundred ($100.00) dollars per annum. Before entering upon the discharge of their duties, the members of said board of education shall take and subscribe, before the chairman of the commission, or in his absence, the chairman pro tem., to an oath to faithfully and impartially discharge the duties of their office. Organization. Sec. 86. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That said board of education and the individual members thereof, shall be amenable to the said city commission, and may be removed from office upon trial and conviction for neglect of duty, malfeasance in office or for using their official position to advance their political or private interest. In the event of removal as provided in this section, the said city commission shall elect the successor of the member or members so removed, to fill the unexpired term, upon such conditions as herein provided for the selection of other officers of said city. Removal from office. Sec. 87. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That said board of education shall have supervision and control over said public schools in accordance with the provisions of this charter and the ordinances of said city, and they shall elect a superintendent and teachers in the month of June, each year. In the selection of such superintendent and teachers they shall endeavor at all times to secure the most efficient persons for those positions, keeping

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in view the moral character of each; and they shall give preference to residents of the city of Rome when their qualifications and fitness for the position are equal to those of non-residents of said city, and said board of education shall employ not more than three (3) competent persons to examine all applicants for such position, under such rules and regulations as may be prescribed from time to time by said board, and said examiners shall make report of the result of said examination to the board of education. Superintendent and teachers. Sec. 88. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That children of non-residents or whose parents are not bona fide residents of the city of Rome, may be entered in the public schools of said city only on condition that before entering such public schools each child shall pay to the superintendent of said schools, in advance, the following rates of tuition, to-wit: In the first, second and third grades, two ($2.00) dollars per month; in the fourth, fifth and sixth grades, three ($3.00) dollars per month; in the seventh, eighth and ninth grades, four ($4.00) dollars per month; in the tenth and eleventh grades, five ($5.00) per month. These rates may be increased, but not diminished, by the board of education. The principal, who shall permit any student to enter or continue in the public schools without paying the above rates, or such increased rates as may be fixed by the board of education shall have an amount equal to the loss deducted from his or her salary by the board of education. Such money as may be collected from the tuition fees above referred to shall constitute a part of the school fund of the city, and be used by the board of education as other funds placed in their hands for school purposes. Tuition rates for non-residents. Sec. 89. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That said board of education shall pay over to the secretary of the commission all money received by them from any source whatever belonging to said school fund, and shall take the receipt of said secretary therefor, and file the same with their papers. Payments

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Sec. 90. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the State school commission is hereby authorized and directed to pay over to the secretary of the Rome city commission, for the use of said schools, under such rules and regulations as the commission may prescribe, the proportion of the State school fund to which said city is entitled, to be expended in the maintenance of said public schools as authorized and directed by the constitution and laws of the State of Georgia. State fund. Sec. 91. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That it shall be the duty of the secretary of the Rome city commission to pay over all monies received by him from any source whatsoever for the benefit of said public schools, to the city depository as soon as practicable, notifying said depository for what purpose said money is deposited. Said secretary in each instance shall take receipt of ing said depository therefor showing date of deposit, the amount and purposes for which same is deposited, which said secretary shall file and safely keep as his voucher for said sum. Upon the deposit of said school fund, the city depository shall enter same to the credit of the school fund, and said fund shall be drawn out only on the warrant of the chairman of the commission, signed by him and attested by the secretary of said city commission, which said warrants shall show upon their face the date issued, the number thereof, the purpose for which issued and the person to whom issued, which shall correspond with a record thereof by and in the office of the secretary of said commission; the said depository shall not honor any warrant unless it is drawn in accordance with the aforesaid requirements. It shall be the duty of said depository to file and safely keep all warrants paid as vouchers for the money so paid out. Deposit of moneys. Drawn on warrants. Sec. 92. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That it shall be the duty of said board of education to make reports to said commission at such times as they may be called upon to do so, of all matters pertaining to said public schools, and the books, papers, bills and vouchers of

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said board of education shall, at all times, be open to inspection and examination by the commission or such other agency as they may employ for that purpose. Reports and inspection. Sec. 93. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That there shall be a board of visitors for said public school to be composed of five (5) ladies of practical experience, who are citizens and residents of said city, who shall be nominated by the chairman of the commission at the regular meeting of the commission in October, 1919, subject to the approval of the commission. Their term of office shall be four (4) years, and their successors shall be nominated and confirmed quadrennially in the same manner. The said board of visitors shall have the authority, and it shall be their duty to visit the different public schools of the city, familiarize themselves with the character and conduct of both teachers and pupils, the studies pursued, methods of teaching, sanitary condition, and all other matters pertaining to the welfare of the school, and at the close of each term and at such other times as they may see fit, to make a report to the city commission and board of education of their work, with such recommendations as they may deem proper concerning the further management of the schools. The present board of visitors shall continue in office until the expiration of their present terms. Board of visitors. Sec. 94. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the said city commission are authorized and empowered to pass such further ordinances and resolutions, not in conflict with this Act, as they may deem for the best interest of said public schools, and further define the duties of said board of education. Ordinances, etc. Sec. 95. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That there shall be appointed, in accordance with the subject to the provisions of this charter, seven (7) trustees from said city, who shall exercise and discharge the corporate powers of said city, in reference to the Carnegie Library, and such other public libraries as may hereafter

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be established, to be known as the library trustees. Said trustees shall elect and appoint all persons in charge of said library or libraries and fix their salaries, in no event to exceed sixty (60) per cent. of the city appropriation. This provision being made in view of sections 1566 to 1570, inclusive, of the Civil Code of the State of Georgia of 1910. Said board shall be appointed at the last meeting of the governing authorities in March, 1919, and every four (4) years thereafter, and serve for a term of four (4) years and until their successors are elected and qualified. The present board of trustees shall continue to serve as such trustees until the last meeting in March, 1919, and until their successors are elected and qualified. All vacancies in said board shall be filled as other board vacancies are filled, as provided in this charter, but any person appointed to fill any vacancy shall only be appointed for the unexpired term. Library trustees. Salaries of librarians. Sec. 96. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That said city commission shall have power and authority to establish by ordinance a board of health, to serve without compensation, to provide the funds necessary for its establishment and maintenance, and to specify its functions, powers and duties. Said board of health, if established, shall consist of five (5) members, to be appointed by the city manager, three (3) of whom shall be regularly licensed physicians, and the other two (2) to be qualified voters of said city. They shall serve for such terms as may be fixed by the commission. Said board of health, if established; or if none is established, then the city manager, shall require the police department to look after the matters hereinafter designated; and the commission shall have authority to pass ordinances for the following purposes, and to provide penalties for any violation thereof: Board of health. Police. (a) To prevent the deposit of any unwholesome substances either on public or private property, and to compel removal to any designated point any substances so deposited; to require slops, garbage, ashes, and other waste, or

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unwholesome material, to be removed to designated point, or to require occupant of premises to place them convenient for removal. They may provide for the destruction of such substances, or their use for some beneficial purpose. Removal of waste, etc. (b) To control the occupants or owners, of any premises, buildings or outhouses, when the same has become filthy or unwholesome, to abate or cleanse the same, and to authorize such cleansing to be done by the proper public officer, and to assess the expense thereof, and collect such expense from said occupant or owner. Cleansing of premises. (c) To establish quarantine regulations and to authorize the removal to designated places or the confinement of persons having infectious or contagious diseases. For the purpose of this clause the city is given jurisdiction for two (2) miles from the corporate limits thereof. Quarantine. (d) To compel all persons living or coming within the city limits to be vaccinated, and to provide the means and manner thereof. Vaccination. (e) To regulate and require reports and records of births and deaths. To make such requirements as may be deemed necessary to prevent the spread of contagious or infectious diseases, and to make all regulations that may be deemed expedient for the promotion of health and the suppression of disease. Births and deaths. Diseases. (f) To require the inspection of gas and water pipes, plumbing, sewerage, and drainage of private premises, or elsewhere and compel them to be repaired or made safe and secure by the owner or occupant of the premises or building with which they are connected, and on failure of such owner or occupant to do so, to authorize or require such connections to be cut off until such repairs are made. Inspection of plumbing, etc. (g) To provide for the inspection of food, milk, dairies, markets, and slaughter pens, and for the proper enforcement of this clause, said commission may provide for a food inspector of said City of Rome, to be appointed by the

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city manager subject to approval of the commission, and to fix, by ordinance, his term of office, compensation and duties, or said city manager may select some other official of said city to perform these duties. The said inspector provided for in this clause shall have authority to visit all dairies, butcher pens, or places where animals are slaughtered, within the county of Floyd, the products of which are offered for sale within the corporate limits of the city of Rome, and to condemn the same in accordance with such rules and regulations as may be provided by said commission by ordinance; and when such establishments have been so condemned it shall be unlawful for any person to sell or offer for sale, the products thereof within the corporate limits of the city of Rome, and the said commission are authorized and empowered to prescribe penalties for violation of this clause; said inspector shall also have authority to inspect all meats, vegetables, fruits, milk, and other food products offered for sale within the corporate limits of said city, and to condemn and have same destroyed in accordance with such rules and regulations as may be provided by said commission by ordinance. Said commission is also empowered to require all persons offering meats, milk, or other food products for sale within the corporate limits of said city, to obtain a permit to do so before offering such meat, milk, or other food products for sale. Food, markets, etc. Inspector. Condemnation. Permits. (h) Said commission may establish, erect, maintain and regulate a city hospital; they are empowered to rent, lease, or make other arrangements with private hospitals; they are empowered to open, construct, and keep in repair garbage and sewer disposal works, sewers, drains, and ditches, they are empowered to regulate all water closets and privies within said city. Hospital. Disposal works. (i) If said commission establishes a board of health, as herein provided, said board of health shall have authority to provide such rules, regulations and by-laws necessary

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for their government, and for the proper sanitation of said city, and for the protection of public health. Rules. (j) Said commission is authorized to pass all necessary ordinances and fix penalties for the enforcement of this section and each subdivision thereof. Ordinances. Section 97. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That a police department is hereby created for said city to consist of a chief of police, and such officers, patrolmen, roundsmen and other arresting officers, as may be determined by said city commission by resolution. Said chief of police shall be appointed by the city manager, subject to approval by the city manager. Police department. Sec. 98. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That it shall be the duty of said chief of police and police officers to preserve the peace, protect life and property, prevent as far as possible the violations of the ordinances of said city and the laws of said State, and arrest such offenders against such ordinances and laws, and to perform such other duties required by them incident to their office. It shall be lawful for the chief of police, policeman, or any other arresting officer of said city to arrest with or without warrant, subject to the general law of the State, any person or persons within the corporate limits of said city, who, at the time of said arrest, or before that time, have been guilty of violating any of the ordinances of said city, the laws of the State of Georgia, or who are fugitives from justice found in said city, and hold such persons so arrested until a hearing of the matter before the proper officers having jurisdiction of said case can be had; and to this end said arresting officers are authorized to imprison and confine any person arrested by them in the city prison for a reasonable length of time. Said officers are authorized to the same extent as sheriffs, to execute warrants placed in their hands charging any person or persons with violating the criminal laws of this State; and they are hereby vested with all the powers given to Sheriffs of this State

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as to the pursuit, arrest and detention of persons charged with crime. The said officers are also authorized to arrest anywhere within the limits of the county of Floyd, any person charged with violating any of the ordinances of said city; provided, that when the arrest is not made within twenty-four hours after the offense is committed, they are authorized to arrest the offender outside the corporate limits of said city, except in obedience to written warrant signed by the recorder, or one of the commissioners of said city. The said chief of police, or other arresting officer of said city, may take bonds for the appearance of persons arrested by them, before the recorder's court for trial, and all such bonds maybe forfeited as provided in this charter. Said arresting officer shall be entitled to receive the same fees as sheriffs for executing State warrants and for performing such other duties as arresting officers are required to perform in prosecution of offenses against the laws of the State of Georgia. Chief of police and officers. Arrests. Imprisonment. Warrants. Appearance bonds. Sec. 99. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all arresting officers of the city of Rome, as provided in this charter, shall have the power and authority to summons any or all bystanders to aid in the arrest of any person or persons violating any ordinance of said city, or any laws of this State, and the city commissioner shall provide punishment for any person or persons failing or refusing to obey such summons. Aid in arrests. Sec. 100. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That a fire department is hereby created for said city, to consist of a chief and such foremen and firemen as may be determined by said city commission by resolution. The chief of said department shall be appointed by the city manager, subject to the approval of the commission. The foremen and firemen shall be appointed by the chief of the department, subject to the approval of the city manager. Fire department. Sec. 101. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the chief of the fire department may also be

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designated as building inspector, and as such shall perform, either by himself or through subordinates, all necessary duties that may be provided by this charter, or the ordinances of said city incident to the duties of said office. Chief. Sec. 102. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That said city commission is hereby empowered to regulate the construction of chimneys, smoke-stacks, hearths and ovens, the erection of stoves and stove-pipes, boilers and apparatus in buildings or other places and cause the same to be removed or made secure when considered dangerous. They may authorize the chief of the fire department, any commissioner, and other designated officers or agents of said city, at all reasonable hours, to enter and examine all dwellings, outhouses, business houses, lots and yards in said city, and to inspect all places where fire is used or is liable to occur, and to take all necessary means to prevent danger therefrom; and to compel occupants and owners of houses and other buildings to make scuttle holes in the roofs thereof with stairs or ladder reaching the same, and to compel the erection of fire escapes; they are also empowered to require and regulate the use of smoke consumers. Regulations to prevent fires. Sec. 103. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That said commission is hereby empowered to provide for the inspection and regulation of all electric work and wiring, and the plan of operation of all moving pictures, or other machines or plants by machines of electricity on private property or elsewhere, and to compel such work, if defective, to be repaired or made secure by the owner or occupant of the place or building with which such wires or electric apparatus is connected, and on failure of any such owner or occupant so to do, to require the electric current and other connections to be cut off until such repairs are made, or defects remedied, and said commission is authorized to compel compliance with such requirements, and the building inspector or other agent of

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said city may be empowered by said commission to compel the enforcement of this section of this charter. Electric work, etc. Sec. 104. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That said commission is empowered to define the fire limits of said city and to regulate the character of buildings and the erection thereof within such limits; to limit the height to which buildings may be erected in the city; to regulate the construction of buildings as to foundations, walls, roofs, doors, windows and floors, so as to secure safety in the structure and to prevent the spread of fire, to authorize, require and provide for the inspection of such buildings and structures, erected or to be erected or in process of erection; to require the permit for the erection of any building and to authorize the revoking of such permit, and the condemnation of any building already erected in whole or in part and to provide penalties for violation of this section. Fire limits, building regulations, etc. Sec. 105. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That said commission is empowered to compel persons about to undertake any work which may be dangerous, or is likely to involve liability upon the city, to execute a bond with good and sufficient security, conditioned for the payment of any damage that may be sustained by any person for such work. Damage bonds. Sec. 106. Be it further enacted by the authorities aforesaid, That the city of Rome, through its commission, is hereby authorized and empowered to erect and operate an electric light and power plant, to be owned by said city, with authority to furnish lights and power for the streets and other public places in said city, and, in the discretion of said commission, to furnish lights and electric power to private persons within said city and its vicinity, and to charge and collect for such private lights and power. Electric works. Sec. 107. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That for the purpose of erecting an electric plant in said city, said city of Rome shall have authority to issue

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bonds not to exceed the sum of two hundred thousand ($200,000.00) dollars, to bear interest not exceeding the rate of five per cent. per annum; said bonds and interest to be payable at such times and in such amounts as the commission of said city may by resolution determine; Provided, however, that said bonds shall not be issued by said city of Rome until an election has been held to authorize such issue under the terms of the constitution and laws of the State of Georgia providing how municipal authorities may incur debt. Bond issue. Sec. 108. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the said city commission is authorized to erect and operate an electric plant as herein provided out of any funds not specifically appropriated which may come into their hands by virtue of the present taxing power of said city, or by virtue of the sale of the bonds hereinbefore provided for, or they may levy a special tax in addition to the tax now authorized by law, upon all the real and personal property in said city sufficient to raise an amount that may be necessary for the erection and operation of such plant, to be determined by said commission, and the special tax herein authorized may, in the discretion of the commission, be divided into such annual assessments as said commission may determine, not exceeding four, the said commission to have authority to make a contract with any person or persons who may erect said plant and pay for the same, in whole or in part in said bonds, the said bonds to be received by said person or persons at not less than par value, said special tax herein authorized to be levied shall in no event exceed one-half of one per cent. upon the real and personal property of said city, and the same may be collected in quarterly, semi-annual or annual installments as the commission may determine. Tax for electric works. Rate. Sec. 109. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the commission of the city of Rome is hereby authorized to operate said electric light and power plant as one of the departments of said city under the supervision

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of the city manager, or under any existing department of said city, or they may organize a separate department for the purpose of running said plant. In either event the operating body shall have such powers and authority as the commission may by ordinance determine. Operation. Sec. 110. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That said city of Rome shall have power and authority to erect, operate and maintain a gas plant, and for that purpose shall have authority to issue bonds not exceeding two hundred thousand ($200,000.00) dollars upon the same terms and conditions as hereinbefore specified for the erection and maintenance of an electric plant; and shall also have power and authority to erect and operate same by direct taxation under the same terms and conditions as hereinbefore specified for the erection and maintenance of an electric plant; and in either event all of the rights, powers and privileges conferred upon the city with respect to an electric plant are conferred upon said city with respect to said gas plant. Gas works. Bond issue. Taxation. Sec. 111. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That any officer of said city who may be sued for any act done in his or their official capacity may justify under this charter. Justification of officer. Sec. 112. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That said commission is hereby authorized and empowered to rearrange, increase or diminish the number [Illegible Text] wards in said city, provided the same shall not exceed seven (7); fix the boundaries of the different wards in said city, and if found expedient, to establish as many voting precincts as they may deem proper. Wards of the city. Sec. 113. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the Rome city commission is hereby empowered and authorized to pass such ordinances as may be necessary to secure the safety of citizens and other persons in the running of trains or cars in and through said city whether propelled by steam, electricity or other motive

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power; are authorized to require persons or corporations owning or operating railroads to fence their respective roads and to construct cattle guards and street crossings at the intersection of public roads and streets, and to keep the same in repair and safe condition for persons on foot, in vehicles or otherwise; to require such persons or corporations to construct and maintain gates and keep flagmen at railroad crossings and to provide protection against injury to persons or property from the operations of such railroads, trains or cars; to require any railroad company running a car, engine or train of cars over any street in the night time to maintain a street light at such crossing; Provided, that the city shall not have the right to require such railroad company to maintain any different kind of light at such crossing from that maintained by the city at other street crossings; to authorize and require railroads, interurban or street car companies to change the location, grade and crossings of their respective railroads; to compel them to lower or raise their tracks so as to conform to any grade that may be established by said city; to compel persons or corporations owning or operating railroads to construct and maintain viaducts, bridges, tunnels and approaches thereto across their respective railroads or rights of way at streets, alleys, crossings or other public places; to compel railroads, interurban and street car companies to so construct their tracks in the streets and at the crossings as not to interfere with the drainage of the streets and alleys and to keep the tracks on grade level with the streets; to require railroads, interurban or street car corporations, or persons owning or operating such roads, to keep gutters and street crossings clean along their right of way; to prohibit the laying of railroad tracks across or upon any street, or alley or public place without permission being first obtained from said commission therefor, and to provide for the taking up and removing of any track so laid without notice and charge the expense thereof against the offending person or corporation; to require railroads, interurban and street car companies now occupying

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or that may hereafter occupy with their tracks, any of the streets, alleys or other public places of the city; to improve in such manner as the city commission may direct, so much of the streets, alleys or other public places as is occupied by such tracks and two (2) feet on each side thereof, and in case there are two or more to require such railroad, interurban and street car companies to improve also the place between such tracks and cause such improvements to be made and assess the cost thereof against such railroad, interurban or street car company, and make such assessments a lien on the property of such company and collect the same in the same manner as against other property in said city; to compel persons or corporations owning or controlling railroads, interurban or street cars to keep their depots, stations or other places where passengers get on and off the cars lighted, heated, cleaned and in good comfortable condition, and in default thereof to provide a punishment for their violation of ordinances adopted in relation thereto, and to compel interurban and street car companies, or persons operating or controlling same, to use all modern equipment for the safety, comfort and convenience of the public. Railroad regulations. Sec. 114. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That said commission shall have power and authority to grant franchises, permits, easements and rights of way in or under and over the streets, alleys, lanes, sidewalks, parks and other property of the city upon such terms, reservations and conditions as the commission may fix; Provided, however, that the same shall not be granted for a longer term than twenty (20) years, nor without compensation to the city. Franchises in streets, etc. Sec. 115. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the secretary of said commission shall keep a book, to be known as the Record of Franchises, which shall be a public document and properly indexed, and that each and every franchise granted by the city of Rome shall be recorded in said book, together with the petition therefor,

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and all proceedings and references thereto and reference by page to the proceedings in other books; said record shall be made within thirty (30) days after said franchise is finally granted, or such franchise shall be null and void. Record of franchises. Sec. 116. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all franchises heretofore granted by the city of Rome which were not recorded, as provided in Section 110 of an Act approved August 17, 1909, providing for a new charter for said city be, and the same are hereby declared null and void. Franchises declared void. Sec. 117. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That each and every applicant for a public franchise or renewal of franchise to go upon, along, through, over or under any of the streets of said city, shall only file application containing the terms and stipulations desired, in the opinion of the secretary of the commission, which said application shall be published at the expense of the applicant in at least one daily newspaper in said city immediately after filing. Thereupon said city commission shall, at a regular meeting, have power and authority to act upon such franchise or special privilege. Said application as finally adopted by said commission, if it is adopted, containing the full terms and stipulations of such application and grant, shall at once be published, at the expense of the applicant, in a public daily newspaper published in said city, once a week for four (4) weeks; said grant shall not become operative for a period of thirty (30) days from the time of its adoption by the said commission, within which time, upon petition, signed as herein provided in case of initiative and referendum election, said applicant and grant shall be submitted to the duly qualified voters of said city, in the way and manner prescribed for the holding of an initiative and referendum election, in which the question shall be submitted to said voters whether they approve or disapprove of said proposed grant. In the event a majority of the votes cast at said election shall approve said grant, then same shall become operative and of force. In the event said voters

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shall disapprove said grant, it shall become null and void. The expenses of said election shall be borne by the applicant for franchise. Application and action on franchises. Publication and reference to popular vote. Sec. 118. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That when, in accordance with the provisions of this charter, except as may otherwise be specifically provided herein, any change, alteration or work of any kind is ordered done by the commission of said city, or any of its duly authorized agents or agencies, and the person, firm or corporation ordered to do the same, fails or refuses to do within the time fixed, and upon such default, the city may make such changes, alterations or work that the commission or its duly authorized authority, shall have the power and authority to assess the total cost thereof against the said person, firm or corporation in default; and it shall be the duty of the secretary to issue execution forthwith against such person, firm or corporation thereof, which execution may be enforced in the same manner as tax fi. fas.; said execution shall be a lien against the property of such person, firm or corporation next in dignity to taxes. Assessment of cost of work. Sec. 119. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That it shall not be lawful for any member of said commission or any officer of said city to be interested, either directly or indirectly, in any contract with the city of Rome, or any subordinate agency thereof, having for its object the public improvement of the city, or any part thereof, or the expenditure of its money. Any violation of this section, on conviction thereof by the recorder, upon such conviction becoming final, shall be fined not less than twenty-five ($25.00) dollars, nor more than five hundred ($500.00) dollars, or imprisoned in the city chaingang or calaboose not exceeding ninety (90) days, and all profits growing out of said contract shall be refunded to the city, and the city attorney is required to institute suit to recover the same and push said suit vigorously to a conclusion, or if said contract has not been executed, the same may be enjoined at the instance of citizens of the city. No comemissioner

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or other officer of the city shall exercise any right to act or vote on any subject matter committed to him under this charter, when the result of such vote or action would promote his personal interests directly or indirectly; nor shall any commissioner or other officer under the city government, in the exercise of the power of appointment or election to any position, or the approval thereof, exercise said power in behalf of any person who is related to him, or in case of a member of the commission or of any city board, related to him or any other member of the commission or board of which he is a member, as near or nearer than the second degree of affinity, or consanguinity, or any person who is wholly dependent upon him or any other member of the commission or board of which he is a member for maintenance and support, and any election or appointment within the foregoing specific degree shall be ipso facto void. Unlawful interest in contracts. Penalty. Civil action. Disqualification of commissioner. Sec. 120. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all legal ordinances heretofore adopted by the legislative authority of the city of Rome, and which are now in force, and are not inconsistent with or repugnant to or have been repealed by this Act, shall remain in full force and effect; Provided, That said Rome city commission may at any time alter, amend and repeal any of said ordinances as is herein provided, and they may adopt such new ordinances as they may deem best, not inconsistent with this charter, the constitution and laws of the State of Georgia and the constitution and laws of the United States of America. Ordinances effective. Sec. 121. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all officers, heads of departments and subordinate employees shall be subject to removal or discharge by the person or persons appointing them, with or without cause, at any time, except as in this charter otherwise provided, and the city manager may likewise remove any employee of any department whose original appointment requires his approval under the provisions of this charter. Removal of officers and employees.

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Sec. 122. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the commission shall have power and authority to provide by ordinance for the retirement of policemen, firemen and school teachers, on account of physical disability after thirty (30) days continuous service, on a pension not exceeding fifty (50) per cent. of the salary being received at the time of such retirement; Provided, that in no case shall the pension so paid amount to more than fifty ($50.00) dollars per month. Retirement on pension. Sec. 123. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That no officer or employees of the city shall be an officer or member of any political party executive committee having control of primary elections for the election of city officers. Political office. Sec. 124. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the violation of any of the provisions of this charter by any city official or employee, or by any private person, may be enjoined by any citizen of said city upon application to the judge of the Superior Court of said county upon proper showing made, in the discretion of said judge. Injunction. Sec. 125. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That said city shall have power to acquire by condemnation on or other lawful means, rights of way for streets, lanes and alleys, sewers and drains, through and upon lands outside of and beyond the corporate limits of said city, for the purpose of connecting the streets, lanes and alleys of said city with public highways outside of the city limits, and the sewers and drainage within the city with streams and water sheds beyond said corporate limits, whenever and wherever such connections are ordered by proper corporate action by the city authorities, with power and jurisdiction to build, construct, maintain, protect and police such extra urban streets, alleys, lanes, sewers and drains as complete as if they were located within said city limits. Whenever it is necessary to condemn any property for the purpose

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above indicated, the same shall be done in the same manner and under the same rules and regulations provided in this charter for the condemnation of property within the city limits. Condemnation beyond city limits. Sec. 126. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the secretary of the commission shall be required to keep the books and records of all departments of the city government, except where otherwise provided in this charter, including the minutes and records of the commission, and the expense thereof shall be limited to approximately four thousand dollars ($4,000) per annum, for the salary of the secretary and all assistants, including clerical help in the waterworks and other departments of said city. The secretary shall be appointed by the city manager. The secretary shall appoint and be responsible for the work of his assistant or assistants. Secretary and assistants. Expense. Sec. 127. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all city water supplied by the city to non-resident persons, firms or corporations, or to any person outside the corporate limits of the city, except schools and colleges, for any purpose, shall be paid for at a rate of not less than fifty (50) per cent. above the charges made to persons, firms or corporations living or operating within the city limits, for similar purposes. All school and colleges outside of the corporate limits shall pay a minimum flat rate of twelve and one-half (12 1-2) cents per thousand (1,000) gallons of water, without additional charge for fire hydrants or protection. All non-resident consumers of city water shall pay to the city a minimum charge of one ($1.00) per month. No water shall be furnished to any person, firm or corporation outside of the corporate limits, except through meters furnished by the consumers, approved, located and controlled by the superintendent of public works. Water rates out of city limits. Sec. 128. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all fire hydrants connected by the city water mains, used by any person, firm or corporation outside the

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corporate limits of said city shall be paid for in advance on the basis of the following annual minimum charges: Fire hydrants out of city. For the first hydrant, $100.00. For the second hydrant, $50.00. Charges. For the third hydrant, $25.00. For each additional hydrant after three, $10.00. In addition to the above charges only persons, firms or corporations outside of the corporate limits of said city using sprinkler heads for protection where same are connected with the city waterworks system shall pay to the city in advance an annual minimum charge of twenty-five cents per head. Any person, firm or corporation outside of the corporate limits using a privately owned water system and having an emergency valve or connection with the city water main, shall pay to the city the sum of two hundred and fifty ($250.00) dollars per annum in advance of such connection in addition to the charges for water actually consumed. Sec. 129. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That in case water furnished to any person, firm or corporation outside of the corporate limits, or the charge of hydrants, or emergency valves, is not paid for in advance, in accordance with the provisions of this charter, it shall be the duty of the superintendent of public works to cut off the city water and sever the connections with the city water main until such charges have been paid. Nothing in this or the preceding sections shall be construed as an obligation on the part of the city to lay any water main outside of the corporate limits of the city, but any person, firm or corporation outside of the city desiring to connect a main to the city water mains shall pay the entire expense thereof, and make the connection at such point as may be designated by the superintendent of public works. Shut-off for non-payment. Sec. 130. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the fire department of the city shall not go beyond

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the corporate limits of the city to extinguish any fire, except upon call of the person, firm or corporation whose property is endangered, or some duly authorized agent, and the agreement or such person, firm or corporation to pay a reasonable sum for the services rendered and any damage resulting to the fire equipment of the city. Fires out of city limits. Sec. 131. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That inasmuch as the county of Floyd has failed and refused to carry into effect the provisions of an Act of the General Assembly approved August 22nd, 1907, with reference to building jointly with the city of Rome a public hospital, and the city of Rome, under the authority granted it by an Act of the General Assembly, approved August 17, 1908, and the provisions of its charter of August 17th, 1909, issued and sold twenty-five thousand ($25,000.00) dollars of its bonds, known as Hospital Bonds, the proceeds of which are now in the city treasury and cannot be used, on account of the entire failure of said joint enterprise, that the same be turned over to the bond trustees of said city of Rome and that it is made their duty to apply the same to the retirement of said hospital bonds, if the same can be done promptly, or if those bonds cannot be secured, to use said money in the retirement of any other outstanding bonds of the city of Rome, which can be secured on favorable terms. Retirement of bonds. Sec. 131. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That when suit is filed against the city of Rome on account of injuries resulting from the use of the streets or sidewalks of said city by any person, firm or corporation, for any purpose whatever, or where such a suit is filed on account of the defective condition of the streets or side-walks of said city whereby law or ordinance the duty of keeping the same in repair is imposed upon any person, firm or corporation, or where such a suit is filed on account of the defective condition of a street or sidewalk of said city, where by law or ordinance the duty of repairing the street or sidewalk, or laying or relaying the pavement of

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said street or sidewalk may be imposed upon any person, firm or corporation; or where such suit is filed on account of damage done to person or property resulting from defective walls, chimneys, roofs, awnings, buildings, signs or other structures, objects or things in said city, whereby law or ordinance, the duty of removing, repairing or making the same safe to the public may be imposed upon any person, firm or corporation, and notice to do so has been served upon such person, firm or corporation prior to said injury or damage and said person, firm or corporation has failed to comply therewith, in all cases the city of Rome, by resolution passed by said city commission, shall have the right and power to vouch such person, firm or corporation into court, to defend the said suit so brought, and the said person, firm or corporation shall be bound by the result thereof; the manner of vouching and the liability in case thereof to be the same as provided by the laws of Georgia where a warrantee of title to realty is vouched into court. Suits for damages. Notice and vouching into court. Sec. 132. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the city of Rome is authorized to sell and dispose of the property owned by it on Fourth Avenue, in said city, and known as the old city hall property, and the property owned by it fronting on Broad Street, in said city, and known as the old fire hall property, as soon as a satisfactory price can be obtained, and that the proceeds derived from the sale of said properties shall be turned over to the bond trustees of said city to be used in purchasing and retiring so much of any issue of the outstanding bonds of said city as soon as can be purchased therewith. Sale of city hall and fire hall. Sec. 133. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That this charter shall become effective on the first Monday in April, 1919, except that the provision thereof as to registration, elections and certain matters and things therein required to be done prior to that date, shall become effective at once; and it shall be the duty of the present city officials to put said provision into effect and provide for the election herein provided for during their term of office.

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Then officers whose terms expire on the first Monday in April, 1919, shall account to and settle with the officers elected under this charter as their successors. Time when effective. Sec. 134. 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, 1918. SALT SPRINGS NAMED LITHIA SPRINGS. No. 489. An Act to amend an Act entitled an Act to incorporate the town of Salt Springs, in the county of Douglas, and to provide for a mayor and council of said town and confer certain powers and privileges upon the mayor and council thereof; to change the name of Salt Springs to Lithia Springs; said Act was approved on December 12th, 1882, and Acts amendatory thereto, approved on December 21st, 1886, and September 5th, 1887, 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 an Act of the General Assembly of said State, approved on December 12th, 1882, and amended later, December 21st, 1886 and September 5th, 1887, and which is an Act to incorporate the town of Salt Springs, in the county of Douglas, and to provide for a mayor and council for said town, and to confer certain powers and privileges upon the mayor and council thereof, be and the same is hereby amended by changing the words Salt Springs wherever it occurs in said Acts to the words Lithia Springs, so that said Acts when so amended shall read as follows: Acts of 1882, 1886 and 1887 amended. Name changed.

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Sec. 2. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, That from and after the passage of this Act, the town of Lithia Springs, in the county of Douglas, is hereby incorporated as a town under the name and style of Lithia Springs. Town incorporated. 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, 1918. SAVANNAH ADVERTISING APPROPRIATION. No. 383. An Act to authorize the mayor and aldermen of the city of Savannah to appropriate from the treasury of said city a sum not to exceed $10,000 per annum, to be expended under the direction of said mayor and aldermen for the purpose of advertising the said city of Savannah, 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 Act the mayor and aldermen of the city of Savannah shall be authorized and empowered to appropriate from the city treasury a sum not to exceed ten thousand ($10,000.00) dollars per annum, the sum so appropriated to be expended under direction of said mayor and aldermen in advertising the said city of Savannah, Georgia. $10,000 per year may be expended. Sec. 2. Be it further enacted, That all Acts and parts of Acts in conflict with this Act be and the same are hereby repealed. Approved August 17, 1918.

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SAVANNAH CHARTER AMENDMENTS. No. 477. An Act to amend the several Acts relating to and incorporating the mayor and aldermen of the city of Savannah, and for other purposes. Section 1. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the mayor and aldermen of the city of Savannah shall have power and authority to furnish water-works plants of said city to any property located within two miles of the corporate limits and to any United States cantonment that be located within the county of Chatham, and they shall have authority to lay all water mains, conduits, pipes and do all other things necessary to furnish the proper water supply to such area. Provided, however, that all persons and property so furnished water by said municipal authority shall be liable to all rules and regulations, pains and penalties relative to the supply of water prescribed for the citizens and property within the said corporate limits, and to such other rules and regulations as may be prescribed by the said mayor and aldermen. Water-works out of city limits. Sec. 3. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the mayor and aldermen of the city of Savannah shall have authority to enforce the collection of water rents and water charges for water furnished from the municipal waterworks when such rents and charges are due and remain unpaid for a period of ninety days, by execution to be issued by the city treasurer against the owners of the premises upon which the water is furnished, and such other persons as may be liable therefor. The said execution shall be a lien upon the said premises, and when recorded in the general execution docket of Chatham county, Georgia, shall be a lien upon all of the property of the defendants in execution from the date of such record. Collection of water rates. Lien of execution. (a) The said execution may be levied by the marshal of said city or his deputy, and after advertisement and other

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proceedings, as in cases of sales for city tax, the property levied upon shall be sold at public outcry to the highest bidder, and such sale shall vest an absolute title in the purchaser; Provided, that 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 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; all affidavits shall set out in detail the reasons why the affiant claims the amount is not due, and when received by the city marshal shall be returned to the municipal court of Savannah if the amount contested is $100.00 or under, and to the Superior Court of Chatham county, Georgia, if the amount contested is over $100.00, and there tried and the issue determined as in case of illegality for delay. Levy and sale. Affidavit of illegality. (b) In case a third person claims the property levied upon such third person shall file with the city marshal a claim affidavit and bond, or pauper affidavit, as now provided by law in claim costs, and if the amount of execution is $100.00 or under, the said execution, with the claim affidavit and bond or pauper affidavit, as the case may be, shall be returned to the municipal court of Savannah, and if the execution is for a sum over $100.00, the same shall be returned to the Superior Court of Chatham county, Georgia, and there tried and the issue determined as in claim cases, subject to all the pains and penalties provided for in cases of claims filed for the purpose of delay. Claim. Sec. 4. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the said mayor and aldermen shall have power and authority to order the laying of such street curbing as they may deem proper, and upon the failure of any person to comply with such order within the time prescribed, the said mayor and aldermen may have the curbing laid at the expense of the adjoining property owner, and levy and collect the expenses thereof by execution against the lands, goods and chattels of the owner of the adjoining property,

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whether holding the same under leasehold title from the city or by title otherwise derived, and the same shall be a lien upon the said adjoining property, and when recorded in the general execution docket of Chatham county, Georgia, shall be a lien upon all of the property of defendant in execution. Curbing in streets, at expense of abutting property. Sec. 5. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That whenever an execution shall issue against any property or any party for the costs of laying pavements, sidewalks or curbings, that the same may be levied by the marshal of the city of Savannah or his deputy upon the adjoining real estate, and upon other property of the defendant in execution and after advertisement and other proceedings, as in case of sales for city taxes; the same may be sold at public outcry to the highest bidder, and such sales shall vest an absolute title in the purchaser; 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 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; all affidavits shall set out in detail the reasons why the affiant claims the amount is not due, and when received by the city marshal shall be returned to the municipal court if the amount contracted is $100.00 or under, and to the Superior Court of Chatham county if the amount contested is over $100, 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. Execution, levy, and sale. Illegality. (a) In case a third person claims the property levied upon such third person shall file with the city marshal a claim affidavit and bond or pauper affidavit, as now provided by law in claim cases, and if the amount of the execution is $100 or under, the said execution, with the claim affidavit and bond, or pauper affidavit, as the case may be, shall be returned to the municipal court of Savannah, and if the

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execution is for a sum over $100.00, the same shall be returned to the Superior Court of Chatham county, and there tried and the issue determined, as in claim cases of claims filed for the purpose of delay. Claim. 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 19, 1918. SAVANNAH, ENCROACHMENT ON CONGRESS STREET. No. 299. An Act to authorize the mayor and aldermen of the city of Savannah to allow an encroachment on the sidewalk of Congress Street, East, Savannah, Georgia, alongside the Savannah Hotel, for the purpose of building a stairway leading to the basement barber shop in the Savannah Hotel, 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 mayor and aldermen of the city of Savannah are hereby authorized and empowered to allow an encroachment of about three (3) feet, less or more, on the south sidewalk of Congress Street, East, Savannah, Georgia, at a distance of about twenty (20) feet, less or more, from the southeast corner of Bull and Congress Streets, alongside the Savannah Hotel, for the purpose of building a stairway leading to the basement barber shop in the said Savannah Hotel. Sidewalk entrance to basement. 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 1, 1918.

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SOPERTON SCHOOL TAX. No. 340. An Act to amend the charter of the town of Soperton. Georgia, so as to authorize and empower the mayor and council of the town of Soperton, Georgia, to levy and collect a tax not to exceed fifty cents on each $100.00 worth of taxable property in said town for school 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 Soperton be and the same is hereby amended as follows: Sec. 2. Be it further enacted that said mayor and council are hereby empowered to levy and collect a tax not to exceed 50 cents on each $100.00 worth of taxable property in said town, for the purpose of supplementing the funds now received from the county and State for public school purposes, to-wit: Payment of teachers and other purposes incident to operating public schools in said town; Provided, this Act shall first be submitted after ten days' notice of the election, to the qualified voters of the town of Soperton for ratification according to law; and if two-thirds of the ballots cast in said election be in favor of the adoption of this Act, then the same shall be declared adopted and shall become operative, said election to be held under the rules and regulations governing municipal elections in said town. School-tax rate. Referred to popular vote. Sec. 3. Be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the board of trustees to prepare and present to the mayor and council of said town at their meeting in August of each year an estimate or statement of the amount necessary to supplement the funds for school purposes of the ensuing year. Estimate Sec. 4. Be it further enacted, That said funds so derived

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shall be paid out of the town treasury on a warrant or voucher issued by the board of trustees. Payment. Sec. 5. 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 12, 1918. SOUTHWEST LAGRANGE CHARTER AMENDMENT. No. 398. An Act to amend the charter of the town of Southwest LaGrange; to authorize said town to build a sewage disposal plant jointly with the city of LaGrange; to build an addition to the water system of the city of LaGrange; to purchase certain electric lighting lines and equipment from the city of LaGrange; to provide for the payment of its proportion of the public school funds directly to 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 Southwest LaGrange is hereby authorized to build and operate a disposal plant for sewage jointly with the city of LaGrange; that the said town of Southwest LaGrange is hereby authorized to build an addition to the water system of the city of LaGrange, and the said town is hereby authorized to buy the electric lighting lines and equipment belonging to the city of LaGrange located in said town. Sewage disposal. Water and electric lights. Sec. 2. Be it further enacted, That the said town of Southwest LaGrange shall be paid its proportionate part of the public school funds of the State, and the State superintendent of schools shall forward and pay said funds directly to the said town through its officers. This payment shall be made for the year 1918, as well as for succeeding years. State school fund.

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Sec. 3. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict herewith are hereby repealed. Approved August 17, 1918. SPARTA OFFICERS' QUALIFICATIONS. No. 272. An Act to amend An Act creating a charter for the city of Sparta, in Hancock county, Georgia, and a municipal government for said city; to define its boundary lines; to provide for the maintenance of the public school system in said city; to authorize the issue of bonds for the purpose of establishing an electric light plant and waterworks for said city, either or both, and for other purposes, approved August 7th, 1905, and the Acts amendatory thereof, approved August 10th, 1910 and August 17th, 1912, so as to further define the qualifications of the clerk and treasurer of the city of Sparta and of the recorder for the city of Sparta, 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 3 of An Act to create a charter for the city of Sparta, in the county of Hancock, Georgia, and a municipal government for said city; to define its boundary lines; to provide for the maintenance of the public school system in said city; to authorize the issue of bonds for the purpose of establishing an electric light plant and waterworks for the said city, either or both, and for other purposes, be and the same is hereby amended by striking from Section 3 of the printed Act all of the words occurring between the word aldermen in the third line of said section and the word shall in the fifth line of said section and substituting in lieu thereof the words a clerk and treasurer. An alderman of said town or any citizen of

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said town or any citizen of the county of Hancock and State of Georgia who has attained the age of twenty-one years and is a qualified voter in the county of Hancock is eligible to the office of clerk and treasurer. Said clerk and treasurer shall maintain an office at some central point within the city of Sparta accessible to the citizens thereof, and, so that said section when amended shall read as follows: Sec. 3. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the municipal government of said city shall consist of a mayor and four aldermen, a clerk and treasurer. An alderman of said town, or any citizen of said town or any citizen of the county of Hancock and State of Georgia who has attained the age of twenty-one years and is a qualified voter in the county of Hancock is eligible to the office of clerk and treasurer. Said clerk and treasurer shall maintain an office at some central point within the city of Sparta accessible to the citizens thereof and shall give bond and good security to be approved by said council payable to said city in a sum to be fixed by said council, conditioned for the faithful discharge of all and singular the duties of said office, and shall be elected annually for a term of one year on a day fixed by said council, and shall hold said office until his successor is elected and qualified. Before entering on the duties of the office of clerk and treasurer he shall take an oath before some officer qualified under the laws of this State to administer oaths to faithfully discharge all the duties of said office. He shall be elected by said council and said oath entered on the minutes thereof. Said council may elect or appoint such other subordinate officers of said city as they may deem necessary at any time for the enforcement of the provisions of this charter or any ordinance passed in pursuance thereof, all of whom shall be deemed and held lawful officers of this State and city. All subordinate officers shall hold their offices at the will of said council and receive such salary or compensation as may be attached to such office or appointment, and shall take and subscribe such oath and execute such bond for the faithful

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discharge of his duties, as shall be required by the ordinances of said city. Act of 1905 amended. To be read. Clerk and treasurer, who eligible as. Sec. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That any citizen of the county of Hancock and State of Georgia who has attained the age of twenty-one years and is a qualified voter within said county of Hancock, shall be eligible to election to the office of recorder of the city of Sparta, in addition to such persons as are non-qualified to hold said office under existing Acts amendatory of said charter of said city of Sparta. Eligibility as 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 the same are hereby repealed. Approved July 31, 1918. STATESBORO NUISANCES, ABATEMENT OF. No. 278. An Act to authorize and empower the mayor and city council of Statesboro to declare what constitutes a nuisance within said city and to abate 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 mayor and city council of Statesboro are hereby empowered to declare what shall constitute a nuisance within the limits of the city of Statesboro, and to pass such ordinances as are necessary to prevent the same, and by ordinance they may empower the mayor's court of said city to abate same and authorize the removal of such nuisance within the limits of the city of Statesboro, and to punishment of the person, persons, firms or corporations causing or suffering such nuisances to exist, and they may provide for the assessment of the expense of the removal of such nuisance against such person, persons, firm or corporation

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causing or continuing same, and provide for the collection of such expense by execution, said execution to have the same force and effect as city tax executions. Nuisances; abatement and expense. 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 31, 1918. STATESBORO SCHOOL TAX. No. 300. An Act to amend an Act approved August 17th, 1912, creating a new charter for the city of Statesboro, and an Act approved August 14, 1914, amendatory of same, so as to authorize the mayor and city council of Statesboro to levy an annual tax for school purposes not to exceed five-tenths of one per cent. on real and personal property in said city, instead of one-fourth of one per cent. 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 August 17, 1912, entitled an Act to create a new charter for the city of Statesboro, be amended by striking from the fourth line of Section 60 of said Act the words not to exceed one-fourth of one per cent., and inserting therein the words not to exceed five-tenths of one per cent, so that Section 60 shall read as follows: Be it further enacted, That the mayor and council of the city of Statesboro are hereby authorized to levy a tax annually in addition to that now authorized by law, not to exceed five-tenths of one per cent on the real and personal property of the city of Statesboro for the purpose of establishing and maintaining a system of public schools in said city. Provided, That the money so raised shall be used for school purposes as hereinafter set forth. Act of 1912 amended. To be read. School-tax rate. Sec. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid,

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That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be and the same are hereby repealed. Approved August 1, 1918. THOMASVILLE CHARTER AMENDMENTS. No. 360. An Act to amend the Act approved October 3rd, 1889, entitled An Act to incorporate the town of Thomasville as the city of Thomasville and the several Acts amendatory thereof found in Georgia Laws 1889, page 854, so as to provide for an audit of the accounts of the office of said city, changing the terms of officers elected by popular vote in said city; providing for the creation of a bond and sinking fund commission, and providing for the submission of each of said proposed amendments to the qualified voters of said city. 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 recited in the foregoing caption be and the same is hereby amended by incorporating therein as part of said charter the following: Act of 1889 amended. (a) It is hereby made the duty of the mayor and aldermen of said city immediately after this amendment becomes operative to employ a certified public accountant and submit to him for examination and audit the accounts of all officers of said city entrusted with the collection, disbursement, custody or control of the funds of the city covering a period of four years; Provided, said officer has held office that long or for the period for which he has been in office if less than four years, and thereafter that said audit shall be as provided therein not later than sixty days prior to the general elections at which said officers are elected and covering the period since the last audit. The report of said auditor shall be filed in the office of the city clerk subject to

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inspection of the public and an abstract thereof published as part of the minutes of the mayor and council. Auditing of accounts of officers. (b) The terms of office of the mayor and aldermen, the treasurer, marshal, clerk, sexton and all other officers elected by the people in said city at the general election held therein shall be one year, instead of two years, as now provided by said charter, and at the next general election after this amendment becomes operative, their terms of office and of their successors thereafter shall be one year and they shall be elected accordingly. Terms of office. (c) The mayor and aldermen of said city shall on or before February 1st, 1919, and biennially thereafter, elect by ballot three citizens of said city, who shall be qualified voters and freeholders thereof and experienced business men, of financial experience and ability, who shall be known and designated as the bond commission of said city. They shall hold office for two years and until their successors are elected and qualified. Their successors in office and one elected to fill a vacancy on said commission shall be elected in the same manner. The clerk of said city shall without additional compensation, be clerk of said bond commission, and shall keep such books as may be required of him by them. Said bond commission shall have entire and complete control and management of all matters pertaining to the bonded indebtedness of the city after the issue of bonds, and the sinking fund now on hand and that may hereafter be collected, as now exercised by the corporate authorities of said city. They are authorized to invest the sinking fund in bonds of said city of Thomasville, or bonds of the United States, or the State of Georgia, or bonds issued by any county or municipal corporation of Georgia, and shall keep a record of all bonds so purchased or any bonds that may be retired by them. The treasurer of said city shall remain the custodian of said sinking fund, but shall not pay the same out for any other purpose except the retirement of the bonded debt of said city, or investment in securities as above provided, and then only upon the warrant

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of said bond commission. Said bond commission shall ascertain each year accurately the percentum or tax rate necessary to be levied by the corporate authorities for the creation and sustaining of the sinking fund necessary to be raised for that year, and shall report the same to the mayor and aldermen of said city prior to the fixing of the tax rate for that year, which rate so fixed shall be the rate for that purpose and levied and collected as heretofore. Said bond commission shall make a report annually of the existing bonded indebtedness of the city. The date of issue and of maturity, the interest rate of all outstanding bonds and the amount of the sinking fund on hand and how invested, which report shall be filed with the mayor and aldermen and published as part of their minutes. Bond Commission. Clerk. Powers. Treasurer. Tax-rate for sinking-fund. Reports. Sec. 2. Be it further enacted, That none of the provisions of this Act or amendment shall become operative or a part of said municipal charter until they have been separately submitted to and ratified by a majority vote of the qualified voters of said city (according to the last registration lists of said city prepared by said city prior to said submission), and voting at the election to which same is submitted. Referred to popular vote. The mayor and council shall provide for the submission of the foregoing proposed amendments as follows: They shall give notice of the time and place by publication at least thirty days prior to the election, which shall be held during the year 1918 and shall have prepared ballots so arranged as to submit each amendment separately in form as follows: Proposed Charter Amendments: For amendment one year term of officers. Against amendment one year term of officers. For amendment requiring audit of accounts. Against amendment requiring audit of accounts. For amendment creating bond commission. Against amendment creating bond commission. Ballots. The election shall be conducted as elections are now conducted for mayor and aldermen, and the returns thereof

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made by the managers to the mayor and council, who shall declare the result and said declaration shall be entered upon the minutes of the city by the clerk under the direction of the mayor and aldermen, and each proposed amendment which shall receive a majority of the votes cast at said election shall thence become a part of the charter of said city and binding as such, but not otherwise. Election. 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 17, 1918. VALDOSTA PUBLIC ASSEMBLY HALL. No. 290. An Act to amend an Act incorporating the city of Valdosta, approved November 21, 1901 (Acts 1901, page 670 et sequa), as amended, so as to authorize the city of Valdosta to erect, build and maintain a public assembly hall in the said city, and to acquire a necessary site therefor; to authorize the city of Valdosta to issue and sell its bonds to raise funds necessary therefor; to authorize the said city of Valdosta to levy and collect an ad valorem tax on all real and personal property subject to taxation in the city of Valdosta, in addition to that already allowed, in order to raise the necessary funds to pay off and retire said bonds, 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 incorporating the city of Valdosta, approved November 21, 1901 (Acts 1901, pages 670 et sequa), as amended be and the same is hereby amended so so as to authorize the city of Valdosta to erect, build and maintain a public assembly hall in the said city, and to acquire a necessary site therefor. Act of 1901 Amended. Assembly hall.

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Sec. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the said city of Valdosta, by and through its mayor and council, shall have the authority and power to issue and sell its bonds necessary to defray the expenses incurred or to be incurred in erecting, building and maintaining such assembly hall and in purchasing the site therefor; Provided, that no such bonds shall be issued or sold without first complying with the provisions contained in the constitution and laws of the State of Georgia, applicable to such cases. Bond issue. Sec. 3. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the said city of Valdosta, by and through its mayor and council, shall have the authority and power to levy and collect annually an ad valorem tax, not to exceed one-tenth of one per centum on all real and personal property subject to taxation in said city of Valdosta, in addition to that already allowed, in order to raise the necessary funds to pay off and retire said bonds and the interest thereon as such bonds or the interest thereon become due, or to raise and provide a necessary sinking fund therefor. Tax for bonds. Sec. 4. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all laws or parts of laws in conflict herewith be and the same are hereby repealed. Approved July 31, 1918. VILLA RICA CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS. No. 264. An Act to amend an Act approved August 8, 1916, entitled An Act to amend an Act approved August 19, 1912, incorporating the city of Villa Rica, Georgia, and Acts amendatory thereof, so as to authorize the establishment and maintenance of a system of public schools for the city of Villa Rica; to provide for its regulation, support and control, and for other purposes.

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Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, That Sec. 10 of an Act entitled An Act to amend an Act approved August 19, 1912, incorporating the city of Villa Rica, Georgia, and Acts amendatory thereof, so as to authorize the establishment and maintenance of a system of public schools for the city of Villa Rica; to provide for its regulation, support and control, and for other purposes, approved August 8, 1916, be amended as follows: Strike all that part of said section commencing with the word the which follows the word schools on the nineteenth line and substitute therefor the following: It shall be the duty of the mayor of said city of Villa Rica to order an election each future twelve months after the first election provided by this amendment, and submit at said election the question of the adoption of the provisions of this Act to the qualified voters of said city of Villa Rica until the provisions of said Act shall have been adopted by a two-third majority of the qualified voters of said city of Villa Rica. Of which election notice shall be given as above provided, and which election shall be held under the same rules and regulations as above provided, and the ballots for or against shall be as above provided. The first election under this amendment shall be ordered within thirty days after the passage and approval by the Governor of State of this amendment. Should at any election held under the provisions of this amendment two-thirds of said qualified voters actually voting in said election have cast ballots for public schools, this Act shall be declared adopted by the mayor of said city of Villa Rica and become operative. So that said section, when amended shall read as follows: Act of 1916 amended. Sec. 10. Be it further enacted, That before this Act shall become operative, its adoption shall be submitted to the legally qualified voters of said city of Villa Rica, for which purpose the mayor of said city shall, within thirty days after the passage and approval by the governor of the State, order an election, of which ten days' notice shall be

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given by posting at the postoffice of said city, which notice shall give time, place and purpose of said election, and which election shall be held under the same rules and regulations as elections of mayor of said city of Villa Rica. At said election of adoption, those favoring the adoption of the Act shall have written or printed on their ballots the words, For public schools, and those opposed to the adoption shall have printed or written on their ballots the words, Against public schools. And if it shall appear that two-thirds of said qualified voters actually voting in said election have cast ballots for public schools, this Act shall be declared adopted and become operative. Should said election be against public schools, it shall be the duty of the mayor of said city of Villa Rica to order an election each future twelve months after the first election provided for by this amendment, and submit at said election the question of the adoption of the provisions of this Act to the qualified voters of said city of Villa Rica until the provisions of said Act shall have been adopted by a two-third majority of the qualified voters of said city of Villa Rica. Of which election notice shall be given as above provided, and which election shall be held under the same rules and regulations as above provided, and the ballots for or against shall be as above provided. The first election under this amendment shall be ordered within thirty days after the passage and approval by the Governor of the State of this amendment. Should at any election held under the provisions of this amendment two-thirds of said qualified voters actually voting in said election have cast ballots for public schools this Act shall be declared adopted by the mayor of said city of Villa Rica and become operative. To be read. Election as to public schools. Further elections. (a) Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be and the same is hereby repealed. Approved July 20, 1918.

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WARRENTON SCHOOL TAX. No. 351. An Act to amend An Act to establish public schools for the town of Warrenton, Warren county, to authorize and empower the mayor and council of said town to levy and collect a tax for the support and maintenance thereof; to create a board of education for public schools of said town; to authorize the county school commissioners of Warren county to pay to said board of education of public schools such part of the school fund for said county as may be apportioned to said school, and for other purposes, approved August 8th 1907, so as to authorize and empower the mayor and council of said town to levy and collect a tax for the establishment, support and maintenance of said system of public schools, and to enact rules and regulations governing the same, 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 referred to Act of the General Assembly creating a school district for the town of Warrenton, approved August 8th, 1907, be and the same is hereby amended as follows: Act of 1907 amended. Section 1. That Section 6 of said Act be amended by striking the words one-quarter, in the second line thereof, and inserting in lieu thereof the words one-half, so that said Section 6 of said Act when amended shall read as follows: Section 6. Be it further enacted, That the mayor and council of said town may each year levy such tax not to exceed one-half of one per cent. upon all the property in said town subject to taxation, as may be necessary when added to the fund received from the county school commissioner and the sum realized from taxation or entrance fees to support and maintain said schools for the period of nine months in each year. Such tax shall be

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collected when the other taxes of the town are collected and shall be paid over by the town council to the board of education of said town, to be used by said board in the support of said schools. Tax-rate for schools. Sec. 2. Be it further enacted, That before this Act shall become operative it shall be submitted to and ratified by the qualified voters of said Warrenton, Ga., in accordance with the provisions of the Act of the General Assembly of the Act of 1910, approved August 13, 1910, authorizing a certain class of municipalities to hold an election to determine the question of local taxation for the suport and maintenance of public schools and to prescribe the qualifications of electors for such elections, and for other purposes. Said Act being found in Park's Annotated Code of the State of Georgia, Section 1535 (A), and to which Act reference is hereby made and the provisions of the same are to be held and considered a part of this Act, as much so as if they were formally incorporated herein. This act referred to popular vote. 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, 1918. WHITESBURG SCHOOL SYSTEM ABOLISHED. No. 432. An Act to repeal an Act establishing a system of public schools for the town of Whitesburg, Georgia, approved August 16th, 1907, 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 public school system in and for the town of Whitesburg, Georgia, be and the same is hereby repealed, the same to become effective on December 31st, 1918. School system repealed.

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Sec. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the repeal of said Act shall not interfere with the levy and collection of school tax under said system for the year 1918. Tax for 1918 unaffected. 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, 1918. WORTH ELECTION DATE CHANGED. No. 427. An Act to amend an Act to create a new charter for the town of Worth, in Turner county, approved August 13th, 1910; to change the time of holding election for offices. 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 3 of the Act approved August 13, 1910, entitled an Act to create a new charter for the town of Worth, in Turner county, and to incorporate said town, etc., be and the same is hereby amended by striking out the words second Saturday in December each year thereafter, in the eighth and ninth lines of said section, and inserting in lieu thereof the words second Saturday in September in each year. Act of 1910 amended. Date of election. 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 19, 1918.

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TITLE II. PRIVATE AND SCHOOL CORPORATIONS. ACTS. Academy of Social Circle; Tax Rate. Pilots Navigation Company; Surrender of charter accepted. ACADEMY OF SOCIAL CIRCLE; TAX RATE. No. 275. An Act to amend Section 7 of an Act to incorporate the Academy of Social Circle; to provide for the election of a board of trustees; to define powers and duties, providing for a system of public schools in said city of Social Circle, Walton county, Georgia; to empower the mayor and council of said city to assess, levy and collect a tax for the support and maintenance of said schools and repair and add to the school property; to require the pro rata share of said city in the State and county school fund to be turned over to said board of trustees, and for other purposes, approved August 22, 1905; said amendment empowering the mayor and council of said city of Social Circle to assess, levy and collect an ad valorem tax upon the taxable property of said city not to exceed four-tenths of one per cent. upon the assessed value thereof, upon the same conditions and in the same manner and for the same purpose contained in said original Act approved August 22, 1905. 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 seven (7) of an Act to incorporate the Academy of Social Circle in the city of Social Circle; to

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provide for the election of a board of trustees; to define the powers and duties, providing for a system of public schools in said city of Social Circle, Walton county, Georgia; to empower the mayor and council of said city to assess, levy and collect a tax for the support and maintenance of said schools and repair and add to the school property; to require the pro rata share of said city in the state and county school fund to be turned over to said board of trustees, and for other purposes, approved August 22, 1905, be amended by striking from said section the words three-tenths in the eighth line of said section, and inserting in lieu thereof the words four-tenths, so that said Section seven (7) of said Act when so amended shall read as follows: Section 7. Be it further enacted, That on or before the first Monday in April each year said board of trustees shall submit to the mayor and council an estimate of the funds necessary to the operation of said schools for the next scholastic year, taking into consideration the State and county fund. Whereupon it shall be the duty of said mayor and council to proceed to raise such fund by the assessment and levy of an annual ad valorem tax upon the taxable property of said city, not to exceed four-tenths of one per cent. upon the assessed value thereof, and from funds that may be in said city treasury not otherwise appropriated. The treasurer of said city shall pay over to the treasurer of said board of trustees all funds so raised or appropriated, who shall pay out the same only upon the order of said board of trustees. Act of 1905 amended. To be read. Tax-rate. Sec. 2. 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 July 31, 1918.

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PILOTS' NAVIGATION COMPANY; SURRENDER OF CHARTER ACCEPTED. No. 330. An Act to accept a surrender of the charter of Pilots' Navigatiton Company, of Savannah, Georgia, and for other purposes. Section 1. Whereas, Pilots' Navigation Company, of Savannah, Georgia, was chartered on the 22nd day of February, 1895, by the Secretary of State, under and in accordance with the Act of the General Assembly of Georgia, approved December 6th, 1894; and Preamble. Whereas, Said Pilots' Navigation Co., at a meeting of its stockholders held on October 31, 1906, unanimously decided to wind up the business of said corporation and to dissolve the same by surrendering its charter to the State of Georgia; and Whereas, Said Pilots' Navigation Company has disposed of all of its assets and has paid all of its debts and distributed its remaining funds to the stockholders entitled to receive the same, all of its capital stock having been cancelled and returned to said corporation by all of the stockholders; and Whereas, There is no general law of force in this State making provisions for the dissolutiton of corporations of this character by application to any court or the secretary of State; therefore, 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 Pilots' Navigation Company, of Savannah, Georgia, be and hereby is dissolved and the surrender by it to the State of Georgia of all of the corporate powers, privileges and rights heretofore granted to and exercised by it is hereby accepted, and from and after the

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date of the approval of this Act said corporation shall cease to exist. Corporation dissolved. 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 12, 1918.

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PART IV.RESOLUTIONS

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RESOLUTIONS. Amendment to U. S. Constitution ratified, relative to intoxicating liquors. Amendment to State Constitution, relative to municipal bonded debts. Appropriation for copies of Constitution. Appropriation for vacation committees. Appropriation for William F. Blue. Civil Government text-book. Feeble-minded persons, committee on. Gordon portrait to University. Hall of Representatives, alterations in. Highway Commission. Insurance company, reinstatement of. Jefferson Davis Park; Clements gift. Refund of payment by T. J. Bandy. Refund of payment by J. Park Bowle. Refund of Payment by B. L. Brown. Refund of Payment by George H. Smith. Relief of W. K. Brooks and his surety. Relief of C. H. Dickerson as collector. Relief of W. H. Jones as surety. Relief of W. J. Rollins and Charlie Sheppard as sureties. Relief of W. J. Woodall and S. M. Howard as sureties. State farm committee. Tax Act to be redrafted. Tennessee Copper Companies; agreement. Unfinished business of the Assembly. Weaver, W. F.; payment authorized. Wharf and Dock Commission. AMENDMENT TO U. S. CONSTITUTION RATIFIED, RELATIVE TO INTOXICATING LIQUORS. No. 34. A JOINT RESOLUTION. Of the General Assembly of the State of Georgia ratifying and approving the proposed amendment to the Constitution of the United States relative to the prohibition of the manufacture, sale, transportation, importation and exportation of intoxicating liquors. Whereas, The Congress of the United States has, under the fifth article of the Constitution of the United States

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proposed an amendment to the constitution in the words following, to-wit: Preamble. JOINT RESOLUTION Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States. 1. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in congress assembled (two-thirds of each House concurring therein), That the following amendment to the constitution be and hereby is proposed to the States, to become valid as a part of the constitution when ratified by the legislatures of the several States as provided by the constitution: ARTICLE . Section 1. After one year from the ratification of this article the manufacture, sale or transportation of intoxicating liquors within, the importation thereof into, or the exportation thereof from the United States and all territory subject to the jurisdiction thereof for beverage purposes is hereby prohibited. Prohibition of intoxicating liquors for beverages. Sec. 2. The Congress and the several States shall have concurrent power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation. Sec. 3. This article shall be inoperative unless it shall have been ratified as an amendment to the constitution by the legislatures of the several States, as provided by the constitution, within seven years from the date of the submission hereof to the States by the Congress. Therefore be it resolved by the Senate and the House of Representatives of the State of Georgia, in General Assembly met, That the said amendment of the Constitution of the United States be and the same is hereby ratified and adopted. Amendment adopted. Be it further resolved, That a certified copy of the foregoing preamble and resolution be forwarded by his Excellency,

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the Governor, to the Secretary of State of the United States, to the presiding officer of the United States Senate and to the Speaker of the House of Representatives of the United States. Certified Copy. Approved July 1, 1918. AMENDMENT TO STATE CONSTITUTION, RELATIVE TO MUNICIPAL BONDED DEBTS. No. 47. A RESOLUTION Proposing to the people of the State an amendment to the Constitution of the State of Georgia. Be it resolved by the House of Representatives of the State of Georgia, the Senate thereof concurring, That this amendment to the Constitution of the State of Georgia be and the same is hereby proposed to the people thereof. That is to say, Reserving to the municipal corporations the benefit of all provisions of the constitution of force in this State, the General Assembly is hereby empowered to authorize any municipal corporation within this State having a population of one hundred and fifty thousand or more, according to the census of the United States government taken next preceding the approval of any Act passed in pursuance hereof, to incur a bonded debt or debts for the public purposes of such municipality, the said debt or debts so to be incurred to be for such sums and to be secured after such manner, and to be paid principal and interest at such times and such places and by such means and upon such terms as the General Assembly may prescribe. Authority of city of 150,000 people to incur bonded debt. Provided, however, That no act conferring the powers aforesaid or any of them shall become operative until the same shall have been affirmed at a general election held for the election of a mayor and general council in such municipality by two-thirds of the qualified voters thereof who

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may vote at said election. Such two-thirds to constitute at least a majority of the qualified voters of said municipality. Vote required. Be it further resolved, That it shall be the duty of the Governor to cause publication of this proposed amendment to be made in accordance with the provisions of article 13, paragraph 1 of the Constitution of this State, the cost thereof to be paid out of any moneys in the treasury of the State not otherwise specifically appropriated. Publication. Be it further resolved, That at the next general election to be held in this State this proposed amendment shall be submitted to the people of this State for their approval or rejection, by causing to be printed or written upon the ballots to be cast thereat the words, For the constitutional amendment authorizing the General Assembly to confer upon municipalities containing one hundred and fifty thousand inhabitants or more the power to incur bonded debts, and the words, Against the constitutional amendment authorizing the General Assembly to confer upon municipalities containing one hundred and fifty thousand inhabitants or more the power to incur bonded debts, and if the people shall ratify such amendment by a majority of the electors qualified to vote for members of the General Assembly voting thereon, such amendment shall be and become a part of the Constitution of this State, and the Governor shall make proclamation accordingly. Submission to popular vote. Approved August 19, 1918. APPROPRIATION FOR COPIES OF CONSTITUTION. No. 39. A RESOLUTION Whereas, the demand is great and daily requests are received by the Secretary of State, the State Librarian and other officers for copies of the State Constitution; and

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Whereas, The State has not issued an edition of the Constitution in more than ten years, and there is now available for purchase by the State at cost, viz., ten cents per copy, eight hundred copies of a pamphlet edition privately compiled and printed. Preamble. Be it therefore resolved, That there be hereby appropriated from funds in the State treasury not otherwise appropriated the sum of eighty dollars for the purchase of said Constitution, and the Governor be authorized to draw his warrant for said amount in favor of the compiler, Ella May Thornton, who, upon receipt thereof shall deliver to the State Librarian the number of copies as above specified, and said State Librarian shall sell the constitution at ten cents per copy, keeping an account thereof and depositing in the state treasury the amount realized from such sale. $80 appropriated for 800 copies. Approved August 8, 1918. APPROPRIATION FOR VACATION COMMITTEE. No. 36. A RESOLUTION To appropriate $5,000.00 to pay the expenses and per diem of members of the General Assembly for services rendered and expenses incurred as members of committees who are authorized to sit in the vacation of the General Assembly. Be it resolved by the House of Representatives, the Senate concurring, That the sum of five thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated to pay the per diem and necessary expenses of the several committees who were authorized to sit during the vacation of the General Assembly. $5,000 for pay and expenses. Be it further resolved, That the legislative members of

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the special committee provided for in the general appropriations bill and who were authorized in the discharge of the duties provided for in said bill to sit during the vacation of the General Assembly, shall be paid the sum of four dollars ($4.00) per diem, each for each day's service actually rendered by them in the discharge of their duties as members of said committee. Pay per diem. Be it further resolved, That each member of the committee shall submit to the auditing committee of the House and Senate an itemized statement showing the number of days of service rendered and also an itemized statement of the expenses incurred, which bills shall be approved by the said auditing committees before the same shall be paid. Itemized statements. Be it further resolved, That out of said sum of $5,000.00 the sum of one hundred and fifty dollars ($150.00) is hereby appropriated to pay the stenographer employed by the committee authorized under the general appropriation bill for services performed by him. Stenographer's pay. Be it further resolved, That the Governor be, and he is hereby authorized, to draw his warrant on the fund so appropriated, or so much thereof as is necessary, to pay the amounts herein appropriated. Warrant. Approved July 31, 1918. APPROPRIATION FOR WILLIAM F. BLUE. No. 57. A RESOLUTION Whereas, All during the present session of the legislature, by the request of the committee on appropriations and of the committee, William F. Blue has acted as secretary and stenographer of the committee on appropriations, and has rendered valuable assistance to the committee in such capacity in keeping a record of its proceedings and in preparing the general appropriations bill, therefore be it Preamble.

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Resolved, That the sum of one hundred and seventy-five dollars be and the same is hereby appropriated from the treasury of the State of Georgia out of any funds not otherwise appropriated to be paid to the said William F. Blue, in compensation for his services, and the Governor is authorized to draw his warrant for such sum payable to the said William F. Blue. $175 for services as secretary. Resolved further, That the sum of $50.00, or so much thereof as is necessary, be hereby appropriated for the payment of stenographer of the conference committee of the House and Senate on the General Tax Act, as per joint resolution passed by the House and Senate. $50 for stenographer Resolved further, That the sum of $37.50 for payment of stenographer for the ways and means committee for year 1917 is hereby appropriated to be paid out as above specified to Miss May Ferguson, who served as such stenographer. $37.50 for stenographer Approved August 19, 1918. CIVIL GOVERNMENT TEXT-BOOK. No. 60. A RESOLUTION Whereas, The State Board of Education in 1913 condemned the text on civil government now in use in our schools by the following resolution: Preamble. None of the texts on civil government, in the opinion of the State School Book Commission, should be adopted for use in the Georgia schools. This being the conclusion, the book now in use, namely, Peterman's Civil Government, was re-adopted temporarily and the Governor was asked to get the legislature to take advantage of the twelve months' abrogation clause and secure authority for the preparation of this text by the State Department of Education. I certify

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that the above is a correct copy of part of the minutes of the State School Book Commission at its meeting of November 25, 1913. JAMES A. NORTHCUTT, Clerk to State Supt. of Schools. July 19, 1917. Whereas, The then Governor, Honorable J. M. Slaton, recommended to the legislature that authority be given said board to have a suitable text on Civil Government prepared, published and distributed to our children, and Whereas, Those probably interested in the sale of school books has up to this date prevented the passage of any law carrying into effect said recommendation, and Whereas, The children of Georgia are of right entitled to the best text book that money and love can supply; Therefore be it resolved by the House of Representatives, the Senate concurring, That the Superintendent of Schools be and he is hereby authorized and empowered to prepare or have prepared on a royalty basis a suitable text for a civil government for the use of the children of Georgia, and when adopted by the State Board of Education in manuscript form or otherwise, said Superintendent of Schools is hereby authorized and empowered to have the same printed and distributed by competitive bids and sold at cost of production to the children of Georgia. Authority to have textbooks prepared, printed, and sold. Be it further resolved, That said Superintendent of Schools be and he is hereby authorized and empowered to have any other text prepared, adopted, published, distributed and sold as aforesaid in place of any book that the State Board of Education may condemn as unsuited to the needs of our children. Be it further resolved, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict herewith be and the same are hereby repealed. Approved August 20, 1918.

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FEEBLE-MINDED PERSONS, COMMITTEE ON. No. 44. A RESOLUTION Whereas, Statistics that are available, but incomplete, show there are many persons in Georgia, minor and adults, who are feeble-minded and as such are a menace to the schools and to the communities in which they reside, there being now some six thousand or more in our State who may be so classed; and Preamble. Whereas, More than three-fourths of the States in the United States make special provision for the care, detention and training of the feeble-minded and for the prevention of the evils resulting from their neglect and their being allowed at large to marry and perpetuate and increase the serious tendencies of their unhappy conditions; and Whereas, Many have been reclaimed from the disability under which they have lived by the sane and scientific care, training and education furnished by state institutions and many who are now detained in the State Asylum for the Insane for lack of a better suited institution, could be transferred to an environment that would be more helpful to relieve them and enable them to earn at least a good part of their own livelihood and stop a larger part of the drain upon the State treasury required under existing conditions. Be it resolved by the Senate, the House of Representatives concurring therein, That the Governor be requested to appoint a committee of five citizens of Georgia who will serve without compensation therefor, to investigate fully and prepare statistics from all available sources, from the city school systems of the State, from the State asylum, from the court records, from the county school commissioners, or other places where information may be obtained, and after full investigation as to the numbers and conditions of the feeble-minded persons in Georgia who are now, or

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who may be likely to become charges upon the public, to report such facts and figures as they may secure and make such recommendation as may seem to them suitable to relieve the State of the menace of the uncared-for feeble-minded who are such a fertile source of crime, poverty, prostitution and misery not only to themselves, but to all with whom they are brought now in contact. Committee to investigate and report. Be it further resolved, That the report of this commission on the feeble-minded in Georgia made to the Governor before the next General Assembly shall be transmitted by him in full or in substance, with such recommendations in his message as may seem advisable to him. GORDON PORTRAIT TO UNIVERSITY. No. 35. A RESOLUTION Whereas, At the 1917 session of the legislature, a portrait of General John B. Gordon was presented to the State by Mrs. E. F. Andrews; and Preamble. Whereas, There are already several portraits of General Gordon in the capitol and no suitable place to hang this; and Wheeras, The family of General Gordon have specially requested the Governor to transfer this painting to the University of Georgia, Therefore be it resolved by the House of Representatives, the Senate concurring, That the Governor is hereby authorized to grant the request of General Gordon's family and to deliver the said portrait to the proper authorities of the University. Delivery to University of Georgia. Approved July 20, 1918.

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HALL OF REPRESENTATIVES, ALTERATIONS IN. No. 51. A RESOLUTION Be it hereby resolved, That the Governor be and he is hereby requested and authorized to make such alterations and additions in the Hall of Representatives as will produce better acoustic powers therein. Better acoustics. Approved August 19, 1918. HIGHWAY COMMISSION. No. 53. A RESOLUTION Resolved by the House of Representatives of the State of Georgia, the Senate concurring, That a commission be constituted to consist of five members (at least one of whom shall be a highway engineer) to be appointed by the Governor, the president of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives acting jointly, the duty of which commission shall be to make careful investigation as to the needs of this States in the matter of highway legislation and to prepare and draft an adequate highway commission bill and report same, together with such recommendations as they make to the next session of the General Assembly. Investigation and report for legislation. INSURANCE COMPANY, REINSTATEMENT OF. No. 52. A RESOLUTION Providing that the State Insurance Commissioner of the State of Georgia be permitted and authorized to reinstate

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the Pennsylvania Millers' Fire Insurance Company (a corporation of the State of Pennsylvania), under licenses issued by said Insurance Commissioner to said corporation empowering and authorizing it to transact business in the commonwealth. Whereas, The State Insurance Commissioner, under the laws of the commonwealth, issued to the Pennsylvania Millers' Fire Insurance Company, a corporation of the State of Pennsylvania, a license to transact business within the commonwealth dated the 12th day of May, 1912, and renewed annually; and Preamble. Whereas, upon the 27th day of April, 1917, the officers of said corporation filed with the insurance department of the commonwealth certificate no overhead writing, in accordance with the rules and upon the forms of said department, wherein said corporation set forth that said company had not for the space of twelve months last past made any contracts of fire insurance of property in the State of Georgia, save through its agents regularly commissioned and licensed to write policies of fire insurance therein, except one scheduled premium receipt under which has been reported for taxation in Georgia, and Whereas, The making of contracts of fire insurance on property in the State of Georgia without the counter-signature of regularly commissioned and licensed agents in the State of Georgia is a cause for the forfeiture of the license to transact business in the commonwealth, issued by the Insurance Commissioner; and Whereas, Said one scheduled contract, as set forth in the certificate no overhead writing filed with the Insurance Commissioner was inadvertently made without having said schedule countersigned by a regularly commissioned and licensed agent within the commonwealth, and was merely an oversight and not with intent to violate the statute or the rules and regulations of the insurance department, proof of which facts have been laid before the State Insurance Commissioner; and

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Whereas, The said schedule was regularly reported for taxation in the commonwealth. Therefore, be it resolved by the House of Representatives, the Senate concurring, That the State Insurance Commissioner be permitted and authorized to reinstate the Pennsylvania Millers' Mutual Fire Insurance Company, a corporation of the State of Pennsylvania, under license issued by said Insurance Commissioner to said corporation empowering and authorizing it to transact business in the commonwealth. Commissioner authorized to reinstate company. Approved August 19, 1918. JEFFERSON DAVIS PARK; CLEMENTS GIFT. No. 46. A RESOLUTION Whereas, the Honorable J. B. Clements, of the county of Irwin, is the owner of lot of land No. 51 in the Third District of Irwin county, which came to him by inheritance from his father, who was a true, loyal Confederate soldier, and it was on this lot of land that the Honorable Jefferson Davis, the President of the Confederate States, was camping when captured by the soldiers of the United States in April, 1865, and in obedience to the request of his father, he desires to convey to the State of Georgia four (4) acres of land of the lot aforesaid, as shown by the attached plat, and that the State may authorize the acceptance of his deed thereto. Preamble. Be it therefore resolved by the General Assembly of Georgia, That the Honorable J. B. Clements, of the county of Irwin, is hereby authorized to convey by his warrantee deed to the Governor of the State of Georgia, and his successors in office, for the use and benefit of the State of Georgia, four acres of land as designated by the plat, the

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same being a part of lot No. 51 in the Third District of Irwin county. Authority to convey. Be it further resolved, That the Governor, the adjutant-general and their successors in office shall constitute a board of trustees and it shall be their duty to take charge of said property; to prescribe such rules and regulations as may be necessary to care for the protection and beautifying the same, which shall be known as Jefferson Davis Park, and that the chapter of the Daughters of the Confederacy of Irwin county is hereby made the superintendent of said work and to execute all orders of the trustees for the protection, marking and beautifying of said park and the necessary funds to clear off and beautify said park shall be obtained by the Daughters of the Confederacy and sums obtained from any source shall be reported and a correct account kept of the same. The trustees shall organize by selecting from their body a chairman and secretary and keep a minutes of all their acts and orders, and in the event that the Daughters of the Confederacy of Irwin county decline to execute the orders of the trustees, they are hereby authorized to select a superintendent from other citizens. Trustees. D. A. R. chapter to superintend. Approved August 19, 1918. REFUND OF PAYMENT BY T. J. BANDY. No. 42. A RESOLUTION Whereas, One Will Walker was arrested about the year 1913 and charged with felony, and being released upon a bond of fifteen hundred dollars in said case, which bond was signed by T. J. Bandy; and Preamble. Whereas, The said Will Walker forfeited his bond and remained out of the jurisdiction of the court and inaccessible until after the rule absolute was taken on said bond and recovered of the said T. J. Bandy, a citizen of Walker

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county, Georgia, and was then the sum of fifteen hundred dollars and the costs amounting to $17.35; and Whereas, The said T. J. Bandy has paid the execution issued upon said bond forfeited in the sum of $1,517.35 upon said forfeited bond; and Whereas, The said Will Walker was thereafter captured and retaken and brought into court and tried on this charge and offense and was convicted and sentenced to a term of five years in the penitentiary and entered upon said service and is now serving his time under said sentence, and having answered to his charge after the said bond had been paid in full and has answered the judgment of the court. Therefore be it resolved by the House of Representatives of the State of Georgia, the Senate concurring, That the county authorities of Walker county be and they are hereby authorized to pay the said T. J. Bandy the sum of $1,517.35 out of the funds arising from the fines and forfeitures in the Superior Court of Walker county, Georgia, to reimburse him the sum so paid by him on account of said bond. Repayment authorized. Approved August 12, 1918. REFUND OF PAYMENT BY J. PARK DOWIE. No. 49. A RESOLUTION For relief of J. Park Bowie, agent for Mrs. Mattie F. Blount, of Floyd county, Georgia. Whereas, J. Park Bowie, agent of Mrs. Mattie F. Blount, of Floyd county, Georgia, paid to the tax collector of said county of Floyd the sum of seven and 88-100 ($7.88) dollars State tax for the year 1914, and that said tax had been previously paid by said Bowie upon the same property, as will appear by attached affidavits marked Exhibits A and B. Preamble.

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Therefore be it resolved by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, That the sum of seven and 88-100 ($7.88) dollars be and the same is hereby appropriated to be refunded to said J. Park Bowie, agent, as aforesaid, out of any funds available for said purpose, and the Governor is hereby directed to draw his warrant accordingly. Repayment authorized. Approved August 19, 1918. REFUND OF PAYMENT BY B. L. BROWN. No. 50. A RESOLUTION Whereas, B. L. Brown did, on the 1st day of June, 1917, become bail for the appearance of one Jesse Mitchell at the November term, 1917, of the Superior Court of Randolph county, Georgia, in a case therein pending against Jesse Mitchell, charging him with the offense of fenoly, which said bond was forfeited by reason of the non-appearance of the said Jesse Mitchell at the November term, 1917, of said court; and Preamble. Whereas, An execution issued upon the forfeiture of said bond for the principal sum of two hundred ($200.00) dollars and costs; and Whereas, The said Jesse Mitchell was afterward recaptured by the said B. L. Brown, who paid the expense of said recapture, amounting approximately to the sum of one hundred and thirty ($130.00) dollars; and Whereas, The said Jesse Mitchell is now in the custody of the sheriff of Randolph county, confined in the common jail of said county, awaiting his trial on the indictment preferred against him by the grand jury of said county. Be it resolved by the House of Representatives, the Senate concurring, That inasmuch as the purpose for which said bond was given has been fully accomplished, that the

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said B. L. Brown having paid said bond of two hundred dollars, that the said amount be refunded to the said B. L. Brown from forfeiture funds that may now be on hand or hereafter accrue; Provided, however, that the said B. L. Brown, the surety on said bond, shall have paid all costs in forfeiting said bond. Repayment authorized. Approved August 19, 1918. REFUND OF PAYMENT BY GEORGE H. SMITH. No. 58. A RESOLUTION Whereas, heretofore Tobias Newman, late of the county of Glynn and State of Georgia, departed this life intestate, leaving as his heirs at law a widow, Mrs. Jane Newman, and eight children, to-wit: George Newman, Nettie Abbot, Mollie Latham, Walter Newman, Margurite Joyner, Tobias B. Newman, Josephine Hoyt and Joseph Epps Newman; and Preamble. Whereas, George H. Smith, by the ordinary of Glynn county, Georgia, duly appointed and afterwards qualified as administrator upon the estate of the said Tobias Newman, deceased; and afterwards the estate of the said Tobias Newman was valued by appraisers duly appointed by the ordinary of Glynn county for the purpose at the sum of twenty-one thousand dollars, and thereupon, upon the 1st day of February, 1915, the ordinary of Glynn county adjudged that said estate was liable to the State of Georgia in the sum of two hundred and ten dollars, as an inheritance tax, and ordered and directed the said George H. Smith, as such administrator, to pay said sum to the State of Georgia as an inheritance tax due under the laws of said State to the State of Georgia, and which amount was afterwards paid by the said George H. Smith, as such administrator, to the State of Georgia; and

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Whereas, Under the laws of Georgia said estate of the said Tobias Newman, deceased, was not liable to the State of Georgia in any sum whateverr as an inheritance tax, and said order and decree of the ordinary of Glynn county directing the payment of said sum by said administrator was an error; and the State of Georgia has received from said estate the sum of two hundred and ten dollars to which it was not legally entitled. Therefore be it resolved by the House of Representatives of the State of Georgia, the Senate therein concurring, That the Governor be and he is hereby authorized to draw his warrant upon the treasury in favor of George H. Smith, as administrator upon the estate of Tobias Newman, deceased, for the sum of two hundred and ten ($210.00) dollars, to refund said inheritance tax so paid by him through mistake aforesaid. Warrant for refund of tax payment. Approved August 20, 1918. RELIEF OF W. K. BROOKS AND HIS SURETY. No. 37. A RESOLUTION For the relief of W. K. Brooks, tax collector of Telfair county, and his bondsmen of certain penalties. Whereas, As tax collector of Telfair county for the years 1915 and 1916 said W. K. Brooks executed his bond with the United States Fidelity and Guaranty Company as his surety to the State of Georgia for the faithful discharge of his duties as tax collector; and Preamble. Whereas, Said W. K. Brooks settled with and accounted to the State of Georgia through the Comptroller-General, by the time in the year 1917 that said tax collector was accustomed to make his settlements for the State taxes for the year 1916, but that prior to making said settlement said

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Comptroller-General issued execution against said tax collector for the sum of $3,699.83, balance of taxes then due, and twenty per cent. penalty thereon as provided by statute; and Whereas, At the time said execution was so issued said tax collector, because of sickness in his family, was unable to and had been unable for some time prior thereto to make his final settlement, or attend to other business; and Whereas, From the circumstances of the issuance of said execution for said balance of State taxes and penalty, it clearly appears that there was no misappropriation of State funds by said tax collector, but that on the contrary said W. K. Brooks has been tax collector of said county of Telfair for a number of years and has faithfully accounted for all money coming to his hands as tax collector, as aforesaid. Be it resolved therefore, That the said W. K. Brooks, as principal, and the said The United States Fidelity and Guaranty Company, as surety, be and they are hereby relieved and released from the full amount of said penalty, the same being interest at the rate of twenty per cent. per annum upon the amount for which said execution issued as aforesaid from April 20th, 1917. Relief from penalty. Approved July 31, 1918. RELIEF OF C. H. DICKERSON AS COLLECTOR. No. 43. A RESOLUTION Whereas, On the 8th day of September, 1917, the Honorable William A. Wright, Comptroller-General of the State of Georgia, issued an execution against C. H. Dickerson, tax collector of Clinch county, for the sum of $9,082.98, the said execution having been issued for the amount due by

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said tax collector to the State in a final settlement for the year 1917; and Preamble. Whereas, Said execution has been paid in fully by said tax collector, but there is a penalty attached of twenty per cent. when tax collectors are slow to make settlement and executions are issued against them. The Comptroller-General has no authority to remit said penalty. Now, the said execution having been paid in full and the State having lost nothing by the delay in the settlement. Therefore, be it resolved by the Senate, the House concurring, That the said C. H. Dickerson, tax collector of Clinch county, Georgia, be and he is hereby relieved from the penalty and the Comptroller-General is hereby authorized to remit said penalty. Relief from penalty. Approved August 17, 1918. RELIEF OF W. H. JONES AS SURETY. No. 45. A RESOLUTION Whereas, W. H. Jones did, on the 25th day of November, 1916, become bail for the appearance of one C. Byrd, at the March term, 1917, of the city court of Macon, Bibb county, Georgia, in a case therein pending against said C. Byrd, charging him with the offense of a misdemeanor, which said bond was forfeited by reason of the non-appearance of the said C. Byrd at the said March term, 1917, of said court; and Preamble. Whereas, An execution issued upon the forfeiture of said bond for the principal sum of $200.00 and $21.95 costs, the rule absolute being dated June 14th, 1917; and Whereas, The said C. Byrd was afterwards, on February 9th, 1918, produced into court at the expense of the said W. H. Jones, and plead guilty in said case and was thereupon

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sentenced to be confined six months in jail or an alternative fine of $100.00 and costs. Be it resolved by the House of Representatives, the Senate concurring, That inasmuch as the purpose for which said bond was given has been fully accomplished, that the said W. H. Jones be relieved of all liability on said execution issued on said forfeiture, and the clerk of the city court of Macon is hereby authorized and directed to mark said execution satisfied and cancel same of record. Relief from execution. Approved August 17, 1918. RELIEF OF W. J. ROLLINS AND CHARLIE SHEPPARD AS SURETIES. No. 41. A RESOLUTION. Be it resolved by the House of Representatives and the Senate concurring; that Whereas, Tom Irby was charged and accused in a State warrant with the offense of misdemeanor, by trespassing on land, and upon being given a committal trial was committed to the city court of Louisville, in Jefferson county, Georgia, an accusation was formed in said court and bail allowed the said Tom Irby in the sum of fifty dollars; and Preamble. Whereas, The said Tom Irby entered into a recognizance for his appearance at the next term thereafter of said city court of Louisville in the sum of fifty dollars and that W. J. Rollins and Charlie Sheppard signed said bond as security; and Whereas, The trial of said case was continued several times, and said bond was forfeited at the term of 1917 of said city court, that about twenty days before said bond was forfeited, without the knowledge or consent of said securities and against their will, the said Tom Irby enlisted in the

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United States army. As soon as said securities learned of his action, they procured the sheriff of Jefferson county to go to Augusta, Ga., and apprehend their principal and relieve them from liability on said bond: said sheriff went to Augusta, saw the said Tom Irby and talked with him, but failed to apprehend him or take hi minto his custody. Securities set up this fact as defense, in response to rule nisi, but the said court held that it did not constitute a defense, and rule absolute and final judgment were taken on said bond at the March term, 1917, of said court, and execution issued thereon, and is now outstanding against said sureties, and in the hands of either the clerk or sheriff of said court, in Jefferson county, Georgia; and Whereas, The said Tom Irby immediately after seeing said sheriff in the government employment as a soldier left Georgia and was for a while stationed at some place in Virginia. He is now serving as a soldier in the United States army. Securities have never been able to get their principal out of said army and bring him to trial. Whereas, The prosecution in said case was by an unfriendly brother-in-law of the said Tom Irby, who as administrator of the estate of J. R. Irby, had fraudulently, violently and forcibly dispossessed the said Tom Irby, his mother and other heirs of a certain tract of land, the said Tom Irby only, at the instance of his mother, supervised the cutting of a small quantity of firewood on said land. Since the institution of this prosecution the rights to the title of said tract of land have been litigated between said prosecutor and the mother of said Tom Irby, and by a jury of said county found to be the property of the said Mrs. Irby. Consequently the said Tom Irby would not and could not be convicted, if he could and would appear before said court and stand his trial. Be it resolved, That the sheriff of the city court of Louisville and the clerk of the city court of Louisville be and they are now directed to surrender up and cancel the

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judgment and execution issued thereon upon the said bond forfeiture, upon the payment by said securities of all costs of court accruing by reason of said forfeiture. Cancellation of execution. Approved August 12, 1918. RELIEF OF W. J. WOODALL AND S. M. HOWARD AS SURETIES. No. 40. A RESOLUTION. For the relief of J. W. Woodall and S. M. Howard, both of Pike county, Georgia. Whereas, At the April term, 1916, of Pike Superior Court, the grand jury of said county found and returned a special presentment against Jim Woodall, charging him with the offense of forgery; and Preamble. Whereas, the bond of said Jim Woodall was assessed by the Court in the sum of four hundred dollars; and Whereas, On the 17th day of May, 1916, the said Jim Woodall, as principal, and J. W. Woodall and S. M. Howard as securities, gave bond in the sum of $400.00 for the appearance of the said Jim Woodall at the October term, 1916, of the Superior Court of Pike county, Georgia; and Whereas, On or about the 4th day of July, 1916, before the appearance term of the court named in said bond, the said Jim Woodall volunteered and was duly accepted as a soldier in the United States army, which enlistment in the army was without the knowledge or consent of his sureties on said bond; and Whereas, Since the enlistment of said Jim Woodall in the army of the United States he has been continuously in the service, and at no time has it been possible for his said securities to produce him as required by the obligations of said bond; and

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Whereas, At the October term, 1916, of the said court, and while said Jim Woodall was serving in the United States army and his sureties were unable to produce him in court, the said bond was forfeited; and Whereas, At the October term, 1917, of said court a rule absolute was entered and judgment rendered against the said securities for the full amount of said bond, to-wit, four hundred dollars and costs; and Whereas, At the time said judgment absolute was rendered, the said Jim Woodall was still serving in the army and was at that time on his way to France, and beyond the power and control of his said securities, they being without legal right or authority to secure his attendance upon the court, as the obligation of the said bond required; and Whereas, It is a hardship and an injustice against the said J. W. Woodall and S. M. Howard, the securities on the said bond, to be forced to pay the amount of said bond and judgment under the existing circumstances. Now, therefore, be it resolved by the House of Representatives, the Senate concurring, That the said J. W. Woodall and S. M. Howard, securities as aforesaid, be and they are hereby relieved from any and all liability on said bond and from the payment of said judgment on said bond; Provided, however, That the said sureties shall pay all the costs of court incurred in the forfeiture of said bond. Relief of sureties. Approved August 12, 1918. STATE FARM COMMITTEE. No. 56. A RESOLUTION. Whereas, The State farm near Milledgeville is not self-sustaining, and it is often necessary to make appropriations from the State treasury for the maintenance of said State

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farm in a proper manner, the lack of productivity of the land being clearly indicated thereby; therefore Preamble. Be it resolved by the House, the Senate concurring, that a committee of eight, five from the House and three from the Senate, be appointed by the Speaker of the House and the President of the Senate to investigate the advisability and practicability of exchanging or selling said farm, with a view to procuring a more fertile farm which will be self-sustaining. Committee on sale or exchange. Resolved further, That said committee make a report at the next session of the General Assembly. Report. Resolved further, That said committee shall be paid their per diem and actual expenses while in the discharge of their duty under this resolution. Pay. Approved August 20, 1918. TAX ACT TO BE REDRAFTED. No. 55. A RESOLUTION. Whereas, The House of Representatives has passed House Bill No. 277, known as the General Tax Act; and Preamble. Whereas, The Senate has adopted a substitute to said bill; and Whereas, A Conference committee has been appointed; and Whereas, Said conference committee have agreed on a tax bill as a substitute for the whole, and it is necessary to redraft the same; Therefore be it resolved by the House, the Senate concurring, That the said conference committee be and they

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are hereby authorized to employ a stenographer to redraft said bill at an expense not exceeding the sum of fifty dollars. Expense provided. Approved August 19, 1918. TENNESSEE COPPER COMPANIES; AGREEMENT. No. 59. A RESOLUTION. To be entitled a joint resolution to authorize the Governor of this State to contract in respect to the subject-matter of the litigation pending in the Supreme Court of the United States between the State of Georgia and the Tennessee Copper Company et al., to which the Ducktown Sulphur, Copper and Iron Company, Ltd., is a party and against which said Ducktown Sulphur, Copper and Iron Company, Ltd., an injunction is now pending, which limits the output of its plant; to provide for the settlement of damages done to citizens of the State of Georgia; to give the consent of the State to the modification of said injunction against the Dcuktown Sulphur, Copper and Iron Company, Ltd., on the terms herein mentioned, and for other purposes. Whereas, There is pending in the Supreme Court of the United States an application for an injunction in which the State of Georgia is party plaintiff and the Tennessee Copper Company and the Ducktown Sulphur, Copper and Iron Company, Ltd., are defendants, being an application for an injunctive relief has hitherto been granted and is now in force as against said Ducktown Sulphur, Copper and Iron Company, Ltd., and as a result of such injunction the operations of said Ducktown Sulphur, Copper and Iron Company, Ltd., are greatly limited and restricted and its output of copper and sulphuric acid greatly restricted; and Preamble. Whereas, On account of the great need for both of said commodities by the government of the United States in the

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present national crisis produced by the war, it is deemed advisable that such injunction should be modified somewhat and in the respects hereinafter mentioned; and Whereas, The patriotism and loyalty of the people of the State of Georgia demand co-operation on their part with every reasonable requirement of the national government in the present emergency; and Whereas, The Tennessee Copper Company has been operating since the year 1913 under a contract with the State of Georgia which protects the citizens of the State of Georgia against damages from sulphur-dioxide gases by the limitation in said contract contained that said company shall not during the crop-growing season operate its green ore furnaces beyond the normal full capacity of its acid chambers and by the provision for the ascertainment and payment of such damages, if any, as may be done to citizens of Georgia through a standing board of arbitration; and it is deemed expedient, in order to avoid confusion, that whatever contract is made between the State of Georgia and the Ducktown Sulphur, Copper and Iron Company, Ltd., should operate uniformly, harmoniously and consistently with the existing contract with the Tennessee Copper Company. Now, therefore, be it resolved by the General Assembly that the Governor of the State be and is hereby authorized, empowered and directed to enter into an agreement or stipulation on behalf of the State of Georgia, with the Ducktown Sulphur, Copper and Iron Company, Ltd., by which said company binds itself to maintain and operate its sulphuric acid plant and acid-making appliances and processes at the highest practical state of efficiency and not to operate its green ore furnaces from April 15th to October 1st of each year beyond the full normal capacity of its sulphuric acid plant, and by which said company will assume and take upon itself like obligations to those assumed by the Tennessee Copper Company under the contract between the State of Georgia and the Tennessee Copper Company

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authorized and in existence under the joint resolution of the General Assembly approved August 6, 1913 (Georgia Laws 1913, pp. 1295-1302), as amended and extended by the joint resolution of the General Assembly approved August 4, 1916 (Georgia Laws 1916, pp. 1056-1058), and as further modified by the provisions of this resolution; and by which said company agrees to submit to the board of arbitration created under the contracts above referred to, the ascertainment and assesment of such damages as may be caused by sulphur-dioxide gases to the extent and in the manner hereinafter set forth, but reserving to all citizens of the State of Georgia, who do not submit their claims to such arbitration the right to sue upon or otherwise adjust their claims or demands against said company, accordingly as they might do if this resolution were not passed. Authority of Governor to enter into agreement. In order to effectuate the harmonious and consistent operation of the aforesaid contract with the contract between the State of Georgia and the Tennessee Copper Company, the Governor is furthermore directed to insert into said contract and to agree with the Tennessee Copper Company upon such modifications of its contract as will embrace the following provisions: Wherever a claim is filed by any citizen of Georgia on account of damages alleged to have been done in this State on account of sulphur-dioxide gases from the plants of either or both of said companies, it shall not be necessary for the claimant to specify or prove which of said companies is legally responsible therefor, but if the said board of arbitration shall find that such citizen has been so damaged by either or both of said companies, they shall proceed to assess and award the damage, and each and both of said companies shall be liable in said award to the extent and in the manner hereinafter specified. Stipulations of contract. Of all awards so made two-thirds of the amount shall be assessed against the Tennessee Copper Company and one-third against the Ducktown Sulphur, Copper and Iron Company,

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Ltd., and each of said companies and their sureties shall be accordingly liable on their bonds filed in accordance with the provisions of the respective contracts herein dealt with, to the amount and extent of said bonds. Assessment of awards. Of all the expenses of the arbitration, including salaries of arbitrators and umpire and of the inspector or inspectors appointed by the Governor and all such other expenses as the Tennessee Copper Company is under its existing contract required to pay, the Tennessee Copper Company shall pay two-thirds and the Ducktown Sulphur, Copper and Iron Company, Ltd., shall pay one-third. Expenses. Said contract so to be entered into with said Ducktown Sulphur, Copper and Iron Company, Ltd., shall provide that it shall run until three years after the expiration of the present existing contract with the Tennessee Copper Company, and the Governor is hereby directed to extend the contract of the Tennessee Copper Company with the State of Georgia with the modifications herein made, for an additional three years from its present expiry; Provided, nevertheless, that the provisions of Sections 10 and 12 of the contract between the State of Georgia and the Tennessee Copper Company as set forth in the joint resolution of August 6, 1913, above referred to, in regard to the termination of said contract on notice given and by which the same may be canceled for failure of the company bona fide to live up to the contract, shall be and remain a part of the contract with the Ducktown Copper, Sulphur and Iron Company, Ltd., and of the contract with the Tennessee Copper Company as amended and extended. Contract for three years. However, it shall be provided that in the event the breach or termination of the contract shall relate to only one of the companies, the same shall not affect the status of the contract with the other company, except that in that event the provisions herein as to the apportionment of damages and expenses between the two parties shall be abrogated and the company whose contract is not terminated shall be

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liable in accordance with the existing provisions of the contract with the Tennessee Copper Company. Breach of contract. The Ducktown Sulphur, Copper and Iron Company, Ltd., shall file with the Governor contemporaneously with the execution of its contract, or within ten days thereafter, a bond with some solvent surety company admitted to do business in this State as surety and payable to the Governor and his successors in office, in the penal sum of eight thousand five hundred dollars, conditioned for the payment of its proportion as herein specified of each and every award made within the limits of and under the terms of said contract and each and every item of expense due to be paid by said company, as and when the same shall become payable under said contract; and the Tennessee Copper Company shall, upon its filing its assent to the modification of its existing contract as herein provided (or within ten days thereafter) likewise file its bond in the sum of $16,500 with like surety, in like form, and on like conditions; and on or before the first day of April of each and every year during the continuance of said contracts or either of them, each of said companies shall file a new bond for each year, but said companies, or either of them, may aggregate a number of years together and file bond with the penalty as stated above multiplied by the number of years it is intended to cover, instead of filing bond for each of said years. If said companies or either of them shall fail to file such bonds when due to be filed, the Governor shall notify such delinquent company by registered mail of its failure, and if the bond is not filed within thirty days after the giving of such notice, the Governor shall have the power to declare the contract of such delinquent company terminated and ended. Bonds to be filed. The contract year for the purpose of these contracts herein shall run from October 1st and the first bond of the Ducktown Sulphur, Copper and Iron Company, Ltd., to be filed on the execution of its contract shall be construed as covering the period from October 1, 1917, to October 1, 1918. Contract year.

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The contracts shall provide that the Governor may increase the salary of the State's umpire to an amount not exceeding $2,500 per annum, to be paid and apportioned between the two companies on the basis above provided for, and the Governor may also provide a salary not exceeding $1,250.00 per annum for the State's arbitrator, to be paid by and apportioned between the two companies as above provided for. Salaries of umpire and arbitrator. Except as herein otherwise indicated, the contracts to be made under this resolution and the basis and extent of liability, and the method of arbitration shall conform to the provisions of the present existing contract between the State of Georgia and the Tennessee Copper Company. Present contract. Upon the Ducktown Sulphur, Copper and Iron Company, Ltd., executing said contract and filing its bond, and so long as said contract shall remain in force as to said company, the State of Georgia consents that it may operate its green ore furnaces to an extent not exceeding the full normal capacity of its sulphuric acid plant; and the Attorney-General of the State of Georgia is directed to co-operate with the attorneys for said companies in procuring this stipulation to be filed in the Supreme Court of the United States and in seeking a modification and suspension of the injunction hitherto granted by said court against said Ducktown Sulphur, Copper and Iron Company, Ltd., in accordance therewith. Consent to operation. Neither by the passage of this resolution nor by the making of any contract thereunder shall the State of Georgia be held to have waived any of her rights in the Supreme Court of the United States, except for the limited time and in the limited way herein expressed, and the contracts shall so specify; and no recital herein shall ever in any court be used by either party against the other as an admission, but the same shall be treated as a proposition of temporary compromise and said contracts shall so specify. Waiver limited. The contractual power of the Governor over the subject-matter

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herein referred to shall not cease upon the original execution of the contract. But so long as the contract exists the Governor is authorized on behalf of the State to agree with said companies or either of them upon such other and further terms, modifications or provisions, if any, as will in his judgment better protect the interests of the State of Georgia and its citizens. Contractual power of governor. Approved August 20, 1918. UNFINISHED BUSINESS OF THE ASSEMBLY. No. 54. 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 and the Vice Chairman of Rules Committee 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 such adjournment, and that they be allowed their per diem for said time. Officers remain at capitol. Resolved, That the chairmen respectively of the enrolling and Auditing Committees of the House and Senate, together with the members of the Senate Enrolling Committee and ten members of the House Enrolling 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 six members of the House Engrossing Committee to be designated by the chairman thereof, and the chairman and two members of the Senate Engrossing Committee, to be designated by the chairman thereof, be and they are

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hereby authorizd 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. Chairmen and members of committees. 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 members mail, and that she be allowed her per diem for said time. Postmistress. Resolved further, That three 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. Porters. Approved August 12, 1918. WEAVER, W. F.; PAYMENT AUTHORIZED. No. 48. A RESOLUTION. Be it resolved by the House, the Senate concurring, that the State Treasurer be and he is hereby authorized to pay the salary of the late Senator W. F. Weaver of $200.00 and mileage to Mrs. W. F. Weaver, his widow. Salary and mileage. Approved August 19, 1918. WHARF AND DOCK COMMISSION. No. 38. A RESOLUTION. Whereas, His Excellency, Hon. Hugh Dorsery, Governor of Georgia, on page thirty-five of his message to the General Assembly, suggests the advisability of creating a

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commission to be composed of five patriotic Georgians, not connected with the shipping or transportation interests, men of experience and ability, who will, without expense to this State investigate the advisability of securing for the State of Georgia state-owned wharves, as have been built by the State of Louisiana and other States. Preamble. Resolved by the House, the Senate concurring, That the Governor of the State of Georgia be and he is hereby authorized to appoint a commission composed of seven members from citizens of the State of Georgia, two of which shall be citizens of Brunswick, two citizens of Savannah and three citizens from the State at large, which commission shall be authorized to represent the State of Georgia in securing data necessary to lay facts as to advisability of building wharves and docks and to furnish recommendations as to location of same for the best interests of the State of Georgia. Commission to investigate and report. That such commission after making a final investigation of all matters in connection with the construction and location of docks and wharves shall report to the Governor of Georgia as to its acts and doings, and shall recommend what steps the commission deems advisable and necessary to be taken by the next General Assembly of the State of Georgia for the purpose of carrying out the recommendations, as made by His Excellency, the Governor of Georgia. Approved August 2, 1918.

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Report of W. J. Speer, Treasurer, Showing Receipts and Disbursements at the State Treasury for Year Ending December 31, 1917. RECEIPTS. Dr. 1917. Dr. 1916. TO BALANCE IN TREASURY, Jan. 1, 1917 $1,386,135.42 $ 842,799.09 To Abstract Companies' Tax 54.00 54.00 To Adding Machine Companies 450.00 540.00 To Agencies 1,620.00 1,080.00 To Artists 1,359.00 1,287.27 To Auctioneers 1,103.26 832.95 To Automobile Agents 33,171.34 23,476.13 To Back Taxes 11,597.15 3,093.76 To Ball and Other Parks 45.00 67.50 To Barber Fees ..... 469.65 To Bicycles 949.50 819.09 To Billiards and Pool 30,551.35 31,316.61 To Bottlers 5,422.50 4,860.23 To Building and Loan Fees ..... 10.00 To Cash Registers 270.00 180.00 To Cigarette Dealers 50,786.98 40,622.50 To Clerks' Cost Court of Appeals 223.83 [Illegible Text] To Clerks' Cost Supreme Court 320.42 1,858.33 To Cold Storage Tax 4,383.00 4,329.00 To Corporation Tax (ad valorem) 87,772.96 79,364.73 To Cost on Fi Fas 3.50 7.00 To Detective Agents 81.00 72.00 To Directory Tax 138.15 ..... To Dividends on Stocks 2,968.00 2,782.00 To Electric Shows 10,950.08 10,328.51 To Equipment Companies' Tax 1,597.67 1,414.01 To Express Companies' Tax 5,396.94 5,329.41 To Fees from Fertilizers 89,994.78 [Illegible Text] To Fees from Pure Food 44,941.29 45,363.03 To Forest Reserve Fund 275.71 ..... To Games 1,192.50 810.00 To Game Protection Fees 5,664.87 2,000.00 To General Tax 4,321,066.06 4,161,871.91 To Health Commissioner's Fees 20.00 ..... To Poll Tax 307,438.21 320,690.28 To Inheritance Tax 245,103.61 81,745.23 To Insolvent General Tax 4,493.22 5,844.08 To Insolvent Poll Tax 267.44 1,958.70 To Insolvent Dog Tax 2.95 51.25 To Insurance Agents 18,801.86 17,746.25 To Insurance Fees 42,871.00 43,894.00 To Insurance Tax by Companies 220,872.81 198,921.40 To Interest from Depositories 13,256.42 11,767.33 To Investment Companies 50.00 50.00 To Lease Indian Springs 110.00 110.00 To Liquor Package Fees 27,162.54 11,632.93 To License Near Beer ..... 49,308.36 To Lightning Rods 270.00 135.00 To Loan Agents 648.00 513.00 To Locker Tax ..... 5,850.30 To Manufacturers Soft Drinks 3,874.30 3,758.70 To Money Refunded 5,390.65 1,830.30 To Occupation Tax (Capital) 115,953.51 114,103.13 To Office Fees 2,971.50 2,842.70 To Oil Fees 217,378.39 167,007.20 To Palmists 315.00 224.50 To Pawnbrokers 10,102.50 9,820.44 To Peddlers 6,367.50 6,441.75 To Pensions Refunded 22,464.69 20,012.98 To Pistols and Cartridges 7,313.40 7,312.95 To Railroad News Companies 360.00 360.00 To Railroad Tax 583,927.81 538,091.16 To Real Estate Agents 2,476.26 2,295.27

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To Rental W. A. Railroad 420,012.00 420,012.00 To Rental Public Property 4.00 ..... To Rinks 81.00 112.50 To Sale of Farm Products 2,066.40 2,342.79 To Sale of Public Property 5.00 53.50 To Sale of Acts 499.05 1,184.30 To Sale of Codes 325.25 587.45 To Sale of Records 66.40 117.45 To Sale of Court of Appeal Reports 3,490.29 5,156.07 To Sale of Supreme Court Reports 6,442.91 13,116.84 To Sale of Auto Tags 71,730.34 37,000.00 To Sale of School Land ..... 40.00 To Sewing Machine Agents 2,359.00 2,459.00 To Sewing Machine Companies 1,200.00 2,100.00 To Show Tax 17,491.50 8,644.50 To Sleeping Car Companies 5,134.92 5,074.18 To Slot Machines 1,428.75 1,028.25 To Soda Fount Tax 6,399.00 5,930.77 To Specialists 54.00 148.50 To State Road Automobile Tax 143,514.00 93,177.47 To Street Railroad Tax 91,535.52 91,321.79 To Telegraph Tax 7,759.41 7,746.86 To Telephone Companies' Tax 41,869.67 39,918.65 To Temporary Loan 200,000.00 300,000.00 To Typewriter Agents 562.50 404.00 To Weighing Scales 499.50 207.00 Aggregate, Including Balance $8,985,280.24 $8,011,551.96

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DISBURSEMENTS. Cr. 1917. Cr. 1916. By Academy for Blind $ 30,000.00 $ 29,500.00 By Agricultural Schools 193,150.00 111,000.00 By Barbers' Examiners' Fund ..... 476.31 By Binding Codes 619.70 533.25 By Binding Journals 275.00 1,100.00 By Board of Health 37,500.00 40,500.00 By Civil Establishment 259,817.93 246,021.48 By Clerks' Cost Court of Appeals 248.75 590.00 By Clerk to Tax Commissioner 1,000.00 812.50 By College for Colored 8,000.00 7,670.00 By Compiler of Records 4,030.90 4,008.05 By Contingent Fund 15,923.61 22,469.06 By Contingent Fund R. R. Commission 4,000.00 2,000.00 By Contingent Fund Court of Appeals 82.98 966.74 By Contingent Fund Supreme Court 1,354.40 888.14 By Department of Agriculture 110,521.07 74,436.13 By Experiment Station 760.66 3,300.00 By Dept. of Commerce and Labor 8,700.00 7,800.00 By Game Protection Fund 1,000.00 2,000.00 By Geological Fund 13,732.24 10,957.32 By Georgia Medical College 30,000.00 28,750.00 By Ga. Normal and Industrial College 67,500.00 64,067.50 By Ga. Normal and Industrial College, Special 50,000.00 ..... By [Illegible Text] Fund 53,000.00 53,000.00 By Incidental Expenses General Assembly 134.50 61.43 By Indexing House and Senate Journal 200.00 150.00 By Indian Springs Comfort House 105.00 105.00 By Inspection of Fertilizers 40,351.85 37,715.34 By Inspection of Oils 1,999.86 1,822.50 By Insurance Public Buildings, Etc. 80,932.85 3,086.06 By Insurance Department Fund, Salaries 8,100.00 8,100.00 By Land Script Fund Interest 6,314.14 6,314.14 By Legislative Pay Roll 87,104.76 68,304.72 By Library Fund 3,440.60 3,679.24 By Library Fund Court of Appeals 18.90 1,024.33 By Library Fund Reference Bureau 1,095.87 1,126.46 By Market Bureau Fund 6,250.00 ..... By Military Fund 20,006.00 30,000.00 By North Georgia A. M. College 26,500.00 25,185.00 By Overpayment Taxes Refunded 7,676.07 2,163.42 By Pension Fund 1,146,861.20 1,035,392.50 By Pension Fund Special 180.00 ..... By Printing Fund 33,812.94 35,000.00 By Printing Fund Geological Department ..... 695.00 By Printing Fund R. R. Commission 1,227.89 1,916.46 By Prison Fund 118,911.70 124,318.79 By Public Buildings and Grounds 47,295.84 51,948.08 By Publishing Records (Col. Con.) ..... 869.00 By Publishing Georgia Reports 11,809.75 9,077.54 By Publishing Georgia Reports, Special 1,000.00 ..... By Public Debt Interest 248,861.25 250,370.00 By Public Debt Refunding Bonds (1915) 3,000.00 91,000.00 By Rate Expert Fund 4,000.00 4,171.59 By Reward Fund 850.00 1,100.00 By Roster Fund 4,281.68 3,550.62 By School for the Deaf 54,256.89 51,033.83 By School Fund 2,742,856.18 2,458,871.24 By School of Technology 100,000.00 95,010.00 By Sinking Fund 100,000.00 105,000.00 By School of Tech., Special Appro'n 15,000.00 ..... By Soldiers' Home 40,500.00 36,000.00 By Solicitors Generals' Fees 7,055.00 6,285.00 By South Ga. A. M. College, Val. 2,500.00 2,396.00

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By South Ga. A. M. College, Special 62,500.00 23,960.00 By Special Appropriations, Miscellaneous 18,316.70 6,132.18 By Special Appro'n State Normal School 83,000.00 ..... By Special Appro'n, 3rd Dist. Agri. School 5,000.00 ..... By Special Appro'n, 4th Dist. Agri. School 6,000.00 ..... By State Normal School 57,500.00 59,185.00 By State Road Fund (Automobile) 128,059.00 98,248.72 By State Sanitarium 732,916.63 588,067.48 By State Sanitarium, Special 30,000.00 ..... By State University, Support Fund 68,000.00 65,187.50 By State Univ. for Agri. College 129,415.00 142,529.00 By State Univ. for Smith-Lever Fund 28,000.00 ..... By State Univ. for Summer School 7,500.00 7,500.00 By Stationery, General Assembly 601.70 315.54 By Supervisor Company, Officers 4,096.75 ..... By Tuberculosis Sanitarium 40,000.00 27,500.00 By Temporary Loan Refunded 203,377.77 305,998.60 By Training School for Girls 18,000.00 16,600.00 By Training School for Girls, Special 5,000.00 ..... By Vocational Educational Fund 969.80 ..... By W. A. R. R. Commission 9,487.75 18,489.13 By Certificates Cancelled ..... 2,409.62 Total Disbursements During 1917 $7,525,949.06 $6,625,416.54 To Balance in the State Treasury, December 31, 1917 $1,459,331.18 $1,386,135.42 Aggregate $8,985,280.24 $8,011,551.96

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Supreme Court of Georgia HON. WILLIAM H. FISH Chief Justice HON. MARCUS W. BECK Presiding Justice HON. SAMUEL C. ATKINSON Associate Justice HON. H. WARNER HILL Associate Justice HON. S. PRICE GILBERT Associate Justice HON. WALTER F. GEORGE 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. PEYTON L. WADE Chief Judge HON. NASH R. BROYLES Presiding Judge HON. W. F. JENKINS Judge HON. ROSCOE LUKE Judge HON. O. H. B. BLOODWORTH Judge HON. FRANK HARWELL Judge (Alexander W. Stephens nominated to succeed Judge Harwell after election in November.) 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 1918-1919 ALBANY CIRCUIT. HON. W. M. HARRELL, Judge, Bainbridge. R. C. BELL, Solicitor-General, Cairo. 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. ATLANTA CIRCUIT. Hons. JOHN T. PENDLETON, WILLIAM D. ELLIS, GEORGE L. BELL, BENJAMIN H. HILL, Judges, Atlanta. (John D. Humphries nominated to succeed Judge Hill on January 1, 1919.) JOHN A. BOYKIN, Solicitor-General, Atlanta. FultonFirst Mondays in January, March, May, July, September, and November. ATLANTIC CIRCUIT. Hon. WALTER W. SHEPPARD, Judge, Savannah. W. F. SLATER, Solicitor-General, Eldora. (J. Saxton Daniel, Claxton, nominated to succeed as Solicitor-General on January 1, 1919.) BryanFirst Mondays in May and November. EffinghamThird Mondays in April and October. EvansFourth Mondays in January, March, June, and October. LibertyThird Mondays in February and September. McIntoshFourth Monday in May, and first Monday in December. TattnallFirst Mondays in January and July. AUGUSTA CIRCUIT. Hon. HENRY C. HAMMOND, Judge, Augusta. A. L. [Illegible Text] Solicitor-General, Augusta. 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. N. A. MORRIS, Judge, Marietta. HERBERT CLAY, Solicitor-General, Marietta. 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. J. P. HIGHSMITH, Judge, Baxley. ALVIN V. SELLERS, Solicitor-General, Baxley. ApplingSecond and third Mondays in March and October. CamdenFirst Mondays in April and November. GlynnThird Mondays in May and December. Jeff DavisThird and fourth Mondays in February and September. WayneThird and fourth Tuesdays in April and November. CHATTAHOOCHEE CIRCUIT. Hon. G. H. HOWARD, Judge, Columbus. C. F. McLAUGHLIN, Solicitor-General, Columbus. ChattahoocheeThird Mondays in March and September. HarrisSecond Mondays in April and October. MarionFourth Mondays in April and October. MuscogeeFirst Mondays in February, August, and November, and second Monday in May. TalbotFirst and second Mondays in March and September. TaylorLast Mondays in March and September. CHEROKEE CIRCUIT. Hon. M. C. TARVER, Judge, Dalton. JOSEPH M. LANG, Solicitor-General, Calhoun. 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 and August. WhitfieldFirst Mondays in January and April, fourth Monday in July, and first Monday in October.

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CORDELE CIRCUIT. Hon. D. A. R. CRUM, Judge, Cordele. (O. T. Gower, Cordele, nominated to succeed Judge Crum on January 1, 1919.) J. B. WALL, Solicitor-General, Fitzgerald. Ben HillFirst and second Mondays in January, April, July, and October. CrispThird Mondays in February, May, August, and November. DoolyFirst and second Mondays in February, May, August, and November. WilcoxThird Mondays in March, June, September, and December. COWETA CIRCUIT. Hon. J. R. TERRELL, Judge, Greenville. C. E. ROOP, Solicitor-General, Carrollton. CarrollFirst Mondays in April and October. CowetaFirst Mondays in March and September. HeardThird Mondays in March and September. MeriwetherThird Mondays in February and August. TroupLast Mondays in January and July, and first and second Mondays in February and August. DUBLIN CIRCUIT. Hon. J. L. KENT, Judge, Wrightsville. E. L. STEPHENS, Solicitor-General, Wrightsville. JohnsonThird Mondays in March and September. LaurensFourth Mondays in January, April, July, and October. TwiggsFourth Mondays in February and August. EASTERN CIRCUIT. Hon. PETER W. MELDRIM, Judge, Savannah. WALTER C. HARTRIDGE, Solicitor-General, Savannah. ChathamFirst Mondays in March, June, and December, and last Monday in October. FLINT CIRCUIT. Hon. WILLIAM E. H. SEARCY JR., Judge, Griffin. E. M. OWEN, Solicitor-General, Zebulon. ButtsThird Mondays in February and August. FayetteThird Mondays in March and September. HenryThird Mondays in April and October. MonroeFirst Monday in February, third Mondays in May and November, 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, Judge, Fort Valley. JOHN P. ROSS, Solicitor-General, Macon. BibbFirst Mondays in February and November, and third Mondays in April and July. CrawfordThird Mondays in March and October. HoustonFirst Mondays in April and October. MIDDLE CIRCUIT. Hon. R. N. HARDEMAN, Judge, Louisville. WALTER F. GREY, Solicitor-General, Swainsboro. BullochFourth Mondays in April and October. CandlerFirst Mondays in February, May, August, and November. 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, Judge, Gainesville. ROBERT McMILLAN, Solicitor-General, Clarkesville. (J. G. Collins, Gainesville, nominated to succeed as Solicitor-General on January 1, 1919.) DawsonThird Monday in March, and first Monday in August. 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. WALTER L. HODGES, Judge, Hartwell. A. S. SKELTON, Solicitor-General, Hartwell. ElbertSecond Mondays in March and September. FranklinFourth Mondays in March and September. HartFourth Mondays in February and August. MadisonSecond Monday in January, first Mondays in March and September, and fourth Monday in July. OglethorpeThird Mondays in March and September.

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OCMULGEE CIRCUIT. Hon. JAMES B. PARK, Judge, Greensboro. DOYLE CAMPBELL, Solicitor-General, Monticello. BaldwinSecond Mondays in January and July. GreeneFourth Mondays in January and July. HancockFourth Mondays in March and September. JasperFirst Mondays in February and August, and second Monday in November. 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, Judge, McRae. W. A. WOOTEN, Solicitor-General, Eastman. BleckleySecond and third Mondays in January and July. DodgeThird and fourth Mondays in May and November. MontgomeryFirst Mondays in February and August, and first and second Mondays in May and November. PulaskiSecond Mondays in March, June, September, and December. TelfairThird Mondays in April and October. WheelerFourth Mondays in March and September. PATAULA CIRCUIT. Hon. WILLIAM C. WORRILL, Judge, Cuthbert. B. T. CASTELLOW, Solicitor-General, Cuthbert. 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. TerrellThird Mondays in May and November. ROME CIRCUIT. Hon. MOSES WRIGHT, Judge, Rome. CLAUDE H. PORTER, Solicitor-General, Rome. ChattoogaSecond Mondays in March and September. FloydSecond Mondays in January and July. WalkerThird Mondays in February and August.

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SOUTHERN CIRCUIT. Hon. WILLIAM E. THOMAS, Judge, Valdosta. CLIFFORD E. HAY, Solicitor-General, Thomasville. BerrienThird Mondays in March and September. BrooksFirst Mondays in May and November. ColquittThird Mondays in January and July, and first Mondays in April and October. EcholsTuesdays after second Mondays in March and September. LowndesThird Mondays in May and November. ThomasThird Mondays in April and October. SOUTHWESTERN CIRCUIT. Hon. Z. A. LITTLEJOHN, Judge, Americus. JOHN A. FORT, Solicitor-General, Americus. (Jule Felton, Montezuma, nominated to succeed as Solicitor-General on January 1, 1919. 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. CHARLES W. SMITH, Judge, Atlanta. GEORGE M. NAPIER, Solicitor-General, Decatur. CampbellFirst and second Mondays in February and August. ClaytonThird 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. A. L. BARTLETT, Judge, Dallas. (F. A. Irwin nominated to succeed as Judge on January 1, 1919.) J. R. HUTCHESON, Solicitor-General, Douglasville. DouglasThird Mondays in March and September. HaralsonThird Mondays in January, April, July, and October. PauldingSecond Monday in February, and first Mondays in May, August, and November. PolkFourth Mondays in February and August.

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TIFTON CIRCUIT. Hon. R. EVE, Judge, Tifton. R. S. FOY, Solicitor-General, Sylvester. IrwinThird and fourth Mondays in March and November. TiftFirst Mondays in July and December. TurnerFirst Mondays in March and September. WorthFourth Mondays in January, April, July, and October. TOOMBS CIRCUIT. Hon. B. F. WALKER, Judge, Gibson. R. C. NORMAN, Solicitor-General, Washington. GlascockThird Mondays in February, May, August, and November. LincolnFourth Mondays in January, April, July, and October. TaliaferroFourth Mondays in February, May, August, and November. WarrenFirst Mondays in January, April, July, and October. WilkesFirst Mondays in February, May, August, and November. WAYCROSS CIRCUIT. Hon. J. I. SUMMERALL, Judge, Blackshear. M. D. DICKERSON, Solicitor-General, Douglas. (A. B. Spence, Waycross, nominated to succeed as Solicitor-General on January 1, 1919.) BaconThird Mondays in April and November. 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. ANDREW J. COBB, Judge, Athens. W. O. DEAN, Solicitor-General, Monroe. BanksThird Mondays in March and September. BarrowFourth Mondays in March, June, September, and December. ClarkeThird Mondays in January and July, and second 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 ACADEMY FOR THE BLIND Appropriation for 22 ACADEMY OF SOCIAL CIRCLE Tax rate for, increased 907 AGE OF CONSENT (see Females). AGRICULTURAL AND MECHANICAL SCHOOLS Appropriations for 24 , 25 , 26 , 27 Districts, counties composing 143 AGRICULTURAL DEPARTMENT Appropriations for 12 , 13 , 31 , 34 ALMA Amendments to city charter 526 City criminal court of, established 285 ALTERNATIVE ROAD LAW Substituted for act of 1896 214 AMENDMENTS Code 108 et seq . Constitution 84 et seq., 915 ANSWER (see Certiorari). APPROPRIATION BILLS Preparation of 156 APPROPRIATIONS Blue, William F., Secretary to Committee 918 Constitution, for copies of 916 Examination and recommendation 155 General law for fiscal year 7-31 Special appropriations 31 , 42 , 210 Vacation committees; expenses and pay per diem 917

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ARCHIVES, DEPARTMENT OF Appropriation for 19 Established for three years 137 ASSISTANT STATE LIBRARIAN Salary increased 108 ATHENS Civil Service Commission for City of 528 ATKINSON COUNTY Correction of prior act relating to 106 ATLANTA Aldermen and Councilmen; succession in office 533 Amendments to city charter 535 Depository of State, additional 141 Easement granted to, from mansion property 534 Municipal court law amended 348 , 353 ATTACHMENTS On debts secured by deeds to land 133 ATTESTATION Presumption in favor of, rebuttable 209 ATTORNEY-GENERAL Appropriations for 9 , 10 AUGUSTA Cumming Street extension authorized 539 Policemen and firemen; qualifications, etc. 540 AUTOMOBILES (see Motor Vehicles). Penalty for unlawful acts relating to 264 B BACON COUNTY County court abolished 347 BAILIFFS (see Constables) Salaries in some counties for limited time 143

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BAINBRIDGE Registration of voters; former act repealed 541 Registration of voters; new law for 541 BANDY, T. J. Refund of forfeiture payment by 926 BANK BUREAU Separation of, from treasury 92 BANK EXAMINER Appropriations for 9 Stenographer's salary 228 BANKS (see Depositories of the State) Reserves of, in Federal Reserve System 134 BANKS COUNTY Jailer's fees, repeal of acts fixing 400 BAXLEY State school fund, direct payment of 542 BLACKSHEAR City court of; amending act 296 BLAKELY Voters, registry and qualification of 543 BLECKLEY COUNTY Commissioner's salary 400 BLIND PERSONS (see Academy for the Blind; Peddlers) Prevention of blindness at childbirth 255 BLOW-POST LAW New law; repeal of code sections 212 BLUE RIDGE Mayor and councilmen, terms of 544 BLUE RIDGE CIRCUIT Solicitor-general; salary instead of fees 360 BLUE, WILLIAM F. Appropriation for pay as secretary 918

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BOARD OF HEALTH Appropriation for 16 Tuberculosis sanitarium, management of 237 Venereal diseases, reports as to 276 BOARD OF MEDICAL EXAMINERS Amendment of law relating to 173 BONDS County treasurers; amendment of law 109 Trustees, may be required of 234 BONDS, COUNTY AND MUNICIPAL (see Local Acts) Amendments to constitution proposed 99 , 915 Elections for; number of voters necessary 100 BONDSMEN Resolutions for relief of 926 et seq . BOWDEN Public school system established in 545 BOWIE, J. PARK, AGENT Refund of excess tax payment by 927 BRIDGES (see Gwinnett County). BROOKS, W. K., TAX COLLECTOR Relief of, from penalty 930 BROWN, B. L. Refund of forfeiture payment by 928 BROXTON City charter amended 554 BRUNSWICK Closing of certain streets authorized 558 BRYAN COUNTY Board of commissioners created 401 Depository law repealed 407 Treasurer's office abolished; depositories instead 408 BULLS AND BOARS Colquitt county, not to be at large in 424 Jeff Davis county, not to be at large in 465

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C CADWELL School tax rate increased 559 CAIRO Registration of voters; and taxation 561 CALHOUN New charter for City of 563 CAMPBELL, GEORGE Appropriation to pay 37 CANAL (see Saint Mary's-Saint Mark's Canal). CANTON School system, amending act as to 604 CARROLLTON City court of; election to abolish 299 CATTLE-TICK Appropriation for exterminating 13 Eradication; regulations and penalty 256 CEDAR GROVE Repeal of town charter 605 CERTIORARI Answer to writ, time for filing 124 CHEROKEE COUNTY Commissioner's salary, increase of 412 CHEROKEE CIRCUIT Solicitor-general; salary instead of fees 364 CHILDBIRTH (see Criminal Law). CITIES AND TOWNS (see Municipal Corporations). CITY COURTS Several acts relating to 285 Stenographers pay increased 228 CIVIL GOVERNMENT Text-book authorized 919

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CLARKSTON Repeal of sections of town charter 606 CLEMENTS, J. B. Conveyance of land by, to the State 925 CLERKS (see Deputy Clerks). CLEVELAND City court of, abolished 302 COASTAL PLAIN Experiment station for 158 CODE Amendment of section 439(a)-439(rr) 148 Amendments of numerous sections 108 Repeal of section 705 et seq. 215 Repeal of sections 2675, 2676, 2677 212 School laws, direction to codify 225 COFFEE COUNTY Board of commissioners abolished 413 Board of commissioners created 414 City court of; election to abolish 304 Depository relieved of paying premium 423 Superior court terms reduced; two yearly 128 COLLEGES (see references under Schools). COLORED PEOPLE, SCHOOL FOR Appropriation for maintenance 27 COLQUITT Ice factory and cold storage authorized 607 COLQUITT COUNTY Bulls and boars not allowed at large 424 COLUMBUS Elections and registration of voters 608 Taxation ad valorem for ordinary expenses 625 COMMERCE AND LABOR DEPARTMENT Appropriations for 10 Work law, enforcement of 278

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COMMITTEES Appropriation for expenses and pay 917 COMMON SCHOOLS Appropriation for 28 COMPTROLLER-GENERAL Appropriations for 9 Tax returns of delinquents 232 CONFEDERATE ROSTER ROLLS Appropriation for 30 CONFEDERATE SOLDIERS (see Pensions, Soldiers' Home). CONSENT, AGE OF (see Females). CONSTABLES Fees of, in certain cities 136 CONSTABULARY AND HOME GUARD Appropriation for 16 CONSTITUTIONAL LAW Amendments to the constitution 108 Copies of constitution,appropriation for 916 Intoxicating liquors; Federal amendment 913 Municipal bonded debts, votes to authorize 915 CONTEMPT Trustee removed; non-delivery of property 235 CONVICTS (see provisions in local laws) Guards, increase of pay for 127 COOK COUNTY Creation of, proposed 102 CORDELE CIRCUIT Solicitor-general; salary instead of fees 369 CORNELIA Amendments to charter; name changed, etc. 627 CORPORATIONS Dissolution, effect of, limited 136 Municipal 525 et seq .

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Private and School 907 Taxation of 43 Tax clerk, duties and salary 210 CORPSES (see Dead Bodies). COUNCIL OF DEFENSE Appropriation for 16 COUNTIES Bond elections, number of votes to carry 99 New counties of Cook and Atkinson 102 , 106 New counties, representation of 87 Sundry acts relating to 399 et seq . COUNTY COURT Bacon, abolished 347 COUNTY TREASURERS Bonds of; amendment of law 110 Local laws relating to 399 et seq . COURT OF APPEALS Appropriations for 18 Shorthand writers; salaries fixed 227 COURTS (see Court of Appeals; Supreme Court) City courts 285 et seq . County court 347 Municipal courts 348 et seq . Superior courts 128 COVINGTON New charter for City of 630 COWETA CIRCUIT Solicitor-general; salary instead of fees 373 CRIMINAL LAW Blindness, duty at childbirth to prevent 255 Bulls and boars at large in two counties 424 , 465 Cattle-tick, eradication of 256 Childbirth; duty imposed on attendants 255 Females, age of consent by 259 Fishing on island game preserves 262

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Fishing with nets, what forbidden 260 Fraud in voting by absentees, aiding 245 Fruit and nut trees, deceitful sales of 261 Hunting on island game preserves 262 Lightning rods, unlawful sales of 171 Mortgaged property, disposition of 262 Motor vehicles, unlawful acts relating to 264 Prostitution, solicitation for 267 Railroad crossing signs; defacement, etc. 268 Shad, unlawful acts relating to taking 270 State Sanitarium property, trespass on 274 Stolen property; bringing from other States 272 Tips, penalty for giving and receiving 273 Venereal diseases, regulations as to 275 Voting, unlawful (see local acts) 245 Warehouse receipts, penalties relating to 250 CUSTODY (see Ordinaries). D DACULA New charter for Town of 645 DARIEN Taxation ad valorem, increase of 688 DAWSON Street paving assessments, powers as to 689 DEAD BODIES Disposal of; law amended 114 DEAF, GEORGIA SCHOOL FOR Appropriations for 22 , 32 DEBT OF THE STATE (see Public Debt). DEEDS Attestation, presumption in favor of 209 DEEDS TO SECURE DEBTS Attachments on, when issued 133

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DEKALB COUNTY Board of commissioners created 425 DELINQUENT TAXES Collection of 233 DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE (see Agricultural Department). DEPARTMENT OF ARCHIVES (see Archives). DEPOSITORIES (see State Depositories). DEPUTY CLERKS Females eligible as 118 Supreme Court; compensation 142 DEPUTY SHERIFFS Salaries in some counties for limited time 143 DICKERSON, C. H., TAX COLLECTOR Relief of, from penalty 931 DISSOLUTION (see Corporations). DISTRICT AGRICULTURAL SCHOOLS Appropriations for 27 Counties of each district designated 143 Trustees; appointment, duties, etc. 145 DOUGLAS Amendments to city charter 691 City court of, established 306 DRAINAGE OF LANDS Amendment of law relating to 147 DUCKTOWN SULPHUR, COPPER IRON CO. Agreement with, authorized 938 E EASTMAN State school fund, pro rata payment of 695 EDUCATIONAL DEPARTMENT Appropriations for 28

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ELECTIONS (see Voters). Bond issues; number of votes required 99 Returns of, as to State House officers 154 ELLIJAY Public cemeteries, repair of 695 EMINENT DOMAIN Western Atlantic Railroad; exercise of power 253 254 ENTOMOLOGICAL DEPARTMENT Appropriations for 12 , 36 ESTATES Trust estates; requirement of bond 234 EXAMINING COMMISSION For State departments and institutions 155 EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT (see Governor) Appropriations for salaries and maintenance 8 EXPERIMENT STATION Appropriation for 29 Coastal plain, to be established in 158 F FAIRMOUNT Street improvement assessments, powers as to 697 FANNIN COUNTY Width of roads; act of 1872 repealed 435 FEDERAL FARM LOANS Lawful investments by fiduciaries, etc. 160 FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM Reserves of banks in 134 FEEBLE-MINDED PERSONS Committee to investigate and report on 921 FEES (see Constables; Justices of the Peace; Solicitors-General) Sheriffs' fees, increase of 226

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FEMALES Age of consent 259 Deputy clerks, are eligible for 118 FISHING Game preserves on islands protected 262 Nets other than hand-nets forbidden 260 Non-residents may be hired for 126 Shad, regulations of taking 270 FITZGERALD Amendments to city charter 700 FLINT CIRCUIT Solicitor-general; salary instead of fees 377 FLOYD COUNTY City court law amended 323 FOREST RESERVE (see National Forest Reserve). FORT WILKINSON RESERVE Granted to Nancy Hart Chapter of D. A. R. 205 FRANCHISES Surrender of, by short-line railroads 211 FRANKLIN COUNTY School board election; act of 1908 repealed 436 FRAUD (see Criminal Law). FRUIT AND NUT TREES Deceitful sales, penalty for 261 G GAME PRESERVES Island, protection of 262 GENERAL ASSEMBLY Pay of members per diem; increase 89 Unfinished business, provisions for 944 GEOLOGICAL DEPARTMENT Appropriation for 17

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GEORGIA NORMAL AND INDUSTRIAL COLLEGE Appropriations for, for maintenance, etc. 25 , 26 GEORGIA REPORTS Appropriation for printing and reprinting 16 GEORGIA SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF Appropriations for 22 , 32 GEORGIA SCHOOL OF TECHNOLOGY Appropriations for 25 , 38 GEORGIA TRAINING SCHOOL FOR GIRLS Appropriation for 29 Board of managers; personnel and terms 161 GILMER COUNTY Roads, width of; act of 1872 repealed 435 Treasurer's office abolished; depositories instead 436 GIRLS (see Females; Georgia Training School). GLYNN COUNTY Treasurer's office abolished; depositories instead 440 GORDON, JOHN B. Potrait of, to University of Georgia 922 GOVERNOR Appropriations for salary, etc. 8 Clerical help, increase of pay for 93 Salary, increase of 109 GRAND JURY Inspection of private institutions by 165 GREENSBORO City court stenographer, pay of 325 GREENVILLE City court law amended 326 GRIFFIN Police officers salaries, fixing of 702 Public schools, levy and rate of tax for 703 GUARDS (see Convicts; Jailers).

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GWINNETT COUNTY Bridges and roads; duties and powers 444 H HALL OF REPRESENTATIVES Alterations, resolution for 923 HART COUNTY Board of finance and commissioner abolished 445 Board of commissioners created 446 HEALTH AND SANITATION (see Board of Health; Drainage of Lands). HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT Appropriation for maintenance 33 HIGHWAYS (see Roads) Commission to recommend legislation on 923 HOG CHOLERA Appropriation for sanitary control 13 , 34 HOLTZCLAW, R. N. Appropriation to pay 37 HORTICULTURE AND POMOLOGY DEPARTMENT Appropriation for maintenance 36 HOUSTON COUNTY Salary instead of fees for treasurer 455 HOWARD, S. M. Relief of, from liability on bond 935 HUNTING Island game preserves, unlawful hunting on 262 I INSANE ASYLUM (see State Sanitarium). INSANE PERSONS (see Feeble-minded Persons) Commitment and care of, regulated 162

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INSECTS Poisons for; sales allowed 113 INSPECTION Benzine, gasoline, and naphtha 164 Private institutions; law amended 165 INSURANCE COMMISSIONER Appropriations for 10 INSURANCE COMPANIES Investments by; law amended 119 Investments in Federal farm loans 160 Reinstatement of barred company 923 INVESTMENTS Federal farm loans 160 Guardians, trustees, etc. 160 Insurance companies; law amended 119 IRWIN COUNTY Commissioner's term of office 456 Superior court, change in times of holding 129 INTOXICATING LIQUORS Amendment to Federal Constitution ratified 913 J JACKSON COUNTY Jailer's fees, repeal of acts fixing 400 JAILERS, GUARDS, ETC. Increase of pay for war period 167 JASPER SUPERIOR COURT Three instead of two terms yearly 129 JEFF DAVIS COUNTY Board of commissioners created 459 Bulls and boars at large forbidden 465 JEFFERSON City court judge and solicitor, salaries of 330 Taxation ad valorem, rate of 705

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JEFFERSON COUNTY Board of commissioners and road districts 466 JEFFERSON DAVIS PARK Acceptance of Clements conveyance of land 925 Board of control, and superintendence 926 JESUP Public school system; amending act 706 JONES, W. H. Relief of, as surety, from forfeiture 932 JUDGES Approval or disapproval of verdict, commending or discharging jury, forbidden 168 Disqualification 168 Salaries, appropriations for 19 Salary increases, Chatham and Fulton 94 Salary increase, Thomasville 343 JUDICIAL DEPARTMENT Appropriations for 17 , 18 JURIES Unlawful for judge to commend or discharge 168 JUSTICES OF THE PEACE Fees increased 124 Fees of, in certain counties 169 L LABOR (see Commerce and Labor). LA GRANGE Amendments to city charter 709 LAND TITLE REGISTRATION COMMISSION Appropriation for 37 LAW LIBRARIES Establishment of, in certain counties 170 LEE COUNTY Commissioners; amending and repealing acts 467 , 468

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LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT (see General Assembly) Appropriations for 19 LIBERTY COUNTY Board of commissioners abolished 470 Board of commissioners created 471 LIBRARIES (see Law Libraries; Library of the State). LIBRARY OF THE STATE Appropriations for 15 Assistant librarian's salary increased 108 LICENSES Blind peddlers exempt from paying fee 116 Taxation of occupations 43 Veterinarians, amending law as to 117 LIGHTNING RODS Lisenses for sales; contracts; penalty 171 LIQUORS (see Intoxicating liquors). LOWNDES COUNTY System of accounts for 482 Treasurer's office abolished; depositories instead 480 LUMPKIN Public school tax, rate of 740 LAVONIA City charter repealed 710 New charter for City of 710 Repeal of School act 740 M MACON Amendments to city charter 742 Municipal court law amended 354 MARKET BUREAU Appropriations for 12 , 31

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MAYSVILLE Taxation ad valorem, rate of 743 McCUTCHEON, H. C. Appropriation to pay 8 McDONOUGH Territorial limits extended 744 McRAE New charter for City of 745 MEDICAL EXAMINERS Composite board of, law establishing 173 MERIWETHER COUNTY Court cost payments, funds available for 483 Treasurer's office abolished; depository instead 484 MIDDLE CIRCUIT Solicitor-general; salary instead of fees 381 MILLEN City court law amended 331 MINORS Moneys, custody and distribution of 198 MITCHELL COUNTY Primary election act repealed 487 Treasurer's salary and bond 487 MORTGAGES Penalty for unlawfully disposing of property 262 Presumption of due attestation 209 MOTOR VEHICLES Penalty for unlawful acts relating to 264 Registration and fees; amending law 200 MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS Bond elections, number of votes to carry 99 , 915 Local acts relating to 525 et seq . Tuberculosis sanitariums, establishment of 112 MURRAY COUNTY Supervisors, amending act relating to 488

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N NANCY HART CHAPTER D. A. R. Fort Wilkinson Reserve granted to 205 NATIONAL FOREST RESERVE Amendment of act of 1917 as to 206 NEW COUNTIES (see Counties). NON-RESIDENTS Fishing by, for hire 126 NORMAL AND INDUSTRIAL SCHOOLS Appropriations for 25 , 26 , 40 NORTHEASTERN CIRCUIT Solicitor-general; salary instead of fees 386 NORTH GEORGIA AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE Appropriation for 26 O OATH (see Tax Assessors). OCCUPATIONS Taxation of 43 OFFICERS (see County and Municipal Acts) Contracts, unlawful interest in 265 OIL INSPECTOR'S CLERK Appointment, salary, and tenure 208 ORDINARIES Minors' moneys, where no legal guardian 198 Trustees' bonds, duties as to 235 Voting by absent military men, duties as to 239 P PALMETTO Taxation ad valorem; increase of rate 804 PEDDLERS Blind, exempt from license fee 116

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PELHAM Public school tax rate increased 805 PENAL LAWS (see Criminal Law). PENNSYLVANIA MILLERS FIRE INSURANCE CO. Reinstatement of, to do business 923 PENSION DEPARTMENT Appropriations for 14 PENSIONS Extension of payments 96 , 98 PICKENS COUNTY Commutation tax for road work; rate, etc. 489 Roads, width of; act of 1872 repealed 435 PILOTS NAVIGATION COMPANY Surrender of charter accepted 909 PINE PARK Territorial limits extended 806 PLATS Year's support return, to be included with 122 POISONS Sales of, for killing insects 113 POLK COUNTY City court law amended 337 POMOLOGY (see Horticulture and Pomology). POWELL, A. G. Appropriation to pay 37 PRESUMPTION Attestation of deeds, mortgages, etc. 209 PRINTING FUND (GENERAL) Appropriations for 30 PRISON COMMISSION Appropriations for 13

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PRIVATE INSTITUTIONS Inspection by grand jury; law amended 165 PROSTITUTION (see Criminal Law). PUBLIC BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS Appropriations for 29 PUBLIC DEBT Appropriation for 30 PUBLIC SERVICE CORPORATION TAX CLERK Duties and salary 210 R RABUN COUNTY Roads, width of; act of 1872 repealed 435 RAILROAD COMMISSION Appropriations for 14 Short line railroads; order of suspension 211 RAILROADS Crossing signs, protection of 268 Franchise, surrender of, by short lines 211 Running of trains regulated 212 RAY CITY Amendments to city charter 807 REFUNDS AND RELIEFS Resolutions for 926 , 936 REGISTERABLE INSTRUMENTS Presumption of due attestation, rebuttable 209 REGISTRATION (see Motor Vehicles). REPORTS (see Georgia Reports). RESERVE FUNDS Of banks in Federal Reserve System 134 Of insurance companies 119 RESOLUTIONS 913 RETURNS OF ELECTIONS (see Elections).

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REWARD FUND Appropriation for 30 RICHMOND COUNTY Commissioners' clerk, and attorney; salary 490 ROADS Act of 1896 repealed 215 Alternative road law substituted 214 Highway commission to report on 923 Width of, in certain counties 435 ROLLINS, W. J. Relief of, as surety, from forfeiture 933 ROME New charter for City of 813 ROSTER COMMISSION Appropriation for 30 S SAINT MARY'S-SAINT MARK'S SHIP CANAL Act for development of 215 SALARIES (see Appropriations act, 8 et seq.; Assistant State Librarian; Bailiffs; County and Municipal (local) acts; Deputy Clerks; Deputy Sheriffs; General Assembly; Governor; Judges; Oil Inspector's Clerk; Public Service Corporation Tax Clerk; Solicitors-general; Stenographers; Treasurer). SALT SPRINGS Name changed to Lithia Springs 885 SANITARIUMS Georgia State 22 , 162 , 274 Tuberculosis; management and name changed 237 Tuberculosis; municipal 112 SAVANNAH Advertising appropriation authorized 886 Amendments to city charter 887

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City court, salaries in 339 Congress Street encroachment 890 Municipal court law amended 356 SCHOOLS (see Academy for the Blind; Agricultural Schools; Common Schools; Georgia School for the Deaf; Georgia School of Technology; Georgia Training School for Girls; Normal and Industrial Schools; North Georgia Agricultural College; South Georgia Normal College; University of Georgia; see also local acts under municipal corporations) Codification of laws relating to 225 Social Circle Academy 907 SECURITY DEEDS Attachments on, when issued 133 SENATORS AND SENATORIAL DISTRICTS Rearrangement of 84 SHAD Regulations of taking 270 SHEPPARD, CHARLIE Relief of, as surety, from forfeiture 933 SHERIFFS (see Deputy Sheriffs) Fees increased 226 Supreme Court and Court of Appeals; salaries 227 SHORTHAND WRITERS (see Stenographers). SMITH, GEORGE H., ADMINISTRATOR Refund of inheritance tax payment by 929 SOCIAL CIRCLE School tax rate increased 907 SOLDIERS' HOME Appropriation for support 23 SOLICITORS-GENERAL Appropriation for salaries 19 Salaries instead of fees in some circuits 360

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SOPERTON Public school tax, rate of 891 SOUTH GEORGIA NORMAL COLLEGE Appropriation for completing dormitory 40 Appropriation for maintenance 25 SOUTHWEST LA GRANGE Amendments to town charter 892 SPARTA Officers' qualifications defined 893 STATE BANK EXAMINER (see Bank Examiner). STATE COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE Appropriations for 24 , 25 STATE DEPOSITORIES Atlanta, additional depository in 141 Winder, depository in 111 STATE FARM Committee to report on 936 STATE GOVERNMENT Appropriations for general expenses of 7 , 31 STATE HOUSE OFFICERS Election returns as to 154 STATE INSTITUTIONS Appropriations for 22 et seq . Trustees and officers; unlawful contracts 265 STATE LIBRARIAN (see Library of the State). STATE SANITARIUM Appropriations for 22 , 23 Commitments to; and care of inmates 162 Trespass on property of, penal offense 274 STATE TREASURER (see Treasurer of the State). STATESBORO Nuisances, power to declare and abate 895 Public school tax rate, increase of 896

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STENOGRAPHERS Increases of pay of 227 , 228 , 229 STEPHENS COUNTY Board of commissioners created 492 Ordinary as commissioner; repealing act 491 Primary elections regulated 499 STOLEN PROPERTY Bringing in from other State, penal 272 STONE MOUNTAIN CIRCUIT Solicitor-general; salary instead of fees 390 SUPERIOR COURT (see Judges) Calendar of times of holding 954 Changes in times of holding 128 Deputy clerks, females may be 118 Salaries of judges appropriated 19 Stenographers' pay increased 229 SUPERVISOR OF COUNTY OFFICERS Appropriations for 9 SUPREME COURT Appropriations for 17 Deputy Clerk's pay 142 Reports of decisions 16 Shorthand writers; salaries fixed 227 SURETIES Resolutions for relief of 926 , 936 SYLVESTER City court law amended 339 T TALBOT COUNTY Treasurer's office abolished; depositories instead 503 TAXATION (see Local Acts under Municipal Corporations) Act to be redrafted, at limited expense 937

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Annual taxation ad valorem, poll, license and occupation 43 Collection of taxes from delinquents 232 TAX ASSESSORS Administration of oath to 230 Compensation of, in certain counties 231 TAX COLLECTORS Relief of 930 , 931 TAX COMMISSIONER Appropriations for 10 TAX RECEIVERS Compensation the same as for collector 110 TAYLOR COUNTY Treasurer's office revived; salary fixed 505 TECHNOLOGY, GEORGIA SCHOOL OF Appropriations for 25 , 38 TENNESSEE COPPER COMPANIES Agreement with, authorized 938 TEXT BOOK On Civil Government, authorized 919 THOMASVILLE Amendments to city charter 897 City court judge's salary 343 TICK-INFESTED CATTLE (see Cattle). TIPS Penalty for giving or receiving 273 TOOMBS COUNTY Commissioners, amending law as to 506 TOWNS COUNTY Roads, width of; act of 1872 repealed 435 Road tax levy for five years 508 TRAINING SCHOOL (see Georgia Training School).

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TREASURER OF THE STATE Appropriation for 8 , 9 Report of 948 Salary and expenses; increase 91 TREASURERS OF COUNTIES (see County Treasurers). TRESPASS (see State Sanitarium). TRUST COMPANIES (see Banks). TRUST ESTATES Bond, requirements of 235 TRUSTS AND TRUSTEES Bond required, though excused by creator 234 Unlawful interest in contracts 265 TUBERCULOSIS SANITARIUM Appropriation for 23 Management changed 237 Municipal, power to establish 112 TURNER COUNTY Board of commissioners abolished 509 TURNER, S. M. Appropriation to pay 37 TURNER SUPERIOR COURT Two instead of four terms yearly 130 U UNFINISHED BUSINESS OF THE ASSEMBLY Resolution for disposal of 944 UNION COUNTY Roads, width of; act of 1872 repealed 435 UNITED STATES FIDELITY GUARANTY CO. Relief of, as surety, as to penalty 930 UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA Appropriations for 24 , 28 , 38 , 40 Gordon portrait given to 922

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V VACATION COMMITTEES Appropriation for expenses and pay 917 VALDOSTA City court terms changed 345 Public assembly hall, provision for 900 VENEREAL DISEASES Regulations for persons having 275 VERDICT Judge not express approval or disapproval 168 VETERINARIAN Appropriation for 12 , 13 VILLA RICA Public school system, election as to 901 VOTERS Military men absent; regulations for voting 238 Unlawful voting (see local municipal acts). W WALKER COUNTY Treasurer's office abolished; depository instead 509 WAR EMERGENCY BUILDING Appropriation for 40 WAREHOUSE DEPARTMENT Commission established; duties and powers 246 WARRENTON Public school tax rate, increase of 904 WAYCROSS City court judge and solicitor, salaries of 346 WEAVER, W. F., DECEASED Payment of salary to widow of 945 WEBSTER COUNTY Treasurer's office abolished; depositories instead 513

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WESTERN AND ATLANTIC RAILROAD Appropriation for commission 41 Eminent domain; exercise of power 253 , 254 WESTERN CIRCUIT Solicitor-general; salary instead of fees 394 WHARF AND DOCK COMMISSION Appointment of, authorized 945 WHEELER COUNTY Commissioners, amending law relating to 515 WHITESBURG Public school system abolished 905 WHITFIELD COUNTY Voting precinct Red Clay changed to Cohutta 521 WILD-LAND CLERK Corporation tax clerk ex-officio 210 WINDER State depository in 111 WOMEN (see Females) Deputy clerks, may be 118 Historical director 140 WOODALL, W. J. Relief of, from liability on bond 935 WORK LAW Able-bodied male residents subject to 277 WORTH Election of officers; date changed 906 Y YEAR'S SUPPORT Plat to be included with return 122