Acts and resolutions of the General Assembly of the state of Georgia 1919 [volume 1]

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ACTS AND RESOLUTIONS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA 1919 19190000 COMPILED AND PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY OF THE STATE 1919 BYRD PRINTING CO., STATE PRINTER. ATLANTA, GA.

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 PENALLAWS PART II.LOCAL AND SPECIAL LAWS TITLE I.CITY AND MUNICIPAL COURTS TITLE II.SOLICITORS-GENERAL; SALARIES TITLE III.COUNTY MATTERS PART III.CORPORATIONS TITLE I.MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS TITLE II.PRIVATE AND SCHOOL CORPORATIONS PART IV.RESOLUTIONS

STATUTES OF GEORGIA PASSED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF 1919 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

TITLE I. APPROPRIATIONS. ACTS. Expenses of the State Government. Bank Examiner's [Illegible Text] salary. Court of Appeals Judges; salary. Court of Appeals Sheriff; salary. Court of Appeals Stenographers; salary. District Agricultural and Mechanical Schools; buildings, repairs, etc. District Agricultural and Mechanical Schools; buildings, repairs, etc. Governor's Salary. [Illegible Text] Cholera Control; deficiency, Insurance on Public Buildings. Normal School at Athens; sewer extension. Oil Inspector's Clerk; salary. Old [Illegible Text] Building; repairs. Sanitarium for Tuberculosis [Illegible Text] deficiency. Sanitarium for Tuberculosis Patients; land purchase. Soldiers Home; for weekly allowance to inmates. South Georgia Normal College; dormitory. Superior Court Judges; salary. Supreme Court Judges; salary. Supreme Court Sheriff; salary. Supreme Court Stenographers; salary. Technological School; for additional [Illegible Text] buildings, and equipment. Tick Eradication; deficiency. EXPENSES OF THE STATE GOVERNMENT. No. 294. An Act to make for the fiscal years 1920 and 1921, apprepriations fixed by previous laws for the ordinary expenses of the [Illegible Text] legislative, and judicial

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department of the State government; for the payment of public debts, and the interest thereon, the sunport and maintenance of the public institutions and educational interests of the State, and for deficiencies for the year 1919. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by authority of same, that the sums of money hereinafter set out or so much thereof as may be needed be and the same are hereby appropriated for the fiscal years 1920 and 1921, and for the objects and purposes stated. Appropriations for fiscal years 1920, 1921. DIVISION A. EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT. Section 1. Governor's office. Sub-section 1. Items. (A) For the salary of the Governor, $7,500.00. Salaries of Governor, (B) For the salaries of the Secretaries and Clerks in the Governor's office, $10,000.00. Secretaries, Clerks. (C) For the salary of a messenger for the Executive Department, as provided by law, $950.00. Messenger. (D) For a contingent fund, to be expended by the Governor according to law, $25,000.00. Contingent Fund. Provided, that from the above sum the expenses of the Governor incurred in the transaction of business for the state, shall be paid on itemized statements signed by him; and such expenses shall include the actual traveling expenses of any clerical help the Governor may in his discretion deem necessary. Itemized Statement. (E) For a reward fund to be expended by the Governor according to law, $3,000.00. Reward fund. (F) For a general printing fund to be expended by the Governor according to law, $50,000.00. Printing fund.

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Sec. 2. Office of Secretary of State. Sub-section 1. Items: (A) For the salary of the Secretary of State, $2,000.00. Secretary of State. (B) For the salary of a clerk to the Secretary of State, $1,000.00. Clerk. Section 3. Office of Comptroller General and Insurance Commissioner. Sub-section 1. Items: (A) For the salary of the Comptroller General, $2,000.00. Comptroller-General. (B) For the salary of a Chief Clerk to the Comptroller General, $1,800.00. Chief Clerk. (C) For the salary of an Insurance Clerk in the office of the Comptroller General, $2,400.00. Provided that $1,200.00 of the above appropriation shall be paid from the insurance fees, as provided by law. Insurance Clerk. (D) For the salary of a Clerk in the Wild Land Department $1,000.00. Wild-Land Clerk. (E) For the salary of a Public Service Corporation Tax Clerk, $600.00. Corporation Tax Clerk. (F) For the salary of Insurance Commissioner, $3,000.00. Insurance Commissioner. (G) For the salary of a Deputy Insurance Commissioner, $3,000.00. Deputy. (H) For the salary of an Insurance Clerk in the office of the Insurance Commissioner, $2,000.00. Clerk. (I) There is hereby appropriated the sum of $231.67 to supply a deficiency in salary of the Insurance Clerk in the office of the Comptroller General for the year 1919. For deficiencies in salary. (J) There is hereby appropriated the sum of $187.50 to supply a deficiency in the salary of Insurance Clerk in the office of the Insurance Commissioner for the year 1919.

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Sec. 4. Office of State [Illegible Text] and State Bank Examiner. Sub-section 1. Items: (A) For the salary of the State Treasurer, $4,800.00. Treasurer and State Bank Examiner. (B) For the salary of a clerk to the State Treasurer, $3,600.00. Clerk. (C) For clerical expenses, $6,000.00. Clerical Expenses. Sec. 5. Office of Attorney General. Sub-section 1. Items. (A) For the salary of the Attorney General, $5,000.00. Attorney-General. (B) For the salary of Assistant to the Atterney General, $2,500.00. Assistant. (C) For salary of stenographer to the Attorney General, $1,500.00. Stenographer (D) For salary of the Attorney General from August 13th, 1919, to January 1st, 1920, additional, the same to become immediately available, $766.67. Additions to salaries. (E) For the salary of Assistant to the Attorney General from August 13th, 1919, to January 1st, 1920, the same to become immediately available, $958.33. (F) For the salary of stenographer to the Attorney General from August 13th, 1919, to January 1st, 1920, the same to become immediately available, $575.00. Sec. 6. Educational Department and Educational Institutions. Sub-section 1. Educational Department. Items: (A) For the salary of the State Superintendent of Schools, $2,000.00. Superintendent of Schools. (B) For the salary of a clerk in the State Department of Education, $1,200.00. Clerk.

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(C) For the support and maintenance of the common or public schools of the State, $4,000,000.00 for 1920, and $4,500,000.00 for 1921. Provided, that this appropriation shall be composed of special funds and taxes as provided by the Constitution of this State, and shall be kept and expended under the provisions governing same, and provided, further, that no part of the fund covered by this section of this bill shall be used for any other purpose than that for which same is specially appropriated. Shall be kept separate and apart from other funds in the State Treasury and the Governor shall not draw his warrant on any part of such funds thus appropriated for any other purpose save that for which said sums are herewith especially appropriated. Common School Funds. (D) For the use of the State Board of Vocational Education to meet the requirements of the Act of Congress, approved August 23rd, 1917, $39,000.00. Vocational Education. Sub-section 2. Educational Institutions. Items: (A) For the support and maintenance of the University of Georgia, $95,000.00, and for repairs to the University buildings the sum of $5,000.00. University of Georgia. (B) For the payment of the actual expenses of the Board of Trustees of the University of Georgia incurred in the discharge of their duties as Trustees, and the per diem of said Board, as provided by law, such sum as may be needed. Trustees' expenses and per diem. (C) For the maintenance of the University Summer School, $7,500.00. Summer School. (D) For the support and the maintenance of the Georgia School of Technology, $125,000.00. Technological School. (E) For the support and maintenance of the State College of Agriculture, $90,000.00. College of Agriculture. (F) For the State College of Agriculture, $109,085.08 for year 1920, and $130,062.98 for 1921. Provided, that the above appropriation shall be used to meet the requirements

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of what is known as the Smith-Lever Bill and said first mentioned amount shall become available July 1st, 1919, and second mentioned amount to become available July 1st, 1920. fund. Smith-Lever (G) For the State College of Agriculture, $40,000.00. Provided that the above appropriation shall be used for extension work in co-operation with the United States Department of Agriculture. Extension work. (H) For the State College of Agriculture, $2,500.00. Provided, that the above appropriation shall be used for holding field meeting and farmers institutes. Field meetings, etc. (I) For the support and maintenance of the twelve District Agricultural Schools, $180,000.00. District Agricultural Schools. Provided that the above sum shall be equally apportioned among the said schools, each school receiving $15,000.00. (J) For the support and maintenance of the North Georgia Agricultural College, $30,000.00. North Ga. Agricultural College. (K) For the support and maintenance of the State Medical College, $35,000.00. Medical College. (K-2) For teaching hygiene and public health, $20,000.00. Teaching Hygiene, etc. (L) For the support and maintenance of the State Normal School, $70,000.00. State Normal School. (M) For the Georgia Normal and Industrial College, $100,000.00 for maintenance including a summer term. Normal and Industrial College. For extension work the sum of $12,500.00. (N) For the support and maintenance of the South Georgia Normal College, $35,000.00. South Ga. Normal College. (O) For the support and maintenance of the Georgia Industrial School for colored youths, $10,000.00. Industrial School (Colored). (P) For the maintenance of the Georgia Agricultural, Industrial and Normal School for colored teachers, $5,000.00. Normal School (Colored).

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(Q) For the maintenance of summer school for colored teachers, $2,500.00. Summer School for Colored Teachers. Provided, that all appropriations in Sub-section 2 are made to the University of Georgia Trustees and requisitions shall be made through the Board. Sub-Section 3. Educational and Eleemosynary Institutions. Items: (A) For the support and maintenance of the Academy for the Blind, $40,000.00. Academy for the Blind. (B) For the support and maintenance of the School for Deaf, $60,000.00. School for Deaf. Sub-section 4. Educational and Corrective Institutions. Items: (A) For the support and maintenance of the Georgia Training School for Girls, $35,000.00. Girls' Training School. Section 7. Department of Commerce and Labor. Sub-section 1. Items: (A) For the salary of the Commissioner of Commerce and Labor, $3,600.00. Commissioner. Department of Commerce and Labor. And adding also the sum of $530.00 increase in salary of the Commissioner of Commerce and Labor for the remainder of the year 1919, which amount is to become immediately available. (B) For the salary of the Assistant Commissioner of Commerce and Labor, $1,800.00. (C) For the salary of the chief clerk and stenographer to the Commissioner of Commerce and Labor, $1,500.00. Assistant. Chief Clerk and Stenographer. (D) For the salary of a Factory Inspector, $1,200.00. Factory Inspector. (E) For the contingent fund of the Department of Commerce and Labor, $1,800.00. Contingent fund.

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Sec. 8. Department of Agriculture. Sub-section 1. Office of the Commissioner of Agriculture. Items: (A) For the salary of the Commissioner of Agriculture, $5,000.00. Agricultural Department. Also the sum of $900.00, or so much thereof as may be necessary to supply a deficiency in the salary of the Commissioner of Agriculture, to be made immediately available covering increase in salary for remainder of the year 1919. Commissioner. (B) For the salary of a Clerk to the Commissioner of Agriculture, $2,500.00. Clerk. (C) There is hereby appropriated the sum of $257.16 to supply a deficiency in salary of the clerk to the Commissioner of Agriculture for the year 1919. (D) For the maintenance of the Department of Agriculture, $15,000.00, and the further sum of $3,000.00 to enable the Commissioner of Agriculture to put into practical effect and to carry out the provisions of Paragraph 11 of Section 2068, Vol. I of the Code of Georgia, 1910, which requires the Commissioner annually to collect and publish accurate statistics relative to Agriculture in all its branches as practiced in this State, the said $3,000.00 to be annually appropriated to be paid out of fees arising from inspection of fertilizers. Maintenance. Statistics. Sub-section 2. Bureau of Markets. Items: (A) For the salary of the Director of the Bureau of Markets, $3,000.00. Bureau of Markets. Provided that in addition to the above sum the necessary traveling expenses of the Director shall be paid. Director. (B) For the purpose of carrying on the work of the Bureau of Markets, $3,500.00. (C) And the further sum of $12,000.00 to cover deficiency in the Act of 1918, approved August 19, 1918, the

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same to be used for maintenance of said department from August 19, 1919, to January 1st, 1920, and shall be immediately available. Maintenance. Sub-section 3. Chemist. Items: (A) For the salary of a chemist for the Department of Agriculture, $3,000.00. Chemist. (B) For the salaries of two assistant chemists, $2,000.00. Assistant Chemists. Provided, that this sum shall be equally opportioned in two salaries of $1,000.00 each. (C) For the maintenance of the office and laboratory of the Chemist, $17,000.00. Laboratory. Sub-section 4. Food and Drug Department. Items: (A) For the execution of the provisions of the pure food and drug act, August 21, 1906, $10,000.00. Food and Drug Department. Sub-section 5. State Veterinarian. Items: (A) For the salary of the State Veterinarian, $2,500.00. Provided that in addition to the above salary the actual traveling expenses of the State Veterinarian shall be paid when same are incurred in the service of the State. Statement of said expense to be audited by Commissioner of Agriculture. Salary. State Veterinarian. (B) For the work of the State Veterinarian, $40,000.00. Provided, that the above appropriation shall be expended as follows: itemized statement of expenditure being furnished the General Assembly by the Commissioner of Agriculture. For work of Department. (i) For the protection of live stock from contagious and infectious diseases, $5,000.00. Live Stock Protection. (ii) For exterminating the cattle tick and developing the live stock industry, $25,000.00. Cattle-tick extermination, etc. (iii) For combating outbreaks of hog cholera and distributing [Illegible Text] in carrying on this work, $10,000.00. Hog-Cholera Control.

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Sub-section 6. Oil Inspector. Items: (A) For the salary of the Chief Oil Inspector, $1,800.00. Oil Inspector. Provided that in addition to the above salary the actual traveling expenses of said Inspector shall be paid, as provided by law. (B) For the salary of a clerk to the Chief Oil Inspector, $1,500.00. Clerk. Sub-section 7. Department of Horticulture and Pomology and Board of Entomology. Items: (A) For the salary of the State Entomologist, $3,000.00. Entomologist (B) For the maintenance of the Department of Horticulture and Pomology and Board of Entomology, $60,000.00. Maintenance fund. Sub-section 8. Experiment Station. Items: (A) For the payment of the actual expenses of the Directors of the Georgia Experiment Station, $800,00. Experiment Stations. (B) For repairs, $8,000.00. (C) For maintenance of Coastal Plains Experiment Station, $25,000.00. Sec. 9. Geological Department. Sub-Section 1. Items: (A) For maintenance of the State Geological Survey, $16,500.00. Geological Department Provided, that the above appropriation shall be spent under the direction of the State Geological Board, as provided by law. Sec. 10. Railroad Commission. Sub-section 1. Items: (A) For the salary of the Chairman of the Railroad Commission, $4,000.00. Railroad Commissioners.

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(B) For the salaries of the remaining Railroad Commissioners, $10,000.00. Provided, that the above sum shall be apportioned in four equal salaries of $2,500.00 each. (C) For the employment of one or more rate experts, $4,000.00. Rate Experts (D) For the salary of a special attorney for the Commission $2,500.00. Attorney. (E) For the salary of a Secretary to the Commission, $3,000.00. Secretary. (F) For the salary of a stenographer to the Commission, $1,200.00. Stenographer (G) For a contingent fund for the Railroad Commission, $3,000.00. Contingent fund. (H) For a printing fund for the Railroad Commission, $2,000.00. Printing fund. (I) There is hereby appropriated the sum of $383.36 to supply a deficiency in the salary of the Secretary to the Railroad Commission for the year 1919. Deficiency in Secretary's salary. Sec. 11. Tax Commission. Sub-section 1. Items: (A) For the salary of the State Tax Commissioner, $4,000.00. Tax Commissioner. (B) For the salary of a clerk to the State Tax Commissioner, $1,500.00. Clerk. (C) For the salary of a stenographer to the State Tax Commissioner, $1,000.00. Stenographer Sec. 12. Prison Commission. Sub-section 1. Items: (A) For the salaries of members of the Prison Commission, each, $3,500.00, and $625 each for additional increase in salary for 1919, to be available immediately. Prison Commissioners.

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(B) For the salary of a clerk to the Prison Commission, $2,500.00. Clerk. (C) For the maintenance of the State Prison Farm, $95,000.00. State Farm. (D) For the maintenance of the Georgia Training School for Boys, $30,000.00. Training School. (E) For the maintenance fund of the Prison Commission, $25,000.00. Maintenance fund. (F) There is hereby appropriated the sum of $257.16 to supply a deficiency in salary of clerk to the Prison Commission for the year 1919. Deficiency in Clerk's Salary. (G) For the support and maintenance of Highway Department, to be paid from Motor Vehicle License fees of 1919, $25,000.00. Highway Department. Maintenance fund. The same to be available at once for the year 1919. Sec. 13. Pension Commission. Sub-section 1. Items: (A) For the salary of the Pension Commissioner, $4,000.00, and for balance of the year 1910, $406.10. Pension Commissioners. (B) For the hire of clerical help in the office of the Pension Commissioner, $3,300.00, and for balance of the year 1919, the sum of $241.50, to be immediately available. Clerical help. (C) For the payment of pensions which shall become due, $1,250,000.00. Pensions. Provided, that should any fees be due any ordinaries for pension work, such fees shall be paid from the above appropriation. After paying all claims for said year, if there should be surplus, the same shall be transferred by the Treasurer to the General Fund on January 1st. (D) For continuing the work of the Roster Commission, $5,000.00. Roster Commission.

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Sec. 14. Department of Archives and History. Sub-section 1. Items: (A) For the maintenance of the Department of Archives and History, $7,200.00. Department of Archives. Provided, that the above appropriation shall be expended at the direction of the State Historical Commission, as provided by law. Sec. 15. State Library. Sub-section 1. Items: (A) For the salary of the State Librarian, $1,800.00. Librarian. (B) For the salary of an assistant to the State Librarian, $1,500.00. Assistants. (C) For the salary of an assistant to the State Librarian, $1,000.00. (D) For the purchase of books and supplies for the incidental expenses of the State Library and Supreme Court, to be spent solely at the direction of the Supreme Court, $4,000.00. Books and Supplies. (E) For the purchase of books and supplies for the Court of Appeals, $1,000.00. (F) For the maintenance of the Legislative Reference Department, to be expended as provided by law, $1,600.00. Reference Department. (G) For purchase of books for the office of the Attorney General, $250.00. (H) For printing new volumes of the Supreme Court and Court of Appeals Reports, $10,000.00. Georgia Reports. (I) For reprinting earlier volumes of the Supreme Court Reports, to be paid only from money received from the sale of Georgia Reports, the State Acts, and the Code. during 1920, such sums as may be needed. Reprinting of Reports.

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Sec. 16. State Board of Health. Sub-section 1. Items: (A) For the maintenance of the State Board of Health, $75,590.00. Board of Health. Maintenance fund. (A-1) For work in connection with venereal diseases, $15,000.00. Venereal Diseases. (B) For the support and maintenance of the State Sanitarium for Tuberculosis patients, $36,000.00. Tuberculosis Sanitarium. Provided, that the above appropriation shall be expended solely under the direction of the State Board of Health. Sec. 17. State Eleemosynary Institutions. Sub-section 1. Items: (A) For the support and maintenance of the State Sanitarium, $891,334.00. State Sanitarium. Maintenance fund. Provided, from this appropriation shall be paid all the expenses of the Sanitarium, including a salary of $2,500.00 for a resident physician and the salaries of the Trustees and their expenses as provided by law. Salaries. (B) For the support and maintenance of the Confederate Soldiers Home of Georgia, $45,000.00. Soldiers Home. Sec. 18 Public Buildings and Grounds. Sub-section 1. Items: (A) For the upkeep fund of the public buildings and grounds, $50,000.00. Public Buildings and Grounds. Provided that from this fund shall be paid the salary of $2,500.00 due the keeper of public buildings and grounds, the expenses of the ordinary repairs of public buildings, of coal, wood, lights, heat and furniture for the Executive Mansion and the various departments of the State Government, and the hire of engineers, guards, watchmen, servants and any other necessary labor at the

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mansion and such porters for the various department of the State Government as the Governor may authorize: and all general expenses incident to the proper upkeep of the public buildings and grounds, and to hire such other labor as may be necessary and also the salary of the operator for the elevator at the State Capital, which salary shall not exceed $950.00. Keeper of Buildings, etc. Elevator Operator. Sec. 19. Public Debt. Sub-section 1. Items: (A) For the payment of obligations caused by the maturing of State Bonds, $100,000.00. Bonds maturing. Public debt. (B) To pay interest on the recognized valid debt of the State $237,687.50 for 1920 and $234,187.50 for 1921. Interest. (C) For payment of interest on what is known as the Land Script fund, $6,314.14. (D) For the payment of the annual interest on the debt due by the State to the University of Georgia, $8,000.00. DIVISION B: JUDICIAL DEPARTMENT. Section 1. Supreme Court. Sub-section 1. Items: (A) For the salaries of the Justices of the Supreme Court, $30,000.00. Supreme Court Justices. Judicial. Provided, that the above sum shall be apportioned in six equal salaries of $5,000.00 each. (B) For the salaries of the Supreme Court Reporters, $4,000.00. Reporters. Provided that the above sum shall be apportioned in two equal salaries of $2,000.00 each. (C) For the salaries of Supreme Court stenographers, $12,000.00. Stenographers. Provided that the above sum shall be apportioned in six equal salaries of $2,000.00 each.

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(D) For the salary of the Sheriff of the Supreme Court, $2,400.00. Sheriff. (E) There is hereby appropriated the sum of $155.68 to supply a deficiency in the salary of Sheriff of the Supreme Court for the year 1919. (F) For the compensation of the Clerk of the Supreme Court, an amount sufficient to cover the difference between the costs received and the minimum salary allowed by law. Clerk. All fees due to Clerk of Supreme Court in pauper cases, upon proper showing to the Governor. Costs. (G) For a contingent fund for the Supreme Court, $3,000.00. Contingent fund. Sec. 2. Court of Appeals. Sub-section 1. Items: (A) For the salaries of the Judges of the Court of Appeals, $30,000.00. Court of Appeals Judges. Provided that the above sum shall be apportioned in six equal salaries of $5,000.00. (B) For the salaries of the Court of Appeals Reporters, $4,000.00. Reporters. Provided, that the above sum shall be apportioned in two equal salaries of $2,000 each. (C) For the salaries of the Court of Appeals Stenographers, $12,000.00. Stenographers. Provided that the above sum shall be apportioned in six equal salaries of $2,000.00 each. (D) For the salary of the Sheriff of the Court of Appeals, $2,400.00. Sheriff. (E) For the compensation of the Clerk of the Court of Appeals, an amount sufficient to cover the difference between the costs received and the minimum salary allowed by law. Clerk.

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(F) All fees due to the Clerk of the Court of Appeals in pauper cases, upon proper showing to the Governor. Costs. (G) For a contingent fund for the Court of Appeals, $3,000.00. Contingent fund. (H) There is hereby appropriated the sum of $162.19 to supply a deficiency in the salary of the Sheriff of the Court of Appeals for the year 1919. Deficiency in Sheriff's salary. Sec. 3. Superior Court. Sub-section 1. Items: (A) For the salaries of the Judges of the Superior Courts, $136,000.00. Superior Court Judges Provided, that the above sum shall be apportioned in thirty-four equal, salaries of $4,000.00 each. (B) For the salaries of the Solicitors General, $7,500.00. Solicitors General. Provided, that the above sum shall be apportioned in thirty equal salaries of $250.00 each. (C) For the payment of fees due Solicitors General in criminal cases before the Supreme Court and Court of Appeals and Solicitors in criminal cases before the Court of Appeals, such amounts as may be due them under the terms of the fee bill. Fees. (D) There is hereby appropriated the sum of $3,285.60 to supply a deficiency in the salary of the judges of Superior Courts from November 27th, 1918, to January 1st, 1919. Defeciency in Salaries of Judges. (E) There is hereby appropriated the sum of $2,666.66 to supply a deficiency in the salaries of Judges of the Superior Court for the year 1919, for two newly created circuits. (F) For the salary of the Solicitor General for one newly created Judicial Circuit for the year 1919 the sum of $83.33. Solicitor-General of new circuit.

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DIVISION C: LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT. Section 1. Senate. Sub-section 1. Items: Officers and Members. (A) For the compensation of the President of the Senate, per diem, $10.00. President of Senate. Legislative. (B) For the compensation of the members of the Senate, per diem, $7.00. Members, per diem and mileage. Provided, that in addition to the above sums the President and members of the Senate shall receive mileage at the rate of 10c per mile. Sub-section 2. Employees. Items: (A) For the compensation of the Secretary of the Senate, per diem, $60.00. Secretary of Senate. Provided, that from the above appropriation shall be paid all the clerical expenses of the Senate. (B) For the compensation of the Messenger of the Senate $7.00 per diem and he shall receive the same mileage as members of the Senate. Messenger of Senate. (C) For the compensation of the Doorkeeper of the Senate $7.00 per diem, and he shall receive the same mileage as members of the senate. Doorkeeper of Senate. Sec. 2. House of Representatives. Sub-section 1. Officers and Members. Items: (A) For the compensation of the Speaker of the House of Representatives, per diem, $10.00. Speaker of House. (B) For the compensation of the members of the House of Representatives, per diem, $7.00. Members, per diem and mileage. Provided that in addition to the above sums, the Speaker and the House of Representatives shall receive mileage at the rate of 10c per mile.

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Sub-section 2. Employees. Items: (A) For the compensation of the Clerk of the House of Representatives. per diem, $70.00. Clerk of House. Provided, that from the above sum shall be paid all the clerical expenses of the House of Representatives. (B) For the compensation of the Messenger of the House of Representatives, per diem, $7.00. Messenger of House. (C) For the compensation of the Doorkeeper, of the House of Representatives, per diem, $7.00. Doorkeeper of House. Provided, that the messenger and doorkeeper of the House of Representatives shall receive the same mileage as the members of the House of Representatives. (D) For incidental expenses of the House of Representatives for each session 1919, 1920, 1921, $125.00. Incidental Expenses. (E) For incidental expenses of the Senate, $100.00 for each session, 1919, 1920, 1921. (F) For indexing Journals of the House, $75.00. Indexing Journals. (F-1) For indexing Journals of the Senate, $75.00. (G) For the expenses of the Legislative Committee while visiting the various institutions and properties of the State during the session, and for expenses and per diem of ad interim committees when authorized by the chairman of such committee, to make visits, the sum of $7,500.00 or so much therof as may be necessary to be paid on itemized statements submitted and approved. Legislative Committees. (H) For new furniture and replacements in the House and Senate Chambers to be paid on approval of the Secretary of State each the sum of $350.00 to be immediately available. Furniture. etc., for House and Senate Chambers. (I) For compensation of Doorkeepers, Assistant Messengers and other attaches of the House and of the Senate, not otherwise provided for, such sums as may be authorized by resolution of either branch of the General

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Assembly for the sessions of 1919, 1920, 1921, to be immediately available. House and Senate Doorkeepers, Messengers, etc. Be it further enacted, by the authority aforesaid, that the respective amounts appropriated by this Act for the salaries of the various State House officers and clerical expenses of the various departments, shall be held and considered in full payment thereof, and such amounts shall not be increased directly or indirectly by the payment 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 for Extra Services Forbidden. Be it further enacted, That all laws and paris of laws in conflict with this Act be and the same are hereby repealed. Approved August 19, 1919. BANK EXAMINER'S STENOGRAPHER; SALARY. No. 49. An Act to make appropriation for the payment of the increase in salary due the stenographer of the State Bank Examiner from August 14th, 1918, to January 1st, 1919, as provided in Act approved August 14th, 1918. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the

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same, That there is hereby appropriated for the increase in salary of the stenographer to the State Bank Examiner from August 14th, 1918 to January 1st, 1919, the sum of $234.91. Salary. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be and be same are hereby repealed. Approved August 11, 1919. COURT OF APPEALS JUDGES; SALARY. No. 55. An Act to make appropriation for the payment of the increase in salary due the judges of the Court of Appeals from November 27th, 1918, to January 1st, [Illegible Text] as provided in Article 6, Section 13, Paragraph 1, of the Constitution as contained in the proclamation of the Governor of November 27th, 1918. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That there is hereby appropriated for increase in salary of the Judges of the Court of Appeals from November 27th, 1918, to January 1st, 1920, the sum of $6,571.20. Salary. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be and the same are hereby repealed. Approved August 11, 1919. COURT OF APPEALS SHERIFF, SALARY. No. 56. An Act to make appropriation for the payment of the increase in salary due the Sheriff of the Court of Appeals from August 14th, 1918, to January 1st, 1919, as provided in Act approved August 14th, 1918.

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Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, that there is hereby appropriated for increase in salary of the Sheriff of the Court of Appeals from August 14th, 1918, to January 1st, 1919, the sum of $155.68. Salary. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid that all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be and the same are hereby repealed. Approved August 11, 1919. COURT OF APPEALS STENOGRAPHERS; SALARY. No. 47. An Act to make appropriation for the payment of the increase in salary due the Stenographers to the Court of Appeals from August 13, 1918, to January 1st, 1919, as provided in Act approved August 13, 1918. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of same, That there is hereby appropriated for increase in salary of stenographers to the Court of Appeals from August 13, 1918, to January 1st, 1919, the sum of $1,153.20. Salary. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be and the same are hereby repealed. Approved August 11, 1919. DISTRICT AGRICULTURAL AND MECHANICAL SCHOOLS; BUILDINGS, REPAIRS, AND EQUIPMENT. No. 219. An Act to appropriate the sum of $20,000.00 for the purpose of erecting and furnishing a building at the 9th District Agricultural School to be used as a dormitory

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for girls; to appropriate $7,500.00 to the 4th District Agricultural School; to appropriate $6,000.00 for the 7th District Agricultural School; to appropriate $15,000.00 for the Third District Agricultural School, and $12,500.00 for the Sixth District Agricultural School, 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 sum of Twenty Thousand Dollars be and the same is hereby appropriated out of any money in the Treasury of the State not otherwise appropriated to the Trustees of the University of Georgia, for the purpose of erecting and furnishing a dormitory for the use of the girls in attendance upon the Ninth District Agricultural School on the campus of said school. $20,000 for Dormitory, 9th District School. Sec. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the trustees or proper committee of said Board shall prepare plans and specifications for the creation of said building; that such plans and specifications be advertised, and before letting said bids shall be submitted to the Governor for his approval; that a good and sufficient bond shall be required from the successful bidder for the faithful performance of the contracts in accordance with the bid; that the building shall be erected under the supervision of the Building Committee having charge of same, and the Governor authorized to draw his warrant to pay for the work as it progresses under the terms and conditions of said contract, but he shall reserve ten per centum of the contract price until the contract has been fully performed and the building delivered to the State. Plans for Building. Advertisement for Bids. Builder's Contract and Bond. Payments on Work, how made. Sec. 3. Be it further enacted, That the cost of said building and the furnishing the same shall not exceed the sum of $20,000.00 herein appropriated for that purpose. Cost not to exceed $20,000. Sec. 4. Be it further enacted, That the sum of $7,500.00 is hereby appropriated for making necessary repairs and alterations on buildings at the 4th District Agricultural School, and the sum of $6,000.00 is hereby

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appropriated for installing a heating plant at the 7th District Agricultural School and the sum of Fifteen Thousand ($15,000.00) Dollars is hereby appropriated for completing the academic building at the Third District Agricultural School; and the sum of Twelve Thousand Five Hundred ($12,500.00) Dollars is hereby appropriated for a heating plant and shops at the Sixth District Agricultural School. $7,500 for repairs, etc., 4th Dist. School. $6,000 for heating plant 7th Dist. School. $15,000 for building at 3rd Dist. School. $12,500 for heating plant and shops, 6th Dist. School. Sec. 5. That one-half of the sums herein appropriated to be payable in 1920, and one-half in 1921. When payable. Sec. 6. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be and the same are hereby repealed. Approved August 18, 1919. DISTRICT AGRICULTURAL AND MECHANICAL SCHOOLS; BUILDINGS, REPAIRS, AND EQUIPMENT. No. 324. An Act to appropriate the sum of Twelve Thousand ($12,000.00) Dollars for the year 1919, for the completion, heating, and equipping of the Girls' Dormitory upon the campus of the Fifth District Agricultural and Mechanical School, located at Monroe, Georgia, and to appropriate Twenty Thousand ($20,000.00) Dollars for repair and completion of buildings of the Twelfth District Agricultural School, $10,000.00 available in 1920 and $10,000.00 available in 1921, also to appropriate $7,500.00 to the 1st District Agricultural School at Statesboro for repairs, to appropriate $7,500.00 to Second District Agricultural School for installing a heating plant and laundry and for other purposes. Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by the

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authority of the same, That the sum of Twelve Thousand ($12,000.00) Dollars for the year 1919, be and the same is hereby apprepriated to the Trustees of the Fifth District Agricultural and Mechanical school for the purpose of completing, heating and equipping a girls' dormitory on the campus of the Fifth District Agricultural and Mechanical School at [Illegible Text] Georgia. $12,000 to complete, heat and equip Dormitory at 5th District School. Sec. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That from and after the passage of this Act the Board of Trustees of the Fifth District Agricultural and Mechanical School, through its secretary and treasurer, are hereby authorized and empowered to make requisition upon the Governor of the State for six thousand ($6,000.00) dollars on the first day of September, 1920, and for six thousand ($6,000.00) dollars on the first day of September, 1921, for the completion, heating and equipping of said girls' dormitory; and the Governor is authorized and directed to pay the same out of any funds in the treasury available for this purpose. When payable. Sec. 3. Be it further enacted that the sum of Twenty Thousand ($20,000.00) Dollars is hereby appropriated to the Trustees of the Twelfth District Agricultural and Mechanical School for the purpose of repairing and completing the buildings of the said Twelfth District Agricultural School, $10,000 to be available in 1920, and $10,000 available in 1921. $20,000 to repair and complete buildings at 12th Dist. School. When payable. Sec. 4. Appropriate Three Thousand Five Hundred ($3,500.00) Dollars to the Trustees of the Eleventh District Agricultural School to be used in repairing and putting new roofs on the dormitories and academic building of said school. $3,500 for repairs and roofs at 11th Dist. School. Sec. 5. That the sum of Twenty Thousand ($20,000.00) Dollars be appropriated for the purpose of erecting a Dormitory for Girls at the Eighth District Agricultural College. Said amount to be available as Trustees may demand during erection of said dormitory. $20,000 to [Illegible Text] Dormitory at 8th Dist. School. Sec. 6. That the sum of Seven Thousand Five Hundred

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($7,500.00) Dollars be appropriated to the Second District Agricultural School for the purpose of installing a heating plant and laundry in the school buildings and dormitories. $7,500 for 2d Dist. School Heating plant and laundry. Sec. 7. The further sum of seven thousand five hundred ($7,500.00) dollars is hereby appropriated for repair of the buildings of the First District Agricultural building at Statesboro, and the Governor is hereby authorized to draw his warrant for said, amount when the trustees of said District Agricultural School make requisition therefor. $7,500 to repair 1st Dist. School buildings. Sec. 8. 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, 1919. GOVERNOR'S SALARY. No. 18. An Act to make appropriation for the payment of the increase in salary due the Governor, from June 28th, 1919, to January 1st, 1920, as provided in Act approved August 19th, 1918. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, that there is hereby appropriated for increase in salary of the Governor from June 28th, 1919, to January 1st, 1920, the sum of $1,267.70. Salary. 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, 1919. HOG CHOLERA CONTROL; INCREASED APPROPRIATION. No. 205. An Act to amend an Act approved August 19, 1918, [Illegible Text]

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An Act to increase the appropriation for Hog [Illegible Text] Control and for other purposes by providing [Illegible Text] the State Veterinarian shall cause experts to train [Illegible Text] in such counties as requested in this State to [Illegible Text] hog cholera serum and virus, providing an [Illegible Text] in the appropriation, and for other purposes. [Illegible Text] 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of [Illegible Text] and it is hereby enacted by authority of the [Illegible Text] That an Act approved August 19, 1918, entitled [Illegible Text] Act to increase the appropriation for Hog Cholera [Illegible Text] and for other purposes, be and the same is hereby [Illegible Text] by striking out all of Section 2 of said Act and [Illegible Text] in lieu thereof the following, to-wit: [Illegible Text] 2. Be it further enacted, That from and after the [Illegible Text] of this Act in order to meet the necessary demands [Illegible Text] our rapidly increasing swine industry, the [Illegible Text] appropriation for hog cholera control be increased [Illegible Text] thousand dollars to twenty thousand dollars. [Illegible Text] be the duty of the State Veterinarian upon request [Illegible Text] him by the Commissioners of Roads and [Illegible Text] of any county or counties or by the ordinaries in [Illegible Text] which have no Commissioners of Roads and [Illegible Text] to send into such county or counties an expert [Illegible Text] instruct and train to proficiency in the proper [Illegible Text] use of hog cholera serum and virus, not less [Illegible Text] persons in such county or counties so requesting; [Illegible Text] persons to be residents of different sections of [Illegible Text] or counties. All persons so trained and [Illegible Text] shall be issued a permit by the State Veterinarian [Illegible Text] hog cholara serum and virus; and it shall [Illegible Text] duty of all persons holding such permits and all [Illegible Text] veterinarians to report daily, on blanks furnished [Illegible Text] State Veterinarian, a full report on number of hogs [Illegible Text] Federal License number and serial number of [Illegible Text] virus used, the condition of the herd and any [Illegible Text] formation that may be necessary or helpful in the [Illegible Text] of hog cholara. All persons holding such [Illegible Text] shall keep on hand a reasonable supply of serum

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and virus and shall supply same to farmers and swine growers at cost. Failure to make these reports and otherwise co-operate with the state veterinarian shall revoke the permit. $20,000 for Hog Cholera Control. Experts to train persons in use of serum and virus Permits to administer serum, etc. Reports to State Veterinarian. Supply of serum, etc., to farmers and swine growers. 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, 1919. INSURANCE ON PUBLIC BUILDINGS. No. 281. An Act to appropriate the sum of $5,000.00 from the State Treasury for the purpose of paying the premiums upon fire insurance on the public buildings of the State. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, that there is hereby appropriated and made available immediately upon the approval of this Act, the sum of $5,000.00 for the purpose of paying the premiums upon the fire insurance on the public buildings of the State, said appropriation to be disbursed by the Governor in accordance with law. $5,000 for insurance on buildings. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be and the same are hereby repealed. Approved August 18, 1919. NORMAL SCHOOL AT ATHENS; SEWER EXTENSION. No. 223. An Act to appropriate the sum of $8,000.00, or so much thereof as may be necessary, for constructing and extending

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the sewer line of the State Normal School at Athens, Georgia, so as to empty the sewage from said school into the Middle [Illegible Text] River and for other purposes. Wheras, the sewage from the State Normal School at Athens, Georgia, now emptics into a small stream within the city limits of the city of Athens, in a populous section of said city, thereby constituting a serious menace to the health of the citizens of said city as well as to the students in the State Institutions, and it appears that this situation can be relieved by extending the sewer line now used by said State Normal School so as to empty said sewage into the Middle [Illegible Text] River outside of said city limits. Therefore, Preamble. 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 sum of $8,000.00, or so much thereof as may be necessary, be and the same is hereby appropriated to the trustees of the University of Georgia for the use of the State Normal School at Athens Georgia, for the purpose of extending the sewer line which serves said State Normal School so as to empty the sewage from said school into the Middle [Illegible Text] River. $8,000 to extend sewer line from State Normal School. Sec. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, that from and after the passage of this Act, the Board of Trustees of the University of Georgia, through its secretary and treasurer or other proper officer, is hereby authorized and empowered to make requisitions upon the Governor of this State for $8,000.00, or any part thereof as the same may be required, for the construction and extension of said sewer line as aforesaid and the said Governor is authorized and directed hereby to draw his warrants upon the State Treasurer for the amount of said requisition or requisitions so made by the Board of Trustees; and the said Treasurer is directed to pay the same out of any available funds in the treasury, Provided, only one-half of said [Illegible Text] or so much thereof as may be

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necessary, shall be paid in 1920 and the other one-half or so much thereof as may be necessary, in 1921. When payable. 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 18, 1919. OIL INSPECTOR'S [Illegible Text] SALARY. No. 53. An Act to make appropriation for the payment of the salary due the Clerk to the Oil Inspector from August 19th, 1918, to January 1st, 1920, as provided in Act approved August 19th, 1918. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same that there is hereby appropriated for the salary of the Clerk to the Oil Inspector from August 19th, 1918, to January 1st, 1920, the sum of $2,064.14. Salary. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid that all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be and the same are hereby repealed. Approved August 11, 1919. OLD CAPITOL BUILDING; REPAIRS. No. 216. An Act to appropriate $10,000 to repair the property of the State, the old capitol building at Milledgeville, Ga., and for other purposes. Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same,

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That from and after the passage of this Act, the sum of $10,000 be and the same is hereby appropriated to the Trustees of the Georgia Military College, at Milledgeville, Ga., for the purpose of repairing the old Capitol building at Milledgeville, Ga., now used and occupied by the Georgia Military College for school purpose. Same to be paid one-half in 1920 and one-half in 1921. $10,000 to Trustees of Georgia Military College, to repair old Capitol building. 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 18, 1919. SANITARIUM FOR TUBERCULOSIS PATIENTS; DEFICIENCY. No. 145. An Act to appropriate the sum of $8,000.00 for the purpose of supplying a deficit in an appropriation for improvements already made at the State Sanitarium for Tuberculosis Patients. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same that there is hereby appropriated from the State Treasury the sum of $8,000.00, or so much thereof as may be needed, for the purpose of supplying a deficit in [Illegible Text] appropriation for improvements already made at the State Sanitarium for [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] $8,000 deficiency appropriation for [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] 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, 1919. SANITARIUM FOR TUBERCULOSIS PATIENTS; LAND PURCHASE. No. 349. An Act to appropriate from the State funds for 1920 the sum of $3,750.00 for the purchase of land upon which the State Board of Health [Illegible Text] option.

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Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, that there is hereby appropriated from the State funds for the year 1920, the sum of $3,750.00 to be used for the purchase of land described in option, of date November 19th, 1918, between M. M. Gaily and the State Board of Health. Said land is to become a part of the State Sanitarium for Tuberculosis Patients, and shall be purchased solely for that purpose. $3,750 to buy land for Tuberculosis Sanitarium. 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, 1919. SOLDIERS' HOME; FOR WEEKLY ALLOWANCE TO INMATES. No. 371. An Act to increase the appropriation for the support and maintenance of the Confederate Soldiers Home, so as to provide a sum sufficient to defray the incidental expenses of Confederate Soldiers now occupying or who may hereafter be admitted to said home, such as street car fare, etc., to provide how and by whom said funds shall be disbursed, and for other purposes. Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That the annual fund appropriated for the support and maintenance of the Confederate Soldiers' Home be and the same is hereby supplemented by an amount not exceeding the sum of $5,000.00 or so much thereof as may be necessary to be expended for the purpose and in the manner hereinafter set forth. $5,000 added to appropriation for Soldiers Home. Sec. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That of said appropriation a weekly sum of $1.00 shall be paid to each Confederate Soldier now occupying

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said [Illegible Text] and to each Confederate Soldier who may hereafter be admitted thereto, to be used in defraying such expenses of the beneficiary as street car fare and such other expenditures as make for his comfort and happiness. $1 a week to each inmate for personal expenses. Sec. 3. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That such weekly sums shall be disbursed under authority of the Board of Trustees of the Confederate Soldiers Home and by and through the Superintendent of said Home under such rules and restrictions as may be prescribed by said Board of Trustees. Disbursement of. Sec. 4. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That such weekly sums shall be deemed a personal right to each soldier accepting the same and shall not survive to his heirs or personal representative of such beneficiary. Heirs not entitled to such payments. Sec. 5. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the Board of Trustees of said Home shall file with the Governor and annual report showing in detail the disbursement of these funds. Report of disbursements. 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 19, 1919. SOUTH GEORGIA NORMAL COLLEGE; DORMITORY. No. 338. An Act to appropriate to the Trustees of the University of Georgia for the use of the South Georgia State Normal School, at [Illegible Text], Georgia, the sum of seventy-five thousand ($75,000.00) dollars for the erection of an additional dormitory on the grounds of said college, and for other purposes. Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of same,

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that the sum of seventy-five thousand dollars be and is hereby appropriated to the trustees of the University of Georgia for the use of the South Georgia State Normal College at Valdosta, the same to be used in [Illegible Text] and equipping an additional dormitory on the grounds of the college, one-half of said sum to be paid in 1920 and one-half in 1921. $75,000 for new Dormitory, South Georgia Normal College. Sec. 2. The plans, specifications and contract for said building shall be such as are satisfactory to and are approved by said Board of Trustees of the University of Georgia. Plans and Contract to be approved by Trustees of State University. Sec. 3. The said Board of Trustees is hereby authorized to make requisition upon the Governor for said sum of any part thereof from time to time as the work of construction progresses and the Governor is authorized to draw his warrant upon the State Treasurer for such amount, and the Treasurer of the State is directed to pay the same out of any funds in the treasury available for that purpose. Requisitions for payments 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, 1919. SUPERIOR COURT JUDGES; SALARY. No. 48. An Act to make appropriation for the payment of the increase in salary due the Judges of the Superior Court from November 27th, 1918, to January 1st, 1920, as provided in Article 6, Section 13, Paragraph 1, of the Constitution, as contained in the proclamation of the Governor of November 27th, 1918. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the

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same, That there is hereby appropriated for increase in salary of the Judges of the Superior Court from November 27th, 1918, to January 1st, 1920, the sum of $31,760.80. Salaries. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be and the same are hereby repealed. Approved August 11, 1919. SUPREME COURT JUDGES; SALARY. No. 51. An Act to make appropriation for the payment of the increase in salary due the Judges of the Supreme Court from November 27th, 1918, to January 1st, 1920, as provided in Article 6, Section 13; Paragraph 1 of the Constitution, as contained in the proclamation of the Governor of November 27th, 1918. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That there is hereby appropriated for increase in salary of the Judges of the Supreme Court from November 27th, 1918, to January 1st, 1920, the sum of $6,571.20. Salaries. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be and the same are hereby repealed. Approved August 11, 1919. SUPREME COURT SHERIFF; SALARY. No. 54. An Act to make appropriation for the payment of the increase in salary due the Sheriff of the Supreme Court, from August 14th, 1918, to January 1st, 1919, as provided in Act approved August 14th, 1918.

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Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That there is hereby appropriated for increase in salary of the Sheriff of the Supreme Court from August 14th, 1919, the sum of $155.68. Salary. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be and the same are hereby repealed. Approved August 11, 1919. SUPREME COURT STENOGRAPHERS; SALARY. No. 50. An Act to make appropriation for the payment of the increase in salary due the stenographers of the Supreme Court from August 13th, 1918, to January 1st, 1919, as provided in Act approved August 13th, 1918. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That there is hereby appropriated for increase in salary of the Stenographers to the Supreme Court from August 13th, 1918, to January 1st, 1919, the sum of $1,153.20. Salaries. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be and the same are hereby repealed. Approved August 11, 1919. TECHNOLOGICAL SCHOOL; ADDITIONAL LAND, BUILDINGS. AND EQUIPMENT. No. 364. An Act to make an appropriation to the Trustees of the Georgia School of Technology for housing, installing

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and utilizing materials, scientific equipment, laboratory and shop equipment offered to the school by the United States Government and American manufacturers, and for other purposes. Whereas, the Georgia School of Technology is greatly in need of more land and buildings and equipment for training its large and steadily increasing student body of nearly two thousand young men, and, Preamble. Whereas, the authorities of the war and other departments of the United States Government and also many American manufacturers are offering donations to said schools of large quantities of modern instruments, machinery, scientific equipment, and materials suitable for educational and research purposes amounting in value to several hundred thousand dollars, and, Whereas, the said school cannot receive, install, and utilize such machinery, equipment and materials for lack of suitable buildings, and, Whereas, the loss of this unusual opportunity of securing this valuable and greatly needed equipment without cost to the State would be detrimental to the work and efficiency of said school for years to come and would be greatly deplored by the people of this commonwealth, Section 1. Therefore, Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the sum of $100,000.00 is hereby appropriated to the Trustees of the University of Georgia for the use of the Georgia School of Technology, to be applied under the direction of the Governor, to the purchase of additional lands, the erection of buildings and the installation and utilization for educational and research purposes of the machinery, [Illegible Text], and materials which have been or may be offered to the said Georgia School of Technology. Provided, said amount shall not be available until the year 1921. $100,000 to Trustees of State University for use of School of Technology, under Governor's direction, for more [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] etc. Not to be available until 1921. 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 18, 1919. TICK ERADICATION; DEFICIENCY. No. 282. An Act to appropriate $20,000.00 to supply a deficiency in the appropriation for tick eradication for the year of 1919. Whereas, the extensive and insistent demand for assistance in co-operative tick eradication from numerous counties throughout the State and the increased expense of employing inspectors in tick eradication work have created a deficiency in the tick eradication appropriation for the year of 1919, therefore, 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 sum of $20,000.00, 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 the appropriation for tick eradication for the year of 1919. $20,000 to supply [Illegible Text] in tick [Illegible Text] appropriation. Sec. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be and the same are hereby repealed. Approved August 18, 1919.

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TITLE II. TAXATION. ACTS. Amendment to the General Tax Act of 1918. [Illegible Text] Taxes. Local School Tax in certain Counties; election and levy. AMENDMENT TO GENERAL TAX ACT OF 1918. No. 299. An Act to amend the General Tax Act approved August 20, 1918, and to amend Section 2 of said Act by amending the following paragraphs of Section 2 imposing special taxes: By amending Paragraph 8 relating to teachers agencies, and Paragraph 12 relating to automobile agents, and adding after Paragraph 12 another Paragraph to be known as 12-A imposing a tax upon dealers in second-hand automobiles; to amend Paragraph 14 relating to automobile assembling plants, and to add after Paragraph 18 another Paragraph to be known as Paragraph 18-A, imposing a tax upon barber shops; to amend Paragraph 22 relating to billiard tables, pool tables, etc.; to amend Paragraph 23 relating to bond makers; to amend Paragraph 26 relating to stock and bond brokers; to repeal Paragraph 27 and substitute a new Paragraph therefor; to amend Paragraph 28 relating to brokers and agents for book binding and lithographing; to repeal Paragraph 31 relating to burglar alarm companies, and substitute a new Paragraph therefor; to amend Paragraph 33; to add a new Paragraph after Paragraph 38, to be known as Paragraph 38-A, imposing a tax upon side shows; to repeal Paragraph 41 relating to concerts and exhibitions,

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and substituting a new Paragraph [Illegible Text] to amend Paragraph 42 relating to contract companies; to repeal Paragraph 43 relating to contractors, and substituting a new paragraph therefor; to repeal Paragraph 47 relating to ten-pin alleys, etc., and substituting therefor a new paragraph; and to add after Paragraph 47 a new paragraph to be known as Paragraph 47-A; to amend Paragraph 53 relating to employment agencies; to amend Paragraph 57 relating to wholesale ice cream dealers; to amend Paragraph 64 relating to [Illegible Text] agents; to add Paragraph number 73-A after Paragraph 73 imposing a tax upon motorcycle dealers; to amend Paragraph 84 relating to vendors of pictures and picture frames; to amend Paragraph 86 relating to moving picture shows; to amend Paragraph 89 relating to agents for safes and vaults; to amend Paragraph 92 relating to manufacturers of soft drink syrups; to repeal Paragraph 94 relating to tanks and pump systems and substitute a new paragraph therefor; to repeal Paragraph 96 and substitute a new paragraph therefor imposing a tax upon steamship and steamboat companies; to amend Paragraph 99 relating to merchandise warehouses; to add a new Paragraph number 101 imposing a tax upon shrimp and [Illegible Text] packers; to add a new paragraph number 102 imposing a tax upon vendors of patent rights; to add a new Paragraph number 103 to impose a tax upon commercial agencies; to amend Section 6 of the said Tax Act relating to premium tax on insurance companies; to amend Section 8 of the Tax Act relating to tax upon railroad equipment companies; to add a new Section known as Section 17 to said Act providing for special tax agents 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 Tax Act approved August 20, 1918, and Section 2 therefor be and the [Illegible Text] is hereby amended as follows, to-wit: General Tax Act of 1918 amended.

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Paragraph 1. Amend Paragraph 8 of Section 2 by adding at the end thereof the words in each County where it has an office. Teachers' Agencies; Ga. L. 1918. p. 46. Paragraph 2. Amend Paragraph 12 of Section 2 by adding after Paragraph 12 another Paragraph to be known as Paragraph 12-A, as follows: Automobile Dealers: Ga. L. 1918, p.47. 12-A. Upon every person, firm or Corporation dealing exclusively in used automobiles or second-hand automobiles $25.00 in each county. Provided, that such dealer dealing exclusively in used or second-hand automobiles may register with the Comptroller-General and pay the sum of $100.00 to the Comptroller-General, who shall thereupon issue to such dealer a certificate which shall entitle the said dealer to sell exclusively second-hand or used automobiles in any county of the State without the payment of any further license or occupation tax. Paragraph 3. Amend the 14th Paragraph of Section 2 by striking from the end of said Paragraph the figures $50.00 and adding in lieu thereof the words and figures $100.00 in each County. Automobile Assembling Plants: Ga. L. 1918, p.48. Paragraph 4. Amend Paragraph 18 by adding after said Paragraph another Paragraph to be known as Paragraph 18-A as follows: Barber Shops: Ga. L. 1918, p.48. 18.-A. Upon every barber shop having two chairs or less, the sum of $5.00, and the sum of $2.50 for each chair in addition to two. Paragraph 5. Amend Paragraph 22 of Section 2 by adding after the first sentence of said Paragraph 22 the following: Provided that such clubs as make no charge for admittance fee or for the games played shall not be required to pay such tax, and strike the proviso just quoted from the end of the second sentence in said Paragraph. Tables for Games; Proviso as to Clubs: Ga. L. 1918, p.49. Paragraph 6. Amend Paragraph 23 of Section 2 by adding at the end of said Paragraph the words in each County. Bondsmen: Ga. L. 1918, p. 49.

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Paragraph 7. Amend by striking from the last line of Paragraph 26, Section 2, the words and figures for each county in which the business is carried on $100.00 and by adding in lieu thereof these words the sum of $100.00 for each town or city where such business is carried on the population of which does not exceed 5,000, and $150.00 where the population is over 5,000 and not over 10,000, and $250.00 where the population exceeds 10,000. Brokers in Stocks, etc.: Ga. L. 1918, p. 50. Paragraph 8. Amend by striking Paragraph 27 of Section 2 and substituting in lieu therefor the following paragraph: Merchandise [Illegible Text] Ga. L. 1918, p. 50. Paragraph 27. Brokers, merchandise and commissary merchants; every person, firm or corporation doing business in this State who receives or distributes provisions and merchandise, including flour, hay, grain, coal, coke, lumber, brick, or any other article of merchandise shipped to such person, firm or corporation for distribution on account of the shipper, or who participates in the profits ensuing from or accruing out of the sales of such provisions or merchandise as above described, or who invoices such sales, or who collects money therefor shall be deemed to be a broker. Every person, firm or corporation buying or selling for another any kind of merchandise on commission shall be a commission merchant. Every person, firm or corporation shall pay for the privilege of transacting the business of a commission merchant or broker in merchandise $50.00. Commission Merchants. Definition of Commission Merchant. Paragraph 9. Amend paragraph 28 of Section 2 by striking from the end of said paragraph the words $50.00 and substituting therefor the words and figures $25.00 in each county in which such broker or agent has an office or place of business. Printing Brokers: Ga. L. 1918, p.50. Paragraph 10. Amend by striking Paragraph 31 of Section 2 and substituting therefor the following: Paragraph 31. Upon all burglar alarm companies and upon all automatic sprinkler companies or agents

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therefor the sum of $25.00 for each agency or place of business in each County. Burglar Alarm and Automatic Sprinkler Agts.: Ga. L. 1918, p. 50. Paragraph 11. Amend Paragraph 33, Section 2, by adding after said Paragraph the words for each stand in each County. Card Writing Stands: Ga. L. 1918, p.51. Paragraph 12. Amend Paragraph 38 by adding after said Paragraph a Paragraph to be known as 38-A as follows: 38-A. Upon each side show accompanying a circus company in or near cities of 5,000 population or more $50.00 and in or near all cities or towns of less than 5,000 population $25.00. Circuses; Side Shows: Ga. L. 1918, p. 51. Paragraph 13. Amend Paragraph 41 by striking the same and sabstituting in lieu therefor the following as paragraph 41, to-wit: Upon all concerts, shows and exhibitions charging an admission, not otherwise herein taxed, in or near cities of more than 5,000 inhabitants $50.00; in or near towns and cities of less than 5,000 inhabitants $25.00; provided that this Section shall not apply to histrionic, dramatic and operatic performances given in regularly licensed theatres and opera houses and provided this Section shall not apply to exhibitions given by local performers nor to exhibitions the entire proceeds of which are for charitable or benevolent purposes nor to entertainments commonly known as chautauquas. Concarts, Shows, etc.: Ga. L. 1918, p. 52. Paragraph 14. Amend paragraph 42 of Section 2 by adding at the end of Section the following: or in case such work is not done for a fixed contract price then one-tenth of one per cent upon the cost of such work, and provided that the aggregate tax paid by any one contractor or firm or corporation under this Section shall not exceed the sum of $500 in any one County in any calendar year. Contractors for Construction of Public Works: Ga. L. 1918, p. 52. Paragraph 15. Amend Paragraph 43 of Section 2 by striking said Paragraph and substituting the following:

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43rd. CONTRACTORS. Any person, firm or corporation accepting orders or contracts for doing any work on or in any building or structure requiring the use of paint, stone, bricks, mortar, wood, cement, structural iron or steel, sheet iron, galvanized iron, metallic piping, tin, lead, electric wiring, or other metal, or any other building, or who shall accept contracts to do any paving or curbing on sidewalks or streets, public or private property using asphalt, brick, stone, cement, wood, or any composition, or who shall accept an order for or contract to excavate earth, rock, or other material, for foundation or any other purpose, or who shall accept an order or contract to construct any sewer of stone, brick, terra cotta, or other material, shall be deemed to be a contractor. Every contractor shall, on the first day of January in each year, procure from the Ordinary in the County in which he has his office a license to carry on the business of a contractor; provided that if such contractor has no office in this State then he may procure such license from the Ordinary from the county where he conducts his business. Every such contractor shall pay for the privilege of transacting business in this State $10.00, provided the amount of all orders or contracts accepted do not exceed $10,000, and $1.00 additional for each $1,000.00 of orders or contracts accepted above $10,000; this to be paid as follows: $10.00 to be paid at the beginning of the year or at the commencement of business within any year, and thereafter returns to be made at the end of the quarter to the tax collector showing the amount of orders or contracts accepted during the quarter and the amount of tax due upon the orders or contracts above $10,000 to be paid at the end of each quarter with the making of this report, provided the provisions of this Section shall not apply in cases where the contract price does not exceed the sum of five hundred dollars, and where the contractor does not employ more than two assistants. Contractors for building, paving, excavating, etc.: Ga. L. 1918, p. 52. Definition of Contractor. License from Ordinary. Paragraph 16. Amend by striking paragraph 47 of Section 2 and substitute therefor the following to be

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known as Paragraph 47, Devices, bowling, ten-pin, boxball alleys, cane racks, shooting gallerics, etc.: Upon oach person, firm or corporation operating for gain a bowling, boxball, ten-pin alley, or alley of like character, shooting gaileries or booth where firearms are used for firing at a target and upon persons operating for gain any table stand, machine or place for performance of games, not prohibited by laws, 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 sale or disposition of prizes, for each stand, table, alley, gallery, machine, rack, booth or other place put in use at each place of business in this State the sum of $25.00. [Illegible Text], [Illegible Text] and other [Illegible Text], shooting [Illegible Text] Games, etc.; [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] p. 55. Paragraph 17. Amend said Paragraph 47 further by adding the following to be known as Paragraph 47-A. Skating Rinks: Ga. I. 1918, p. 55. 47-A. Upon the owner, manager, keeper of, or lessee of any skating rink in this State where any fee or charge is made for admission, for the use of skates, or skating, in Counties having a population of more than 100,000 inhabitants the sum of $100.00; in Counties of 50,000 and not over 100,000 the sum of $50.00; in counties of less than 50,000 population the sum of $25.00 for each place of business. Paragraph 18. Amend Paragraph 53 of Section 2 by adding at the end of said Section the words for each County. Employment Agencies; Ga. [Illegible Text] 1918, p. 56. Paragraph 18-A. Amend Paragraph 54 of Section 2 by striking from the end of the first sentence of paragraph 54 the figures $25.00 and inserting in lieu thereef the figures $100.00. Fortune Tellers: Ga. L. 1918, p.56. Amend paragraph 54 by numbering the second sub-division of Paragraph 54 by numbering the said second subdivision as 54-A. Sub-division number added. Paragraph 19. Amend Paragraph 57 of Section 2 by striking from the end of said Paragraph the words and figures in each County in which sales are made $5.00,

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and substituting in lieu of the words and figures so stricken the figures $25.00. Ice Cream Dealers (wholesale); Ga. L. 1918, pp. 57, 58. Paragraph 20. Amend Paragraph 64 of Section 2 by adding to the first sentence of said Paragraph the following: Provided this tax shall not be required of attorneys-at-law and who have paid the professional tax required by this Act and who shall engage in negotiating loans or collateral other than wages, time or salary, provided further that this tax shall not be required of any person, firm or corporation in any County in which its correspondent, agent or other local representative has paid said tax or otherwise complied with or conformed to this Section, and amend further by striking the proviso hereinbefore quoted from the latter part of Section 64. Loan Agents: Ga. L. 1918, p.59. Exemption of Attorneys-at-Law, etc. Paragraph 20-A. Amend Section 65 of the Tax Act of 1918 by striking out the word Lobbyists and substituting therefor the words Legislative Agents, so that said Section as amended will read: LEGISLATIVE AGENTS. 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: Ga. L. 1918, p. 59. Substitution of Legislative Agents for Lobbyists. Paragraph 21. Amend Paragraph 73 of Section 2 by adding after said Paragraph another Paragraph to be numbered 73-A, as follows: Blcycle Dealers: Ga. L. 1918, p.61. 73-A. Upon every person, firm or corporation selling or dealing in motorcycles or motor attachments for bicycles, whether in connection with the business of selling bicycles or automobiles or otherwise, $25.00 for each place of business. Motorcycle Dealers, etc., added. Paragraph 22. Amend Paragraph 84 by striking said paragraph and substituting therefor the following: Upon every person, firm or corporation who in person or through its agents sells and delivers photographs or pictures of any character, or picture frames, whether they make charge of such frames or not, in each county in which this business is done $10.00. Picture and Frame Dealers: Ga. L. 1918, p. 65.

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Paragraph 23. Amend Paragraph 86 of Section 2 by inserting after the words pictures at the end of the 4th line thereof the following words and each place where theatrical performances or any performance similar thereto, panorama or any public performance or exhibition of any kind except for benevolent or charitable or educational purposes, so that said Paragraph when amended will read as follows: Picture shows, vauleville and theatrical performances, etc.: Ga. L. 1918, p. 66. 86th. MOVING PICTURES. Upon each and every electric show or exhibition or moving picture or illustrated song and each place where vaudeville performance is given, whether with or without electric shows or moving pictures, and each place where theatrical performances or any performance similar thereto, panorama or any public performance or exhibition of any kind except for benevolent, charitable or educational purposes, 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 inhabitants, 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 of over 25,000 inhabitants, per month, $10.00. Paragraph 24. Amend Paragraph 89 of Section 2 by striking from said Paragraph at the end of said Paragraph the figures $10.00 and insert the figures $50.00. Safe and Vault Dealers: Ga. L. 1918, p. 67. Paragraph 25. Amend Paragraph 92 of Section 2 by inserting after the words If no returns be made in the first line of the 5th sub-paragraph of said Paragraph 92 the following, or if the Comptroller-General believes said returns are false. Soft Drink Syrups, etc., Wholesale Dealers In: Assessment, Ga. L. 1918, p. 68. Paragraph 26. Amend Paragraph 94 by striking said Paragraph and inserting in lieu thereof the following: Upon each person, firm, or corporation selling or dealing in tanks and pumps or tanks or pumps for oil, gasoline or kerosene or other like fluids, $50.00. Tanks and pumps for oil, etc., dealers in: Ga. L. 1918, [Illegible Text]. Paragraph 27. Amend by striking Paragraph 96 of Section 2 and inserting in lieu of said Paragraph the following:

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Upon all steamship and steamboat companies in this State $100.00. Car Trusts, etc.: Ga. L. 1918, p. 69. Steamboat Companies [Illegible Text]. Paragraph 28. Amend Section 2 of said Act by adding the following additional Paragraphs to be known as Paragraphs 101, 102, 103, respectively, to-wit: Additional Paragraphs: 101, 102, 103. Paragraph 101. PACKERS. Upon each person, firm or corporation engaged in the business of packers of oyster, shrimp, or fish, $25.00. Packers of Oysters, Shrimp, Fish. Paragraph 102. PATENT RIGHTS. Upon each person, firm or corporation selling patent rights in Georgia, the sum of $50.00. Patent-Right Sellers. Paragraph 103. REPORTING AGENCIES, COMMERCIAL. Upon each person, firm or corporation engaged in the business of a commercial reporting agency, in every county in the State where they have an office or branch office, $125.00. Commercial Reporting Agencies. Sec. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, that Section 6 of the said Tax Act be and the same is hereby amended as follows, to-wit: Insurance Companies' Premium Tax: Ga. L. [Illegible Text], p. 73. Amend Section 6 of said tax Act relating to the premium tax on insurance companies by striking from the first Paragraph of said Section the words one per cent of all premiums and insert in lieu thereof the words one and one-half per centum of all premiums. Further amend Paragraph 3 of Section 6 by striking from said Paragraph the words one-half of one per centum, where the said words appear in the 11th and 12th lines of said Paragraph and insert in lieu thereof the words one per centum, and further amend said Paragraph by striking therefrom the words One-tenth of one per centum, where such words appear on the 16th line of said Paragraph and insert in lieu thereof the words one-fourth of one per centum. Sec. 3. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid that Section 8 of the General Tax Act be and the same is hereby amended as follows:

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Amend Section 8 of the Tax Act by striking from the [Illegible Text] of the third Paragraph of said Section the words and [Illegible Text] assessment of taxes thereon shall be levied and the [Illegible Text] collected in the same manner as provided in the case of sleeping cars in sub-section 2 of this Section, and insert in lieu of the words so stricken the following words: [Illegible Text] the assessment of taxes upon such equipment companies shall be based upon the value of the average amount of equipment of said equipment company in this State during the year and taxes shall be imposed and collected upon such value at the same rate as other property in this State is taxed and in addition thereto the Comptroller-General shall impose and collect at the same rate tax upon the franchise of said equipment companies upon the following basis: Railroad-car Equipment Companies: Ca. [Illegible Text] 1918, p. 78. Basis of assessment. Ascertain the value of the franchise of said equipment companies under the same rules as the value of franchises of railroads is now ascertained and the proportion of the franchise taxable in this State shall be the proportion the car mileage of said equipment company in this State bears to the entire car mileage of said equipment company and to effectuate the provisions of this Paragraph the Comptroller may require of such equipment companies such reports as will give the necessary information to enable him to ascertain the value of the franchise of such company and such equipment companies shall furnish the Comptroller-General such information as he may require, and all the rules and penalties applicable to railroad companies shall be applicable to such equipment companies in the event of failure to comply with the provisions of this Section. Sec. 4. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid that the above described Act be amended by adding an additional Section at the end thereof, to be known as Section 17, reading as follows: Additional Section (17). Sec. 17. SPECIAL TAX AGENTS. Whenever the State Tax Commissioner shall have reason to believe that the taxpayers in any county are not registering their business with the ordinary as required by law, or failing to properly

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return their property as required by law, or returning their property at a false valuation, he shall have authority upon recommendation of the Governor to employ a competent person to go into each county, vested with all the powers, as are now given to County Boards of Assessors, to ascertain such fact; report on such investigation to be made to the State Tax Commissioner. The compensation of such person so employed shall be a per centum of the taxes accruing to the State from his efforts, the amount to be fixed by the State Tax Commissioner and approved by the Governor. Special Tax Investigators Compensation of Investigator. Sec. 5. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same that Paragraph 45, Section 3 of said Act of the General Assembly, approved August 20th, 1918, contained in the authorized publication of the Acts and Resolutions of the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, for 1918, on pages 43 to 83 inclusive, be and the same is hereby amended by adding and inserting after the words shall not apply to insurance companies or to sewing machine companies and before the words which are separately taxed in other Paragraphs of this Act, contained in the second proviso of said Section on Page 54 of the published Acts of 1918, the words or to companies doing or operating a real estate loan business as mentioned and described in paragraph 64 hereafter, so that when amended said Section 45 shall read as follows, to-wit: Non-resident Coroprations, Agents of. Ga. L. 1918, p. 54. Proviso as to real estate loan business. 45th. CORPORATIONS, FOREIGN. Upon every agent or representative of any foreign or non-resident corporation, 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 of Georgia) for schedule or scale therein [Illegible Text].

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Provided, that if such foreign or non-resident [Illegible Text] shall pay to the Comptroller-General of this State license tax prescribed as per said schedule for [Illegible Text] corporations, then such agents of foreign or [Illegible Text] corporations shall be relieved from said occupation [Illegible Text], and to this end said foreign corporations shall register [Illegible Text] 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 [Illegible Text] 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 2nd Paragraph 44 of this Section shall not apply to insurance companies or to sewing machine [Illegible Text], or to companies doing or operating a real estate loan business as mentioned and described in Paragraph 64, hereafter, 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 mentioned. 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 19, 1919.

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INHERITANCE TAX AMENDMENT. No. 304 To amend an Act approved August 19, 1913, providing for the levy and collection of inheritance taxes published in Georgia Laws 1913, pages 91 to 97 inclusive, and in Park's Annotated Code of Georgia, Section 1041-A to 1041-P: By repealing Section 1 of said Act and substituting therefor a new section; by amending Sections 8 and 11 and 14; by inserting a new section providing for appeals; and by repealing Section 12 and substituting a new section 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 aforesaid, that the Act approved August 19, 1913, providing for the levy and collection of inheritance taxes in certain cases, and which is published in Georgia Laws 1913, pages 91 to 97, inclusive, and as Section 1041-A to 1041-P of Park's Annotated Code of Georgia, be amended as follows: Amendment of Act of 1913. By striking all of Section 1 of said Act and substituting the following: Substitute for Sec. 1. (Ga. L. 1913, p. 92.) All property within the jurisdiction of this State, real and personal, and every estate and interest therein belonging to the inhabitants of the State, and all real estate as well as tangible personal property within the State or any interest therein, belonging to persons who are not inhabitants of the commonwealth, which shall pass on the death of the decedent by will or by the laws regulating descents and distributions, or by deed, grant, or gift, except in cases of a bona fide purchase for a full consideration, made, or intended to take effect in possession or enjoyment, after the death of the grantor or donor, to any person or persons, bodies politic or corporation in trust or otherwise, shall be subject to taxes, and shall pay the following tax to this State: Taxation of property or interest passing on death. (1) When the property or any beneficial interest therein passes by any such transfer where the amount of the property

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shall exceed in value the exemption hereinafter specified, and shall not exceed in value Twenty-five thousand ($25,000), the tax hereby imposed shall be: Rates on values not exceeding $25,000. (a) Where the person or persons entitled to any beneficial interest in such property shall be the wife, husband, child, adopted child, son-in-law, daughter-in-law, lineal descendant or lineal ancestor of the decedent, at the rate of one per centum (1%) of the market value of such interest in such property. 1% on interest of spouse, lineal descendant or ancestor, adopted child, son-in-law, etc. (b) Where the person or persons entitled to any beneficial interest in such property shall be the brother or sister or step-child, of the decedent (and the term brother or sister shall include a brother or sister of the half blood), at the rate of three per centum (3%) of the market value of such interest in such property. 3% on interest of brother. sister, or step-child; half-blood included. (c) Where the person or persons entitled to any beneficial interest in such property shall be the uncle, aunt, nephew, or niece of the decedent, at the rate of five per centum (5%) of the market value of such interest in such property. 5% on interest of uncle, aunt, nephew, or niece. (d) Where the person or persons entitled to any beneficial interest in such property shall be of other degree of relationship than those named above or of no relationship, to the decedent, at the rate of seven per centum (7%) of the market value of such interest in such property. 7% on other interests. (2) The foregoing rates are for convenience termed the primary rate, when the amount of the market value of such property or interest [Illegible Text] Twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000), the rate of tax upon such excess shall be as follows: The term Primary Rate applied to foregoing rates. Upon all in excess of twenty-five ($25,000) up to fifty thousand dollars ($50,000), one and one-half times the primary rate. From $25,000 to $50,000 rate increased. From $50,000 to $100,000; rate. Upon all in excess of fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) and up to one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000), two times the primary rate.

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Upon all in excess of one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) and up to five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000), two and one-half times the primary rate. From $100,000 to $500,000; rate. Upon all in excess of five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000), three times the primary rate. All in excess of $500,000; rate. (3) The following exemptions from the tax are hereby allowed: Exemptions. (a) All property transferred to a person or corporation, in trust or use solely for educational, literary, scientific, religious or charitable purposes, or to the State or any County or municipal corporation thereof for public purposes, shall be exempt. Educational, Religious, Charitable, etc. (b) Property of the market value of five thousand dollars ($5,000) transferred or passing to the widow, widower, child, son-in-law, daughter-in-law, or an adopted child of the decedent, shall be exempt. Property of the market value of two thousand ($2,000) dollars transferred to any other person described in subdivision (a) of paragraph (1) shall be exempt. $5,000 and $2,000 exemptions of classes described in Par. 1, Sub-Div. (a). SECTION 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, that section 8 of the above described Act be amended by striking the words Comptroller General of the State in lines 6 and 7 and inserting in lieu thereof the words State Tax Commissioner. Sec. 8 (Ca. L. 1913, p. 94) amended. Tax [Illegible Text] substituted for [Illegible Text] General. SECTION 3. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, that Section 11 of the above described Act be amended as follows: Sec. 11 amended. By inserting between the words county and of in the 11th line of said section as published in the Georgia Laws of 1913 the words, and the State Tax Commissioner, and by inserting after the word thereof in line 32 the words, subject to review by the State Tax Commissioner in his discretion, and by adding at the end of the

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section, the words: Provided further, that it shall be the duty of said Ordinary to furnish the office of the State Tax Commissioner within ten days of the filing of the same with a copy of the appraisement in every instance, whether made by himself or by [Illegible Text], so that said section when amended will read as follows: State Tax Commissioner [Illegible Text] for Tax-Collector. Review of Ordinary's Report, etc. Section 11. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, that the Ordinary of the county having jurisdiction of the administration of the estate of the decedent, shall on application of any interested party or upon his own motion, and whenever occasion may require appoint three disinterested persons as appraisers to fix the value of property subject to said tax; that the appraisers, being first sworn, shall give notice to all persons known to have a claim in the property appraised, including the executor, administrator or trustee, and the tax collector of the county, and the State Tax Commissioner, of the time and place when they will appraise the same, such notice being given by advertisement in some newspaper having general circulation in the county which has jurisdiction of the administration of the estate, that at such time and place they shall appraise such property at its actual or market value at the time of the death of the decedent, and shall thereupon make report thereof in writing to said ordinary; that when property is located in more than one county the appraisers appointed in the county in which the estate is being administered shall appraise the whole estate; that each appraiser shall be paid on the certificate of the ordinary $5.00 for every day employed in such appraisal, together with his actual necessary expense incurred therein and the fees of such appraisers shall be taxable as a part of the costs of the administration of said estate by the Ordinary, and said fees shall be paid by the executor, administrator or trustee or by the heirs at law to whom such property [Illegible Text] in case there is no administration; provided, however, upon the agreement of the parties interested to dispense with the appointment of appraisers, the ordinary himself shall appraise the property and make and file a report thereof, subject

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to review by the State Tax Commissioner in his discretion; that for his service in connection with the appointment of appraisers for any estate, the Ordinary shall receive a fee of $5.00, and for the appraisement of any estate by himself the Ordinary shall receive a fee of $20.00, which fee shall be taxable as a part of the cost of the administration of the estate; provided, further, that it shall be the duty of said Ordinary to furnish the office of the State Tax Commissioner within ten days of the filing of the same with a copy of the appraisement in every instance, whether made by himself or by appraisers; provided further, that any appraisement of any estate under this Act shall be held to comply with the present requirement as to appraisement of estates. To be read as amended. Appraisement. Notice. Fees of Appraisers. Authorizing Ordinary to Appraise. Fees of Ordinary. Copy for Tax Commissioner. SECTION 4. Be it further enacted, that the above recited act be amended by inserting a new section, after Section 11, to be numbered Section 11-A, and to read as follows: Now Section: 11-A. Section 11-A. That any person or persons, including the State Tax Commissioner, being dissatisfied with the appraisement or assessment may appeal therefrom to the Court of Ordinary within sixty days after the making and filing of such assessment on paying or giving to the Ordinary securities satisfactory to pay all costs, together with whatever taxes shall be fixed by the court, provided, no bond or security shall be required of the State Tax Commissioner. In case of such appeal said cause will stand for hearing at the next regular term of the Court of Ordinary. Appeal. SECTION 5. Be it further enacted, that the above recited Act be amended by striking therefrom the section known as Section 12 and inserting in lieu thereof the following: Substitute for Sec. 12. Section 12. That immediately upon the filing of the report of the appraisement the Ordinary shall calculate and determine the amount of tax due on such property under this Act and shall in writing certify such amount to the Tax

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Collector, the State Tax Commissioner, the executor, administrator or trustee, and to the person for whom or for whose use the property passes, and for such services the Ordinary shall receive one-half of the commission hereafter allowed for the collection of such tax. That said tax shall be a lien upon such property from the death of the decedent until paid and shall bear interest from such death until paid, unless payment shall be made within twelve months after such death, in which case no interest shall be charged. Tax to be determined by Ordinary. Compensation of Ordinary. Lien of Tax. SECTION 6. Be it further enacted, that Section 14 of the above recited act be amended by striking from the end thereof the words, other tax moneys received by him, and inserting the words, digest taxes and these fees shall be equally divided between the Tax Collector and Ordinary of the county. Sec. 14 Amended. Division of Fees. SECTION 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, 1919. LOCAL SCHOOL TAX; ELECTION AND LEVY. No. 154. An Act to allow counties in this State which are now levying a local tax for the support of public schools amounting to five mills on the dollar to increase the amount of said taxes to seven and one-half mills on the dollar; to fix the commissions of tax-collectors for collecting said funds, and for other purposes. Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and by said authority the same is hereby enacted; That to those counties of this State operating a county system of public schools, which have in their boundaries a city of one hundred thousand or more inhabitants

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maintaining an independent school system, and which said counties under existing laws are now levying a tax of five mills on the dollar for school purposes, authority is granted to said counties to levy a special tax on all taxable property in said counties, outside of independent local systems which may be located in said counties, an additional levy to that now allowed by law, not to exceed two and one-half mills on the dollar. Increase of Local School Tax in Counties with City of 100,000 or more inhabitants; limit. Sec. 2. That in order to put this law into force and effect the ordinary of such county or counties, upon the request of the County Board of Education of same, shall call an election not earlier than thirty (30) days and not later than sixty (60) days after said request has been made; provided, that notice of said election shall be posted in at least three conspicuous places in said county ten days before the date of said election, and the same advertised at least three times in the newspaper in said county in which the legal advertisements of the county are published; the election to be held at a time and at such places as may be prescribed by the ordinary and under rules governing ordinary special elections. Those favoring an increase in taxation for public schools shall vote For Increase in Taxation for Public Schools. Those opposed shall vote Against Increase in Taxation for Public Schools. The return of said election shall be made to the ordinary of the county in which same is held, who shall declare the results, and two-thirds of those voting shall be necessary to carry the election for increase in taxation for public schools in said county. Election as to increase. Two-thirds of those voting necessary to carry election for increase. Sec. 3. No person shall vote in said election except the regular qualified voters residing in said county, outside of any independent local system. An election for the same purpose shall not be held oftener than twelve months. Qualification of voters One election in year. Sec. 4. If two-thirds of the qualified voters voting in said election shall vote For increase in Taxation for Public Schools, and it is so declared by the ordinary, the tax rate for school purposes in said county, outside of independent local systems, not to exceed seven and one-half

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mills on the dollar, shall be fixed and collected in the same manner and by the same authority as now prescribed in the statutes of this State made and provided for raising local taxes for school purposes. Fixing and collection of tax. Sec. The County Tax Collector of said county shall keep the taxes thus collected separate and apart from all other moneys collected by him, and shall receive a commission of two and one-half per cent on the first eighteen thousand ($18,000.00) dollars collected, and a commission of one and one-fourth per cent (1%) on the balance so collected, and he shall pay over to the Board of Education of said county each month all moneys collected for school purposes. Separation of taxes collected. Commissions of Tax-Collector. Sec. 6. All expenses of holding said elections shall be paid by the county authorities out of the general county funds. Election Expenses. 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 18, 1919.

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TITLE III. AMENDMENTS TO CONSTITUTION. ACTS. Art. 8, sec. 4, par. 1. Local School Tax. Art. 11, sec. 1, par. 2. Lanier County; creation of. LOCAL SCHOOL TAX. No. 279. An Act to amend Paragraph 1, Section 4, Article 8, of the Constitution of the State of Georgia, granting authority to the counties of this State to levy local tax for the support of public schools, by requiring the county and municipal authorities to levy a local tax for the support of the public schools. Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia that Paragraph 1, Section 4, Article 8, of the Constitution of the State of Georgia be and the same is hereby amended by striking out the words Militia districts, school districts, in the second line and all the words after taxation in line five which read as follows; but no such laws shall take effect until the same shall have been submitted to a vote of the qualified voters in each county, militia district, school district, or municipal corporation and approved by two-thirds majority of persons voting at such election, and the General Assembly may prescribe who shall vote on such questions, and inserting in lieu thereof the following: The proper county authorities whose duty is to levy taxes for county purposes in this State, shall, on the recommendation of the Board of Education, assess and collect annually for the support of

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the public schools under its control not less than one (1) nor more than five (5) mills on the dollar of all taxable property of the county outside of independent local systems, which shall be distributed equitably according to the school population, the tax values, the number of teachers and their grade of license. An additional levy to that already allowed, not to exceed five mills, shall be permissible in independent local systems, municipalities or school districts on a two-thirds vote of those voting in the municipality or school district. No additional election shall be required to maintain any local school tax now in existence, in districts, counties, or municipalities; so that Paragraph 1, Section 4, Article 8, when so amended shall read as follows: Authority is granted to the counties and municipal corporations, upon the recommendation of the corporate authority to establish and maintain public schools in their respective limits by local taxation. The proper county authorities whose duty it is to levy taxes for county purposes in this State shall, on the recommendation of the Board of Education, assess and collect taxes for the support of public schools under its control not less than one nor more than five mills on the dollar of all taxable property of the county outside of independent local systems, which shall be distributed equitably according to the school population, tax values, the number of teachers and their grade of license, among the public schools therein. An additional levy to that already allowed, not to exceed five mills, shall be permissible in independent local systems, municipalities or school districts on a two-thirds vote of those voting. No additional election shall be required to maintain any local school tax now in existence in districts, counties, or municipalities, provided this bill shall not apply to counties having a local school system of taxation adopted prior to the Constitution of 1877. Art. 3, Sec. 4, Par. 1, amended. To be read as amended. Sec. 2. Be it further enacted that if this Constitutional amendment shall be agreed to by two-thirds of the members of the General Assembly of each House, the same shall be entered on the Journal, with [Illegible Text] and nays taken thereon,

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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 shall have written or printed on their tickets. For ratification of Amendment to Paragraph 1, Section 4, Article 8, of the Constitution (providing for the levy of a local tax by the counties and municipalities of this State in support of public schools), or Against ratification of amendment to Paragraph 1, Section 4, Article 8, of the Constitution. (Against providing for the levy of a local tax by the counties and municipalities of this State in support of public schools), as they may choose, and if a majority of the electors qualified vote in favor of ratification then said amendment shall become a part of Paragraph 1, Section 4, Article 8, of the Constitution of this State, and the Governor shall make proclamation thereof. Publication and submission to popular vote. Form of Ballots. Proclamation. Sec. 3. Be it further enacted that all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be and the same are hereby repealed. Approved August 18, 1919. LANIER COUNTY; CREATION OF. No. 78. 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. 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

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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 Lanier County. The territory for the formation of said county of Lanier shall be taken from the counties of Clinch, Berrien and Lowndes, and the territory so taken for the formation of said new county of Lanier shall be included within the following described boundaries, to-wit: Art. 11, Sec. 1, Par. 2, amended. Lanier County to be created. Beginning at the northwest corner of land lot No. 379, 10th land district of Berrien County, thence running south along the west lines of land lots Numbers 379, 404, 425, 450, 471, 496, 517 of the 10th district of Berrien County and the west lines of land lots Nos. 231, 232, 233, 234, 235, and 236 in the 11th district of Lowndes County, to the southwest corner of said land lot No. 236; thence running easterly along south line of land lots Nos. 236, 271, 282, 317, 328, 363, 374, 409, and 420, of Lowndes County; thence north along run of Alapaha River to original south lines land lot No. 458; thence easterly along original south lines land lots Nos. 458, 463, 504, to southwest corner land lot No. 509 in the 11th district of Clinch County; thence running northerly along original east lines land lots Nos. [Illegible Text], 508, 507, of the 11th district of Clinch County; thence northerly along the original east lines land lots Nos. 529, 484, 483, 438, 437, 392, 391, 346, 345, 300, 299, 254, to the northeast corner of land lot No. 253 of the 10th district of Clinch County; thence west along the original north line land lots No. 253, 252, 251, 250, and 249, to the run of the Alapaha River of the 10th district of Clinch County; thence south down run of said River to the north lines of land lot No. 304, in the 10th district of Berrien County; thence along the north line of land lots Nos. 304, 305, 306, 307, 308, to the northwest corner of lot No. 309 in the 10th district of Berrien County; thence southward along the west line of land lots Nos. 309 and 336 to the southwest corner of land lot No. 335 in the 10th district of Berrien County; thence west along the north line of land lots Nos. 381 and 380, and to the northwest corner of land lot No. 379

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in the 10th district of Berrien County, that being the starting point. Territorial description. That when said county is created the county seat for the same shall be the town of Milltown, 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 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 Lanier 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 Milltown 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 such 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 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

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said county, or statutery 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 Lanier 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 Lanier is attached, and the said General Assembly of Georgia is hereby given power to change said County of Lanier in arranging Congressional and Senatorial Districts, as is now provided by law. That the Superior Courts in said county of Lanier shall be held on the second Mondays in January and July 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 Justices of the Peace and Constables residing in the territory included within the new county of Lanier shall exercise the duties and powers of their offices until new militia districts are laid out in said county of Lanier, as now provided by law. That all the provisions of law as contained in Chapter Thirteen (13) of the Code of 1910 are hereby made applicable to the said County of Lanier whenever the same is created. That all of the general laws of 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 Lanier, 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 Lanier, 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. Milltown the County Seat. Election of County Officers. Additional Offices. Vacancies. Included in 11th Congressional District, Southern Judicial Circuit, 6th Senatorial District. 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

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as taken 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, 1920, 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 qualified 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 mistakes or mistake, or inaccuracies, that many occur, or may have occurred, in reference to the line or lines of said proposed 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 of the State of Georgia, creating the county of Lanier. Ballots, form of. Approved August 11, 1919.

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TITLE IV. CODE AMENDMENTS. ACTS. Civil 215, 317. Salary of State Treasurer. 250. Salary of Corporation Clerk. 317. Salary of Commissioner of Agriculture. 320. Salaries of Superintendent of State Sanitarium and Assistant Physician; repeal. 351. Per diem of Members of General Assembly. 695. Road Duty and Commutation Tax in certain counties. 696. Road Tax in certain counties. 828. (pp.). Salary of Commissioner of Motor Vehicles. 870. Paving in cities of certain population. 998. Tax Exemption of School Endowments. 1249. State Depository at Adel. State Depository at Soperton. 1365. University of Georgia Trustees; President of Alumni Society added. [Illegible Text] SchoolsManual Labor and Vocational. 1563-5. State Library Commission. 1811. Salary of General Oil Inspector. 1888. Peddling without license; exemption of disabled or indigent soldiers. 2057. Salary of Clerk of Commissioner of Agriculture. 2621. Salaries of Railroad Commission. [Illegible Text] Railroad Commission's powers as to existing contracts of street-railroad companies in certain cities. 2670. Salary of Secretary of Railroad Commission. 2823. Corporations; power to lease or mortgage. 3202. Limited Partnerships; death, dissolution, succession, increase of capital, etc. 4994 (a). 4996. Bailiff's Compensation. 6003. Fees of Justices of the Peace. [Illegible Text] Fees of Constables. Penal 887. Improper Communications to Females. written or printed. 876. [Illegible Text] and Bailiffs. Compensation of. 1188. Salaries of Prison Commissioners. 1224. Parole of Prisoner. 1504. Pensions Accrued and Unpaid of Deceased Soldiers; payment of. SALARY OF STATE TREASURER. No. 137. An Act to amend Code Section 215, Volume 1, and Section 317, Volume 1, of the Code of 1910, so as to change the salary of the State Treasurer from $2,000.00 per annum to $4,800.00. Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That from and after January 1st, 1920 Section 215, Volume 1, of the Code of 1910, be

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amended by striking therefrom the words two thousand and inserting in lieu thereof the words forty-eight hundred, so that the last line of said Section as amended will read as follows: his salary shall be forty-eight hundred dollars per annum. C. C. 215, amended. Increase of Salary. Sec. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That Section 317, Volume 1, of the Code of 1910, be amended by striking the figures $2,000.00 opposite the State Treasurer and inserting the figures $4.800.00. C. C. 317, amended. 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. Increase of Salary. Approved August 15, 1919. SALARY OF CORPORATION CLERK. No. 241. An Act to amend Section 250 of the Civil Code of Georgia of 1910, providing that the tax clerk in the Comptroller-General's office shall be corporation clerk, and limiting his salary by striking the word fifteen in said Section, and substituting in lieu thereof the words twentyfive; 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 250 of the Civil Code of Georgia for 1910, providing that the tax clerk in the Comptroller-General's office shall be corporation clerk, and limiting his salary be and the same is hereby amended by striking the word fifteen in said Section, and substituting in lieu thereof the words twenty-five; so that said Section when so amended shall read as follows: C. C. 250, amended. Salary Increased. Sec. 250. TAX CLERK SHALL BE CORPORATION CLERK, AND HIS SALARY. The tax clerk in the Comptroller-General's office, appointed by the Comptroller-General, shall be ex-officio

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the corporation clerk, and he shall be allowed a salary not to exceed twenty-five hundred dollars per annum, to be paid out of commissions and fees from the special taxes or license fees collected under the preceding Section, and in accordance with the laws of this State. To be read as 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 15, 1919. SALARY OF COMMISSIONER OF AGRICULTURE. No. 52. An Act to amend Sections 317 and 2067 of the Civil Code so as to increase the salary of the Commissioner of Agriculture to five thousand 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 from and after the passage of this Act line eleven of Section 317 of the Civil Code be and the same is hereby amended by striking from said line the figures $3,000.00 and substituting in lieu thereof the figures $5,000, so that said line of said Section when so amended shall read as follows: C. C. 317, amended. Salary increased. The Commissioner of Agriculture.....$5,000.00 Sec. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That from and after the passage of this Act Section 2067 of the Civil Code be and the same is hereby amended by striking from the second line of said Section the words three thousand dollars and substituting in lieu thereof the words five thousand dollars, so that said Section when so amended shall read as follows: C. C. 2067, amended. Increase of Salary. Section 2067. SALARIES OF COMMISSIONER AND CLERK. The salary of the Commissioner shall be five thousand dollars

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and the salary of his clerk shall be eighteen hundred dollars per annum. To be read as amended. Sec. 3. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be and the same are hereby repealed. Approved August 11, 1919. SALARIES OF SUPERINTENDENT OF STATE SANITARIUM AND ASSISTANT PHYSICIAN; REPEAL. No. 278. An Act to repeal Section 320 of the Civil Code of Georgia of 1910, relating to the salary of superintendent and principal physician of the Georgia State Sanitarium, and assistant physician. 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 320 of the Code of Georgia of 1910, which reads as follows, to-wit: C. C. 320, repealed. Sec. 320. SALARIES. The Superintendent and principal physician of the Georgia State Sanitarium, $2,500.00; The assistant physician, $1,250.00, be and the same is hereby repealed. Salaries. Sec. 2. Be it further enacted by authority of the same that all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be and the same are hereby repealed. Approved August 18, 1919. PER DIEM OF MEMBERS OF GENERAL ASSEMBLY. No. 66. An Act to amend Section 351 of the Code of 1910 by striking the words not exceed four, between the

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ROAD TAX FOR COUNTIES OF CERTAIN POPULATION. No. 166. An Act to amend Section 696 of the Code of 1910, as amended by the General Assembly of 1911, by adding thereto the following: Provided that in those counties having a population of not less than 18,690 nor more than 18,750, the tax levied for the aforesaid purpose may be fixed at any rate not greater than six-tenths of one per cent. Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That from and after the passage of this Act, Section 696 of the Code of 1910, as amended by the Act of the General Assembly of 1911, is amended by adding thereto the following: Provided that in those counties having a population of not less than 18,690 nor more than 18,750, according to U. S. Census 1910, the tax levied for the aforesaid purpose may be fixed at any rate not greater than six-tenths of one per cent, so that said Section shall, when amended read as follows: The Commissioners of Roads and Revenues, or the ordinary, as the case may be, shall levy a tax additional to any now authorized by law, of not more than four-tenths of one per cent, on all taxable property of the county, and the funds raised by said taxation, together with the commutation tax heretofore provided for, shall be known as the Public Road Fund of the county and shall be used and expended for the purpose of paying the salary and wages, and for working, improving and repairing the public roads, as herein set forth; Provided that in those counties having a population of not less than 18,690, nor more than 18,750, the tax levied for the aforesaid purpose may be fixed at any rate not greater than six-tenths of one per cent. C. C. 696, amended; counties with population of 18,690. To be read as amended. Sec. 2. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts

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of laws in conflict with the provisions of this Act be and the same are hereby repealed. Approved August 18, 1919. SALARY OF COMMISSIONER OF MOTOR VEHICLES. No. 165. An Act to amend Section 828 (pp) of the Code by striking in the ninth line thereof and between the word be and the word hundred, the word one, and inserting in lieu thereof the word two, and by adding at the end of said Section the following words: and the salary of the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles shall be one hundred and fifty dollars per month, payable out of the fees received for the registration of motor vehicles. Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That Section 828 (pp) of the Code be and the same is hereby amended by striking, in the ninth line thereof and between the word be and the word hundred the word one, and inserting in lieu thereof the word two, and by adding at the end of said Section the following words: and the salary of the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles, so that said Section when amended will read as follows: Salary increased. The Secretary of State is hereby authorized to employ a clerk whose duty it shall be to keep a full record of all motor vehicle owners in a book to be kept for that purpose. He shall file registrations alphabetically by counties, and shall furnish each year to the County Commissioners or ordinaries, and also the tax-receivers of the several counties, a list of all owners of motor vehicles of their respective counties who have registered in this office. He shall perform any and every duty pertinent to his office under the direction of the Secretary of State. The salary of said

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clerk shall be two hundred dollars per month, payable ont of the fees received for the registration of motor-vehicles, and the salary of the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles shall be one hundred and fifty dollars per month, payable out of the fees received for the registration of motor-vehieles. To be read. Section 2. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be and the same are hereby repealed. Approved August 18, 1919. PAVING IN CITIES OF CERTAIN POPULATION. No. 339. An Act to amend Section 870 of the Code of Georgia of 1910 by providing that where any change or modification is made in the charter of any city having a population of not less than 65,000 and not more than 100,000, in regard to the method of paving, by an amendment to such charter, provision may be made in such amendment for the renewal or repairing of any existing pavement under the provisions of the amendment; and for other purposes. Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Asserably of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same, That Section 870 of the Code of Georgia of 1910 be and the same is hereby amended by adding to the end of said Section the following language: C. C. 870, amended, renewal of pavement in cities of 65,000. And provided further, that where any change or modification is made in the charter of any city having a population of not less than 65,000 and not more than 100,000, in regard to the method of paving, by an amendment to such charter, provision may be made in such amendment for the renewal and repairing of any existing pavement under the provisions of such amendment.

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Sec. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be and the same are hereby repealed. Approved August 19, 1919. TAX EXEMPTION OF SCHOOL ENDOWMENTS. No. 62. An Act to amend Section 998, Civil Code, 1910, by providing for the exemption from taxation of the endewment of colleges, incorporated academies, and other seminaries of learning when the same is not invested in real estate, and when such colleges, incorporated academies, or seminaries of learning are open to the general public. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same, that Section 998, Civil Code 1910, be amended by inserting after the word learning in the seventh line of said Code Section, the following words: and also all funds or property held or used as endowment by such colleges, incorporated academies or seminaries of learning, provided the same is not invested in real estate, and provided further, that said exemption shall only apply to such colleges, incorporated academies or other seminaries of learning as are open to the general public; provided, further, that all endowments to institutions established for white people shall be limited to white people, and all endowments to institutions for colored people shall be limited to colored people; so that Code Section 998, when amended shall read as follows: C. C. 998, amended, etc. PROPERTY EXEMPT FROM TAXATION. The following described property shall be exempt from taxation, to-wit: `All public property, places of religious worship, and places of burial; all institutions of purely public charity; all buildings erected for and used as a college, incorporated academy or other seminary of learning, and also all funds or

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property held or used as endowment by such colleges, incorporated academies, or seminaries of learning, provided the same is not invested in real estate, and provided further that said exemption shall only apply to such colleges, incorporated academies, or other seminaries of learning as are open to the general public; provided further that all endowments to institutions established for white people shall be limited to white people, and all endowments to institutions established for colored people shall be limited to colored people; the real and personal estate of any public library, and that of any other literary association, used by or connected with such library; all books, philosophical apparatus, paintings and statuary of any company or association, kept in a public hall, and not held as merchandise or for purposes of sale or gain; provided the above described property so exempted be not used for purposes of private or corporate profit or income; and all laws exempting property from taxation, other than the property herein enumerated shall be void. To be read as 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 7, 1919. STATE DEPOSITORY AT ADEL. No. 123. 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 Adel, in the county of Cook, 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

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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 are hereby amended so as to add the city of Adel, in the county of Cook, State of Georgia, to the list of such cities and towns. C. C. 1249, 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 18, 1919. STATE DEPOSITORY IN SOPERTON. No. 174. 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 in the several Acts amendatory thereof, so as to add the Town of Soperton, in the County of Treutlen and State of Georgia 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 Georgia of 1910, providing for the selection by the Governor of banks in certain cities and towns therein named as State Depositories, and the several Acts of the General Assembly amendatory thereof, be and the same are hereby amended so as to add the Town of Soperton, in the County of Treutlen and State of Georgia, to the list of such cities and towns. C. C. 1249, amended. Sec. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be and the same are hereby repealed. Approved August 18, 1919.

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UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA TRUSTEES; PRESIDENT OF ALUMNI SOCIETY MADE EX-OFFICIO MEMBER OF BOARD. No. 300. An Act to amend Section 1365 of the Civil Code of Georgia, 1910, so as to make the President of the Alumni Society of the University of Georgia ex-officio member of the Board of Trustees of the University of Georgia. Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same, That Section 1365 of the Civil Code of Georgia, 1910, be amended by adding after the last line of said Section the following: The President of the Alumni Society of the University of Georgia shall likewise be a member ex-officio of said board, with all the rights, duties and privileges of other members of the Board; so that said Section when amended shall be as follows: C. C. 1365, amended. Sec 1365 (Sec. 1273). BOARD OF TRUSTEES. The Board of Trustees of the University of Georgia shall be composed of one member from each Congressional District, four from the State at large, two from the City of Athens, and the chairman ex-officio of the local board of trustees of each branch of the State University where by laws now of force they are made such trustees; all of whom, except the latter, shall be appointed by the Governor and confirmed by the Senate, under the rules governing the appointment and confirmation of other officers of this State required by law to be confirmed by the Senate. The President of the Alumni Society of the University of Georgia shall likewise be a member ex-officio of said Board, with all the rights, duties and privileges of other members of the Board. To be read as amended. Approved August 19, 1919.

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SCHOOLSMANUAL LABOR AND VOCATIONAL. No. 136. An Act to amend Section 1510 of Volume 1 of the Code of 1910, with reference to manual-labor schools. 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 said Section be amended as follows: By inserting after the word organize, in the second line thereof, the following words: and maintain; also by adding after the words manual labor in the third line in said Section, or vocational; also by adding after the word self-sustaining, in said line, the following [Illegible Text] or partly self-sustaining; so that said Section when amended shall read as follows, to-wit: C. C. 1510 amended. MANUAL-LABOR SCHOOLS. The county board of education shall have power to organize and maintain in each county one or more manual-labor or vocational schools, on such a plan as shall be self-sustaining, or partly self-sustaining. Provided, that the plan be first approved by the State board of education. Sec. 2. Be it further enacted that all laws or parts of laws in conflict herewith be and the same are hereby repealed. Approved August 18, 1919. STATE LIBRARY COMMISSION; TRAVELING LIBRARIES; SECRETARY; SALARY AND EXPENSES. No. 60. An Act to amend Sections 1563 and 1564 and 1565 of Volume 1 of the Code of Georgia of 1910, in reference to a State Library Commission, so as to provide for the appointment of the members of said commission; to

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provide for the purchase, maintenance and expenses of the circulation of traveling libraries; to provide for the performance of certain additional duties by the Library Commission; to provide for annual reports by the Library Commission; to provide an appropriation for the maintenance of such traveling libraries; to fix the salary of the Secretary of the Library Commission; to provide for quarters for the Library Commission in the Capitol, 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 1563 of Volume 1 of the Code of Georgia of 1910 be and the same is hereby amended by striking out the word five in the second line and inserting in lieu thereof the word four, and by inserting after the word who in the second line the following words: with the State Librarian, so that said Section when amended will read as follows: Section 1563. The Governor shall appoint four persons who with the State Librarian shall constitute a State Library Commission, and no person shall be eligible to appointment on said commission who is interested in any publication house or the sale of any book or books, or agent for the same. The members of said Commission shall be appointed for a term of three years, and shall annually elect a chairman and a secretary. C. C. 1563 amended. Library Commission to include State Librarian. Sec. 2 Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That Section 1564 of Volume 1 of the Code of Georgia of 1910 [Illegible Text] and the same is hereby amended by inserting after the word management in line five of said Section, the following words: The Commission may also conduct a system of traveling libraries and circulate such libraries within the State among communities and institutions, free of cost except for transportation. The Commission is authorized to purchase and accept gifts of books, periodicals and traveling libraries. The Commission may also [Illegible Text] a trained paid secretary, not from their own number, to carry on the work of the Commission as herein

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outlined. Also by striking out the words biennial reports in line eight of said Section and inserting in lieu thereof the following words: annual reports; so that said Section when amended will read as follows: Section 1564. Be it further enacted that the Commission shall give advice and counsel to all libraries in the State and to all communities which may propose to establish them, as to the best means of establishing and administering such libraries, the selection of books, cataloguing, and other details in library management. The Commission may also conduct a system of traveling libraries and circulate such libraries within the State among communities and institutions, free of cost except for transportation. The Commission is authorized to purchase and accept gifts of books, periodicals and traveling libraries. The Commission may also employ a trained paid secretary, not from their own number, to carry on the work of the Commission as herein outlined. The Commission may also send its members to aid in organizing new libraries or improving those already established. The Commission shall make annual reports to the Governor. C. C. [Illegible Text] 1564 amended. Commission authorized to conduct traveling libraries. Annual Reports. Sec. 3. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That Section 1565 of Volume 1 of the Code of Georgia of 1910 be amended by striking out the words nor the Secretary, in line two of Section, also by striking out the words in line three thereof: nor shall the State pay any expenses whatever that may be incurred in any way by this Commission, and inserting in lieu thereof the following words: Except that the Secretary, in addition to the salary hereinafter prescribed, shall receive actual traveling expenses while engaged upon the work of the Commission. To enable the Commission created by this Act to properly discharge its duties, the sum of $6,000 per annum is hereby appropriated for the service of the secretary and other legitimate expenses, to be paid by the State Treasurer upon proper warrant based upon vouchers signed by the Secretary and approved by the Chairman. The salary of the Secretary of this Commission shall be $1,500 per annum, and said Secretary shall devote his or her entire time

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to said office, under the direction of the Commission. The Commission shall be provided with suitable quarters in the State Capitol; so that said Section as amended shall read as follows: Section 1565. No member of this Commission shall receive any compensation for services or traveling expenses as a member of this Commission, except that the Secretary, in addition to the salary hereinafter prescribed, shall receive actual traveling expenses while engaged upon the work of the Commission. To enable the Commission created by this Act to properly discharge its duties, the sum of $6,000 per annum is hereby appropriated for the service of the Secretary and other legitimate expenses, to be paid by the State Treasurer upon warrant based upon vouchers signed by the Secretary and approved by the Chairman. The salary of the Secretary of this Commission shall be $1,500 per annum and said Secretary shall devote his or her entire time to said office under the direction of the Commission. The Commission shall be provided with suitable quarters in the State Capitol. C.C. 1565 amended. Traveling expenses of Secretary. $6,000 expenses, including salary of Secretary $1500. Quarters in State Capital. Sec. 4. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed. Approved August 18, 1919. SALARY OF GENERAL INSPECTOR OF OILS. No. 229. An Act to amend an Act approved August 19, 1913, entitled an Act to amend Section 1811, Volume 1, of the Code of Georgia of 1910 by striking the words eighteen hundred in the second and third lines of the second paragraph of Section 1 of said Act, and substituting in licu thereof the words three thousand and by striking the words including all clerk hire in said office in the third and fourth lines thereof, and by striking the word and after the word salary, and

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by adding the words and all office after the word traveling in the fifth line; and for other purposes. Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by anthority of the same, That the second paragraph of Section 1 of an Act to amend Section 1811, Volume 1, of the Code of Georgia of 1910, providing for the compensation of the General Oil Inspector be and the same is hereby amended by striking the words eighteen hundred in the second and third lines thereof, and substituting in lieu thereof the words three thousand, and by striking the words including all clerk hire in said office, in the third and fourth lines thereof, and by striking the word and after the word salary, and by adding the words and all office, after the word traveling in said fifth line; so that said paragraph when so amended shall read as follows: C. C. 1811; Ga. L. 1913, p. 43, amended. Salary inereased. Section 1811. SALARY OF GENERAL INSPECTOR. The General Inspector shall be paid a salary not to exceed three thousand dollars per annum and actual and necessary traveling expenses while in the discharge of his duties, and said salary, traveling and all office expenses shall be paid out of the fees collected from cil inspection; provided, however, that this shall not be in conflict with other Sections of the Code providing for the appointment and compensation of local oil inspectors. To be read as 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 15, 1919. PEDDLING WITHOUT LICENSE; EXEMPTION OF DISABLED OR INDIGENT SOLDIERS. No. 194. An Act to amend an amending Act, amending Section 1888 of the Civil Code of Georgia, 1910, approved August 19th, 1918, so as to provide that resident, disabled or

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indigent soldiers of the late European war may also peddle and conduct business in this State without having to pay a license for so doing; 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 amending Act, entitled an Act to amend Section 1888 of the Civil Code of Georgia, 1910, approved August 19, 1918 be and the same is hereby amended by adding immediately after the words Mexican war, in the third and ninth lines of said amending Act, the words Spanish American war or the late European war, so that said Section when so amended shall read as follows: C. C. 1838; Ga. L. 1918, amended. Section 1888. Any disabled or indigent Confederate soldier or soldiers of the Seminole, [Illegible Text] or Cherokee Indian War, or Mexican war, Spanish-American war, or late European 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 [Illegible Text] 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, Spanish-American war, or the late European war, or blind person, who is a resident of this 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 as amended. Exeinption from [Illegible Text] to peddle, etc., extended to indigent soldiers. Sec. 2. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are hereby repealed. Approved August 18, 1919.

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SALARY OF CLERK OF COMMISSIONER OF AGRICULTURE. No. 273. An Act to amend Section 2067, Volume 1, of the Code of Georgia, 1910, which Section fixes the salary of the Commissioner of Agriculture and of his clerk, by striking from the third line thereof the word eighteen and substituting in lieu of the same the words twentyfive; and for other purposes. Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That, from and after the passage of this Act, Section 2067, Volume 1, of the Code of Georgia, 1910, which Section fixes the salary of the Commissioner of Agriculture and of his clerk, shall be and is hereby amended by striking from the third line thereof the word eighteen, and substituting in lieu of the same the words twenty-five, so that said Section, thus amended shall read as follows: The salary of the Commissioner shall be three thousand dollars per annum, and the salary of his clerk shall be twenty-five hundred dollars per annum. Clerk's salary increased. 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. Provided, however, nothing in this Act shall be construed so as to make any reduction in the salary of the Commissioner of Agriculture. Salary of Commissioner. Approved August 18, 1919. SALARIES OF RAILROAD COMMISSION. No. 204. An Act to amend Sections 2621 and 2622 of the Civil Code of Georgia, 1910, so as to fix the salaries of each of the members of the Railroad Commission of Georgia, except

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the Chairman, at the sum of thirty-six hundred dollars each, and the chairman at five thousand dollars per annum. Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same, That Section 2621 of the Civil Code of Georgia, 1910, be amended by striking from said Section the words twenty-five hundred and substituting therefor the words thirty-six hundred, and also adding after word dollars the words per annum. Each of the members of said commission shall give his entire time to the duties of his office. C. C. 2621 amended. Sec. 2. Be it further enacted that Section 2622 of the Civil Code of Georgia, 1910, be amended by striking therefrom the word four and substituting in lieu thereof the word five, so that said Section as amended shall read as follows, to-wit: C. C. 2622 amended. Section 2621. SALARIES. The salary of each commissioner, except the chairman of the commission, shall be thirty-six hundred dollars per annum, to be paid from the treasury of the State. Each of the members of said commission shall give his entire time to the duties of his office. Salary of Railroad Commissioners. Section 2622. CHAIRMAN. It shall be the duty of the commission to elect from its membership the chairman of the railroad commission of Georgia, who shall hold the position of chairman for a term of two years, and who shall give his entire time to the duties of his office, and who shall receive therefor during his term as chairman a salary of five thousand dollars per annum, to be paid from the State treasury. Chairman's salary. Sec. 3. Be it further enacted, That all laws or parts of laws in conflict herewith be and the same are hereby repealed. Approved August 18, 1919.

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RAILROAD COMMISSION'S POWERS AS TO EXISTING CONTRACTS OF STREET-RAILROAD COMPANIES IN CERTAIN CITIES. No. 275. An Act to amend Code Section 2662, 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 Code Section 2662, extending the powers and duties of the Railroad Commission be and it is hereby amended by adding at the end thereof the following proviso, to-wit: C. C. 2662 amended. Provided, that the above provision, to-wit: `that nothing herein shall be construed to impair any valid, subsisting contract now in existence between any municipality and any such company,' shall not apply to any suburban and street railroad company which has its principal office and operates lines of railroads in counties having a population of not less than 75,000 and not more than 125,000 population. Proviso as to contracts. Sec. 2. Be it further enacted that all laws and parts of laws in conflict be and the same are hereby repealed. Approved August 18, 1919. SALARY OF SECRETARY OF RAILROAD COMMISSION. No. 152. An Act to amend Section 2670 of the Civil Code of Georgia, 1910, so as to fix the salary of the Secretary of the Railroad Commission of Georgia at three thousand dollars per annum.

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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 Section 2670 of the Civil Code of Georgia, 1910, be and the same is hereby amended by striking from the ninth line of said Section, as printed in the Code, the word two, and substituting in lieu thereof the word three; so that the said Section as amended shall read as follows: C. C. 2670 amended. Section 2670. SALARIES AND EXPENSES. The contingent expense fund of the Railroad Commission shall not exceed three thousand dollars per annum, out of which it shall pay for office supplies, furniture, postage, stationery, traveling, and other actual expenses of any Commissioner incurred by order of the Commission in the discharge of his duties, etc., the said sum, or so much thereof as may be necessary, to be paid out of the State treasury on the order of the Governor. The salary of the Secretary of the Railroad Commission is fixed at three thousand dollars per annum. The printing fund of the Commission is fixed at the sum of two thousand dollars per annum. The commission is authorized and empowered to employ a stenographer at a salary not to exceed twelve hundred dollars per annum. To be read as amended. Salary of Secretary increased. Sec. 2. Be it further enacted, That all laws or parts of laws in conflict herewith be and the same are hereby repealed. Approved August 14, 1919. CORPORATIONS; POWER TO LEASE OR MORTGAGE PROPERTY OF. No. 246. An Act to amend Section 2823 of the Code of 1910, which provides for the creation of corporations, by adding thereto another Section, allowing said courts to grant to said corporations the power to lease or mortgage, or both, the property and franchises of such corporations; and for other purposes.

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Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia, That Section 2823 of the Civil Code of 1910, which provides for the creation of corporations by Superior Courts, be and the same is hereby amended by adding another Section thereto, to be known as Section 8, which shall read as follows: C. C. 2823 amended. Section 8. The said Superior Courts, upon complying with the provisions of Section 2823, either on original application or by amendment, shall be authorized to grant to such corporations as may be created by the Superior Courts of this State the power to either lease or mortgage, or to lease and mortgage, their property, real and personal, and their franchises, and to execute conveyances appropriate to such purposes, provided that no lease of both property and franchises shall be effective unless expressly authorized or ratified by three-fourths vote of the entire voting stock of the corporation. Authority to lease or mortgage property. Three-fourths vote. 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 18, 1919. LIMITED PARTNERSHIP, DEATH OF PARTNERS, DISSOLUTION, SUCCESSION, INCREASE OF CAPITAL, ETC. No. 202. An Act to amend Section 3202 of the Code of the State of Georgia of 1910, to provide for succession, upon the death of a partner, under certain circumstances, for the increase of the amount of the capital stock contributed by a special partner, for the addition of special partners, and for the sale of the interest of a special partner, and for other purposes. Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted, that Section

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3202 of the Code of the State of Georgia of 1910 be and the same is hereby amended to read as follows: C. C. 3202 amended. Except as provided in this Section, every alteration made in the names of the general partners, in the nature of the business, or in the capital or shares thereof contributed, held, or owned or to be contributed held, or owned by any of the special partners, or the death of any partner, whether general or special, dissolves the limited partnership, or if such partnership be continued, constitutes such partnership a general partnership in respect to all business transacted after such alterations or death, unless the articles of partnership provide that in the event of the death of a partner the partnership may be continued by the survivors, in which case it shall be so continued with the consent of the personal representatives of the deceased partner, and the personal [Illegible Text] may succeed to the partnership rights of such deceased partner and continue the business the same as if such partner had remained alive. But any special partner may from time to time increase the amount of capital stock contributed, held, or owned by him, or one or more special partners may be added to the partnership, on actually paying in an additional amount of capital, to be agreed on by the general and special partners, and on filing in the office of the clerk with whom the original certificate was filed an additional certificate of the general partners, in the partnership name verified by the oath of one of them, stating the increase of capital stock, and by whom, and the names and residences of such additional special partners, and whether of full age, and the amounts contributed by each to the common stock, together with the affidavit of one or more of the general partners stating that the amounts specified in such additional certificates have been actually and in good faith paid in cash; and such alteration does not make the partnership general. No additional publication of the terms of the partnership, nor of the alteration thereof, is required in any of the cases provided in this Section. Any special partner, or the legal representative of any such special

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partner deceased, may sell his interest in the partnership or any portion thereof without working a dissolution thereof or rendering the partnership general, if a notice of such sale be filed within 10 days thereafter in the office of the clerk with whom the original certificate of partnership was filed, and the purchaser thereof thereupon becomes a special partner, with the same rights as an original special partner. To be read as amended. Dissolution of limited partnership. Continuation of partnership. Filing additional certificate. Sale of special partner's [Illegible Text]. Sec. 2. Be it further enacted, That all laws or parts of laws in conflict herewith be and the same are hereby repealed. Approved August 18, 1919. BALIFFS COMPENSATION. No. 126. An Act to amend an amended Act of the General Assembly of Georgia approved August 17, 1914, amending Section 4996 of the Code of Georgia adopted August 10, 1910, by striking out the words one hundred and twenty-five, in the sixth line of Section 1 of the amended Act, and inserting in lieu thereof the words one hundred and fifty; also to amend Section 4994 (a) of the Civil Code of 1914, entitled Compensation of City Court Bailiffs in certain counties, by striking therefrom the words one hundred dollars and inserting in lieu thereof one hundred and fifty dollars; and for other purposes. Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same, That the Act approved August 17, 1914, be and the same is hereby amended by striking out the words one hundred and twenty-five, in the sixth line in Section 1 of the Amended Act, and inserting in lieu thereof the words one hundred and fifty, so that said Section when amended shall read as follows: C. C. 4996; Ga. L. 1914, p. 60, amended.

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Said special bailiffs shall receive as compensation for their services the sum of one hundred and fifty dollars per month each, and the same shall be paid out of the [Illegible Text] treasury, upon the order of the Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for said county, or, in the absence of such commissioners, upon the order of the ordinary. Salary of special [Illegible Text]. Section 1 (a). Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That Section 4994 (a) of the Civil Code of 1914, entitled Compensation of the city court bailiffs in certain counties, be so amended that the words one hundred dollars contained therein be stricken and the words one hundred and fifty dollars be inserted in lieu thereof. See Park's Code. 4994 (a). Salary of City Court bailiffs. Sec. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be and the same are hereby repealed. Approved, August 18, 1919. FEES OF JUSTICES OF THE PEACE. No. 60. An Act to amend Section 6003 of the Civil Code of 1910 by striking out the words which are now or may hereafter be located within the corporate limits of cities having a population of not less than 54,000 and not more than 80,000 inhabitants; 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 6003 of the Civil Code of 1910 be and the same is hereby amended by striking out the words which are [Illegible Text] or may hereafter be located within the corporate limits of cities having a population of not less than 54,000 and not more than 80,000 inhabitants; so that said Section as amended should read as follows: C. C. 6003 amended, by striking out clause. Section 6003. FEES OF JUSTICES OF THE PEACE, ETC. The following shall be the fees for Justices of the Peace

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and Notaries Public who are ex-office Justices of the peace of the militia districts of this State, and it shall be lawful for said magistrates to charge and collect the same: Fees of Justices of the Peace, etc. For each original summons $.50. Each copy of summons.50. Filing papers in any case.10. Seal.10. For affidavit and bond for obtaining attachment and issuing same 1.70. For entering judgment in each case.50. For trial of each case when same is litigated.50. For docketing each case.35. For each witness sworn.25. Issuing each execution.50. For affidavit to obtain possessory warrant making out and issuing same 1.25. For trying possessory warrant 2.00. For making out interrogatories and certifying same 1.25. For making out recognizances and returning same to court.50. For each subpoena for witness.15. For issuing each distress warrant 1.50. For each affidavit when no cause is pending.50. For answering every writ of certiorari to Superior Court 1.50. For presiding at trial of forcible entry and retainer 2.00. For presiding at trials of right of way 2.00. For issuing rules to establish lost papers 1.00 For trying same.50. For presiding at trial of nuisance 1.00. For witnessing any paper.50. For affidavit and bond to obtain garnishment 1.50. For issuing [Illegible Text] of garnishment.50. For each additional copy of garnishment.25. For settling case before judgment.50. For claim affidavit and bond.50.

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For trying same.50. For issuing, and proving and giving judgment in warrants to keep the peace 3.00. For certifying transcript 1.00. For entering appeal to Superior Court.50. For each search-warrant issued 1.25. For taking testimony in criminal case 1.25. For issuing order to sell perishable property 1.00. For each lien foreclosed and docketing same 1.00. For entering an appeal in Justice Court.50. For drawing jury and making out list 1.00. For each order issued by a justice 1.00. For each case tried by a jury.50. For issuing commission to take interrogatories 1.00. For lacking fi. fa..50. For rule nisi against officer.35. For trying same.35. For judgment on same.35. For attachment for contempt against officer of court.50. For issuing warrant to dispossess or against intruders 1.75. 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, 1919. FEES OF CONSTABLES. No. 32. An Act to amend Section 6006 of the Civil Code of 1910, by striking out the words, which are now or may hereafter be located within the corporate limits of cities having a population of not less than 54,000 and not more than 80,000 inhabitants; 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 6006 of the Civil Code of 1910 be and the same is hereby amended by striking out the words, which are now or may hereafter be located within the corporate limits of cities having a population of not less than 54,000 and not more than 80,000 inhabitants, and striking out the number 1 and substituting 2, so that said Section as amended shall read therefor in line twenty-one of said Section, as follows: C. C. [Illegible Text] 6006 amended, striking clause as to cities. Section 6006. FEES OF CONSTABLES. The following shall be the fees of the constable of the militia districts of this State: Fees of Constables. For serving summons of attachment $.50. For each return by officer.50. For serving each copy of summons.50. For summoning each witness.25. For attending court for each judgment rendered.50. For attending trial on day other than court day.50 For levying fi. fa..50. Certain amounts changed. For settling a fi. fa. when property is not sold.50. For returning nulla bona.50. For summoning jury on inquest 1.00. For collecting executions issued by coroners.50. For keeping each dog, per day.50. For keeping horses, mules, ass or ox, per day.75. For each head of meat cattle, per day.50. For each head of sheep, goats or hogs.25. For all sales made by him, amount on sales commission.6. For attending grand jury, per day 2.00. For serving warrant in criminal cases 1.25. For keeping and maintaining prisoner before examination under 24 hours 1.50. For serving rule to establish lost papers.35. For serving each order issued by a justice of the peace.50. For serving each additional copy.30. For following property out of county, going and returning, per mile.05. For levying each distress warrant 1.00.

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For each advertisement.50. For taking bond in civil cases.50. For taking bond in criminal cases 1.00. For executing search warrant in house or vessel 3.00. For serving garnishment summons.50. For each additional copy.25. For summoning jury 1.00. For attending jury on appeal.50. For executing warrant against tenants and intruders 1.25. Serving possessory warrants 2.00. Sec. 2. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be and the same are hereby repealed. Approved August 4, 1919. IMPROPER COMMUNICATIONS TO FEMALES, WRITTEN OR PRINTED. No. 291. An Act to amend Section 387 of the Penal Code of 1910 with reference to the use of opprobrious words or abusive language tending to cause a breach of the peace, or the use of obscene and vulgar or [Illegible Text] language in the presence of a female, and for other purposes. Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That from and after the passage of this Act Section 387 of the Penal Code of 1910 be and the same is hereby amended by inserting between the words female and or in the fifth line of said Section the following words, to-wit: or any person who shall communicate to any virtuous female within this State by writing or printing any obscene language or improper proposals; so that said Section when amended shall read as follows:

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Section 387. USING ABUSIVE OR OBSCENE LANGUAGE. Any person who shall, without provocation, use to or of another, and in his presence, opprobrious words or abusive language, tending to cause a breach of the peace, or who shall, in like manner, use obscene and vulgar or profane language in the presence of a female, or any person who shall communicate to any virtuous female within this State by writing or printing any obscene or vulgar language or improper proposals, or by indecent or disorderly conduct in the presence of female on passenger-cars, street-cars, or other places of like character, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. To be read as amended. Sec. 2. Be it further enacted that all laws and parts of laws in conflict with the above and foregoing Section be and the same are hereby repealed. Approved August 18, 1919. JURORS AND BAILIFFS, COMPENSATION OF. No. 61. A Bill to amend Section 876 of the Penal Code of Georgia of 1910 as to compensation of jurors and court bailiffs in the several superior and 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 authority of the same, That Section 876 of the Penal Code of Georgia of 1910 be and the same is hereby amended by striking from the fifth line of said Section the word two, and inserting in lieu thereof the word three, so that when said Section is so amended the same shall read as follows: P. C. [Illegible Text] 876 amended. Section 876 (Sec. 872). COMPENSATION OF JURORS AND COURT BAILIFFS. The first grand jury impaneled at the fall term of the superior courts of the several counties shall fix the compensation of jurors and court bailiffs in the superior courts of such county for the next succeeding

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year, such compensation not to exceed the sum of three dollars per diem; and the same compensation shall be allowed to the jurors of the several city courts in this State as is allowed to the jurors of the Superior Courts of the county in which such city court may be located; and all laws, whether general or local, in conflict with the provisions of this Section are hereby repealed. Increase of per diem of jurors and bailiffs. The pay of tales jurors shall be the same as regular traverse jurors, and there shall be no distinction in the pay of tales and regular jurors. 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 7, 1919. SALARIES OF PRISON COMMISSIONERS. No. 16. An Act to amend Section 1188 of Volume 2, Code of 1910, by striking out the words two thousand in the second line of said Section and inserting in lieu thereof the words, thirty-five hundred, so that said Section when amended shall read as follows: Section 1188. The Commission shall receive as salaries the sum of thirty-five hundred dollars each per annum, and in addition thereto actual traveling expenses while in discharge of their duties, which salary shall be paid as other State House officers are now paid, and their traveling expenses by warrants upon itemized bills, certified by the Board and approved by the [Illegible Text] General. 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 Section 1188 of Volume 2 of the Code of 1910 be amended by striking

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out the words two thousand in the second line of said Section, and inserting in lieu thereof the words thirty-five hundred, so that said sentence when amended shall read as follows: P. C. 1188 amended. Section 1188. The Commissioners shall receive as salaries the sum of thirty-five hundred dollars each per annum, and in addition thereto actual traveling expenses while in the discharge of their duties, which salary shall be paid as other State House officers are now paid, and their traveling expenses by warrants upon itemized bills, certified by the Board and approved by the Comptroller General. Increase Salaries of Prison Commissioners. Sec. 2. All laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed. Approved July 30, 1919. PAROLE OF PRISONER. No. 42. An Act to amend Section 1224 of the Penal Code of 1910, entitled When parole shall not be granted, and for other purposes, by striking the word ten in line nine of said Section, and inserting in lieu thereof the word three. Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same, that Section 1224 of the Penal Code of Georgia, 1910 be and the same is hereby amended by striking the word ten in line nine of said Section, and inserting in lien thereof the word three, so that said Section shall read, when amended, as follows: P. C. 1224 amended. No parole or conditional pardon shall be granted unto any prisoner until he shall have served at least the minimum sentence fixed by law as punishment for the crime for which he has been convicted. No parole shall be

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granted, under the provisions of this Article, to anyone serving a life sentence for treason, arson, rape, or assault with intent to rape. No prisoner serving a life sentence for any other crime shall be granted a parole, under the provisions of this Article, until he shall have served at least three full years under his sentence. Grant of parole to life convicts, etc. Sec. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be and the same are hereby repealed. Approved August 4, 1919. PENSIONS ACCRUED AND UNPAID OF DECEASED SOLDIERS; PAYMENT OF. No. 164. An Act to amend Section 1504 of the Penal Code of Georgia, relating to when pensions shall be paid to the ordinary, by striking the words dies in, in the fifth line of said Section, and substituting in lieu thereof the words at the time of his death is a bona fide citizen of; and for other purposes. Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same, that from and after the passage of this Act Section 1504 of the Penal Code of Georgia, relative to when pensions shall be paid to the ordinary, be and the same is hereby amended by striking the words dies in in the fifth line of said Section, and substituting in lieu thereof, the words at the time of his death is a bona fide citizen of; and has not resided beyond the limits of said State over 12 months immediately preceding the death of said pensioner, so that said Section when so amended shall read as follows: P. C. [Illegible Text] amended. In all cases under the pension laws of this State, whenever a pension has [Illegible Text] to any pensioner who dies before the payment of the same, the pension commissioner

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is authorized, and it shall be his duty, to pay the same over to the ordinary of the county of such deceased pensioner. Provided, the pensioner at the time of his death is a bona fide citizen of this State and provided he has not remained beyond the limits of said State over 12 months immediately preceding his death and leaves no widow or dependent child or children, or any estate of any kind or value, to be by him paid to his widow, and, if no widow applied to the payment of his or her funeral expenses, and to such expenses of last illness as may be shown by a sworn statement of such, to be attached to the voucher when presented for payment. If there be any surplus, the same to be refunded to the state treasury. Accrued pension of deceased soldier. Sec. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the terms of Section 1 of this Act be and the same are hereby made to apply to all bona fide citizens of the State of Georgia temporarily sojourning in other States and dying subsequent to January 1, 1915, and the Governor is hereby directed to draw his warrant on the State Treasury in any such case, to be approved by the Commissioner of Pensions, to cover the amount of pensions fixed by the law then of force. 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, 1919.

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TITLE V. SUPERIOR COURTS. ACTS. Alapaha judicial circuit created. Ogeechee judicial circuit created. Atkinson Superior Court; three terms a year. Baker Superior Court; terms changed. Candler Superior Court; three terms a year. Cherokee Superior Court; three terms a year. Coffee Superior Court; terms changed. Evans Superior Court; two terms; grand jury at one term. Franklin Superior Court; four terms a year. Hall Superior Court; four terms a year. Harris Superior Court; terms changed. Stephens Superior Court; four terms a year. Telfair Superior Court; terms changed. ALAPAHA JUDICIAL CIRCUIT CREATED. No. 41. An Act to create a new judicial circuit for the State of Georgia, to be called the Alapaha Circuit, and to be composed of the counties of Atkinson, Berrien, Clinch and Cook; to provide officers therefor, and to provide for a calendar fixing a date for the holding of various courts in said several 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 authority of the same, That from and after the passage of this Act, a new judicial circuit is hereby created, to be known as the Alapaha Circuit, and composed of the counties of Atkinson, Berrien, Clinch and Cook. New circuit created. Sec. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That a Judge and Solicitor-General of said Alapaha Circuit shall be appointed by the Governor to hold office until January 1, 1921, or until his successor is elected and qualified. The successor of said Judge and Solicitor-General

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to be elected by the people at the next General Election in which Judges and Solicitors-General are generally elected for the full term of four years each and succeeding Judges and Solicitors-General as is already provided by law. Judge and Solicitor-General. Sec. 3. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the Superior Courts in the several counties comprising the Alapaha Circuit shall be held as follows: Atkinson, fourth Mondays in January and June; Berrien, third and fourth Mondays in March and September; Clinch, first Monday in April and second Monday in October; Cook, second Monday in March and third Monday in October. Terms of court. See Act as to three terms in Atkinson County. Sec. 4. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all petitions, motions, mesne and final processes, summons and other preceedings issued and returnable or pending in the several counties comprising the Alapaha Judicial Circuit, shall on and after the passage of this Act, relate to and hold good in the courts of said circuit. Pending preceedings. 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 9, 1919. OGEECHEE CIRCUIT CREATED. No. 45. An Act to create and organize a new judicial circuit of the Superior Courts of this State, to be known as the Ogeechee Circuit; to provide for a judge and solicitor-general 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 a new judicial circuit of the superior courts of

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this State be and the same is hereby created, to be known as the Ogeechee circuit, composed of the Superior Courts of the Counties of Bulloch, Effingham, [Illegible Text] and Screven. New circuit created. Counties. Sec. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the terms of court for said counties, respectively, shall be as follows: Bulloch County, fourth Monday in April and October of each year; Effingham County, third Mondays in April and October of each year; Jenkins County, second Monday in March and September of each year; Screven County, third Monday in May and November of each year, providing further that the judge presiding in said courts may continue the term of any one court for a second week or such time as may be necessary for the transaction of the legal business of said Courts, respectively. Terms of court. Sec. 3. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the offices of judge and of solicitor-general of the Superior Courts of the Ogeechee Judicial Circuit be and the same are hereby created, with like jurisdiction, power, terms, and compensation as now provided by law, for such officers. Judge and Solicitor-General. Sec. 4. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That a Judge and Solicitor-General for said Circuit shall be elected in the manner now provided by law with reference to the election of judges and solicitors general of the Superior Courts of this State at the next general election after the passage of this Act, to serve for a term of four years, beginning January 1st, 1921, and until their successors are elected and qualified; provided, however, that the solicitors-general serving in the counties composing Ogeechee Circuit at this time may continue to serve said counties until their present term of office in said counties shall expire. Immediately on and after the passage of this Act it shall be the duty of the Governor to appoint a judge for said Circuit, who shall serve until the next general election and until his successor to be elected thereat shall be elected and qualified for the term beginning

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January 1, 1921, as stated above; said judge so to be appointed shall have like duties, powers, compensation and functions as the other judges of the Superior Court of this State. Election. Appointment before election. Sec. 5. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all litigation now pending, or commenced in the counties of said new circuit together with all the books and records of the Superior Courts of said counties be and the same are hereby transferred to the Ogeechee Circuit, and that all petitions, motions, mesne and final processes, summons and other writs and proceedings issued and returnable or pending or commenced in the several counties in the circuit to which they belong, before the passage of this Act, shall relate to and hold good in the courts of the new circuit. Proceedings, records, etc. Sec. 6. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be and the same are hereby repealed. Approved August 9, 1919. ATKINSON SUPERIOR COURT; THREE TERMS A YEAR. No. 207. An Act to provide for the holding of three terms of the Superior Court of Atkinson County each year, and to fix the time of the holding of said Terms 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, there shall be held each year three terms of the Superior Court in and for the County of Atkinson, State of Georgia, in the Alapaha Judicial Circuit. Three terms a year. Alapaha Circuit. Sec. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid,

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That the Superior Court of Atkinson County shall be held on the fourth Monday in October and on the fourth Monday in January and June after the passage of this Act. Times of holding courts. Sec. 3. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That a Grand Jury shall be drawn only for the terms of said Court, convening in January and October of each year; provided, however, the presiding Judge may in his discretion require the attendance of the Grand Jury at the June term of said Court, if in his option, the business of the Court shall so require. Grand Jury for Jan. and Oct. terms only. Sec. 4. Be it enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act, be and the same are hereby repealed. Approved August 18, 1919. BAKER SUPERIOR COURT; TERMS CHANGED. No. 40. An Act to change the time of holding the Superior Court of Baker County, so as to provide that the spring term of said court shall be held on the first Monday in January and the fall term thereof on the first Monday in July, instead of the third Monday in March and September 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 the authority of the same that from and after the passage of this Act the spring term of the Superior Court of Baker County shall be held on the first Monday in January and the fall term thereof on the first Monday in July of each and every year instead of the third Mondays in March and September respectively, as is now provided by statute. Times of holding courts. Sec. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, that all [Illegible Text] processes and summons, bail-bonds,

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and all other processes, orders and proceedings of all kinds returnable to the court heretofore authorized by law, shall be held and considered returnable to the regular spring and fall terms respectively as prescribed by this Act. Writs, Orders, etc. Sec. 3. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, that this Act shall not go into effect until the first day of January 1920 and that the first term of said Superior Court under this Act shall be held on the first Monday in January 1920. Effective Jan. 1, 1920. 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 4, 1919. CANDLER SUPERIOR COURT; TWO TERMS A YEAR. No. 256. An Act to provide for two terms of the Superior Court of Candler County, Georgia, to prescribe a 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 authority of the same, That from and after the passage of this Act there shall be in each year two terms of the Superior Court in and for the County of Candler, said State and in the middle judicial circuit. Two terms a year. 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 February and August of each year. Times of holding courts. 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, 1919.

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CHEBOKEE SUPERIOR COURT; THREE TERMS A YEAR. No. 70. An Act to provide for holding three terms a year of the Superior Court of Cherokee County and to prescribe the time of holding the same. 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 there shall be held in each year three terms of the Superior Court in and for said County of Cherokee, State of Georgia. Three terms a year. Sec. 2. Be it further enacted that the terms of said court shall be held on the fourth Monday in February, on the first Monday in August, and on the second Monday in December in each year. 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 7, 1919. COFFEE SUPERIOR COURT; TERMS CHANGED. No. 134. An Act to change the time of holding Superior Court in the County of Coffee, State of Georgia, and for other purposes. Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That from and after the passage of this Act the time of holding the Superior Court of Coffee County, Georgia, shall be changed from the first and second Mondays in February and September to the second and third Mondays in March and October, respectively, in each year. Times of holding courts.

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Sec. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all writs, bills, processes, orders, summons, subpoenas, bonds and proceedings of every kind and character now pending in or returnable to said court shall hold good and relate to the terms of court as changed and fixed by this Act; and that all jurors and witnesses drawn or summoned to attend the September term of said court, next after the passage of this Act, shall be held and considered as drawn and summoned to attend the October term thereof next after the passage of this Act, as herein fixed and prescribed, and shall be required to attend said term of court as thus fixed by this Act. Writs, orders, etc. Sec. 3. Be it further enacted that all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be and the same are hereby repealed. Approved August 18, 1919. EVANS SUPERIOR COURT; TWO TERMS; GRAND JURY AT ONE TERM. No. 184. An Act to amend an Act creating the County of Evans, and fixing the terms of the Superior Court thereof, approved August 11, 1914, so as to provide for only two terms of the Superior Court to be held in said county each year; to provide for the grand jury to serve at only one term; to prescribe the time for holding said terms; 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 an Act creating and establishing the City Court of Claxton, in and for Evans County, there shall be held only two terms of the Superior Court each year in said county. Two terms a year. Claxton City Court. Sec. 2. Be it enacted by the authority aforesaid, That said two terms of the Superior Court of said county shall

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be held on the first Monday in April and the first Monday in October each year; and the grand jury shall serve at only the April term each year. Sec. 3. Be it enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all matters pending in the Superior Court of said county at the time this Act goes into effect shall relate and conform to the terms of said court as fixed by this Act; that all writs, orders, bonds, pleadings, processes, summons and proceedings of every kind and character relating to the terms of said Superior Court as heretofore fixed shall relate to the terms of said court as fixed by this Act; that all jurors drawn and witnesses subpoenaed for the next term of said court shall respond to the next term as fixed by this Act. Writs, orders, etc. Sec. 4. Be it enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be and the same are hereby repealed. Approved August 8, 1919. FRANKLIN SUPERIOR COURT; FOUR TERMS A YEAR. No. 150. An Act to provide for holding four terms a year of the Superior Court of Franklin County; to prescribe the time for holding the same; to prescribe when and how grand juries shall be required to attend 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 same, That from and after the passage of this Act there shall be held in each year four terms of the Superior Court for the County of Franklin, in the Northern Circuit. Four terms a year. Sec. 2. Be it further enacted, That the terms of said court shall begin on the third Monday in January, fourth

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Monday in March, first Monday in August, and fourth Monday in September in each year. Times of holding courts. Sec. 3. Be it further enacted, That the judge shall only draw a grand jury for the March and September terms of said court; provided, that the presiding judge in his discretion may in term time or in vacation draw and require the attendance of the grand jury at the January and August terms, or either of them, if the business of the court shall require it. Grand Juries, when drawn, etc. Sec. 4. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be and the same are hereby repealed. Approved August 18, 1919. HALL SUPERIOR COURT; FOUR TERMS A YEAR. No. 130. An Act to provide for the holding of four terms each year of the Superior Court of Hall County in the Northeastern Judicial Circuit; to provide for the attendance of a grand jury at certain of said terms; to fix the time for holding said terms, 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 held in each year four terms of the Superior Court in and for the County of Hall, State of Georgia, in the Northeastern Judicial Circuit. Four terms a year. Sec. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the terms of the Superior Court of Hall County shall be held on the third Monday in January, the first Monday in May, the third Monday in July, and the first Monday in November of each year. Times of holding courts. Sec. 3. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That a grand jury shall be drawn only for the January

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and July terms of said court; provided, nevertheless, that the judge in his discretion may drawn and require the attendance of a grand jury at the May and November terms of said court if in his discretion the business of the court shall require it, but the grand jury shall not be required to perform any other services at said May and November terms than the presiding judge shall charge them to attend to at such terms. Grand Juries, when drawn, etc. 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 18, 1919. HARRIS SUPERIOR COURT; TERMS CHANGED. No. 82. An Act to change the time of holding the Superior Court in the County of Harris, in the Chattahoochee Circuit, in the State of Georgia, and for other purposes. Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same, That from and after the first day of January, 1920, the Superior Court of Harris County, State of Georgia, shall be held on the second Monday in January and July of each year. Times of holding courts. 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 7, 1919. STEPHENS SUPERIOR COURT; FOUR TERMS A YEAR. No. 83. An Act to provide for holding four terms a year of the Superior Court of Stephens County; to prescribe the time

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for holding the same; to prescribe when and how grand juries shall be required to attend 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 same, That from and after the first day of October 1919, there shall be held in each year four terms of the Superior Court for the County of Stephens, in the Northeastern Circuit. Four terms a year. Sec. 2. Be it further enacted, That the terms of said court shall begin on the second Monday in January, fourth Monday in April, second Monday in July, and second Monday in November in each year. Times of holding courts. Sec. 3. Be it further enacted, That the judge shall draw a grand jury for the January and July terms of said court, and in his discretion, either in term time or vacation, he may draw a grand jury for the April and July terms of said court. Grand Juries, when drawn. 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, 1919. TELFAIR SUPERIOR COURT; TERMS CHANGED. No. 307. An Act to change and fix the time of holding the Superior Court of Telfair County, in the Oconee Judicial Circuit, and for other purposes. Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same, That the time of holding the Superior Court of the County of Telfair in the Oconee Judicial Circuit, shall be changed from the third Mondays in April and October

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of each year to the fourth Mondays in February and June and to the third and fourth Mondays in October of each year. Three times. Sec. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That from and after the passage of this Act that there shall be three terms a year of the Superior Court of Telfair County of the Oconee Judicial Circuit and the same shall be held in said county on the fourth Monday in February, the fourth Monday in June and the third and fourth Mondays in October of each year. Times of holding courts. Sec. 3. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all petitions, bills, bonds, writs, summons, mesne and final process, and other processes of whatever kind now returnable to and pending in the Superior Court as the terms are now provided for, shall hold good and relate to the terms of said court as changed, fixed and provided by this Act, and that all grand and traverse jurors who may be drawn and summoned, or drawn to attend said court as now provided by law, shall be required to attend at the terms of said court as changed, fixed and provided for by this Act. Writs, orders, etc. Sec. 4. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all persons subpoenaed as witnesses to appear at the terms as fixed before the passage of this Act, shall be required to attend the terms of said court as now fixed by this Act. Sec. 5. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That this Act shall not become effective unless the bill now pending to abolish the city court of McRae, Georgia, shall be passed and approved at the 1919 session of the General Assembly of Georgia and shall be ratified as is provided for in said bill to abolish said city court of McRae, that is, the provisions of this Act shall be operated when the abolishment of said city court and not otherwise. Effective if Act to abolish City Court of McRae is ratified. 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, 1919.

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TITLE VI. MISCELLANEOUS CIVIL AND PENAL LAWS. ACTS. CIVIL LAWS. Alcohol; regulation of Sale, Shipment, etc. Architects; Board for Examination of; Registration, etc. Attorney-General's Salary and Clerical Force; Salaries of Assistant and Stenographer. Banking Laws; Department of Banking created. Board of Public Welfare created. Community Service Commission created. Condemnation of property by State or United States; Recording Award, etc. Congress Memorialized to Code Land at Point Peter to the State for Warehouses. Department of Archives; repeal of provision limiting continuance of. District Agricultural School; [Illegible Text] County Included in Twelfth District. Documentary Evidence, Withdrawal of, and Substitution of Copies. Fishing, regulation and licensing of. Game Preserve in Appalachian Forest Reservation. Grant of Land in Milledgeville, for Public Library. Highway Department reorganized. [Illegible Text] Commission created. Motor-Vehicles; Registration; License Fees; disposition of Fund from Fees. Municipal Bonded Debts in certain cities, authorization; vote required. Normal and Industrial College at Bowden, established as Branch of State University. Pensions of Blind Confederate Soldiers, and Widows of, increased. Pensions of Confederate Soldiers, and Widows of, increased annually. Pensions of Confederate Soldiers, and Widows, increased; extension of eligibility. Public Printing. Office of Superintendent of, created. Registration and Voting outside of Voter's District; when allowed. Registration of Births, Deaths, Marriages, and Divorces. Road Crossing Sign Posts. Salaries of Stenographic Reporters of certain Judicial Districts. Salary of Commissioner of Commerce and Labor. Salary of Commissioner of Game and Fish. Salary of Commissioner of Pensions; salaries of Clerk and Stenographer. Salary of Court of Appeals Sheriff. Salary of Drug Inspector (Chief). Salary of Food Inspector (Chief). Salary of Insurance Clerk. Salary of Insurance Department Clerk (Additional Clerk). Salary of Keeper of Public Building and Grounds. Salary of Secretary of Prison Commission. Salary of Superintendent of Georgia Training School for Girls. Salary of Supreme Court Sheriff. Salary of Tax Commissioner; repeal of provision for Stenographer. School Consolidation; aid for Consolidated Schools, from State fund. School Fund; Half of Revenue of State to be used for Common Schools. School Laws, Code of. School to Train Colored Teachers; increase of appropriation for. Sheriff's Fee in Criminal Cases. Supervisor of County Officers and Records; Office abolished. Tax-Collector in certain counties made ex-officio Sheriff. Technological School, Engineering Experiment Station established at. Technological School Library; Books to be supplied by State [Illegible Text]. Technological School Trustees, Powers of Local Board increased. Time Standard Fixed. Training School for Boys; State Reformatory amended; Named Changed; Managers, etc.

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Training School for Mental [Illegible Text] established. Treasurer's Clerical Expenses, and Bond; Assistant Treasurer's Salary. Trustees; when required to give [Illegible Text], though excused by [Illegible Text] of trust Penal Laws. [Illegible Text] Tom, or Eavesdropper, Punishment of. Punishment for Felony; Indetermine Sentence; when Jury limits term of. Wages; [Illegible Text] Payments to certain employees required; Penalty for non-payment. TITLE I.CITY AND MUNICIPAL COURTS. TITLE II.SOLICITORS-GENERAL; SALARIES. TITLE III.COUNTY MATTERS. ALCOHOL; REGULATION OF SALE, SHIPMENT, ETC. No. 139. An Act to make uniform the laws regulating the sale, shipment, distribution and dispensing of alcohol for medicinal, industrial and scientific purposes in this State, to make the same conform to the requirements of the laws of the United States governing the same, and for other purposes. Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That from and after the passage of this Act, no dealer in drugs and medicines shall ship any beverage or non-beverage alcohol in intra-state commerce in this State, unless such dealer has complied with all regulations of the United States laws touching such shipments and has given the bond required and obtained the permit for said shipments, and such regulations shall thereupon be exclusive except as hereinafter provided. Intra-State shipments by dealers in drugs. See So. Ex. Co. v. State, 23 Ga. App. 376. Sec. 2. Be it further [Illegible Text] by the authority aforesaid, That in addition to the triplicate orders required by the laws of the United States to be kept on file, one with the seller, one with the Internal Revenue Department, and one with the purchaser, that every authorized purchaser of alcohol shall also file with each order for such alcohol an additional copy of such order with the Ordinary of county of the residence of such purchaser, which said order shall be also open for inspection of all persons whatsoever. Filing of orders.

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Sec. 3. Be it further enacted that all druggists, pharmaceutical and medical schools, bona [Illegible Text] hospitals and chemical laboratories, and industrial manufacturers using alcohol for industrial and scientific purposes only in this State, who have complied with all the laws of the United States in regard to ordering and receiving alcohol in intrastate shipments, and who hold permits and have given bond as required, shall be allowed to order and receive such alcohol from the wholesale dealer therein or manufacturers thereof in the method herein provided only, and to be used by them for the purposes only as provided by such laws. Who may order and receive alcohol. Sec. 4. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the retail druggist shall be allowed to sell or dispense any such alcohol only in one of the following methods to-wit: Dispensing alcohol by druggists. (a) By first denaturing or medicating such alcohol in accordance with one of the following formulas: (1) earbolic acid 1 part, alcohol 99 parts; (2) formaldehyde 1 part, alcohol 250 parts; (3) bichloride of mercury 1 part, alcohol 2,000 parts; (4) bichloride of mercury 0.8 gram, hydrochloric acid 60 c. c., alcohol 640 c. c., water 300 c. c.; (5) bichloride of mercury 1 1-2 grams, hydrochloric acid 2 drams, alcohol 4 ounces; (6) formaldehyde 2 parts, glycerine 2 parts, alcohol 96 parts; (7) carbolic acid 1 dram, tannic acid 1 dram, alcohol 1 pint; (8) alum 1-2 ounce, formaldehyde 2 dram, camphor 1 ounce, alcohol and water, each 1 pint; (9) liquor cruolis compound (U.S.B.), 10 c. c., alcohol 1,000 c. c. Formulas. (b) By dispensing same upon a physician's prescription which so medicates such alcohol as to render it absolutely unfit for use as a beverage. When dispensed in prescriptions the druggist will be held absolutely responsible as to the sufficiency of the medication. Prescription of Physician. Sec. 5. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That any dealer who shall order, purchase, receive or dispense any shipment of alcohol otherwise than herein provided shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. Misdemeanor by dealer.

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Sec. 6. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be and the same are hereby repealed. Approved August 18, 1919. ARCHITECTS, BOARD FOR EXAMINATION OF; REGISTRATION, ETC. No. 185. An Act to make it unlawful for any person to use the title of Architect in the State of Georgia without securing a certificate of his or her qualifications to engage in the practice of architecture under the title of Architect; to provide for the examination and registration of architects; to provide for the disposition of the funds arising from the fees received for registration; to provide for the punishment of violators 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 the authority of the same, That within thirty days after the passage of this Act the Governor of this State shall appoint a State Board for the examination and registration of architects, to be composed of five architects who have been in active practice of architecture in the State of Georgia for not less than ten years previous to their appointment. One of the said members of said Board shall be appointed to hold office for a period of one year; one to hold office for a period of two years; one to hold office for a period of three years; one for four and one for five years, and thereafter, upon the expiration of the term of office of the person so appointed, the Governor of this State shall appoint a successor to each person whose term of office shall expire, to hold office for five years, and said person so appointed shall have the above specified qualifications. In case a successor is not appointed at the expiration of the term of any member, such member shall hold office until his successor has been

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duly appointed and has qualified. Any vacancy occuring in the membership of said Board shall be filled by the Governor of this State for the unexpired term of such membership. Examination and registration of architects. Qualifications. Terms. Sec. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the members of said Board shall, before entering upon the discharge of their duties, subscribe to and file with the Secretary of State the constitutional oath of officers. Oath of members. Sec. 3. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the Board for the Examination and Registration of Architects shall meet for organization within thirty days after its appointment, and shall elect from its membership a President and a Secretary. President and Secretary. Sec. 4. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the said Board shall adopt all necessary rules, regulations and by-laws, not inconsistent with this Act and the constitution and laws of this State and of the United States, to govern its times and places of meeting for organization and reorganization and the holding of examinations, the length of the terms of its officers, and all other matters requisite to the exercise of its powers, the performance of its duties, and the transaction of its business under the provisions of this Act. At least two meetings shall be held each year for the purpose of examination for registration. Rules of Board. Two meetings a year, for examination. Sec. 5. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That three members of the said Board shall constitute a quorum, but no action at any meeting can be taken without at least three votes in accord. Quorum. Sec. 6. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the Secretary of the said Board shall keep a true record of all proceedings of the Board, and may employ such clerical assistance as the Board may deem necessary. Record of proceedings. Sec. 7. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the said Board shall be charged with the duty

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of enforcing the provisions of this Act, and may incur such expenses as shall be necessary, all of which expenses shall be paid only out of the revenue arising from this Act in the manner hereinafter mentioned and provided. Expense enforcing Act. Sec. 8. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the said Board shall file annually with the Secretary of State a full report of its operations. Sec. 9. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all fees provided for by this Act shall be paid to and receipted for by the Treasurer of the State of Georgia, and shall not be used for any purpose other than the purposes of this Act. The expenses of the Board for the Examination and Registration of Architects, subject to the approval of the State Treasurer, shall be paid by him upon written order and warrant of the President and Secretary of said Board. Fees collected, use of. Sec. 10. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the Superintendent, or Custodian, of the State Capitol Building in the City of Atlanta, Georgia, shall provide, furnish and equip suitable quarters in said Capitol Building for the transaction of the business of the said Board. Quarters in Capitol provided for. Sec. 11. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That each member of the said Board shall be entitled to Ten Dollars per diem while actually engaged in attendance at meetings or in the conducting examinations; in addition to the above-mentioned sum, the Secretary of the Board is to receive such salary as may be named by the Board, payable monthly and as provided for in Section 9. Per [Illegible Text] of members. Salary of Secretary. Sec. 12. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the members of the said Board shall be reimbursed the amount of actual expenses incurred in travel to and return from meetings, and for expenditures for hotel bills, meals, stationery, postage, printing, typewriting, and the like necessary expenses incurred in the performance of their duties under this Act, subject to the approval of the Treasurer of the State. Expenses, etc.

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Sec. 13. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That any person, wishing to practice architecture in this State, who, before this Act goes into effect, shall not have been engaged in the practice of architecture in this State under the title of architect, shall before being entitled to be, or known as, an architect, secure from the said Board a certificate of qualifications to practice under the title of architect, as provided by this Act. Architect's Certificate, etc. Sec. 14. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That no person presumed to have the right to secure such certificate, because of his or her use of the title architect prior to the time this Act goes into effect, shall assume any title indicating that he or she is an architect, or any words, letters or figures to indicate that the person using them is an architect, unless he or she shall have qualified and obtained a certificate of registration from said Board. Use of Title Architect. Sec. 15. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That nothing contained in this Act shall prevent the draftsmen, students, clerks of work, superintendents, and other employees of these lawfully practicing as registered architects under the provisions of this Act, from acting under the instructions, control or supervision of their employers, or to prevent the employment of superintendents of the construction, enlargement or alteration of buildings or any appurtenances thereto, or prevent such superintendents from acting under the immediate personal supervision of the registered architect by whom the plans and specifications of any such building, enlargement or alteration were prepared. Nor shall anything contained in this Act prevent persons, mechanics or builders from making plans and specifications for, or supervising the erection, enlargement or alteration of buildings or any appurtenances thereto to be constructed by themselves or their employees, provided that the working drawings for such construction are signed by the authors thereof with their true appellation, as Engineer, or Contractor, or Carpenter, or etc., without the use in any form of the title Architect. Sec. 16. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid,

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That any one or a combination of the following practices shall constitute the practice of architecture, namely: The planning or supervision of the erection, enlargement or alteration of any building or buildings, or of any appurtenances thereto, or consultation as to planning of same, to be constructed for others or by persons other than himself. A building is any structure consisting of foundations, floors, walls, columns, girders, beams, and roof, or a combination of any number of these parts, with or without other parts or appurtenances. Practice of Architecture defined. Definition of building. Sec. 17. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That any person residing in or having a place of business in this State who shall have been regularly engaged in the practice of architecture in this State under the title of Architect at the time this Act takes effect, may be granted a certificate of registration without examination, by the payment to the said Board of the fee for certificate of registration as prescribed in Section 20 of this Act, on condition that the applicant satisfies the said Board for the Examination and Registration of Architecture that he is qualified to practice architecture. Sec. 18. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That any citizen of the United States, or any person who has declared his (or her) intention of becoming such citizen, being at least twenty-one years of age and of good moral character, may apply for a certificate of registration, or for such examination as shall be requisite for such certification under this Act; but before receiving such certificate this applicant shall submit satisfactory evidence of having completed the course in a high school or the equivalent thereof, and of having subsequently thereto completed such course in mathematics, history and language as may be approved or prescribed by the said Board for the Examination and Registration of Architects. The examination for the above academic requirements shall be held by the said Board. In lieu of such examination the said Board may accept satisfactory diplomas, or certificates,

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from institutions approved by the said Board, covering the course or subject-matter prescribed for examination. Qualifications, age, citizenship and character. Examinations. Upon complying with the above requirements the applicant shall satisfactorily pass an examination in such technical and professional subjects as shall be prescribed by the said Board for the Examination and Registration of Architects. The said Board may, in lieu of the examination in such technical and professional subjects, accept satisfactory evidence of any one of the qualifications set forth under sub-divisions (a) and (b) of this Section. (a) A diploma of graduation or satisfactory certificate from an architectural college or school that he, or she, has completed a technical course approved by the American Institute of Architects, together with and subsequent thereto of at least three years satisfactory experience in the office or offices of a reputable architect or architects. Diploma in lieu of examination. (b) Registration or certification as an architect in another State or territory where the qualifications prescribed at the time of such registration or certification were equal to those prescribed in this State at date of application. The said Board may require applicants under these subdivisions to furnish satisfactory evidence of knowledge of professional practice. Sec. 19. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That an architect who has lawfully practiced architecture for a period of more than ten years outside of this State shall, except as otherwise provided in sub-division (b) of Section 18, be required to take only a practical examination, the nature of which shall be prescribed by the said Board for the Examination and Registration of Architects. Examination of architect. Sec. 20. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the fee to be paid to the said Board by an applicant for an examination to determine his fitness to receive a certificate of registration as a registered architect shall be Ten ($10.00) Dollars. The fee to be paid to the said Board by an applicant for a certificate of registration as a registered architect shall be Five ($5.00) Dollars. The fee

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to be paid to the said Board for the restoration of an expired certificate of registration shall be Ten ($10.00) Dollars. The fee to be paid to the said Board upon renewal of a certificate of registration shall be Two ($2.00) Dollars. The fee to be paid to the said Board by an applicant for a certificate of registration, who is an architect registered or licensed under the laws of another State or Territory of the United States, under sub-division (b) of Section 18, or under Section 19 of this Act, shall be Twenty-five ($25.00) Dollars. Fees for examination and certificates. Sec. 21. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the filing, recording and renewal of all examination papers and other evidences of qualification submitted by each applicant shall be filed with the said Board for the Examination and Registration of Architects, and said Board shall keep a record, open to public inspection at all reasonable times, of its proceedings relating to the issuance, refusal, renewal, suspension and revocation of certificate of registration. This record also shall contain the name, known place of business and residence, and the date and number of the certificate of registration of every registered architect entitled to practice his profession in the State of Georgia. Every person granted such certificate shall have the same recorded with the Superior Court Clerk of the county in which his principal office for the practice of architecture is located. Filing. etc., of examination papers. Record of Architects. Certificate to be recorded. Sec. 22. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That every registered architect in this State who desires to continue the practice of his profession shall, annually during the month of July, renew his certificate of registration, and pay to the said Board the renewal fee of Two ($2.00) Dollars, required by Section 20 of this Act. A person who fails to renew his certificate of registration during the month of July in each year may not thereafter renew his certificate except upon payment to said Board of the fee of Ten ($10.00) Dollars, required by Section 20 of this Act. Every renewal certificate shall expire on the thirtieth day of June, following its issuance. Renewal of certificate; fees. Renewal certificate.

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Sec. 23. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the Board for the Examination and Registration of Architects may revoke any certificate after thirty days' notice, with grant of hearing to the holder thereof, if proof satisfactory to the said Board be presented in the following cases: Revocation of certificate. (a) In case it is shown that the certificate was obtained through fraud or misrepresentation. Grounds for revocation. (b) In case the holder of the certificate has been found guilty by the said Board, or by a court of justice, of any fraud or deceit in his professional practice, or has been convicted of a felony by a court of justice. (c) In case the holder of the certificate has been found guilty by the said Board of gross incompetency or of recklessness in the planning or construction of buildings. (d) In case it is proved to the satisfaction of the said Board that the holder of the certificate is an habitual drunkard, or is habitually addicted to the use of morphine, opium, cocaine, or other drug having a similar effect. Sec. 24. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That proceedings for the annulment of registration (i. e., the revocation of a certificate) shall be begun by filing written charges against the accused with the Board for the Examination and Registration of Architects. A time and place for the hearing of the charges shall be fixed by the said Board. Where personal service or service through counsel cannot be effected, service may be made by publication once a week for four weeks in a newspaper published in the county wherein the holder of said certificate is supposed to reside. At the hearing the accused shall have the right to be represented by counsel, to introduce evidence, and to examine and cross-examine witnesses. The said Board shall make a written report of its findings, which report shall be filed with the Secretary of State of Georgia, and which shall be conclusive. Proceedings for revocation. Service of charges. Hearing. Sec. 25. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That every person who is regularly engaged in the practice of architecture in this State under the title of

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Architect at the time this Act takes effect, shall, within six (6) months after the going into effect of this Act, record his name, with proof of his use of such title, with the Board for the Examination and Registration of Architects, such recording not to be interpreted as evidence of competency or ability unless applicant applies for and is granted a certificate of registration. Failure to record within such period the prior use of such title shall bar the said persons from thereafter claiming registration under the provisions of Section 17 of this Act. Architects practicing. Non-compliance prevents registration. Sec. 26. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That on and after the passage of this Act the use of the title Architect, or registered Architect, or the use of any word or any letters or figures indicated or intended to imply that the person using the same is an Architect or registered Architect, without compliance with the provisions of this Act, the making of any willfully false oath or affirmation in any matter or proceeding where an oath or affirmation is required by this Act, shall be deemed a misdemeanor, punishable with a fine not more than Two Hundred ($200.00) Dollars, or imprisonment for not more than one (1) year or both. Penalty for violation of Act. Sec. 27. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That this Act shall become effective immediately on its becoming a law. Act effective on becoming law. Sec. 28. 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, 1919. ATTORNEY-GENERAL'S COMPENSATION AND CLERICAL FORCE; SALARIES OF ASSISTANT AND STENOGRAPHER. No. 234. An Act to recorganize the clerical force in the office of the Attorney-General; to abolish the offices of Supervisor

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of and Deputy Supervisors of county offices and county records and clerk to the Attorney-General, and to authorize the Attorney-General to employ an assistant and a stenographer, and to fix the salaries of said assistant and stenographer, and of the Attorney-General 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 clerical force in the office of the Attorney-General be and the same is hereby reorganized. The office of clerk to the Attorney-General, the Supervisor, and of two Deputy Supervisors of County Officers and County Records, are hereby abolished, and the Attorney-General is authorized to employ an assistant and a stenographer. Abolition of office of clerk, supervisor. Sec. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid that the salary of the Attorney-General is hereby fixed at the sum of Five Thousand ($5,000.00) Dollars per annum. The same being the total compensation hereto paid for all services rendered, provided that the Attorney-General shall hereafter represent the State in all cases before the Supreme Court of the United States and perform all other services beyond the limits of the State without extra compensation. The salary to the assistant to the Attorney-General is hereby fixed at the sum of Twenty-five Hundred ($2,500.00) Dollars per annum, and the salary of the stenographer to the Attorney-General is hereby fixed at the sum of Fifteen Hundred ($1,500.00) Dollars per annum. Compensation attorney general. Assistant's salary. Stenographer's 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 18, 1919.

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BANKING LAWS; DEPARTMENT OF BANKING CREATED. No. 105. An Act to regulate banking in the State of Georgia; to create the Department of Banking of the State of Georgia; to provide for the incorporation of banks, and the amendment, renewal and surrender of charters; to provide penalties for the violations of laws with reference to banking and the banking business; 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: ARTICLE I. PRELIMINARY PROVISIONS. SECTION 1. Bank, Definition of. The term bank as used in this Act means any moneyed corporation authorized by law to receive deposits of money and commercial paper, to make loans, to discount bills, notes, and other commercial paper, to buy and sell bills of exchange, and to issue bills, notes, acceptances or other evidences of debt, and shall include incorporated banks, savings banks, banking companies, trust companies and other corporations doing a banking business in this State, but shall not include private bankers, copartnership or voluntary associations doing a banking business, or national banking associations, or building and loan associations or similar associations or corporations. The term bank shall include a branch bank unless the context indicates that it does not. Bank defined. Unincorporated and national banks not included. SEC. 2. Depositors. The term depositor as used in this act means any person who shall deposit money or commercial paper in any bank, either on open account, subject to check, or to be withdrawn otherwise than by check, whether interest is allowed thereon or not, and shall include holders of demand and time certificates of deposit lawfully issued. Depositor defined.

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SEC. 3. Branch Banks. Banks whose capital has been fully paid in and is unimpaired may establish branches in the cities in which they are located or elsewhere, after having first obtained the written approval of the Superintendent of Banks, which approval may be given or withheld by the Superintendent in his discretion, and shall not be given until he shall have ascertained to his satisfaction that the public convenience and advantage will be promoted by the opening of such branch. Branches, how established. Such branch banks shall be operated as branches and under the name of the parent bank, and under the control and direction of the Board of Directors and executive officers of said parent bank. Name and management. The Board of Directors of the parent bank shall elect a cashier, and such other officers as may be required to properly conduct the business of said branch, and a Board of Directors, or loan committee, who shall be responsible for the conduct and management of said branch but not of the parent bank, or of any other branch save that of which they are officers, directors, or committee. Officers of branch bank. At the time of the establishment of any branch the Board of Directors of the parent bank shall set aside for the exclusive use of said branch such proportion of its capital as may be required by the Superintendent of Banks; in no event less than is required for the organization of a bank in the city, town or village in which the branch shall be located. Provided, that the parent bank shall not by such assignment of a portion of its capital reduce the capital to an amount less than is required for the organization of a bank in the city, town or village in which said parent bank is located. Capital of branch bank. Branch banks shall be taxed on the capital set aside to their exclusive use in the counties, municipalities and districts in which they are located, and the parent bank shall be relieved of taxation to the extent of the capital set aside for the exclusive use of such branches. Taxation of branch banks. SEC. 4. Private Banks. No private person, firm, or voluntary association engaged in the business of banking in this State not subject to the supervision of the Superintendent of Banks, and no private corporation except a bank

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duly chartered and organized under the laws of this State or under the Acts of Congress, shall make use of any office sign at the place where such business is transacted, having thereon any name importing a corporation, or the name of any city, town or county, or other words, indicating that such office or place of business is that of a regularly chartered bank; nor shall such person, firm, or corporation make use of or circulate any letter-heads, bill-heads, bank notes, blank receipts, certificates, circulars, or any written or printed paper whereon such name importing a corporation, or name wherein the name of any city, town, or county is used, or any other words, indicating that such business is the business of a regularly chartered bank; Provided that no private bank engaged in business at the time of the passage of this act shall be required to change the name adopted and in use by it. Name chartered bank, etc. Penalty for violating this Section. No person, firm, or voluntary association, or private corporation, other than a regularly chartered and organized bank, shall use the words bank, banker, banking company, banking house, or any other similar name indicating that the business done is that of a bank, either upon any office sign at its place of business or upon any of its letter-heads, bill-heads, blank notes, receipts, certificates, circulars, or any other written or printed paper, without also using therewith the words plainly written or printed, so that the same may be readily read, Private Bank, Not Incorporated, and every person, firm, association, or private corporation other than a regularly chartered bank, advertising to receive, or receiving deposits, shall at the window or desk at which such deposits are received place a conspicuous sign with letters not less than one inch in height, upon which shall be printed the words, Private Bank, Not Incorporated. Provided that any private banker or bankers, engaged in the banking business at the time of the passage of this act, may continue to use, without further qualification or restriction, the word Banker or Bankers, where the use of their names convey unmistakably that they are not incorporated. Signs, letter-heads, etc., of banks.

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SEC. 5. Insolvency Defined. A bank shall be deemed to be insolvent, first, when it can not meet its liabilities as they become due in the regular course of business; second, when the actual cash market value of its assets is insufficient to pay its liabilities to depositors and other creditors; third, when its reserve shall fall under the amount herein required and it shall fail to make good such reserve within thirty (30) days after being required to do so by the Superintendent of Banks. Insolvency defined. SEC. 6. Surplus and Undivided Profits Defined. The term surplus as used in this act means the portion or portions of the undivided profits which have been formally set apart by resolution of the board of directors and carried to surplus account on the books of account of the bank, as well as such amount as may be paid in by stockholders for the purpose of creating a surplus. Surplus defined. The term undivided profits as used in this act means the net profits as shown by the books of account of the bank, in addition to the surplus, less such amount as may be held for the payment of current expenses, taxes, interest on savings deposits and dividends to stockholders. Undivided profits defined. ARTICLE II. DEPARTMENT OF BANKING. SECTION 1. Department of Banking Created. There is hereby created a Banking Department of the State of Georgia to be designated as the Department of Banking, charged with the execution of all laws heretofore passed or which may hereafter be passed relating to banks as herein defined. Department of Banking. SEC. 2. Superintendent of Banks. The chief officer of the Department of Banking shall be known as the Superintendent of Banks. He shall be appointed by the Governor, by and with the advice and cousent of the Senate. The first appointment hereunder shall be made at least ten days before

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this Act takes effect, and the appointee shall discharge the duties of the office pending confirmation by the Senate. Superintendent of Banks, etc. The Superintendent of Banks shall hold office for the term of four years, and until his successor is appointed and qualified. Term of office. SEC. 3. Vacancies, How Filled. In the event there shall be a vacancy in the office when the Senate is not in session, caused by death, resignation, disability, suspension or removal of the Superintendent of Banks, the Assistant Superintendent shall act, holding the office until the Senate convenes and a successor to the Superintendent of Banks is appointed and qualified. When the Assistant Superintendent shall hold the office of Superintendent, as herein provided, he shall receive the same salary, and give the same bond as herein provided for the Superintendent of Banks. Assistant acts, etc. Assistant's salary, etc. SEC. 4. Qualifications of Superintendent. The Superintendent of Banks shall be a man of good character and shall have had at least five years active experience in the banking business. He shall not during his term of office be an officer or employee of any bank, or either directly or indirectly interested in any bank, and shall not carry on business as a private banker or be an employee of or interested directly or indirectly in the business of any private banker. He shall not be or become indebted directly or indirectly to any bank as herein defined. The Governor shall immediately remove from office any Superintendent of Banks violating the provisions of this section. Qualifications. SEC. 5. Salary of Superintendent. The Superintendent of Banks shall receive a salary of Six Thousand ($6,000.00) Dollars per annum, to be paid in the same manner as the other expenses of the Department of Banking are paid. He shall receive no fees or perquisites for any official act, but the fees prescribed herein shall be collected by him and deposited to the credit of the Department of Banking, as hereinafter provided. Salary of Superintendent. SEC. 6. Oath and Bond of Superintendent. Before entering upon the duties of his office, the Superintendent of Banks shall take an oath before the Governor or one of the

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Justices of the Supreme Court to support the Constitution of the United States and the Constitution of the State of Georgia, and faithfully to execute the duties of his office, which oath shall be in writing and subscribed to by the Superintendent of Banks and filed of record in the Executive Office. He shall also give bond to the State of Georgia with security or securities approved by the Governor in the sum of Fifty Thousand ($50,000.00) Dollars, conditioned as follows: Oath and bond. (1) That he will faithfully discharge, execute, and perform, all and singular, the duties required of him, and which may be required by the Constitution and Laws. (2) That he will faithfully account for all moneys that may be received by him from time to time by virtue of his office. (3) That he will safely deliver to his successor all books, moneys, vouchers, accounts, and effects whatever belonging to said office. The surety on the bond shall be a regular incorporated surety company or companies, qualified to do business in the State of Georgia, and the premium on the bond shall be paid as other expenses of the Department of Banking are paid. SEC. 7. Superintendent, How Removed. The Superintendent of Banks may be suspended or removed by the Governor, whenever the Governor has trustworthy information, to be judged of by him, that the Superintendent is insane or has absconded or grossly neglects his duties or is guilty of conduct plainly violative of his duties. Removal from office. SEC. 8. Superintendent's Office. The Superintendent of Banks shall be provided with suitable apartments at the State Capitol, furnished at the State's expense. He shall reside at the Capitol and shall keep his office open daily, Sundays and holidays excepted. He shall be furnished from time to time, necessary furniture, fuel, light, and other proper conveniences for the transaction of the business of his office, the expense of which shall be paid by the State in the same manner as the expenses of other offices at the Capitol are paid. Office at Capitol.

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SEC. 9. Seal of Department of Banking. The Secretary of State shall provide the Superintendent of Banks with an official seal. Any paper executed by him as such Superintendent of Banks in pursuance of any authority conferred on him by law and sealed with his seal of office shall be received in evidence with the same effect as a duly recorded deed. Seal. SEC. 10. Assistant Superintendent, Examiners, and Clerks. The Superintendent of Banks shall appoint from time to time, with the right to discharge at will, an Assistant Superintendent who shall be ex-officio an Examiner, and such additional Examiners and office assistants as he may need to discharge in a proper manner the duties imposed upon him by law, provided that such appointments shall not extend beyond the term of office of the Superintendent of Banks making such appointments. Assistant Superintendent, etc. No person so appointed shall during his term of office be an officer or employee of any bank, or either directly or indirectly interested in any bank. He shall not carry on business as a private banker or be an employee of or interested in the business of any private banker. He shall not be or become indebted directly or indirectly to any bank as herein defined. The Superintendent of Banks shall immediately remove from offico any Assistant Superintendent, Examiner, or Office Assistant violating the provisions of this section. Disqualification. Removal from office. The Assistant Superintendent, Examiners and Clerks shall perform such duties as may be assigned to them, respectively, by the Superintendent of Banks. SEC. 11. Oath and Bond of Assistant Superintendent and Examiners. The Assistant Superintendent and each of the Examiners shall take the same oath as that herein prescribed for the Superintendent of Banks, and each shall give a bond to be approved by the Superintendent, with a regular incorporated surety company qualified to do business in the State of Georgia, as security, payable to the State of Georgia, in the penal sum of Ten Thousand ($10,000.00) Dollars, with the same conditions contained in the bond as those herein prescribed for the Superintendent of

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Banks, the premium on which said bonds shall be paid as other expenses of the Department of Banking are paid. Oath and bond. SEC. 12. Salaries of Assistant Superintendents, Examiners and Clerks. The Assistant Superintendent shall be paid a salary of Thirty-six Hundred ($3,600.00) Dollars per annum. Salaries of assistant, etc. Each of the Examiners shall be paid a salary of not exceeding Twenty-four Hundred ($2,400.00) Dollars per annum. The salaries of the Clerks and Office Assistants shall not exceed in the aggregate the sum of Thirty-six Hundred ($3,600.00) Dollars per annum. SEC. 13. Traveling Expenses. The traveling expenses of the Superintendent of Banks, the Assistant Superintendent, and the Examiners, actually paid in the discharge of their duties, shall be audited and approved by the Superintendent of Banks, and paid monthly as other expenses of the Department of Banking are paid. Itemized statements shall be kept by the Superintendent and Examiners, showing in detail their expenses and each and every item thereof, in such form and accompanied by such vouchers as the Superintendent shall prescribe, which statements shall be filed in the office of the Superintendent. Traveling expenses. SEC. 14. Expenses of the Department of Banking, How Paid. All the expenses incurred in and about the conduct of the business of the Department of Banking, including the salaries of the Superintendent of Banks, the Assistant Superintendent, the Examiners, and Office Assistants, and the traveling expenses incurred in examining banks, except the office expenses provided for in Section 8 of this Article, shall be collected from the banks as hereinafter provided. All amounts so paid shall be deposited by the Superintendent of Banks in such bank or banks as he may see fit and subject to his check as such Superintendent, and shall be used for the expenses of the Department of Banking only. Expenses collected from banks. SEC. 15. Report of the Superintendent of Banks. The Superintendent of Banks shall make an annual report to the

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Governor on or before the 31st day of December, which report shall be filed in his office, and by him laid before the General Assembly in connection with his first annual message thereafter. Annual reports of Superintendent. SEC. 16. Contents of the Report. The Superintendent of Banks shall set forth in his annual report: Contents of report. 1. A list of all the banks subject to his supervision, with the date when each began business. 2. A summary of the condition of every bank, as shown by the last report received in response to call and such condition as shown by the last examination made, and such other information in relation to said bank as in his judgment may be useful. 3. A statement of all applications for incorporation of new banks and of all applications for the amendment, renewal, and surrender of charters, together with his action thereon. 4. A statement of all banks whose business has been closed during the year. 5. A list of all banks taken possession of by him during the year, and of the dividends paid to creditors of all banks being liquidated, and of the unclaimed and unpaid deposits or dividends of each of such banks. 6. Any suggestion for amendments to the laws relating to banking by which the system may be improved and the security to the depositors and other creditors increased. 7. The names and compensation of his Assistant, Examiners, and Clerks, and the whole amount of the expenses of the banking department during the year. 8. An itemized statement of the amounts collected from the banks from examinations, fines, and forfeitures during the year. SEC. 17. Copies of Report Furnished to Banks. The annual report of the Superintendent of Banks shall be published in book form, and a copy thereof furnished to each bank by mail as soon as the same shall have been published and transmitted to the Governor. The expense of publishing and mailing such reports shall be paid as other expenses of the Department of Banking are paid. Copies to be mailed to banks.

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SEC. 18. Rules for the Department of Banking. The Superintendent of Banks shall make such rules and regulations to carry out the provisions of this Act as he may consider of value to the Department of Banking. He may appoint special Examiners, when occasion requires, prescribe their duties, and limit their powers. He shall prescribe and provide forms, and supply the necessary blanks for examinations and reports. Superintendent to make rules. Special examiners. SEC. 19. Reports and Examinations. The reports of all examinations and the reports made by banks in response to the calls made by the Superintendent of Banks shall be regularly filed and preserved by the Superintendent of Banks in his office for a period of five (5) years, after which time the Superintendent shall be authorized to burn the same. Reports to be preserved 5 years. SEC. 20. Reports as Evidence. Every official report made by the Superintendent of Banks and every sworn report, duly verified, of any regular or special Examiner duly appointed by the Superintendent of Banks, shall be prima facie evidence of the facts therein stated, in any action or proceeding wherein such bank is a party, provided that the reports of such examinations shall not be made public except when required in legal proceedings. Reports prima facie evidence. Privacy of report. SEC. 21. Liability for Non-Performance of Duty. The Superintendent of Banks, the Assistant Superintendent, and the Examiners shall be liable on their official bonds to any person, firm, or corporation injured on account of the failure of the Superintendent, the Assistant Superintendent, or any Examiner, to faithfully discharge the duties of his office. Suit may be brought thereon in any court of competent jurisdiction in the name of the State for the use of the injured party. Liability on bond. SEC. 22. Solicitors-General to Represent Superintendent. The Solicitors-General, in their several circuits, when requested by the Superintendent of Banks, shall, as a part of their official duties, represent the Superintendent of

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Banks in any suit that the Superintendent may desire to bring, or that may be brought against the Superintendent under the provisions of this Act, in regard to banks in their respective circuits. The fees of the Solicitors-General for services rendered under this section shall be fixed by the Superintendent subject to the approval of the judge of the Superior Courts of the circuit in which such suits are brought. Such fees and the costs of any such suits or proceedings by or against the Superintendent of Banks shall be taxed by the judge of the Superior Court in which such suit is brought either against the opposite party to such suit, or against the bank concerning which the suit is brought, or against the Superintendent, in which latter event such costs and fees shall be paid as other expenses of the Department of Banking are paid. Counsel in suits. Solicitors-Gen'l to act as. Fees. SEC. 23. Attorney General and Solicitors-General to Advise Superintendent. It shall be the duty of the Attorney General to advise the Superintendent of Banks on any question of law submitted to him by the Superintendent, and it shall likewise be the duty of the Solicitors-General, in their several circuits, when requested by the Superintendent of Banks, to advise the Superintendent on any questions of law submitted to them by the Superintendent in regard to any existing or proposed banks in their respective circuits. Legal advisers. ARTICLE III. EXAMINATIONS OF BANKS. SEC. 1. Semi-Annual Examinations. The Superintendent of Banks shall either personally or by one of the Examiners visit and examine every bank subject to his supervision at least twice in each year. On every examination, inquiry shall be made as to the condition and resources of the bank, the mode of conducting and managing its affairs, the manner of keeping its accounts and the correctness thereof, the actions of its directors, the investment of its funds, the safety and prudence of its management, and

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whether the requirements of its charter and the law have been complied with in the administration of its affairs, and as to such other matters covered by this Act as the Superintendent of Banks may prescribe. Examinations, scope of. SEC. 2. Special Examinations. In addition to the regular semi-annual examinations the Superintendent of Banks shall have power and it shall be his duty in like manner to examine or cause to be examined any bank under his supervision whenever in the judgment of the Superintendent of Banks the management and condition of the bank is such as to render an examination of its affairs necessary or expedient, or whenever in the opinion of the Superintendent of Banks the interests of the public demand an examination. Special examinations. SEC. 3. Examinations on Oath. The Superintendent of Banks and the Examiners shall have power and authority to administer oaths and to examine under oath any person whose testimony may be required on the examination of any bank, and shall have the authority and power to compel the appearance and attendance of any such person for the purpose of such examination. Power to compel persons to testify. If any person when required so to do by the Superintendent of Banks, or any one of the Examinors, shall fail or refuse to appear or to testify under oath as herein provided, such failure or refusal may be reported in writing to the Judge of the Superior Court of the county in which such bank is located, who shall thereupon cause a subpoena to be issued by the clerk of said court requiring such person to so attend and testify, and for failure to obey such subpoena the person so failing shall be adjudged in contempt of court by the judge of said court and punished accordingly. SEC. 4. Written Report of Examination. The Superintendent of Banks and the Examiner who shall make an examination of any bank shall reduce the result thereof to writing in such form as shall be prescribed by the Superintendent, which shall contain a full, true, and correct statement of the condition of such bank so examined, which reports shall be filed in the Department of Banking. Statement of condition of bank.

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SEC. 5. Fees of Examination. Each bank shall pay for each semi-annual examination to the Superintendent of Banks, to be deposited by him to the credit of the Department of Banking, as hereinbefore provided, in proportion to the capital, surplus, and undivided profits, exclusive of branches, not exceeding the following amounts: Fee for semi-annual examinations. Where the capital, surplus, and undivided profits is $25,000.00 or less, $20.00. Where the capital, surplus, and undivided profits is more than $25,000.00 and not exceeding $50,000.00, $30.00. Where the capital, surplus, and undivided profits is more than $50,000.00 and not exceeding $75,000.00, $40.00. Where the capital, surplus, and undivided profits is more than $75,000.00 and not exceeding $100,000.00, $50.00. Where the capital, surplus, and undivided profits is more than $100,000.00 and not exceeding $125,000.00, $60.00. Where the capital, surplus, and undivided profits is more than $125,000.00 and not exceeding $150,000.00, $70.00. Where the capital, surplus, and undivided profits is more than $150,000.00 and not exceeding $175,000.00, $80.00. Where the capital, surplus, and undivided profits is more than $175,000.00 and not exceeding $200,000.00, $90.00. Where the capital, surplus, and undivided profits is more than $200,000.00 and not exceeding $225,000.00, $100.00. Where the capital, surplus, and undivided profits is more than $225,000,00 and not exceeding $250,000.00, $110.00. Where the capital, surplus, and undivided profits is more than $250,000.00 and not exceeding $275,000.00, $120.00. Where the capital, surplus, and undivided profits is more than $275,000.00 and not exceeding $300,000.00, $130.00. Where the capital, surplus, and undivided profits is more than $300,000.00 and not exceeding $500,000.00, $150.00. Where the capital, surplus, and undivided profits is more than $500,000.00 and not exceeding $750,000.00, $200.00. Where the capital, surplus, and undivided profits is more than $750,000.00, $250.00. In addition to the fees hereinabove fixed each bank operating branch offices or banks shall pay for each branch so operated for each semi-annual examination, at the above rates

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based on the capital, surplus, and undivided profits employed in such branch. Fees for branches. For any examination herein provided to be made before permit to begin business is issued, or on any amendment to a charter, or on any consolidation or merger, or on any voluntary liquidation, and in all other cases of like character, other than regular semi-annual examinations, a fee of $25.00 shall be paid for each examination. Fee for other examinations. SEC. 6. Fees, How Collected. In the event any bank should fail or refuse to pay on demand the amount herein fixed as fees for examinations, the Superintendent of Banks shall forthwith issue an execution in the name of the State against such bank for the amount of such fees, which shall be enforced in like manner as executions issued by the Superior Courts in the State upon judgments rendered by them. Execution on failure to pay fee. SEC. 7. Record of Fees. It shall be the duty of the Superintendent of Banks to keep a record of all fees collected by him, together with a record of expenses incurred in making examinations of all banks, which record shall be embodied in his annual report to the Governor. Record of fees and expenses. SEC. 8. Examinations Not at Stated Times. The Superintendent of Banks shall not visit any bank or cause same to be visited by an Examiner for the purpose of examination at stated or regular times, nor shall the Superintendent or any Examiner permit any one to know when or at what time he will visit any bank or cause same to be visited, for examination. Time of visit not to be announced. SEC. 9. Information Kept Secret. The information which shall be obtained by the Superintendent of Banks or any Examiner in making examinations into the affairs of any bank shall be for the purpose of ascertaining the true condition of said bank, and shall not be disclosed by the person making the examination, unless called upon to testify concerning the same in a court of justice, except that reports shall be made of the condition of the affairs of the bank ascertained from such examination to the officers and directors

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of the bank examined and to the Superintendent of Banks, and a summary thereof published in the Superintendent's annual report, and except that the Superintendent may take action as the result of such examination, as herein provided. Provided, however, that upon the request of the Federal Reserve Bank the Superintendent shall be authorized to furnish to said bank a copy of the report and other information concerning the condition and affairs of any bank which shall be a member of the Federal Reserve System. Privacy of information. SEC. 10. Reports as Evidence. In the event the Superintendent of Banks takes charge of the business and affairs of any bank as herein authorized, or in the event proceedings are instituted to forfeit the charter of any bank, duly authenticated copies of the reports of the examination of such bank on file in the office of the Superintendent of Banks may be used in any court as evidence and as an aid in arriving at the true condition of the bank. Such reports shall be received in any court as prima facie evidence of the truth of their contents. Reports prima [Illegible Text] evidence. ARTICLE IV. REPORTS OF BANKS. SEC. 1. Stated Reports. Every bank shall make at least four (4) reports each year, and oftener if called upon by the Superintendent of Banks, according to the form which may be prescribed by him, verified as true and correct by the oath or affirmation of the president or cashier, and accompanied by the certificate of at least two (2) of the directors of such bank to the effect that they have carefully read said report and that the same is true and correct according to the best of their information, knowledge and belief, and that the signature of the president or cashier, is the true and genuine signature of such officer. Such report shall exhibit in detail and under appropriate heads the resources and liabilities of such bank at the close of business on any past date specified by the Superintendent of Banks, and shall be trasmitted to the Superintendent of Banks within ten (10)

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days after receipt of a request therefor from him, and shall be published in such form as the Superintendent of Banks may prescribe, within ten (10) days after the same is called for, in a newspaper published in the city or town where such bank is located, or if no newspaper is published in such city or town, then if the county in which such bank is located, and if no newspaper is published in the county, then in some newspaper having a general circulation in the county, such publication to be at the expense of the bank, and proof that such publication has been made, in such form as may be required by the Superintendent of Banks, shall be furnished to him within five (5) days after such publication is made. Reports, when made, and how verified. Publication of reports. SEC. 2. Special Reports. The Superintendent of Banks shall have power to call for special reports from any bank, whenever in his judgment the same are necessary in order to obtain a full and complete knowledge of its condition. Such reports shall be made on forms furnished by the Superintendent of Banks, and shall be verified and certified as herein provided in the case of stated reports. Special reports. SEC. 3. Call for Reports Mailed to Banks. A copy of each call made by the Superintendent of Banks for a report from the banks under the supervision of said Superintendent shall be mailed to each bank, and such mailing shall be deemed legal notice of such call. Call for reports. SEC. 4. Dividends to be Reported. In addition to the reports required in the preceding sections, each bank shall report to the Superintendent of Banks within ten (10) days after declaring, and at least ten (10) days before paying, any dividend, the amount of such dividend and the amount of the surplus and undivided profits in excess of such dividend. Such report shall be verified and certified in the same manner as is provided herein in the case of stated reports to the Superintendent of Banks. Report of dividend, etc. SEC. 5. Penalty for Failing to Report. Any bank which fails to make and transmit or to publish any report as required by this Act shall be subject to a penalty of $10.00 for each day after the periods, respectively, herein mentioned

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that it delays to make and transmit its report or proof of publication. Penalty. When any bank delays or refuses to pay the penalty herein imposed for the failure to make and transmit or to publish its report, the Superintendent of Banks is hereby authorized to issue an execution against such bank for the amount of such penalty, which shall be enforced in like manner as excutions issued by the Superior Courts of this State upon judgments. Execution for penalty. All penalties collected shall be held by the Superintendent of Banks as other funds collected and deposited to the credit of the Department of Banking. ARTICLE V. COMMUNICATIONS FROM DEPARTMENT OF BANKING. SEC. 1. Notice of Violation of Law. If it should appear to the Superintendent of Banks that any bank has violated its charter or any law of the State or any order or regulation of the Department of Banking, he may, by an order under his hand and official seal, addressed to such bank, direct the discontinuance of such violation, or if it should appear to the Superintendent that any such bank is conducting business in an unsafe or unauthorized manner, he may in like manner direct the discontinuance of such unsafe and unauthorized practices. Such order shall be read at a meeting of the directors called for the purpose, and a copy thereof shall be entered upon the minutes of said board, and a majority of the board of directors, over their own signatures, indorsed on said original order, shall acknowledge that the same has been read at a meeting of the board and entered upon the minutes and said original order shall be forthwith returned to the Superintendent of Banks. Order to discontinue illegal or unsafe practices. SEC. 2. Communications to be Read and Entered on Minutes. Each official communication directed by the Superintendent of Banks to a bank, pertaining to an investigation

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or examination conducted by the department, or to the affairs of such bank, or containing orders, suggestions, or recommendations as to the conduct of the business thereof, shall be submitted, by the officer receiving it, to the board of directors of such bank, at the next meeting of such board, and entered on the minutes, and written acknowledgment thereof made to the Superintendent of Banks. Communications to banks, entry and return of. SEC. 3. Removal of Officer or Employee. The Superintendent of Banks shall have the right to require the immediate removal from office of any officer or employee of any bank who shall be found by him to be dishonest, incompetent or reckless in the management of the affairs of the bank, or who persistently violates the laws of the State or the lawful orders of the Superintendent. Summary removal of bank officer, etc. ARTICLE VI. IMPAIRMENT OF CAPITAL. SECTION 1. Transfer of Surplus. Whenever the Superintendent of Banks shall find that the capital stock of any bank has become impaired or reduced as much as ten per cent of its par value from losses or any other causes, the Superintendent of Banks shall notify and require such bank to make good its capital stock so impaired or reduced, by a transfer, from the surplus or undivided profits thereof to the capital stock, of a sum sufficient to make good such impairment or reduction, and upon receipt of such notice such bank so notified shall immediately make the transfer so required, by proper corporate action and proper entries upon its books. Impairment of capital to be made good from surplus, when. SEC. 2. Assessment of Stockholders. If the surplus and undivided profits of such bank are insufficient to make good such impairment, the Superintendent of Banks shall notify such bank to make good the impairment within sixty (60) days, by an assessment upon the stockholders thereof, and it shall be the duty of the officers and directors of the bank receiving such notice to immediately call a special meeting

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of the stockholders for the purpose of making an assessment upon its stockholders sufficient to cover the impairment of the capital, payable in cash, at which meeting such assessment shall be made, Provided, that such bank may reduce its capital to the extent of the impairment if such reduction will not place its capital below the amount required by this Act. Assessment of stockholders. SEC. 3. Assessment, How Enforced. If any stockholders should refuse or neglect to pay any assessment which may be levied by the special stockholders' meeting for the purpose of making good any impairment or reduction of capital, within thirty (30) days after such assessment shall have been levied, the directors of such bank shall have the right to sell to the highest bidder, at public outcry, for cash, a sufficient amount of the stock of such stockholder to cover the assessment after giving previous notice of such sale, once a week, for two (2) weeks, in the newspaper in which the Sheriff's advertisements of the county in which the bank is located are published. But such stock shall in no event be sold for less than the amount of the assessment upon the same and the necessary costs of sale. Out of the proceeds of the sale of said stock, the directors shall pay the necessary costs of sale and the amount of the assessment called for thereon, and the balance, if any, shall be paid to the person or persons whose stock has been sold, or to the holder of the certificate therefor upon the surrender of such certificate. A sale of the stock as herein provided shall effect an absolute cancellation of the outstanding certificate or certificates evidencing the stock so sold, and shall make the same null and void, and the rights of any and all holders thereof shall terminate and a new certificate, or certificates, shall be issued to the purchaser or purchasers of such stock, free from all liens or claims whatsoever. The bank shall also have the right to sue a stockholder failing to pay any assessment so levied. Sale of stock to pay assessment; suit against stockholder. When any stockholder shall have pledged or hypothecated any of his stock and shall not pay any assessment levied on the stock so pledged, for any reason, it shall be his duty to give to the pledgee notice, by registered mail at least

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five (5) days before the expiration of the time within which such assessment may be paid, of the levy of such assessment and the amount thereof and of the fact that he does not expect or intend to pay the same, giving to the pledgee the privilege of paying the amount of the assessment should he desire to do so for his own protection. Notice to pledgee of stock. ARTICLE VII. TAKING POSSESSION OF BANK BY SUPER- INTENDENT. SECTION 1. Possession May be Taken, When. Whenever it shall appear to the Superintendent of Banks that any bank has violated its charter or any law of the State, or any law or regulation of the Department of Banking, or is conducting business in an unsafe or unauthorized manner; or that its capital is impaired more than ten per cent below its par value and has not been made good under the requirement of the Superintendent; or when any bank shall refuse to submit its papers, books, and concerns to the inspection of the Superintendent, or any Examiner; or when any officer thereof shall refuse to be examined on oath touching the affairs, business, or concerns of any such bank; or when any bank shall suspend payment of its obligations or shall fail to pay any final judgment from which no further appellate proceedings will lie within ten (10) days after the rendition thereof; or any other judgment within ten days after the expiration of the time for entering appellate proceedings; or when from any examination made by the Superintendent, or any Examiner, the Superintendent shall have reason to conclude that any bank is in an unsafe or unsound condition to transact the business for which it was organized, or that it is unsafe for it to continue business; or when any bank shall neglect or refuse to observe any lawful order of the Superintendent directing or requiring the doing of any particular matter or thing required to be done by law, the Superintendent himself, or by a duly authorized agent, shall forthwith take possession of all the assets and

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business of such bank and retain possession thereof until such bank shall be authorized by him to resume business, or its affairs be liquidated as herein provided. Grounds for taking possession of bank. SEC. 2. Directors May Surrender Possession. Any bank may place its assets and business under the control of the Superintendent of Banks by posting a notice on the front door of such bank indicating that the bank is in the hands of the Superintendent of Banks, which notice shall be signed in their own handwriting by a majority of the directors of such bank. Voluntary surrender of bank. SEC. 3. Effect of Notice or Possession. The posting of such notice by the directors, or the taking possession of any bank by the Superintendent of Banks, shall be sufficient to place all assets and property of such bank, of whatever nature, in possession of the Superintendent of Banks, and shall operate as a bar to any attachment or any other legal proceedings against such bank or its assets; and no lien shall be acquired in any manner binding or affecting any of the assets of such bank after the posting of such notice or taking possession of any bank by the Superintendent, and every transfer or assignment by such bank or its authority, of the whole or any part of its assets, after the posting of such notice or the taking possession of such bank, shall be null and void. Suits, liens, etc., as affected by notice or possession. SEC. 4. No Assignment for Creditors Permitted. No bank shall be authorized or permitted to make any general assignment for the benefit of its creditors, save and except by surrendering possession of its assets to the Superintendent of Banks as herein provided. Assignments prohibited. SEC. 5. Notice of Taking Possession. On taking possession of the assets and business of any bank, as in this Act authorized, the Superintendent of Banks shall forthwith give notice of such action to all banks and other persons or corporations holding or in possession of any assets of such bank. No bank or other person or corporation shall have a lieu or charge for any payment, advance, or clearance thereafter made, or liability thereafter incurred, against any of the assets of the bank, of whose assets and

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business the Superintendent shall have taken possession as aforesaid. Notice of possession, effect of. SEC. 6. Business Resumed, How. After the Superintendent of Banks has so taken possession of any bank, the Superintendent may permit such bank to resume business upon such conditions as may be approved by him. Permission to resume business. SEC. 7. Collections and Sales, How Made. Upon taking possession of the assets and business of any bank, the Superintendent is authorized to collect all moneys due to such bank, and to do such other acts as are necessary to conserve its assets and business, and shall proceed to liquidate the affairs thereof, as hereinafter provided. The Superintendent shall collect all debts due and claims belonging to such bank, and by making application to the Superior Court of the county in which such bank is located, or to the judge thereof, if said Superior Court be not then in session, may procure an order to sell, compromise or compound any bad or doubtful debt or claim, and on like order the Superintendent may sell the real and personal property of such bank on such terms as the court, or the judge thereof, shall direct, but on any such court proceedings the bank shall be made a party by a proper notice issued from the court, and the hearing of any such application or petition by the Superintendent may be had at any time, either in term or vacation, after the bank has had five (5) days notice of such application. Collections and sales by superintendent. SEC. 8. Superintendent, How Enjoined. Whenever any bank of whose assets and business the Superintendent has taken possession, as aforesaid, shall deem itself aggrieved thereby, it may at any time within ten (10) days after its assets and business shall have been taken possession of, apply to the Superior Court of the county in which its office shall be located, or to the judge of such court, if the court be not then in session, to enjoin further proceedings by the Superintendent; and the said court, or the judge thereof, after citing the Superintendent to show cause why further proceedings should not be enjoined, and after hearing the

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allegations and proof of the parties and determining the facts, may dismiss such application or enjoin the Superintendent from further proceeding and direct the said Superintendent to surrender such business and assets to said bank. Such application for injunction may be heard at any time after three (3) days notice from the time of service on the Superintendent, in the discretion of the court, with the right to either party by bill of exception, as in other cases of applications for temporary injunction, to carry said case to the Supreme Court for review. Injunction against superintendent. SEC. 9. Superintendent May Appoint Agent. The Superintendent may, under his hand and official seal, appoint an agent to assist him in taking possession of, liquidating and distributing the assets of any bank under the provisions hereof, the certificate of appointment to be filed in the office of the Superintendent, and a certified copy thereof delivered to such agent. Such agent shall receive a salary, to be fixed as hereinafter provided for the time he is actually engaged in assisting in [Illegible Text] the affairs of the bank. The Superintendent may authorize such agent to perform such duties connected with such liquidation and distribution as the Superintendent himself could in person do and perform. Agent to assist in taking possession, etc. SEC. 10. Attorneys, Accountants, and Assistants. The Superintendent may employ such attorneys and procure such expert accountants and other experts, assistants and employees as may be necessary in the liquidation and distribution of the assets of such bank, and may retain such of the officers or employees of such bank as he may deem necessary. Employment of assistance. SEC. 11. Bonds of Agent and Other Assistants. The Superintendent shall require from the agent appointed by him, and from such of the assistants as will have charge of any of the assets of the bank, such security for the faithful discharge of their duties as he may deem proper. Bonds of agents, etc. SEC. 12. Inventory to be Filed. Upon taking possession of the assets and business of any bank, the Superintendent shall make an inventory of the assets thereof in triplicate,

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one copy to be filed in the office of the Superintendent and one copy to be filed, but not recorded, in the office of the Clerk of the Superior Court of the county in which the bank is located, and one copy to be kept of file in the bank. Such inventories shall be open to inspection during regular office hours of such offices, respectively. Inventory and copies. SEC. 13. Notice to Creditors and Proof of Claims. The Superintendent shall cause notice to be given by advertisement in the newspaper in which the sheriff's advertisements of the county in which the bank is located are published, and in any other newspaper which in the opinion of the Superintendent may be necessary or advisable, once a week for four weeks, calling on all persons who may have claims against the bank to present the same to the Superintendent and make sowrn proof thereof, filing the same with said Superintendent at the office of the bank, and within any time to be specified in the notice, not less than ninety (90) days from the date of the first publication of the notice. A copy of this notice shall be mailed to all persons whose names appear as creditors upon the books of the bank. Advertisement for claims and proof. Notices to be mailed. SEC. 14. Pass-Books Called In. The Superintendent shall also in like manner notify all depositors to bring in their pass books to be balanced and compared with the books of the bank. Deposits appearing on the books of the bank which agree with deposits as shown by the pass-books shall be held to be prima facie proven claims against the bank. Books prima facie proof, when. SEC. 15. Superintendent May Reject Claims. If the Superintendent doubts the justice and validity of any claim or deposit, he may reject the same, and serve notice of such rejection upon the claimant or depositor, either personally or by registered mail, and an affidavit of the service of such notice, which shall be prima facie evidence thereof, shall be filed in the office of the Superintendent. Any action or suit upon such claim so rejected must be brought by the claimant against the bank in the proper Court of the county in which the bank is located within ninety (90) days after such service, or the same shall be barred. Rejection of claim. 90-Days limitation of suit thereon.

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SEC. 16. Objections to Claims. Objections to any claim or deposit not rejected by the Superintendent may be made by any party interested by filing a copy of such objections with the Superintendent, and the Superintendent, after investigation, shall either allow such objections and reject the claim or deposit, or present such objections to the Superior Court of the county in which the bank is located, which court shall cause an issue to be made up and tried at the first term thereafter as to whether or not such claim or deposit should be allowed. Interested party's objection. SEC. 17. List of Claims Made Up and Filed. Upon the expiration of the time fixed for the presentation of claims, the Superintendent shall make in triplicate a full and complete list of the claims presented and of the deposits as shown by the books of the bank, including and specifying any claims or deposits which have been rejected by him, one copy to be filed in the office of the Superintendent and one copy to be filed, but not recorded, in the office of the Clerk of the Superior Court of the county in which the bank is located, and one copy to be kept of file in the bank. Such inventories and list of claims shall be open to inspection during regular office hours of such offices, respectively. Lists of claims; filing. SEC. 18. Claims Presented After Time Fixed. Claims presented to the Superintendent after the expiration of the time fixed in the notice to creditors, as herein provided, shall be entitled after they have been allowed by the Superintendent to share in the distribution of the assets of the bank only to the extent of the assets undistributed and in the hands of the Superintendent at the time such claims are filed. Delayed claims. SEC. 19. Order of Paying Debts. The order of paying off the debts of an insolvent bank shall be as follows: Rank of claims. 1. Debts due the State of Georgia. 2. Debts due any county, district or municipality of the State, including unpaid taxes. 3. Debts due the United States. 4. The expenses of liquidation, including the compensation of agents and attorneys.

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5. Debts due by the bank as trustee or other fiduciary and other claims of like character. 6. Judgments and debts secured by lien to the extent of the value of such lien, not void or voidable under the provisions of this act or the law of Georgia; judgments and liens to have the force, rank and dignity prescribed by law. 7. Debts due to depositors and other contractual liabilities pro rata. 8. Unliquidated claims for damages and the like. SEC. 20. Assessment of Stockholders. Within ninety (90) days after the Superintendent of Banks has taken possession of the assets and business of any bank, as in this act authorized, he shall make a careful estimate of the value of the cash assets of said bank which can probably be converted into cash within one year after so taking possession of the assets and business of said bank, and of the amount of such cash assets which will be available to pay depositors; and he shall immediately thereupon make an assessment upon the stockholders of said bank sufficient, when added to the cash assets so available for depositors, to pay the said depositors in full; provided that such assessment shall not exceed the liability of stockholders upon their said stock. Notice of such assessment shall be given by mail to each of the stockholders of said bank, and if any stockholder so notified shall refuse or neglect to pay any such assessment within thirty (30) days after the levy of such assessment and notice thereof, the Superintendent of Banks shall issue an execution against such stockholder for the amount of such assessment, which shall be enforced in like manner as executions issued by the Superior Courts of this State upon judgments regularly rendered by said courts; provided, however, that any stockholder shall have the right by affidavit of illegality, as in cases of affidavits of illegality to other executions, to contest his liability for such assessment, but not the correctness of the estimate made by such Superintendent or the amount of such assessment, which estimate and the amount of such assessment shall be final and conclusive upon the stockholders. If at any time prior to the final payment of all the indebtedness of such bank, it

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shall appear to the Superintendent that the assessment made by him is insufficient in amount to pay such depositors in full, said Superintendent may from time to time make other assessments not in excess of the liability of the stockholders upon their stock which shall be enforced and collected in like manner. Assessment of stockholders. Execution for assessment. After all the indebtedness of such bank is paid in full, the remaining assets of such bank shall be applied first to reimbursing the stockholders who have paid such assessment or assessments, and thereafter pro rata to all the stockholders. Residue to stockholders. SEC. 21. Dividends, When Paid. At any time after the expiration of the date fixed by the Superintendent for the presentation of claims against the bank, and from time to time thereafter, the Superintendent may, out of the funds remaining in his hands after the payment of expenses and priorities, declare and pay dividends to the depositors and other creditors of such bank, and a dividend shall be declared when and as often as the funds on hand subject to the payment of dividends shall be sufficient to pay ten (10) per [Illegible Text] of all claims entitled to share in such dividends. Dividends to creditors. In calculating dividends, all disputed claims and deposits shall be taken into account, and the amount of dividends upon such disputed claims or deposits shall be held by the Superintendent until the justice and validity of such claims or deposits shall have been finally determined. SEC. 22. Funds To Be Deposited. All funds collected by the Superintendent shall be from time to time deposited in such bank or banks as may be selected by him, subject to the check of the Superintendent of Banks. Deposits by [Illegible Text] SEC. 23. Compensation of Agents, Attorneys, and Others, How Fixed. The compensation of the agents appointed by the Superintendent and of attorneys. expert accountants, and other assistants, and all expenses of liquidation and distribution of a bank whose assets and business shall be taken possession of by the Superintendent, shall be fixed by the Superintendent, but subject to be approved by the Judge of the Superior Court of the county in which the bank

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is located, on notice to such bank. Except in cases of emergency, the compensation to be paid to attorneys and expert accountants shall be fixed and approved before services are rendered. When the compensation shall have been so fixed and approved and the services rendered, the same shall be paid out of the funds of such bank in the hands of the Superintendent, and shall be a proper charge and lien on the assets of such bank. Compensation of those employed in liquidation. SEC. 24. Unclaimed Dividends and Deposits. Dividends and unclaimed deposits remaining unpaid in the hands of the Superintendent for six (6) months after the order for final distribution, shall be by him deposited in a bank, to be selected by him, at the best rate of interest obtainable, to the credit of the Superintendent and his successors in office, in trust for the several depositors in, and creditors of, the liquidated bank, and the Superintendent may pay over the money so held by him to the persons, respectively, entitled thereto, as and when satisfactory evidence of their right to the same is furnished. In case of doubtful or conflicting claims, the Superintendent may require an order from the Superior Court of the county in which the bank is located authorizing and directing the payment thereof. The interest earned on the moneys so held by him shall be applied toward defraying the expenses incurred in the payment and distribution of such unclaimed deposits or dividends to the depositors and creditors entitled to receive the same. The balance of interest, if any, shall be deposited and held as other funds to the credit of the Department of Banking. Unclaimed dividends and deposits. Doubtful claims. Interest. SEC. 25. Stockholders' Meeting To Be Called. Whenever the Superintendent shall have paid to each and every depositor and creditor of such bank whose claim shall have been duly proven and allowed, the full amount of such claim, and shall have made proper provision for unclaimed and unpaid deposits and disputed claims and deposits, and shall have paid all the expenses of liquidation, the Superintendent shall call a meeting of the stockholders of such bank by giving notice thereof by publication once a week for four weeks in the newspaper in which the Sheriff's advertisements of the county in which the bank is located are published,

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and by mailing copy of such notice to each stockholder addressed to him at his address as the same shall appear upon the books of the bank; and at such meeting the stockholders shall determine whether the Superintendent shall continue as liquidator and shall wind up the affairs of such bank, or whether an agent or agents shall be elected for that purpose, and in so determining, the stockholders shall vote by ballot in person or by duly executed proxy, each share of stock entitling the holder to one vote, and a majority vote of the stock shall be necessary to a determination. In case it is determined to continue the liquidation under the Superintendent, he shall complete the liquidation of the affairs of such bank, and, after paying the expenses thereof, and reimbursing the stockholders who have paid any assessments upon their stock the amounts paid by them, respectively, he shall distribute the proceeds among the stockholders in proportion to their several holdings of stock. Call for meeting of stockholders. Matters to be determined at meeting. SEC. 26. Stockholders' Agent, Election, Powers, and Duties of. In case it is determined to appoint an agent or agents to liquidate, the stockholders shall thereupon elect such agent or agents by ballot, each share being entitled to one vote, the majority of the stock present and voting being necessary to a choice. Such agent or agents shall execute and file with the Superintendent a bond in such amount, with such security and in such form as shall be approved by the Superintendent, conditioned for the faithful performance of all the duties of his or their trust, and so conditioned that any party aggrieved may bring or cause to be brought suits on said bond, and thereupon the Superintendent shall transfer and deliver to such agent or agents all the undivided and uncollected or other assets of said bank then remaining in his hands, and upon such transfer and delivery the said Superintendent shall be discharged from any and all further liability to such bank and its creditors. Such agent or agents shall convert the assets coming into his or their hands into cash, and shall act for and make distribution of the property of said bank, as is herein provided in case of distribution by the Superintendent, the expenses of such

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liquidation being subject to the control and approval of the Judge of the Superior Court of the county in which the bank is located. Stockholders' agent in liquidation. SEC. 27. Successor of Agent, How Chosen. In case of the death, removal, or refusal to act of any agent or agents elected by the stockholders, the stockholders, upon notice given by the Superintendent, as is herein provided in case of the original election, upon proof of such death, removal, or refusal to act being filed with said Superintendent, and by the same vote as hereinbefore provided for, shall elect a successor, who shall have the same powers and be subject to the same liabilities and duties as the agent or agents originally elected. Successor of agent. SEC. 28. Superintendent to Report Banks Liquidated. The Superintendent shall file as a part of his annual report to the Governor a list of the names of the banks so taken possession of and liquidated, and the sum of unclaimed and unpaid deposits or dividends with respect to each of them respectively, and where such unpaid deposits or dividends are deposited. List of liquidated banks. ARTICLE VIII. INCORPORATION OF BANKS. SEC. 1. Application For Charter. Any number of persons not less than five (5) may form a corporation for the purpose of carrying on the business of banking, by filing in the office of the Secretary of State an application in writing signed by each of them, in which they shall state: Mode of incorporation. 1. The name by which such bank is to be known. Contents of application. 2. The particular city, town, or village, where its office is to be located. 3. The amount of its capital stock which shall not be less than Fifteen Thousand Dollars ($15,000.00) in any town or village incorporated or unincorporated, whose population does not exceed one thousand (1,000) according to the last preceding census of the United States, and not less than

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Twenty-five Thousand Dollars ($25,000.00) in any city, town, or village, whose population exceeds one thousand (1,000) and is less than ten thousand (10,000), and not less than Fifty Thousand Dollars ($50,000.00) in any city or town whose population exceeds ten thousand (10,000). Minimum capital. 4. The number of shares into which such capital stock shall be divided, provided the par value of each share of stock shall be One Hundred Dollars ($100.00). Shares; par value. 5. The purposes and nature of the business proposed to be conducted, with any other matters which they may deem it desirable to state. 6. The number of directors of the bank, which shall not be less than three (3) nor more than twenty-five (25). Directors; 3 to 25. Said application shall be filed in triplicate, and a fee of Fifty Dollars ($50.00) shall be paid to the Secretary of State to be covered by him into the Treasury of the State, on filing the application, and the Secretary of State shall not receive said application until said fee shall be paid. Fee. SEC. 2. Application to Be Published. When the application is filed, the Secretary of State shall certify one of the copies thereof and deliver the same to the applicants, and the same shall be published by the applicants in the newspaper in which the sheriff's advertisements of the county, in which the bank is to be located, are published, once a week for four weeks. Publication. SEC. 3. Application Referred to Superintendent of Banks. Immediately upon the filing of the application, the Secretary of State shall transmit one copy thereof to the Superintendent of Banks for investigation by him. Investigation. SEC. 4. Information to Be Furnished Superintendent by Applicants. When such application has been referred to the Superintendent of Banks he shall call upon the applicants for a statement, showing: Information for superintendent. 1. The names and places of residence of the subscribers to the stock of such bank and the number of shares to be held by each. 2. The names of the stockholders who shall be directors for the first year of the incorporation of said bank.

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3. How and when it is proposed that the capital stock shall be paid in. 4. When it is proposed that such bank shall commence business. 5. Such other information as may be desired by the Superintendent of Banks. Which statement it shall be the duty of said applicants to furnish upon request of said Superintendent. SEC. 5. Certificate of Publication. When said application shall have been published, the applicants may apply to the Ordinary of the county in which the proposed bank shall be located to certify the fact of such publication, and the Ordinary shall certify the fact, which certificate shall be filed by the applicants in the office of the Secretary of State. Ordinary's certificate. SEC. 6. Certificate of Incorporation to Be Issued. When the certificate of the Ordinary to the fact of the publication of the application shall have been filed by the applicants in the office of the Secretary of State, the Secretary of State shall issue to the applicants, their associates, and successors, a certificate of incorporation under the seal of the State, certifying that the applicants, their associates, and successors, are a body politic and corporate under the name and style designated in the application, and that such corporation has the capacity and powers conferred, and is subject to all the duties and liabilities imposed by law; and the Secretary of State shall record the application, the certificate of approval of the Superintendent of Banks, the certificate of the Ordinary as to publication, and the certificate of incorporation, in the order named. Certificate of secretary of State. Record of Proceedings. SEC. 7. Payment of Capital. At least sixty (60) per cent. per share of the Capital Stock of every bank, and in no event less than Fifteen Thousand Dollars ($15,000.00), shall be paid in, in cash, before such bank shall be authorized to commence business, and the remainder of the capital stock shall be paid in within one year, in such installments as may be approved by the Superintendent of Banks, and the payment of each installment shall be certified to the Superintendent of Banks under oath by the president or cashier of the bank. Minimum payment before business begins. Installments.

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SEC. 8. Permit to Begin Business. Before any bank shall transact any business as a bank, such bank shall file with the Superintendent of Banks a request for a permit to commence business. No bank shall transact any business as a bank without the written permit of the Superintendent, certifying that such bank has complied with all the requirements of law, and is authorized to transact business as a bank, and that such business can be safely entrusted to it, which permit shall be recorded in the office of the Superintendent in a book to be kept by him for that purpose; and a certified copy thereof under the hand and official seal of the Superintendent shall be furnished to and kept of file by the bank. The Superintendent, before issuing his permit to any bank to begin business, shall make an examination, or cause an examination to be made, in order to ascertain whether the requisite capital of such bank shall have been paid in, in cash. The Superintendent shall not authorize any bank to commence business until it shall be made to appear to his satisfaction, from such examination, that the amount of capital herein required has been subscribed in good faith, and that at least sixty (60) per cent per share of the authorized capital stock, and in no event less than Fifteen Thousand Dollars ($15,000.00), has been paid in, in cash, and that provision has been made for collecting the remaining portion of the capital within one (1) year. The first directors shall be those named in the application for charter, or such stockholders as may be substituted, with the approval of the superintendent, for any therein named. Permit to begin business. SEC. 9. Enforcing Payment of Capital. Whenever any stockholder, or his assignee, shall fail to pay any installment on the stock when the same is required to be paid, the directors of such bank may sell the stock of such delinquent stockholder at public sale, after giving four (4) weeks previous notice thereof in the newspaper in which the sheriff's advertisements are published, in the county in which the bank is located, said sale to be to the highest bidder for cash, provided such bid shall not be loss than the amount unpaid on such stock, with the expense of advertisement and sale, and out of the proceeds the bank shall pay the expenses of sale and the balance due on the stock, and the excess, if any, shall

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be paid to the delinquent stockholder. If no bidder can be found who will pay for such stock the amount due thereon to the bank, together with the costs of advertisement and sale, the amount previously paid by the stockholder shall be forfeited to the bank, and such stock shall be sold by the directors either at public or private sale, as they shall see fit, within six (6) months from the time of such forfeiture, and if not sold, it shall be cancelled and deducted from the capital stock of the bank. If any such cancellation or reduction shall reduce the capital of the bank below the minimum capital required by law for such bank, the capital shall within thirty (30) days from the date of such cancellation be increased to the required amount, in default of which the Superintendent of Banks shall be authorized to proceed as in cases where the capital shall have become impaired by reason of losses or otherwise. Failure to pay installment; sale of stock to pay. Cancellation of stock. A sale of stock as herein provided shall effect an absolute cancellation of the outstanding certificate or certificates evidencing the stock so sold and shall make the same null and void, and the rights of any and all holders thereof shall terminate, and a new certificate or certificates shall be issued to the purchaser or purchasers of such stock, free from all liens and claims whatsoever. The remedies of sale or forfeiture herein provided shall be cumulative to any other remedies provided by law for the collection of the unpaid balance of such subscription. Cumulative remedies. SEC. 10: Lien on Stock for Unpaid Installment. Any bank, the stock of which has not been fully paid for by the subscriber or subscribers, shall have and is hereby given a special lien upon said stock, which lien shall not be divested by sale, transfer, or otherwise, until all installments are fully paid thereon. Any certificate of stock issued before the stock shall have been paid for in full shall show upon the face thereof the amount which has been paid. Save and except for unpaid installments due thereon, no bank shall have or enforce, by by-law or otherwise, any lien on its stock unless the same shall have been regularly pledged and the stock certificate transferred to the bank as in case of other collateral. Lien of bank on its stock limited to stock not paid for. Certificate must show amount paid.

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ARTICLE IX. AMENDMENT OF BANK CHARTERS. SEC. 1. What Amendments Allowed. Any bank, whether incorporated by special act of the General Assembly or by the Secretary of State under the general law, may have its charter amended so as to change its corporate name, or the city, town, or village in which its office is located, or the amount of its capital stock, or the number of shares into which its capital stock is divided, so as to change the par value thereof to One Hundred Dollars each; and any bank heretofore incorporated by special act of the General Assembly may have its special charter amended so as to incorporate therein any provision of this act or any amendment thereto. Change of name, location, capital stock, etc. SEC. 2. Application for Amendment. The bank desiring such amendment shall file in the office of the Secretary of State an application in triplicate, signed with its corporate name and under its corporate seal, in which it shall state the name of said bank, the date of its original charter, and all amendments thereto, and the particular amendment or amendments to its said charter it desires; and shall pay to the Secretary of State a fee of Twenty-five ($25.00) Dollars, to be covered by him into the Treasury of the State. Said bank shall also file with said application a certified abstract from the minutes of the stockholders thereof showing that the application for the proposed amendment has been authorized by a vote of a majority in amount of the entire capital stock at a meeting of the stockholders, called for the purpose of acting thereon, by a resolution of the board of directors, notice of which meeting shall have been mailed to each stockholder, or in case of death, to his legal representative or heirs at law, addressed to his last known residence at least ten (10) days previous to the date of said meeting, provided, however, if the application is to change the city, town, or village in which its office is located, then the certified abstract from the minutes shall show that the amendment was authorized by the unanimous vote of the stockholders present at said meeting. Application to amend. Fee. Change of location; unanimous vote required.

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SEC. 3. Application to Be Published. When the application for amendment is filed, the Secretary of State shall certify one of the copies thereof and deliver the same to the bank and the same shall be published by the bank in the newspaper in which the sheriff's advertisements, of the county in which the bank is located, are published, once a week for four (4) weeks. Publication. SEC. 4. Application Referred to Superintendent of Banks. Immediately upon the filing of the application for amendment, the Secretary of State shall transmit one copy thereof to the Superintendent of Banks for investigation by him. Copy for superintendent. SEC. 5. Examination By and Certificate of Superintendent. When such application for amendment shall have been referred to the Superintendent of Banks, the said Superintendent shall immediately investigate either through himself or some person appointed by him, and shall satisfy himself that such amendment is proper and has been duly authorized by proper corporate action, and in case said application is for the increase of the capital stock, that the amount of such additional capital has been paid in, in cash, except where surplus is capitalized, and in case said application is for the reduction of the capital stock, that the method by which such reduction is accomplished is proper and fair to all the stockholders, and that the capital stock is not reduced below the amount required by law for such bank, and that all the requirements of law have been fulfilled. If so satisfied the Superintendent of Banks shall, within thirty (30) days after the application for amendment shall have been filed with him for examination, issue under his hand and official seal a certificate approving the amendment to the charter of such bank, and shall transmit a copy of such certificate to the Secretary of State, who shall enter the same of record in his office. The said Superintendent shall also keep of file a duplicate of said certificate in his own office. If the Superintendent shall not be satisfied that the amendment as proposed is expedient and desirable, or that the law for such cases made and provided has been fully complied with,

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or, if the said amendment is for the increase of the capital stock, that the said increase has not been paid in, as herein provided, he shall, within thirty (30) days after the filing of the copy of said application for amendment with him, notify the Secretary of State that he refuses to approve the amendment to the charter, and no amendment shall in that event be granted by the Secretary of State. Investigation. Certificate of Approval. Disapproval. SEC. 6. Certificate of Publication. When the application to amend the charter shall have been published, the bank may apply to the Ordinary of the county in which it is located to certify the fact of such publication, and the Ordinary shall certify the fact, which certificate shall be filed by the bank in the office of the Secretary of State. Ordinary's certificate. SEC. 7. Certificate of Amendment to Be Issued. When the certificate of the Ordinary to the fact of the publication of the application for amendment shall be filed by the bank in the office of the Secretary of State, and the certificate of the Superintendent of Banks approving the application for amendment shall likewise be filed with the Secretary of State, the Secretary of State shall issue to the bank a certificate, under the seal of the State, amending its charter in the particulars prayed for; and the Secretary of State shall record the application for amendment, the certificate of approval of the Superintendent of Banks, the certificate of the Ordinary as to the publication, and his certificate of amendment, in the order named. Certificate of Secretary of State. SEC. 8. Increase of Capital From Surplus and Undivided Profits. Any bank may increase its capital stock from its surplus and undivided profits where its charter has been amended authorizing such increase and the approval of the Superintendent of Banks to such increase from the surplus and profits shall have been previously obtained, provided that no increase from surplus and profits shall be made which will reduce the unimpaired surplus to an amount less than twenty (20) per cent. of the capital stock. Increase of capital from surplus, etc. SEC. 9. Increase Offered to Stockholders. When the capital stock of any bank shall be increased, the additional stock shall be offered to the stockholders of record at the time of

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such increase pro rata, and if any such stock shall not be subscribed for or taken by such original stockholders, the same shall then be offered to the public upon such terms as may be fixed by the board of directors subject to the approval of the Superintendent of Banks, provided that no stock shall ever be sold for less than par and that no subscription shall be payable in anything except cash. Sale of new stock. ARTICLE X. RENEWAL OF BANK CHARTERS. SEC. 1. Application for Renewal. Any bank, whether incorporated by special act of the General Assembly, or by the Secretary of State under the general law for the incorporation of banks, may have its charter renewed and its corporate existence extended for a period of thirty years by filing with the Secretary of State at any time within six (6) months prior to the expiration of its charter an application in triplicate, signed with its corporate name and under its corporate seal, in which it shall state the name of the bank, and when and how incorporated, giving the date of its original charter and all amendments thereto, and pray for a renewal of its charter, and upon filing such application, it shall pay to the Secretary of State a fee of $25.00 to be covered by him into the Treasury of the State. Said bank shall also file with said application a certified abstract from the minutes of the stockholders thereof showing that the application for renewal of its charter has been authorized by a vote of two-thirds (2/3) in amount of the entire capital stock of the bank at a meeting of the stockholders, called for the purpose of acting thereon, by resolution of the board of directors, notice of which meeting shall have been mailed to each stockholder, and in case of death to his legal representative, or heirs at law, addressed to his last known residence, at least ten (10) days previous to the date of said meeting. Renewal of Charter. Fee. Vote required. SEC. 2. Application to Be Published. When said application for renewal of charter is filed, the Secretary of State

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shall certify one of the copies thereof and deliver the same to the bank, and the same shall be published once a week for four (4) weeks, in the newspaper in which are published the sheriff's advertisements of the county in which the bank is located. Publication. SEC. 3. Application Referred to the Superintendent of Banks. Immediately upon filing the application for renewal, the Secretary of State shall transmit one copy thereof to the Superintendent of Banks for investigation by him. Copy for Superintendent. SEC. 4. Examination by and Certificate of the Superintendent. When such application for renewal shall have been referred to the Superintendent of Banks, said Superintendent shall make or cause to be made a special examination to determine the condition of the bank, and if, from such examination, or otherwise, it shall appear to him that said bank is in a safe and satisfactory condition and has complied with the requirements of the law and that such renewal of the charter is proper and has been duly authorized by proper corporate action, he shall within thirty (30) days after the application for renewal shall have been filed with him for examination, issue, under his hand and official seal, a certificate approving the renewal of the charter of such bank, and shall transmit a copy of such certificate of approval to the Secretary of State, who shall enter the same of record in his office. The Superintendent shall also keep of file a duplicate of said certificate in his own office. If it should appear to the Superintendent of Banks from the examination herein provided for, or otherwise, that the condition of said bank is not safe or satisfactory, or that the renewal of its charter is otherwise inexpedient, or that said bank has failed to comply with the law, or that the application for renewal has not been authorized by proper corporate action, the Superintendent shall notify the Secretary of State that he refuses to approve the application for renewal of the charter, and in such event the charter shall not be renewed by the Secretary of State. Investigation. Approval. Disapproval. SEC. 5. Certificate of Publication. When the copy of the application for the renewal of the charter shall have been

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published as required by law, the bank shall apply to the Ordinary of the county in which it is located to certify the fact of such publication, and the Ordinary shall certify the fact, which certificate shall be filed by the bank in the office of the Secretary of State. Ordinary's certificate. SEC. 6. Certificate of Renewal to Be Issued. When the certificate of the Ordinary to the fact of the publication of the application for renewal of charter shall have been filed by the bank in the office of the Secretary of State, and the certificate of the Superintendent of banks approving the application for renewal shall likewise be filed with the Secretary of State, the Secretary of State shall issue to the bank a certificate under the seal of the State, renewing its charter for a period of thirty (30) years, and the Secretary of State shall record the application for renewal, the certificate of approval of the Superintendent of Banks, the certificate of the Ordinary as to publication, and his certificate of renewal, in the order named. Certificate of Secretary of State. ARTICLE XI. PRIVATE BANK CONVERTED INTO STATE BANK. SECTION 1. Private Bank, How Incorporated. Any person, firm, or voluntary association doing a banking business in this State may convert such private bank into a bank as herein defined by complying with the laws in regard to the incorporation of banks as herein prescribed, and in the event of such incorporation the capital stock may be paid by a transfer of the assets of such private bank, provided the live assets of such bank shall exceed its liabilities by an amount equal to the amount of the capital stock, such assets to be taken at the true value thereof, and the Superintendent of Banks shall cause an examination of said private bank to be made and its assets and liabilities ascertained before authorizing payment of the capital by a transfer of such assets and before permitting such private bank to begin business as an incorporated bank. Incorporation of private bank. Examination.

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SEC. 2. Effect of Incorporation. Upon the incorporation of any private bank as herein provided all the assets of every kind and character, including the real and personal property, and choses in action, belonging to such bank, shall be deemed to be transferred to and vested in such incorporated bank without any deed, transfer, or assignment being executed, and the incorporated bank shall hold and enjoy the same in the same manner and to the same extent as the private bank held and owned the same. Assets pass to corporation. SEC. 3. Rights of Creditors and Others. The rights of the creditors and depositors of such private bank shall not be impaired in any manner by such incorporation, nor shall any liability or obligation for the payment of any money due or to become due, or any claim or demand in any manner or for any cause existing against such private bank be in any manner released or impaired thereby, and all the rights, obligations and relations of all the parties, creditors, depositors, and others shall remain unimpaired by such incorporation. But such incorporated bank into which such private bank shall be converted shall succeed to all obligations, trusts and liabilities and be held liable to pay and discharge all such debts and liabilities and to perform all such trusts in the same manner as though such incorporated bank had itself incurred the obligation or liability, and no suit or other proceeding then pending before any court or tribunal in which such private bank is a party shall be deemed to have abated or been discontinued by reason of any such incorporation but the same may be prosecuted to final judgment in the same manner as if such private bank had not been so converted and the incorporated bank may be substituted in place of the private bank by order of the court in which such action, suit or proceeding may be pending. Such incorporated bank shall likewise be subject to be sued in any court having jurisdiction upon any cause of action against such converted private bank, in the same manner as if such cause of action had originated against such incorporated bank. Creditors' rights not impaired by incorporation.

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ARTICLE XII. NATIONAL BANK CONVERTED INTO STATE BANK. SEC. 1. National Bank, How Incorporated as State Bank. Whenever any National Banking Association organized under the Acts of Congress and located in this State shall under the provisions of any act of Congress, be authorized to dissolve its organization as such National Banking Association, and shall have taken the action required by such act of Congress to effect such dissolution, a majority of the directors (in no event less than five (5) of such dissolved Association, by authority of a resolution passed by not less than two-thirds (2/3) of the stockholders, at a meeting of such stockholders called for the purpose of taking such action, notice of which shall have been given to each stockholder or to the personal representative or heirs at law of any deceased stockholders, addressed to his last known residence, not less than ten (10) days previous to the date of such meeting, or upon the authority in writing of the owners of two-thirds (2/3) of the capital stock of such Association, may apply to the Secretary of State to become incorporated under the terms and provisions of this Act, and upon the filing of such application in the office of the Secretary of State and complying with the law in regard to the incorporation of banks as herein prescribed, the stockholders of such National Banking Association may become incorporated as a State Bank. Incorporation of National Bank and State Bank. SEC. 2. Capital Stock, How Paid. In the event of the incorporation of such dissolved National Banking Association as a State bank as herein provided, the capital stock may be paid by a transfer of the assets of such dissolved National Banking Association, provided the live assets of such Association shall exceed its liabilities by an amount equal to the amount of the capital stock, such assets to be taken at the true value thereof, and the Superintendent of Banks shall cause an examination of such dissolved National Banking Association to be made and its assets and liabilities ascertained before authorizing the payment of the capital by a transfer of such assets and before permitting it to begin business as a State bank. Payment of capital by transfer of assets.

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SEC. 3. Effect of Such Incorporation. Upon the incorporation of any dissolved National Banking Association as herein provided for, all the assets of every kind and character, including the real and personal property, and choses in action, belonging to such dissolved Association, shall immediately, by operation of law, and without any conveyance or transfer, be vested in and become the property of such State bank. Transfer of assets. The directors of such dissolved Association at the time of its dissolution shall be the directors of the bank created in pursuance hereof until the first annual election of directors thereafter, and shall have power to take all necessary measures to perfect its organization and adopt such regulations concerning its business and management as may be proper and just and consistent with the law. Directors. Organization. SEC. 4. Rights of Creditors and Others. The rights of the creditors and depositors of any dissolved National Banking Association that shall be so converted into a State bank shall not be impaired in any manner by such conversion, nor shall any liability or obligation for the payment of any money due or to become due, or any claim or demand in any manner or for any cause existing against such National Banking Association, or against any stockholder thereof, be in any manner released or impaired thereby, and all the rights, obligations and relations of all the parties, creditors, depositors, and others shall remain unimpaired by such conversion. But such bank into which the Association shall be converted shall succeed to all obligations, trusts and liabilities and be hold liable to pay and discharge all such debts and liabilities and to perform all such trusts in the same manner as though such bank into which the Association shall have become converted had itsself incurred the obligation or liability, and the stockholders of the National Banking Association shall continue subject to all the liabilities, claims and demands existing against them as such at or before such conversion; and no suit, action or other proceeding then pending before any court or tribunal in which any Association that may be so converted is a party shall be deemed to have abated or been discontinued by reason of

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any such conversion, but the same may be prosecuted to final judgment in the same manner as if said conversion had not taken place, or the bank into which the Association shall have been converted may be substituted in the place of any Association so converted by order of the court in which such action, suit or proceeding may be pending. Such State bank shall likewise be subject to be sued in any court having jurisdiction upon any cause of action against such Association in the same manner as if such cause of action had orginated against such State bank. Creditor's rights. ARTICLE XIII. MERGER OR CONSOLIDATION OF BANKS. SEC. 1. Merger or Consolidation, How Accomplished. Any two or more banks are hereby authorized to merge one or more of said banks into another of them, or to consolidate in the following manner: Agreement to merge or consolidate. The respective boards of directors of said banks may enter into and make an agreement, under their corporate names and seals, for the merger of one or more of said banks into another of them, or for the consolidation of the contracting banks, prescribing the terms and conditions thereof, and the mode of carrying such merger or consolidation into effect, which agreement shall be subject to the approval of the Superintendent of Banks. Said agreement shall provide the name that such bank shall have, upon and after such merger or consolidation, which may be the name of any one of the banks merged or the combined names of two or more of the consolidated banks, or such other name as may be agreed upon, and shall name the persons, not less than three (3) nor more than twenty-five (25), who shall constitute the board of directors of such bank after the merger or consolidation shall have taken place, and until a new board of directors shall be elected by the stockholders, and shall provide for a meeting of the stockholders of the merged or consolidated banks within thirty (30) days after the merger or consolidation, to elect such board of directors,

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with such temporary provisions for conducting the affairs of the merged or consolidated banks meanwhile, as shall be agreed upon. Approval by Superintendent. SEC. 2. Submission of Agreement to Stockholders. Such agreement for the merger or consolidation of two or more banks, after the same shall have been approved by the Superintendent of Banks, shall be submitted to the stockholders, respectively, of each of such banks at a meeting thereof to be called upon at least ten (10) days written notice, specifying the time, place, and object thereof, addressed to each stockholder at his last known post office address, and if such agreement shall be approved at each of such meetings of the respective stockholders, separately or at any adjournment thereof, by the affirmative vote of stockholders owning at least two-thirds (2/3) of the stock, the same shall be the agreement of such bank. A certified copy of the proceedings of such meetings, respectively, signed by the chairman and secretary thereof, respectively, and under the scals of the banks, respectively, shall be evidence of the holding and action of such meetings. Such certified copies shall be filed in the office of the Superintendent of Banks, and thereupon such banks shall be merged or consolidated as specified in such agreement, and the bank into which the other or others are merged, or the consolidated bank, as the case may be, shall thereafter have the new name specified in such agreement, and the provisions of such agreement shall be carried into effect as therein provided. Vote of stockholders. Copy of Proceedings SEC. 3. Notice of Merger or Consolidation. Notice of the merger or consolidation of said banks, in the corporate names, respectively, of the banks so merged or consolidated, shall be published once a week for four (4) weeks in the newspaper which publishes the sheriff's advertisements of the county in which said banks so merged or consolidated are located; and if the banks so merged or consolidated are in different counties, such notice shall be published in such newspaper in each county. Such notice shall give the name of the bank into which the other or others shall be merged, or the name of the consolidated bank, and the place at which

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the office of such merged or consolidated bank shall be located, and it shall state that such merged or consolidated bank has taken over the assets of the banks respectively, entering into the consolidation or merger agreement, and has assumed the liabilities of such banks, including the liability to depositors. Publication. SEC. 4. Surrender of Original and Issue of New Certificates of Stock. The bank into which the other or others have been merged, or the consolidated bank, as the case may be, shall have the right to require the return of the original certificates of stock held by each stockholder in each or either of the banks, and in lieu thereof to issue new certificates for such number of shares of the bank into which the other shall have been merged, or of the consolidated bank, as under the agreement of merger or consolidation the said stockholder may be entitled to receive. New stock-certificates in lieu of original. SEC. 5. Effect of Merger or Consolidation. Upon the merger or consolidation of any banks in the manner herein provided, all and singular, the rights, franchise, duties and liabilities, and the interests of the bank or banks so merged or consolidated, and all the assets of every kind and character, including the real and personal property and cheses in action thereunto belonging, shall be deemed to be transferred to and vested in such bank into which the other or others have been merged or in the consolidated bank, without any deed, transfer or assignment, and said bank shall hold, enjoy and be subject to the same in the same manner and to the same extent as the merged or consolidated banks, respectively, had, held, owned, enjoyed, and was subject to the same. Transfer of assets. SEC. 6. Rights of Creditors and Others. The rights of creditors of any bank that shall be so merged or consolidated shall not be impaired in any manner by any such merger or consolidation; nor shall any liability or obligation for the payment of any money due or to become due, or any claim or demand in any manner or for any cause existing against such bank, or against any stockholder thereof, be in any manner released or impaired; and all the rights, obligations

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and relations of all the parties, creditors, depositors, and others shall remain unimpaired by such merger or consolidation. But such bank into which the other or others shall be merged, or the consolidated bank, as the case may be, shall succeed to all obligations, trusts, and liabilities, and be held liable to pay and discharge all such debts and liabilities and to perform all such trusts in the same manner as though such bank into which the other or others shall have become merged, or the consolidated bank had itself incurred the obligation or liability; and the stockholders of the respective banks shall continue subject to all the liabilities, claims and demands, existing against them as such at or before such merger or consolidation; and no suit, action, or other proceeding then pending before any court or tribunal in which any bank that may be merged or consolidated is a party shall be deemed to have abated or been discontinued by reason of any such merger, but the same may be prosecuted to final judgment in the same manner as if said bank had not entered into said agreement, or the bank into which the others shall have been merged, or the consolidated bank, as the case may be, may be substituted in the place of any bank so merged or consolidated by order of the court in which such action, suit, or proceeding may be pending. Such bank into which the other or others have been so merged, or the consolidated bank, shall be subject to be sued in any court having jurisdiction, upon any cause of action against any of the banks so merged or consolidated, in the same manner as if such cause of action had originated against such bank into which the other or others have been so merged or against such consolidated bank. Creditors rights. ARTICLE XIV. VOLUNTARY LIQUIDATION AND DISSOLUTION. SEC. 1. Two-Thirds Vote of Stockholders Required. Any bank may go into voluntary liquidation and be closed, and may surrender its charter and franchise as a corporation to the State by the affirmative vote of its stockholders

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owning two-thirds of its stock, such vote to be taken at a meeting of the stockholders duly called by resolution of the board of directors, written notice of which, stating the purpose of the meeting, shall have been mailed to each stockholder, or in case of death to his legal representative or heirs at law, addressed to his last known residence at least ten (10) days previous to the date of said meeting. Voluntary liquidation, how effected. SEC. 2. Approval of Superintendent. Whenever stockholders shall by such vote at a meeting regularly held for the purpose, notice of which shall have been given as herein provided, decide to liquidate said bank, a certified copy of all the proceedings of the meeting at which said action shall have been taken, verified by the oath of the president and cashier, shall be transmitted to the Superintendent of Banks for his approval. If the Superintendent of Banks shall approve the same, he shall issue to the said bank, under his hand and official seal, a permit for such purpose. No such permit shall be issued by the Superintendent of Banks until said Superintendent shall be satisfied that provision has been made by such bank to satisfy and pay off all depositors and all other creditors of such bank. If not so satisfied, the Superintendent shall refuse to issue a permit and shall be authorized to take possession of said bank and its assets and business and hold the same and liquidate said bank in the manner in this Act provided. Permit from Superintendent: when not granted. SEC. 3. Notice of Liquidation. In the event the Superintendent of Banks shall approve the voluntary liquidation of said bank, the directors shall cause to be published in the newspaper in which the sheriff's advertisements of the county in which the bank is located, a notice that the bank is closing up its affairs and going into liquidation, and notify its depositors to withdraw their deposits and its creditors to present their claims for payment. Publication of notice. SEC. 4. Examination of and Reports by Liquidating Bank. When any bank shall be in process of voluntary liquidation, it shall be subject to examination by the Superintendent of Banks and shall furnish such reports from time to time as may be called for by the Superintendent. Examination.

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SEC. 5. Unpaid Deposits and Claims to be Provided For. After paying all the creditors of said bank and all depositors whose claims have been presented and allowed, the directors shall cause to be deposited in such bank as may be designated by the Superintendent of Banks, to the credit of the Superintendent, an amount sufficient to cover all unpaid and unclaimed deposits, and all other claims against said bank which for any reason may not have been paid. Such sum shall be held by the Superintendent in the same manner as deposits made by him to cover unpaid deposits of banks liquidated by him or under his direction. Deposit to cover unpaid claims. SEC. 6. Remaining Assets Distributed to Stockholders. After paying all debts against said bank and all amounts due to the depositors thereof and after depositing a sum sufficient to pay any unclaimed or unpaid deposits or other valid claims as herein provided, and after deducting the expenses of liquidation, the remaining assets shall be distributed pro rata among the stockholders in proportion to the number of shares held by each respectively. Distribution of assets. SEC. 7. Surrender of Charter. When all amounts due by said bank shall have been paid or provided for as herein provided and all remaining assets shall have been distributed to the stockholders, the bank may file in the office of the Secretary of State an application, in triplicate, signed with its corporate name and under its corporate seal, in which it shall state the name of the bank, the place where it is located, the date of its original charter, and of all amendments thereto, and the fact that all debts due by the bank have been paid or provided for, and that its assets have been distributed to its stockholders, and that it desires to surrender its charter and franchise to the State. On filing such application, the bank shall pay to the Secretary of State a fee of $25.00 to be covered by him into the State Treasury. Said bank shall also file with said application a certified copy of the resolution of the stockholders approving the surrender of such charter and franchises, which resolution must be adopted by an affirmative vote of not less than two-thirds (2/3) of all the stockholders at a meeting called for the purpose of taking such action as herein provided. Surrender of charter.

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SEC. 8. Application to be Published. When the said application to surrender the charter is filed, the Secretary of State shall certify one of the copies thereof and deliver the same to the bank, and the same shall be published by the bank in the newspaper in which the sheriff's advertisements of the county in which the bank is located are published, once a week for four weeks. Publication. SEC. 9. Application Referred to Superintendent of Banks. Immediately upon the filing of the application to surrender the charter, the Secretary of State shall transmit one copy thereof to the Superintendent of Banks for investigation by him. Copy for Superintendent. SEC. 10. Examination by and Certificate of Superintendent. When such application to surrender charter shall have been referred to the Superintendent of Banks, the said Superintendent shall immediately investigate or cause an investigation to be made, and shall satisfy himself that the surrender of such charter and the dissolution of such bank may be allowed without injustice to any stockholder, or to any person or corporation having any claim or demand of any character against said bank, and that all assets of said bank have been distributed and all depositors and creditors paid or properly provided for, and that the surrender of the charter and franchises has been authorized by proper corporate action, and that all requirements of law have been complied with. If so satisfied the Superintendent of Banks shall within thirty (30) days after the application for surrender of charter shall have been filed with him for examination, issue under his hand and official seal a certificate approving the application, and shall transmit a copy of such certificate of approval to the Secretary of State, who shall enter the same of record in his office. The said Superintendent shall also keep of file a duplicate of said certificate in his own office. If the Superintendent shall not be satisfied that the surrender of the charter as proposed is proper and expedient or that the law for such cases made and provided has been fully complied with, he shall within thirty (30) days after the filing of the copy of said application with him, notify the Secretary of State that he refuses to

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approve the application, and in such event no order shall be granted by the Secretary of State dissolving the bank, or authorizing the surrender of its charter. Investigation. Approval. Disapproval. SEC. 11. Certificate of Publication. When the copy of the application to surrender the charter shall have been published as required by law the bank may apply to the Ordinary of the county in which it is located to certify the fact of such publication, and the Ordinary shall certify the fact, which certificate shall be filed by the bank in the office of the Secretary of State. Ordinary's certificate. SEC. 12. Order Dissolving Bank. When the certificate of the Ordinary to the fact of the publication of the application to surrender the charter shall be filed by the bank with the Secretary of State, and the certificate of the Superintendent of Banks approving the application shall likewise be filed with the Secretary of State, the Secretary of State shall pass an order under the seal of the State accepting the surrender of the charter and franchises and dissolving the bank, and the Secretary of State shall record the application, the certificate of approval of the Superintendent of Banks, the certificate of the Ordinary as to the publication, and his order accepting the surrender of the charter and franchises and dissolving the bank, in the order named; and the said bank shall thereupon be finally dissolved for all purposes whatsoever. Certificate of Secretary of State. ARTICLE XV. FORFEITURE OF CHARTER. SEC. 1. Causes of Forfeiture. Bank charters are subject to forfeiture on the same general ground as are those of other corporations, and also: Forfeiture of charter, grounds for. 1. For the violations of any of the provisions of their charters. 2. For the violation of any obligation imposed by law. 3. Whenever it is demanded by specific enactment.

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4. For refusal or neglect for a period of thirty (30) days, after the written order of the Superintendent of Banks, to comply with any requirement lawfully made upon it by such Superintendent. SEC. 2. Proceedings to Forfeit. The Superintendent of Ranks in the name of the State is authorized to institute quo warranto or other appropriate proceedings to vacate and forfeit the charter of any bank, where the bank has done or omitted any such act or acts as under the law authorizes a forfeiture of its charter. Proceedings to forfeit. SEC. 3. Liquidation Where Charter Forfeited. Where the charter of any bank shall be forfeited, the Superintendent of Banks shall take charge of the business and assets of such bank and procced to liquidate it in the same manner as is herein provided in cases where the Superintendent takes charge of a bank. Liquidation on forfeiture. SEC. 4. No Suits for Forfeiture or Liquidation Except by Superintendent. No suit to forfeit the charter of any bank, or for the liquidation of any bank, or for the appointment of a receiver of any bank, shall be instituted by any person except by and through the Superintendent of Banks in the name of the State. Any person shall have the right to submit to the Superintendent of Banks any facts which under the law would authorize the forfeiture of the charter of a bank, or any facts which would authorize the liquidation of a bank, or the appointment of a receiver therefor, and on such submission being made, it shall be the duty of the Superintendent of Banks to investigate, and if on such investigation, he ascertains that the facts are such as will justify action for forfeiture of the charter, or for the liquidation of the bank, or for the appointment of a receiver, it shall be the duty of the Superintendent to take appropriate action in the premises. None but Superintendent can sue for forfeiture, etc.

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ARTICLE XVI. MANDAMUS AGAINST SUPERINTENDENT. SEC. 1. Superintendent Subject to Mandamus. In the event the Superintendent of Banks should refuse to issue any permit authorizing the incorporation of any bank, or the amendment, renewal or surrender of the charter of any bank, or authorizing any bank to begin business, or any other permit, authority or certificate required to be given or furnished by him before any act or thing shall be permited or done, or should refuse to do any act or thing authorized or required by this Act to be done, the person or persons affected by such failure or refusal, or the bank so affected, may institute appropriate proceedings in the nature of a mandamus against the Superintendent in the Superior Court of the county in which such bank is sought to be incorporated or have its charter amended, renewed or surrendered, to compel him to issue such permit or authority, or to do any such act or thing authorized or required to be done hereunder, which proceeding shall be tried as in other cases of mandamus. Service of such proceeding shall be made on the Superintendent of Banks by second original as now prescribed by law. Mandamus against Superintendent. SEC. 2. Trial and Judgment. On the trial of any such cause the Superintendent shall have the right to introduce evidence to sustain or tending to sustain his action or refusal to act in the premises, and if from the evidence in the case the court is of the opinion that such permit, or authority, or certificate has been wrongfully or improperly refused or withheld by the Superintendent, and that the facts and circumstances authorize and require the granting of such permit, authority, or certificate, or that the Superintendent has wrongfully or improperly refused to do any act or thing authorized or required by this act to be done, and that the same should be done, the court shall render an order, judgment or decree directing the Superintendent of Banks to issue such permit, authority or certificate, or to do such act or thing, and thereupon the Superintendent shall issue or do the same, and may state in any permit, authority or

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certificate issued by him under such order, that the same is done by order of the court. Trial, etc. SEC. 3. Exceptions. A bill of exceptions may be sued out by either party who may be dissatisfied with the judgment, and the cause may be carried to the Supreme Court as in other cases of mandamus proceedings. Exceptions. ARTICLE XVII. POWERS OF BANKS. SEC. 1. General Powers of Banks Enumerated. A bank organized under this Act shall have power: Powers of banks. 1. To have continual succession for the term of thirty (30) years, with the rights of renewal herein provided for, with all corporate powers and privileges herein granted. 2. To sue and be sued. 3. To have and use a common seal, and at pleasure to alter the same. 4. To appoint such officers, agents, and employees as the business of the bank may require, prescribe their duties, and fix their compensation as may be provided by the by-laws. 5. To make such by-laws as may be necessary or proper for the management of its property and the regulation of its affairs. 6. To hold, purchase, encumber, dispose of, and convey such real and personal property as may be necessary for its uses and business, subject to the restrictions and limitations herein prescribed. 7. To discount bills, notes or other evidences of debt; to receive and pay out deposits, with or without interest; to receive on special deposit, money, bullion, foreign coin, stocks, honds, or other securities, or other property; to buy and sell foreign or domestic exchange or other negotiable paper; to issue and sell acceptances; to lend money upon personal security, or upon pledges of bonds, stocks, or securities; to take and receive security, by mortgage or otherwise, on property real or personal.

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8. To increase or decrease its capital stock in the manner herein provided. 9. To increase or decrease the number of its directors in the manner herein provided. ARTICLE XVIII. LIABILITY OF STOCKHOLDERS. SEC. 1. Stockholders' Liability, Extent of. A bank incorporated under this Act shall be responsible to its creditors to the extent of its capital and its assets; and each stockholder shall be individually liable for all the debts of said bank to the extent of the balance remaining unpaid on his or her shares of stock; and said stockholders shall be further and additionally individually liable, equally and ratably (and not one for another) to depositors of such bank for all moneys deposited therein, in an amount equal to the face value of their respective shares of stock; it being the true intent and purpose of this section, that as to depositors for all moneys deposited with said bank, there shall be an individual liability upon each stockholder of such bank, over and beyond the par value of his or her original shares of stock equal in amount to the face value of said shares of stock; provided, that said liability of the stockholders shall not prevent depositors from having equal rank with all other creditors upon the capital, property, and assets of said bank. Stockholder's liability. SEC. 2. Exception for Trustees and Other Fiduciaries. Persons holding stock as executors, administrators, guardians, or trustees shall not be personally subject to any liabilities as stockholders; but the estates and funds in their hands shall be liable in like manner and to the same extent as the testator, intestate, ward, or person interested in such trust fund would be, if living and competent to act and hold the stock in his own name; Provided, that nothing herein contained shall relieve any executor, administrator, guardian or trustee from individual liability as a stockholder upon any unauthorized subscription for or investment in

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bank made by such executor, administrator, guardian or trustee. Exception of trustees, etc. SEC. 3. Liability of Stockholder After Transfer of Stock. Whenever a stockholder in any bank is individually liable under the charter, and shall transfer his stock, and have such transfer entered upon the books of the bank or give to the bank written notice thereof, he shall be exempt from such liability by such transfer, unless such bank shall fail within six (6) months from the date of the entry of such transfer, or from the delivery of such notice to the bank. Liability after transfer. SEC. 4. Liability When Bank Fails. The stockholder in whose name the capital stock stands upon the books of such bank at the date of its failure, shall be primarily liable to respond upon such individual liability; but upon proof made that any stockholder at the date of the failure is insolvent, recourse may be had against the person from whom such insolvent stockholder received his stock, if within a period of six (6) months prior to the date of the failure of such bank. Liability on failure. SEC. 5. Failure of Bank Defined. A bank shall be deemed to have failed within the purview of this Act whenever such bank shall have become insolvent and its assets and business shall have been surrendered to or taken possession of by the Superintendent of Banks. Failed defined. SEC. 6. Premature Organization. Persons who organize a bank and transact business in its name before the minimum capital stock under this Act has been subscribed for and before a permit has been issued by the Superintendent of Banks authorizing the transaction of business in the name of such bank, are jointly and severally liable to creditors to make good such minimum capital stock with interest; and liability under this section shall be enforced as hereinafter provided. Liability where business begins before authorized. SEC. 7. Liability of Stockholders or Incorporators as Assets. The individual liability of stockholders and that of persons doing business in the name of a bank before the minimum capital stock is subscribed and before a permit has been issued by the Superintendent of Banks authorizing the

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bank to begin business, shall be assets of such bank to be enforced only by and through the Superintendent of Banks. Enforcement of liability. SEC. 8. Collateral Liability Not Affected by Dissolution. The surrender or forfeiture of a charter of any bank, or its dissolution for any cause, shall not in any manner affect any collateral or ultimate or other liability legally incurred by any of its stockholders, directors or officers. Collateral liability. ARTICLE XIX. REGULATION OF THE BUSINESS OF BANKING. SEC. 1. Board of Directors, Number and Election. The affairs of each bank shall be managed by a board of not less than three (3) nor more than twenty-five (25) directors who shall be elected by the stockholders at a meeting to be hold at any time before the bank is authorized by the Superintendent of Banks to commence the business of banking, and afterwards at meetings to be held annually at such time as may be fixed by the by-laws of the bank. The directors shall hold office for one (1) year and until their successors are elected and have qualified. A bank, at any annual meeting of the stockholders for the election of directors, provided notice thereof be given in the notice of the annual meeting, may, by a majority vote of all the stockholders of such bank, fix or change by resolution the number of directors, provided the number of directors shall not be less than three (3) nor more than twenty-five (25), which number when so fixed shall be the lawful number of directors of such bank until again changed in like manner. Certified copies of all resolutions fixing or changing the number of directors under this section shall be immediately filed with the Superintendent of Banks. Board of directors. SEC. 2. Qualification of Directors. Every director of a bank having a capital stock of Fifteen Thousand ($15,000.00) Dollars or more and not exceeding Fifty Thousand ($50,000.00) Dollars, must own in his own right at least two (2) shares of such stock; upon which all installments which

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are due shall have been fully paid, and every director of a bank having a capital stock of more than Fifty Thousand ($50,000.00) Dollars, must so own at least five (5) shares of the capital stock of the bank of which he is a director. Any director who ceases to be the owner of the number of shares herein required or who fails to pay any installment thereon when the same becomes due, or who becomes in any other manner disqualified, shall thereby vacate his place as a member of the board. Qualification of directors. SEC. 3. Oath of Directors. Each director, when elected, shall take an oath that he will, so far as the duty devolves upon him, diligently and honestly administer the affairs of the bank, and that he will not knowingly violate, or willingly permit to be violated, any of the provisions of law applicable to such bank or any of the by-laws thereof; and that he is the owner in good faith and in his own right, of the number of shares of stock required by this Act, standing in his own name on the books of the bank. Such oath shall be subscribed by the director making it, and certified by the officer before whom it is taken, and shall be immediately transmitted to the Superintendent of Banks, and filed and prescrved in his office. Oath. Filing. SEC. 4. Meetings of the Board of Directors. The board of directors shall hold regular meetings at such times as may be fixed by the by-laws, at least once each month, and shall at all times be subject to call by the president or by any two members of the board. A majority of the board of directors shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. Correct written minutes of all meetings shall be kept in well bound permanent books kept for that purpose, and the minutes of each meeting shall be signed by the chairman and secretary thereof, and shall record the names of the directors present at such meeting. At each meeting the minutes of the preceding meeting shall be read, corrected, and approved. The minute book shall be submitted to the Examiner at each of their semi-annual examinations, and shall be examined, and the fact of such examination shall be noted in the Examiner's report, and in the minute book. Board meetings. Minutes.

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SEC. 5. Semi-Annual Examinations by Directors. It shall be the duty of the board of directors of every bank, at least once in each six (6) months, to count the cash and examine fally into the books, papers, and affairs of the bank of which they are directors, and particularly into the loans and discounts thereof, with the special view of ascertaining the value and security thereof, and the collateral security, if any, given in connection therewith, and into such other matters as the Superintendent of Banks may require. Such directors may conduct such count and examination by a committee of at least three (3) of its members; and shall have the power to employ certified public accountants or other expert assistance in making such examinations, if they deem the same necessary. Within ten (10) days after the completion of each of such examinations, a report in writing thereof, sworn to by the directors making the same, shall be made to the board of directors, which report shall be spread upon the minutes of said board; and the original thereof shall be placed on file in said bank, and a duplicate thereof filed with the Superintendent of Banks. Examinations by directors. Reports. SEC. 6. Report of Examination, What Must Contain. Such report shall contain statements in detail (1) of the assets and liabilities of the bank examined, as shown by the books, together with any deductions from the assets or additions to the liabilities which such directors or committee after such examination may determine to make; (2) of loans, if any, which in their opinion are worthless or doubtful, together with their reasons for so regarding them; (3) of loans made on collateral security which in their opinion are insufficiently secured, giving in each case the amount of the loan, and the name and market value of the collateral, if such collateral has any market value, and if not its actual value as nearly as can be determined; (4) of all overdrafts and separately of overdrafts which are considered worthless or doubtful, or which have been made without authority, with the name of the officer or employee making or approving the same; (5) of all past due paper; (6) of all demand loans upon which no interest

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has been paid within the last preceding six (6) months; (7) of all loans in excess of the amount authorized herein to be made; (8) of all loans made to the officers, agents, employees, and directors of the bank, with the securities held therefor; and of all loans to firms or corporations in which the officers, agents, employees, or directors of the bank are interested; (9) and of all such other matters and things as may affect the solvency or soundness of the bank. No report shall be held or considered as complying with the provisions of this section unless it shows affirmatively the existence or non-existence of all the items concerning which statements are required. Said directors or such committee shall also in said report make recommendations to the board as to the manner of conducting business by the bank, calling attention to any matters which in their opinion are unauthorized or improper, and suggesting any changes or improvements in the method of conducting the business or handling the affairs of the bank which, in their opinion, will be an improvement upon the system in operation or tend in any way to the safety or soundness of the bank. Contents of report. SEC. 7. Action on Report. The board of directors at the meeting at which such report of the semi-annual examination is read shall, by resolution entered on the minutes, require that all debts due to the bank, which are past due for a period of one year and which are not amply secured, shall be collected, placed in suit or charged to profit and loss; that all past due interest shall be collected upon any note upon which no such interest has been paid within the last preceding twelve (12) months, or that said note shall be collected, put in suit, or charged to profit and loss: and that all assets or claims in favor of the bank, which in the opinion of the directors are worthless or uncollectible, shall also be charged to profit and loss and not included in the list of assets of the bank. Said board shall at such meeting also require that all loans in excess of the amount herein authorized to be made shall be reduced at once so as to bring them within the proper amount. Past-due debts, duty of Board as to. Excessive Loans. A certified copy of the resolutions of the board acting

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on the matters brought to their attention in the report of the semi-annual examination shall be filed with the Superintendent of Banks within ten (10) days after said meeting shall have been held. Report. SEC. 8. Failure to Comply With Preceding Section, Result of. In the event the board of directors of any bank should fail to make an examination every six (6) months, the Superintendent of Banks shall, by an order under his hand and official seal, addressed to the president of the bank, require that a meeting of the board of directors shall be called immediately and that the examination shall be made within ten (10) days after such special meeting of the board, and if such meeting be not so held and such examination made within said time and report thereof made and submitted to the Superintendent of Banks, the said Superintendent shall be authorized to take charge of the bank as in other cases herein provided for wilful refusal to obey the lawful orders of the said Superintendent. If it shall appear from the report of such examination that the bank is carrying as an asset any worthless paper or other property, or that any asset should be charged to profit and loss and not included in the assets of said bank, and the directors at the meeting aforesaid should fail to order such assets charged to profit and loss, or if the Superintendent of Banks shall ascertain from any examination or otherwise that any bank continues to carry as assets any worthless paper or other property which should be charged to profit and loss, the Superintendent shall order the bank to collect or charge or profit and loss all such worthless assets at once, and upon failure to comply with such order, may take possession of such bank as in other cases provided. Board's failure to make examination; result. SEC. 9. Officers. The board of directors at their first meeting after the annual election shall elect one of their number president. They shall also elect one or more vice-presidents, a cashier, and such other officers and agents as may be provided by the by-laws or as may be required for the prompt and orderly discharge of the business of the bank. Immediately upon their election, a list, giving the

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names and addresses of the officers elected, certified under the seal of the bank, shall be transmitted to the Superintendent of Banks and be kept on file by him. Officers, election of List for superintendent. SEC. 10. Bonds of Officers. The board of directors shall require the cashier and any and all other officers, having the care, custody, control, or handling of any of the funds of the bank, to give bond with a regular incorporated surety company, qualified to do business in the State of Georgia, as surety, in such amount as the board shall fix, the premium on such bond to be paid by the bank. Such bonds shall be held by such custodian as the board of directors may designate. Bonds of officers. SEC. 11. Borrowing for Personal Use by Officers and Employees Prohibited Except by Permission of the Directors. No officer, agent, or employee of any bank shall use or borrow directly or indirectly for himself, or for any firm or partnership of which he is a member, any money or other property belonging to any bank of which he is such officer, director, agent or employee without the express authority and permission previously obtained of a majority of the directors or of the members of a committee of the board of directors authorized to act, which permission shall be evidenced by the written signatures of such directors, the borrower not voting or participating in any way in passing upon any loan or discount in which he may be interested. Borrowing by officers, etc. SEC. 12. Loans to Officers. No banks shall lend any officer, director, agent, or employee any amount whatever except upon good collateral or other ample security; and no such loan shall be made until after it has been approved by a majority of the directors, or by the members of a committee of the board of directors authorized to act, as in the preceding section provided. Loans to officers. SEC. 13. Loans by Bank, Limit of. No bank shall be allowed to lend to any one person, firm, or corporation more than thirty (30) per cent. of its capital, unimpaired surplus and undivided profits. And no loan shall be made in excess

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of ten (10) per cent. of the capital except upon good collateral or other ample security and with the approval of a majority of the directors, or of a committee of the board of directors authorized to act, which approval shall be evidenced by the written signatures of said directors or the members of said committee. In estimating loans to any person, all amounts loaned to firms and partnerships of which he is a member shall be included: Provided, however, that a bank may buy from or discount for any person, firm, or corporation, bills of exchange drawn in good faith against actually existing values, or commercial or business paper actually owned by the person negotiating the same, in addition to loans directly made to the person, firm or corporation selling the same, such purchase or discount, if in excess of ten (10) per cent. of the capital, to be approved in writing by a majority of the directors, or by a committee of such board authorized to act; and provided, that the limit of loans herein fixed shall not apply to bona fide loans made upon the security of agricultural, manufactured, industrial products or live stock, having a market value and for which there is ready sale in the open market, title to which by appropriate transfer shall be taken in the name of the bank, and which shall be secured by insurance against loss by fire with policies made payable to the bank, where no more than eighty (80) per cent. of the market value of such products shall be loaned or advauced thereon. In all such cases a margin of twenty (20) per cent. between the amount of the loan and the market value of the products shall at all times be maintained (except where products are intended for immediate shipment); and the bank shall have the right to call for additional collateral when the difference between the market value and the amount loaned shall be less than twenty (20) per cent., and in the event of the failure to comply with such demand, to immediately sell all or any part of such products in the open market and pay the amount of the loan and the expenses of sale, and the balance to the borrower; and provided that the limit herein fixed shall not apply to loans fully secured by bonds or certificates of indebtedness of the United States or of this State, or of the several counties,

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districts or municipalities thereof which have been duly and regularly validated as provided by law. Liabilities arising to the makers and endorsers of checks, drafts, bills of exchange, received by the bank on deposit, cashed or purchased by it, shall not in any way be considered as borrowed money or loans. Limit of loans. It shall be the duty of the Superintendent of Banks to order any loan in excess of the amount herein fixed reduced to the legal limit, or the excess charged to profit and loss, provided in his opinion such excess is not well secured, and if such reduction shall not be made within thirty (30) days after such notification, to proceed as in other cases provided for violation of the orders of the Superintendent. SEC. 14. Liability of Directors for Allowing Loans Exceeding Limit. The directors of any bank who shall approve or permit any loan to be made in excess of the limit herein fixed shall be personally and individually liable and responsible to the bank for such loan in the event the same shall not be paid by the borrower; provided, however, that any director who shall not have voted in favor of such loan may have his dissent or disapproval thereof entered upon the minutes at the meeting at which said loan is authorized, or at the next meeting held after he has discovered that such loan has been made, in which event he shall be relieved of liability therefor. Liability for allowing loans above limit. SEC. 15. Loans on Real Estate, Limit of. No bank doing a commercial business and receiving deposits subject to check, shall lend upon real estate held as an investment, or for the purchase of real estate, or the improvement thereof, more than fifty (50) per cent. of the fair market value of such real estate; and the aggregate amount of such loans shall at no time exceed the amount of its savings and time deposits; provided that this section shall not apply to temporary loans or regular commercial transactions secured in whole or in part by real estate, nor to any loan which shall have been made prior to the approval of this act. Limit of loans on realty.

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SEC. 16. Overdrafts. Any officer or employee of any bank who shall permit any customer of the bank to overdraw his account or who shall pay any check or draft, the paying of which shall overdraw any account, unless the same shall be authorized by the board of directors, or by a committee of such board authorized to act, shall be personally and individually liable to such bank for the amount of such overdraft. Overdrafts. SEC. 17. Loans Upon Collateral. No bank shall lend more than thirty (30) per cent. of its capital and unimpaired surplus on the stock of any corporation, although such stock may be pledged to it by several separate borrowers, and where loans are made direct to the corporation, without ample security, these direct loans shall be included in such total of thirty (30) per cent. No bank shall make a loan secured by the stock of another corporation if by the making of such loan the total stock of such corporation held by it as collateral will exceed in the aggregate twenty (20) per cent. of the capital stock of such corporation. Collateral. SEC. 18. Certificates of Deposit. No bank shall issue any certificate of deposit except in exchange for lawful money of the United States, or for checks, drafts, or bills of exchange which are the actual equivalent of such money. Certificates of deposit. SEC. 19. Interest to Be Charged. Any bank may take, receive, reserve and charge on any loan or advance of money or forbearance to enforce the collection of money, interest at not exceeding eight (8) per cent. per annum. Interest. SEC. 20. Foreign and Domestic Acceptances. A bank may accept drafts or bills of exchange drawn upon it having not more than six months sight to run, which grow out of transactions involving the importation or exportation of goods; or which grow out of transactions involving the domestic shipment of goods, provided shipping documents conveying or securing title are attached at the time of acceptance; or which are secured at the time of acceptance by a warehouse receipt or other such document conveying or securing title covering readily marketable staples.

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No bank shall accept, whether in a foreign or domestic transaction, for any one person, company, firm, or corporation to an amount equal at any time in the aggregate to more than ten per cent. of its paid-up and unimpaired capital stock and surplus unless the bank is secured either by attached documents or by some other actual security growing out of the same transaction as the acceptance and no bank shall accept such bills to an amount equal at any time in the aggregate to more than one-half of its paid-up and unimpaired capital stock and surplus. Provided, however, that any bank which is a member of the Federal Reserve System may, when so authorized by the Federal Reserve Board, and under the regulations prescribed by it, accept such bills to an amount not exceeding one hundred per cent. of its paid-up and unimpaired capital stock and surplus, but the aggregate of acceptances growing out of domestic transactions shall in no event exceed fifty per cent. of such capital and surplus. Acceptances by banks. SEC. 21. Loans Upon or Purchase of Bank Stock. No bank shall make any loan or discount on the security of the shares of its capital stock, nor be the purchaser or holder of any such shares, unless such security or purchase shall be necessary to prevent loss upon a debt previously contracted in good faith, and said stock so purchased or acquired shall within six (6) months of the time of its purchase be sold and disposed of at public or private sale. The limit of time, however, may be extended by the Superintendent of Banks, if in his judgment it is for the best interest of the bank that such extension be granted, but in no case shall such time be extended longer than twelve (12) months from the time of the purchase of the same by the bank. Loan upon or purchase of its capital stock by bank. SEC. 22. Unauthorized Investments. No bank shall employ or invest its funds in the purchase or holding of the stock of any industrial, mercantile or mining corporation, or in the purchase or handling of merchandise, farm or manufactured products, except to secure a debt previously contracted in good faith, and if any such stocks, merchandise, or products are purchased to protect the bank from

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loss, the same shall be disposed of at public or private sale within six (6) months after receiving the same, or the same shall be charged to profit and loss and not carried as assets by the bank. The limit of time, however, may be extended by the Superintendent of Banks, if in his judgment it is for the best interest of the bank that such extension should be granted. Nothing in this section is to be construed as applying to trust companies or savings banks doing a trust or savings business. Unauthorized investments. Purchase of property held to secure debt; resale. SEC. 23. Purchase of Stocks or Bonds. No bank shall subscribe for or purchase any stocks (except stock in the Federal Reserve Bank or in any State Bank hereafter organized with functions applicable to its members similar in character and effect to the functions of the Federal Reserve Bank to its members, necessary to qualify for membership therein, in which case the purchase of stock in said State Bank shall not be made unless the purchase has first been approved by the State Superintendent of Banks and the amount of stock bought shall not exceed that permitted in the Federal Reserve Bank) or bonds, except bonds of the United States, of the State of Georgia, or of the several counties, districts, including drainage districts, or municipalities thereof, which have been duly and regularly validated as provided by law, or of the other States of the United States, or, with the approval of the Superintendent of Banks, good interest-bearing bonds of foreign governments; provided that nothing herein contained shall limit or interfere with regularly authorized trust companies, doing a trust company business, advancing or lending money on syndicate underwritings, upon which such trust companies are authorized to charge such commissions, in addition to interest, as may be agreed upon by the parties, or from subscribing, purchasing or holding stocks, bonds, or other securities; Provided that this section shall not apply to securities actually owned at the date of the approval of this act. Provided, further, that any bank of this State may invest not exceeding five per centum of its capital and surplus in the stock of a corporation engaged in the business, in whole or in part, of holding, marketing or exporting cotton

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from the United States, or any of its dependencies, or insular possessions, to any foreign country. But no bank shall subscribe to the capital stock of more than one such corporation, and shall first receive the approval of the Superintendent of Banks; Provided, further, that nothing contained in this section shall apply to savings banks doing only a saving business. Purchase of stocks or bonds. SEC. 24. Purposes for Which Banks May Hold Real Estate. Any bank may purchase, hold and convey real estate for the following purposes only: first, such as shall be necessary for the convenient transaction of its business, the amount of which, including its furniture and fixtures, shall not exceed one-third (1-3) of the paid-in unimpaired capital and surplus; provided that the Superintendent of Banks may, upon application by any bank, in his discretion, allow a greater sum invested; second, such as shall be conveyed to it in satisfaction of debts previously contracted in the course of its business; third, such as it shall purchase at sales under judgments, decrees, or mortgage foreclosures under securities held by it; but a bank shall not bid, at any such sale, a larger amount than sufficient to satisfy its debts, costs and expenses. No real estate acquired in the cases contemplated in the second and third sub-sections above shall be held for a longer period than five (5) years unless the time shall be extended by the Superintendent for cause shown: Provided, that this section shall not apply to any banking house, furniture or fixtures actually owned at the date of the approval of this act. Provided further that nothing contained in this section shall apply to savings banks doing only a savings business. Real estate transactions. Exception as to savings banks. SEC. 25. Restriction of Bank's Liability. No bank shall at any time be indebted to an amount exceeding double the amount of its capital stock actually paid in and remaining undiminished by losses or otherwise, plus the amount of the unimpaired surplus and undivided profits, except on account of the following: Limit of indebtedness of bank. First. Moneys deposited with or collected by the bank. Second. Bills of exchange or drafts drawn against money actually on deposit to the credit of the bank or due thereto.

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Third. Liabilities to the stockholders of the bank for dividends and reserve profits. Fourth. Commercial paper re-discounted. Fifth. Acceptances as herein authorized. Sixth. Liabilities incurred by the bank on account of the endorsement of checks, drafts, and bills of exchange, received by the bank on deposit, cashed or purchased by it, and endorsed by the bank. Provided, however, that in case of temporary emergency, or to pay its depositors, temporary loans, in excess of the amount hereinabove fixed, may be made, when approved in advance by the Superintendent of Banks. SEC. 26. Purchase of Bank's Obligations. No bank, nor any of its directors, officers, agents or employees, shall directly or indirectly purchase or be interested in the purchase of any promissory note, certificate of deposit, or other evidence of debt issued by it, for a less sum than shall appear on the face thereof to be due thereon: Provided that a bank may discount its unmatured obligations at not more than the legal rate, which obligations shall be canceled and satisfied forthwith. Officers, etc. not to buy bank's obligations. SEC. 27. Reserve. Every bank whose deposits are subject to check shall at all times maintain a reserve of fifteen (15) per cent. of the amount of its demand deposits, and five (5) per cent. of the amount of its savings and time deposits. Savings banks and trust companies whose deposits are not subject to check without notice shall maintain a reserve of five (5) per cent. of the amount of their deposits. Such reserve shall consist of lawful money of the United States, gold certificates, silver certificates, Federal Reserve or National Bank notes, in the office and vaults of the bank, and of moneys on deposit subject to call with other banks or bankers, such banks or bankers to be approved by the Superintendent of Banks: Provided that any bank which is a member of the Federal Reserve System may in lieu of the reserve herein required keep and maintain such reserve as is required under the Acts of Congress relating to Federal Reserve Banks. Demand deposits within the meaning

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of this Section shall comprise all deposits payable within thirty days, and time deposits shall comprise all deposits payable after thirty days, and all savings accounts and certificates of deposit which are subject to not less than thirty days notice before payment. Reserve. SEC. 28. Reserve Not Maintained. Whenever the reserve of any bank shall fall below the amount of fifteen (15) per cent. of its demand deposits and five (5) per cent. of its savings and time deposits not subject to check and whenever the reserve of any savings bank or trust company whose deposits are not subject to check shall be below five (5) percent. of its deposits, such bank, savings bank or trust company shall not increase its liabilities by making any new loans or discounts otherwise than by discounting or purchasing bills of exchange at sight, nor shall any dividend be declared out of the profits of such bank, savings bank, or trust company, until the required proportion between the aggregate amount of its deposits and the amount to be held as a reserve has been restored. The Superintendent of Banks may notify any bank, savings bank or trust company, whose reserve shall be below the amount required to be kept on hand, to make good such reserve; and if such bank, savings bank or trust company shall fail within thirty (30) days thereafter to make good its reserve, the Superintendent of Banks may take charge of the business and assets of said bank, savings bank or trust company, as in other cases herein provided. Reserve below limit; result. SEC. 29. Dividends and Surplus. The directors of any bank may, annually, semi-annually, or quarterly, declare a dividend of so much of the net profits of the bank as they may deem expedient; but such bank shall, before the declaration of any dividend, carry twenty-five (25) per cent. of its net profits earned since its last preceding dividend to its surplus until the surplus shall amount to twenty (20) per cent. of its capital. Each Bank shall report to the Superintendent of Banks, within ten (10) days after declaring and at least ten (10) days before paying any dividend, the amount of such dividend and the amount of net earnings in excess of the dividend and amount carried to the surplus.

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Such report shall be attested by the oath of the president or cashier of the bank. Dividends. SEC. 30. Unearned Dividends Prohibited. No bank shall withdraw or permit to be withdrawn either in the form of dividends or otherwise any portion of its capital nor reduce its surplus below twenty (20) per cent. of its capital. If losses have been sustained at any time by such bank equal to or exceeding its undivided profits then on hand, no dividends shall be declared, and no dividends shall ever be declared by any bank to an amount greater than its undivided profits then on hand, deducting therefrom its losses and bad debts. All debts due to any bank on which interest is past due and unpaid for a period of twelve (12) months, unless the same are well secured or in process of collection, shall be considered bad debts within the meaning of this section. Unearned Dividends. Bad Debts defined. SEC. 31. Dividend, How Declared and When Losses Reduce Surplus. Any losses sustained by any bank in excess of its undivided profits may be charged up to its surplus account; provided that its surplus shall thereafter be re-imbursed from its earnings, and no dividend shall be declared or paid by any such bank in excess of one-half (1/2) of its net earnings until its surplus shall be fully restored to its former amount. Losses charged to surplus. SEC. 32. Calculation of Profits. Interest unpaid, although due or accrued on debts owing to the bank, shall not be included in the calculation of its profits previous to a dividend, unless such interest be accrued upon loans secured by collaterals as provided for by this Act. The undivided profits from which alone a dividend can be made, shall be ascertained by charging in the account of profit and loss and deducting from the actual profits: Profits, calculation of. 1. All expenses paid or incurred, both ordinary and extraordinary, including taxes, attending the management of the affairs of the bank, and the transaction of its business. 2. The interest paid, or then due and accrued, on debts owing by it. 3. All losses sustained by it. In the computation of such

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losses, there shall be included all debts owing to the bank which shall have been due, without suit for twelve (12) months, and upon which no interest shall have been paid during that period, except such debts as in the opinion of the Superintendent are well secured. There shall also be included in such computation all debts due the bank on which judgment shall have been recovered, which judgment shall have remained for more than one (1) year unsatisfied, and on which no interest shall have been paid during that period. SEC. 33. Lien Against Bank for Collaterals. When any bank is indebted to any other party and shall deposit with such party any commercial paper or papers as collateral for its debt, and such collateral shall be afterwards sent back to the bank in order that it may be collected and the funds remitted by the bank to the creditor, the holder of the bona fide receipt of the bank for such paper to be so collected shall, after any such collections are made, but not paid over, have a lien against the assets of the bank to the extent of such funds as have been actually collected by the bank, and such lien shall rank with other liens according to date and shall attach from the date of the collection of any such fund by such bank. Lien against bank collecting collateral. SEC. 34. Lien on Bank's Assets When Checks Are Not Remitted. When any bank, or any officer, clerk, or agent thereof, receives by mail, express or otherwise, a check, bill of exchange, order to remit, note, or draft for collection, with request that remittance be made therefor, the charging of such item to the account of the drawer, acceptor, indorser, or maker thereof, or collecting any such item from any bank or other party, and failing to remit therefor, or the non-payment of a check sent in payment therefor, shall create a lien in favor of the owner of such item on the assets of such bank making the collection, and such lien shall rank with other liens, according to date, and shall attach from the date of the charge, entry or collection of any such funds. Lien against bank not remitting collection.

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SEC. 35. Due Diligence on Part of Bank in Collecting. When a check, draft, note, or other negotiable instrument is deposited in a bank for credit, or for collection, it shall be considered due diligence on the part of the bank in the collection of such check, draft, note or other negotiable instrument so deposited, to forward and route the same without delay in the usual commercial way, according to the regular course of business of banks, and the maker, indorser, guarantor, or [Illegible Text] of any check, draft, note, or other negotiable instrument so deposited shall be liable to the bank until actual final payment is received; and when a bank receives for collection any check, draft, note, or other negotiable instrument and forwards same for collection as herein provided, it shall be liable only after actual final payment is received by it, except in case of want of due diligence on its part as aforesaid. Due dillgence in collecting. SEC. 36. Forwarding Check Direct to Payor. Any bank, or banker, doing business in this State, receiving for collection or deposit, any check, note or other negotiable instrument drawn upon or payable at any other bank, located in another city or town, whether within or without this State, may forward such instrument for collection directly to the bank on which it is drawn or at which it is made payable and such method of forwarding direct to the payor shall be deemed due diligence and the failure of such payor bank, because of its insolvency or other default, to account for the proceeds thereof, shall not render the forwarding bank liable therefor; provided, however, such forwarding bank shall have used due diligence in other respects in connection with the collection of such instrument. Liability of forwarding bank. SEC. 37. Certifying Checks. No check shall be certified except by the president, a vice-president, cashier, or an assistant cashier of a bank. It shall be unlawful to certify any check, draft, or order upon the bank, unless the drawer of such check, draft, or order has on deposit with the bank, at the time such check, draft, or order is certified, an amount of money equal to the amount specified in such check, draft or order. Such certification shall be entered on the face of such check, draft, or order, and the check, draft or order

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so certified shall be charged against the drawer's account immediately. And any check certified by a proper official shall be a good and valid obligation against the bank: but the act of any officer in violation of this section shall subject him to the penalties provided in this Act. Certifying checks. SEC. 38. Membership in Federal Reserve Bank. Banks are authorized and empowered to subscribe for stock and become members of the Federal Reserve Bank of the district to which they properly may be assigned by the Federal Reserve Board, in accordance with the Acts of Congress regulating Federal Reserve Banks, and any bank becoming such member shall be authorized to conform to the requirements and regulations of such Federal Reserve Bank, and of the Federal Reserve Board. Federal Reserve Bank, membership in. SEC. 39. Payment of Deposits in Two Names. When a deposit has been made, or shall hereafter be made, in any bank transacting business in this State in the names of two persons, payable to either, or payable to either or the survivor, such deposit, or any part thereof, or any interest or dividend thereon, may be paid to either of said persons, whether the other be living or not; and the receipt or acquittance of the person so paid shall be a valid and sufficient release and discharge to the bank for any payment so made. Deposits in two names. SEC. 40. Check of Deceased or Bankrupt or Insane Depositor. The death or bankruptcy of a depositor unknown to the bank shall not revoke a check given by him, and a bank shall be authorized to pay through regular channels a check regularly drawn upon it by a depositor therein, notwithstanding the death or bankruptcy of such depositor unknown to the bank at the time of such payment. A bank paying the check of an insane depositor in good faith and without notice or knowledge of the insanity of such depositor shall be protected in so doing and may lawfully charge such check to the account of such depositor. Check of decedent, bankrupt, insane person. SEC. 41. Deposits by Minors. A minor shall be allowed to deposit money in bank in his own name, and the money so deposited shall not be subject to the control of his parent,

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guardian, or trustee, but may be drawn or checked out by the miner depositing the same as though he were of full Minor's deposit. SEC. 42. Deposit by Agent, Trustee, or Other Fiduciary. Whenever any agent, administrator, executor, guardian, trustee, either express or implied, or other fiduciary whether bona fide or mala fide shall deposit any money in any bank to his credit as an individual, or as such agent, trustee, or other fiduciary, whether the name of the person or corporation for whom he is acting or purporting to act be given or not, such bank shall be authorized to pay the amount of such deposit or any part thereof, upon the check of such agent, administrator, executor, guardian, trustee, or other fiduciary, signed with the name in which such deposit was entered, without being accountable in any way to the principal, cestui que trust, or other person or corporation who may be entitled to or interested in the amount so deposited. Deposit by agent, trustee, etc. Rights of others in deposit. Nothing herein contained shall prevent the person or corporation claiming the beneficial interest in or to any deposit in any bank from resorting to the courts to subject such deposit, provided such action is brought and served before such deposit is paid out, and to any action brought for this purpose both the bank and the depositor shall be necessary parties defendant. SEC. 43. Payment of Deposits in Trust. Whenever any deposits shall be made in any bank by any person in trust for another, and no other or further notice of the existence and terms of a legal and valid trust shall have been given in writing to the bank, in the event of the death of the trustee, the same, or any part thereof, together with the dividends or interest thereon, may be paid to the person for whom said deposit was made. Deposits in trust, payment of. SEC. 44. Forged or Raised Checks. No bank which in good faith has paid, and charged to the account of a depositor, any money on a forged or raised check issued in the name of the depositor shall be liable to said depositor for the amount paid thereon, unless, (1) within sixty (60)

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days after the return to the depositor of the voucher representing such payment, the depositor shall notify the bank that the check so paid was forged or raised, or, (2) in the event the voucher has not been returned to the depositor, within sixty (60) days after notice shall have been given by the bank to the depositor to have his pass book balanced and to call for his vouchers. The notice herein referred to may be given by mail to said depositor at his last known address. Forged checks, limitation of liability of bank paying. SEC. 45. List of Stockholders to Be Sent to Superintendent of Banks. The president and cashier of every bank shall cause to be kept at all times, in the office where its business is transacted, a full and correct list of the names and residences of all the stockholders in the bank, with the number of shares held by each, respectively. Such list shall be subject to the inspection of all stockholders of the bank during business hours of each day in which business may be legally transacted. A copy of such list, verified by oath of such president or cashier, shall be transmitted on the first Monday in July of each year, to the Superintendent of Banks, such copy list also to be subject to inspection as hereinabove provided. List of stockholders for Superintendent. SEC. 46. Transfers After or in Contemplation of Insolvency. All transfers of notes, bonds, bills of exchange, or other evidences of debt owing to any bank, or deposits to its credit; all assignments, mortgages, conveyances or liens; all judgments or decrees suffered or permitted against it; all deposits of money, bills or other valuable things for its use, or for the use of its stockholders or creditors; and all payments of money, either after insolvency or in contemplation of insolvency, with a view to prevent application of its assets in the manner prescribed in this Act, or with a view to the preference of one creditor over another, shall be null and void, provided such acts enumerated were committed within three months prior to the failure of such bank. Transfers by failing bank. Savings deposits. SEC. 47. Savings Deposits; Regulations; Limitations. Sums deposited with any savings bank and savings deposits taken by any bank doing both a commercial and savings

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bank business, together with interest credited thereto, shall be re-paid to the depositors, respectively, or to their legal representatives, after demand, in such manner and at such times and after such previous notice and under such regulations as the board of directors of such bank shall prescribe, and interest thereon shall be credited at such times and at such rate and under such regulations as may be prescribed by said board of directors. The rules and regulations adopted by board of directors governing deposits shall be printed in the pass books or other evidences of deposit furnished by such bank, and shall be evidence between the bank and the depositors holding the same of the terms upon which the deposits therein acknowledged are made. A bank receiving savings deposits may limit the aggregate amount which any one person, firm, association or corporation, may deposit to such sum as it may deem expedient to receive, and may in its discretion refuse to receive any deposit, and may also at any time return all or any part of any deposit with the interest accrued thereon, according to the rules and regulations adopted by said bank. Where a bank does both a commercial and savings business separate records shall be kept of its savings deposits. Rules. Limiting deposits. SEC. 48. Payment of Deposit of Deceased Depositor. Upon the death of any person, intestate, having a deposit in a bank of not more than $100, such bank shall be authorized to pay over such deposit (a) to the husband or wife of the depositor, (b) if no husband or wife, to the children, (c) if no children, to the father if living, if not to the mother of the depositor, (d) if no children or parent, then to the brothers and sisters of the depositor. The receipt of such person or persons shall be a full and final acquittance to the bank and relieve it of all liability to the estate of said deceased depositor or the representative thereof should one be appointed. Deposit of decedent, payment of.

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ARTICLE XX. CRIMES AND MISDEMEANORS. SECTION 1. Giving Notice of Examination. Any Superintendent of Banks, Assistant Superintendent, Examiner, or Office Assistant, who shall, previous to the visitation of any bank for regular examination, give notice or information, directly or indirectly, to any officer, director, agent, representative, or employee of such bank, as to the time when the same will be visited for examination, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. Provided that this section shall not apply to special examinations made at the request of any bank or on motion of the Superintendent. Offense of informing of time for examination. SEC. 2. Disclosing Condition of Bank. Any Superintendent of Banks, Assistant Superintendent, Examiner, or Office Assistant, who shall knowingly and wilfully disclose the condition and affairs of any bank ascertained by examination, except to the extent authorized by law, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. Disclosing condition of bank. SEC. 3. False Report of Examination by Examiner. Any Superintendent of Banks, or Examiner, who shall make report as to the result of any examination made by him, which is knowingly and wilfully false, shall be punished by confinement and labor in the penitentiary for not less than one (1) year nor more than five (5) years. False report by Examiner. SEC. 4. Neglect and Misconduct of Superintendent, Examiner, or Clerk. Any Superintendent of Banks, Assistant Superintendent, Examiner, or Office Assistant, who shall wilfully neglect to perform any duties required of him by law or who shall knowingly and wilfully make any false statement of or concerning any bank, or who shall be guilty of any misconduct or corruption in office, shall be punished as for a misdemeanor, and upon conviction, shall be removed from office by the Governor. Neglect or misconduct of Superintendent, etc. SEC. 5. False Expense Account. Any Superintendent of Banks, Assistant Superintendent or Examiner who shall knowingly and wilfully render a false account of expenses

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paid by him in the discharge of his duties, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. False expense account. SEC. 6. Loans or Gratuities to Superintendent or Examinors. No bank, nor any officer, director, or employee thereof shall make any loan, or grant any gratuity to the Superintendent of Banks, the Assistant Superintendent or any bank examiner, nor shall the Superintendent of Banks, the Assistant Superintendent or any examiner accept any loan or gratuity of any kind from any bank, or from any officer, director or employee thereof, nor accept any employment from, or perform any service for compensation, for any bank, or for any officer, director or employee thereof. Loan or gratuity to Superintendent, etc. Any bank officer, director or employee violating any of the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. Any Superintendent of Banks, Assistant Superintendent or bank examiner violating any of the provisions hereof shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall forfeit his office and be thereafter disqualified from holding office in the Department of Banking of this State. SEC. 7. Opening Bank Without Permit. Any person who shall hereafter transact any business as an officer, director, agent, or representative of any bank hereafter incorporated, before such bank is authorized to transact business as a bank by the permit of the Superintendent of Banks, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. Beginning business without permit. SEC. 8. False Statement of Condition. Any person who knowingly and wilfully verifies by oath or affirmation any false report of the condition of any bank, made to the Superintendent of Banks, on the call of the Superintendent for such report, or any false report or certificate of any other matter or thing required by this Act to be reported, shall be punished by confinement and labor in the penitentiary for not less than one (1) year nor longer than five (5) years. False report to Superintendent. SEC. 9. False Oath. Any person who wilfully and corruptly swears or affirms falsely when being examined under oath by the Superintendent of Banks, or any Examiner appointed

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by him, in regard to any material matter or thing, shall be guilty of false swearing, and upon conviction shall be punished by confinement and labor in the penitentiary for not less than one (1) year nor more than five (5) years. False oath. SEC. 10. False Entries. Any officer, director, agent, clerk, or employee of any bank who makes any false entry in a book, report, or statement of the bank, or who omits or concurs in omitting to make any material entry in its books or accounts with intent in either case to injure or defraud the bank, or any other company, firm, or person, or to deceive any officer of the bank, or the Superintendent of Banks, or any Examiner, and every person who with like intent aids or abets any officer, director, clerk, agent, or employee, in making any false entry, report, or statement, or omitting to make any material entry on its books and accounts, shall be punished by imprisonment and labor in the penitentiary for not less than one (1) year nor more than ten (10) years. False entry, or omitting entry. SEC. 11. Refusing to Make Statements. Any officer, director, agent, clerk, or employee who refuses, or wilfully and intentionally neglects to make any report or statement of or concerning the bank of which he is such officer, director, clerk, or employee, where such report or statement is called for by the Superintendent of Banks, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. Failure to make report. SEC. 12. Bank Officers Violating the Charter. Any president, director, or other officer of any bank who shall violate or be concerned in violating any provision of the charter of said bank, shall be punished by imprisonment and labor in the penitentiary for not less than one (1) year nor longer than five (5) years. Charter violation. SEC. 13. Presumption Against Such Officers. Every president, director or other officer of any chartered bank in this State shall be deemed to possess such a knowledge of the affairs of the bank as to enable him to determine whether any act, proceeding, or omission is a violation of the charter. And every president and director, who shall be present at a meeting when such violation shall occur, shall be

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deemed to have concurred therein, unless he shall at the time cause, or in writing require, his dissent therefrom to be entered at large on the minutes of the board. And every president and director not present at any meeting when such violation shall take place, shall nevertheless be deemed to have concurred therein, if the facts constituting such violation appear on the books of the bank, and he remain president or director for three (3) months thereafter, and do not within that time, unless prevented by illness or other providential cause, cause or in writing require, his dissent from such illegal proceedings to be entered at large on the minutes of the board. Presumption against officer. SEC. 14. Falsely Representing Capital Stock. Any officer, director, agent, clerk, or employee who knowingly by letter-heads, newspaper advertisements, sign, circulars, or otherwise, represents the capital stock of any bank to be in excess of the capital actually paid in, or who knowingly makes or concurs in making or publishing any written report, exhibit, or statement of its affairs or pecuniary condition, containing any material statement therein which is false, or who knowingly omits or concurs in omitting any statement required by law to be contained therein, shall be punished by imprisonment and labor in the penitentiary for not less than one (1) year nor more than five (5) years. Misrepresentations as to stock, etc. SEC. 15. Falsely Advertising That Deposits Are Insured. Any officer, director, agent, or employee of any bank who shall advertise by any office sign, or upon any letter-head, bill-head, blank note, receipt, certificate, circular, or on any written or printed paper, that the deposits in said bank are insured or are guaranteed, unless such deposits are in fact insured or guaranteed, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. Misrepresentation as to insurance of deposits. SEC. 16. Concealing Loans. Any officer, director, clerk, or other employee of any bank who intentionally conceals from the directors of such bank, or from the committee to whom the directors have delegated authority to pass on loans and discounts, any discount or loan made for and in behalf of said bank, or the purchase or sale of any note, bill of exchange or security, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. Concealing loans, etc.

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SEC. 17. Commissions to Officers on Loans. Any Officer, director, agent, teller, clerk, or other employee of any bank who asks or receives, or covenants or agrees to receive, any commission, emolument, gratuity, or reward, or any promise of any commission, emolument, gratuity, or reward, or any money or property or thing of value, or of personal advantage, for procuring or endeavoring to procure, for any person, firm, or corporation, any loan from, or the purchase or discount of, any paper, note, draft, check, or bill of exchange, by any such bank, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. Commission on loan. SEC. 18. Misappropriation by Officers, Directors, Agents, or Employees. Any officer, director, agent, clerk or employee of any bank who knowingly and with intent to defraud, receives or possesses himself of any of its money or property, or who with intent to defraud, omits to make on its books of account a full and true entry of any money or property of the bank received or possessed by him, or who with such intent causes such omission, shall be punished by imprisonment and labor in the penitentiary for not less than one (1) year nor more than five (5) years. Misappropriating or not entering money, etc. SEC. 19. Overdrafts of Officers, Agents, and Employees, Any officer, agent, director, clerk, teller, or other employee of any bank who wilfully and knowingly, and without authority from the board of directors, overdraws his account with such bank, and thereby obtains moneys or funds of any such bank, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. Overdrafts. SEC. 20. Embezzlement. Any officer, director, agent, clerk, or employee, of any bank, who embezzles, abstracts, or wilfully misapplies, any of the moneys, funds, securities, or credits of the bank, or who issues or puts forth any certificate of deposit, draws any draft or bill of exchange, makes any acceptance, assigns any note, bond, draft, bill of exchange, mortgage, judgment, decree, or execution, or who makes use of the name of the bank, in any manner, with intent in either case to injure or defraud the bank, or any person, firm or corporation, or to deceive any officer of the bank, or the Superintendent of Banks, or any Examinor, or any person who with like intent aids or abets

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any such officer, director, agent, clerk, or employee in any violation of this section, shall be punished by imprisonment and labor in the penitentiary for not less than one (1) year nor more than ten (10) years. Embozzlement. SEC. 21. Borrowing by Officers, Directors, and Employees. Any officer, agent, or employee of any bank who shall use or borrow for himself, directly or indirectly, or for any firm or partnership of which he is a member, any money or other property belonging to any bank of which he is an officer, agent, or employee, without such use or loan being approved by a majority of the directors or by the members of a committee of the board of directors authorized to act, as provided by Article XIX, section 11, of this Act, or who shall in like manner procure any such loan which is not secured in the manner provided by Article XIX, section 12, of this Act, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. Borrowing by officer or employee. SEC. 22. Loans to Officers, Directors, and Employees. Any Officer, director, agent, or employee of any bank who shall lend to any other officer, director, agent, or employee, or who shall discount any note, draft, or other paper for such officer, director, agent, or employee, directly or indirectly, without such loan or discount being approved by a majority of the directors or by the members of the committee of the board of directors authorized to act as provided in Article XIX., section 11, of this Act, or who shall make any loan to any such officer, director, agent, or employee, which is not secured in the manner provided by Article XIX., section 12, of this Act, or who shall be concerned in making any such loan or discount, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. Loans to officers, etc. SEC. 23. Bank Officers Purchasing its Paper at Discount. If any president, director, Officer, or agent of any bank shall by himself or agent, or in any other manner either for himself or for the bank, directly or indirectly, purchase, or be interested in the purchase of any note, bill, certificate of deposit, check, or other evidence of debt issued by said bank for a less sum than shall appear then due on the face thereof, he shall be guilty of a misdemeanor; provided, however,

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that a bank may discount its unmatured obligations at a rate not exceeding the legal rate of discount, such obligation to be immediately cancelled and satisfied. Officers purchasing bank's paper at discount. SEC. 24. Purchasing Shares With Capital Stock. If any officer, director, or agent of any bank shall use or apply any part of the capital stock of such bank to the purchase of shares of its own stock, unless such purchase shall be necessary to prevent loss upon a debt previously contracted in good faith, he shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. Using capital stock to buy shares. SEC. 25. Unearned Dividends and Misuse of Capital. Any director of any bank who concurs in any vote or act of the directors of such bank, by which it is intended to declare a dividend, except from the net profits arising from the business of the bank; or to divide, withdraw, or in any manner pay to the stockholders, or any of them, any part of the capital stock of the bank; or to purchase or reduce its capital stock, except in pursuance of law; or to discount and receive any note or other evidence of debt in payment of any installment of capital stock actually called in and required to be paid, with intent to provide the means of making such payment; or to receive or discount any note or other evidence of debt with the intent of enabling any stockholder to withdraw any part of the money paid in by him on any stock held by him in such bank; or to apply any portion of the funds of such bank, except as allowed by law, directly or indirectly, in the purchase of shares of its own stock, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. Director voting for unearned dividend or other prohibited acts. SEC. 26. Over-issue of Capital. Any officer, agent, or director of any bank who knowingly and wilfully issues, participates in issuing, or concurs in any vote of the directors to issue any increase of its capital stock beyond the amount of the capital thereof duly authorized by or in pursuance of law, or who knowingly or wilfully sells, or agrees to sell, or who is interested, directly or indirectly, in the sale of any such shares of stock of such bank, or in any agreement to sell the same, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. Over-issue of capital. SEC. 27. Certifying Checks. Any officer of a bank certifying any check, draft, or order in violation of the provisions

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of section 37 of Article XIX of this Act shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. Certifying check unlawfully. SEC. 28. Bank Insolvency Dcemed Fraudulent. Every insolvency of a bank shall be deemed fraudulent, and the president and directors shall be severally punished by imprisonment and labor in the penitentiary for not less than one (1) year nor longer than ten (10) years; provided, that the defendant in a case arising under this section, may repel the presumption of fraud by showing that the affairs of the bank have been fairly and legally administered, and generally, with the same care and diligence that agents receiving a commission for their services are required and bound by law to observe; and upon such showing the jury shall acquit the prisoner. Insolvency, presumption of fraud in; how rebutted. SEC. 29. Receiving Deposits After Insolvency. When money is deposited on general deposit with any bank in this State, or with any company or individual doing a banking business in this State, and such bank, or company, or individual, is insolvent at the time, and such insolvency is known to the officers having charge or control of such bank, or company, or to such individual, and loss or injury shall result to such depositor, then such individual or such officers having charge or control of such bank or company who, with the knowledge aforesaid, so received such deposits, shall be punished by imprisonment in the penitentiary for not less than one (1) year nor more than ten (10) years. Receiving deposit after insolvency. SEC. 30. Certain Transfers, etc., of Stock, etc., Fraudulent. The president, directors or officers of a bank, or any of them, who shall make, or consent to the making of any conveyance, assignment, transfer, mortgage, or lien, with intent to hinder, delay, or defraud creditors, after insolvency or in contemplation thereof, whether the same be made to an innocent purchaser or to any other person, shall severally be guilty of a misdemeanor. Fraudulent transfer. SEC. 31. Penalty for Failing to Comply With Act. Any officer, employee, director or agent of any bank or any other

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person whether connected with said bank, or not, who shall wilfully violate any of the provisions of this Act shall, unless otherwise provided in the Act, be guilty of a misdemeanor. Penalty for violating act. SEC. 32. Libel of Bank. Any person who shall publish or cause to be published any false statement, expressed either by printing or writing, or signs, pictures, or the like of or concerning any bank, as to the assets or liabilities of said bank, or as to its solvency or ability to meet its obligations, or as to its soundness, or who shall publish or cause to be published any other false statement so expressed, calculated to affect the credit or standing of said bank, or to cast suspicion upon its solvency, soundness, or ability to meet its deposits or other obligations, in due course, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. Libel of bank. SEC. 33. Slander of Bank. Any person who shall falsely circulate any report, or make any false oral statement as to the assets or liabilities of a bank, or as to its solvency or ability to meet its obligations, or as to its soundness; or who shall make any other false oral statement calculated to affect the credit or standing of said bank, or to cast suspicion upon its solvency, soundness, or ability to meet its deposits, or other obligations in due course, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. Slander of bank. SEC. 34. Check or Draft Without Funds. Any person who, with intent to defraud, shall make, or draw, or utter, or deliver any check, draft, or order for the payment of money upon any bank, or other depository, knowing at the time of such making, drawing, uttering or delivery that the maker or drawer has not sufficient funds in or credit with such bank, or other depository, for the payment of such check, draft or order in full upon its presentation, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. The making, drawing, uttering or delivering of such check, draft or order as aforesaid, shall be prima facie evidence of intent to defraud. The word credit as used herein shall be construed to mean an arrangement or understanding with the bank or depository for the payment of such check, draft or order. Check without sufficient funds. Prima facie evidence of intent to defraud.

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SEC. 35. Private Banker Using Unauthorized Name, Signs, etc. Any private person or the members of any firm or voluntary association engaged in the business of banking who shall violate the provisions of section four (4), Article I, of this Act, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor; provided, however, that the provision of this section shall not become operative until the expiration of twelve (12) months from and after the time when this Act shall go into effect. Unauthorized use of words Bank, Banker, etc. SEC. 36. Stockholder Failing to Give Notice of Assessment to Pledgee. Should any stockholder fail to give to any person, firm or corporation to whom he shall have pledged or hypothecated any stock in any bank notice of any assessment levied thereon to make good the capital stock of any bank which may have become impaired, of which he has received notice and which assessment he shall fail and refuse to pay for any reason, by registered mail at least five (5) days before the expiration of the time within which such assessment may be paid, giving to such creditor the right to pay the same should he so desire, he shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. Proof by the person to be notified that no such notice has been received shall be prima facie evidence that such notice was not given. Failing to notify pledgee of stock as to assessment. SEC. 37. Criminal Violations To Be Submitted to the Grand Juries. The Superintendent of Banks shall have the right to submit to the grand juries of the respective counties of the State any criminal violations of the banking laws known by him to have occurred in such counties. But this provision shall not be so construed as to prevent the Superintendent or other persons from proceeding in such cases by affidavit and warrant. Prosecution by Superintendent or others. SEC. 38. Upon conviction of a misdemeanor, as prescribed by the several provisions of this Act, the offender shall be punished as prescribed by Section 1065 of the Penal Code of Georgia. Punishment.

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ARTICLE XXI. ACT TO TAKE EFFECT, WHEN. SECTION 1. Act, When to Take Effect This Act [Illegible Text] take effect from and after the 1st day of January, 1920, [Illegible Text] shall then supersede all existing laws regulating banks [Illegible Text] banking in this State. On said date, or as soon thereafter a the Superintendent of Banks shall be appointed and qualified, the State Treasurer shall turn over and deliver to the Superintendent of Banks all moneys in his hands as Ex-Officio State Bank Examiner and all records, books, papers, property, and effects belonging to the Bank Bureau as now organized and conducted in the State Treasury. The receipt of the Superintendent of Banks shall be a full acquit tance to the State Treasurer for all funds, records and property so turned over and delivered. Act to take effect Jan. 1, 1920. ARTICLE XXII. CONFLICTING LAWS REPEALED. SECTION 1. General Repealing Clause. All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act, are hereby repealed. Approved August 16, 1919. BOARD OF PUBLIC WELFARE CREATED, FOR INSPECTION OF JAILS, REFORMATORIES, CHARITABLE INSTITUTIONS, ETC. No. 186. An Act to create and establish a Board of Public Welfare: to provide for the appointment of the members thereof, and their terms of office, and prescribe their powers and duties, and the powers and duties of the employees and appointees of said Board; to provide for reports to said Board by the Superintendents and chief officers having in charge the institutions and organizations in

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this Act; to provide for prosecution and penalties for interfering with said Board; to require the submission to said Board of contemplated plans of all buildings to be used by institutions and organizations affected by this Act; to provide an appropriation for maintenance and for other purposes. Section 1. BOARD OF PUBLIC WELFARE; NUMBER AND APPOINTMENT OF MEMBERS; TERM. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, That a Board of Public Welfare be and the same is hereby established, consisting of five members, who shall be appointed by the Governor. The terms of the members of the said Board of Public Welfare first appointed shall be one, two, three, four, and five years, respectively, commencing on the first day of October, nineteen hundred and nineteen; and thereafter upon the expiration of the term of a member of said Board, his successor shall be appointed for a term of five years. Appointments to fill vacancies caused by death, resignation or removal, before the expiration of such term, shall be made for the residue of such terms in the same manner as herein provided for original appointments. No director, officer or employee of an institution subject to the terms of this Act shall be appointed a member of such Board, nor any kinsman by blood or marriage to such officer. Board of Public Welfare. Terms of Members. Persons disqualified. Sec. 2. REMOVAL OF MEMBERS OF BOARD. That the members of said Board of Public Welfare may at any time be removed by the Governor in his discretion. The failure of any members of said Board to attend at least one meeting thereof during any year unless excused by formal vote of the Board, may be construed by the Governor as a resignation of such non-attending member. Removal by Governor. Non-attendance. Sec. 3. MEETINGS OF BOARD; RULES AND REGULATIONS. COMPENSATION. The Board shall hold regular meetings in May and November in each year and oftener, as may in their opinion be required. The Board shall make such rules and orders for the regulation of its duties as it may deem necessary. The members of the Board shall receive no

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compensation for their services except as hereinafter provided. May and November meetings. Rules, etc. Sec. 4. APPOINTMENT OF A SECRETARY; SALARY AND EXPENSES. That the said Board shall appoint a secretary, assistant secretary, and such other clerks as shall be necessary, who shall be paid for their services, in addition to necessary traveling expenses, annual salaries to be fixed by said Board. No person, while a member of the Board, or within twelve months of retirement therefrom, shall be eligible for any paid office on said Board. Salaries Secretary, Assistant, Clerks. Traveling expenses. Sec. 5. APPROPRIATION FOR MAINTENANCE OF BOARD. The General Assembly shall appropriate annually for the maintenance of the office of said Board, including the salaries and traveling expenses of the members of the Board, its employees, and other expenses, such sum as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this Act, to be paid out of any funds in the State treasury not otherwise appropriated. Salaries and expenses of members, etc. Sec. 6. DUTIES OF BOARD, CERTAIN OFFICERS AND PERSONS TO FURNISH INFORMATION AND STATISTICS AND ALLOW ACCESS TO INMATES AND DEPARTMENTS, LITERATURE TO BE DISTRIBUTED. That the duties of the Board shall be strictly visitorial and advisory, without administrative or executive powers except as may afterwards be provided by law. It is hereby empowered and authorized, and it shall be a duty as a whole or by committee of its members, or by its secretary or assistant secretary to visit, inspect and examine once a year, or oftener, county jails, the State, county, municipal and private institutions and organizations which are of an [Illegible Text] charitable, correctional or reformatory character, or which are for the care, custody or training of the orphaned, defective, dependent, delinquent or criminal classes; it shall also inspect and report upon the workings and results of chartered or private institutions or associations or organizations engaged in the care and protection of homeless, dependent, defective, and delinquent children or adults. The Board shall make reports regarding the

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condition of said institutions or associations, the care of their inmates, the efficiency of their administration and such other matters pertaining thereto as it may deem proper. All reports shall be duly signed and filed in the office of the Board. That the officers and all other persons in charge of, or connected in any way with the administration or management of such public institutions are hereby required to furnish to the Board, or its committee, secretary or assistant secretary, such information and statistics as may be required, and allow said Board, its committee, secretary or assistant secretary or other agents of the Board, full and free access to all inmates and departments of such institutions, and to all their records for the purpose of this Act. That with a view of increasing the officiency of public and private officials and bringing institutions for the care and custody of the dependent, defective, and delinquent classes up to a high and modern standard, the Board shall cause to be distributed among such officials, literature bearing upon subjects embraced under this Act. The Board shall bring prosecutions for fraudulent solicitation or misappropriation of charitable funds and for gross neglect or mistreatment of wards or inmates in institutions or in the care of agencies affected by this Act. Inspection of Jails. Reports by Board. Literature distributed. Prosecutions. Sec. 7. REPORTS OF SUPERINTENDENTS AND CHIEF OFFICERS; SUGGESTIONS TO CERTAIN OFFICIALS. That every superintendent or chief officer having in charge any institution or organization within the provisions of this Act shall make quarterly reports to the Board, containing such information and in such form as said Board may prescribe. Quarterly Reports. Sec. 8. PLANS FOR NEW JAILS, ETC., SUBMITTED TO BOARD. That all plans for new jails, reformatories, almshouses, and buildings for charity, supported by public funds or public collections, shall, before the adoption of the same by the State, county, city or voluntary authorities, be submitted to said Board, who shall promptly return the same with such suggestions and recommendations as it may deem reasonable and proper. Plans for Buildings to be submitted.

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SEC. 9. LOCAL COMMITTEE OF VISITORS; DUTIES OF COMMITTEE. That for each county or city there may be appointed by the said Board a local committee of visitors, consisting of three persons, one of whom shall be a member of the local Board of Health, and one of whom may be a woman, to aid the Board in its work. The duty of said Committee shall be to visit and inspect as often as it may deem advisable or upon request of the Board, and to report annually, or upon request to the Board any matters of importance respecting the jails and almshouses and private institutions and agencies in such county or city, and to encourage and aid the local authorities in maintaining such institutions in an efficient manner. The members of such committees shall receive no compensation, but shall be provided by said Board with all necessary stationery and postage, and forms for keeping proper records and making their reports to the Board. Appointment of local committees by Board. Inspection and reports. Aid to local authorities. No compensation to local committee. Sec. 10. BOARD TO COLLECT CERTAIN STATISTICS. That the said Board shall collect, compile, and publish statistics and information regarding the dependent, defective and delinquent classes both in and out of institutions, within the State, and such other data as may be of value in assisting the officials of the institutions and organizations involved in the Act in the performance of their duties. Statistics, other information published by Board. SEC. 11. ANNUAL REPORT TO THE GOVERNOR; COPY OF REPORT FILED WITH CLERK OF COURT OF EACH COUNTY. That the Board shall annually, not later than May first in each year, make to the Governor a full and complete report of its acts and doings during the preceding year, stating in detail all expenses incurred all officers and agents employed, and showing the actual conditions, care of inmates, and other pertinent matters, with such recommendations as may be deemed proper, to be submitted to the General Assembly. The Board shall file a copy of said annual report in the office of the clerk of court in each county, and in the office of the clerk of each municipality in this State, and shall also transmit copies thereof to each institution embraced by this Act, and to each known charitable institution or organization.

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The said Board shall make report as often as once a month to the State Board of Health on all matters that are subject to the jurisdiction of said Board of Health, so that they may be kept constantly informed of these matters. Matters included in Annual Report. Copies to be filed with clerks. Monthly reports to Board of Health. Sec. 12. OFFICERS INTERFERING WITH BOARD; MALFEASANCE IN OFFICE; REMOVAL FOR SAME. That any person or persons who shall by any overt act interfere with said Board, its committee, or any one acting under the authority of said Board, by preventing or attempting to prevent an inspection, or visitation, or by refusing access to records, shall be guilty of a misdemeaor, and upon conviction punished as for a misdemeanor. Interference with inspection. Sec. 13. ELECTION OF CHAIRMAN; PAYMENT OF NECESSARY EXPENSES. That the said Board shall annually elect from its members a chairman. The salaries of the secretary, assistant secretary, and other necessary expenses incurred by the said Board shall be paid out of the public treasury, upon the order of the chairman. Annual election of chairman. Sec. 14. BOARD TO MAKE INVESTIGATIONS; POWERS. Whenever the Governor considers it proper or necessary to investigate the management of any institution receiving aid from the State and required to be inspected under the provisions of this Act, he may direct the Board of Public Welfare, or any committee thereof designated by the Governor, to make said investigation, and said committee as a board shall have the power to administer oaths and to summon officers, employees or other persons to attend as witnesses, and to enforce their attendance, and to compel them to produce documents and give evidence. Investigation direction, etc. Governor. Powers of Board. Sec. 15. APPROPRIATION, There is hereby appropriated out any money in the State treasury, not otherwise appropriated, the sum of fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000) for the maintenance of said Board, or so much thereof as may be necessary; Provided that said $15,000 for maintenance shall be available when in the opinion of the Governor

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a sufficient amount is in the State Treasury for this purpose. Appropriation of $15,000. Sec. 16. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That nothing in this Act shall be construed to interfere, conflict or repeal the Act, or any part thereof, known as the Veazey Inspection Law, found in Acts of 1916, Page 126, and amendment thereto found in Acts of 1918, Page 165. Acts not Repealed. Sec. 17. That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with any of the Sections of this Act be and are hereby repealed. Approved August 18, 1919. COMMUNITY SERVICE COMMISSION CREATED. No. 286. An Act to create and establish the Community Service Commission of the State of Georgia. Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That the Community Service Commission is herein created and established for the purposes hereinafter named. Community Service Commission. Sec. 2. Be it further enacted, That the said Commission shall consist of two members, one of whom shall be a woman, from each congressional district. The Governor shall be ex-officio member and ex-officio chairman thereof, with authority to appoint an active chairman from the membership of said Commission. Sec. 3. Be it further enacted, That the members of said Commission shall be appointed by the Governor, and shall hold office for a term of two years from the date of their appointment. The Governor shall have the power to remove at any time any appointed member thereof, and to fill any vacancy that may occur in said Commission. Term of office.

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Sec. 4. Be it further enacted, That said Commission shall have the power and authority to consider and investigate all problems of reconstruction and matters involving the general public welfare; to aid in securing employment for returned soldiers and sailors, and to initiate and assist movements designed for their welfare; to initiate plans and policies for voluntary efforts designed to promote the public interest and welfare in the entire State or any part thereof; to promote such plans and policies through organization, publicity, advice and supervision, and to co-operate with similar efforts and projects initiated or carried on by official agencies of the State, by other States and by the federal government; and to have general supervision of the organizations and administrative methods of the Community Boards hereinafter provided for. Powers of the Commission. Sec. 5. Be it further enacted, That said Commission shall have the power to elect its own officers, other than its chairman, to prescribe their duties and terms of office, to adopt its own rules and procedure, to determine the times and places of its meetings, and to designate individuals or appoint committees outside of its own membership for purposes consistent with its powers and duties as defined by this law. Officers, meetings. Sec. 6. Be it further enacted, That said Commission may establish Community Boards in and for all the counties and municipalities of the State, Said Community Board shall consist of five, seven, or nine members, and shall be appointed by the Community Service Commission. Said members shall be appointed for one year and until their successors are appointed. Said Community Service Commission shall fill any vacancies that may occur. Community boards. Term of members. Sec. 7. Be it further enacted that it shall be the duty of said Community Boards to assist and co-operate with the Commission in all its authorized activities, in such manner and to such extent as said Commission may require; to consider and investigate all matters of local character which in their judgment involve or affect the welfare of their respective counties or the people thereof, in whole

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or in part, to advise, consult, aid, and co-operate with county, township, city, village and school officers with regard to such matters; to recommend actions and policies to the commission; to initiate plans and policies for voluntary efforts designated to promote public interest and welfare in their respective counties or parts thereof; to promote such plans and policies through organizations, publicity, advice and supervision; to co-operate on such behalf with similar efforts and projects carried on by or through other agencies, voluntary or official, within such counties; to promote the erection of community houses or other memorials for soldiers and sailors. Duties and powers. Sec. 8. Be it further enacted, That said Community Boards shall have the power to elect their own officers, prescribe their duties and terms of office, to adopt their own rules and procedure, to determine the times and places of their meetings, and to designate individuals or appoint committees outside their own membership, for purposes consistent with their powers and duties as defined by this Act, in so far as all such actions shall be consistent with the rules and instructions of this Commission. Sec. 9. Be it further enacted that members of the Commission and Community Boards shall serve without compensation. No compensation for services. Sec. 10. Be it further enacted, That the Commission may employ such agents, assistants, clerical force and specially qualified persons as it may find necessary or expedient, but the State of Georgia shall be at no expense therefor. State at no expense. Sec. 11. Be it further enacted, That the keeper of Public Buildings may provide suitable office room in the State Capitol for said Commission, and may also furnish such necessary office furniture, stationery and supplies as shall be requisitioned by said Commission with the approval of the Governor. Office at State Capitol. Sec. 12. 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 18, 1919. CONDEMNATION OF PROPERTY BY STATE OR UNITED STATES; RECORDING AWARD, ETC. No. 327. An Act to amend an Act, approved August 14, 1914, entitled An Act to provide for the judicial cognizance, in certain conditions, of proceedings for condemnation of private property by the State or United States for public purposes, and to prescribe rules for procedure in such cases, and for the service of notice upon persons interested or concerned, and for other purposes, by adding to said Act, at the end of and immediately following Section 9, the following: Section 10, when such condemnation is fully completed, the award, whether made by assessors or by the verdict of a jury, together with the decree of a court based thereon and a minute description of the property or interest condemned, or a duly certified copy of such award, decree and description, shall be filed and recorded in the record of deeds in the office of the clerk of the Superior Court of the county where the land so condemned lies, and if the land lies in more than one county, such filing and recording shall be made in each county in which such land lies, and the clerk shall be entitled to the same fees for such filing and recording as are now, or may hereafter be, allowed by law for the filing and recording of deeds; said fees to be paid by the party in whose favor said condemnation is had, and for other purposes. Sec. 11. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by authority of same, That an Act approved August 14, 1914, entitled

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An Act to provide for the judicial [Illegible Text], in certain conditions, of proceedings for condemnation of private property by the State or the United States for public purposes and to prescribe rules for procedure in such cases, and for the service of notice upon persons interested or concerned, and for other purposes, be and the same is hereby amended by adding to said Act, at the end of and immediately following Section 9, the following: Ga. L. 1914, p. 92. Amendment. Sec. 10. When such condemnation is fully completed, the award, whether made by assessors or the verdict of a jury, together with the decree of the court based thereon and a minute description of the property or interest condemned, or a duly certified copy of such award, decree and description, shall be filed and recorded in the records of deeds in the office of the clerk of the Superior Court of the county where the land so condemned lies and if the land lies in more than one county, such filing and recording shall be made in each county in which such land lies, and the clerk shall be entitled to the same fees for such filing and recording as are now, or may hereafter be, allowed by law for the filing and recording of deeds; said fees to be paid by the party in whose favor said condemnation is had. Recording proceedings. Fees for recording. 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, 1919. CONGRESS MEMORIALIZED TO CEDE LAND AT POINT PETER TO THE STATE FOR WAREHOUSES. No. 198. An Act to memorialize Congress to cede the Military Reservation known as Point Peter, to the State of Georgia, to be used as the site of a State-owned warehouse, and

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calling the attention of Congress to the value of same for said purpose. Whereas, The United State of America owns Seven Hundred and Twenty (720) acres of high land in the County of Camden in the State of Georgia, known as Point Peter, which lies adjacent to land owned by the State, and which is only two miles from the Atlantic Ocean and near water of a depth of forty feet, and also near the port of St. Marys, and Preamble. Whereas, With the completion of the proposed St. Marys-St. Marks Canal, the said water front property owned by the State will be of untold value for wharfage purposes, and with the property known as Point Peter could be utilized by the State for the purpose of crecting a State-owned warehouse, which would give the farmers of Georgia adequate warehousing facilities on a direct water way from New York to all the South American Nations, and Whereas, The United States Government is not utilizing the Point Peter land, and has never done so, though it has owned same for more than a hundred years, therefore Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same, (1) That the General Assembly of Georgia does request the Oongress of the United States of America to cede the Point Peter Military Reservation to the State, to be utilized for the purpose of erecting thereon a warehouse for the use of the farmers of the State, at a rate of storage which will be fixed for the purpose of paying operating expenses only. Warehouses for farmers. (2) That the Senators and Representatives of the said State in the Congress of the United States are hereby requested to have a Bill for the purpose of carrying this resolution into effect introduced in Congress without delay. (3) That the Governor of the State is hereby instructed to forward a copy of this Act to each of the Senators and Representatives in Congress from this State.

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(4) Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be and the same are hereby repealed. Approved August 18, 1919. DEPARTMENT OF ARCHIVES; REPEAL OF PROVISION LIMITING CONTINUANCE OF. No. 122. An Act to amend an Act entitled an Act to insure the protection of State Records by establishing a Department of Archives and History of the State of Georgia, to prescribe its functions and duties, to provide for its maintenance, and for other purposes, approved August 20, 1918, by striking out Section 9 of said Act. Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same, That the Act, approved August 20, 1918, entitled 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, be and the same is hereby amended by striking therefrom the whole of Section 9 of said Act. Ga. L. 1918, 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 18, 1919. DISTRICT AGRICULTURAL SCHOOL; TREUTLEN COUNTY INCLUDED IN TWELFTH DISTRICT. No. 232. An Act to amend an Act of the General Assembly of Georgia, entitled An Act to fix the name and designation

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of the various District Agricultural Schools established under an Act approved August 18, 1906, as amended by an Act approved August 21, 1917, to re-group the counties of the State into twelve Agricultural Districts, etc., approved August 19, 1918, by adding to the counties composing the Twelfth Agricultural School District the County of Treutlen, 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 2 of an Act approved August 19, 1918, be amended as follows: Twelfth Agricultural District to be composed of the Counties of Houston, Twiggs, Wilkenson, Pulaski, Bleckley, Laurens, Johnson, Wilcox, Dodge, Telfair, Wheeler, Montgomery and Treutlen. Ga. L. 1918. p. 143. Treutlen County in 12th District. Sec. 2. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be and the same are hereby repealed. Approved August 18, 1919. DOCUMENTARY EVIDENCE, WITHDRAWAL OF, AND SUBSTITUTION OF COPIES. No. 328. An Act to authorize and empower parties to cases tried in the courts of this State to withdraw from the court and record of cases, after verdiets are rendered or a mistrial is declared therein, all original deeds, maps, blueprints, notes, papers and documents introduced in evidence on the trial, and to substitute therefor verified copies thereof in the record when required by the 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, parties interested and participating in the trial of all

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cases tried in the courts of this State are hereby authorized and empowered, on the order of the court trying the case, to withdraw from the court and record of the case all original deeds, maps, blueprints, notes, papers and documents belonging to them and which are introduced in evidence on the trial, or substituting therefor, when required by the court, copies thereof, verified as such by such parties or their agents, representatives or attorneys; provided, however, that if any such deeds, maps, blueprints, notes, papers or documents are attacked by any party to the case as forgeries, or as not being genuine originals, it shall be in the discretion of the court to require such originals, deeds, maps, blueprints, notes, papers or documents so attacked to remain on file in the court as a part of the record in the case. Withdrawal of documentary evidence. 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. Appreved August 19, 1919. FISHING, REGULATION AND LICENSING OF. No. 267. An Act to prohibit the use of trawl nets, purse nets or other nets, except hand drawn nets, in the inside salt waters; to define outside salt waters and inside salt waters; to provide for a uniform license for boats and salt water commercial fishermen; to provide for a nonresident license for commercial fishermen and boats; to provide a penalty for violation 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 authority of the same, That from and after the passage of this Act the use of trawl nets and purse nets and all other nets of every description, except hand drawn nets, in the inside

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salt waters of this State, for the purpose of taking fish therefrom, be and the same are hereby prohibited, and the operation of all nets, except hand drawn nets, shall be confined to outside salt waters. Outside salt waters are defined as those waters from the outermost parts of the coast line to the limit of the three-mile jurisdiction, and embrace that part of the Atlantic Ocean under the jurisdiction of the State of Georgia, and all sounds upon the Atlantic Ocean which have a direct outlet to the ocean shall be deemed and held, for the purpose of this Act, as outside salt waters. Inside salt waters embrace all the waters not included in the outside salt waters, and include all the salt-water rivers, estuaries and creeks. For the purpose of this Act boundaries for sounds as described above shall be held to be the same as in the United States Geodetic Survey, known as Bulletin No. 19, and recognized heretofore by a resolution of the General Assembly of the State of Georgia. In all questions of boundaries this chart shall be recegnized as authority for the Game and Fish Department of this State. Fishing with nets other than hand-drawn nets prohibited. Outside salt waters defined. Inside salt waters defined. Sec. 2. Be it further enacted, That any person desiring to take or catch fish from the salt waters of this State for commercial purposes shall first obtain from the Game and Fish Commission a license therefor and said license shall have effect for the remainder of the calendar year in which issued. The fee for such individual license for a resident of the State of Georgia shall be two dollars, and for a non-resident or an alien this fee shall be ten dollars. Said license shall contain the name and post-office address, height, weight, and race of the fisherman, and shall be issued either by the Department of Game and Fish or by the Coast Inspector in the district in which said fisherman is located. License for salt-water fishing. Sec. 3. Be it further enacted, That the following uniform system of licenses for boats in this State shall be established and shall be in lieu of all licenses heretofore charged. That no boat shall engage in commercial fishing in this State without being provided with a license, and

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shall take no individual fisherman upon said boat unless said fisherman be duly licensed. A license fee of five dollars shall be levied on all batteaux, and all boats propelled by sail or power of less than five tons shall pay a license fee of ten dollars; all boats of over five tons shall pay a license fee of two dollars per ton or fraction of a ton thereof. The owner of any vessel desiring to take or catch fish under the provisions of this Act shall first obtain from the Commissioner of Game and Fish a license for said boat; said license shall have effect for twelve months from the first day of the month in which it is issued, and no vessels shall be used for catching fish in the waters of this State, unless so licensed. Each license shall state the name of the applicant, the name of the vessel, and the license, under the provisions of this Act shall not be used except upon vessels so mentioned in said license. Said Commissioner shall have the right to use and expend the moneys received, under the provisions of this Act, for carrying out the provisions of the same, so far as such expenditures may be necessary, and the residue, if any, shall be paid into the Treasury of the State of Georgia, to be applied as other funds of the Game and Fish Department under existing laws. License for fishing boats. Fund from license fees, how applied. Sec. 4. Be it further enacted, That if any person not a citizen of this State shall desire to catch or take fish from any of the waters of this State he shall pay an additional tax of ten dollars, non-resident license on his boat and the non-resident fisherman license of ten dollars on each fisherman so employed. If any citizen of the State of Georgia employs non-resident or alien fishermen, said fishermen shall pay a non-resident license of ten dollars each, license to be issued in the manner heretofore described. Non-resident's license. Sec. 5. Be it further enacted, That after the passage of this Act, so far as the authority of the State shall extend, oysters, clams, and other fish, crabs, shrimp, prawn, turtles, and terrapins and other crustaceans, found in the

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said waters of the State, suitable for food, shall be considered fish. Fish, etc. defined. Sec. 6. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That any person violating any of the provisions of this Act shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction shall be fined not less than twenty-five dollars nor more than one hundred dollars and costs or to serve upon the public works of the county in which convicted for not less than ten days nor more than thirty days. Said fines to be distributed as are other fines under the fish and game laws. Penalty for violation of Act. Sec. 7. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act, and all laws prohibiting the taking of salt water fish than as herein expressed, be and the same are hereby repealed. Approved August 19, 1919. GAME PRESERVE IN APPALACHIAN FOREST RESERVATION. No. 336. A Bill to establish a Game Preserve in Georgia which shall consist of the lands owned by the United States Government in the Appalachian Forest Reservation situated in the several counties of Georgia; and to provide for jurisdiction over same, both by State and Federal Government; to provide laws governing 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 certain lands situated in the several counties of Georgia and bought by the United States Government for the purpose of forming a watershed for our rivers, and known as the Appalachian Forest Reservation, and all lands contiguous thereto hereafter purchased

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for the same purpose during the life of this Act by the United States Government, shall be established as a State Game Preserve, and that this preserve shall be under the concurrent jurisdiction of the United States and the State of Georgia. State Game Preserve. Sec. 2. That after the passage of this Act, and an executive order issued by the United States Government, that this preserve shall be closed for hunting and fishing to all parties except as hereinafter provided. Preserve to be closed 5 years. Sec. 3. That after the executive order has been signed by the officer of the United States Government charged with that duty, this Game Preserve shall be closed for a period of five years, beginning October 1, 1919 and ending October 1, 1924. In this period it shall be unlawful to hunt in any manner in this preserve. That for the purpose of this Act, hunting shall be defined as the pursuit of game either with or without weapons; and that no dogs shall he taken in this preserve for the purpose of training or any other purpose except that of protection. That at the expiration of five years the Game and Fish Commissioner of Georgia and the United States Government may renew this law expiring October 1, 1924, by public notice published in newspapers in each county in which this game preserve is situated, until the next regular session of the General Assembly of Georgia. Hunting defined. Exclusion of Dogs. Renewal on expiration. Sec. 4. That it shall not be lawful to fish in any manner in this preserve except under such regulations as shall be prescribed by the United States Government and the Commissioner of Game and Fish of the State of Georgia, and that every party fishing in this preserve shall secure a permit, the form of which shall be mutually agreed upon by the State of Georgia and the United States Government. Fishing permits. Sec. 5. That employees of the United States Government employed by the Forestry Division, or any other employee of the United States Government charged with the enforcement of game laws, and the game wardens and

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deputy wardens of the State of Georgia, shall be charged especially with the enforcement of this law. Enforcement of this law. Sec. 6. It is expressly enacted that neither the Department of Game and Fish nor the United States Government may make any regulations which shall change the season on game, and provide for a larger bag limit than under the present game laws, and that no season longer in duration shall be provided. Game season not changed, nor bag limit increased. Sec. 7. Any person violating any Section of this law or any regulations publicly printed and promulgated by the Government of the United States and of the State of Georgia shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall be fined not less than ten dollars nor more than one hundred dollars and costs. All fines shall be net to the State of Georgia, and shall include costs, and one-fourth of the fines collected shall be remitted to the State Game and Fish Department, and the other three-fourths shall be paid to the person arresting or causing to be arrested offenders under this Act. Penalty for violation of law. Division of Fines. Sec. 8. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict herewith are hereby repealed. Approved August 18, 1919. GRANT OF LAND IN MILLEDGEVILLE FOR PUBLIC LIBRARY. No. 113. An Act to give and grant to the mayor and aldermen of the City of Milledgeville, Georgia, for the use as a Library Site, a part of the State House Square in the City of Milledgeville, Georgia, providing for the transfer of said site to a Chartered Library Association, or other person or persons, who shall build and conduct a Public Library on said site.

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Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same, That from and after the passage of this Act all that certain part of the State House Square, in the City of Milledgeville, Georgia, beginning at the Northeast Corner of the lot set aside, and now occupied by the Presbyterian Church on said State House Square, and running East along Greene Street Two Hundred feet; Thence South Two Hundred feet Thence West Two Hundred feet; Thence North Two Hundred feet to the starting point is hereby granted to the Mayor and Aldermen of the City of Milledgeville, Georgia, as a site for a Public Library. The said Mayor and Aldermen of Milledgeville, Georgia, is hereby authorized to erect or permit to be erected, on said lot, herein set out and described, a building for Library purposes, and the said Mayor and Aldermen of the City of Milledgeville, Georgia, is hereby authorized, if it becomes necessary, to transfer this right and privilege, of use, occupation and building of a Library Building only, to any Chartered Association, or person, or persons, for the purpose of erecting and operating a Public Library. Part State House Square in Milledgeville for public library. Authority to transfer rights granted. Sec. 2. Be it further enacted, That there shall be a survey and plat showing the exact location of this Two Hundred feet by Two Hundred feet herein granted, said plat shall be recorded in the proper record of the Clerks Office of Baldwin Superior Court, and a copy of said plat so made, filed in the Office of the Secretary of State. Survey and plat; filing and recording. Sec. 3. Be it further enacted, That all laws or parts of laws in conflict with this Act be and they are hereby repealed. Approved August 18, 1919. HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT REORGANIZED. No. 151. An Act to reorganize and reconstitute the State Highway Department of Georgia and to prescribe the duties and powers thereof; to create a system of State-Aid Roads

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and provide for the designation, maintenance, improvement and construction of the same; to create and provide for a State-Aid Road Fund, and for the control and management thereof; to provide for the paving of said State-Aid Roads by the State, or in co-operation with the Counties, or with the United States Government; to provide for assistance to counties upon the public roads thereof, and in retiring county road bonds; to assent to the provisions of the Act of Congress approved July 11, 1916, known as the Act to provide that the United States shall aid the State in the construction of rural post roads, and for other purposes; to provide the right to condemn property for State-Aid Roads in certain cases; and for other purposes. Article One. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same, that the State Highway Department of Georgia, created and provided for by the Act approved August 16, 1916, is hereby reorganized and reconstituted as hereinafter provided, and said reorganized State Highway Department of Georgia shall at once succeed, without interruption, to the duties and powers of the predecessor, not in conflict with this Act; and shall have full power and control in the performance and doing of all the things provided for in this Act. State Highway Department Reorganized. See Ga. L. 1916, p. 125. Article Two. Be it further enacted, and it is hereby enacted by authority of same, That the assent of the State of Georgia to the terms and provisions of the Act of Congress approved July 11th, 1916, known as the Act to provide that the United States shall aid the States in the construction of rural post roads, and for other purposes; is hereby continued; and that the State Highway Department herein provided for shall discharge all of the duties arising under said Act of Congress to be performed by a State Highway Department, and is hereby constituted the proper agency of the State of Georgia to discharge all duties arising under any amendment or amendments to said Act of Congress, or under other Acts of Congress allotting

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Federal funds to be expended upon the public roads of this State. Assent to Federal Law. Article Three. Be it further enacted, and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same; Section 1. That the State Highway Department of Georgia, reorganized and reconstituted hereby, shall consist of the State Highway Board, the State Highway Engineer, and the staff of engineering and office assistants. Highway Department; how constituted. Sec. 2. Paragraph 1. That the State Highway Department shall be managed and controlled by the State Highway Board, which shall consist of three members, appointed by the Governor of this State, one each from the following territorial areas of the State, described below as Divisions One, Two, and Three, to-wit: Division One shall be that area of the State lying south of the parallel of latitude known as thirty-two degrees and five minutes, north latitude; Division Two shall be that area of the State lying between parallels of latitudes known respectively as latitude thirty-two degrees and five minutes and thirty-three degrees and thirty minutes, north latitude; and Division Three shall be that area of the State lying north of the parallel of latitude known as thirty-three degrees and thirty minutes north latitude. Members of Board. Territorial Divisions of Members. Paragraph 2. That the full term of office of said members shall be six years, with initial appointments designated for two, four, and six years, respectively, so that the term of office of one member shall expire every two years. Terms of Members. Paragraph 3. That the chairmanship of the State Highway Board shall vest every two years in that member who is entering his fifth year of service; provided that for the purpose of inaugurating this rotation plan, the member appointed for the two year term shall be the chairman, to be succeeded in office by the appointee for the four year term; and provided further, that the term of office of all initial appointees shall include in addition that fractional part of the year intervening between the date of appointment

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and January first of the next succeeding calendar year, from which latter date the two, four and six-year terms of office shall be reckoned. Chairman. Paragraph 4. That members of the State Highway Board shall hold office until their successors are appointed and qualified; that they shall be paid a per diem of $10.00 per day and actual traveling expenses while engaged in the performance of their duties; that vacancies shall be filled as in the case of the original appointments; and that no member shall hold another office while serving as such member. Tenure Compensation. Vacancies. Not to hold other office. Paragraph 5. That when the chairmanship is made vacant by death, resignation or other permanent cause, the immediate successor to that office under the rotation plan shall assume office and continue therein until the expiration of his term of office as member of the Board. Successor of Chairman. Sec. 3. Paragraph 1. That the State Highway Engineer shall be selected and appointed by the State Highway Board to hold office at the will and pleasure of the Board; provided that said Board may discharge such engineer at any time, with or without cause; that he shall be paid such salary as the Board may determine, and shall be allowed his necessary traveling expenses incurred in the performance of his duties. Engineer. Salary; Expenses. Paragraph 2. That the State Highway Engineer shall sit with the State Highway Board in the transaction of business, but shall have no vote; and that he shall act as the executor of the general orders and policies of the said Board, and be the executive head of the staff of engineering and office employees, with power to employ and discharge the members of said staff, with or without cause. Engineer's Powers. Paragraph 3. That, acting under the rules and regulations of the Board, the State Highway Engineer shall assume full responsibility for the efficient organization and administration of the staff in the performance of the following duties. To supervise, make surveys, plans, and estimates for all road and bridge work under the supervision or control of the State Highway Department, to prepare

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and direct the letting of contracts for construction or maintenance of such roads and the subsidiary structures thereof, when authorized and approved by the Board, to set forth standard methods of construction and tests of materials, to aid and direct county road authorities in county road work, to collect statistics and information in regard to the roads of this State, and useful data concerning highway matters in other states, to publish bulletins, to make tests and experiments upon road building materials, to prepare special and general maps for the information of the Board and of the public; to devise and put in force a proper system of audits and accounts, and to perform such other duties as may be assigned by the Board to carry out the purposes of this Act. Duties of Engineer. Sec. 4. The State Highway Engineer, who shall be an experienced and practical engineer versed and skilled in road and bridge construction and maintenance, shall, before entering upon the discharge of his duties, take and subscribe to an oath to well and truly perform the duties of his office. Qualifications. Oath. Sec. 5. The State Highway Board shall have an attorney to represent said Board in all matters, both at law and in equity, that may arise; to advise said Board in all matters affecting the proper discharge of their duties in the maintenance, improvement and construction of the system of State-Aid Roads herein provided; and to represent said Board in acquiring and condemning property for right of way, and generally to do and perform every act and thing of a legal nature required by said Board. The attorney for said Highway Board shall not be less than 35 years of age, and shall have practiced law in the State of Georgia not less than 10 years, and be of good moral character, and shall be appointed by the Governor of this State for a term of 2 years, and whose appointment shall be confirmed by the Senate, and such attorney shall maintain his office at the seat of the General Offices of the State Highway Board, such attorney to hold office until his successor is appointed and qualified, and who shall receive an annual salary of $4,200. Attorney of Board. Duties. Qualifications. Term. Appointment. Salary.

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Article Four. Be it further enacted, and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same. Section 1. That there is hereby created a system of State-Aid Roads in this State for the purpose of inter-connecting the several county seats of the State, which shall be designated, constructed, improved, and maintained by the State under the State Highway Department, and the provisions of law; and that the term State-Aid Roads shall include the State or interstate bridges and other subsidiary structures necessary or desirable in the construction of said roads. System of State-Aid Roads Created. Bridges, etc., included. Sec. 2. That there is hereby created a State-Aid Road Fund, to be controlled and expended by the State Highway Board as herein provided for, and that said fund shall consist of such moneys as are provided for herein, and as may from time to time be appropriated, or provided for road or highway work by the State of Georgia, or from other sources. State-Aid Road fund. Sec. 3. That all funds realized from motor vehicle licenses or fees under present or future laws, less the expense of collecting the same as provided by law, shall be deposited with the Treasurer of this State, to the credit of and as a part of the State-Aid Road Fund hereinbefore created, and said funds shall be controlled and disbursed under the provisions of this Act. Fees from Motor-Vehicle Licenses. Sec. 4. That the disbursements of the State-Aid Road Fund shall be made upon warrants drawn by the Governor upon bills of particulars and vouchers approved and submitted by the State Highway Department or its duly authorized representative. Disbursements. Article Five. Be it further enacted and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same. Section 1. That the powers and duties of the State Highway Department, to be exercised by the State Highway Board, the State Highway Engineer, and the staff thereof, shall be as follows; To have charge and control of all

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road or highway work designated or provided for, or done by the State or upon the State-Aid Roads; to designate, improve, supervise, construct and maintain a system of State-Aid Roads, provided that no road shall become a part of said system until the same shall be so designated by the State Highway Board by written notice to the county road authorities concerned; to have the control, charge, supervision, and expenditures of all funds now or hereafter appropriated or provided for highway or road work by the State, or which may be a part of the State-Aid Road Fund; to have power to provide for surveys, maps, specifications, and other things necessary in designating, supervising, locating, improving, constructing or maintaining said State-Aid Roads, or such other public roads as may be provided under this Act; to secure consulting advisors in important technical matters, including the qualifications of technical employees; to employ clerical assistance and incur other expenses, including necessary equipment and office rent; to pay the compensation and expenses of all officials and employees of the State Highway Department; and to provide for such other expenses as may come under, or be in harmony with, the provisions of this Act. Powers and Duties of Highway Department. Sec. 2. That immediately after the passage of this Act, the Governor shall appoint the State Highway Board, who shall at once proceed to designate the system of inter-connecting county seat public roads to be known as State-Aid Roads, as comprised under the following provisions: Appointment of Board. Provision 1. Two county seat roads starting from the county seat, shall be so designated in each county; said roads to traverse the county to the county line, and to connect with the designated State-Aid Roads of any adjoining county or counties. County-Seat Roads. Provision 2. Additional main traffic roads may be designated which are necessary to complete the inter-connecting system set forth in Provision 1, where unusual topographic conditions are met with, or to serve important market points, where the county seat to county seat routes involve

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substantial loss of distances; provided no such roads shall be built until the roads provided for in preceding paragraphs have been completed. Additional main traffic roads. Provision 3. In designating and locating the entire system of State-Aid Roads, the effort shall be made to serve as large a territory and as many market points as practicable with the said system, due consideration being given to topographic and construction difficulties, and to secure main trunk line routes through the State; provided that the total mileage to be designated as State-Aid Roads shall not exceed (4,800) forty-eight hundred miles. Purposes. Limit of Total mileage. Provision 4. The State Highway Engineer shall prepare a report or reports, accompanied by maps, setting forth the general routes between county seats of roads recommended for designation as State-Aid Roads, for approval by the State Highway Board, when duly approved by said Board, the said maps shall be filed with the Secretary of State as the authoritive record of such designated State-Aid Roads, and copies shall be furnished to the counties concerned. Report of Engineer. Maps, where filed. Provision 5. That when any portion of the designated State-Aid Road System is taken under the jurisdiction of the State Highway Department by written notice as prescribed in Article 5, Section 1, hereof, the county or counties in which said portion is located shall not thereafter be required to levy taxes for the construction or maintenance of said portion, or to use any of its funds or road forces in the construction or maintenance thereof, provided that the State Highway Department shall defend all suits and be responsible for all damages awarded against any county under existing laws, and whenever the cause of action originates on highways jurisdiction over which shall have been assumed by said Highway Department under the terms of this Act, and provided that any county sued shall voucher said Highway Department to defend such litigation, by furnishing said Highway Department with a notice to defend such suit, to which said notice shall be attached a copy of the declaration served on said county, and provided that said notice shall be given said State

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Highway Department at least ten days prior to the return day on which said suit must be answered, and provided further that said State Highway Department shall have the right and authority to adjust and settle in the name of such county and on its own behalf any claim for damages for which said State Highway Department may be intimately liable under the terms of the preceding proviso. No county tax or expenditure for road, when. Responsibility for damages. Defense to suits; adjustment of claims. Sec. 3. That it shall be the duty of the State Highway Board to institute and carry out efficient and equitable plans for maintenance, for improvement, and for the construction of durable paving on the designated State-Aid Roads, whereby the entire system shall, as rapidly as possible with the funds made available, be prepared for, and receive such type of pavement, known to be durable under heavy traffic, as the State Highway Department shall specify. Paving. Sec. 4. That the division and allotment of the State-Aid Road Fund, or other available funds, shall be annually divided between the twelve Congressional districts as now created, and which shall constitute the road districts, according to the designated mileage of each road district as compared to the total mileage of the designated roads in the whole State, and construction work shall be begun and carried on simultaneously in each and every one of said road districts with the funds annually apportioned thereto. Road districts. Division of road fund. Simultaneous construction, Sec. 5. That the State Highway Board shall have authority to plan and to construct, improve and maintain said State-Aid Roads in any manner they may deem expedient, by free labor, by contracts, or by any other method or combination of methods, in their discretion. In so doing said Highway Board is hereby authorized and empowered to condemn and acquire a right of way not exceeding 100 feet in width for maintaining, improving and constructing said State-Aid Roads. Labor, contracts for construction, etc. Condemnation of right of way. Sec. 5(a). That the State Highway Board may use any of its funds for acquiring or establishing gravel pits, stone quarries, cement factories, and such other factory or thing

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as may be necessary in the economic production of any portion of material required in maintaining, improving and constructing the System of State-Aid Roads herein provided for. Purchase of gravel pits, quarries, factories, etc. Sec. 6. That the respective county road authorities shall furnish, free, to the State Highway Board all necessary rights of way for the designated roads in each county, constituting any portion of the system of State-Aid Roads. Rights of way, counties to give. Sec. 7. That until the construction of the said designated system of State-Aid Roads is completed at least seventy per cent (70%) of all available funds from whatever source composing the State-Aid Fund shall be used for the construction of the actual paving of said State-Aid Roads, or, in lieu thereof, to refund to, or to reimburse counties which have actually constructed a similar road under the specifications and supervision of the State Highway Department as a part of said designated State-Aid Road System, and that the remaining funds, to-wit: thirty per cent, may be used by said Board for the purpose of maintaining, grading and improving State-Aid Roads preparatory to paving the same, in building and maintaining bridges, in assisting counties or other public roads as provided herein, and in paying the expense of the State Highway Department; provided, that the sums to be used for the support of the said Department shall be fixed annually in advance upon a budget sheet submitted by the State Highway Board and approved by the Governor of this State for the fiscal year, beginning on the first day of July, 1919, and for all succeeding fiscal years beginning on the said first day of July in each calendar year thereafter. Paving funds. Budget sheet fiscal year. Sec. 8. That the State Highway Board shall annually submit to the Governor, thirty days prior to the meeting of the General Assembly, a complete annual report of the operations, activities, and also the plans of the State Highway Department for the ensuing year, together with a budget sheet to cover the next fiscal year, and with recommendations bearing upon the work with which the said Department is charged. Report of Governor.

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Article Six. Be it further enacted, and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same, that each and every county within said State, which have heretofore built or which shall hereafter build any portion of the roads within such counties designated by said Board as a portion of said system of State-Aid Roads, with funds secured from the issuance of county bonds or otherwise, under approved plans, specifications and supervision of the State Highway Department, shall be reimbursed in whole for the cost of said roads; provided that before any portion of said State-Aid Road System shall be constructed by any county, projects therefor shall be approved in advance by said State Highway Board by formal action entered upon the minutes, specifically setting forth the agreements; and, provided further, that thereafter said roads as so constructed shall constitute a part of the system of State-Aid Roads and be maintained by said Highway Board as herein provided for and also provided, that no county so constructing any portion of said system of State-Aid Roads shall be repaid any portion of the cost thereof until after the entire system of interconnecting county seat to county seat highways shall be completed. Reimbursement of counties for expenditures. Sec. 2. That it shall be the duty of the county road authorities of this State to submit to the State Highway Engineer full information, on a form prescribed by him, any proposed highway construction involving an amount of $2,000 or more per mile, and any proposed construction of a bridge of a clear span of ten feet or more. Upon the receipt of such information it shall be the duty of the State Highway Engineer to take such steps as he may deem necessary to provide surveys, plans, specifications, estimates, and supervision for the proposed work. All such surveys, plans, specifications, estimates and supervision shall be done under the direction or subject to the approval of the State Highway Engineer, and the Board, and without costs to the county. Information from county authorities. Surveys, plans, etc. Sec. 3. That the State Highway Board, acting for and in behalf of the State, is hereby authorized and empowered to

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sue and be sued, as hereinbefore provided, and not otherwise, to exercise the right of eminent domain in the condemnation of rights of way and property thereon for the use of the system of State Highways, where the county fails to furnish such right of way, and that nothing herein contained shall interfere with the lawful right of counties to condemn for road purposes, even though such condemnation shall be for the establishment of a portion of the system of State-Aid Roads. Power to sue and to condemn rights of way. County's right to condemn. Article Seven. Be it further enacted, and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same, that nothing herein contained shall repeal any criminal law with reference to highways, or the rights or duties of the public with reference thereto, nor shall this Act repeal any other provisions of law whatever except such as are necessarily in direct conflict herewith. Criminal laws, etc., not repealed. Article Eight. Be it further enacted, and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same, that all laws or parts of law in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed. Approved August 18, 1919. ILLITERACY COMMISSION CREATED. No. 342. An Act concerning illiteracy in the State of Georgia, and to provide for the creation of a commission to be known as The Georgia Illiteracy Commission, to provide for the duties and powers thereof, and a fund for the work of the Commission. Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia that there is hereby created a commission to be known as The Georgia Illiteracy Commission. which shall be composed of ten persons, both men and women, including the Governor, the State Superintendent of Schools, who shall be ex-officio members thereof. Said commissioners

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shall be appointed by the Governor of the Commonwealth and shall be selected for their fitness, ability, and experience in matters educational, and their acquaintance with the conditions of adult illiteracy in the State of Georgia and its various communities. Four of said commissioners shall hold office for two years and four for four years from the date of their first appointment by the Governor; after which all of said commissioners shall hold for a period of four years, but the term of two of them shall expire biennially. Any and all vacancies occurring in said commission shall be filled for the unexpired term by the Governor. Said Commissioners, or any of them, may be removed at any time for cause. Georgia Illiteracy Commission, Members ex-officio. Terms. Removal from membership. Sec. 2. The members of said commission and their successors in office shall be and are hereby constituted a body corporate with all the powers necessary to carry into effect all the purposes of this Act. Said commissioners, after their appointment and qualification, shall adopt a seal, and organize by electing from their membership a president, secretary and treasurer to serve for the period of two years, or until their successors are elected and qualified, but the same person may be elected to serve both as secretary and treasurer of the commission; but said secretary and treasurer, whether or not the office be united in one person, shall execute a bond to the Commonwealth of Georgia for the faithful performance of the trusts of their offices, for the proper handling and accounting of all the properties, assets and monies which may come into their hands by virtue of their offices, and in such amount and such form and with such sureties as the commission shall approvo. Said secretary or treasurer may at any time be removed and a successor be appointed by said commission in its discretion. Corporate powers. Officers. Bond. Sec. 3. Said Commission may establish a permanent place for its meetings and shall in such place have an office which shall be kept open at such regular times as the commission may prescribe for the transaction of its business, and a majority of said commission shall constitute a quorum. Meeting place, etc. Quorum.

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Sec. 4. It shall be the duty of said commission and it shall have the power to make researches, collect data and statistics, and procure surveys of any and all communities, districts or vicinities of the State, locking to the obtaining of a more detailed, definite and particular knowledge as to the true conditions of the State with regard to its adult illiteracy, and report regularly the results of its labors to the General Assembly; and to interest persons and institutions in the dispensation of any and all funds and endowments of whatsoever kind which will or may aid in the elimination of the adult illiteracy of the State, and to do or perform any other act which in their discretion will contribute to the elimination of the State's adult illiteracy by means of education, instruction and enlightment; and said commission shall be empowered to receive, accept, hold, own, distribute and expend, to the end of educating, instructing, enlightening and assisting in the education, instruction and enlightenment of illiterate persons in the State of Georgia, any and all funds or other thing of value with which it may be endowed or may otherwise receive; and in the expenditure and disbursement thereof said commission shall be controlled by such expedient and discrect regulations as it may from time to time adopt; provided, however, that any and all funds which may come to the hands of said commission shall be expended in keeping with the general purposes of this Act. Duties. Reports. Authority to use funds, etc. Sec. 5. Said commission shall adopt such rules and regulations as may seem expedient to it for the carrying on of its business in the manner which shall seem to it most systematic and satisfactory. Rules and regulations. Sec. 6. The members of this commission shall receive no compensation for their services, but they shall be reimbursed out of any funds which shall come into the hands of the commission for the use of said commission, for their actual expenses incurred in the performance of their duties, same to be paid monthly, upon vouchers duly approved by the commission, signed by the secretary and countersigned by the president. No compensation for members.

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Sec. 7. The remainder of the funds appropriated to the State Council of Defense and unexpended is hereby made a nucleus for the illiteracy fund. Funds of Council of Defense made nucleus for fund. Sec. 8. Be it further enacted that all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be and the same are hereby repealed. Approved August 18, 1919. MOTOR-VEHICLES; REGISTRATION, LICENSE FEES, FUND FROM FEES. No. 144. An Act to amend an Act known as The Georgia Motor-Vehicle Law, approved November 30, 1915, and as amended by an Act approved August 20, 1918; to prescribe the annual fees for licensing the operation of motor-vehicles and motorcycles, and for licensing dealers in motor-vehicles and the operators thereof; to provide expenses for the enforcement and operation of said motor-vehicle law; to provide for the use of the net proceeds of the funds collected hereunder; 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 6 of the Act approved November 30, 1915, known as The Georgia Motor-Vehicle Law, and as amended by the Act approved August 20, 1918, be and the same is hereby amended by striking out all parts of said Section 6 and substituting therefor the following; Ga. L. Ex. Sess. 1915, p. 107; Ga. L. 1918, p. 200; amendment. Sec. 6. Be it further enacted, That the annual fees for the licensing of the operation of motor-vehicles and motorcycles shall be: For each motorcycle, $5.00. License fees for motor vehicles, etc. For each passenger-carrying motor-vehicle seating ten or more passengers, $75.00. For each passenger-carrying motor-vehicle not exceeding 23 horsepower, $11.25.

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For each motor-vehicle, exclusive of non-passenger- carrying motor-vehicle or truck exceeding 23 horsepower per horsepower,.60. For each non-passenger-carrying motor-vehicle or truck of one ton capacity or less, $15.00. For each non-passenger-carrying motor-vehicle or truck than one and not exceeding one and one-half tons capacity, $22.50. For each non-passenger-carrying motor-vehicle or truck of one and one-half tons and not exceeding two tons capacity, $30.00. For each non-passenger-carrying motor-vehicle or truck of more than two tons and not exceeding two and one-half tons capacity, $37.50. For each non-passenger-carrying motor vehicle or truck of more than two and one-half tons and not exceeding three tons capacity, $45.00. For each non-passenger-carrying motor-vehicle or truck of more than three tons and not exceeding three and one-half tons capacity, $52.50. For each non-passenger-carrying motor-vehicle or truck of more than three and one-half tons and not exceeding four tons capacity, $75.00. For each non-passenger-carrying motor-vehicle or truck of more than four tons and not exceeding five tons capacity, $150.00. For each non-passenger-carrying motor-vehicle or truck of more than five tons and not exceeding six tons capacity, $375.00. For each non-passenger-carrying motor-vehicle or truck of more than six tons and not exceeding seven tons capacity, $750.00. For each non-passenger-carrying motor-vehicle or truck exceeding seven tons capacity, $1125.00. For each motor-vehicle not otherwise classified herein: (a) Not exceeding 23 horsepower, $11.25. (b) Exceeding 23 horsepower, per horsepower,.60.

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Provided, that every person, firm, associaton 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 or make of motor-vehicles manufactured or sold by them, upon blanks prepared by the Secretary of State for such purposes, and pay therefor a fee of Fifty Dollars ($50.00), which fee shall accompany such applications, and for which said fee the Secretary of State shall furnish to said dealers five number plates, to be known as dealers' numbers, and be distinguished from the number plates herein provided for, of a different and distinguishing color to be determined by the Secretary of State. Registration of manufacturers, etc. Fees, registration and number plates. And provided further, That manufacturers and dealers, having obtained their dealers' license and number as herein provided, may obtain additional plates to be made of cardboard of the same size and color as the regular metallic plates, upon which shall be printed the dealers' number, and a space under the dealers' number, said space to be filled by the dealer and loaned to the purchaser of any motor-vehicle, and dated as of date of sale, and to be stenciled with rubber type, This Tag expires 10 days from (herein is placed the date of sale), 1919, or year of sale. That said card or tag is to be used only until purchasers procure their own license numbers as provided in this Act. Tags for purchasers. And provided further, That any person using one or more of these card tags longer than the ten days as provided shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and be fined the of One Hundred Dollars and costs of prosecution. Penalty for use of tag after 10 days. And provided further, That whenever a motor-vehicle or motorcycle is registered on or after the first day of August of any year, the fee of such registration shall be one-half of the amount of the annual registration fee, as then prescribed by law. This amendment not to go into effect until January 1, 1920. Fees for registration after August 1. Sec. 2. Be it further enacted, That Section 19 of the said Act approved November 30, 1915, and amended by

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the Act approved August 20, 1918, be and the same is hereby amended by striking all parts of said Section 19 and substituting therefor the following: Substitute for Sec. 19. Sec. 19. Be it further enacted, That the necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of this law shall be defrayed out of the sums collected thereunder and the amount thereof shall be fixed annually in advance upon an itemized budget sheet submitted by the Secretary of State, thirty days prior to the meeting of the General Assembly, accompanied by an itemized report of the expenditures made for the preceding year, when approved by the Governor of this State; and said expense fund, or so much thereof as shall be needed, shall be drawn upon warrants of the Governor, supported by bills of particulars and vouchers submitted by the Secretary of State; Provided, said expense fund as shown by said approved budget sheets shall be set aside out of the first collections made hereunder in any fiscal year, and provided the sums used to defray said expenses shall not exceed 15 per cent of the total revenue derived under this Act. Expense fund; annual budget sheet. Sec. 3. Be it further enacted that Section 20 of the aforesaid Act approved November 30, 1915, and as amended by the Act approved August 20, 1918, be and the same is hereby amended by striking all parts of said Section 20 and substituting therefor the following: Substitute for Sec. 20. Sec. 20. Be it further enacted, That the full amount of the fees collected under this Act shall be turned into the State Treasury by the Secretary of State within thirty days after collection, in such manner as the State Treasurer may prescribe, and that it shall be the duty of the State Treasurer to set aside from said fees the sum authorized by the budget sheet as prescribed under Section 19 hereof. The remainder of said funds arising under and by virtue of this Act shall be distributed each year by the State Highway Commission among the several counties of this State, according to post-road mileage in each county, and spent by said Highway Commission in the building, repairing and maintaining public roads in each county until December

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31, 1920, at which time said State Highway Commission shall apply said fund to liquidate the bonded indebtedness of said State created to support and build roads therein, and pay the interest on same; but should no such bonded indebtedness be so croated, then said State Highway Commission shall continue to distribute said funds among the several counties as aforesaid, and apply the same as aforesaid, until said bonds are authorized. Fees turned over to State Treasurer. 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, 1919. MUNICIPAL BONDED DEBTS IN CERTAIN CITIES, AUTHORIZATION; VOTE REQUIRED. No. 59. An Act carrying into effect an amendment to the constitution of the State of Georgia submitting to a vote of the people under resolution approved August 19, 1918, same having been duly ratified by a majority of the electors qualified to vote therein, as appears from the proclamation of the Governor on the 27th day of November 1918, said amendment conferring upon municipalities containing 150,000 inhabitants or more the power to incur bonded debts; and for other purposes. Whereas the General Assembly of Georgia, by resolution approved August 19, 1918, provided for the submission to the electors of the State, at a general election to be held in the State of Georgia in 1918, of a proposed constitutional amendment authorizing the General Assembly to confer upon municipalities containing 150,000 inhabitants or more the power to incur bonded debts under the terms of the resolution therein incorporated, and same was so submitted, and same was so approved by the majority of the electors qualified to vote therein, as appears from proclamation

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of the Governor issued on the 27th day of November, 1918, and it is desired to put into effect the provisions of said constitutional amendment as so ratified by the qualified electors of the State of Georgia. Therefore be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same, as follows: Ga. L. 1918, p. 915. Section 1. Municipal corporations of this State having a population of 150,000 or more, according to the census of the United States Government taken in the year 1910, are hereby empowered and authorized to incur a bonded debt or debts for the public purposes of such municipality, the said debt or debts to be incurred for the same purposes and to be secured in the same manner, and to be paid, principal and interest, under the same terms and provisions as now exist for the issuance of bonds for such purposes, provided said issuance is voted affirmatively at a general election held at the same time that the election of the Mayor and General Council of such municipalities is held, by two-thirds of the qualified voters thereof who may vote at said election, said two-thirds to constitute at least a majority of the qualified voters of such municipality. Authority of city to incur bonded debt. Vote required. Sec. 2. That the purpose of this Act is to enable municipalities, having such population, to issue bonds within the limits of the present constitution pertaining thereto, and according to the present regulations protecting such issuance, but without the present constitutional provisions requiring a majority of the registered vote, which majority shall constitute two-thirds of those voting and to substitute in lieu thereof the foregoing provisions under which two-thirds of the qualified voters, whether registered or not, may control the issuance of the bonds, provided, such two-thirds constitute a majority of the qualified voters, such result to be ascertained in the same manner as it was ascertained before registration was provided for, either by statute or constitution. Sec. 3. That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be and the same are hereby repealed. Approved August 12, 1919

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NORMAL AND INDUSTRIAL COLLEGE AT BOWDEN ESTABLISHED AS BRANCH OF STATE UNIVERSITY. No. 69. An Act to establish a Normal and Industrial College as a branch of the State University, to be located at Bowden, Georgia, and to be known as the Bowden State Normal and Industrial College for the education of white male and female students; 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 there shall be established in connection with the State University, and forming one of the departments thereof, a college for the education of white male and female students, to be known as the Bowden State Normal and Industrial College, to be located at Bowden, Georgia, in Carroll County, and said College shall be located, equipped and conducted as hereinafter provided. Bowden College branch of University. Sec. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the Governor of the State of Georgia shall nominate and appoint, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, seven fit and discreet persons to be known as the Board of Directors of the Bowden State Normal and Industrial College, who shall serve without pay except their actual expenses while away from the several places of residence attending the duties of said Board of Directors, which shall be paid by said College. When the said Directors have obtained a transfer of the building and grounds of the Bowden College, located at said town of Bowden in Carroll County, together with all its real estate and building, said transfer to be made to the Trustees of the University of Georgia, then and in such case the said Bowden State Normal and Industrial College shall be and is hereby declared to be a branch college of the University of Georgia, and the provisions of this Act shall be in force and effect, otherwise shall be null and void. In the appointment

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of the said Trustees the Governor shall appoint two from the town of Bowden, one from the County of Coweta, one from the County of Heard and one from the County of Haralson, and two from the State at large, of which Board of Directors two shall be appointed for two years and two for a term of four years, and the other three shall be appointed for a term of six years, and to hold until their successors shall be appointed and qualified. In all cases where there is a vacancy in the Board of Directors or an unfilled place in said Board when the General Assembly is not in session, the Governor shall appoint to fill the vacancy until a regular appointment can be made by the Governor and confirmed by the Senate. Board of directors. Expenses of directors. Act not effective until transfer of buildings and grounds. Vacancies in board. Sec. 3. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That a majority of the Board shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. The said Board shall have power to select from their members or from those who are not members a President and a Secretary, or they may select one person to act as Secretary and Treasurer. Election of president, etc. Sec. 4. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That it shall be the duty of the Governor to convene said Board at the capitol of the State within ninety days after the approval of this Act, when and at which time said Board shall be organized by the election of its officers, but all subsequent meetings shall be by direction of the Board or called by its officers under its rules and regulations. Whenever it is made to appear to the Governor that any member has failed to attend two successive meetings of said Board without rendering an excuse which is satisfactory to and accepted by the Board, it shall be the duty of the Governor to declare his place vacant and to fill this vacancy. Organization meeting. Other meetings. Non-attendance. Sec. 5. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the seven Directors as appointed under the provisions of this Act shall as soon as they organize, proceed to secure the transfer of all the property of the Bowden College to the Trustees of the University of Georgia after the same has been called to meet by the Governor and the

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officers of said Board are elected; and the Governor shall see that the transfer of said property by a proper deed is made to the Trustees of the University of Georgia, and when the same is approved by him, the said property shall be turned over to the Trustees of the University of Georgia, for the use of said Bowden State Normal and Industrial College. Conveyance of property, etc. Sec. 6. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That said College shall be a part of the University of Georgia under the control and management of its Board of Trustees. Said Trustees shall have authority from time to time to add such special features to the College and open such new departments of training and extension therein as the progress and advancement of the times require. They shall also have power and authority to ordain and establish such rules and by-laws for the regulation of said College and the teaching, training and governing of the students, not inconsistent with this Act, as in their opinion may be proper and secure the success of said College. The chancellor of the University of Georgia shall have general supervision of said Bowden State Normal and Industrial College, and its officers shall be selected and their salaries fixed either directly by the Board of Trustees of the University of Georgia or through the Board of Directors as herein provided. Control and management, etc. Powers of Trustees. Supervision by Chancellor. Salaries. Sec. 7. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the Board of Directors hereinbefore provided shall become as soon as said College is turned over to them, to the Board of Trustees of the University of Georgia, a local Board of Directors for the said Bowden State Normal and Industrial College with a right of selection as herein-before provided, and all the powers necessary for the immediate control, supervision and management of said College, subject to the Board of Trustees of the State University, of which body the President of the Board of Directors above mentioned shall be ex-officio a member. Local Board of directors. Powers. Sec. 8. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That said Board of Directors shall have full and ample

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powers, subject to the restrictions and limitations herein made, to establish, and maintain a first-class College for the education of white male and female students. Said College shall have an industrial department in which shall be taught telegraphy, stenography, typewriting, photography, bookkeeping, domestic economy, cutting and making dresses, printing, industrial and decorative art in its practical applications, and such other practical industries as may tend to fit and prepare girls for occupations which are consistent with feminine requirements and modesty. There shall also be a normal department for the thorough training of teachers. No girl shall be allowed to take a course in said College who does not receive instruction in at least one industrial art. Industrial Department. Training of teachers. Sec. 9. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the Board of Directors will appoint a President and Professors of said College, and such other officers as they think proper, and shall make such laws, rules and regulations for the government of said College, its officers, students and employees, as they may deem advisable. They shall divide the course of study and instruction into departments so as to secure thorough education and the best possible instruction, subject to the approval of the chancellor of the University, and which must be approved by him. Said Directors shall regulate the rates of tuition, together with the course of discipline necessary to enforce the faithful discharge of all duties of its officers, professors and students. Appointment of president, etc. Rules for Government. Tuition. Sec. 10. Be it further enacted, That the President of said Board of Directors shall make annually to the Trustees of the University at the regular annual meeting of the said Board of Trustees, a complete statement of the operations of said College during the year, which report shall contain the number of students, their residence, the amount of money paid by each, and an itemized statement of the finances of said institution, as to the receipts and disbursements,

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and give to said Board such other and further information as the Board of Trustees of the University may require of said College as to its work and progress. Annual Reports. 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, 1919. PENSIONS OF BLIND CONFEDERATE SOLDIERS AND WIDOWS OF, INCREASED. No. 365. An Act to amend the law and provide a pension of One Hundred and Fifty Dollars per annum for the totally Blind Confederate Soldiers and the widows of such now on the Pension Roll and to be put on and for other purposes. Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That on and after the passage of this Act, that a pension of One Hundred and Fifty Dollars shall be paid annually to that class of pensioners now on the rolls, and to be put on for total blindness; the provisions of this Act to become operative January 11, [Illegible Text]. Sec Ga. L. 1915, p. 51. Pension increase. 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, 1919. PENSIONS OF EX-CONFEDERATE SOLDIERS AND WIDOWS OF, INCREASED ANNUALLY. No. 288. An Act to provide for an annual increase of the Pension paid by the State of Georgia to the Confederate Soldiers and their widows, 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 1st day of January, 1921, there shall be an annual increase of ten dollars of each pension to be paid to all of said pensioners whose original pensions so paid amounted to fifty dollars and upwards, and an increase of five dollars to those drawing less than fifty dollars, these increases to continue to those now on the rolls, and to be put hereafter on the rolls, until changed by law. Annual increase of pension. Sec. 2. Be it further enacted by authority of the same, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be and the same are hereby repealed. Approved August 18, 1919. PENSIONS OF EX-CONFEDERATE SOLDIERS AND WIDOWS OF, INCREASED; EXTENSION OF ELIGIBILITY. No. 58. An Act to amend an Act of the General Assembly of the State of Georgia approved July 8, 1910 so as to conform to and put in force the amendment of Paragraph 1, Section 1, Article 7, of the Constitution of the State, ratified at the November election of 1918, so as to strike from said Act the property restrictions contained therein and extend the time of marriage of the widows of Ex-Confederate Soldiers from January 1, 1870, to January 1, 1881; 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, that Section 1 of said Act, passed July 8, 1910, be amended by striking the word sixty in the fourth line of said Section, and adding in lieu thereof the words one hundred; and also striking from the eighth line of said

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Section the figures 1870, and adding in lieu thereof the figures 1881; also striking from said Section 1 that paragraph beginning in the tenth line, after the figures 1908: the total value of whose property of any kind and of any description of any value whatsoever, does not exceed Fifteen Hundred Dollars; so that said Section 1 of said Act, when amended as provided by this Act, will read as follows: Ga. L. 1910, p. 37; amendment. Extension of pensions. Repeal of property restriction. That on and after the passage of this Act, a pension of One Hundred Dollars shall be paid annually on the first day of January and before the first day of May to each Ex-Confederate soldier and to the widow of each Ex-Confederate soldier, who was married prior to the first day of January, 1881, who was a bona fide resident citizen of the State of Georgia on the fourth day of November, 1908, who enlisted and was mustered into the organized army of the Confederate States, or of the organized militia of the State of Georgia, and who served as much as six months of actual military service as a soldier and was honorably discharged therefrom. To be read as amended. Increased pension. Sec. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That Section 3 and Section 5 of the said Act of July 8, 1910, that provided for a statement by the applicant for pension of the description of his property and of the value thereof, and how and by whom to be proven, be and the same are hereby repealed. Sections 3 and 5 repealed. 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 and of the Constitutional amendment ratified at the November election of 1918, which form a part of Paragraph 1, Section 1, Article 7, of the Constitution of the State of Georgia, be and the same are hereby repealed. See Ga. L. 1918, pp. 96, 98. Approved August 5, 1919.

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PUBLIC PRINTING, OFFICE OF SUPERINTENDENT OF CREATED. No. 322. An Act to create the office of superintendent of public printing, to prescribe compensation, duties and responsibilities, to provide for appointment of said superintendent of public printing, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That: Section 1. There shall be established in this State an office to be known as the Superintendent of Public Printing, which shall be filled by a practical printer who shall have had at least five years experience as such, who shall be the executive member of the Commission of Public Printing and shall be known as the Superintendent of Public Printing. He shall be appointed by the Governor of the State of Georgia, said appointment to be ratified by the Senate for a term of four years, beginning on the first day of January, 1920, and shall be paid a salary of $3,000.00 per annum. He shall be required to give bond in the sum of $5,000.00 for the faithful performance of his duties. Superintendent of Public Printing. Qualifications. Appointment, term, salary, bond. Sec. 2. It shall be the duty of the Superintendent of Public Printing to act in conjunction with the commissioners of Public Printing and in the manner required by law, let the contract for printing the Acts of Legislature, Journals of the Senate and House, reports of all departments of the Government and such other printing as may be required by law or rules of department. The Commissioners of Public Printing shall, on or about the first day of June, each year, let out to the lowest responsible bidder, experience and facilities possessed at the time of bidding considered, all the printing, binding, ruling, lithographing and engraving required at that time by any department of the State and authorized by law to be done, or required in the execution of any law, and shall give time and place of letting said work by advertisements published every

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other day for two weeks in one newspaper of general circulation published in the City of Atlanta, and in not less than two other daily papers of general circulation published in other cities of the State, reserving in said advertisements the right to reject any or all bids, and shall furnish all bidders, on application, with printed schedules on which to bid on each class of work, specifying in detail the items required in the execution of said work, which bids shall be opened at the time and place named in the advertisements, and in the presence of such bidders as see fit to attend. They may let out the work to different persons and in such lots or portions as they may deem proper. They shall fix the various times for the delivery of such work or portions of same as to them may seem reasonable. In every case they shall require the party or parties undertaking to do the work, or any part thereof, to enter into a written contract, stating distinctly the terms of same, embracing the prices to be paid for composition, press work, folding, stitching, ruling, binding, and all other items in detail, always providing in such contracts that the printing is to be executed in a close and compact form, without unnecessary title pages or useless blank pages, or useless spacing. They shall provide in such contracts that in case the work so contracted for be not completed within the time specified therein they shall deduct and retain from such contract price such per centum thereof for each day or week, if such work is delayed, as they may deem proper, and shall require the person or persons making such contract to enter into a bond with security conditional for the faithful performance and execution of such contract, the penal sum to be fixed and the security to be approved by the Governor of the State, and the form of bond to be prescribed by the Attorney-General. No person shall be received as surety who is interested either directly or indirectly in a contract with the State. Duties. Bids for printing, etc. Advertisement for bids. Contracts. Deductions for delay. Bond of contractor. Surety. Sec. 3. The Superintendent of Public Printing shall supply all the officers, departments, boards and institutions of the State with such printing, stationery, binding, lithographing and engraving, etc., as may be required by them

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from time to time, without advertising for bids, but after having received competitive bids therefor by printers throughout the State as far as practicable, provided that the particular job does not exceed five hundred dollars in cost. He shall also furnish such printing as may be ordered by either House. He shall also cause to be printed all proclamations and advertisements required to be made by said officers; all such work, as far as practicable, to be let to the lowest bidder without advertisement. Stationery, etc., to be supplied by Superintendent. Bids without advertising. Sec. 4. The Superintendent of Printing shall keep a voucher book in which he shall enter all accounts for printing, binding, ruling, lithographing, engraving and advertisements, postage, drayage, expressage, etc., also an order book in which he shall enter the orders for printing, binding, etc., received by him from any department, officer or board of the State, with a brief description of the work, the date on which it was received, when and to what party or parties the work is let; also a contract book in which he shall record all contracts and bonds: also a schedule book exhibiting in detail the cost of all printing, binding, ruling, advertising, postage, drayage, expressage, lithographing, etc., executed for each department, officer or board. Such books shall at all times be open to public inspection. Account books, etc., to be open to public. Sec. 5. The Superintendent of Public Printing shall approve all accounts as correct according to contract, shall present same to the officer, together with all bids received, for whose department the work was done or stationery furnished, and when said officer shall certify said amount as true and correct, the same is to be paid by warrant drawn on the Treasurer by the Comptroller-General. Approval and payment of accounts. Sec. 6. If any officer, department or board report to the Superintendent of Public Printing any failure in the prompt and satisfactory execution of any contract for work done or material furnished, and in any case in which the Superintendent of Public Printing is satisfied that the contracting party or parties have failed to comply with the terms of any contract, it shall be the duty of the Superintendent of Public Printing to re-let said contract in accordance

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with the terms and provisions of this Act, and to bring an action on the bond of the defaulting party or parties for any loss which may have been sustained by the State by virtue of said breach of contract. Non-compliance with contract; reletting; suit on bond. Sec. 7. The Reports of the Supreme Court and of the Court of Appeals shall be printed and supplied as now provided by law, but the Supreme Court Reporter shall file all contracts for the printing of said Reports with the Superintendent of Public Printing, who shall record such contracts as herein provided. Law reports. Sec. 8. All laws and parts of laws now governing the letting of public printing are hereby re-enacted in so far as the same are not in conflict with the terms of this Act. Re-enactment of laws. Sec. 9. All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act, be and the same are hereby repealed. Approved August 19, 1919. REGISTRATION AND VOTING OUTSIDE OF VOTER'S DISTRICT; WHEN ALLOWED. No. 309. An Act to allow a qualified voter to register and vote in a district other than that in which he resides, when the regular voting precinct in such other district is nearer to the residence of such voter than is the regular voting precinct in the district in which such voter resides; to provide how such voter shall register; to repeal conflicting laws. Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That from and after the passage of this Act, it shall be lawful for any qualified voter to register and vote at the voting precinct nearest his residence, though such precinct may be in a district other than that of the residence of such voter. Any qualified voter desiring

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to vote at any precinct other than the one in the district in which he resides, and such precinct is nearer the residence of such voter than the regular voting precinct of his district he may upon registration, register in such other district by making an affidavit that such voting precinct in such other district is the nearest voting precinct to his residence And a voter who is registered in the district of his residence may, by making said affidavit, be transferred to such other district by the registrars; provided he makes said application before the registrars begin the making of the voters list for an election. Provided, further, that nothing in this Act shall be construed to give a voter the right to register, or transfer his registration to a district in any county other than the county of his residence. A voter so registered, shall be entitled to vote in such other district, if qualified in all other respects, upon all matters and elections not confined solely to such other district. Registration, etc., out of district of voter, in certain counties. Affidavit. Time of application for transfer. Sec. 2. This Act shall not apply to a district or districts in which is located any town or city with a population not exceeding ten thousand and in counties having a population of more than 45,000 by U. S. Census of 1910. Counties to which applicable. Sec. 3. Be it enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all laws or parts of laws in conflict with this Act be and the same are hereby repealed. Approved August 18, 1919. REGISTRATION OF BIRTHS, DEATHS, MARRIAGES, AND DIVORCES. No. 218. An Act to amend an Act to provide for the registration of the births and deaths in this State, approved August 17, 1914, by further providing for the appointment of Local Registrar in a District where the office is vacant; providing for the combination of two or more registration

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Districts when necessary to facilitate registration; providing for health officers or other officials to act as local registrars in cities or incorporated towns; and providing for the payment of fees for a fractional part of the year at the discretion of the State Board of Health; and providing for the registration of all marriages and divorces with the State Bureau of vital statistics; and providing an increase of the local registrar's fee 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 three (3) of the Act approved August 17, 1914, providing for the registration of Vital Statistics, be amended by adding: And provided, That the State Board of Health may combine two or more primary registration districts when necessary to facilitate registration, and provided that the State Board of Health shall fill all vacancies that may occur in the office of the local registrar, and shall establish such additional districts and appoint local registrars for such districts, and such appointed registrars shall perform all the duties of a local registrar and receive such fees as are prescribed for local registrars by the State Statutes, and provided that every local registrar shall appoint a deputy local registrar for his district. Such deputy local registrar shall serve when the local registrar is not accessible for purpose of registration. Ga. L. 1914, p. 157; Sec. 3, amended. Districts for registration. Registrars. Fees. Sec. 2. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That Section Four (4) of the Act approved August 17, 1914, providing for the registration of Vital Statistics, be amended by adding: And provided that in any city or incorporated town where the health officers or other officials are in the judgment of the State Board of Health conducting an effective registration of births and deaths, such officials may be appointed by the State Board of Health as local registrars for such cities and towns, and provided that said appointed local registrars shall be subject

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to all the rules and regulations as local registrars otherwise elected or appointed. Sec. 4 amended. Registrars in cities, etc. Sec. 3. Be it further enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same, That Section Five (5) of the Act approved August 17, 1914, providing for the registration of Vital Statistics be amended by adding: And provided that when a dead body is transported from one registration district into another within this State, the removal permit may be accepted by the sexton or person in charge of the cemetery in lieu of a burial permit at the place of burial, subject to local rules and regulations, and provided further that this provision shall not apply to the transportation of the dead body by common carriers, and provided further, that any local registrar in any county in this State shall have authority to issue any burial or removal permit referred to in this Act, or in the Act approved August 17, 1914, as aforesaid. Sec. 5 amended. Permit to transport corpse may be burial permit, when. Sec. 4. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgis and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same, That Section 19 of the Act approved August 17, 1914, providing for the registration of Vital Statistics be amended by striking out the words twenty-five, in line two in the first sentence of Section 19, and inserting word fifty instead thereof, and by adding: And provided that the State Registrar, at the discretion of the State Board of Health, may issue the aforesaid statement at periods of time less than one year, and the County Treasurer shall pay the amounts due when such statement is issued. Sec. 19 amended. Fee for certificate, 50 cents. How paid, Sec. 5. That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be and same are hereby repealed. Approved August 18, 1919. ROAD CROSSING SIGN POSTS. No. 197. An Act to amend an Act entitled An Act to repeal Paragraphs 674 and 675 of the Political Code of Georgia,

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and for other purposes, approved August 19, 1918, by striking all of Section 1, of said Act after the word required at the end of the fifth line of said Section, and by striking Sections 2 and 3 in their entirety, and substituting in lieu thereof the provisions hereinafter set forth; 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 an Act approved August 19, 1918, entitled an Act to repeal Paragraphs 674 and 675 of the Political Code of Georgia, be and the same is hereby amended by striking all of said Section after the word required at the end of the fifth line of said Section of said Act and inserting in lieu thereof the following: Ga. L. 1918, p. 269; amendment. To place and keep at the fork or intersection of each public road in this State in some substantial and conspicuous manner a sign post designating thereon the most public place to which each road directs and the distance thereto, said sign posts shall be six inches by six inches in size and six feet in length, with a cross arm placed six inches from the top of said post, which cross arm shall be two feet in length and six inches in width; said post shall extend four feet above the ground. Said posts and cross arms shall be painted white, and all letters and figures thereon shall be painted black and be not less than two inches in size. Said sign posts shall be uniform in size and designs throughout the State; provided, however, that the provisions hereof shall not apply as to uniformity, color or design in those counties which now have stone or concrete sign posts erected and maintained at the places herein designated, provided that any county may erect stone or cement posts in lieu of the ones hereinbefore described. Sign-posts at cross-roads; what required. Proviso as to stone and cement posts. Sec. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That Section 2 of said Act of August 19, 1918, aforesaid, be stricken in its entirety and the following substitute in lieu thereof, to-wit: Substitute for Sec. 2. That the expense of constructing, placing and maintaining said sign posts in accordance with the provisions of

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this Act shall be paid by the several counties out of their respective county treasuries upon warrants drawn and duly approved by the proper county authorities. Expense, how paid. Sec. 3. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That Section 3 of said Act approved August 19, 1918, aforesaid, be stricken in its entirety and the following substituted in lieu thereof, to-wit: Substitute for Sec. 3. That upon the failure of the county authority or authorities charged with the execution of this Act to comply with the terms hereof within twelve months after the approval of this Act, they shall be subject to a fine of not less than One Hundred ($100.00) Dollars and not more than Five Hundred ($500.00) Dollars, to be collected by rule in the Superior Court at the instance of any citizen or taxpayer of such county, and which fine shall be paid over to the county, to the credit of the county road fund of such county. Fine for non-compilance. 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 18, 1919. SALARIES OF STENOGRAPHIC REPORTERS OF CERTAIN JUDICIAL CIRCUITS. No. 329. An Act to regulate the salaries of Stenographic Reporters of all Judicial Circuits of this State, having, or that may hereafter have, therein a city with a population of not less than 65,000 nor more than 100,000 inhabitants, and for other purposes. Section 1. Be it enacted, That from and after the passage of this Act the compensation of the Stenographic Reporter in all the Judicial Circuits which are now, or may hereafter be established in this State, having therein a

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city with a population of not less than 65,000 nor more than 100,000 inhabitants shall be the sum of two hundred and fifty dollars per month, such compensation to be in full for all services of any kind properly chargeable to the counties in which said cities are located, and to be paid out of the Treasury of such counties as other court expenses are paid. Salaries in circults with city of 65,000 to 100,000. 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 18, 1919. SALARY OF COMMISSIONER OF COMMERCE AND LABOR. No. 1. An Act to amend the Act of the General Assembly creating the Department of Commerce and Labor, approved August 21, 1911, and an Act amendatory thereof, approved August 18, 1913, so as to fix the compensation of the Commissioner of Commerce and Labor at $3,600.00 per annum. 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 7 of the above described Acts be amended by striking out the words twenty-four hundred in said Section and substituting therefor the words thirty-six hundred, so that said Section when amended shall read as follows: Section 7. The Commissioner shall receive a salary of thirty-six hundred dollars per annum; the Assistant Commissioner eighteen hundred dollars per annum; and the chief clerk and stenographer fifteen hundred dollars per annum; and eighteen hundred dollars per annum shall be allowed for the incidental expenses of said Department, including the actual traveling expenses of said Commissioner, Assistant and Chief Clerk, while traveling

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for the purpose of collecting information and statistics as provided in this Act. Salary of $3,600. 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 23, 1919. SALARY OF COMMISSIONER OF GAME AND FISH. No. 140. A Bill to amend an Act of the General Assembly creating the Department of Game and Fish, approved August 21, 1911, and an Act amendatory thereof, approved August 21, 1916, so as to fix the compensation of the Commissioner of Game and Fish at $3,600.00 per annum. 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 2 of the above described Acts be amended by striking out the words two thousand dollars in said Section and substituting the following words Thirty-six hundred dollars; so that the said Section when amended shall read as follows: Salary of $3,600. Section 2. Said Commissioner shall receive a salary not exceeding $3,600.00 per annum, payable alone out of the fund hereinafter mentioned, and provided by virtue of this Act, and he shall give his entire time to the service of the State as such Game and Fish Commissioner. Sec. 2. Be it further enactod that all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act shall be and the same are hereby repealed. Approved August 15, 1919.

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SALARY OF COMMISSIONER OF PENSIONS: SALARIES OF CLERK AND STENOGRAPHER OF. No. 27. An Act to fix the salaries of the Commissioner of Pensions, and of the Clerk and Bookkeeper and Stenographer, to do the clerical work in the Pension Department, and 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 the authority of the same, That on and after the passage of this Act, the annual salary of the Commissioner of Pensions shall be Four Thousand Dollars per annum, paid monthly. Salaries. Commissioner, $4,000. Sec. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the annual salary of the Clerk and Bookkeeper shall be fixed at Eighteen Hundred Dollars and paid monthly. Clerk, [Illegible Text]. Sec. 3. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the annual salary of the Stenographer shall be Fifteen Hundred Dollars and paid monthly. Stenographer, $1,500. 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 5, 1919. SALARY OF COURT OF APPEALS SHERIFF. No. 64. An Act to fix the salary of the Sheriff of the Court of Appeals. Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, That from and after the passage

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of this Act the Sheriff of the Court of Appeals shall receive for his services a salary of Twenty-four Hundred Dollars per annum, payable quarterly on warrant from the Governor to the State Treasurer. Salary of $2,400. Sec. 2. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be and the same are hereby repealed. Approved August 7, 1919. SALARY OF DRUG INSPECTOR (CHIEF). No. 142. An Act amending an amendment to an Act creating the office of Drug Inspector, his appointment, duties, etc. An Act approved August 18, 1908, and amended August 19, 1911. Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia and it is hereby enacted, That Section two (2) of said Act is amended by striking out in line nine (9) of said Section the words Twenty-Five Hundred Dollars, and in lieu thereof inserting the words, Three Thousand Dollars, so that when said Section is amended it will read as follows: The salary of the Chief Drug Inspector shall not exceed the sum of Three Thousand Dollars per annum. Salary of $3,000. 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 15, 1919. SALARY OF FOOD INSPECTOR (CHIEF). No. 317. An Act to amend an Act approved August 13, 1910, amending an amendatory Act amending the Act approved August 17, [Illegible Text], [Illegible Text] an Act to prevent the adulteration,

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misbranding and imitation of food for man and beast, and for other purposes, by striking therefrom the words Twenty-Five Hundred, and substituting in lieu thereof the words Three Thousand; 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 an Act approved August 13, 1910, amending an amendatory Act amending the Act approved August 17, 1908, entitled an Act to prevent the adulteration, misbranding and imitation of food for man and beast, and for other purposes, be and the same is hereby amended by striking the words Twenty-Five Hundred therefrom, and substituting in lieu thereof, the words Three Thousand; so that said Section of said Act when so amended shall read as follows: Salary of $3,000. The Commissioner of Agriculture is authorized to appoint, by and with the advice and consent of the State chemist a chief food inspector for the State, who shall receive a salary not to exceed three thousand dollars per annum, and actual expenses while discharging his duty. His whole time shall be at the disposal of the Commissioner of Agriculture, and his duty shall be to travel about the State as directed, and take samples of such articles as directed, and forward them to the Department of Agriculture for scientific examination and analysis. Sec. 2. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be and the same are hereby repealed. Approved August 18, 1919. SALARY OF INSURANCE CLERK. No. 57. An Act to amend Act No. 51, approved August 22, 1907, by inserting in line five of Section 1 the words twenty-four in lieu of the word eighteen and by

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inserting in line six of Section 1 the word twelve in lieu of the word six; so that said Section when amended shall read as follows: Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by authority aforesaid, That from and after the passage of this Act, the salary of the insurance clerk of the Comptroller-General's office shall be raised to twenty-four hundred dollars per annum, and that twelve hundred dollars of said amount shall be paid out of insurance fees. Salary of $2,400. Sec. 2. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be and the same are hereby repealed. Approved August 11, 1919. SALARY OF INSURANCE DEPARTMENT CLERK (ADDITIONAL CLERK). No. 179. An Act to increase the salary of the Additional Clerk of the Insurance Department authorized by the Act of 1912, and for other purposes. Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same, That from and after the passage of this act the salary of the Additional Clerk in the Insurance Department authorized by Section 1 of the Act known as the General Insurance Act, approved August 17, 1912, shall be increased five hundred dollars per annum, said increase to be paid out of Insurance Fees. 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 15, 1919.

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SALARY OF KEEPER OF PUBLIC BUILDINGS. No. 343. An Act to fix the salary of the Keeper of Public Buildings and Grounds at $2,500.00 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 the salary of the Keeper of Public Buildings and Grounds shall be the sum of $2,500.00 per annum. Salary of $2,500. Sec. 2. Be it further enacted that all laws and parts of laws in conflict with the same be repealed. Approved August 18, 1919. SALARY OF SECRETARY OF PRISON COMMISSION. No. 177. An Act to fix the salary of the Secretary of the Prison 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 the Secretary of the Prison Commission shall be paid the sum of Two Thousand Five Hundred ($2,500.00) Dollars each year as a salary for the performance of the services required of him by law. Salary of $2,500. Sec. 2. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be and the same are hereby repealed. Approved August 15, 1919.

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SALARY OF SUPERINTENDENT OF GEORGIA TRAINING SCHOOL FOR GIRLS. No. 346. An Act to amend an Act entitled An Act to establish an institution to be known as the Georgia Training School for Girls, and for other purposes, approved August 19, 1913, by amending Section 4 of said Act by striking therefrom the words at a salary of not more than ($1,500.00) per annum, and substituting therefor at a salary to be fixed by said Board of Managers. Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of same, That the words at a salary of not more than $1,500.00 per annum, in Section 4 of the Act creating the Georgia Training School for Girls, approved August 9, 1913, be stricken therefrom, and in lieu thereof the words at a salary to be fixed by the said Board of Managers of the said institution be inserted. Salary limit repealed. Amount to be fixed by Board. Sec. 2. All laws and parts of laws in conflict with the foregoing are hereby repealed. Approved August 19, 1919. SALARY OF SUPREME COURT SHERIFF. No. 95. An Act to fix the salary of the Sheriff of the Supreme Court. 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 shall receive for his services a salary of twenty-four hundred dollars per annum, payable quarterly on warrant from the Governor to the State Treasurer. Salary of $2,400.

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Sec. 2. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be and the same are hereby repealed. Approved August 13, 1919. SALARY OF TAX COMMISSIONER; REPEAL OF PROVISION FOR STENOGRAPHER. No. 196. An Act to amend Section 11 of the Act approved August 14, 1913, so as to increase the salary of the State Tax Commissioner, making appropriation therefor, and striking therefrom a stenographer at salary of $1000.00; and for other purposes. Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted, That Section 11 of the Act known as the Tax Equalization Act, approved August 14, 1913, be amended as follows: By striking from lines 14 and 15 of said Act as published in the Georgia Laws of 1913, page 130, the words `twenty-five hundred dollars,' and inserting in lieu thereof the words `four thousand dollars.' Salary of Commissioner, $4,000. Sec. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the sum of $570.00 be appropriated for the purpose of paying the increased salary of the State Tax Commissioner provided for in Section 1 of this Act, for the remainder of the year 1919, from August 13, 1919, to January 1, 1920. Appropriation. Sec. 3. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That said Section be further amended by striking the words in line 19 of said Act beginning with the word and and the following words in said sentence of said Act as follows: And a stenographer at a salary of one thousand ($1000.00) dollars per annum. Repeal of salary of stenographer. Sec. 4. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed. Approved August 14, 1919.

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SCHOOL CONSOLIDATION; AID FOR CONSOLIDATED SCHOOLS, FROM STATE FUND. No. 334. A Bill to be entitled an Act to aid in the establishment and maintenance of one or more consolidated public schools in each county of the State; to fix the standards for same, and for other purposes. Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That beginning with the year 1920 the State Superintendent of Schools shall set aside one hundred thousand ($100,000.00) dollars or so much thereof as may be necessary from the funds derived from the rental of the Western and Atlantic Railroad, to aid in the establishment and maintenance of consolidated schools in every county of the State. Where the county authorities by combining smaller schools, in whole or in part, into a consolidated school with at least four teachers, and where evidence of this fact is furnished by the county Superintendent and Board of education, the State Superintendent of Schools shall be authorized to transmit five hundred ($500.00) dollars annually towards the support of this school. If, in addition, the local school authorities provide for a standard four-year high school, one thousand ($1000.00) dollars in addition shall be given from the funds before mentioned, which shall be used to aid the local authorities in payment of the salaries of the principal and at least one assistant high-school teacher. $100,000 a year from rental of W. A. Railroad, for consolidated schools. $500 to school, when. $1,000 added, when. Sec. 2. Such funds for the promotion and aid of consolidation and high-school education shall not be sent to two schools in the same county until all the other counties in the State have had the opportunity for this aid, nor shall it be expended in counties in which are located any of the District Agricultural Schools. Excepted schools and counties. Sec. 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 18, 1919. SCHOOL FUND; HALF OF REVENUES OF STATE TO BE USED FOR COMMON SCHOOLS. No. 259. An Act to provide a certain amount of the income of the State, arising from all sources of taxation, for the support of the common schools of the State and for other purposes. Section 1. Be it enacted by the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same, That from and after January 1, 1922, 50 per cent of all revenues received by the State from all sources of income or taxation shall be used and expended for the support and maintenance of the common schools of Georgia for the year in which said income and taxes are due and payable. Half of State's revenue after Jan. 1, 1922, to be used for common schools. Section 2. Be it further enacted by authority of the same, That all laws or parts of laws in conflict herewith are hereby repealed. Approved August 19, 1919. SCHOOL LAWS, CODE OF. No. 217. An Act to codify the school laws of the State of Georgia, in compliance with the provisions of the Act entitled An Act to empower the State Superintendent of Schools, the Attorney-General, the Chairman of the Senate and House Committees on Education to codify the school laws, and for other purposes, approved July 20, 1918; to revise the school laws of the State: to

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provide for a State Superintendent of Schools, State Board of Education, a State Board for Vocational Education, County Superintendent of Schools, County Board of Education, Supervisors of Schools and Institutes, an Auditor, a Secretary and Executive Agent of the State Board of Education, and other officers; to provide the method of their selection, their duties, powers and compensation; and for other purposes. ARTICLE VII * * NOTE BY COMPILER.The word Article, where used in the body of this Act (following provisions from the Constitution) is taken from the Code of Georgia. (See marshal references to Civil Code and Penal Code of [Illegible Text], and [Illegible Text] Code.) The word Section, in the body of the Act, when not used to designate a numbered paragraph in which it appears, is taken from the Code, where it refers to a larger subdivison [Illegible Text] with the same word, or to the original Act. SECTION 1. Section 1. Paragraph 1. The powers of taxation over the whole State shall be exercised by the General Assembly for the following purposes only: Provisions of the Constitution. For the support of the State government and the public institutions. For educational purposes, in instructing children in the elementary branches of an English education only. SECTION 2. Sec. 2. Paragraph 3. No poll-tax shall be levied except for educational purposes, and such tax shall not exceed one dollar annually upon each poll. SECTION 6. Sec. 3. Paragraph 2. The General Assembly shall not have power to delegate to any county the right to levy a tax for any purpose, except for educational purposes; to build and repair the public buildings and bridges, to maintain and support prisons; to pay jurors and coroners, and for litigation, quarantine, roads and expenses of courts; to support paupers and pay debts heretofore existing; to pay the county police, and to provide for necessary sanitation.

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ARTICLE VIII. SECTION I. Sec. 4. Paragraph 1. There shall be a thorough system of common schools for the education of the children, as nearly uniform as practicable, the expense of which shall be provided for by taxation, or otherwise. The schools shall be free to all children of the State, but separate schools shall be provided for the white and colored races. SECTION II. Sec. 5. Paragraph 1. There shall be a State School Commissioner, elected by the people at the same time and manner as the Governor and State-house officers are elected, whose term of office shall be two years, and until his successor is elected and qualified. His office shall be at the seat of the government, and he shall be paid a salary not to exceed two thousand dollars per annum. The General Assembly may substitute for the State School Commissioner such officer or officers as may be deemed necessary to perfect the system of public education. SECTION III. Sec. 6. Paragraph 1. The poll-tax, any educational fund now belonging to the State (except the endowment of, and debt due to the University of Georgia) a special tax on shows and exhibitions and on the sale of spirituous and malt liquors, which the General Assembly is hereby authorized to assess, and the proceeds of any commutation tax for military service, and all taxes that may be assessed on such domestic animals as from their nature and habits, are destructive to other property are hereby set apart and devoted for the support of common schools. SECTION IV. Sec. 7. Paragraph 1. Authority may be granted to counties, militia districts, school districts and to municipal corporations, upon the recommendation of the corporate authority, to establish and maintain public schools in their

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respective limits by local taxation; but no such laws shall take effect until the same shall have been submitted to a vote of the qualified voters in each county, militia district, school district, or municipal corporation and approved by two-thirds majority of persons voting at such election, and the General Assembly may prescribe who shall vote on such questions. SECTION V. Sec. 8. Paragraph 1. Existing local school systems shall not be affected by this Constitution. Nothing contained in the first Section of this Article shall be construed to deprive schools in this State, not common schools, from participation in the education fund of the State, as to all pupils therein taught in the elementary branches of an English education. STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION. Sec. 9. MEMBERS. APPOINTMENT. QUALIFICATIONS. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, that there shall be a State Board of Education composed of six members, as follows: The Governor, the State Superintendent of Schools, and four other persons, who shall be appointed by the Governor of the State, two for two years and two for four years, their terms of office thereafter to be for four years each, or until their successors are appointed and qualified. At least three of said appointees shall be men of practical experience in teaching schools and of high standing in educational work, having at least three years practical experience as a teacher in the schools of Georgia, and being thoroughly conversant with the operation of rural schools. Should a vacancy occur at any time in said Board it shall be filled by the Governor; provided, that the nomination of the Governor for membership on the State Board of Education shall be subject to confirmation by the Senate, and provided further, that an appointment made when the Senate is not in session shall be effective until the Legislature convenes and acts on the appointment

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No person who is now or has been connected with or employed by a school book publishing concern shall be eligible to membership on said State Board of Education, and if any person shall become so connected or employed after becoming a member of said Board his place on said Board shall become vacant. Park's Code, 1565(a). Board of Education. Terms. Qualifications. Ineligibility. Sec. 10. OATH OF MEMBERS AND MEETINGS OF BOARD. COMPENSATION. The said Board of Education shall take oaths of office and enter upon the discharge of their duties immediately after their appointment. They shall meet in the office of the State Superintendent of Schools. The Governor shall preside over their body as Chairman of the Board when it is practicable for him to be present, but when he cannot be present, they shall select their chairman and proceed with their business whenever a majority of the Board is present. The Board shall meet at least quarterly in regular session and at any other time when an emergency arises, and they shall be called together by the Governor of the State or State School Superintendent. The four appointees shall receive as compensation for their services $250.00 per annum each, which shall be paid out of the State Treasury on the warrant of the Governor and be allowed their actual traveling expenses in going and returning to their homes, upon submitting a sworn itemized statement, accompanied by proper vouchers, and not otherwise. The total expenses for the four appointees shall not exceed $200. See Park's C., 1565(b) Chairman. Times of Meeting Componsation. Limit of Expenses. Sec. 11. POWERS AND DUTIES OF BOARD. The State Board of Education shall provide rules and regulations for the supervision of all schools in the State. They shall provide the course of study for all common and high schools of the State receiving State aid, they shall select and make out a list of text-books to be taught in said schools, which can be changed only every five years; unless the peculiar conditions of any county or community demand certain changes, in which case, the County Board, together with the County Superintendent, shall make application to the State Board suggesting such changes and

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give for their reasons therefor, whereupon if the Board sees proper, their request shall be granted, provided, this clause shall in no way affect the present State adoption of books. The Board of Education shall be the final court of appeal to hear and decide all matters which have been appealed from the State Superintendent of Schools. They shall determine the necessary office force of the State Superintendent of Schools, and shall fix the compensation of the same. See Park's C. 1565(c). Rules, etc., see 22 Ga. App. 77. Change of Text-Books, when made. Appeals to Board. Sec. 12. SCHOOL DISTRICTS, DISTRIBUTION OF SCHOOL FUND AND NORMAL INSTRUCTION. Each county in the State shall constitute a school district and the public school funds shall be apportioned among the several districts by the State Board of Education as now provided by law. They shall also provide for normal instruction of teachers in each of the districts, either by institutes or otherwise. They shall have power to compel the attendance of teachers upon such normals and institutes, to provide penalties for non-attendance, to provide for the examination of the teachers of said State, and to grant licenses to those that are qualified who desire a State or special license Park's C. 1565(d). Each County a District. Instruction of Teachers. Licenses. Sec. 13. AN ADVISORY AND APPELLATE BODY. The State Board of Education shall constitute an advisory body, with whom the State School Superintendent shall have the right to consult when he is in doubt as to his official duty, and also a body in the nature of a court to which appeals shall be made from the decisions of the State School Superintendent upon any question touching the construction or administration of the school laws, and the decision of the State Board shall be final and conclusive. Appeals to the State Board must be made through the County Superintendent in writing, and must distinctly set forth the question at law, as well as the facts, in the case upon which the appeal is taken. Upon any question involving the construction or administration of the school laws, the concurrence of a majority of the whole Board shall be necessary in order to give validity to the decision. C. C. 1436. Appeals, how made. Decisions. Sec. 14. INVESTIGATION OF HIGHER INSTITUTIONS OF

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LEARNING. No charter giving the right to confer degrees or issue diplomas shall be granted by any proposed institution of learning within the State of Georgia until the proper showing has been made to the State Board of Education that the proposed University, College, Normal or Professional School shall give evidence of its ability to meet the standard requirements set up by the State Board of Education. Investigation before grant of charter. Sec. 15. GIFTS FROM OR OFFER OF GIFTS BY SCHOOL-BOOK PUBLISHERS OR THEIR AGENTS. No member of the State Board of Education or any appointees of said Board or any other person or persons that has the authority of selecting or in any way aiding in the selection of school books for the schools of Georgia shall not for themselves or any members of their respective families receive any gifts, compensation or remuneration of any kind from any school-book publishing house, corporations. individuals, or the agents or representatives of either, nor shall any person, publishing house or corporation engaged in publishing or the sale of school books offer to any of said Board or their families or appointees any gift, compensation or remuneration, directly or indirectly. Any person violating the provisions of this Section shall be guilty and punishable for a misdemeanor. Should any of the aforementioned publishing houses, corporations or persons engaged in publishing or selling school books offer to any of the aforementioned officers, their families or appointees, any such compensation, remuneration or reward of any kind, it shall be their duty to report the same to the grand juries of their respective counties, and on failure or refusal to do so, they or either of them so failing or refusing shall be guilty and punishable for a misdemeanor, and such officers on conviction thereof shall be removed from office. See Park's C. 1565 (aa). Favors to members, etc., by book dealers. Penalties. Sec. 16. SCHOOL-BOOK COMMISSION CREATED. The State Board of Education is the School-book Commission of the State of Georgia. The members of the said School-book Commission shall serve without compensation, the Governor shall be president and the State School Superintendent

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shall be the executive officer of said School-book Commission. See C. C. 1437. School-Book Commission. Sec. 17. OATH OF OFFICER. Before transacting any business relating to the duties of this Commissioner, they shall each take an oath before some person authorized to administer same, to faithfully discharge all the duties imposed upon them as members of the said School-book Commission, and that they have no interest, direct or indirect, in any contract that may be made under this article, and will receive no personal benefit therefrom. C. C. 1438. Oath. Sec. 18. UNIFORM TEXT-BOOKS PRESCRIBED. A Uniform series of text-books shall be used in all the common schools of this State, to be adopted in the manner and for the time hereinafter provided, which uniform series of books shall be in use in all the common schools of this State, and shall include the following elements of an English education only, to-wit: Orthography, reading, writing, arithmetic, geography, English language lessons, English grammar, history of Georgia, containing the constitution of the State of Georgia, history of the United States, containing the constitution of the United States, physiology and hygiene, the elementary principles of agriculture and civil government, and such other branches of study in addition to the above-mentioned as may be from time to time provided by statute and not conflicting with the constitution of this State, provided that none of said text-books so adopted shall contain anything of a partisan or sectarian character; and provided, that no county, city or town that levies a local tax for the purpose of maintaining a system of graded schools which local tax, together with the State fund, is sufficient to maintain said system of graded schools, for as long a period as eight months in each year, shall be included in the provisions of this Article, but if the [Illegible Text] constituted authorities in charge of any local system in this State should desire to use any of the books selected by said School-book Commission, the local system shall have the privilege of buying the books at the same price and on the

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same terms at which they are furnished to the common schools of the State. C. C. 1439. Text-Books to be uniform. Subjects of books. See Penal C. 697. Books not to contain anything partisan or sectarian. Books for local systems. Sec. 19. ADDITION TO THE STATE COURSE OF STUDY. Health and bygiene and special instructions as to the nature of alcoholic drinks and narcotics; the elements and principles of agriculture; the elements of civil government shall be taught in the common or public schools of Georgia as thoroughly and in the same manner as other like required branches, and the Board of Education of each county and local system of this State shall adopt proper rules to carry the provisions of law into effect. See C. C. 1464-5. Hygiene, Agriculture, Civil Government, etc. Sec. 20. FURTHER DUTIES OF THE COMMISSION. The School-book Commission shall consider the merits of the books, taking into consideration the subject matter, the printing, binding and material and mechanical qualities and their general suitability and desirability for the purposes intended and the price of the books, and they shall give due consideration and weight to the reports and recommendations of the sub-commission; provided, that no text-book, the subject-matter of which is of inferior quality, shall be adopted by the School-book Commission. The School-book Commission shall select and adopt such books as will, in their best judgment, accomplish the ends desired. See C. C. 1443, selection of books. Sec. 21. BIDS, ADVERTISEMENTS, TERMS. The School-book Commission shall meet in the office of the State Superintendent not later than September 1, 1903, and advertise in such manner and form as they may deem best, that, at a time to be fixed by the Commission to be named in the advertisement, and not later than November 1, 1903, the School-book Commission will receive at the office of the State School Superintendent in the City of Atlanta, sealed bids or proposals from the publishers of school books for furnishing books to the public common schools of the State of Georgia through agencies established by said publishers in the several counties and places in counties in the State, as may be provided for in such regulations as the School-book Commission may adopt and prescribe. The

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bids or proposals shall be for furnishing the books specified for a period of five years, and no longer. The bids or proposals shall state specifically and clearly the retail price at which each book will be furnished, and also the exchange price for the introduction of such books. Each bid or proposal shall be accompanied by specimen copies of each bid and all books to be furnished in said bid; and it shall be required that each bidder shall deposit with the Treasurer of the State of Georgia a sum of money such as the School-book Commission may require, of not less than five hundred dollars, according to the number of books each bidder may propose to supply, and such deposit shall be forfeited absolutely to the State if the bidder shall fail or refuse to make and execute such contract or bond as is hereinafter required within such time as the School-book Commission may require, which time shall not be later than January 1, 1904, and shall also be stated in the advertisement. All bids shall be sealed and deposited with the State Superintendent of Schools, to be by him delivered to the School-book Commission when they are in executive session for the purpose of considering the same, when they shall be opened in the presence of the School-book Commission; provided, that the School-book Commission shall have authority, upon the acceptance of any bid and the execution of any contract to furnish school books under the provisions of this Article, to allow such time, after January 1, 1904, as may be deemed by the Commission reasonable and necessary (not more than sixty days), to the contractor making such bid or contract, within which to furnish to all the schools of this State coming under the provisions of this Article, with all the books contracted to be furnished. C. C. 1444. bids to furnish books. Sec. 22. BIDS MAY BE REJECTED. The School-book Commission shall have and reserve the right to reject any and all bids or proposals if the Commission be of the opinion that any or all bids should, for any reason, be rejected, and in case they fail from among the bids or proposals submitted to select any book or books upon any of the branches of study provided for in this Article they may re-advertise for sealed bids or proposals under the same terms and

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conditions as before and proceed in their investigation in all respects as they did in the first instance and as required by the terms and provisions of this Article. Sec. C. C. 1445. Rejection of bids. Re-advertising. Sec. 23. ADOPTION. It shall be the duty of the School-book Commission to meet at the time and place noted in said advertisement and take out the specimen copies submitted and upon which bids are based. It shall be the duty of the School-book Commission to open and examine all sealed proposals submitted and received in pursuance of the notice provided for. It shall then be the duty of the School-book Commission to examine and consider carefully all such bids or proposals, and determine, in the manner provided in this Article what book or books upon the branches herein above-mentioned or that hereafter may be added by the School-book Commission, or that may be hereafter provided for in this Article, shall be selected and adopted, taking into consideration the size, quality as to subject-matter, material, printing, binding, and the mechanical execution and price and the general suitability for the purposes desired and intended. Sec. C. C. 1446. Examination of bids, etc. Sec. 24. NOTICE TO PUBLISHER, AND THE CONTRACT. After such adoption shall have been made, the said School-book Commission shall, by registered letter, notify the publishers or proposers to whom contracts have been awarded, and it shall then be the duty of the Attorney-General of the State to prepare the contract or contracts in accordance with the terms and provisions of this Article, and the contract shall be executed by the Governor and attested by the Secretary of State with the seal of the State attached upon the part of the State of Georgia, and shall be executed in triplicate, one copy to be kept by the contractor, one copy by the School-book Commission, and copied in full upon the minute-book of the Commission, and one copy to be filed in the office of the Secretary of State. C. C. 1447. Contract by Governor. Sec. 25. BOND TO BE GIVEN BY THE CONTRACTOR. At the time of the execution of the contract the contractor shall enter into a bond in the full sum of not less than one thousand dollars nor more than twenty thousand dollars,

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payable to the State of Georgia, the amount of the bond within said limits to be fixed by said School-book Commission, conditioned upon the faithful, honest and exact performance of the contracts, and shall further provide for the payment of reasonable attorney's fees in case of recovery on any suit upon the same, with three or more good and solvent sureties, actual citizens and residents of the State of Georgia, or any guarantee company authorized to do business in the State of Georgia may become the surety on the bond; and it shall be the duty of the Attorney-General to prepare and approve the bond, provided, however, that the bond shall not be executed in a single recovery, but may be sued upon from time to time, until the full amount thereof shall be recovered; and the School-book Commission may, at any time, by giving thirty days' notice, require additional security or additional bond within the limits prescribed. C. C. 1448. Bond of Contractor. Sureties. Suit on bond. Sec. 26. DEPOSITS BY BIDDERS. FORFEITURES, AND RECOVERY ON BONDS. When any persons, firm or corporation shall have been awarded a contract and submitted therewith the bond as required hereunder, the School-book Commission through its secretary, shall so inform the Treasurer of the State, and it shall then be the duty of the Treasurer of the State, to return to such contractor the cash deposit made by him; and the School-book Commission, through its secretary, shall inform the Treasurer of the State of the names of the unsuccessful bidders or proposers, and the Treasurer of the State shall, upon receipt of this notice, return to the unsuccessful bidders or proposers the amount deposited in cash by the unsuccessful bidders or proposers at the time of the submission of their bids. But should any person or persons, firm, company or corporation fail or refuse to execute the contract and submit therewith his bond as required within thirty days of the awarding of the contract to him and the mailing of the registered letter containing the notice (and it is hereby provided that the mailing of the registered letter shall be sufficient evidence that the notice was given and received), the cash

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deposit shall be deemed and declared forfeited to the State of Georgia and it shall be the duty of the Treasurer to place the cash deposit in the Treasury of the State to the credit of the school fund, and provided, further, that any recovery had on any bond given by any contractor shall [Illegible Text] to the benefit of the school fund of the State, and when collected shall be placed in the Treasury to the credit of the school fund and be pro-rated among the several counties of the State. C. C. 1449. Bidder's deposit return of. Forfeiture of deposit. Sec. 27. SUIT ON BOND, HOW BROUGHT. And in case any contractor shall fail to execute specifically the terms and provisions of his contract, the School-book Commission is authorized, and directed to bring suit upon the bond of such contractor for the recovery of any and all damages, the suit to be in the name of the State of Georgia and the recovery for the benefit of the public school fund. C. C. 1450. Recovery on bond. Sec. 28. CONTRACT MAY BE CHANGED. But nothing in this Article shall be construed so as to prevent the School-book Commission, and any other contractor agreeing thereto, from in any manner changing or altering any contract, provided four members of the State School-book Commission shall agree to the change and think it advisable and for the best interest of the public schools of the State. In all other matters a majority of said School-book Commission shall control. C. C. 1451. Change of Contract. Sec. 29. STATE NOT LIABLE TO CONTRACTOR. It shall be always a part of the terms and conditions of any contract made in pursuance of this Article that the State of Georgia shall not be liable to any contractor in any manner, for any sum whatever; but all such contractors shall receive their pay or consideration in compensation solely and exclusively derived from the proceeds of the sale of books, as provided for in this Article. C. C. 1452. Payment to contractor for books. Sec. 30. STANDARD OF BOOKS. The books furnished under any contract shall be equal in all respects to the specimen or sample copies furnished with the bids; and it shall be the duty of the State Superintendent of Schools to preserve

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in his office, as the standards of quality and excellence to be maintained in such books during the continuance of such contract, the specimen or sample copies of all books which have been the basis of any contract, together with the original bid or proposal. C. C. 1453. Books must be equal to sample. Sec. 31. PRICES OF BOOKS. It shall be the duty of all contractors to print plainly on the back of each book the contract price as well as the exchange price at which it is agreed to be furnished, but the books submitted as sample or specimen copies with the original bids shall not have the price printed on them before they are submitted to the Commission, and the School-book Commission shall not in any case contract with any person, publisher or publishers for the use of any book or books which are to be or shall be sold to patrons for use in any public school in this State at a price above or in excess of the price at which such book or books are furnished by said persons, publisher or publishers under contract to any State, county or school district in the United States under like conditions prevailing in that State and in this Article; and it shall be stipulated in each contract that the contractor is not now furnishing, under contract, any State, county or school district in the United States where like conditions prevail as are prevailing in this State and under this Article, the same book or books as are embraced in said contract at a price lower or less than the prices stipulated in the said contract, and that in case said contractors shall hereafter during the term of the contract, contract to furnish, or furnish, to any State, county or school district such book or books at a lower price than that named in the contract, such lower price shall become the price of such book or books under the contract entered into with the said School-book Commission, and the said School-book Commission is hereby authorized and directed at any time they find that any books are being sold at a lower price, under contract, to any State, county or school district aforesaid to sue upon the bond of the contractor and recover the difference between the contract price and the lower price at which they find the books are being sold. C. C. 1454. Prices to be printed on books, when. Prices not to exceed those charged elsewhere. See Penal C. 698. Suit for excess in price.

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Sec. 32. EXCHANGE OF BOOKS AND PRICE. The said School-book Commission shall stipulate in the contract for the supplying of any book or books, as herein provided, that the contractor or contractors shall take up the school books now in use in this State and receive the same in exchange for new books at a price not less than fifty percent of the contract price, but the exchange period shall not extend beyond the limit of one year from the time of the expiration of contracts existing in counties in which such change shall be required under this Article. And each person or publisher making any bid for the supplying of any books hereunder shall state in such bid or proposal the exchange price at which such book or books shall be furnished. C. C. 1455. Exchange of books. Sec. 33. PROCLAMATION ANNOUNCING CONTRACTS. As soon as the Commission shall have entered into a contract or contracts for the furnishing or supplying of books for use in the public schools, it shall be the duty of the Governor to issue his proclamation announcing such fact to the people of the State. C. C. 1456. Proclamation as to contract. Sec. 34. DEPOSITORY AND DISTRIBUTION OF BOOKS. The party or parties with whom the contract or contracts shall be made shall establish and maintain in some city in this State a depository where a stock of their books sufficient to supply all the immediate demands shall be kept. They shall also establish and maintain not less than one nor more than three agencies in every county in the State as the State School-book Commission shall deem advisable and demand, for the distribution of the books to the patrons; but the contractor shall also be permitted to make arrangements with merchants or others for the handling and distribution of the books. Any party not living conveniently near an agency or county depository may order any books desired from the central depository direct, and it shall be the duty of the contractor to deliver any books so ordered to the person so ordering to his post-office address, freight, express, postage or other charges prepaid, at the retail contract price, provided, that the price of the book or books

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so ordered shall be paid in advance. All books shall be sold to the consumer at the retail contract prices, and on the cover of each book shall be printed the following: The price printed hereon is fixed by a State contract, and any deviation therefrom shall be reported to your county School Superintendent or to the State School Superintendent at Atlanta; and should any party contracting to furnish books as provided for in this Article fail to furnish them, or otherwise breach his contract, in addition to the right of the State to sue on the bond herein above required, the County Board of Education may sue in the name of the State of Georgia in any court having jurisdiction and recover on the bond of the contractor the full value of the books so failed to be furnished for the use and benefit of the school fund of the county; provided, that the right of action given to the County Board of Education shall be limited to breaches of the contract committed in that county. C. C. 1457. Agencies for distribution of books. Prices. Excessive price. Suit by County Board on breach of contract. Sec. 35. POWERS OF COMMISSION. The School-book Commission may from time to time make any necessary regulations not contrary to the provisions of this Article, to secure the prompt distribution of the books herein provided for and the prompt and faithful execution of all contracts; and it is expressly now provided that said Commission shall maintain its organization during the five years of the continuance of the contract, and after the expiration of the same to renew such of them as they deem advisable, or re-advertise for new bids or proposals as required by this Article in the first instance, and enter into such other contracts as they may deem for the best interest of the patrons and the public schools of the State; provided, that any contract entered into or renewed shall be for a term of five years. C. C. 1458. School-book commission, powers of. Contract to be for 5 years. Sec. 36. SUPERINTENDENT TO ISSUE CIRCULAR LETTER. As soon as practicable after the adoption provided for in this Article the State School Superintendent shall issue a letter to each County Superintendent and City Superintendent in the State, and to such others as he may desire to

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send it, which letter shall contain a list of books adopted, the prices, location of agencies, method of distribution and such other information as he may deem necessary. C. C. 1459. Notice as to books adopted etc. Sec. 37. BOOKS TO BE USED. The books adopted under the provisions of this Article shall be used to the exclusion of all others on the same subject in all the public common schools in the State; provided, that supplementary readers may be used in any of the common schools of the State, but even supplementary readers shall not be used until after the regular readers prescribed have been completed, and in no case shall supplementary readers be used to the exclusion of the regular readers adopted under this Article. C. C. 1460. Exclusion of other books. See Penal C. 696. Sec. 38. PENALTIES FOR VIOLATING PROVISIONS OF THIS ARTICLE. If any County School Superintendent fails or refuses to enforce the provisions of this Article, said county shall receive no part of the public school fund of the State until the provisions of this Article have been complied with. Any teacher of a public common school violating the provisions of this Article shall not receive any salary so long as he shall fail to carry out said provisions. C. C. 1461. Penalties. Sec. 39. ADOPTIONS; TERMS OF CONTRACT. The adoptions made under the provisions of this Article shall continue for five years from the first day of January, 1904, and any adoption of books made after this time shall terminate with all other adoptions on the first day of January, 1904, and all contracts for school books made by County Boards of Education now existing and extending beyond the first of January, 1904, shall not be affected by this Article, but no new contracts shall be made by any County Board of Education, or by the Board of Education of any city or town in this State, except the Boards of Education in Georgia having under their control a system of graded schools in part supported by local taxation and maintained for at least eight months in each year. C. C. 1463. Term of adoption. New Contracts. Sec. 40. FURNISHING BOOKS AND SUPPLIES. BOOKS, HOW PURCHASED, SOLD, OR FURNISHED FREE. All Boards of Education of counties, cities, local school systems, separate

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school districts, and district agricultural schools, shall adopt all school books required by the course of study in their schools, other than the regular basal elementary school books provided for by the uniform text-book law, Section 1437 et seq., from an approved list issued by the State Board of Education; and shall purchase, and in their discretion may sell, rent or furnish free all school books to pupils attending their schools, and for that purpose may use such part of the school funds, or any other funds coming into their hands, as may be necessary for the purchase of such books. Ga. L. 1916, p. 104. Purchases by local boards. Books may be sold, rented, or furnished free. Sec. 41. FILING OF COPIES AND LIST OF Books WITH PRICES. All publishers of school books, or persons desiring to offer school books, other than those basal elementary text-books provided for under the uniform text-book law, Section 1437 et seq., for the use of pupils in the public schools of Georgia, as hereinafter provided, shall file in the office of the State Superintendent of Schools a copy of each book proposed to be offered, together with the list price as shown by the publisher's catalogue, and such books shall be approved and placed upon a list issued by the State Board of Education, provided the persons or publishers offering said books comply with the provisions of this Section, and then they may be legally adopted and purchased by any public school authorities. No revised or different edition of any such book shall be used in the public schools of Georgia unless a copy of such edition has been filed in the office of the State Superintendent of Schools, together with the publisher's list thereof. The State Superintendent of Schools shall carefully preserve in his office the sample copies of all such books filed and approved by the State Board of Education, and the prices thereof. See Ga. L. 1916, p. 105. Publishers to furnish, copies of books and list prices, when. See original Act where the word Act is used instead of Section. Sec. 42. SWORN STATEMENT TO BE FILED. Each publisher of any such book filed shall also file in the office of the State Superintendent of Schools a sworn statement giving the net wholesale price at which each book is sold anywhere in the United States; the said sworn statement shall also give the list price and the lowest exchange price

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given anywhere in the United States when old books on the same subject and of like kind and grade, but of a different series, are received in exchange. Ga. L. 1916, p. 105. Publisher's sworn statement as to prices. Sec. 43. BOND OF PUBLISHER, AMOUNT AND CONDITION. Each publisher shall file with the State Superintendent of Schools a bond payable to the State of Georgia, with some surety company authorized to do business in the State of Georgia, as surety thereon, in a sum to be determined by the State Superintendent of Schools, said sum being not less than one thousand ($1,000.00) dollars, nor more than five thousand ($5,000.00) dollars, according to the number of books filed; the bond to be conditioned as follows: First, that the publisher will furnish any of the books listed in said statement, and in any other statement subsequently filed by him within five years, to the Board of Education of any county, city, local school system, separate school district, and district agricultural school in the State of Georgia at the lowest net wholesale price contained in said statement, which price shall not exceed the lowest price the publisher has made elsewhere in the United States, and that he will maintain said price uniformly throughout the State of Georgia on the books filed under the provisions of this Section. Second, that the publisher will reduce such price automatically to the State of Georgia whenever reductions are made elsewhere in the United States, so that at no time shall any book so filed and listed be sold to school authorities in Georgia at a higher net price than is received for such book elsewhere in the United States; and that upon failure or refusal of publisher to make such reduction all contracts for such book or books shall become null and void. Third, that all such books offered for sale, adoption or exchange in the State of Georgia shall be equal in quality to these filed in the office of the State Superintendent of Schools, as regards paper, binding, print, illustration, subject matter, and all other particulars that may affect the value of such school books. Fourth, that the publisher shall not enter into any understanding, agreement, or combination to control the prices or restrict competition of the sale of school books in the State of Georgia. See Ga. L. 1916, p. 106. Publisher's bond, conditions of.

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Sec. 44. APPROVAL OF BOND AND A NEW BOND AFTER FIVE YEARS. Such bond shall be approved by the Attorney-General, and shall continue in force for a period of five years after its filing, at or before the expiration of which period a new bond shall be given, or the right to continue selling such text-books in the State of Georgia shall be forfeited. Ga. L. 1916, p. 106. Term of bond. Sec. 45. STATE SUPERINTENDENT TO SEND OUT LIST OF Books. The State Superintendent of Schools shall, within thirty days after the filing of such text-books and bond for same, send out a list of such books to the Superintendent of Schools, and the Chairman of the Board of Education of each county, city, local school system, separate school district, and district agricultural school in the State, and the State Superintendent of Schools shall, on or before January 1, 1917, and on or by the first day of January of each following year, publish and send to the Superintendent of Schools and the Chairman of the Board of Education of each county, city, local school system, separate school district and district agricultural school, a printed copy of all such lists then in force in his office. Ga. L. 1916, p. 107. Book lists to be sent out by Superintendent. Sec. 46. FORFEITURE BY PUBLISHER ON FAILURE OF DUTY. If any publisher shall comply with the foregoing Sections and then fail or refuse to furnish such books to the Board of Education of any county, city, local school system, separate school district, or district agricultural school, upon the terms herein provided, said school authority shall at once notify the State Superintendent of Schools of such failure or refusal, and he shall at ence cause an investigation of such charge to be made. If the State Superintendent of Schools finds such charge to be true, he shall at once notify such publisher and notify the Superintendent of Schools and the Chairman of the Board of Education of each county, city, local school system, separate school district and district agricultural school in the State of Georgia that such books shall not thereafter be adopted or purchased by any of the public school authorities in the State. Said publishers shall forfeit and pay to the State

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of Georgia the sum of one hundred ($100.00) dollars for each failure or refusal to furnish said book or books, to be recovered in the name of the State of Georgia in an action to be brought by the Attorney-General in any proper court, the amount when collected to be paid into the Treasury to the credit of the common school fund of the State of Georgia. Ga. L. 1916, p. 107. Publisher failing to furnish books. Penalty. Sec. 47. LOCAL BOARD'S DUTY AS TO SELECTING Books. The Board of Education of each county, local school system, separate school district, and district agricultural school in the State of Georgia, at a regular meeting to be held between the first Monday in January and the first Monday in August of each year, shall adopt text-books for use in the schools under its control until a complete list of text-books covering the entire course of study has been adopted. A majority vote of the membership of any board shall determine which of said books have been selected and adopted by said Board of Education, no book shall be changed, nor any book substituted therefor, for a period of five years after the date of its adoption, as shown by the official records of the board, provided that any such school text-books as may be in use in the public schools of Georgia when this Section goes into effect may be continued at the pleasure of the authorities in charge of such schools, but that when said books are changed or other books substituted, the books adopted shall be used for a full period of five years. This Section shall not affect any existing contracts for text-books now in force in this State. See Ga. L. 1916, p. 108. Selection by local board. Sec. 48. PURCHASES AND PAYMENT FOR Books ORDERED. FREE BOOKS AND RENTAL. All text-books adopted as provided for in this Section shall be bought by the various school authorities direct from the publishers at the price listed with the State Superintendent of Schools. That the Board of Education of each county, city, local school system, separate school district, and district agricultural school, shall, at a regular meeting cause to be ascertained the number of each of such books adopted as the schools under its charge require. The secretary of each Board of Education

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shall order the books so agreed upon direct from the publishers, who, on receipt of such order, shall ship the books as directed without delay. It shall be the duty of the secretary, or other person named by the board for such purpose, to examine the books when received, and if found to be correct and in accordance with order, a warrant, payable out of the school fund or any fund the board may have on hand, for the proper amount, shall be issued and remitted to the publisher within thirty days. Each Board of Education shall pay all charges for transportation of the books. It shall be the duty of each Board of Education to make all necessary provisions and arrangements to place the books so purchased within easy reach and accessible to all the pupils in the school under its control. For this purpose each Board of Education may make contracts, and take, such security as it deems necessary, for the custody, care and sale of such books, and accounting for the proceeds. The proceeds from the sale or rental of said books shall be paid into the public school fund of the board. The Board of Education may also contract with the local or retail dealers to sell the books to the pupils and patrons of the schools, at prices to be specified by the said board, each board being responsible to the publishers for all books purchased by it. All orders for books under this Section shall be made by a duly authorized agent of the Board of Education and billed by the publisher to the Board of Education. That nothing in this Section shall prevent the Board of Education of any county, city, local school system, separate school district, or district agricultural school, from furnishing free text-books to the pupils in the schools under its control, or from buying books and renting them to the pupils in the schools under its control. Ga. L. 1916, p. 108. Purchases, how made. Payment. Sale or rental to pupils, etc. Free books. Sec. 49. RETAIL PRICES OF Books LIMITED. No retail dealer selling said school text-books as the agent of any school shall sell the same at a greater price than the price agreed upon between such dealers and said school authorities; provided, that in no case shall books be sold to the school children at a price to exceed fifteen per cent (15 per cent) advance on the wholesale price of such books. Ga. L. 1916, p. 109. Retail price.

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Sec. 50. SECOND-HAND Books; WHEN PURCHASED. When pupils remove from any county, city, local school system, separate school district, or district agricultural school, and have text-books of the kind adopted in said school, and not for the kind used in the school to which they remove, and wish to dispose of them, the Board of Education of the school from which they remove, if requested, shall purchase such books at a fair value thereof, and resell to other pupils. Ga. L. 1916, p. 109. Second-Hand books. Sec. 51. PAYMENT FOR VOTE OR INFLUENCE FORBIDDEN, No publisher of school text-books, nor agents of such publisher, shall offer or give any emolument, money, or other valuable thing, or any inducement, to any member or any Board of Education or school official connected with any of the public schools of Georgia, for his vote, or for the use of his influence for the adoption of any school text-book to be used in any of the public schools of this State, nor shall any member of any Board of Education or school official connected with any of the public schools of Georgia, accept any emolument, money, or other valuable thing, or any other inducement, from any publisher, or agent of any publisher, for his vote or promise to vote, or for the use of his influence for the adoption of any school text-books, provided, that nothing in this Section shall be construed to prevent any person, publisher, or publisher's agent from sending a reasonable number of sample copies of school text-books to any member of a local Board of Education or school official for examination of such book or books before the adoption of books, as provided for in this Section, and nothing shall be construed to prevent such member of a Board of Education or school official from receiving such sample copies. See Ga. L. 1916, p. 110. Bribery. Sec. 52. PENALTY FOR VIOLATION. Any publisher of school text-books, or agent of such publisher, or any member of any Board of Education or public official in the State of Georgia, who violates any of the provisions of this Section, on conviction thereof shall be punished as for a misdemeanor; and any member of a Board of Education

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or public school official shall, in addition, be removed from his official position. Any retail dealer of school text-books acting as agent for any Board of Education who violates any of the provisions of this Section shall, upon conviction, be punished as for a misdemeanor. See Ga. L. 1916, p. 110. Penalty. Sec. 53. NON-REPEAL OF CERTAIN LAWS. This Section shall not be construed to repeal directly or indirectly the present law as to adoption of basal elementary books by the State Board of Education for the Public Schools of Georgia. See Ga. L. 1916, p. 110. Laws not repealed. STATE SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT, HIS POWERS AND DUTIES. Sec. 54. SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT. The State School Superintendent shall be elected by the people at the same time and in the same manner as the Governor and Statehouse officers are elected. A suitable office shall be furnished him at the seat of government. He shall be charged with the administration of the school laws, and general superintendence of the business relating to the common schools of the State. He shall prescribe suitable forms for the reports required of subordinate school officers and blanks for their guidance in transacting their official business, and shall from time to time prepare and transmit to them such instructions as he may deem necessary for the faithful and efficient execution of the school laws; and by what is thus communicated to them they shall be bound to govern themselves in the discharge of their official duty; provided, there shall always be an appeal from the State School Superintendent to the State Board of Education. C. C. 1466. Superintendent, election of, Duties. Sec. 55. QUALIFICATIONS OF SUPERINTENDENT. To render a person eligible to hold the office of State Superintendent of Schools he shall be a man of good moral character, of high educational standing, have had at least three years' practical experience as a teacher, or in lieu thereof shall have a diploma from a reputable college or normal school, or shall have had five years' experience in the actual

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supervision of schools, and be at least thirty years of age. Park's C. 1565(b). Qualifications. Sec. 56. BOND AND OATH OF SUPERINTENDENT. Upon entering upon the discharge of his official duties, the State Superintendent of Schools shall give bond in the penal sum of ten thousand ($10,000.00) dollars to the State of Georgia, with some approved surety company which shall be acceptable to the Secretary of State, conditioned that he will truly account for and apply all money or other property which may come into his hands in his official capacity for the use and benefit of the purposes for which it is intended, and that he will faithfully perform the duties enjoined upon him by law. He shall take and subscribe an oath to diligently and faithfully discharge the duties of his office. The bond with certified endorsement thereon, shall be filed with the Secretary of State, the premium charged for said bond shall be paid out of the Treasury of the State. Park's Codo, 1565(f). Bond. Sec. 57. SECRETARY AND AGENT OF BOARD. The State Superintendent of Schools shall be the Secretary and Executive Agent of the State Board of Education, for which services he shall receive two thousand five hundred ($2,500.00) dollars annually. See Park's C. 1565(g). Salary as secretary of board. He is also member of the State Board for Vocational Education, and is a member of the State Geological Board, State Board of Health and of the Budget and Investigation Committee by Acts of 1894, 1903 and 1917. He shall also be an ex-officio member of the Board of Trustees of each elecmosynary, corrective or educational institution to which public funds are appropriated. Ex-officio member of other boards, etc. Sec. 58. DUTIES. The State Superintendent of Schools shall carry out and enforce all the rules and regulations of the State Board of Education and the laws governing the schools of the State receiving State aid; he shall from time to time make such recommendations to the State Board as may effect the welfare and efficiency of the public schools throughout the State; he shall have authority to suspend

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a county superintendent of schools for incompetency, willful neglect of duty, misconduct, immorality or the commission of crime involving moral turpitude; providing of course, that all of his acts in this matter shall be subject to the approval of the State Board of Education and the party so suspended may appeal his case to the State Board, whose decision shall be final. Park's C. 1565(i). Additional duties. Authority to suspend county superintendent. Sec. 59. TO VISIT THE SEVERAL COUNTIES. It shall be the duty of the State School Superintendent to visit, as often as possible, the several counties of the State for the purpose of examining into the administration of the school law, counseling with school officers, delivering popular addresses, inspecting school operations, and of doing such other acts as he may deem to the interest of popular education. C. C. 1467, Visits. Sec. 60. MISAPPLICATION OF SCHOOL FUNDS. It shall be the duty of the State Superintendent of Schools, in addition to the powers already granted, that in the event of a misapplication of any of the funds apportioned to any of the institutions of learning or schools receiving State aid he shall at once proceed to recover the same by the institution of proper procedure in the courts of competent jurisdiction after demand is made upon the party misapplying the funds to settle same. Should it become necessary to procure additional legal services other than that of the Attorney-General, the Governor is authorized to procure special or local counsel and arrange to pay for the recovery of said funds, such fee out of the funds collected as is usual and customary in the locality where the suit is instituted. Park's C. 1565(1). Suit for misapplied funds. Counsel. Sec. 61. ANNUAL REPORTS. The State School Superintendent shall make an annual report to the General Assembly, in which he shall present a statement of the condition and amount of all funds and property appropriated to the purpose of public education; a statement of the number of common public schools of the various grades in the State; the number of scholars attending such schools, their sex,

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color, and the branches taught; a statement of the average cost per scholar of instruction under the common school system in each county; a statement of the plans for the management, extension and improvement of the common schools; a statement of the number of children of school age in the State, with as much accuracy as the same can be ascertained; also, a statement of the number of private schools and colleges of the different kinds in the State; the number of pupils in such schools or colleges; their sex, the branches taught, the average cost of tuition per scholar in said schools and colleges. See C. C. 1473. Reports to General Assembly. Sec. 62. TO PREPARE TEXT ON CIVICS. The State Superintendent of Schools is required to prepare with necessary assistance, a text-book on Civil Government and have it printed and sold to the schools at cost. Ga. L. 1918, p. 919. Book on Civics. Sec. 63. DISBURSEMENT OF SCHOOL FUNDS. It shall be the duty of the State School Superintendent to disburse the common school fund in the following manner: He shall, annually, apportion equitably, the State school revenue to the different counties, and independent local systems of the State, upon the basis of the aggregate of children between six and eighteen years of age inclusive in each county. See C. C. 1468. Apportionment of funds. Sec. 64. STATE SCHOOL SUPERVISORS. The State Superintendent of Schools shall have the power, with the consent and approval of the State Board of Education to appoint three State School Supervisors, whose professional qualifications shall be the same as State Superintendents, who shall act under the direction of the State Superintendent of Schools and fill the place of the experts provided for in the Acts of 1891, which were amended in 1892 and 1893. The salaries paid these Supervisors shall be fixed by the State Board of Education and shall not exceed three thousand dollars each per annum, together with necessary traveling expenses; provided, the same shall not exceed three thousand ($3,000.00) dollars. The Supervisors shall keep itemized statements of their expenses, which shall be sworn to monthly and approved by the State Superintendent of Schools and be paid out of the State Treasury. It shall be

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especially the duty of these Supervisors to act as instructors of institutes to give State normal instruction and training as the State Superintendent may direct in each county; to grade the papers of applicants for professional certificates or State licenses and to aid generally in supervising, systematizing and improving the schools of the State under the direction of the State Superintendent of Schools. See Park's C. 1565(j) Supervisors. Salaries and expenses. Duties. Sec. 65. AUDITOR. The State Superintendent of Schools, with the advice and approval of the State Board of Education, shall appoint one person who shall be a competent and experienced bookkeeper and accounted at a salary of not more than three thousand dollars per annum, together with his actual traveling expenses, whose duty it shall be to thoroughly audit and check the books and accounts of the County Superintendents and Treasurers of local school systems, of municipal systems, of the State University and all its branches, including the District Agricultural Schools, the State College of Agriculture, Technological Schools and all other schools receiving State aid and making regular and annual reports to the State School Superintendent, showing the amount received, for what purpose received, and for what purposes expended. All such funds held by officials must be kept in banks separate from their individual bank accounts. He shall be allowed his traveling expenses from itemized statements sworn to, as the Supervisors are allowed theirs in the Section 1565-J, provided the total expenses shall not be more than $1,000 per annum. See Park's C. 1565(k). Auditor. Salary. Duties. Traveling expenses. Sec. 66. SALARY OF CLERK, ASSISTANTS. The State School Superintendent shall be entitled to receive for his services the sum of two thousand dollars annually, in quarterly installments. All his necessary traveling expenses incurred in the performance of his official duties, and all postage and other expenses absolutely necessary arising in his office, shall be paid by the State. He shall also be entitled to employ one clerk and secretary and such other assistants as may be necessary in the judgment of the State Board of Education, to aid him in his official duties. His

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clerk shall receive an annual salary not exceeding two thousand dollars, to be paid quarterly. The secretary shall receive an annual salary of eighteen hundred dollars. The salaries and other expenses named in this Section shall be paid out of the State School fund on executive warrant. It shall also be the duty of said Superintendent to keep an itemized account of all expenses connected with his department, which accounts shall be audited by the State Board of Education. See C. C. 1476. Salary of superintendent. Expenses. Clerk's salary. Secretary's salary. Accounts. Sec. 67. SCHOOL YEAR COINCIDENT WITH CALENDAR YEAR. Beginning with January 1, 1895, and continuing thereafter, the school year shall be coincident with the calendar year, to-wit: From January 1 to December 31, thereafter, and the State School Superintendent shall, on or before the first Tuesday in December each year beginning in 1894, or as soon thereafter as practicable, make an estimate of the entire common school fund for the State for the next succeeding school year, and shall at once communicate in writing to the County School Superintendent of each county the amount of money that will be payable to his county; and on the first Tuesday in January in each year, or as soon thereafter as practicable, each County Board of Education shall meet and make the necessary arrangements for placing the schools in operation for the next school year, and shall have full authority in their discretion either to fix salaries for the payment of teachers, or to pay them according to the enrollment or attendance; provided, that nothing in this Article shall be construed to affect the right of the respective counties of the State to select the time of operating their schools, which shall be left entirely to the County Boards of Education, nor shall it affect or change the time of operating their schools under any special or local laws in any county in this State; provided, further, it shall not affect the monthly payment of teachers as by this Article directed. See C. C. 1549. School year begins January 1. Annual estimates, etc. Annual meetings of county boards. Salaries of teachers. Sec 148 Ca. 243. See Sec. 94, post. Sec. 68. WHERE THERE ARE LOCAL SCHOOL LAWS. In those counties having local school laws where the schools are sustained by local taxation for a period of five months

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or more, the State School Superintendent shall, on the first day of each month, or as soon thereafter as practicable, notify the Governor of the amount of funds standing to the credit of each of such counties on the books of the Treasurer on said dates, arising from the monthly apportionment aforesaid, and thereupon the Governor shall issue his warrants for said sums and the Treasurer shall draw his checks for said sums without requiring the itemized statements as provided; and the State School Superintendent shall immediately transmit said checks to the officers under the local school system authorized to receive its funds, and the State School Superintendent shall in like manner pay over to the proper officer under the school board of any own or city having a school system sustained by local taxation for a period of five months or more, and to which he is now authorized by law to make direct apportionments, such proportion of the entire county fund as shown on the books of the Treasurer as the school population of the town or city bears to the population of the county, as shown by the last school census; provided, that all children of school age resident in said county, and attending the public schools of such town or city, shall be counted in the school population of such town or city and be entitled to have their share of such county fund paid over to the proper officer of the school board of such town or city. C. C. 1551. Payment of funds to schools sustained by local tax. Sec. 69. TWENTY SCHOOL DAYS A SCHOLASTIC MONTH. Twenty school days shall constitute and be treated as a scholastic month in the public schools. C. C. 1550. School month. Sec. 70. UNUSED SCHOOL FUND. In all cases where any of the counties have heretofore or may hereafter leave unused in the State Treasury any part of the public school fund to which they are entitled under the law, such fund shall be kept separate and applied to the use and benefit of the respective counties entitled to it and may be used by the respective boards of education of the counties entitled to it for school purposes in their respective counties, and may be drawn on for such purposes as provided by law; provided, that in every instance where a new county has

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been or hereafter may be created out of the territory of any one or more of the counties organized prior to December 1, 1903, and such old counties shall, on August 18, 1906, have on hand, either in the Treasury of this State or elsewhere, any fund subject to the provisions of this Section, then such fund shall be equitably apportioned between such new county and the old counties whose territory went to the formation of the new county, the basis of the apportionment between the new county and the old counties affected to be the school population of said counties as the same may appear from the records in the office of the State School Superintendent, or as may be agreed upon by the authorities of the counties affected. C. C. 1470. Unused Fund. Sec. 71. ENUMERATION OF SCHOOL CHILDREN. It shall be the duty of the county and city Boards of Education to cause an enumeration of the children between six and eighteen years of age inclusive to be made under instructions from the State School Superintendent, in the year 1888, and every five years thereafter, as hereinafter prescribed. See C. C. 1520. Census every 5 years. Sec. 72. How ENUMERATION IS TO BE TAKEN. The different county or city Boards shall employ one or more competent, reliable persons to take the enumeration in their respective jurisdictions, and the persons so employed shall go from house to house, making a thorough canvass of the territory assigned them, taking the number of children between the ages of six and eighteen years inclusive and distinguishing between the sexes and races. The persons thus employed shall be known as enumerators of the school census, and shall take and report any additional statistics required by the State School Superintendent. They shall receive as compensation a per diem not to exceed four dollars, to be paid out of the school fund of the jurisdiction in which the work is done. They shall, moreover, be required to make oath that the work done by them has been carefully and faithfully done according to the true intent and meaning of this Article, the form of oath to be prescribed by the State School Superintendent. Nothing herein contained shall be construed to prevent the County Boards from employing

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the County School Superintendent to do the work contemplated in this Article. C. C. 1521. Enumorators. Duties. Per diem. Oath. Sec. 73. NEW ENUMERATION. The State Board of Education is hereby empowered to order at once a new enumeration when they are in doubt as to the accuracy of the return made from any county or city; but the enumerators first making their return shall receive no compensation in case it is found their enumeration was not correct. In case their enumeration is verified by the second enumeration, both shall be paid, but the amount paid them shall be deducted from the school fund appropriated to this special territory. C. C. 1522. Second Enumeration. Compensation. Sec. 74. COUNTY INSTITUTES. He shall organize and establish in each county in Georgia a Teachers' County Institute for the assembling and instruction of the common school teachers of each county in the State, said institute to hold an annual session of one week's duration, in each county in Georgia in the period of June, July and August, or in such (other) months as the State School Superintendent may deem best and expedient; provided, however, that the State School Superintendent may, in his discretion, combine the annual session of such institutes, or any number of them, so that the same may be held in any county named by him; to prepare a program of exercises, with a syllabus of each subject in each program, for each day's session of said institute, to require County School Superintendents to operate at their regular per diem, said institute sessions under such general rules and regulations as he may deem best; to require all persons, teaching in Georgia, or having licenses entitling them to teach in the State, to attend all sessions of said institutes held in the county of their residence, and perform all duties required of them as members of said institutes, unless previdentially prevented, to secure prompt attendance of the teachers upon said institutes by causing the County School Superintendents and County Boards of Education to collect such fines from absentees as may be [Illegible Text] just and reasonable by said Superintendents and Boards; provided, that no teacher

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shall be fined till he has stated the cause of his absence, in writing, to said Superintendents and Boards, and they have duly considered the same, and all money thus collected shall be used in purchasing teachers' libraries for the counties in which said fines may be collected; to provide separate institutes for the white and colored; to cause all sessions of said institutes to be held at county seats, or such other places as may be selected by the County School Superintendents, and allow all persons so desiring to attend the sessions of said institutes; provided, that all visitors shall be subject to the rules and regulations of said institutes while attending the exercises of the same, and to prescribe from time to time such other rules and regulations as he and the County School Superintendents may deem best for successfully operating said institutes. See C. C. 1474. Annual assemblage for instruction of teachers. Attendance required. Fines for Absence. Sec. 75. REPORTS FROM COUNTY SUPERINTENDENTS. He shall have the right to require the County School Superintendents to make such reports as he may prescribe and in default of complying, as far as may be practicable, with this requirement, the County School Superintendents shall not be entitled to compensation for their official services. He shall also have the right to make the requirement mentioned in Section 1473 of the president of the Board of Education or the chief executive officer of any public school organization in this State, operating under any special law, and until the requirement is complied with, said organization shall not receive the pro rata of the State school fund to which it would be otherwise entitled. C. C. 1475. Failure to report. penalty for. COUNTY BOARDS OF EDUCATION. Sec. 76. SCHOOL DISTRICTS. Each and every county in the State shall compose one school district, and shall be confided to the control and management of a County Board of Education. C. C. 1478. Each county a district. Sec. 77. MEMBERSHIP IN COUNTY BOARDS. The grand jury of each county (except those counties which are under a local system) in this State shall, from time to time, select from the citizens of their respective counties five free holders,

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who shall constitute the County Board of Education. Said members shall be elected for the term of four years, and shall hold their offices until their successors are elected and qualified; provided, however, that no publisher of school books, nor any agent for such publisher, nor any person who shall be pecuniarily interested in the sale of school books, shall be eligible for election as members of any Board of Education or as County School Superintendent; provided, further, that whenever there is in a portion of any county a local school system having a Board of Education of its own, and receiving its pro rata of the public school fund directly from the State School Superintendent, and having no dealings whatever with the County Board of Education, then the members of the County Board of Education of such county shall be selected from that portion of the county not embraced within the territory covered by such local system. C. C. 1479. County boards. Members; election; term. Disqualification. Sec. 78. The County Board of Education shall consist of five (5) members as now provided by law and selected by the grand jury as now provided by law, except that the grand jury in selecting such members shall not select one of their own number them in session, nor shall they select any two of these selected from the same militia district or locality, nor shall they select any person who resides within the limits of a local school system operated independent of the County Board of Education, but shall apportion members of the Board as far as practicable over the county; they shall select men of good moral character, who shall have at least a fair knowledge of the elementary branches of an English education and be favorable to the common school system. Whenever a member of the Board of Education moves his residence into a militia district where another member of the Board resides, or into a district or municipality that has an independent local school system, the member changing his residence shall immediately cease to be on the Board and the vacancy shall be filled as required by law. Park's C. 1565(s). Qualifications of members. Sec. 79. COMPENSATION OF MEMBERS. That the members

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of the Board of Education in each county shall be paid a per diem not to exceed two dollars for each day's actual service out of the school fund appropriated to the county: and their accounts for service shall be submitted for approval to the Ordinary or County School Superintendent; and they shall not receive any other compensation, such as exemption from road duty and jury duty. C. C. 1480. Per diem of members. Sec. 80. CERTIFICATE OF ELECTION AND REMOVAL. Whenever members of a County Board are elected or appointed it shall be the duty of the clerk of the Superior Court to forward to the State School Superintendent a certified statement of the facts, under the seal of the court, as evidence upon which to issue commissions. This statement must give the names of the members of the board chosen and state whom they succeed, whether the offices were vacated by resignation, death or otherwise. The evidence of the election of a County Superintendent shall be the certified statement of the Secretary of the meeting of the board at which the election was held. Any member of a County Board of Education shall be removable by the Judge of the Superior Court of the county, on the address of two-thirds of the grand jury, for inefficiency, incapacity, general neglect of duty, or malfeasance or corruption in office after opportunity to answer charges; the judges of the Superior Courts in the State shall have the power to fill vacancies, by appointment, in the County Board of Education for the counties composing their respective judicial circuits, until the next session of the grand juries in and for said counties, when said vacancies shall be filled by said grand juries. See C. C. 1481. Certificate of election. Removal from office. Vacancies; how filled. Sec. 81. RESIGNATION. When any member of a board, or a County Superintendent of Schools resigns, his resignation shall be tendered in writing to the State School Superintendent. Resignation. Sec. 82. OFFICERS OF COUNTY BOARDS. The Board of Education shall elect one of their number president, who shall serve as such during the term for which he was chosen a member of the Board. The County School Superintendent shall be ex-officio secretary of the Board. A majority

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of the Board shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, it shall be the duty of said secretary to be present at the meetings of the Board, and to record in a book, to be provided for the purpose, all their official proceedings, which shall be a public record upon the inspection of any person interested therein, and all such proceedings, when so recorded, shall be signed by the president and countersigned by the secretary. C. C. 1482. Officers. Record of proceedings. Sec. 83. SESSIONS. It shall be the duty of the County Board of Education to hold regular sessions on the first Tuesday of the month succeeding the election, and each month thereafter at the court house of the county, for the transaction of business pertaining to the public schools, with power to adjourn from time to time; and in case of the absence of the president or secretary, they may appoint one of their own number to serve temporarily. See C. C. [Illegible Text]. Monthly sessions. Sec. 84. SCHOOL PROPERTY. The County Boards of Education shall have the power to define and regulate the length of the public school terms of their respective counties, and power to purchase, lease, or rent school sites; build, repair or rent school houses, purchase maps, globes, and school furniture, and make all arrangements necessary to the efficient operation of the schools. The said boards are invested with the title, care and custody of all school houses or other property belonging to the sub-districts now or hereafter defined, with power to control the same in such manner as they think will best serve the interests of the common schools; and when, in the opinion of the board, any school house site has become unnecessary or inconvenient, they may sell the same in the name of the County Board of Education; such conveyance to be executed by the president or secretary of the Board, according to the order of the Board. They shall have the power to receive any gift, grant, donation, or devise made for the use of the common schools within their respective counties, and all conveyances of real estate which may be made to said Board shall [Illegible Text] the property in said Board of Education and their successors in office. It shall also be the

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duty of said Board of Education to make arrangements for the instruction of the children of the white and colored races in separate schools. They shall, as far as practicable, provide the same facilities for both races in respect to attainments and abilities of teachers and for a minimum six months length of term time; but the children of the white and colored races shall not be taught together in any common or public school of this State. In respect to the building of school houses, the said Board of Education may provide for the same, either by labor on the part of the citizens of the sub-districts, or by a tax on their property. The construction of all public school buildings must be approved by the Superintendent and Board of Education and must be according to the plans furnished by the county school authorities and the State Department of Education. See C. C. 1483. Powers and duties of County Boards. Title to property. Sale of School House. When not suable as body corporate. 143 Ca. 580 (2). Separation of races. Minimum term. School houses, how built. Approved by State Board. Sec. 85. POWERS OF COUNTY BOARDS AS SCHOOL COURT. The County Board of Education shall constitute a tribunal for hearing and determining any matter of local controversy in reference to the construction or administration of the school law, with power to summon witnesses and take testimony if necessary; and when they have made a decision, said decision shall be binding upon the parties. Either of the parties shall have the right of appeal to the State School Superintendent, and said appeal shall be made through the County Superintendent in writing and shall distinctly set forth the question in dispute, the decision of the County Board and testimony as agreed upon by the parties to the controversy, or if they fail to agree, upon the testimony as reported by the Superintendent. C. C. 1485. County Board as Court. Appeals from Board. Sec. 86. FIVE YEAR ADOPTION OF TEXT-BOOKS. The Board of Education of each county and local system shall adopt text-books between the first Monday in January and the first Monday in August of each year for a period of five years. School texts in use may be continued at the pleasure of the authorities, but when the books are changed the text adopted shall be used for five years. The Board may contract with a local dealer to act as agent, but must, where satisfactory arrangements cannot be made, arrange

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itself, through the Superintendent or otherwise, to buy, distribute, rent or furnish free the text-books used. Text-Books; adoption by local board. Distribution. Sec. 87. VACCINATION OF PUPILS OF PUBLIC SCHOOLS. The County Board of Education in the counties of this State, and the Boards of Public Education for the (city of Savannah and the other) cities of this State are hereby authorized and empowered to make such regulations as in their judgment shall seem requisite to insure the vaccination of the pupils in their respective schools and may require all scholars or pupils to be vaccinated as a prerequisite to admission to their respective schools. C. C. 1529. Vaccination. Sec. 88. ORGANIZATION. POWERS AND DUTIES. The County Board of Education shall have and exercise all the powers that are now exercised by the County Board of Education except as may be herein changed; provided, that the County School Superintendent and County Board of Education shall make rules to govern the county schools of their respective counties. Upon being called together by some one of their number, after their election, they shall organize by selecting a chairman. The County Superintendent shall act as secretary of the Board, and keep the minutes of their meetings and make a permanent record of the same and do any other clerical work that they may direct him to do. Said Board may suspend the County Superintendent same as State Superintendent, and may suspend teachers same as County Superintendents. In each case they may appeal to State Board. Park's C. 1505 (t). Powers of county Board. Chairman. Superintendent. Suspensions. Sec. 89. REPORTS BY TEACHERS. It shall be the duty of the teachers to make and file with the County Superintendent at the expiration of each term of school, a full and complete report of the whole number of scholars admitted to the school during said term, distinguishing between males and females and colored and white with the names thereof; the entire and the average attendance, the branches taught, the number of pupils engaged in the study of each of the said branches, and such other statistics as may be required to report by the County Superintendent, or by the State School Superintendent. Until such report shall have been

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filed by said teacher, it shall not be lawful for said County Superintendent to audit the account of said teacher for his or her services. C. C. 1508. Teacher's report, what required. Must be made before audit of account. Sec. 90. CONSOLIDATION. The Board of Education of any county shall have the right if, in their opinion, the welfare of the schools of the county and the best interests of the pupils require, to consolidate two or more schools located in the same or different districts into one school, to be located by said Board at a place convenient to the pupils attending the same, said school house to be located as near the center of the district or districts as practicable. When ever two or more schools are consolidated as hereinafter provided, the County Superintendent shall call an election of trustees for said consolidated schools from the district or districts concerned; said election shall be held in accordance with the provisions of existing law, and the result determined and declared by the Board of Education. Park's C. 1565 (u). Consolidation of schools. See Act of 1919 as to State funds for such schools, ante, p. Sec. 91. DIVISION OF SCHOOL DISTRICTS. The County Board of Education shall have the further power, when the best interests of schools demand, to separate or divide any school district into two or more school districts and to provide for the election of a Board of Trustees for each of said districts, and to do all other things for the government and control of said districts as is herein provided for the organization and control of school districts; provided, that such County Boards of Education shall have authority to establish two schools in any school district in this State if they deem it best to do so. Park's C. 1565 (v). Division of districts. Two schools in district. Sec. 92. REARRANGEMENT OF DISTRICTS. Whenever in the opinion of the County Board of Education, the best interests of the school demand, the Board of Education shall have the right to consolidate two or more districts or parts of districts or to add any part of one district to any other district or to change the line or lines of any district at any time, when in their judgment, the best interests of the schools require such change, into one school district with the purpose of the election of the Board of Trustees and of the location of the school at some central place as hereinbefore

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provided; but should as many as one-fourth of the partons of the said school or schools object to the consolidation (provided that said one-fourth of said patrons shall consist of at least ten) it shall be the duty of the County Superintendent to call an election to be held in said district or districts affected, giving thirty (30) days' notice of same by publishing the same once a week for four weeks in the paper in which the county advertisements are published, and also by posting notice at least at three or more public places in the district or districts to be affected thereby, at which election should a majority of the qualified voters vote for consolidation the schools shall be consolidated, otherwise not. The result of such election shall be determined and declared by the Board of Education and the same shall be held as other elections are held. Park's C. 1565 (w). Consolidation of districts. Sec. 93. TRANSPORTATION OF PUPILS. Whenever the County Board of Education deems it for the best interest of the school, they shall have the right to provide means for the transportation of the pupils and teachers to and from said school. See Park's C. 1565 (x). Transportation. Sec. 94. STATEMENT BY COUNTY SUPERINTENDENTS OF SUMS DUE. On the first day of each month the county School Superintendent of each county shall, under the approval of the County Board of Education, transmit to the State School Superintendent an itemized statement of the various sums due and unpaid by the County Board of Education on said several dates mentioned in the preceding Section whether the same be for teachers' salaries, for pay of the County School Superintendent or for any other item of expense properly charged under the law to the County Board of Education, and when said itemized statements have been approved by the State School Superintendent and presented to the Governor, the Governor shall issue his warrants upon the Treasurer for all the funds standing to the credit of each of the several counties upon the books of the Treasurer, or for such part thereof as may be needed to liquidate the indebtedness of the County Board of Education of such county, as shown by each itemized

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statement aforesaid. And the State Treasurer shall, upon the presentation of the warrants aforesaid, draw his checks for the amount of said warrants in favor of the County School Superintendent of the several counties and the State School Superintendent shall immediately transmit said checks to the several County School Superintendents, who shall promptly disburse the money so received in payment of the sums set out in the itemized statement aforesaid; and if the money is not sufficient to pay said sums in full, then it shall be pro rated among the various items, provided, that the expenses of administration for each month shall first be paid in full, and the County Board of Education are hereby authorized to make their contracts in such manner that the amounts payable to teachers for services rendered shall become due and payable monthly. C. C. 1548. Monthly statement of amounts due by Board. Payment. Sec. 95. BORROWING TO PAY TEACHERS. The County Boards of Education of the several counties of this State shall have the power and authority whenever they deem it necessary to borrow sufficient amounts of money, and no more, to pay for the operation of the public schools of their counties; provided, that no Board of Education shall have authority under this law to borrow a sum of money greater in the aggregate than the sum to which the county may be entitled from the public school fund. See Park's C. 1548 (a). Authority to borrow. Sec. 96. RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING LOAN. In order for any Board of Education to borrow money for the purposes hereinbefore stated there shall be passed by said Board a resolution authorizing said money to be borrowed, in which resolution it shall be stated the amount of money to be borrowed, the length of time the same is to be used, the rate of interest to be paid and for what purpose borrowed and from whom the same is to be borrowed, which resolution shall be by the County School Superintendent recorded on the minutes of the meetings of said Board of Education. See Park's C. 1548 (b). Contents of resolution. Sec. 97. TERM OF LOAN. No money shall be borrowed for any longer time than is necessary and the same shall

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be paid back out of any funds coming into the hands of the County School Superintendent that can be legally applied to the payment of the same. Park's C. [Illegible Text] (c). Repayment of loan. Sec. 98. INTEREST. Said Board of Education so borrowing money shall borrow the same at as low a rate of interest as possible and they are authorized to pay the interest on said money out of the public school fund for said county. Park's C. 1548 (d). Interest. Sec. 99. REPORTS TO GRAND JURIES. At the opening term of the Superior Court of each county in this State where money has been borrowed by the Board of Education under the provisions of this law, the County School Superintendent shall include in his report to the grand jury the amount of money so borrowed during the preceding year, from whom borrowed, the rate of interest paid, the date or dates the same was borrowed and when paid back. Park's C. 1548 (e). Reports of loans. Sec. 100. NOTES FOR MONEY. After the resolution aforesaid has been passed by any Board of Education the President of the Board of Education, together with the County School Superintendent, shall have the right to execute a note or notes in the name of the Board of Education of said county for any money that is authorized to be borrowed, under the resolution passed by said Board of Education. Park's C. 1548 (f). Notes for loans. Sec. 101. MONEY, HOW USED. When any money shall be borrowed under the provisions of this law, the same shall be paid over to the County School Superintendent and become a part of the public school fund of said county and the same shall be by the County School Superintendent paid out to the teachers of said county and the County School Superintendent shall be responsible for any money borrowed under the authority of this law and paid into his hands in the same way and to the same extent that he is responsible for any other public school funds coming into his hands. Park's C. 1548 (g). Use of borrowed money. Sec. 102. EXCESSIVE APPROPRIATIONS. It shall be unlawful for any Board of Education to make any contract

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involving the expenditure of funds in excess of the total appropriation for the current fiscal year. Any indebtedness created, contract made, or order or draft issued in violation thereof shall be void. Contracts void. Sec. 103. WARRANTS IN ANTICIPATION OF REVENUE. For the purpose of anticipating collection of the taxes of any year, the Governor is authorized to draw his warrant at the end of each and every month during any year, in the favor of the State School Superintendent or of the several County School Superintendents and treasurers of local school systems, in the discretion of the State Board of Education, for such amount or amounts as are then due the teachers. Said warrants shall be drawn on the funds appropriated by the Legislature for any year, and shall not exceed in the aggregate amount the appropriation for the public schools so made for that year. The honor of the State is pledged to the payment thereof. Park's C. Sup. 1551 (a). Payment of teachers. Governor's warrants for. Sec. 104. SALE OF WARRANTS AT DISCOUNT. It shall be lawful to sell at a discount said warrants to any person, bank, or banking institution, the said sale to be made at the lowest possible rate of discount. Park's C. Sup. 1551 (b). Discount. Sec. 105. MANUAL LABOR SCHOOLS. The C o u n t y Board of Education shall have power to organize in each county one or more manual labor schools on such a plan as may be self-sustaining; provided, that the plan be first approved by the State Board of Education. C. C. 1510. Manual labor schools. Sec. 106. EVENING SCHOOLS. The Board of Education of any county or municipality shall have power to establish, at such places as they may deem proper, a suitable number of evening or part time schools for the instruction of youths over fourteen years of age who are prevented by their daily vocations from attending the all day schools, subject to such regulations as may be provided by the State Board for Vocational Education. C. C. 1511. Evening schools. Sec. 107. HIGH SCHOOLS. The Board of Education of any county or municipality shall have the right to establish

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one or more high schools or junior high schools as in their opinion may be necessary and may be possible through local taxation funds. High schools. Sec. 108. INDUSTRIAL EDUCATION IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS. DEPARTMENT OF INDUSTRIAL EDUCATION. The Board of Education, or other constituted authorities having charge of the public schools in those counties or municipal corporations having a system of public schools supported by local taxation may open and annex to said public schools, in their discretion, a department of industrial education, in which the students may be taught agriculture, home economics, or trades and industries under such rules and regulations as may be prescribed by the State Board for Vocational Education. It shall be lawful to procure the necessary equipment and pay teachers and the said Board, or other constituted authority, shall determine the number of such schools, the place where located, and the terms or sessions of same, together with the ages at which children may attend the same. Sec. C. C. 1530. Industrial education. Sec. 109. SCHOOL FUND. That 50 per cent of all revenues received by the State from all sources of income or taxation shall be used and expended for the support and maintenance of the common schools of Georgia for the year in which said income or taxes are due and payable. This Section to go into effect January 1, 1922. Half revenue after Jan. 1, 1922. for common schools. See ante, p. Sec. 110. FREE TUITION, ETC. Admission to all common schools shall be gratuitous to all children between the ages of six and eighteen years residing in the sub-districts in which the schools are located. Colored and white children shall not attend the same school; and no teacher receiving or teaching white and colored pupils in the same school shall be allowed any compensation at all out of the common school fund. C. C. 1509. Free tuition. Separation of races. Sec. 111. COUNTY LINE SCHOOLS. In special cases to meet the demand of convenience, children residing in one sub-district may by express permission of the county Board, attend the common school of another sub-district, and when

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a common school is located near a county line, children from an adjoining county shall be permitted to attend the school; provided, such children reside near such schools or said school is more accessible to the residence of such children than any public school in the county of their residence. In such cases the teachers shall report separately the pupils from each county, but make the reports to the superintendent of the county in which the school is located, and with which superintendent the teacher shall contract and from whom she shall receive her pay; but such superintendent shall report to the superintendent of the other county, and shall be reimbursed by him for the proportionate amounts paid for maintenance of said school in the ratio of the attendance from the other county to the whole attendance. Arrangement for attendance upon county line schools is under the authority and direction of the superintendent concerned representing their respective boards and provisions shall be made for such children just as for others. C. C. 1509. When child may attend school in another county or sub-district. Payment in such cases. See 21 Ga. App. 441. Sec. 112. COUNTY ENTITLED TO PART OF FUNDS. As soon as the County Board shall communicate satisfactory evidence to the State School Superintendent that arrangements have been made, by taxation or otherwise, for continuing the common schools, free to all, for at least six months in the year, throughout the ontire county, said county shall be deemed and held entitled to draw her proportionate part of the State funds. C. C. 1512. When county may draw State fund. Sec. 113. FAILURE TO ARRANGE FOR SCHOOLS. Whenever a Board of Education shall fail in any year to make arrangements to put schools in operation, it shall forfeit all rights to participation in the school funds of that year, unless the failure to arrange for such schools was from Providential cause, or other good and sufficient reason to be judged of by the State Board of Education. C. C. 1513. Forfeiture of fund. Sec. 114. LIABILITY FOR AND DISTRIBUTION OF FUNDS. When the funds drawn under apportionment, and any funds raised by local taxation, are placed in the hands of any County Superintendent, he shall be holder for all

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amounts received on his official bond as treasurer, and shall disburse the same only upon the order of the County Board of Education, and the said County Superintendent shall not be entitled to compensation for receiving any funds as herein provided. C. C. 1514. Disbursement of fund. Sec. 115. SCHOOL FUND TO BE KEPT SEPARATE. When said common school fund shall be received and receipted for, it shall be the duty of the officers authorized by law to receive such fund and keep the same separate and distinct from other funds and said funds shall be used for educational purposes, and none other, and shall not be invested in bonds of this State, or in other stock, except when investment is necessary to carry out the conditions of an endowment, devise or gift, or bequest; and when taxes are paid into the Treasury of the State the Comptroller-General shall in no case receipt a tax collector for the same until that part of the tax so paid in, which was raised for school purposes, is separated in amount from the gross amount paid in. C. C. 1516. Separation of funds. Prohibited investments. Sec. 116. PROPERTY EXEMPT FROM TAXATION. Each and every lot or parcel of land which has been, or may be hereafter obtained by any County Board of Education for the use of common schools, together with any school buildings erected thereon, and all school furniture, shall be exempt form all taxes, and from levy and sale under any execution or other writ or order in the nature of an execution; provided the lot of land so exempted shall not exceed four acres, and if there be any excess over that number of acres, then that portion not to exceed four acres, most convenient for school purposes, shall be exempt as aforesaid, the exempted portion to be set off by order of the County Board. C. C. 1517. School property not subject to tax or execution, when. SCHOOL DISTRICTS. Sec. 117. LOCAL TAX FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS. As soon thereafter as practicable, it shall be the duty of the County Board of Education of each county in Georgia to lay off the county into school districts, the lines of which shall be clearly and positively defined by boundaries such as creeks,

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public roads, land lots, district lines or county lines. The school district thus marked out shall contain an area of not less than sixteen square miles, provided, that the Board of Education may have the right to establish districts with areas less than sixteen square miles where there are natural causes of local conditions that make it necessary to do so. The natural causes which will permit the creation of smaller districts are mountains, streams over which there are no bridges and dangerous roads. Local conditions which will permit the creation of smaller districts must be determined by the Board of Education. See Park's C. 1581. Local tax districts: how laid off. Sec. 118. LOCAL TAX DISTRICTS ACROSS COUNTY LINES. By concurrent consent and action, Boards of Education of two or more adjoining counties may lay off and define school districts without regard to county lines; provided, that the Board of Education of the county in which the school house is located shall have supervision of same and provided, that the ordinary of the county in which the school house is located shall order the election; and provided, that the tax collector of each county from which territory has been cut, shall collect the school tax levies by the trustees of the school district thus formed in the territory cut from his county and shall pay the same when collected to the authorized officer of the board. And provided further, if either county votes county-wide local taxation for schools, thus automatically absorbing existing local tax districts into the county-wide system, that in such cases that part of any existing local tax district lying outside of the county so voting the county-wide local school tax shall be also automatically included for purposes of school support and administration in the county so voting the county-wide local school tax so as not to interfere with existing local school conditions. See Park's C. 1531. Districts in more than one county Sec. 119. FAILURE TO LAY OFF DISTRICTS. The failure on the part of any Board of Education to perform the duties required by this Article shall be immediately inquired into by the first grand jury setting after such neglect of duty, and if said grand jury shall find any member or members

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of said board have failed to perform their duty it shall report the same to the judge of the Superior Court, who shall cause a rule nisi to issue against such member or members, and they shall be heard by the judge in their own behalf; if said member or members cannot give a good and sufficient reason why they have not performed their duties as required by this Article, they shall be discharged, and the said judge shall fill the vacancies until the next grand jury shall meet. C. C. 1532. Proceedings against members of Board not laying off districts. Sec. 120. ELECTION OF TRUSTEES. Within ninety days after the Board of Education has laid off the county as required in Section 1531, said board may or may not order the citizens of the several school districts to hold an election for the purpose of electing three trustees for each district in the county. The election shall be held at a time and place and in a manner prescribed by the County Board of Education. The trustees shall be intelligent citizens of good moral character who are known to be [Illegible Text] supporters of public education, and they shall serve, one for three years, one for two years, and one for one year, as the County Board of Education may determine. In districts containing incorporated towns there may be five trustees, one of whom shall be elected for one year, two for two years, and two for three years. The notice of their election shall be filed by the election managers with the County School Superintendent, who shall submit the same to the County Board of Education for their approval. After the local board of trustees have been approved and properly commissioned by the County Board of Education it shall meet immediately and organize by electing one of the members president, and one secretary and treasurer. If the County Board of Education should consider any member or members unqualified for the work, they shall refuse to confirm the election of such member or members and require the citizens of a district at a time and place and in a manner prescribed by the County Board of Education to elect others, At the expiration of the term of office of the members thus elected the citizens of a district shall meet at a time and place, and in a manner prescribed

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by the County Board of Education, and elect their successors, who must be approved by the County Board of Education as hereinbefore provided, and the election shall be for a term of three years. If any member should refuse to act, or should be guilty of any conduct unbecoming the dignity of a school trustee, the County Board of Education shall have the right, upon written complaint of a majority of the voters of the district to remove said member and have his successor elected as hereinbefore provided. But no trustee shall be removed from office without sufficient proof, and he shall be served with a copy of such complaint at least ten days prior to the day set for the hearing, when such trustee shall be afforded an opportunity to be heard in his defense. C. C. 1533. Trustees of districts; election. Terms. Organization. When not to be confirmed. Removal of trustee by Board. Sec. 121. DUTIES OF TRUSTEES; BOND OF TREASURER. Where trustees are elected, they shall be commissioned by the County Superintendent and Board of Education through certificates furnished by the State Superintendent of Schools. This certificate shall be the warrant for the trustees to enter upon the performance of the duties of his office. These duties are as follows: Trustees to be commissioned. To visit the schools as often as practicable; to inspect the school work done; to make recommendations to the Board of Education for the advancement of the school interests; to aid, by recommendation of desirable applicants, the County Superintendent and Board of Education in keeping the school house and grounds in good condition and equipped for good work; to aid the county educational authorities in keeping the school supplied with fuel, water, and proper sanitary necessities; to make a written report once a year and oftener if necessary, to the County Board of Education, and in addition to the trustee appointed as treasurer shall keep an accurate account of moneys received and paid out in a substantially bound book and submit a report each year to the County Superintendent and the State School Auditor. Further, the treasurer shall make proper bond payable to the County Board of Education. In the event of failure to make this bond as required,

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all funds raised by local taxation, or otherwise, shall be paid over to the County Board of Education, to be disbursed by order of that body. Duties. Bond of Treasurer. Sec. 122. LOCAL TAX ELECTION FOR COUNTY. Whenever the citizens of any county wish to supplement the public school fund received from the State by levying a tax upon the property of the county, it shall be the duty of the Ordinary to order an election not earlier than twenty days, nor later than sixty days, after receiving a petition of one-fourth of the qualified voters of the county unless the number of qualified voters in a county shall exceed five thousand, in which event the ordinary shall order the election after receiving a petition of one-fourth of said voters, and notice shall be published in at least three weekly issues of the county newspaper in which legal advertisements of the county are published. Said elections shall be held as ordinary county elections are held. Those favoring the levying of the local tax shall vote for local tax for public schools; those opposed shall vote against local tax for public schools. The returns of said election shall be made to the Ordinary of the county, who shall declare the result, and two-thirds of those voting shall be necessary to carry said election for local taxation for public schools. An election for the same purpose shall not be held oftener than every twelve months. No person shall be allowed to vote in said election except [Illegible Text] regularly qualified to vote in the State and county elections. If the election is carried for local taxation, the Ordinary or Board of County Commissioners, whichever levies the county tax shall levy a local tax as recommended by the county Board of Education, or such board of public education, whether established by a general or local law, as has control of the public schools of the county, upon all the property of the county, not to exceed one-half of one per cent, and the same shall be collected by the county tax collector and paid by him to the County Board of Education or such board of public education, whether established by a general or local law, as has control of the public schools of the county. The county tax collector shall keep the funds thus collected

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separate and distinct from all county and State funds and he shall receive a commission of two and one-half per cent for collecting the same. He shall pay over to the Board of Education all moneys collected for the schools once a month; provided, that if there be an incorporated town in a county holding an election as provided in this Section now operating a public school system, it shall not be included in the election without the consent of the municipal authorities, but if the municipal authorities should so wish, they may abolish their system by a special Act of the Legislature and avail themselves of the provisions of this Article. This Section shall not be construed as abridging or impairing any right of taxation for public schools now possessed by any educational board of any county of this State under existing laws. See Park's C. [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] Election as to local tax. See 148 Ga. 203. Tax levy not to exceed [Illegible Text] of 1 per cent. Collection. Disposition of fund. Proviso as to municipalities. Existing rights of taxation not impaired. Sec. 123. ELECTION EXPENSES. The expense of an election held in a county or district to determine whether there shall be local taxation for the support of common or public schools, as provided for under the legislation generally known as the McMichael Act, should be paid by the county and should not be taken from the common or public school fund. Expense of election. See Sec. [Illegible Text] ante. Sec. 124. ELECTION FOR SCHOOL DISTRICTS. Whenever the citizens of any school district with to supplement the funds received from the State public school fund by levying a tax for educational purposes, they shall present a petition from one-fourth of the qualified voters of the district to the Ordinary who shall order the election not earlier than twenty days nor later than sixty days after the petition is received; provided, that notice of same shall be posted in at least three conspicuous places in the district ten days prior to the election. The election shall be held at a time and place prescribed by the proper authorities, and under rules governing ordinary elections. Those favoring local taxation for public schools shall vote For local taxation for public schools; those opposed shall vote Against local taxation for public schools. The returns of said election shall be made to the Ordinary of the county,

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who shall declare the results, and two-thirds of those voting shall be necessary to carry the election for local taxation for public schools. No person shall vote in said election except the regularly qualified voters residing in the district six months prior to the election. An election for the same purpose shall not be held oftener than every twelve months. C. C. 1535. Election for district tax. Sec. 125. LOCAL TAX ELECTION FOR MUNICIPALITIES. Any municipality authorized by law to establish and maintain a system of public schools by local taxation, in whole or in part, and which is not now specifically authorized to hold an election on the question of local taxation for school purposes, shall have the right to submit the question of local tax for public schools to the qualified voters of the municipality. Upon petition of one-fourth of the qualified voters of such municipality, the municipal authorities shall order an election to be held not earlier than forty days after receiving such petition. Notice of such election shall be published in a newspaper in the municipality at least once a week for two weeks before the election, or if there be no such newspaper, then notice of such election shall be [Illegible Text] in at least three conspicuous places within the municipality ten days prior to the election. Those favoring local taxation for public schools shall have written or printed on their ballot For local taxation for public schools, and those opposed shall have written or printed on their ballots Against local taxation for public schools. The returns of such election shall be made and the result declared, as prescribed for other elections in and for the municipality. Two-thirds of those voting shall be necessary to carry the election for local taxation. An election for the purpose herein named shall not be held oftener than once every twelve months. Park's C. [Illegible Text] (a). Election for tax in cities, etc. Sec. 126. ELECTION TO REPEAL. An election for repealing the local tax law provided for in this Article when the same has been established for over three years shall be called as in the first instance. And if abolished by vote under similar regulations as in first instance, no new election

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for recreating same shall be called within one year. If not abolished by vote, no election for the same purpose shall be called within one year; provided, that in the event such election is favorable to the repealing of the local tax as aforesaid, the then existing board of trustees of such district or county shall be empowered, authorized and directed to continue to levy and collect tax in such district or county to meet all of the then existing legal obligations and the indebtedness of such district and county to pay off the same. C. C. 1536. Election to repeal local tax. Sec. 127. LOCAL SCHOOL SYSTEMS. Authority is given by the constitution to municipalities to establish and maintain public or common schools in their respective limits by local taxation. It is not in accordance with the laws of this State to incorporate a school district and mark off a town inside of it, the town to exercise all the municipal functions and the school district none. It shall not be legal to establish the form of a municipal corporation in a rural district with practically no other powers nor purposes than the local control and management of the schools of that territory. Municipal school districts. See 139 Ga. 210; 143 Ga. 123. Sec. 128. SCHOOL SYSTEMS IN CITIES AND TOWNS. Nothing in this chapter shall be so construed as to prevent any city with a population greater than two thousand inhabitants, or any county or town under the authority of the General Assembly of this State, from organizing a public school system independent of this system, or to prevent said organization from drawing its pro rata share of all educational funds raised by the State; provided, the chief executive officer of such independent organization shall make the same regular reports to the State School Superintendent as are required from County Superintendents by this Article. Nothing contained in this Article shall be construed to annul or [Illegible Text] any local law now of force in any city or county in this State providing for the organization and maintenance of the common or public schools in such city or county. C. C. [Illegible Text] Independent systems.

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Sec. 129. TRUSTEES AND SECRETARY. POWERS AND DUTIES. In those districts which levy a local tax for educational purposes the board of trustees shall make all rules and regulations to govern the schools of the district, and build and equip school [Illegible Text] under the approval of the County Board of Education. They shall have the right to fix the rate of tuition for non-resident pupils and to fix the salaries of the teachers. They shall receive from the County Board of Education the share of public school funds apportioned to the district of the County Board of Education. They shall determine the amount necessary to be raised by local tax on all the property of the districts. The Secretary of the Board of Trustees of said district, with the aid of the County School Superintendent of said county shall ascertain from the tax returns made to the tax receiver and from the returns made to the Comptroller-General, the total value of all the property in said district subject to taxation for county purposes, and a regular digest of all such property in said district, shall be made by said secretary in a book furnished by the Board of Trustees and kept for that purpose. At or before the time of fixing the rate of taxation for said county, the secretary of each local Board of Trustees, with the aid of the County School Superintendent, shall levy such rate on the property thus found as will raise the total amount to be collected, provided, that such rate shall not exceed one-half of one per cent. The County School Superintendent of each county, at or before the time for fixing the rate of said county by the Ordinary thereof, or the County Board of Commissioners, as the case may be, shall certify to the said Ordinary, or said Board of Commissioners, as the case may be, and to the Comptroller-General of the State the rate of taxation fixed for each school district in the county, and said taxing authority of said county shall levy such special tax the same time and in the same manner as is now prescribed for levying taxes for county purposes. A copy of the special tax digest of said local tax district shall be furnished by the secretary of the local Board of Trustees to the tax collector of the county. C. C. [Illegible Text]. Management of schools in local tax districts.

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Sec. 130. TAX COLLECTOR, DUTIES OF. It shall be the duty of the tax collector to compute and collect said taxes, keeping the same separate by school districts from the county and State funds, and monthly turn same over to the secretary of such local school districts, as well as tax received for said district from railroads and other corporations that make their returns to the Comptroller-General taking the receipt for the same upon order from the County School Superintendent, and said tax collector shall receive as compensation thereof two and one-half per cent of the amount collected up to eighteen thousand ($18,000.00) dollars and one and one-fourth per cent on any additional amount collected. See C. C. [Illegible Text]. Collection of tax. Compensation. Sec. 131. TAX RETURNS OF CITIZENS. In any case in which it is impossible to determine from tax returns made to the tax receiver of the county the value of the property of any citizen situated in any school district and subject to taxation in said district, the Secretary of the Board of Trustees shall issue a summons to said tax payer requiring him to make returns within five days to said secretary of his property situated in said district and subject to taxation for school purposes. Should said return be unsatisfactory to said secretary, he shall reject the same and submit said returns to arbitration as is now provided by law for such cases when returns are rejected by tax receivers. C. C. [Illegible Text]. Tax returns. Sec. 132. CORPORATE PROPERTY SUBJECT TO TAXATION. All property, both real and personal including franchises belonging to railroads, telegraph and telephone companies, and to all other corporations which are now required to make their returns to the Comptroller-General of this State, which is in the taxable limit of any school district shall be, and the same is hereby made subject to taxation by said school districts as fully and completely as is the property of the other corporations within such taxable limits. C. C. [Illegible Text]. Taxes on corporate property. Sec. 133. RETURNS OF CORPORATE PROPERTY AND DISTRIBUTION FOR TAXATION. It is the duty of every such corporation in this State, in addition to the facts now required

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to be performed in their returns to the Comptroller-General to also show in said returns the value of such corporation's property in each of said school districts through which it runs. And for the purpose of enabling such corporation to show in said returns the value of its property in such school districts, it is hereby made the duty of the County Superintendent of Schools of each county to furnish on or before January 1, 1907, to each such corporation, information as to the boundaries of each school district in which such corporation may have property such as will enable such corporation to determine the amount of its property in such district, and he shall also furnish similar information whenever the boundaries of any school district may be changed. C. C. [Illegible Text]. Returns of corporations. The rolling-stock, franchises and other personal property of said corporations shall be distributed to said school districts on the same basis that rolling-stock, franchises and other personal property are distributed to counties and municipalities under the law; that is, at the value of the property located in the particular district is to the whole located property, real and personal of said corporation such shall be the amount of rolling-stock, franchises, and other personal property to be distributed for taxing purposes to each school district. Apportionment of corporate property for taxation. Sec. 134. OTHER PROVISIONS MADE APPLICABLE. All of the other provisions of Article 7, Sections 1036, 1037, 1038, 1039, 1040, 1041, so far as they can be applied are applicable to the assessment and collection of taxes of all such companies and corporations which are now required by law to make their returns to the Comptroller-General by and for school districts in this State upon the property and franchises of such companies located in such school districts and upon the rolling-stock, franchises and other personal property distributed under the provisions of this Article. The Board of Education must exercise supervision over the local tax as well as the other districts under its jurisdiction and is authorized to distribute and apportion the public or common school fund to the different school districts

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of the county either on the salary basis of the teachers, or else according to enrollment or allowance, as may be for the best interest of the district and county as a whole. See C. C. [Illegible Text]. Taxes of corporations. See 141 [Illegible Text] 55. Sec. 135. SECRETARY AND TREASURER, REPORTS BY, AND COMPENSATION OF. The Board of Trustees may have the right to pay the secretary and treasurer a commission on the amount of local tax collected not to exceed two and one-half per cent, but there shall be no commission allowed on the amount received from the State. They shall furnish quarterly to the County Board of Education a statement showing all receipts, disbursements and cash on hand. They shall also furnish statement showing the school population, enrollment, average attendance, course of study and other data the County Board of Education may require whenever called upon to do so. C. C. [Illegible Text]. Secretary and treasurer's commission on tax collected. Reports. Sec. 136. BOND OF TREASURER. It shall be the duty of the treasurer or the secretary and treasurer of any Board of Trustees of a public school receiving money raised by local taxation for public schools, to make a good and sufficient bond for the faithful performance of his duties, payable to the County Board of Education in a sum not less than double the amount of money likely to be received by him during his term of office, the amount and sufficiency of said bond to be judged by the County Board of Education, which amount may be increased in the discretion of the County Board of Education. Park's C. [Illegible Text] (a). Bond. Sec. 137. FAILURE TO GIVE BOND. In the event the treasurer or secretary and treasurer as aforesaid, shall fail to make the bond as required in Section 1543 (a), then and in that event, any money raised by local taxation for public schools or otherwise, which under the laws should have been paid over to the treasurer or the secretary and treasurer, shall be paid over to the County Board of Education to be by them paid out on the orders of the Board of Trustees of such school district in the manner other moneys are paid out by them. Park's C. [Illegible Text] (b). Payment to Board instead of treasurer. Sec. 138. METHOD OF DISBURSEMENT. The treasurer

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or secretary and treasurer as aforesaid shall not pay out any money as held in his hands, except upon the order of the Board of Trustees, signed by the president or chairman, of which he is treasurer or secretary and treasurer. He shall further in all cases take a receipt for all moneys expended or paid out, which shall be attached to the order for same, which when properly done, shall constitute a proper voucher for the money thus paid out. Park's C. 1543 (c). Orders to pay. Vouchers. Sec. 139. AUDIT OF BOOKS AND ACCOUNTS OF TREASURER. The treasurer or the secretary and treasurer as aforesaid, shall keep an accurate account of all money received and paid out by him in a substantially bound book, which, together with all vouchers, shall be submitted once each year to the County Superintendent of Schools to be audited by the State Auditor when he shall audit the County Superintendent's books, but the County Board of Education may direct that any other competent person audit these books. Park's C. 1543 (d). Audit. Sec. 140. APPLICATION OF THIS LAW. The provisions of this law shall apply to all school districts which have adopted or may adopt local taxation for public schools under the district plan as provided under this code. This law shall not apply to any municipal system of schools in this State. Park's C. 1543 (e). Districts to which applicable. Sec. 141. ELECTIONS, HOW GOVERNED. All elections held under the provisions of this Article shall be governed as to registration and qualification of voters as the general laws governing special elections provides. C. C. 1544. Elections. Sec. 142. GENERAL SCHOOL LAWS TO BE OBSERVED. While it is the purpose and spirit of this Article to encourage individual action and local self-help upon the part of the school districts, it is expressly understood that the general school laws of this State as administered by the County Board of Education shall be observed. C. C. 1545. General laws to be observed. BUILDING SCHOOL HOUSES IN LOCAL TAX DISTRICTS. Sec. 143. ELECTION FOR BONDS TO BUILD AND EQUIP SCHOOL HOUSES. When one-fourth of the registered qualified

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voters of a school district, consolidated district or county, in which a local tax is now, or may hereafter be levied for school purposes, or of a district in a county now levying a local tax, shall be filed with the Board of Trustees, or Board of Education of such a school district, consolidated district or county, a petition asking for an election for the purpose of determining whether or not bonds shall be issued for the purpose of building and equipping a school house or houses for said school district, consolidated district or county, the required number of petitioners to be determined by the said Board of Trustees, or Board of Education, it shall be the duty of said Board of Trustees, or Board of Education, to fix the amount, denomination, rate of interest, and dates when due and call such election in terms of law now provided for a county issue of bonds except as herein otherwise provided. The said Board of Trustees, or Board of Education, in case the election is for a bond issue, shall follow the law as required of county authorities as embodied in Section 440 et. seq. of the Code of 1914, Volume 1, in the issue thereof. Said Board of Trustees or Board of Education may order such election to be held on the school site or other suitable place in the school district, consolidated district or county, of which they shall give notice by posting same at three public places in said school district, consolidated district or county, not less than ten days previous to said election. None but registered qualified voters shall be permitted to vote in said election. The Ordinary shall furnish a certified list of registered voters in such school district, consolidated district or county, to the managers of the election thirty days before such election is held. The ballots cast shall have written or printed thereon For school house, or Against school house. The ballots cast and the voting list shall be lodged with the Board of Trustees, or Board of Education who shall declare the result. Said Board of Trustees or Board of Education or a majority of them shall be the election managers, and if for any reason they fail to act, any three freeholders of the school district, consolidated district or county, may qualify and

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act. Said Board of Education shall have nothing to do with the location of the school site in local districts except on appeal. See Park's C. 1545 (a). Bond election. See Sec. 145, post. Location of school. Sec. 144. PROCEEDS OF BONDS, HOW HELD AND USED. Should bonds be issued and sold, the proceeds shall be turned over to the Board of Trustees or Board of Education, in trust for the purpose of erecting a school building or buildings which said Board of Trustees or Board of Education may deem suitable. Said Board of Trustees, or Board of Education is authorized to remove, sell or otherwise dispose of old buildings, or buildings and grounds and select a new site and erect a new building thereon, and add to the proceeds from the sale of bonds any other proceeds which may come from disposition of building or buildings and site, or from donations or otherwise, all to be held in trust to be used for the purpose aforesaid, and no compensation shall be paid to said Board of Trustees, or Board of Education, nor any member thereof for service. Said Board of Education shall have nothing to do with the location of the school site in local districts except on appeal. See Park's C. 1545 (b). Use of proceeds of bonds. Sale of buildings, etc. No compensation for Board. Sec. 145. In all counties of this State in which a local tax is now, or may hereafter be levied for school purposes, throughout the entire county, or throughout the entire county except that part embraced within the incorporated limits of a municipality or municipalities, when one-fourth of the registered qualified voters of such territory shall file with the Board of Education of such county, a petition asking for an election for the purpose of determining whether or not bonds shall be issued for the purpose of building and equipping a school house or school houses for said county, or for the purpose of purchasing sites and buildings to be used for such purposes, or for the purpose of purchasing a site and erecting school houses thereon, either one or all, the required number of petitioners to be determined by said Board of Education, it shall be the duty of said Board of Education to fix the amount, denomination, rate of interest, and dates when due, and call such

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election in terms of law now provided or which may hereafter be provided for a county issue of bonds, except as herein otherwise provided. Said Board of Education shall order such election to be held at the various polling places throughout the county or throughout the territory to be affected, affected, of which they shall give notice by publication thereof once a week for eight weeks previous to said election in the newspaper in which the legal advertisements of said county are published. None but registered qualified voters residing within the territory to be affected shall be permitted to vote in said election. The Ordinary shall furnish a certified list of the registered voters in such county, or in the territory to be affected, to the managers of the election ten days previous to said election, and after the same has been purged by the Board of Registrars as now provided by law in cases of special elections. The ballots cast shall have written or printed thereon For school house bonds or Against school house bonds. The managers of the election, including such clerks as may be necessary, shall be appointed by the Ordinary. The polls shall remain open during the hours as now fixed by law for general elections; the returns of the election, including all ballots cast, tally sheets, voters lists and other papers relating to the election shall be made to the Ordinary, who shall on the day following said election consolidate the vote and declare the result. In the event that two-thirds of the votes cast at such election shall be in favor of school house bonds, and such two-thirds is also a majority of all of the voters qualified to vote in said election, then the bonds shall be issued and sold, under all of the regulations now provided by law for other county bonds; the proceeds shall be turned over to the Board of Education in trust for the purpose or purposes aforesaid. Said Board shall be authorized to remove, sell or otherwise dispose of old buildings, or buildings and grounds and select new sites and erect new buildings thereon, or to contract for and purchase sites or sites and buildings, and add the proceeds of the sale of any such property to the proceeds from the sale of the bonds, and all to be held in trust for

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the purposes aforesaid, and no compensation or commission shall be paid to said Board of Education nor any member thereof for services rendered in this respect. The county authorities, in levying and assessing taxes for the purpose of paying the interest and returning and paying off of said bonds shall, in the event that the entire county is not embraced within the area or territory in which said election is held, levy and assess such taxes only against the property located within the area or territory within which said election is held. For the purpose of taking care of the expense of these bonds for districts, consolidated districts, or county, the Board of Trustees or Board of Education shall recommend and the Board of Commissioners shall levy a tax not to exceed five mills on the school district, consolidated district, or county, as the case may be. This in addition to the general tax for the maintenance of the schools of said territory. Sec Secs. 143-4. ante. Bond election. Tax to pay expense of bonds. COUNTY SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS. Sec. 146. ELECTION, TERM. The office of County Superintendent of Education shall be substituted for the office of County School Commissioner; provided, that the person now holding the office of County School Commissioner shall continue to serve as County Superintendent of Schools during the remainder of the term for which they were elected respectively. See Park's C. 1565 (m); County superintendent. Sec. 147. TERMS OF COUNTY SUPERINTENDENTS. The term of office of County Superintendent of Schools in each and every county of the State of Georgia shall begin with the first day of January, 1913, and terminate with the first day of January, 1917, and that said County Superintendent of Schools shall be elected for a term of four years as now provided by law at the same time and place as State and county officers, provided, if there is in this county one or more independent school systems not under the supervision of the County Superintendent, the voters of such independent system or systems shall not vote in the election for the County Superintendent. The term of office of all County

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Superintendents of Schools beginning during the year 1912, shall continue until the first day of January 1917, or until their successors are elected and qualified as is now provided by law. Park's C. 1565 (n). Term. Sec. 148. VACANCIES. HOW FILLED. In the case of a vacancy by death, resignation or removal from office, or from any cause whatever, in the office of County Superintendent of Schools in any county in this State, the County Board of Education shall elect a County Superintendent of Schools for the unexpired term. See C. C. 1493 Ga. L. 1910, p. 76. Vacancies. Sec. 149. QUALIFICATIONS OF COUNTY SUPERINTENDENTS. Before any person shall be qualified or eligible to the office of County Superintendent of Schools, he shall have had at least three years' practical experience in teaching, hold a first-grade high school license, or in lieu thereof shall have a diploma from a literary college or normal school, or shall have had five years' experience in the actual supervision of schools, or stand an approved examination before the State Board as to his qualifications, be a person of good moral character, never convicted of any crime involving moral turpitude. The County Superintendent shall perform all the clerical duties which are now required of the County School Commissioner. Before being eligible to qualify for election, candidates for the position must file at the State Department of Education a certificate as to qualification under at least one of the four methods prescribed by law. This certificate must be signed by the president of the Board of Education. See Park's C. 1565 (o). Qualifications. Sec. 150. BOND. The County Superintendent of Schools must give bond with good security (surety company preferred) payable to the County Board of Education, the amount to be decided by the Board. This bond must be filed with the Ordinary and a copy recorded on the Ordinary's records. See C. C. 1492. Bond. Sec. 151. COMPENSATION. Each County School Superintendent within the State of Georgia shall receive a minimum salary of $450.00 per annum, and an annual allowance

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of $150.00 for the purpose of defraying the expenses of visiting the schools within his county at least every sixty (60) days, or a total of $600.00 which salary shall be paid out of the school funds of Georgia monthly; and in addition thereto, the County Board of Education shall allow such additional compensation for the services to be rendered as may be in their judgment proper and just. Park's C. 1565 (r). Salary and expenses. Additional pay. Sec. 152. OATH. Before entering upon the discharge of his official duties the said Superintendent shall take and subscribe to the same oath required of the other officers of this State. Oath. Sec. 153. REMOVAL FROM OFFICE. SUCCESSOR. The County School Superintendent may be removed from office before the expiration of his term by a majority vote of the Board of Education for inefficiency, incapacity, neglect of duty or malfeasance or corruption in office; provided, that any Superintendent so removed shall have the right of appeal from the action of the County Board to the State School Superintendent, and from the State School Superintendent to the State Board of Education. See C. C. 1492. Removal. Appeal. Sec. 154. DUTIES. The County School Superintendent shall constitute the medium of communication between the State School Superintendent and the subordinate school officers. He shall be the agent of the County Board in procuring such school furniture, apparatus, and educational requisites as they may order, and shall see that none but the prescribed text-books are used by the pupils; shall audit all accounts before an application is made to the County Board for an order for payment; he shall procure a book in which he shall keep a record of his official acts, which, together with all the books, papers and property appertaining to his office, he shall turn over to his successor. It shall be his duty to enforce all regulations, rules, and instructions of the State Superintendent of Schools and of the County Board of Education according to the laws of the State and the rules and regulations made by the said Board of Education that are not in conflict with the

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State laws; and he shall, together with the State Supervisors, superintend the county normals and institutes for the teachers of his county, and shall visit every school, both white and colored, within his school district which receives State aid, at least once every sixty (60) days and familiarize himself with the studies taught in said schools, see what advancement is being made by the pupils, advise with the teachers and otherwise aid and assist in the advancement of education. See C. C. 1501. Duties of county superintendent. Sec. 155. EXAMINATION AND SUSPENSION OF [Illegible Text]. He shall superintend examinations of all teachers of his county as provided by law. He shall hereafter suspend any teacher under his supervision for non-performance of duty, incompetency, immorality or inefficiency, and for other good and sufficient causes, from which decision the teacher may appeal to the County Board of Education, and either being dissatisfied with their decision, they can appeal to the State Superintendent or from there to the State Board of Education, the decision of which shall be final. Park's C. 1565 (p). Examinations. Suspension of teachers. Appeal. Sec. 156. SEAL TO BE PLACED UPON TEACHER'S LICENSE. County School Superintendents shall place upon all teacher's licenses issued by them the seal of the Board of Education of the county for which they are Superintendents. C. C. [Illegible Text]. License. Sec. 157. OFFICE OF SUPERINTENDENT IN COURT HOUSE. The county authorities of the different counties of this State shall furnish the County School Superintendents thereof an office in the court house; provided, there is sufficient room in said court house after furnishing the county officers with offices as now provided by law. C. C. 1502. Office. Sec. 158. WHO MAY ADMINISTER OATHS. The County School Superintendent and members of the County Board of Education are authorized to administer oaths necessary in transacting school business or in conducting investigations before the County Boards when sitting as judicial tribunals for determining controversies arising under school laws. C. C. 1518. Administering oaths.

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Sec. 159. A REPORT OF COUNTY SUPERINTENDENTS. It shall be the duty of the County School Superintendent to make a report of the school operations of the preceding year to the grand jury, at the spring term of the court, and to place his book before them for examination; and in making up the general presentments it shall be the duty of the jury to take proper notice of the matters thus brought to their attention. C. C. [Illegible Text]. Reports to grand jury. Sec. 160. EXAMINATION AND LICENSE OF TEACHERS. The County Superintendents shall examine all applicants for license to teach in their respective counties, giving previous public notice of the day upon which the examinations are to take place, and said Superintendents shall be allowed to employ such persons as they think proper to assist in these examinations. Said examinations shall be held throughout the State on days to be fixed by the State School Superintendent, and on questions prepared and sent out by him to the County School Superintendents. The State School Superintendent shall prepare and supply the County School Superintendent with printed instructions as to grading applicants by a uniform grade, and shall fix the lowest standard for each class of license. No applicants for teachers' licenses shall be examined on any other day than the one above described except in cases where the County Board of Education shall order a special examination; no special examination shall be ordered by said Board except for good and sufficient reasons and to meet some special emergency. In such cases the questions shall be prepared by the County School Superintendent or by some competent person under his authority, and their contents shall not be made known to the applicant or applicants until the examination actually commences; said examination shall be conducted under the same rules and regulations as are provided by law for other examinations, but the licenses granted shall be valid only until the next examination ordered by the State School Superintendent. The County Board of Education shall have power, if they deem best, to employ teachers at a salary. See C. C. 1494. Licenses to teachers. Times of examinations. Employment of teachers.

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Sec. 161. SCHOOLS LOCALLY ESTABLISHED AND MAINTAINED. It is not the intention of this law to repeal or interfere with the laws which have been enacted establishing local tax district schools, municipal schools, or other schools already established by law, except that no person shall be allowed to teach in any school in the State of Georgia receiving State aid without first standing an examination and procuring a license as provided by the State Board of Education and State Superintendent; provided, they are hereby authorized and directed to prescribe and require a different examination of teachers who are engaged in teaching primary grades only from that required of teachers of higher grades; provided, nevertheless, that the State Board of Education may, when the authorities in charge of any local municipal schools are maintaining a sufficiently high standard of examinations for its teachers, delegate to the authorities of these systems the right to license teachers to teach in their respective systems, upon examinations to be provided by such local authorities, reserving however to the State Board of Education the right to revoke this delegation of authority as to any local system whenever it appears that the authorities of that system have relaxed the standards or failed to give examination. Nothing herein contained shall be construed as affecting the right of the authorities of local municipal systems to prescribe the course of study therein, or select text-books in those schools where they are now allowed to do so by law. See Park's C. [Illegible Text] (y). Examination and license Sec. 162. LOCAL COUNTY AND MUNICIPAL SYSTEMS. None of the provisions of this Article shall apply to local county school systems which were in existence at the time of the adoption of the constitution of 1877. Nor shall any of the provisions of this Article apply to the school system of any municipality having a population of one hundred thousand people or more. Park's C. 1565 (z). Excepted school systems. Sec. 163. GRADING OF APPLICANTS. It shall be the duty of the County School Superintendent to grade the applicants according to the instructions furnished them by the State School Superintendent, submitting his report and

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recommendations thereon in writing to the County Board of Education, who shall grant to the applicants licenses of the first, second or third grade, to be determined by the qualifications exhibited and the standard attained; provided, they shall attain at least the lowest grade mark fixed by the State School Superintendent for each grade; and provided further, that each-applicant submits with his or her examination paper satisfactory evidence in writing of good moral character. A license of the first grade shall continue in force for three years, a license of the second grade for two years, and a license of the third grade for one year, which said licenses in any of the common schools of the county where issued. Licenses to be good in another county other than the one in and for which they are issued, must be endorsed by the County School Superintendent of the county in which the applicant desires to teach. C. C. 1408. Grading of licenses. Terms of license. Sec. 164. REVOCATION OF LICENSES. The County Superintendent shall have power, and it shall be his duty, to revoke licenses granted by him or his predecessors, for incompetency, immorality, [Illegible Text] to pupils, or neglect of his duties and the revecation of the license of any teacher shall terminate the connection of said teacher with any school in which he may have been employed to teach; but any teacher so dismissed shall have the right to appeal to the County Board of Education whose decision shall be final. C. C. [Illegible Text]. Grounds for revocation. Sec. 165. INTENT TO DEFRAUD. Whoever, with intent to defraud the State or any county, town or city, or any person shall falsely and fraudulently make, forge, alter or counterfeit, or cause or procure to be falsely and [Illegible Text] made, forged, altered or counterfeited, or willingly aid or assist in falsely and fraudulently making, forging, altering or counterfeiting any certificates or licenses issued by any County School Superintendent of this State or the executive officer of any local school board to a teacher, shall be deemed guilty of a felony, and upon conviction therefor, shall be punished as prescribed as prescribed by Section 231, of the code of 1917, Volume 6. P. C. 238. Forging or altering certificate. Punishment.

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Sec. 166. DUTIES OF TEACHERS. After legal qualification through license or certificate, each teacher shall keep an accurate account of the number of pupils entering the school room and the number of days of actual attendance. For this purpose the teacher shall be provided with a register by the local school authorities. Each teacher shall make reports and returns to the County School Superintendent required by law, and it shall not be legal to make the final payment to any teacher until complete reports and returns have been made to the Superintendent of Schools. Teacher's report as to attendance. Sec. 167. In Vocational Agriculture, Trade and Industrial and Home Economics Education, the certification of teachers is authorized by the State Board of Vocational Education. Vocational studies; certificates Sec. 168. SPECIAL DAYS. The county and local Boards of Education shall see that the following days are observed either by holidays or appropriate exercises and it shall be the duty of the State Superintendent of Schools to arrange programs for the proper observance of these occasions, and of the Superintendent and teachers to direct the attention of the pupils to these dates and topics by practical exercises: Days to be observed. See C. C. 1527-8. 1. Thanksgiving Day, last Thursday in November. 2. Uncle Remus Day, December 9. 3. Lee's Birthday, January 19. 4. Georgia Day, February 12. 5. Washington's Birthday, February 22. 6. Arbor and Bird Day, first Friday in December. 7. Memorial Day, April 26. Sec. 169. REGULATIONS BY COUNTY BOARDS. The county and municipal Boards of Health of the several counties shall have full power and authority to adopt, enact. establish, and maintain all such rules and regulations, not inconsistent with the laws and constitution of this State and of the United States, as they may deem necessary and proper for protecting the health of their respective counties or municipalities, and for preventing the introduction.

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generation, and spread of infections and contagious diseases therein; provided that such rules and regulations shall not apply to any incorporated city or town of this State. See Park's C. 1670. Health regulations. Sec. 170. ISOLATION AND QUARANTINE IN INFECTIOUS DISEASES. (EXTRACTS FROM RULES AND REGULATIONS OF STATE BOARD OF HEALTH.) No parent or householder shall permit infected persons (or persons exposed to infection) clothing, bedding, furniture, school books, library books, or other articles likely to convey infection to be removed from the house until properly disinfected, under the supervision of the local board of health or its proper officer, or where no board exists, by the attending physician, in the manner recommended by the State Board of Health. The isolation of patients and duration of quarantine in infectious diseases shall be as follows: Quarantine, disinfection, etc. Diphtheria or membranous croup: For the patient: Isolation for twenty-one (21) days from persons and domestic animals, and disinfection of premises. For persous associated with or in the house with the patient; adults, quarantine until after death or recovery of patient and disinfection of premises; children: quarantine for seven (7) days after disinfection of premises. Domestic pets, particularly cats, are frequent carriers of this infection. That the use of antitoxin lessens the mortality, but does not attentuate the nerves, so that the same length of quarantine should be enforced whether antitoxins are or are not used. Scarlet Fever (Scarletena, Scarlet Rash, Roseola.) Isolation of patient and quarantine of children associated with, or in the house with the patient, for ten (10) days after complete desquamation or sealing of patient and disinfection of premises. Small-pox: For the patient: Isolation until after all crust or scales have fallen off, and the disinfection of patient's body and the premises. For exposed persons: quarantine for sixteen (16) days from date of last exposure. Cholera: For the patient: Isolation until after complete

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recovery and disinfection of the premises. For exposed persons: quarantine for five (5) days from date of last exposure. Yellow Fever: Isolation in screened room (protected fire-place) until after complete recovery and disinfection of premises. Typhus Fever: For the patient: Isolation until after complete recovery and disinfection of the premises. For exposed persons; quarantine for twenty-one (21) days from date of last exposure. COMPULSORY SCHOOL ATTENDANCE. Sec. 171. DUTY OF PARENT AND GUARDIAN. ENROLLMENT AND ATTENDANCE OF CHILD. EXCUSE OF ABSENCES. Every parent, guardian, or other person having charge and control of a child between the age of eight and fourteen years, who is not exempted or excused as hereinafter provided, shall cause the said child to be enrolled in and to attend continuously for six months of each year a public school of the district or of the city or town in which the child resides; which period of attendance shall commence at the beginning of the first term of said school in the year. Such attendance at a public school shall not be required where the child attends for the same period some other school giving instruction in the ordinary branches of English education, or has completed the seventh grade of school work as prescribed by the State Board of Education, or where, for good reasons, the sufficiency of which shall be determined by the Board of Education of the county or of the city or town in which the child resides, the said board excuses temporarily the child from such attendance, such boards being authorized to take into consideration the seasons for agricultural labor and the need for such labor, in exercising their discretion as to the time for which children in farming districts shall be excused, provided, that no guardian shall be compelled to send such child or children to school out of any other than the funds belonging to the ward or wards. Temporary absence of any child

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enrolled as a pupil may be excused by the principal or teacher in charge of the school, because of bad weather, sickness, death in the child's family, or other reasonable cause. See Ga. L. 1916, p. 101. Compulsory attendance, age limit. Exemption or excuse. Sec. 172. PENALTY FOR NON-COMPLIANCE. SUSPENSION OR PUNISHMENT. NOTICE. BOND. Any parent, guardian or other person who has charge and control of a child between the ages aforesaid, and who willfully fails to comply with the foregoing requirements, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine not to exceed ten dollars for the first offense, and not to exceed twenty dollars for each subsequent offense, said fines to include all costs; but the court trying the case may, in its discretion suspend enforcement of the punishment, if the child be immediately placed in attendance at a school as aforesaid, and may finally remit the same if such attendance has continued regularly for the number of months hereinbefore prescribed for attendance. School attendance may be proved by an attested certificate of the principal or teacher in charge of the school. No person shall be prosecuted for violation of the foregoing requirements unless the board of education of the county or municipality in which the person accused of such violation resides shall have caused to be served upon the accused, at least ten days before such prosecution, a written notice of the charge with the name of the child to which it refers. Any person so notified, not previously convicted of violation of this Act as to the child referred to in said notice, may prevent prosecution on the charge set out therein, by giving, at any time before such prosecution is instituted, a bond in the penal sum of fifty dollars payable to the Ordinary of the county, with security to be approved by the Ordinary, conditioned that the said person shall thenceforth faithfully comply with the requirements of this section as to the said child. Each day's willful failure of a parent, guardian or other person in charge and control of a child as aforesaid, after the expiration of ten days from such notice, to cause the child to attend school, when such attendance is required by this Section, shall constitute a separate offense.

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In prosecutions under this Section the exemptions and excuses herein provided for shall be matters of defense to be established by the accused, and need not be negatived in the indictment or accusation. Penalty. Suspension of punishment. Notice before prosecution. Bond to comply with law. Each day a separate offense, when. As to this section, see note, p. 289, ante. Sec. 173. DUTIES OF BOARD OF EDUCATION AND TEACHERS. It shall be the duty of the county and municipal Boards of Education to investigate as to the attendance and non-attendance of children required by this Section to attend the schools under their supervision, and it shall also be their duty to institute or cause to be instituted prosecutions against persons violating this Section. It shall be the duty of the principal or teacher in charge of any public school, in which pupils between the ages of eight and fourteen years of age are instructed, to keep an accurate record of the attendance of such pupils, and at the end of each month to make a written report of the same to the Board of Education having supervision of the school, and to note therein excused absences and the reasons therefor. Duty of Board to prosecute, Reports by teachers. Sec. 174. Each county and municipal Board of Education shall employ an attendance officer whose duty it shall be to report to the Board of Education failure of attendance on the part of pupils between the ages of eight and fourteen years. For this service these officials shall be paid not less than one dollar nor more than three dollars per day during the time employed, and said payment shall be paid, so far as possible, from the fines collected. The balance due shall be paid from the school funds of the county or local system. Any Board or local school system failing to comply with this law for attendance officer shall not be entitled to receive funds from the State Treasury until it is shown that said attendance officer has been appointed and has entered upon his duties. Attendance officer. Per diem. Funds with-held for failure to employ officer. Sec. 175. FINES AND FORFEITURES A PART OF SCHOOL FUND. All fines imposed hereunder and all sums required to be paid as penalties under bonds given under this Section, shall, after payment of the cost of prosecution and of recovery thereof, be paid into the county treasury and become a part of the school fund of the county. Fines to go to school fund.

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Sec. 176. LAW EFFECTIVE, WHEN. The provisions of this Act shall become operative on the first day of January, in the year nineteen hundred and twenty. Sec. 177. PUBLICATION OF LAW. It shall be the duty of the Board of Education of each county, at least four weeks before the first day of January following the adoption of this Section, to cause this Section to be published in a newspaper of the county, if there be one, and to cause copies of this Section to be posted at the court house of the county and at the public schools thereof. Publication of law. VOCATIONAL EDUCATION. Sec. 178. ACCEPTANCE. The State of Georgia accepts and does hereby accept the provisions of an Act of the Congress of the United States approved February 23, 1917, the caption of which said Act is as follows: Provisions of Federal Law accepted. An Act to provide for the promotion of vocational education; to provide for co-operation with the States in the promotion of such education in agriculture and the trades and industries; to provide for co-operation with the States in the preparation of teachers of vocational subjects; and to appropriate money and regulate its expenditure, and for other purposes, and the provisions of said Act as set forth in Sections 1, 2, 3, and 4 of said Act and the provisions thereunder and appropriations therefor to be used according to and as provided in said Act. Sec. 179. MEMBERSHIP OF STATE BOARD FOR VOCATIONAL EDUCATION. A State Board is hereby created to be known as the State Board of Vocational Education, consisting of seven members, made up as follows: Members of Board. The Chancellor of the University. The State School Superintendent. Three members from the State at large. One of the members of said Board shall be representative of the manufacturing and commercial interest, one representative of the agricultural interests and one representative of labor.

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Two members from the Trustees of the district agricultural and mechanical schools, and the same is hereby created and said Board shall have all necessary power to co-operate as herein provided with the Federal Board for vocational education in the administration of the provisions of this Act in said Act provided. The Chancellor of the State University and the State School Superintendent shall be ex-officio members of said Board and the Chancellor of the University shall be the chairman of the same, and the members of said Board shall be appointed by the Governor and shall hold office until their successors are appointed and qualified. All vacancies in said Board caused by death or resignation or expiration of term of office shall be filled by appointment of the Governor to fill the unexpired term. Two of the members of said Board shall be appointed for two years, for a term of office beginning July 1, 1917, and three members shall be appointed for four years to hold office from July 1, 1917, and all subsequent appointments, except to fill unexpired terms, shall be for four years. Chairman. Appointments. Terms. Sec. 180. MEETINGS, DUTIES, AND COMPENSATION OF MEMBERS. The Board shall fix the time and place of their meeting and shall meet at the call of the chairman or upon the written call of a majority of said members after five days' notice in writing to all the members, and shall have as pay for their services four dollars per day and necessary expenses, said amounts to be paid out of the Treasury upon the warrant of the Governor. The State Board of Vocational Education, in offsetting the Federal appropriation is directed to take advantage of whatever appropriations the State of Georgia makes to local schools, municipal and county, district agricultural school, normal schools and the teacher training department of the University of Georgia, in order to secure these funds under the regulations provided by the Federal Vocational Board and also take [Illegible Text] when permitted by the Federal Vocational Board, of any appropriations made by any municipality or county of the State to any school of vocational character. To make up any deficiencies that may occur, said Board is empowered

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to use each year so far as may be necessary, an amount equal to one-half of the Federal appropriation from any funds not otherwise appropriated in the State Treasury. So far as possible said Vocational Board shall encourage municipal and county educational boards to meet the conditions and secure advantages of this Federal appropriation. Meetings. Compensation. Appropriations. Sec. 181. SECRETARY AND HIS DUTIES. The Board shall appoint one of its members as Secretary of said Board, and he shall keep written minutes of the proceedings and he shall do and perform such other and further duties as may be required of him by the Board. Secretary. Sec. 182. CUSTODIAN OF FUNDS. The State Treasurer is hereby made the custodian of any and all moneys received by the State from the National Government under this Act, and it shall be his duty to collect said money and pay out the same upon the order of said Board, evidenced by its warrant, signed by the chairman thereof and countersigned by its Secretary. Treasurer. Sec. 183. REPRESENTING THE STATE. The State Board of Vocational Education shall have the full power to represent the State in any and all matters in reference to the expenditure, distribution and disbursements received from the United States Government in said State and to appropriate and use said moneys in whatever way in their discretion will best subserve the interests of the State, and carry out the spirit and intent of said Act of Congress in conformity to its provisions. Power to receive and use funds. Sec. 184. Be it further enacted that the provisions of this Act are substituted for the existing school laws of this State, and that all the existing school laws of this State and all laws or parts of laws in conflict herewith are hereby repealed. Substitute for existing school laws. Approved August 19, 1919.

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SCHOOL TO TRAIN COLORED TEACHERS; INCREASE OF APPROPRIATION FOR. No. 311. An Act to amend an Act approved August 21, 1917, providing for the Establishment and Organization of an Agricultural, Industrial and Normal School in this State, as a Branch of the University 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 Section 7, of the Act to Establish and Organize an Agricultural and Industrial and Normal School in this State as a Branch of the University of Georgia, and for other purposes, be amended as follows: Strike from said Section 7 the words, The sum of five thousand ($5,000.00) dollars annually, and insert in lieu thereof, The sum of fifteen thousand ($15,000.00) dollars annually, so that said Section of said Act will read as follows: Ga. L. 1917, p. 195; amendment. $15,000 appropriated annually. Be it further enacted, That for the maintenance of this institution, there shall be appropriated the sum of fifteen thousand ($15,000.00) dollars annually from the fertilizer tag tax, as provided for the District Agricultural Schools. Sec. 2. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be and the same are hereby repealed. Approved August 18, 1919. SHERIFF'S FEE IN ORIMINAL CASES. No. 239. An Act to fix the amount of fees the sheriffs of this State shall be entitled to charge and collect for performance

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of certain official duties by them in criminal cases, and for other purposes. Section 1. Be it and it is hereby enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, That from and after the passage 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 services in every criminal case before a judge or a judge and jury $2.00. Fee of sheriff in criminal case. Sec. 2. It is further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed. Approved August 18, 1919. SUPERVISOR OF COUNTY OFFICERS AND RECORDS; OFFICE ABOLISHED. No. 331. An Act to repeal the Act approved August 8, 1916, entitled an Act to create the office of Supervisor of County officers and County Records, and for other purposes. Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia and it is hereby enacted by authority of same, That an Act approved August 8, 1916, entitled an Act to create the office of Supervisor of County Officers and County Records be and the same is hereby repealed. Ga. L. 1916, p. 142; Act 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 18, 1919. TAX COLLECTOR IN CERTAIN COUNTIES MADE EX-OFFICIO SHERIFF. No. 149. An Act to make tax collectors of counties in the State of Georgia, having a population of not less than 6,000 people

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and not more than 7,000 people, according to the census of the United States, as taken for the year 1910, ex-officio sheriffs of said counties, in so far as to enable said tax collectors to collect the taxes due the State and county by levy and sale under tax executions, and to give said tax collectors all of the powers of sheriffs in so far as relates to the levy of said fi. fas. and sales thereunder 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 on and after the passage of this Act, tax collectors of all counties in the State of Georgia having a population of not less than 6,000 people and not more than 7,000 people according to the census of the United States, as taken and compiled for the year 1910, shall be ex-officio sheriffs of said counties in so far as to give them power to collect the taxes due the State of Georgia, and their respective counties, by levy and sale of property under tax executions; and said tax collectors shall not turn over the tax fi. fas. issued by them to the sheriffs of their respective counties, or to any levying officer of said State, except when it may be necessary to enforce the collection of any fi. fa. to forward the same to other county or counties than the county in which the same is issued, but said tax collectors, by virtue of their [Illegible Text] as tax collectors, shall have power and authority to levy all tax executions heretofore or hereafter issued by them in their respective counties, and the compensation of said tax collectors for their services as ex-officio sheriffs shall be the same as that now allowed for sheriffs or constables for similar services, and said tax collectors shall have power and authority to bring any and all property to sale, and all sales made by them including the executions of due and conveyances of both real and personal property, shall be valid and as binding as if the sale were made by the sheriff of said counties, and shall pass the title to all property sold as fully as titles are now passed by sheriffs of this State under sales made by them. Tax-Collector made ex-officio sheriff in counties of 6,000 to 7,000 people. Sec. 2. All levies and sales made by the tax-collectors

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under this Act shall, as to time, place and manner of sale, and in all other respects, conform to and be controlied by the general laws of this State, regulating sales under tax fi. fas. by sheriffs or constables. General laws govern as to levy, etc. Sec. 3. Tax collectors who are ex-officio sheriffs under this Act shall have power to appoint one or more deputies who shall be vested with all the powers of said tax collectors, as to the levy and collection of said tax executions and the sale of property by virtue of levies thereof, and the said tax collectors shall be responsible for the acts of said deputies, and their compensation shall be paid by said tax collectors. Deputies. Sec. 4. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be and the same are hereby repealed. Approved August 18, 1919. TECHNOLOGICAL SCHOOL, ENGINEERING EXPERIMENT STATION ESTABLISHED AT. No. 303. An Act to establish a State Engineering Experiment Station at the Georgia School of Technology for the promotion of engineering and industrial research in the interest of the development of the natural resources, the industries, the commerce and the public welfare 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 to aid in the promotion of engineering and industrial research, and for the more complete development and utilization of the natural resources of Georgia, and for the encouragement of industries and commerce, and insuring the public welfare of the people of Georgia consistent with modern progress and preparedness there is

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hereby established at and in connection with the Georgia School of Technology, a department to be known and designated as the State Engineering Experiment Station. Engineering experiment station established. Sec. 2. That it shall be the object and duty of said Experiment Station to conduct original researches, perform and verify experiments, and make tests and investigations in any or all branches of engineering, manufacturing and the industries, and the sciences related thereto, and to compile data relating to such researches, for the promotion of the same in the interests of the people of Georgia, particularly such as are engaged in engineering and industry; also researches, investigations and experiments in connection with the production, proparation and transportation of materials utilized in engineering and industry; also researches, investigations and experiments relating to transportation, road-building, drainage, irrigation, flood protection, aeronautics, aerodynamics, fuels, power, lighting, heating, refrigeration, ventilation, sanitation, architecture and such other researches, experiments, tests and investigations bearing upon the industries, occupations and public welfare of the people of Georgia as may in each case be deemed advisable, practicable and within the resources of said station. Objects. Sec. 3. That bulletins giving results of said researches, investigations and experiments, or reports of progress, shall be published at said station at least once in twelve months, copies of which shall be sent to persons, newspapers, institutions and libraries interested in research, engineering, manufacturing and industry as may request the same, as far as the means of the station will permit. Copies of said report are to be sent to the State Engineer, the State Geologist, and other State officials requesting same, free of charge. Bulletins. Sec. 4. That all moneys now or hereafter appropriated by the Legislature for the establishment and operation of the said engineering experiment station, together with any sums which may be appropriated by the United States Congress or apportioned to the State of Georgia from the

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Treasury of the United States for purposes substantially the same as specified in this Act, shall be paid to the Trustees of the Georgia School of Technology for the prosecution of the work of the said Engineering Experiment Station hereby authorized, provided that the Board of Trustees of the said Georgia School of Technology shall formally present to the Governor their acceptance of the conditions of this Act. Appropriations to be paid to trustees of School of Technology. Sec. 5. That in the event of the Congress of the United States making appropriations to the States and Territories for the conduct of work similar to that hereinbefore specified, the work of the said station is to conform with the requirements imposed as the conditions for such Federal appropriations, and as may be hereafter accepted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, in order that the work of the State Engineering Experiment Station hereby established may be aided and extended by means of such Federal appropriations for engineering and industrial/research. Work to conform to Federal Law, when aided by Federal appropriation. Sec. 6. That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be and the same are hereby repealed. Approved August 18, 1919. TECHNOLOGICAL SCHOOL LIBRARY; BOOKS TO BE SUPPLIED BY STATE LIBRARIAN FOR. No. 33. An Act to require the State Librarian to furnish to the Georgia School of Technology such books as are furnished to the University of Georgia. 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 State Librarian shall supply, free of charge, to the Georgia School of Technology volumes of such reports

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and such other public books as are furnished by the State to the several counties and to the University of Georgia. State publications given to school. Sec. 2. It is further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict herewith are hereby repealed. Approved August 4, 1919. TECHNOLOGICAL SCHOOL TRUSTEES, POWERS OF LOCAL BOARD INCREASED. No. 335. An Act to give additional powers and authority to the local board of trustees of the Georgia School of Technology, to authorize the conferring of degrees, and for other purposes. Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of same, That in addition to the powers conferred upon the Local Board of Trustees of the Georgia School of Technology by the original Act establishing said school and the Acts amendatory thereof, the said Local Board of Trustees shall have authority to confer all degrees, appropriate to its courses of study, in the name of the said school, to determine the policy and shape the conduct of said school, to add other departments to those now existing in the said school from time to time as they shall determine to be best for the said institution; and the said Local Board shall have authority to appoint a Treasurer, who shall receive, hold, and disburse the funds of said school. Said Board shall have authority to fix the compensation of all officers of the Board, the professors, teachers and employees of same, receive donations, bequests and contributions to said institution, sell or exchange or otherwise dispose of any property of said school in their discretion, and generally do any and everything usual or necessary in the administration of said school or arising in the progress of the institution. Additional powers of local trustees.

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Sec. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the regular members of the said Local Board who reside or have their office or place of business within the County of Fulton, together with the Chairman of the Board, shall constitute the Executive Committee of said Board, and as such may exercise all the powers of the Local Board in the interim between the meetings of the same, subject only to confirmation by the Local Board at its next regular meeting. Executive committee. Sec. 3. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the Local Board shall be empowered to add two new members to said Board, to be selected from the Alumni of said institution. The Governor of the State of Georgia in office shall be ex-officio a member of the Board. A queram of the Board for the transaction of business shall consist of five members. New trustees added from alumni. Sec. 4. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the report required of the Chairman of the Board shall be laid before the Governor ten days before the meeting of the Legislature, and shall be published and distributed to the members of the Legislature, if practicable, on the first day of the session. Said report need not contain a double list of students, but the catalogue of the same showing their residence shall be sufficient. Annual report. Sec. 5. Be it further 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 15, 1919. TIME STANDARD FIXED. No. 251. An Act to fix the standard of time in 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

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of the same, That from and after the 31st day of August, 1919, the only standard of time recognized by the laws of this State in the computation of a day, of the hours of a day, is the Meridian of the sun, and that a legal day begins and ends at midnight, the mean time between Meridian and Meridian, or twelve o'clock post Meridian, twelve hours after Meridian; provided, however, that the only recognized watch and clock time in this State shall be that time corresponding to the present Central time now in use and practiced in this State, and in those sections or zones in the State operating upon and recognizing Eastern time, as now in use and practiced, it is expressly enacted that such present Eastern time be and the same is hereby rejected and is not recognized as the legal time of such sections or zones, or of this State; provided, further, that those sections or zones of the State having Central time, as is now in use and practice, shall remain as lawful time, and in those sections or zones having Eastern time, as now in use and practice, such Eastern time therein shall be slowed one hour, commencing with the midnight hour of the present Central time, on the 31st day of August, 1919, to the end and purpose that the entire State shall have and possess as its lawful time the present Central time on the 1st day of September, 1919, and thereafter; provided, further, That the Governor of the State shall make proclamation of the provisions of this Act on the 20th, 25th and 30th of August, 1919, and shall on the 1st day of September, 1919, proclaim the entire State to be on Central time, as now in use and practice, which said proclamation shall be published in one newspaper in each Congressional District, the cost of which shall be paid out of the contingent fund. Standard of time. 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, 1919.

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TRAINING SCHOOL FOR BOYS; STATE REFORMATORY LAW AMENDED, NAME CHANGED; MANAGERS, ETC. No. 173. An Act to amend an Act to create a State Institution to be known as the Georgia State Reformatory for the detention and punishment of certain offenders of the age of sixteen years and under; to provide for the management and control of same; to prescribe certain rules and regulations for the government of said reformatory; to provide for a Superintendent and other employees to be used in said reformatory; to provide for the erection of certain buildings and the purchase of other property necessary to carry out the purpose of this Act, approved August 23, 1905; by changing the name of said institution from Georgia State Reformatory to Georgia Training School for Boys; by placing the general supervision, control and government of said institution in a Board of Managers herein created; divesting the Prison Commission of Georgia of the control of said institution; by providing for the appointment, qualification and authority of said Board of Managers; by vesting in said Board of Managers all authority over said institution heretofore had by the Prison Commission of Georgia; by fixing a salary for the Superintendent of said institution; by providing for those who may be committed to said institution; by providing for the proper transfer of the supervision, control and government of said institution from the Prison Commission to said Board of Managers; to repeal 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 the Act approved August 23, 1905, entitled An Act to create a State Institution to be known as the `Georgia State Reformatory' for the detention and punishment

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of certain offenders of the age of sixteen years and under; to provide for the management and control of same; to prescribe certain rules and regulations for the government of said reformatory; to provide for a superintendent and other employees to be used in said reformatory; to provide for the erection of certain buildings and the purchase of other property necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act; to provide necessary appropriations to carry out the purpose of this Act, be and the same is hereby amended by striking the word Reformatory wherever same appears in said Act or its caption, except in the second line of Section 8 of said Act, and substituting in lieu thereof the words Training School for Boys, and that said institution created by said Act shall hereafter be known as the Georgia State Training School for Boys. Ga. L. 1905, p. 127; amendment. Change of name to Georgia State Training School for Boys. Sec. 2. Be it further enacted, That Section 2 of said Act be amended by inserting between the words all and persons in the first line of said Section the word male. Sec. 2 amended. Sec. 3. Be it further enacted, That Section 3 of said Act be amended by striking the word sentence in the fifth line of said Section and substituting in lieu thereof the word commitment, and by striking the word sentence in the sixth line of said Section and substituting in lieu thereof the word committed. Sec. 3 amended. Sec. 4. Be it further enacted, That said Act be further amended by striking the words The Prison Commission of Georgia and said Commission from the second and third lines of Section 5 of said Act and substituting in lieu thereof the following: A board of Managers consisting of the State School Commissioner of the State of Georgia, the Secretary of the Board of Health of the State of Georgia (both of whom shall be ex-officio members of said Board of Managers), and five other persons, citizens of said State, two of whom may be women, to be appointed by the Governor. Said Board shall be known as Board of Managers of the Georgia Training School for Boys. Upon the passage and approval of this Act the Governor shall appoint the

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five appointive members of said Board, one for two years, two for four years, and two for six years, and thereafter their successors for a term of six years. The Governor shall fix a time and place for the first meeting of said Board within sixty days from their appointment, and shall call said Board together for organization and to arrange to take over the control, supervision and government of the institution heretofore known as The Georgia State Reformatory. That Section 5 be further amended by adding thereto the following: Said Board of Managers shall receive no compensation for their services except their actual necessary expenses in attending upon meetings of said Board or performing actual work in connection with said institution, which shall be paid out of the general appropriation for said institution. The members of said Board of Managers shall qualify as members thereof by taking and subscribing to an oath to faithfully and impartially discharge their duties as members of said Board, and by entering into bond in such sum as shall be prescribed by the Governor, conditioned on the faithful performance of all duties required of them, and the legal accounting for all moneys intrusted to them for the use of said institution as members of said Board. The expense for making said bond shall also be paid out of the appropriation for said institution as necessary expenses are paid. Sec. 5 amended. Board of managers substituted for Prison Commission. Terms. No compensation for Board except expenses. Oath and bond. Sec. 5. Be it further enacted, That said Act be further amended by striking the words Prison Commission wherever same appears therein and substituting in lieu thereof the words Board of Managers, and by striking the word Commission wherever same appears in said Act and substituting in lieu thereof the word Board. Board of managers. Sec. 6. Be it further enacted, That Section 6 of said Act be amended by striking the word twelve in the fourth line of said Section and substituting in lieu thereof the word eighteen. Salary of superintendent, $1,800. Sec. 7. Be it further enacted, That Section 9 of said Act be amended by striking the words prisoners within,

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in the fourth line thereof, and substituting the words persons committed to. Sec. 9 amended. Sec. 8. Be it further enacted, That Section 12 of said Act be amended by striking the words or her in the fourth line of said Section; that said Section be further amended by striking the word prisoner in the seventh line thereof and substituting in lieu thereof the word person. Sec. 12 amended. Sec. 9. Be it further enacted, That Section 13 of said Act be amended by striking the following words in the second and third lines thereof: The males and females shall be kept separate as far as practicable. Sec. 13 amended. Sec. 10. Be it further enacted that Section 14 of said Act be amended by striking the word sex at the end of the third line of said Section. Sec. 14 amended. Sec. 11. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That said Act be further amended and that a new Section be inserted in said Act following Section 24, to be known as and numbered Section 25, and all subsequent Sections numbered be changed accordingly, to read as follows: Board of managers takes charge Jan. 1, 1920. Sec. 25. The affairs and control of said institution shall remain with the Prison Commission of Georgia until January 1, 1920, when the general supervision, control and government of said institution shall be turned over by said Commission to the Board of Managers herein created. Sec. 12. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be and the same are hereby repealed. Approved August 18, 1919.

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TRAINING SCHOOL FOR MENTAL DEFECTIVES ESTABLISHED. No. 373. An Act to establish in the State of Georgia an institution to be known as the Georgia Training School for Mental Defectives; to provide for the management and control of said institution; to define the class of persons to be admitted thereto; to provide and set forth rules governing admission into said institution, and the transfer of inmates of other State institutions thereto; to outline the training and treatment to be provided by said school; to provide for the parole of improved patients; to authorize an appropriation for the maintenance of said institution, and for other purposes. Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same, That there is hereby created in this State an institution to be known as the Georgia Training School for Mental Defectives, which institution shall be established as provided in Section 1 of this Act; that the institution shall be managed and operated as provided in Section 2; that persons of the class defined in Section 3 shall be admitted to the institution in the manner and under the rules provided in Section 4; that persons admitted for treatment and training in said institution shall be treated and trained in accordance with Section 5 thereof; that persons who have received treatment and training at said institution, and whose condition has been improved to the extent that they no longer constitute menaces to themselves or the community, shall be discharged or paroled as provided in Section 6 of this Act; that an appropriation for the maintenance of said institution is authorized as set forth in Section 7. Georgia Training School for Mental Defectives established. Section 1. The Georgia Training School for Mental Defectives shall be established as soon as possible after the passage of this Act. To this end, there is hereby

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created a temporary Board of Control of said institution, which Board shall be composed of the Governor, who shall be its chairman, the Attorney-General, and the Secretary of the State Board of Health, and shall have complete charge of the establishment and location of said school. Within sixty days after the passage of this Act the said temporary Board of Control shall meet and proceed with the establishment of the institution. The said Board is, under this Act, empowered to use its discretion as to the best method to pursue in the establishment of the school, and may either call for bids from towns, cities, or counties, making donations toward the establishment of same, or may make any other legal arrangement which shall have the approval of the Attorney-General as to its legality. Said temporary Board of Control shall not accept as a donation for this purpose and shall not establish the said institution upon any tract of land containing less than 300 acres, or which is not suitable for the work hereinafter contemplated. Said Board shall serve without expense to the State, save that the actual traveling expenses of its members shall be paid when incurred in the discharge of the duties imposed upon said Board by this Act. Immediately upon the establishment of said institution the said temporary Board of Control shall cease to exist, and the school shall be managed and operated as provided in Section 5 of this Act. Temporary board of control. Site. No pay except expenses. Sec. 2. The Georgia Training School for Mental Defectives shall be under the sole and direct control and management of the State Board of Health, and the said State Board of Health is hereby directly empowered to operate said institution from and after its establishment. The said State Board of Health shall appoint a Superintendent for said institution, it being provided that the said Superintendent shall be a physician scientifically trained in psychiatry, and with special training relating to mental deficiency. The institution shall be operated upon thoroughly scientific lines, as set forth in Section 5 hereof, and the said State Board of Health is hereby given the authority, and it shall be its duty, to provide for such scientific management. State Board of Health to manage the institution. Superintendent.

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Sec. 3. There shall be admitted to the Georgia Training School for Mental Defectives the following type of persons: Any person with mental defectiveness from birth or from an early age, or those that become mentally defective from injury or disease so pronounced that he or she is unable to care for himself or herself and manage his affairs with ordinary prudence, and that he constitutes a menace to the happiness of himself or of others in the community, and therefore requires care, supervision and control, either for his own protection or for the protection of others, and yet who is not insane or of unsound mind. This type of persons shall be known and designated as Mental Defectives. Should the institution at any time not be able to accommodate all who shall under the terms of Section 5 of this Act be admitted thereto, it is hereby provided that preference in admission shall be given to children and women of child-bearing age. Mental defectives defined. Class of inmates preferred. Sec. 4. Mental defectives shall be admitted to the Georgia Training School for Mental Defectives in the following manner: Method of admission. (a) The father, mother or guardian of any mentally defective person, or any health officer or school official of the county in which said mentally defective person shall live, may apply to the Superintendent of the Georgia Training School for Mental Defectives, supplying such data as the Superintendent may require; and if, after examination, both physical and mental, has been made by or under the direction of the said Superintendent, said person shall be adjudged a mental defective under the terms of this Act, then the said Superintendent may receive said person into the said Georgia Training School for Mental Defectives. Application. Examination. (b) The court of Ordinary shall have jurisdiction in all cases of legal inquiry in regard to mental defectiveness, and application for commitment of persons to the Georgia Training School for Mental Defectives shall be filed with the Ordinary of the county in which said person lives. Any relative of the person may make application to have the person so adjudged; but when the relatives of such a mentally

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defective person either neglect or refuse to place said person in the Georgia Training School for Mental Defectives or in some private institution of a like nature, and shall permit him or her to go at large, then any reputable citizen of said county may make application for commitment, in writing and under oath, to the Ordinary of said county, and shall not be subject to exception or demurrer for defects of form. When application is filed in the court of Ordinary for the commitment of an alleged mentally defective person, the judge of that court shall appoint two physicians to examine such person and determine whether or not such person is mentally defective. Both of these physicians shall be selected as being the most capable physicians available because of knowledge of and training in mental medicine, and neither of them shall be related in any wise to the person sought to be committed, it being understood and provided that any court of the State where a prisoner is on trial for a misdemeanor offense and the judge of such court shall have cause to believe that such prisoner is mentally defective, then he may appoint two physicians to examine said prisoner, to ascertain whether or not said prisoner is in reality mentally defective; and if said physicians shall pronounce said prisoner to be mentally defective, then the judge may commit said prisoner to the Georgia Training School for Mental Defectives. In either of the cases named above, the physicians making the examination shall be required to make such examination complete and through, both physically and mentally, and shall be required to make to the court appointing them, certification as to their findings in the matter. This certification shall be in the form prescribed by the State Board of Health, and shall be made in duplicate, one copy of the same being sent with the patient when committed to the Georgia Training School for Mental Defectives and the other copy being filed with the court of Ordinary in the county from which said person is committed; and it shall be the duty of the Superintendent of said Georgia Training School for Mental Defectives to refuse admission to any person unless he, or she, shall present a copy of said certification.

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That it shall be the duty of the sheriff, when directed by writ by the clerk of the court, to convey such mentally defective person to the Training School for Mental Defectives, as ordered by the court. It shall be the duty of the sheriff to protect such persons until such time as he can be conveyed to the institution directed. In the case of a female being taken to the institution, a female attendant must be provided. All expenses connected with the conveying of such mentally defective person to the Training School for Mental Defectives shall be borne by the county in which said person has legal settlement. Commitment by Ordinary. Application. Examination. Certificate of examining physicians. Sheriff's duty. Attendant for female. Expenses; how paid. (c) The relative, guardian or friend of any inmate of any State institution shall have the right and power to appeal to the court placing said inmate in said institution, for an order from said court directing an examination, in the regular and legal method, of said inmate, to determine whether or not he or she is mentally defective, and if such inmate shall be adjudged mentally defective, then the said court shall have the right to remove him or her from the institution in which said inmate might be, and commit him or her to the Georgia Training School for Mental Defectives, it being hereby provided that this shall apply to only these who might have in the first instance been committed to the said Georgia Training School for Mental Defectives and provided in clauses (a) and (b) of this Section; provided nothing, however, in this Act shall have the effect of [Illegible Text] the right of appeal to any person so adjudged a person of feeble mind, but all issues of fact arising by virtue of any report of any officer or commission herein provided for, duly traversed by the person so adjudged or by any one acting for such person, shall be tried before a special jury in the court in which the question arises. Application for examination. Appeal. Sec. 5. The training and treatment of those admitted to the Georgia Training School for Mental Defectives shall be along such educational, medical and industrial lines as have proved offective in the most approved institutions for this type of persons. Training and treatment.

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Sec. 6. When, in the judgment of the Superintendent of the Georgia Training School for Mental Defectives, a patient or inmate of said institution, shall, under the treatment given therein, improve mentally and physically to such an extent as to no longer constitute a menace to himself or others as set forth in Section 3 of this Act, then the said Superintendent shall have the right and it shall be his duty to parole or discharge such patient or inmate, under such rules and regulations as may be scientifically promulgated by the State Board of Health. Discharge or parole. Sec. 7. There is hereby authorized an appropriation in a sum not to exceed one hundred thousand dollars for said institution which appropriation shall be used for the erection of proper buildings, for the purchase of lands, and for the maintenance of said Georgia Training School for Mental Defectives, and the expense of the temporary Board of Control as provided in Section 1 of this Act, provided, whenever in the judgment of the Governor said funds are available. $100,000 appropriated. Sec. 8. In case there is no room in the Training School for Mental Defectives for the person found to be mentally defective, and in case suitable and competent guardian for said mentally defective person can be found, it is within the jurisdiction of the court to appoint such person guardian both of the estate and the person of the one so found to be mentally defective. Guardian, when appointed. Sec. 9. 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, 1919.

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TREASURER'S CLERICAL EXPENSES AND BOND; ASSISTANT TREASURER'S SALARY. No. 141. An Act to create the office of Assistant State Treasurer, to fix the expenses of the clerical help in the office of the Treasurer, and for other purposes. Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That from and after January 1, 1920, there shall be an office in the Treasury Department of the State, to be styled Assistant Treasurer, who shall receive a salary of thirty-six hundred dollars per annum, provided that the Assistant Treasurer and all other clerks, necessary to be employed under this Act, shall be appointed by the State Treasurer. Assistant treasurer; salary $3,600. Sec. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That from and after January 1, 1920, the sum of six thousand dollars shall be allowed the Treasury Department of the State for clerical expenses in that Department, and the general appropriation bills shall make appropriation to cover said amount, as well as the salary of the Assistant Treasurer provided for in Section 1 of this Act. $6,000 for clerical expenses. Sec. 3. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That from and after January 1, 1920, the Treasurer of the State shall be required to give bond in the sum of $200,000.00 in the same bond company approved by the Governor, the annual premium on said bond to be paid from the State Treasury. Bond of treasurer. 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 15, 1919.

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TRUSTEES, WHEN REQUIRED TO GIVE BOND, THOUGH EXCUSED BY CREATOR OF TRUST. No. 292. An Act to amend an Act entitled An Act to provide for the management of trust estates, to require bonds to be given by trustees in certain instances, to provide for the procedure and expense of obtaining same, for the conduct of estates, the removal of trustees, and for other purposes; approved August 17, 1918. Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same, That from and after the passage of this Act, an Act 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 same, for the conduct of estate, the removal of trustees and for other purposes, approved August 17, 1918, be amended by inserting after the word bond and before the word that, in the seventh line of the first Section of said Act, the following words or is not required to give bond, so that said Section when so amended shall read as follows: Ga. L. 1918, p. 234; amendment. 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 [Illegible Text] or spendthrifts, has been created by will, deed, contract, or otherwise, and the trustee is by said creative instrument excused from giving bond, or is not required to give 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 trusts' residence in double the value of the personal property held by said trustee. Sec. 1 as amended.

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Sec. 2. Amend further by inserting in the fourteenth line of Section 2 of said Act, between the words bond and in the following words to be approved by said Ordinary. so that said Section, when so amended, shall read as follows: 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, to be approved by said Ordinary, 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 may be before the judge, either in open court or at chambers, and may be had either in term time or vacation. Sec. 2. as amended. Approval of bond. Sec. 3. Be it further enacted, That all laws or parts of laws in conflict herewith be and the same are hereby repealed. Approved August 18, 1919.

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PEEPING TOM OR EAVESDROPPER, PUNISHMENT OF. No. 225. An Act to prohibit eavesdropping or playing the Peeping Tom, or lurking about or going upon the premises of another for the purpose of becoming an eavesdropper or a Peeping Tom, and defining the meaning of Peeping Tom, and prescribing 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 authority of the same, That from and after the passage of this Act it shall be unlawful for any person or persons to be an [Illegible Text] or a Peeping Tom on or about the premises of another, or to go about or upon the premises of another for the purpose of becoming an eavesdropper or a Peeping Tom. Unlawful to be eavesdropper or Peeping Tom. Sec. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the term Peeping Tom, as used in this Act, shall be defined to be one who peeps through windows or doors, or other like places, on or about the premises of another, for the purpose of spying upon or invading the privacy of the persons spied upon, and the doing of any other acts of a similar nature, tending to invade the privacy of such persons. Definition of Peeping Tom. Sec. 3. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That nothing in this Act shall prevent duly constituted officers of the law from performing their official duties in ferreting out offenders or suspected offenders against the law, or in secretly watching a person suspected of violating the laws of the State of Georgia or any municipality therein, for the purpose of apprechending such suspected violator. Law not to apply to officers, when. Sec. 4. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That any person guilty of a violation of the provisions

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of this Act shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and shall upon conviction be punished as for a misdemeanor. Punishment. Sec. 5. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be and the same are hereby repealed. Approved August 18, 1919. PUNISHMENT FOR FELONY; INDETERMINATE SENTENCE; WHEN JURY LIMITS TERM OF. No. 230. An Act to provide for indeterminate sentences, 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 jury in their verdict on the trial of all cases of felony not punishable by life imprisonment shall prescribe a minimum and maximum term, which shall be within the minimum and maximum prescribed by law as the punishment for said crime, and the judge in imposing the sentence shall commit said convicted person to the penitentiary in accordance with the verdict of the jury; provided that in cases of pleas of guilty, then the judge shall have the right to prescribe such minimum and maximum term as he may see fit. The Prison Commission shall fix rules by which said convict, after serving the minimum sentence, may be allowed to complete his term without the confines of the penitentiary upon complying with said rules. Jury to prescribe minimum and maximum term of punishment, when. Rules to be made by Prison Commission. Sec. 2. Be it further enacted that all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed. Approved August 18, 1919.

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WAGES; SEMI-MONTHLY PAYMENTS TO CERTAIN EMPLOYEES REQUIRED; PENALTY FOR NON-PAYMENT. No. 43. An Act to provide for the payment of all wages due manual, clerical and mechanical laborers of all corporations, firms or individuals, not including farming, saw-mill or turpentine industries, at least twice a month, providing for the violation 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 of the same, That commencing after a period of three months from the passage of this Act, every person, firm or corporation, including steam and electric railroads, but not including farming, saw-mill and turpentine industries, employing wage-workers, skilled or unskilled, engaged in manual, mechanical or clerical labor including all employees, except officials, superintendents, or other heads or sub-heads of departments, who may be employed by the month or year at stipulated salaries, shall make payments in lawful money, or checks, of the United States to said employees, laborers and workers or to their authorized representatives; such payments to be made on such dates during the month as may be decided upon by such person, firm or corporation, provided, however, that such dates as may be selected shall amount to an equal division of the month in respect to the time of payments, the full net amount of wages or earnings due said employees, laborers and wage-workers, and in case any such employer shall refuse or willfully fail to make payments when demanded, upon the regular days of payment, to such wage-earner, said employer, the members of the firm, the directors, officers, and superintendents or managers of corporations and associations shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine not exceeding two hundred dollars, provided no person,

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firm or corporation is not in a financial condition to pay said wages, or salary, but insolvency shall be the only defense to an indictment for such an offense, and an extension of time within which to pay said wages or salary shall operate to make the offense under this Act to be committed on date last agreed upon for payment of same. When effective. Payments to employees twice a month, when. Penalty. Insolvency [Illegible Text] defense. Extension of time. Sec. 2. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be and the same are hereby repealed. Approved August 4, 1919.