Acts of the General Assembly of the State of Georgia Georgia Law, Georgia Georgia. Acts and resolutions of the General Assembly of the State of Georgia ATLANTA: BYRD PRINTING CO. 19190000 English

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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 Printers, ATLANTA, GA.

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PART II.LOCAL AND SPECIAL LAWS TITLE I.CITY AND MUNICIPAL COURTS TITLE II.SOLICITORS-GENERAL; SALARIES TITLE III.COUNTY MATTERS

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PART II.LOCAL AND SPECIAL LAWS TITLE I. CITY AND MUNICIPAL COURTS. ACTS. Adel City Court, establishment of, by election. [Illegible Text] City Criminal Court abolished. [Illegible Text] City Court established. [Illegible Text] City Court; Fees of Clerk and Sheriff. Ashburn City Court; Salaries. Bleckley City Court, establishment of, by [Illegible Text] Cairo City Court; Amending Act. Claxton City Court established. Coffee County City Court abolished. Columbus City Court; salaries. Dawson City Court; Salary of Solicitor. Douglas City Court abolished. Douglas City Court established. Floyd City Court; Salary of Judge. Hinesville City Court; [Illegible Text] of Officers. LaGrange City Court; Salaries. McRae City Court; election to abolish. Metter City Court; establishment of, by election. Millen City Court; repeal of Amending Act of 1918. Millen City Court; Amending Act. Miller County City Court; Fees of [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] County City Court; [Illegible Text] of Amending Act of 1918. Polk County City Court; terms changed. Quitman City Court; salary of judge. Richmond County City Court; salary of Solicitor. Savannah City Court: salaries of deputy sheriffs and [Illegible Text] Soperton City Court, establishment of, by election. [Illegible Text] City Court; salary of Judge. Waycross City Court; Amending Act. Waycross City Court; salary of Judge. [Illegible Text] Municipal Court; salary of Marshal. Columbus Municipal Court; salaries and fees. Macon Municipal Court; salary of Judge. Savannah Municipal Court; salaries of Judges. ADEL CITY COURT, ESTABLISHMENT OF, BY ELECTION. No. 19. An Act to establish the City Court of Adel, in and for the County of Cook: to define its jurisdiction and powers; to provide for the election of a judge and solicitor and

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other officers thereof; to define their powers and duties; to provide for pleadings and practice, and new trials in said court, and writs of error therefrom, and for other purposes. Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same, That from and after the passage of this Act the City Court of Adel, to be located in the County of Cook, shall be established and created with civil and criminal jurisdiction [Illegible Text] the whole County of Cook, said court to be held in the City of Adel, State of Georgia. Court established and located. Sec. 2. Be it further enacted, That the said City Court of Adel shall have jurisdiction to try and dispose of all cases of whatever nature, except over which exclusive jurisdiction is vested in other courts, wherein the principle sum involved or sued for is fifty dollars or more; provided, however, this provision shall not apply in cases over which the justice court has no jurisdiction. Jurisdiction in civil cases. Sec. 3. Be it further enacted, That said City Court of Adel shall have jurisdiction to try, and dispose of all criminal cases for all offenses committed in the County of Cook where the offender, under the punishment prescribed by law, is not subject to [Illegible Text] of life or confinement in the penitentiary. Criminal jurisdiction. Sec. 4. Be it further enacted, That there shall be a judge of said City Court of Adel; that said first judge of said court shall be appointed and commissioned by the Governor of said State whose term of office shall expire January 1, 1921, and until his successor is elected and qualified; his successor as judge of said court shall be elected by the qualified voters of Cook County, at the regular election to be held on the Tuesday after the first Monday in November, 1920, and once every four years thereafter; [Illegible Text] term of office shall be for four years, and all vacancies in office of judge of said City Court shall be filled by appointment of and commissioned by the Governor,

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whose term shall be for the remainder of the unexpired term. Judge; appointment. Election of successor. Term. Vacancies. Sec. 5. Be it further enacted, That the judge of the said City Court of [Illegible Text] shall receive a salary of fifteen hundred ($1,500.00) dollars per annum which shall not be increased nor diminished during his term of office, and shall be paid monthly [Illegible Text] of the treasury of the County of Cook. Salary of Judge. Sec. 6. Be it further enacted, That any person who shall be elected or appointed judge of said City Court must, at the time of such election or appointment, have resided in the County of Cook at least three years prior to the date of said election or appointment, or must have been a bona fide resident of said county on the 1st day of January, 1919; must be at least thirty years of age, and must also have been a practicing attorney for at least five years before his election or appointment, and who shall have been admitted to practice in the Supreme Court of the State of Georgia for a period of at least three years, and before entering upon the discharge of his duties, he shall take and subscribe the following oath: I solemnly swear that I will administer justice without respect of person and do equal rights to all, and that I will faithfully and impartially perform all the duties that may be required of me as judge of the City Court of Adel, according to the best of my ability and understanding, and that I will support the Constitution and laws of the State of Georgia and of the United States, so help me God, and said oath shall be administered by the Ordinary of Cook County and by him forwarded to the Governor and filed in the Executive Department. Eligibility. Oath. Sec. 7. Be it further enacted, That the judge of the City Court of Adel shall have the right to practice law in all the courts, except said City Court, and in any appellate court on writs of error from any court except said City Court, and in any case in any court not originating in said City Court. Judge may practice law.

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Sec. 8. Be it further enacted, That there shall be a solicitor of said City Court of Adel; that said first solicitor of said court shall be appointed and commissioned by the Governor of said State whose term of office shall expire January 1, 1921, and until his successor is elected and qualified; his successor as solicitor of said court shall be elected by the qualified voters of Cook County at the regular election to be held on the Tuesday after the first Monday in November, 1920, and once every four years thereafter; whose term of office shall be for four years, and all vacancies in the office of solicitor shall be filled by appointment of and commissioned by the Governor, whose term shall be for the remainder of the unexpired term. Solicitor. Term. Sec. 9. Be it further enacted, That any person who shall be elected or appointed solicitor of said City Court must at the time of such election or appointment, have resided in the County of Cook at least three years [Illegible Text] to the date of said election or appointment, or must have been a bona fide resident of said county on the 1st day of January, 1919; must be at least twenty-five years of age and must also have been a practicing attorney for at least four years before his election or appointment and who shall have been admitted to practice in the Supreme Court of the State of Georgia, that the solicitor shall receive a [Illegible Text] of ten dollars for each criminal case made by accusations and prosecuted to a conclusion in said court, to be paid from the general county funds of Cook County, except in cases [Illegible Text] prossed by the approval of the court he shall receive the sum of two and one-half dollars each. It shall be the duty of said solicitor to represent the State in the Court of Appeals in all writs of error from said City Court of Adel, for which service he shall be paid out of the State Treasury the same sum paid Solicitors-General for similar services. Said solicitor before entering upon the duties of his office shall, in addition to the oath required of all civic officers, take and subscribe the following oath: I do swear that I will faithfully and impartially, and without fear, favor or affection, discharge my duties as solicitor of the City Court of Adel, so help me God. Eligibility. Fees. Oath.

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Sec. 10. Be it further enacted, That said judge and solicitor, before entering upon the duties of the said offices, shall each give bond with good security in the sum of one thousand dollars, conditioned for the faithful discharge of the duties of his office, which said bond shall be payable to the Governor, shall be approved by the Ordinary of Cook County, and together with the oaths heretofore provided for, be entered on the Minutes of the Court of ordinary of said county, and may be sued upon by any person interested. If for any reason the said solicitor shall fail, or be disqualified to act, the court shall appoint a solicitor pro tem. Bond of Judge and Solicitor. Solicitor pro tem. Sec. 11. Be it further enacted, That the Clerk of the Superior Court of Cook County shall be Clerk of said City Court; that the same duties that are by law required of him, as an officer of the Superior Court, so far as the same do not conflict with provisions of this Act, shall be his duties as Clerk of the said City Court. For his services he shall receive the same compensation that he is entitled to receive for similar services in the Superior Court; provided, that in civil cases, where the principal sum claimed is less than five hundred dollars then his costs shall be as is now prescribed by law in county courts; provided, further, that his costs in criminal cases made by accusation prosecuted to a conclusion in said court shall be three dollars in each case, except in cases ordered nolle prossed upon approval of the court, in which event he shall receive one dollar in each case, such cost of the Clerk in criminal cases to be paid out of the general county fund. The Clerk shall execute a bond for the sum of one thousand dollars, payable to the Governor of said State, conditioned for the faithful discharge of his duty as Clerk of said court, which bond shall be approved by the judge of the City Court of Adel, and entered on the Minutes thereof, and which bond may be sued on by any person interested. In the event the Clerk of the Superior Court shall fail to qualify, or to execute said bond, the judge of said City Court is hereby authorized to appoint a Clerk of said court. Clerk. Costs. Bond. Failure to qualify.

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Sec. 12. Be it further enacted, That the sheriff of Cook County shall, by virtue of his office, be sheriff of the City Court. Before entering upon the discharge of his duties as sheriff of said City Court, he shall execute a bond with good security in the sum of three thousand dollars, payable to the Governor of said State, conditioned for the faithful discharge of the duties of his office, which bond shall be approved by the judge of said City Court, and which may be sued, by any person interested. In the event the sheriff of Cook County shall fail to qualify as sheriff of the City Court the judge of said City Court shall appoint a sheriff of said City Court. The sheriff of said City Court shall have the power to appoint deputies as the business of said court may require, said appointment or appointments to be approved by the judge of said court, who shall give such bonds as are required by deputy sheriffs of counties in said State. Such sheriffs shall receive such fees as the sheriffs of Cook County now or hereafter may be allowed, except in civil cases where the amount is less than five hundred dollars; then his fees shall be as is allowed by law to county court bailiffs, and except in criminal cases made by accusation in said court, in which cases his cost shall be three dollars for arrest in each case, and one dollar for taking bond in each case, such cost to be paid out of the general county fund. [Illegible Text]. Bond. Failure to qualify. Deputies. Fees. Sec. 13. Be it further enacted, That all money arising in said court from fines and forfeitures shall be collected by the sheriff of said court, and by him paid into the general county fund of Cook County for proper disbursement. Fines and forfeitures. Sec. 14. Be it further enacted, That the judge of said City Court of Adel shall be empowered to exercise the same authority over the clerk, sheriff and deputy sheriff of said court as may be exercised by the judge of the Superior Court over the clerk, sheriff and deputy sheriff in the Superior Court in said State. Judge's authority over officers. Sec. 15. Be it further enacted, That the judge of the City Court of Adel shall have authority to issue criminal

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warrants, warrants to dispossess [Illegible Text] holding over, and intruders; to issue distress warrants; to issue attachments and garnishment, and to hear the same; to attest deeds and other papers; to take affidavits and to issue any other writs, warrants, orders or processes; the power to issue which is not given exclusively to some other court judge or officer by the constitution of this State, said judge, solicitor, clerk, sheriff and his deputies shall have power to administer oaths and do all other official acts pertaining to their offices respectively, as the judge and other officers of the Superior Court may in like cases do. Said judge shall have power to issue writs of habeas corpus and determine the same as the judge of the Superior Court may do; to cause testimony to be taken to be used de bene esse, and for the purpose of perpetuating testimony within his jurisdiction, and generally to do all acts which the judges of the county courts of this State are authorized to do, unless otherwise provided in this Act and said judge of the City Court of Adel shall have all the power and authority throughout his jurisdiction of judges of the Superior Court of this State, except where by the constitution exclusive power and authority is vested in the Superior Court judges and all laws relating to and governing judges of the Superior Court shall apply to the judge of said City Court, so far as the same may be applicable, except as hereinafter provided. Powers of Judge. Sec. 16. Be it further enacted, That the regular jury terms of said City Court of Adel shall be held on the second Monday in January, April, July and October, and in addition to the above sessions there shall be held terms for which no jury shall be drawn on the second Monday in February, March, May, June, August, September, November and December. The judge of said court shall have the power to held said court in session so long as in his judgment the same may be necessary and to hold the same open from day to day as he may see proper. Terms of Court. Sec. 17. Be it further enacted, That suits in said City Court shall in all respects be conformable to the mode of

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proceedings in the Superior Courts, except as herein provided; but the process to the writs shall be annexed by the clerk of said court, attested in the name of the judge thereof, and be directed to and served by the sheriff of the said City Court of Adel, or his deputies, and all executions issuing from said court shall be attested in the name of the judge and signed by the clerk and directed to the sheriff or his deputy of the City Court of Adel, and all and singular the sheriff or their deputies of the State of Georgia. Suits. Sec. 18. Be it further enacted, That in all matters pertaining to service, pleading and practice, and all other legal procedure, the laws governing in the Superior Courts shall be applicable to said City Court, unless otherwise provided in this Act. Pleading and practice. Sec. 19. Be it further enacted, That the judge of said City Court shall have power and authority to hear and determine all civil cases in which said court has jurisdiction, and to give judgment therein without the intervention of a jury; provided that upon the call of any case upon the issue docket either at the monthly or quarterly term either party shall have the right, orally or in writing, to demand a trial by a jury; when this demand has been made at the monthly term the judge shall make an entry of same upon his docket, and the case shall stand continued to the next term thereafter for which a jury has been drawn. At the monthly terms of said court the judge may hear and dispose of all demurrers and special pleas and render final judgment in all cases in which no defense is filed on the call of the appearance docket, or such plea or defense shall have been stricken by the court; try and dispose of all cases, civil and criminal, ripe for trial, where a jury has not been demanded and perform any and all judicial acts not inconsistent with the provisions of this Act. Hearing and judgment. Demand for jury trial. Jurisdiction at monthly terms. Sec. 20. Be it further enacted, That said court shall have jurisdiction of all claim cases where personal property is levied on under process from said court, which claim shall be tried in the same manner as claims in the Superior

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Court, except that the pleadings in the case shall make the issue, and it shall be unnecessary for the parties to tender and join issue in claim cases, as is practiced in the other court. Claim cases. Sec. 21. Be it further enacted, That all laws upon the subject of attachments and garnishments in the Superior Court of this State shall apply to said City Court so far as the nature of the said City Court will admit. The judge of said court, or any other officer authorized to issue attachments may issue attachments returnable to said City Court under the same laws that govern the issuance of attachments in Superior Court and all attachments returnable to the City Court of Adel shall be directed to the sheriff or his deputy of the City Court of Adel, and to all and singular the sheriffs and constables of this State, and may be served by the sheriff of the said City Court or his deputy, or any sheriff or constable or other officer authorized by law to levy attachments returnable to other courts. Attachment and garnishment. Sec. 22. Be it further enacted, That the garnishment proceedings in said City Court shall be conformable to the laws on the subject applicable in the Superior Courts. Garnishment. Sec. 23. Be it further enacted, That all proceedings to make parties in any cause in said City Court shall conform to the laws on that subject in the Superior Courts. Making parties. Sec. 24. Be it further enacted, That the general laws of this State with regard to the commencement of suits in the Superior Courts, defenses, set-offs, affidavits of illegality, and all other legal procedure, examinations of witnesses by interrogatories, depositions or otherwise, witnesses and their attendance, continuances, motions for a new trial, and all matter pertaining to pleadings and practice, and all matter of a judicial nature within the jurisdiction of said City Court, shall be applicable to said City Court, unless otherwise herein provided. General laws applicable. Sec. 25. Be it further enacted, That said City Court of Adel shall be a court of record, and shall have a seal, and the minutes, dockets, records and other books and

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files that are required by law to be kept for the Superior Court shall be kept in and for said City Court, and in the same manner; and all laws applicable to the duties of the clerk and sheriff of the Superior Court shall apply to them in the said City Court, except where they conflict with the provisions of this Act. Records, seal, etc. Duties of clerk and sheriff. Sec. 26. Be it further enacted, That all laws regulating the enforcement of the judgments of the Superier Courts. Courts, whether civil or criminal, shall apply to said City Court and executions shall be issued and levied and sales be had thereunder under the same rules and laws regulating the same in the Superior Court, unless otherwise proing the enforcement of the judgments of the Superior vided in this Act. Enforcement of judgments. Sec. 27. Be it further enacted, That the judge of the said City Court of Adel shall have the power to enforce his orders, preserve order, punish for contempt, and enforce all his judgments in the same manner as the judges of the Superior Courts may do. Contempts. Sec. 28. Be it further enacted, That the filing of all suits in the said City Court shall be as follows: for amounts of five hundred dollars and upwards, they shall be filed at least twenty days before the first day of the return term of said court, and a copy served on the defendant at least fifteen days before the first day of the return term; for amounts under five hundred dollars, they shall be filed at least fifteen days prior to the first day of the return term of said court, to which they are made returnable, and a copy served on the defendant at least ten days before the first day of said court. Time of filing and service of suits. Sec. 29. Be it further enacted, That the traverse jurors in the City Court of Adel shall be procured in the following manner: The clerk of said City Court shall provide a City Court jury-box, similar to the traverse jurybox of the Superior Court, and shall write upon separate pieces of paper the names of each person upon the petit jury list of the Superior Court for said county, and shall

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place said names in the City Court jury-box, from which shall be drawn the jurors to [Illegible Text] in said City Court. All laws with reference to the drawing and summoning and the [Illegible Text] of traverse [Illegible Text] in the Superior Court shall apply to said City Court of Adel; provided that the number of jurors so drawn shall be thirty instead of thirty-six, as provided for in the Superior Court, and said City Court judge shall have the power to summons tales jurors for said City Court that the judges of the Superior Court have for the Superior Court; that from said thirty jurors so drawn the judge shall have two panels of twelve each, made up and sworn to serve. Jurors in the said City Court shall receive each for each day's service as jurors the same amount as is allowed and fixed by the grand jury of said County of Cook, to be paid to jurors in the Superior Court of said county, and to be paid in the same manner and under the same rules and regulations as jurors in the Superior Court. Juries. Pay of jurers. Sec. 30. Be it further enacted, That all laws with reference to the disqualification, impaneling, challenging, fining or in any wise relating to jurors now in force, or hereafter to be enacted, regulating the same in the Superior Court shall apply to and be observed in said City Court, except when inconsistent with this Act. In all cases where issues are to be tried by a jury, the parties shall be entitled to twenty-four jurors from which to strike. In all civil cases each party shall be entitled to six peremptory challenges, and in criminal cases the defendant to seven peremptory challenges and the State five, and all laws and rules governing the selection of jurors in the Superior Court shall apply to said City Court, unless otherwise provided. Panels of juries. Sec. 31. Be it further enacted, That all civil cases pending in said City Court in which a jury is demanded by either party, a jury trial shall be had in term time under the provisions of this Act, by a jury of twelve men. All civil cases in which no jury is demanded by either party shall be tried by the court in term time. All criminal cases

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shall be tried by the court either in term time or in vacation, and said court shall be open at all times for the trial of criminal cases. If at any time a defendant may demand a trial by jury, and no jury shall then be in attendance upon the court, the judge shall admit the defendant to bail, in the event bail is tendered, else remand him to jail, and said case shall stand for trial at the next succeeding term of said court. Jury trials. Criminal cases. Sec. 32. Be it further enacted, That the defendant in criminal cases in said court may be tried on written accusation, founded on affidavit, which accusation shall be signed by the prosecutor, the prosecuting officer of said county, or other person. No person charged with an offense within the jurisdiction of said court shall have the right to demand an indictment by the grand jury of Cook County before trial. Accusation. Sec. 33. Be it further enacted, That if after hearing the evidence on any trial, it shall appear to the court that the offense is beyond the jurisdiction thereof, the trial shall be discontinued and the accused committed or bound over to the next term of the Superior Court of said county, according to the law of bail and commitment, and the proceedings shall be transmitted to the Superior Court. Commitment. Sec. 34. Be it further enacted, That the judge of the Superior Court of Cook County may transfer any or all indictments or presentments for misdemeanors to said City Court for trial, the order so transferring the same to be entered upon the minutes of both courts. Transfer of indictments. Sec. 35. Be it further enacted, That the judge of said City Court may, in his discretion, pass an order transferring to the Superior Court of Cook County for trial any criminal case in which said judge may be disqualified, the order so transferring the same to be entered on the minutes of both courts. Transfer of criminal case to superior court. Sec. 36. Be it further enacted, That the judge of said City Court shall have the same power to appoint bailiffs

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at any term of the courts that the judges of the Superior Courts of said State have. Bailiffs. Sec. 37. Be it further enacted, That writ of error shall be from the City Court of Adel to the Appellate Courts of this State upon bills of exceptions filed, under the same rules and regulations as govern and control the filing of bills of exceptions and the issues of writs of error in the Superior Courts of this State. Writ of error. Sec. 38. Be it further enacted, That the judge of the City Court of Adel shall have power to grant new trials in all cases, civil and criminal, in said court upon the same terms and conditions and under the same laws and regulations in every respect governing the granting of new trials in the Superior Courts. All rules of pleading, practice and procedure, [Illegible Text] motions for new trials in the Superior Courts, and the hearing and determining thereof in vacation or in term time, shall apply to and govern the same in said City Court. New trials. Sec. 39. Be it further enacted, That the first term of said court to which a case is brought shall be the appearance term, and the next term thereafter shall be the trial term, or judgment term, and all the laws, rules and [Illegible Text] in the Superior Courts with reference to the terms thereof shall apply to the City Court of Adel, unless otherwise provided in this Act; provided that in all civil cases in which there is no plea or defense filed, on the call of the appearance docket, or such plea or defense shall be stricken by the courts, a judgment may be rendered by the court or a verdict taken, as the case may require, at said appearance term. Appearance and trial terms. [Illegible Text] cases. Sec. 40. Be it further enacted, That when the judge of said City Court is, for any cause, disqualified from presiding in any case, and the judge of the Superior Court shall fail to preside in said court as provided in the constitution of the State, or is not present when said case is called on the docket, then upon consent of parties or upon their failure or refusal to agree, said case shall be tried by a judge

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pro hac vice, selected in the same manner as now provided for in the Superior Courts, or the judge of any other court of the jurisdiction may preside and try such case or any other case in said court. Disqualification of judge. Sec. 41. Be it further enacted, That the Ordinary, or County Commissioners of Cook County, as the case may be, shall provide the necessary books for keeping the dockets, minutes and records of said City Court, and all stationery and books necessary to run said court, and that said City Court shall be held in the court house of Cook County, or other such place in the City of Adel as the Superior Court of said county may be held. Record books and stationery. Court-house. Sec. 42. Be it further enacted, That the several justices of the peace in the County of Cook, or other committing officers therein, in admitting [Illegible Text] to bail in misdemeanor cases, shall make the same return bill to the City Court of Adel, to be tried on Monday of the next regular term of said City Court at ten o'clock a.m., and shall immediately forward such warrants or commitments, together with the bond, to the clerk of the City Court of Adel. Commitments. Sec. 43. Be it further enacted, That upon the failure of a defendant to appear and answer to any charge he may stand accused of in said City Court at the time named in said bond, said bond shall be forfeited under the same rules and regulations as bonds are now forfeited in the Superior Courts of said State, and the order of forfeiture and scire facias shall issue on the day of non-appearance or thereafter, and the fees of officers of said City Court in such cases shall be the same as allowed by law to officers of the Superior Court for like services, and the subsequent proceedings shall be the same as now provided by law. Forfeiture of bond Fees in such cases. Sec. 44. Be it further enacted, That for attending on said court while in session, the sheriff and clerk shall each receive the sum of two dollars per day, for each day's actual service, provided, that the amount so received shall

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[Illegible Text] exceed the sum of one hundred dollars to each during any one year. Attendance fees of clerk and [Illegible Text]. Sec. 45. Be it further enacted, That there may be a stenographer of said court, appointed by the judge thereof, and all civil cases in said court may be reported at the request of either party thereto, or the judge in his [Illegible Text] may, without any request, have such cases reported, and the fees for reporting such cases shall be the same as allowed by law in the Superior Court, and collected in the same manner. [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text]. Sec. 46. Be it further enacted, That all cases, civil and criminal, now pending and undisposed of in the Superior Court of Cook County, and which originated in and were transferred from the City Court of Nashville, Berrien County, Georgia, to said Superior Court, under the provisions of the law in regard to creation of new counties, shall be and they are hereby transferred to said City Court of Adel, and the same shall be placed on the proper docket of said City Court, by the clerk thereof, and shall be tried and disposed of as are other cases in said City Court. The judge and other officers of said City Court shall have the power and authority to issue and enforce the same in the name of the City Court of Adel, in any and all [Illegible Text] in any case from the City Court of Nashville necessary to the final deposition of the same, which from any cause has not been issued and enforced by the officers of said City Court of Nashville, and all such matters now pending shall be disposed of by the officers of said City Court of Adel in as full and [Illegible Text] a manner as the same could be done by the officers of the Superior Court of Cook County. Transfer of pending cases from other courts. Sec. 47. Be it further enacted, That this Act shall not become a law until after the same shall have been ratified by the qualified [Illegible Text] of Cook County at an election to be held for said purpose as follows: That immediately after this Act shall have been approved by the Governor, the Ordinary of Cook County shall call an election in said

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county to be held within twenty days from the date of said call, and publish a notice thereof in its official journal of said county; said election to be held under the same rules and regulations governing the election of members of the General Assembly, at which election shall be submitted to the qualified voters of said county the question of ratification of this Act; those voting in favor of ratification of this Act shall have written or printed on their ballots the words For City Court of Adel, and those opposed to the ratification of said Act shall have written or printed on their ballots the words Against City Court of Adel; the result of said election, after the consolidation, shall be filed with the Ordinary of said county, who shall declare the result and publish same, and certify same under the seal of his office to the Governor of said State; if a majority of the votes cast in said election are in favor of ratification of this Act, then the same shall go into effect immediately. This Act referred to popular vote. Sec. 48. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be and the same are hereby repealed. Approved April 1, 1919. ALMA CITY CRIMINAL COURT ABOLISHED. No. 208. An Act to repeal an Act approved August 20, 1918, entitled An Act to establish the City Criminal Court of Alma, in and for the County of Bacon; to define its jurisdiction, provide for a judge, solicitor and other officers thereof, and to define their powers and duties; to provide for pleading and practice and new trials therein, and for carrying cases direct from said court to the Court of Appeals and Supreme Court of Georgia by bill of exceptions and writs of error, and for other purposes.

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Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same, That from and after the passage of this Act, an Act of the General Assembly, approved August 20, 1918, entitled An Act to establish the City Criminal Court of Alma in and for the County of Bacon; to define its jurisdiction, provide for a judge, solicitor and other officers thereof, and to define their powers and duties, to provide for pleading and practice and new trials therein, and for carrying cases direct from said City Court to the Court of Appeals and Supreme Court of Georgia by bill of exceptions and writs of error, and for other purposes, be and the same is hereby repealed. Act of 1918 repealed. Sec. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all suits pending in said City Criminal Court of Alma be and the same are hereby transferred to the Superior Court of Bacon County for deposition; and all judgments and executions rendered in and by or issued from said City Criminal Court of Alma prior to the passage of this Act are hereby kept alive and of full force and vigor, and that all such executions and other mesne and final process of said City Criminal Court of Alma which shall have not then been executed, shall be returnable to the Superior Court of Bacon County, and all claims, illegalities and other issues or contested matters arising from the execution of said processes and fi. fas. shall be returnable and determined as though the same had issued from the Superior Court of said county. Transfer of pending suits, etc. Sec. 3. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all criminal cases founded on indictment and pending in said City Criminal Court of Alma when this Act is passed, shall be transferred to the Superior Court of Bacon County for deposition, and all criminal cases founded upon accusations then pending in said City Criminal Court of Alma shall be at once heard by some justice of the peace or some notary public and ex-officio justice of the peace of said county who shall have power to bind over the accused for his or her appearance at the next term

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of the Superior Court of said county or to discharge such accused person or persons, in the same manner as if originally brought before such officer on a warrant; provided, however, that when the accused has been regularly bound over upon a warrant after preliminary hearing to the City Criminal Court of Alma or has given bond for appearance before said court, such commitment or bond shall be considered sufficient and valid to secure his presence at the next term of the Superior Court of said county to answer to indictment. without further investigation, just as if such accused had been originally bound over to said Superior Court. Criminal cases. Sec. 4. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all motions for new trial pending in the City Criminal Court of Alma shall be heard and determined by the judge of the Superior Courts of the Waycross Judicial Circuit and after the passage of this Act when judgment shall be rendered in the Supreme Court or the Court of Appeals of Georgia in any case pending therein from the City Criminal Court of Alma, the clerk of such court shall transmit the remittitur in such case to the clerk of the Superior Court of Bacon County, where it shall be made the judgment of said court, as having jurisdiction therein. Motions for new trial Remittiturs. Sec. 5. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all dockets, records, minutes, books, records and papers pertaining to the business of the City Criminal Court of Alma shall immediately upon the passage of this Act be delivered by the clerk of said court to the clerk of the Superior Court of Bacon County to be preserved by the latter as part of the records of said Superior Court. Transfer of records. 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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ALMA CITY COURT ESTABLISHED. No. 210. An Act to establish the City Court of Alma in Bacon County, to define its jurisdiction, to provide for a judge and other officers thereof, and to define their powers and duties and their manner of election and selection, to provide for pleading and practice, new trials therein, and writs of error therefrom, and for other purposes. Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same, That from and after the passage of this Act the City Court of Alma is hereby established, to be organized and located and held in the City of Alma in Bacon County, Georgia, and with jurisdiction, civil and criminal, ever the entire County of Bacon. Court established. Location. Sec. 2. Be it further enacted, That said City Court of Alma shall have jurisdiction to try and dispose of all cases of whatever nature, both civil and criminal, except those cases over which exclusive jurisdiction is vested in other courts by the Constitution of the State of Georgia, and shall have jurisdiction to try and dispose of all criminal cases for all offenses committed in the County of Bacon when the offender is not subject to loss of life or confinement in the penitentiary. Jurisdiction. Sec. 3. Be it further enacted, That there shall be a judge of said City Court of Alma, who shall be L. D. Luke, attorney-at-law, of Alma, Ga., who shall hold his office until the next general election, who shall have the authority as such judge to discharge all of the duties thereof and as provided in this Act, and until his successor shall have been duly elected and qualified in the manner hereinafter provided. That beginning with the next general election the judge of the said City Court of Alma shall be elected in the same manner and at the same time that other county officers are elected in and for the County of Bacon, and

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his term of office shall begin January 1, 1921, and the term of office of said judge from said date shall be four years, and all vacancies occurring in said office shall be filled by appointment by the Governor of said State for the residue of the unexpired term, and such appointment shall be subject to approval of the Georgia State Senate then in session or thereafterwards in session. The judge herein appointed under this Act shall hold his office as judge of the City Court of Alma until January 1, 1921, and until his successor is duly elected and qualified, in the manner herein provided. Judge designated. Election of successor. Term. Vacancies. Sec. 4. Be it further enacted, That the judge of the said City Court of Alma shall receive a salary of one thousand ($1,000.00) dollars per year, which shall not be increased or diminished during his term of office, and shall be paid monthly out of the treasury of the County of Bacon. Salary of judge. Sec. 5. Be it further enacted, That the judge of said City Court must be a resident of Bacon County, and be more than twenty-one years of age, and must be a practicing attorney, and of good moral character, and before entering upon the discharge of the duties of his office, he shall take and subscribe the following oath: I do solemnly swear that I will administer justice without respect to person and do equal justice to the poor and the rich alike, and that I will faithfully and impartially discharge and perform all of the duties which may be required of me as judge of the City Court of Alma, according to the best of my ability and understanding, according to the laws and Constitution of the State of Georgia and of the United States, so help me God, and said oath shall be forwarded to the Governor of the State of Georgia and filed in the Executive Department. Said judge shall have the right to practice law in all courts of said State except the City Court of Alma. Eligibility. Oath. Judge may practice law. Sec. 6. Be it further enacted, That there shall be a solicitor of the said City Court of Alma, who shall be Homer L. Causey, until January 1, 1921, and whose term

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of office shall be four years, and he shall be elected in the same manner and at the same time as other county officers, and must be a resident of said county, and a practicing attorney. The solicitor herein named shall hold the office of solicitor of said court until January 1, 1921, and until his successor is elected and qualified, and at the next general election a solicitor of the City Court of Alma shall be elected in the same manner as other county officers, who shall hold his office for a term of four years, beginning January 1, 1921. The fees of said solicitor of the City Court of Alma shall be the same in all respects and in all matters pertaining to his office as fixed and provided by law for Solicitors-General, and under the law regulating the fees allowed to Solicitors-General as such and for all services performed by him he shall receive the same fee now allowed by law for similar services performed in the Superior Court by Solicitors-General. That said solicitor before entering upon the duties of his office and in addition to the oath required of all civil officers shall take and subscribe the following oath: I do solemnly swear that I will faithfully and impartially, and without fear, favor, or affection, discharge my duties as solicitor of the City Court of Alma to the best of my ability, so help me God. That said oath shall be filed in the Executive Department of the Governor's office of the State of Georgia, and entered upon the minutes of said court by the clerk thereof, and if for any reason said solicitor shall fail or be disqualified to act in any case the presiding judge of said court shall have power to appoint a solicitor pro tem. Solicitor designated. Election. Term. Fees. Oath. Sec. 7. Be it further enacted, That the clerk of the Superior Court of Bacon County, Georgia, shall be the clerk of the City Court of Alma by virtue of his election to the office of clerk of the Superior Court of said county, and shall be known as the clerk of the City Court of Alma, but before entering upon the discharge of his duties as clerk of the City Court of [Illegible Text] he shall take a similar oath to that required of the solicitor of said court, and shall also give bond in the sum of $3,000.00, payable to the Ordinary

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of said county, and conditioned to faithfully receive and account for all funds coming into his hands as [Illegible Text] and which said bond together with the oath of office of said clerk be entered upon the minutes of said court, and said bond shall be filed with the Ordinary of said county and entered upon his records. The fees of the clerk of the City Court of Alma shall be the same as are new or may hereafter be allowed by law to the clerk of the Superior Court for like services, and shall receive the same fees for attendance upon said court as that allowed to him as clerk of the Superior Court of Bacon County. Clerk. Bond. Fees. Sec. 8. Be it further enacted, That the sheriff of Bacon County, Georgia, shall be the sheriff of the City Court of Alma by virtue of his election as sheriff, and shall be known as the sheriff of the City Court of Alma, and before entering upon the discharge of the duties of his office he shall execute a bond with good security in the sum of $5,000.00 for the faithful discharge of the duties of his office, and with like conditions as that imposed upon him as sheriff of Bacon County. That the sheriff of said court shall have the right and power to appoint one or more deputies of his office, and where a deputy or deputies are appointed, he or they, shall, before entering upon the discharge of the duties of his office, give bond in the sum of $2,000.00, conditioned as bonds of other deputy sheriffs, and take and subscribe the usual oath for deputy sheriffs, and said sheriff shall receive the same fees as are now or may hereafter be allowed by law to the sheriff of Bacon County for like services and for his attendance upon the term of said court he shall receive the same pay to be paid in the manner as now or may hereafter be allowed him for similar services in the Superior Court of Bacon County. Sheriff. Bond. Deputies. Fees. Sec. 9. Be it further enacted, That if the clerk of the Superior Court of Bacon County, Georgia, and the sheriff of Bacon County, or either of them, shall refuse to perform the duties respectively of clerk and sheriff of said court, or for any other reason there should occur a vacancy in

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the office of clerk and sheriff of said City Court, that then and in that event the judge of said court shall have the power and authority to appoint and name a clerk and sheriff, or either, of said court, who shall hold their office during the pleasure of the judge of said court, or until their successor is duly elected and qualified. That the judge of the City Court of Alma is empowered to exercise the same authority over the clerk and sheriff and deputy sheriffs of said court as may be exercised by the judge of the Superior Courts over the clerks, sheriffs and deputies in the counties of Georgia. When judge shall appoint clerk and sheriff. Sec. 10. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the judge of the City Court of Alma shall have authority to issue criminal warrants, warrants [Illegible Text] dispossess tenants holding over, and intruders, to issue distress warrants, to issue attachments and garnishments, to attest deeds and other papers and take affidavits anywhere in this State, and said judge, solicitor, clerk and sheriff and his deputy shall have power to administer all oaths and do all official acts pertaining to their offices, respectively, as the judge and other officers of the Superior Court may in like cases do. Said judge shall also have power to issue writs of habeas corpus and hear and determine the same as judge of the Superior Court may do; to take testimony to be taken to be used de bene esse and for the purpose of perpetuating testimony within his jurisdiction, and generally to do all acts which the judges of the county court of this State are authorized to do, unless otherwise provided in this Act, and said judge of the City Court of Alma shall have all the power and authority throughout his jurisdiction of judge of the Superior Courts, except where, by law, exclusive power and authority is vested in the judges of the Superior Courts, and all laws relating to and governing judges of the Superior Courts shall apply to the judge of the said City Court, so far as the same may be applicable, except as herein provided. Powers of judge. Sec. 11. Be it further enacted, That the regular terms of said City Court of Alme shall be held on the fourth

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Mondays in January, April, July and October of each year, and the judge of said court shall have power to hold said court in session from day to day as long as may be necessary for the transaction of the business pending therein and said court shall always be open for the disposition of criminal cases, but the judge thereof shall five days before the next succeeding term thereof pass an order adjourning said court for the term and have the same entered upon the minutes of said court. Terms of court. Sec. 12. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That suits in said City Court shall in all respects be conformable to the mode of proceedings in the Superior Courts, except as hereinafter provided, but the process to writs shall be annexed by the clerk of said City Court, shall be attested in the name of the judge thereof, and be directed to and served by the sheriff of the City Court of Alma or his deputy thereof, and all executions issuing from said court shall be attested in the name of the judge and signed by the clerk, and directed to the sheriff or his deputy of the City Court of Alma, and to all and singular the sheriffs, or their deputies of the State of Georgia. Suits. Sec. 13. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That in all matters pertaining to service and pleading and practice, the laws governing the Superior Court, when not inconsistent with this Act, shall be applicable to said City Court. Service, pleading and practice. Sec. 14. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the judge of said City Court shall have power and authority to hear and determine all civil cases of which said court has jurisdiction, and to give judgment therein; but either party in any civil or criminal case pending in said court shall be entitled to a trial by jury upon demand therefor made by him or his attorney before the beginning of the trial, and in all cases in which such party may be entitled to a trial by jury under the Constitution and laws of this State. Hearing and judgment. Demand for jury trial. Sec. 15. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That said court shall have jurisdiction of all claim

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cases where personal property is levied under process from said court which claims shall be tried in the same manner as claims in the Superior Court, except that the pleadings in the case shall make the issue, and it shall be unnecessary for the parties to tender and join issue in claim cases, as is practiced in other courts. Claim cases. Sec. 16. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all laws upon the subject of attachments and garnishments in the Superior Courts of this State shall apply to said City Court so far as the nature of this City Court will admit. The judge of said City Court or any other officer authorized by law to issue attachments may issue attachments returnable to said City Court, under the same laws that govern the issuing of attachments in the Superior Courts, and all attachments in the Superior Courts, and all attachments returnable to the City Court of [Illegible Text] shall be directed to all and singular the sheriffs and constables of this State, and may be levied by the sheriff of the City Court or his deputy, or any sheriff or constable or other officer authorized by law to levy attachments returnable to other courts. Attachment and garnishment. Sec. 17. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That garnishment proceedings in said City Court shall be conformable to the laws of the State on the subject in the Superior Court. Garnishment. Sec. 18. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all proceedings to make parties in any cause in the City Court shall conform to the laws on that subject in the Superior Courts. Making parties. Sec. 19. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the general laws of this State with regard to the commencement of suits in the Superior Courts, defenses, set-offs, affidavits of illegality, arbitration, examination of witnesses by interrogatories or under subpoena, witnesses and their attendance, continuance, and all matters pertaining to pleading and practice, and all matters of a judicial nature within the jurisdiction of said court, shall be applicable to said City Court. Laws applicable.

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Sec. 20. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the City Court of Alma shall be a court of record and shall have a seal, and the minutes, records, dockets and other books and files that are required by law to be kept for the Superior Court shall be kept in and for said City Court and in the same manner, and all laws applicable to the duties of the clerk and sheriff in the Superior Court, except where they conflict with the provisions of this Act, shall apply to the City Court of Alma and be enforced therein. Records, [Illegible Text] etc. Sec. 21. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all laws regulating the enforcement of judgments of the Superior Courts, whether civil or criminal, shall apply to said City Court, and executions shall issue and be levied and sales be had thereunder under the same rules and laws regulating the same in the Superior Courts. Enforcement of judgments. Sec. 22. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the judge of the City Court of Alma shall have the same power to enforce his orders, to preserve order, punish for contempt and to enforce all his judgments as is vested by law in the judges of the Superior Court of this State. Contempts. Sec. 23. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That traverse jurors in the City Court of Alma shall be procured in the following manner: The clerk of said court shall provide a City Court jury box, similar to the traverse jury of the Superior Court, and shall write upon separate pieces of paper the names of each person upon the grand jury list of the Superior Court, and of each person on the traverse jury lists of the Superior Court, and shall place said names of all persons on said Superior Court [Illegible Text] in the City Court jury box, from which shall be drawn traverse jurors to serve in the City Court. All laws with reference to the drawing and summoning and impanelling traverse jurors in the Superior Courts shall apply to the City Court of Alma, and said City Court judge shall have the same power to summon tales jurors for the City Court that the judges of the Superior Courts have

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for the Superior Courts. Jurors in said City Court shall receive the same pay and be paid in the same manner and under the same [Illegible Text] and regulations as jurors in the Superior Courts, or as may hereafter be paid. Juries. Sec. 24. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all laws with reference to the qualifications, impanelling, challenging and fining jurors, now of force or hereafter to be enacted regulating the same in the Superior Courts, shall apply to and be observed in said City Court, except when inconsistent with the provisions of this Act. In all cases, either civil or criminal, where issues are to be tried by a jury, the parties shall be entitled only to a panel of eighteen jurors from which to strike. All cases, whether civil or criminal, where jury trials are demanded shall be tried by a jury composed of eight jurors, unless the parties demand a jury of twelve, and in civil cases to be tried by eight jurors, each party shall be entitled to five [Illegible Text] challenges, and in civil cases to be tried by twelve jurors, each party shall be entitled to three peremptory challenges, and all criminal cases shall be tried by a jury composed of eight jurors, unless the defendant demands trial by twelve jurors, and where cases are to be tried by eight jurors the State shall be entitled to four peremptory challenges, and the defendant six peremptory challenges, and in criminal cases to be tried by twelve jurors the State shall be entitled to two peremptory challenges, and the defendant to four peremptory challenges, and all laws and rules governing the selection of jurors and their qualifications in the Superior Courts shall apply to and be of force in the City Court of Alma unless inconsistent with the provisions of this Act. Panels of juries. Sec. 25. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all cases, civil and criminal, pending in said court in which a jury trial is demanded by either party, that a jury shall be had in term time under the provisions of this Act, and trial thereof [Illegible Text] had by a jury composed of eight jurors as hereinbefore provided, unless a jury of twelve is demanded by either party, and where a jury of

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twelve is demanded by either party then the jury trying the case shall be composed of twelve jurors, and all in the manner as hereinbefore provided. All civil cases and all criminal cases in which no jury is demanded by either party shall be tried by the judge of said court in term time, and all criminal cases in which no jury is demanded by the defendant shall be tried by the judge of said court during the regular terms thereof, or at any time between the regular terms of said court, and said court shall be open for the trial of such criminal cases at all times. Jury trial. Trial without jury. Sec. 26. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That defendants in criminal cases in said City Court of Alma may be tried on written accusation setting forth plainly the offense charged, which accusation shall be signed by the prosecutor and by the prosecuting officer of said City Court, and shall be based upon an affidavit made by the prosecutor and attached thereto. Accusation. Sec. 27. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That when any criminal case in the City Court founded either upon indictment or presentment by a grand jury, or upon an accusation in said City Court, is called for trial and before the arrangement of the defendant, the judge shall inquire of the defendant whether he demands a trial by jury, and the response of the defendant shall be entered on said indictment or accusation, and signed by the prosecuting officer in said court. If the defendant demands a trial by jury and the said court is not sitting at a regular term the judge shall admit the defendant to bail to appear at the next regular term, or on the defendant's failure to give bond shall commit him to jail to await his trial at a regular term. If the defendant waives trial by jury then the judge of said court shall proceed to hear and determine such criminal case without a jury, provided, always, that a reasonable time may be granted the State or defendant to procure witnesses. Demand for jury trial Bail. [Illegible Text] of jury trial. Sec. 28. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the judge of the Superior Court of Bacon County shall transfer any and all presentments or bills of

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indictments for misdemeanors to said City Court for trial, the order so transferring and transmitting the same to be entered on the minutes of both courts. Transfer of indictments. Sec. 29. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the judge of said court shall have the same power to appoint bailiffs at each term of the court that judges of the Superior Court have. Bailiffs. Sec. 30. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That a writ of error direct from said City Court of Alma to the Court of Appeals of this State shall lie upon a bill of exceptions filed under the same rules and regulations as govern and control the filing of bills of exceptions, and the issuing of writs of error in the Superior County Courts of this State. Writ of error. Sec. 31. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the judge of said City Court of Alma shall have power to grant new trials in all cases, civil and criminal, in said court upon the same laws and regulations in every respect governing the granting of new trials in the Superior Courts. All rules of pleading, practice and procedure governing motions for new trials in the Superior Courts shall apply to and govern the same in said City Court. New trials. Sec. 32. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the first term of said court to which a case is brought shall be the appearance or return term, and the second term shall be the trial or judgment term, and all the laws, rules and practice in the Superior Court with reference to the terms thereof shall apply in the City Court of Alma, unless in conflict with this Act or otherwise provided herein; provided however, that in all cases of suits upon unconditional contracts in writing where there is no defense to be made by the defendant a judgment may be taken thereon at the appearance term of the court, and in such cases it shall not be necessary for the plaintiff to wait until the second term of the court in which to take his judgment. Appearance and trial terms.

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Sec. 33. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, that all fines and forfeitures to be collected in said court on account of any cases whatsoever, or upon any judgment of said court whatsoever, shall be collected by the sheriff of said court, and the full amount thereof shall forthwith be by him paid over to the clerk of said court, who shall deposit the whole of the same in the county depository in the name of the clerk of the City Court, and the same shall be distributed according to law by the judge of said court and in the manner provided for the distribution of fines and forfeitures in the Superior Courts, and no check drawn upon said fines and forfeitures so deposited in the county depository shall be binding and payable, unless countersigned by the judge of said court. Fines and forfeitures. Sec. 34. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all moneys arising from fines and forfeitures in said court shall constitute a part of the insolvent fund of said court, and shall be paid out by the judge of said court in the manner provided in this Act. Within ten days after each regular-term of said City Court, and oftener if the judge thereof shall deem proper to do so, the judge of said court shall distribute the fines and forfeitures arising from cases tried in said court in the following manner, so much thereof as may be necessary shall be paid to the solicitor of said court and to the clerk and sheriff of said court as will pay to them, the amount of insolvent costs due to them arising from cases tried in said court, and the same shall be prorated between the solicitor and the clerk and sheriff of the City Court and the justice of the peace and constables on their bills for insolvent costs in cases originating in said court, and in all cases originating by indictment, the fines and forfeitures arising from cases transferred from the Superior Court to the City Court shall be prorated between the solicitor of said court and the clerk and sheriff thereof and the justice of the peace and constables on their insolvent costs in such transferred cases, but no part of the fines and forfeitures arising from transferred cases shall be used in paying insolvent costs in cases

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originating in said city court, nor shall any part of the fines and forfeitures arising from cases originating in said City Court be used in paying insolvent costs in cases transferred to said court from the Superior Court. If at any time there should be a surplus of such insolvent fund arising from cases originating in said City Court after paying all insolvent costs on cases originating therein, the same shall be forthwith by the judge upon check properly countersigned be paid into the county treasury of said county, and if at any time there should be a surplus of the insolvent fund arising from cases originating in the Superior Court of Bacon County and transferred to said City Court after paying all insolvent costs in cases so originated and transferred the surplus thereof, shall be by the judge of said court and upon check properly countersigned, paid into the county treasury of said county. No insolvent costs in any case whatsoever shall be paid to the solicitor of said court, or to the sheriff and clerk thereof, nor to justice of the peace and constables, except upon orders duly entered by the judge of said court allowing the same and entered on the minutes of said court and the amount of such orders so entered upon such bills for insolvent costs shall be a lien on said insolvent fund to the amount thereof and in the manner herein provided superior to all other liens. Insolvent fund. Distribution of fines, etc. Sec. 35. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the Ordinary of Bacon County shall provide all necessary books for keeping the dockets, minutes and records of said City Court, and all other books and staitonery necessary to run said court, and that said court shall be held in the court house of Bacon County, Georgia, in the City of Alma. Record books and stationery. Court-house. Sec. 36. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That in all misdemeanor cases transferred from the Superior Court to the City Court of Alma, the costs of the Solicitor-General of the Circuit shall be five dollars, to be collected and paid as other costs in said City Court, and

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upon the collection thereof the same shall be paid into the county treasury of said county. Costs of Solicitor-General in transferred cases. Sec. 37. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be and the same are hereby repealed. Approved August 18, 1919. AMERICUS CITY COURT; FEES OF CLERK AND SHERIFF. No. 75. An Act to amend an Act and Acts amendatory thereof creating the City Court of Americus, approved November 22, 1900, by increasing the fees of the clerk and sheriff of said court as provided in Section 9 of the Act approved November 22, 1900, Section 3, approved 31st day of July, 1907, and for other purposes. Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same, That from and after the passage of this Act Section 9 of the Act approved November 22, 1900, creating the City Court of Americus, Section 3, amending said last named Act, approved July 31, 1907, be and the same is hereby repealed and the following enacted in lieu thereof, to-wit: That the fees of the clerk and sheriff of said City Court shall be the same as are now or may hereafter be allowed by law to the clerk of the Superior Court and to the sheriff of Sumter County, Georgia, except in civil cases where the principal amount claimed does not exceed $100.00, the clerk's cost for his entire services shall be four ($4.00) dollars, and in cases where the principal amount exceeds one hundred ($100.00) dollars and does not exceed five hundred ($500.00) dollars, and clerk's cost for the entire service shall be six ($6.00) dollars, and the sheriff's cost for each copy served by him where the amount claimed does not exceed one hundred ($100.00) dollars shall be two

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($2.00) dollars for each copy served by him, and where the amount claimed exceeds one hundred ($100.00) dollars, the sheriff's cost for service of each copy shall be three ($3.00) dollars; that in all cases, except where the amount does not exceed one hundred ($100.00) dollars, the sheriff shall be entitled to the same fees for attending jury trials as in the Superior Court, which shall be taxed as other cost, while in suits where the amount claimed does not exceed one hundred ($100.00) dollars, the sheriff shall not be entitled to any cost for attending jury trials; that for their attendance upon the regular term of the City Court of Americus the clerk and sheriff shall each receive $5.00 per day for attending, to be paid in the same manner as they are now paid for similar service in the Superior Court. Ga. L. 1900, p. 96; Ga. L. 1907, p. 130; sections repealed. Substituted section. Fees of clerk. Fees of sheriff. 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. ASHBURN CITY COURT; SALARIES. No. 181. An Act to amend an Act entitled An Act to establish the City Court of Ashburn in and for the County of Turner, approved August 5, 1910, (Acts of General Assembly of the State of Georgia, Pages 143-145), to change and fix the salary of the judge and solicitor of said court, and for other purposes. Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same, That from and after the passage of this Act, Section 2 of the Act amending an Act creating the City Court of Ashburn, approved August 5, 1910, (pages 143-145, Acts of 1910) be and the same is hereby amended by striking from said Section 2, at the end of the last line of said Section, the words $900.00, and inserting in lieu thereof $1,500.00. Act of 1910 amended. Salary of judge.

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Sec. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That from and after the passage of this Act, Section 3 of the Act amending an Act creating the City Court of Ashburn, approved August 5, 1910, (pages 143-145, Acts of 1910), be and the same is hereby amended by striking from said Section 2, at the end of the last line of said Section, the words $600.00, and inserting in lieu thereof the words $1,500.00. Salary of solicitor. Sec. 3. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be and the same are hereby repealed. Approved August 15, 1919. BLECKLEY CITY COURT, ESTABLISHMENT OF, BY ELECTION. No. 369. An Act to establish the City Court of Bleckley County, in and for the County of Bleckley, after submitting the question of establishing such City Court to the qualified voters of the said County of Bleckley at an election ordered and held according to the terms of this Act; to define its jurisdiction and powers; to provide for the election of a judge, solicitor, and other officers thereof; to define the powers and duties of the judge, solicitor, and other officers thereof, and to fix their compensation; to provide for pleadings and practice and new trials therein, and writs of error therefrom, and for other purposes. Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That the City Court of Bleckley County, to be located in the County of Bleckley, is hereby established and created, with civil and criminal jurisdiction over the whole County of Bleckley, concurrent with the Superior Court, to try and dispose of all civil cases of whatever nature,

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except those of which the Constitution of this State has given the Superior Court exclusive jurisdiction, and with criminal jurisdiction to try and dispose of all offenses below the grade of felony committed in the County of Bleckley; that the jurisdiction herein conferred shall include, not only the ordinary suits by petition and process, but also the other kinds of suits and proceedings which now or hereafter be in use in the Superior Court, either under the common law or statutes, including, among others, trover and bail, attachment and garnishment proceedings, claims to personalty, illegalities, counter-affidavits to any proceedings from said court, statutory awards, proceedings against intruders and tenants holding over, petitions of personalty, issues upon distress warrants, foreclosures of liens and mortgages on personalty and habeas corpus proceedings. The judge of said City Court shall have the power to issue writs of habeas corpus and to hear and dispose of the same in the same way and with the same power as the judge of the Superior Court. Creation of court. Jurisdiction. Sec. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That there shall be a judge of said City Court of Bleckley County, who shall be elected by the qualified voters of Bleckley County and commissioned by the Governor of this State, as hereinafter provided. The judge of said City Court, when so elected shall hold his office for the term of two years, and until his successor is elected and qualified; provided, however, that the first term of his office shall expire January 1, 1921; provided, further, that all other terms thereafter shall be two years from said date. Should a vacancy occur in the office of judge, the Ordinary of Bleckley County shall call an election to be held in said county to fill such vacancy upon such rules and regulations as govern the election for the filling of vacancies in county offices; and while such vacancy may exist, any judge of any of the City Courts of this State may perform the duties of judge of the City Court of Bleckley County when requested to do so by the clerk thereof. The judge of said City Court shall receive a salary of eight hundred dollars per annum, to be paid in equal monthly installments

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from the Commissioner of Roads and Revenues of Bleckley County. The said judge shall receive no other compensation, but may practice law in any other court except his own. Judge. Election. Term. Vacancy. Salary. Judge may practice law. Sec. 3. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That no one shall be eligible to the office of said judgeship unless he shall be at the time of his qualification at least twenty-one years of age, a resident of Bleckley County for one year immediately preceding his appointment, and must have been a practicing attorney-at-law for two years before his appointment; he shall, before entering upon the duties of his office, take and subscribe the following oath: I do solemnly swear that I will administer justice without respect to person, and do equal rights to the poor and rich, and that I will faithfully and impartially perform and discharge all duties which may be required of me as judge of the City Court of Bleckley County, of this State, according to the best of my ability and understanding, agreeable to the laws and Constitution of the State and Constitution of the United States, so help me God, which oath shall be filed in the executive department. Eligibility. Oath. Sec. 4. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That there shall be a solicitor of said City Court, who shall be elected by the qualified voters of Bleckley County and commissioned by the Governor as hereinafter provided. Said solicitor shall hold his office for a term of two years, and until his successor is elected and qualified; provided, however, that the first term of his office shall expire January 1, 1921; provided further, that all other terms thereafter shall be two years from said date. Should a vacancy occur in the office of solicitor, the Ordinary of Bleckley County shall call an election, to be held in said county, to fill such vacancy, upon such rules and regulations as govern the election for filling vacancies in county offices. The solicitor of said City Court shall receive a salary of six hundred dollars per annum, to be paid in equal monthly installments from the Commissioner of

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Roads and Revenues of Bleckley County. Said solicitor shall receive no other compensation for his services whatever. Solicitor. Election. Term. Vacancy. Salary. Sec. 5. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That no one shall be eligible to the office of said solicitor unless he be at the time of his election at least twenty-five years of age, a resident of Bleckley County, and must have practiced law continually for four years next preceding his election. He shall before entering upon the duties of his office give a bond for the faithful discharge of his duties in the sum of one thousand dollars, which bond shall be payable to the Governor of the State and filed and approved by the Ordinary of Bleckley County, and also, he shall take and subscribe the following oath: I do solemnly swear that I will faithfully and impartially, and without fear, favor or affection, discharge my duties as solicitor of the City Court of Bleckley County, so help me God, which oath shall be immediately forwarded to the Governor and filed in the executive department. Eligibility. Bond. Oath. Sec. 6. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That it shall be the duty of the solicitor of said City Court to represent the State in all cases in said City Court when the State shall be a party, and in cases carried up to the Court of Appeals or Supreme Court from said City Court in which the State shall be a party, and shall perform therein such other duties as usually pertain to this office, and for such services shall receive the same fee as for like services of the Solicitor-General. In case the solicitor of said City Court is absent, or for any reason shall be unable to attend the duties of the same, the judge of said City Court shall appoint some competent attorney to act as solicitor pro tem, which solicitor pro tem shall receive for his services the sum of five dollars for every case he may prosecute to conviction while acting as solicitor pro tem, to be paid out of the depository of Bleckley County. Solicitor's duties. Fees. Sec. 7. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the clerk and his deputies of the Superior Court

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of Bleckley County shall be ex-officio clerk and deputies of said City Court. Said clerk, before entering upon the duties of his office, shall take and subscribe an oath to faithfully and impartially discharge the duties thereof, which oath shall be entered upon the minutes of said City Court, he shall also, before entering upon the duties of his office, execute a bond with good security in the sum of one hundred thousand dollars for the faithful discharge of the duties of said office. Clerk. Sec. 8. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the sheriff of Bleckley County shall be ex-officio sheriff of said City Court of Bleckley County. He shall have the same authority to appoint a deputy or deputies as provided in the code for the appointment of deputy sheriffs. Sheriff. Sec. 9. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the clerk and sheriff of said City Court and their deputies shall, unless otherwise specified in this Act, receive for all services the same fees as are allowed by law for like services in the Superior Court, except in civil actions where the principal sum involved does not exceed one hundred dollars, in which case their cost shall be one-half that allowed them for similar services in the Superior Court; and in criminal cases transferred from the Superior Court to said City Court the clerk's cost in said City Court shall be one-half of that allowed him for like services in the Superior Court; said clerk and sheriff shall be amenable to as officers in the Superior Court, and they shall be entitled to the same remedies to enforce the collection of their fees and costs in said City Court as they are now entitled to in said Superior Court. Fees of clerk and sheriff. Sec. 10. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the terms of the said court shall be quarterly for the trial and disposition of all criminal and civil business, and shall be held on the first Mondays in March, June, September and December of each year; provided, that the judge of said court may, in his sound legal discretion, call special terms of said court, under the same rules

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and provisions as now or may hereafter exist for calling special sessions of the Superior Courts of this State by the judges thereof. The terms of said court shall be held at the court house in the City of Cochran, in the County of Bleckley, for which, when necessary, juries shall be drawn as hereinafter directed, and shall last until the business is disposed of, unless sooner adjourned for good cause. The judge of said City Court shall, in his discretion, hold his court at the same place at any other time than the regular term for the transaction of criminal business, which does not require a jury, as speedily as possible, consistent with the interests of the State and the accused, and may also hold adjourned terms the regular terms of said City Court, for which he may draw new juries or require the attendance of the same jury as in his sound legal discretion may seem best. Said City Court judge may also in his discretion set cases for trial at convenient times, and the same may then be tried as of the term, whether court has been held from day to day until said time or not. Terms. Sec. 11. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That suits in said City Court shall in all respects be conformable to the mode of proceedings in the Superior Court, except as hereinafter provided; the process to writs shall be annexed by the clerk of said City Court, be tested in the name of the judge thereof, and be directed to and served as provided for processes for the Superior Court. Suits. Sec. 12. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That in all matters pertaining to service, pleading and practice, the law governing the Superior Court, where not inconsistent with this Act, and unless otherwise specially provided by this Act, shall be applicable to said City Court. Pleading and practice. Sec. 14. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the judge of said City Court shall have the power and authority to hear and determine without a jury all civil cases of which said court has jurisdiction, and to give judgment therein; provided, trial by jury has been

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waived in writing by all parties, at or before the call of the case for trial, in all cases where a party is entitled to a trial by jury under the Constitution and laws of this State. Hearing and judgment. Sec. 14. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all judgments obtained in said court shall be a lien on the property of defendant or defendants, throughout the State, in the same manner as judgments of the Superior Court are; but property exempt from levy and sale under the laws of this State shall be exempt from levy and sale under process from said court. Lien of judgments. Sec. 15. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That claims to real estate levied on under execution or other processes from said City Court shall be returnable to the Superior Court of the county where such real property is situated, and shall then proceed as other claims in the Superior Court. Claim cases. Sec. 16. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all laws upon the subject of attachment and garnishments as to any manner whatever in the Superior Courts of this State shall apply to said City Court as if named with the Superior Court, so far as the nature of said City Court will admit. The judge of said City Court or any justice of the peace or notary public and ex-officio justice of the peace may issue attachments returnable to said City Court under the same laws governing the issuing of attachments returnable to the Superior Court. Attachment and garnishment. Sec. 17. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the judge of said City Court may at the appearance term enter judgment against any defendant in any case in default in like manner as he could at the trial term; and any case in which any answer or defense has been filed may be tried at the appearance term, if all parties announce ready, but no party shall be forced to trial at the appearance term without his consent. Judgment by default. Sec. 18. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the judge of said City Court shall have the

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power to cause testimony to be taken and used de bene case and for the purpose of perpetuating testimony within his jurisdiction, in all cases, according to the general law of the State, and the judge and all other officers of said City Court shall have power respectively to administer all oaths pertaining to their office as the judge and other officers of the Superior Court may in like cases do; and said judge shall have power to attest deeds and other papers and administer affidavits in all cases anywhere in this State in which by existing laws, deeds and papers may be attested and affidavits administered by justices of the peace of this State, and the judge of said City Court shall have all the power and authority throughout his jurisdiction as judges of the Superior Court, and all laws relating to and governing judges of the Superior Courts shall apply to the judge of said City Court, so far as the same may be applicable, except as herein provided. Powers of judge. Sec. 19. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the clerk of said court shall prepare and keep on file in his office a complete list of all persons within the territorial jurisdiction of said City Court who are competent and liable to serve as grand or petit jurors in the Superior Court of the County of [Illegible Text], and it shall be the duty of said clerk to make out tickets equal in number to the number of names in said lists, and he shall write upon each ticket the name of one of the said persons, and deposit the same in a box to be provided and numbered one, until there shall be a ticket in said box bearing the name of each person on said list. Said jury box or list of names in said jury box shall be revised by the said clerk every time the jury list of the county is revised by the jury commissioners of the County of Bleckley. Said box shall be known as the City Court Jury Box, and shall be constructed so that it shall have two apartments and shall be kept under one lock and seal, and shall not be opened by any one except the judge of said court or some judge acting in his stead for the purpose of drawing juries, or for revision as herein provided for. The apartments of said jury box shall be

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numbered one and two, and when apartment number one is exhausted by the drawing of juries, the tickets and names in number two shall be placed back in number one, and the same process shall be gone over again and again as box number one shall be exhausted. The clerk shall keep the jury box and the sheriff shall keep the key to same. At each monthly term of said court preceding the monthly and quarterly terms to be held in the months of March, June, September, and December, the judge, if necessary shall draw not less than twelve nor more than eighteen names from said jury box, to serve as jurors during the monthly and quarterly sessions to be held in said months of March, June, September and December, and the said judge may draw a jury of not less than twelve nor more than eighteen at any term of said court to serve at any succeeding session or term whenever in his discretion it is necessary to do so, but previous to the drawing at any time the judge shall stir the tickets containing the names within the apartment from which the jurors are drawn. Should it become necessary to draw a jury in vacation time the judge of said court or the judge of the Superior Court may at any time, fifteen days before the next term of said court, in the presence of the clerk and the sheriff of said City Court, proceed to draw juries in the manner above described. All laws with reference to the drawing, selecting and summoning traverse and tales jurors in the Superior Court shall apply to the City Court when not inconsistent with this Act. The law in regard to exemption from jury duty in the Superior Court shall apply in the City Court. Juries. Sec. 20. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all laws in reference to the qualifications, relations, impanelling, challenging, and compelling the attendance of jurors now in force in this State or may hereafter be enacted into law, regulating the same in the Superior Court, shall apply to and be observed in said City Court when not inconsistent with this Act. Laws applicable. Sec. 21. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid,

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That when jurors are drawn as provided by this Act, the clerk of said City Court shall make out a record of the names so drawn, and prepare a summons for each juror, and deliver the same to the sheriff of said City Court, or his deputy, at least fifteen days before the next term of said court, which sheriff, or his deputy, shall serve said summons at least ten days before the term of court the jurors are required to attend. Summoning jurors. Sec. 22. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That six jurors shall constitute a panel unless a trial by jury of twelve is demanded. When a trial by jury of twelve is not demanded, the jury shall be selected as follows; In civil cases each side shall have three strikes, and in criminal cases the defendant shall have four strikes and State two strikes; six shall thus constitute a jury. When a jury of twelve is demanded in any case by either party, a list of twenty-four jurors shall be furnished, and each party shall be entitled to the same number of strikes as they are in like cases in the Superior Courts. The judge shall have power to complete any panel by talesmen in the same manner as in the Superior Court. The jurors drawn on the regular panel, and likewise the talesmen which the judge of said court is hereby empowered to have summoned instanter at any term of said court whenever necessary to complete a panel, shall each receive the sum of two dollars per day while serving as jurors in said court, the same to be paid under the rules governing the payment of Superior Court jurors. Panels of jurors. Sec. 23. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the sheriff of said court, by and with the approval of the judge, is authorized to appoint at each term of said court not exceeding two bailiffs, as officers of said court, who shall receive for their services two dollars per day. Sec. 24. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That it shall be the duty of committing courts in the County of Bleckley to bind over to said City Court for

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trial, or to commit for trial to said City Court, all persons committed or admitted to bail by them for misdemeanor, and all persons charged with such offenses in said county may be brought directly before the judge of said City Court for trial without any committing trial, but in no instance shall a defendant in a criminal case be denied the right to demand and obtain a preliminary hearing before a justice of the peace, although the warrant for his arrest should be issued by the judge of said City Court; provided, however, that the defendant shall make such demand in writing and deliver the same to the sheriff of said City Court within three days after his arrest. Whenever any person is committed to jail in said county for an offense within the jurisdiction of said City Court, it shall be the duty of the jailer to communicate that fact to the judge or the solicitor of said court as soon as practicable, and it shall be the duty of the judge, on receiving such information, to grant as speedy a trial as the circumstances of the case will permit. Said City Court shall be at all times open for the trial of criminal cases, except when a jury is demanded the defendant shall be given a trial at the first opportunity of getting him before a jury in said court subject to the law of continuances in the Superior Court. Commitments. Sec. 25. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That no defendant in a criminal case over which said City Court has jurisdiction shall have a right to demand an indictment by a grand jury, and that all criminal trials in said City Court shall be by the judge and without a jury, except when the defendant shall demand a jury in writing, and file the same with the clerk on or before the call of his case, which demand when so filed shall be entered by the clerk upon the minutes of said court. Whenever the accused in a criminal case shall waive a trial by jury, or shall enter a plea to the accusation or indictment, the same shall be a waiver of trial by jury, and he shall not thereafter have the right to recall such waiver; when a trial of jury is demanded, if it is a special session of the court the case shall be continued to the next jury term of the court, and shall then stand for trial as other cases.

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When on investigation of a case or accusation the same appears to be a felony, the trial shall be suspended and the defendant committed or bound over to the next term of the Superior Court as in regular preliminary investigation. If the judge of said City Court be disqualified in any criminal case transferred from the Superior Court of said county, the said case, in the discretion of said judge, may be retransferred to the Superior Court, of said county either in term time or vacation, or be tried by another City Court judge as herein provided. The judge of the Superior Court of said county shall transfer either in term time or vacation, by his order to said City Court, for trial, all presentments and bills of indictment found by the grand jury for offenses within the jurisdiction of said City Court, the order so transmitting such cases to be entered on the minutes of both of said courts. All bonds returnable to the Superior Court shall follow the case to the City Court when so transferred, and the defendant shall in such cases be bound to appear in said City Court at its first term after such bill is transferred. In like manner the judge of the Superior Court of said county, may by order, transmit to said City Court all civil cases standing for trial on the docket of the Superior Court of said county and which are embraced within the jurisdiction of said City Court, which he may deem proper, provided, both parties agree thereto. Demand for jury trial. Waiver of jury. Transfer of criminal cases. Sec. 26. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That defendants in criminal cases in said City Court shall be tried on written accusation, setting forth plainly the offense charged, founded upon the affidavit of the prosecutor, and signed by the solicitor of the said City Court, or solicitor pro tem in case the solicitor pro tem is acting for the regular solicitor, and shall have endorsed thereon the name of the prosecutor. All other proceedings after accusation shall conform to the rules governing like cases in the Superior Court, except there shall be no jury trials unless demanded by the accused, and provided a demand for jury trial may be recalled at any time by the accused before the trial. In all cases tried the accusation

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shall set forth the offense charged with the same particularity, both as to the matter of form and substance, as is required by the laws and the rules of criminal pleadings to be observed in bills of indictment in the Superior Court. Accusation. Sec. 27. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That a writ of error shall lie from said City Court to the Court of Appeals, or to the Supreme Court of this State upon a bill of exceptions filed under the same rules and regulations as govern and control the issue of writs of error and filing of bills of exceptions in the Superior Courts of this State. Writ of error. Sec. 28. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That in all cases in said City Court the same power and right of party as to waivers, pleadings or procedure, or other matters pertaining to the same, shall be allowed and upheld as by the law and rules to parties in Superior Court. Waivers, procedures, etc. Sec. 29. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the judge of said City Court shall have power to grant a new trial in any case, civil or criminal, in his court, under the same terms and conditions, and under the same laws and regulations, in every respect governing the granting of new trials in the Superior Court. All rules of pleading, practice and procedure governing motions, rules nisi, and other proceedings in new trials in the Superior Court, shall apply to and govern same in said City Court. When a criminal case is heard at a special session of said granted, in the discretion of the judge of said court. In other respects such motions shall be governed by the ordinary rules aforesaid. New trials. Sec. 30. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all suits against joint obligors, joint promisors, co-partners or joint trespassers, in which any one or more reside in the County of Bleckley, may be brought in said court within its jurisdiction as already stated, under the same rules and regulations governing such cases in the Superior Courts as to copies, second original, returns and other matters connected with said suits. Suits against joint obligors, etc.

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Sec. 31. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all civil cases in which the principal sum does not exceed one hundred dollars shall be tried at the term to which the same are returned, and there shall be no appearance term in said court in such cases. All civil cases involving more than one hundred dollars, principal sum, shall in every respect as to filing, return pleas, answers, demurrer, continuance, trial and execution conformable to the law now or hereafter to be applicable to suits in the Superior Courts of this State, the term to which said suits shall be returned shall be the appearance term, and the second term the trial term, subject to the foregoing provisions. Trial term. Sec. 32. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That whenever the judge of said City Court is, from any cause, disqualified from presiding, and has failed to get another City Court or Superior Court judge to preside in his place, then, upon the consent of the parties or upon their refusal or failure to agree, said cause shall be tried by a judge pro hac vice, selected in the same manner as now provided for in the Superior Courts. Judge pro hac vice. Sec. 33. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That in the case of the absence of the judge of said City Court at any term thereof, the sheriff or clerk of said court may adjourn it to such time as the judge may in writing direct, or if no direction be given, the court shall be adjourned to the next regular term. Adjournment in judge's absence. Sec. 34. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all fines and forfeitures and convict hire arising from cases in said City Court, shall be applied to the payment of the fees and costs of clerk and sheriff of said City Court accuring in said court, excepting in civil cases, and including their insolvent cost therein, the same to be distributed pro rata thereon under the same rules and regulations governing the distribution of fines and forfeitures to officers in the Superior Court; provided, however, that in cases transferred from the Superior Court of Bleckley County to said City Court, the Solicitor-General,

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clerk and sheriff of the Superior Court shall be entitled to their costs which shall have accrued to the date of transfer on the bill of indictment or special presentment bringing the money into court; and that in cases originating in justices court and sent up to the said City Court, the justice and constable shall be entitled to their costs in the particular case in the event the defendant therein is convicted and pays the fine and costs in the case. Fines and forfeitures, how applied. Sec. 35. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That in each case in said City Court in which the defendant is sentenced by the judge of said City Court to the county chaingang, the County Commissioners of Bleckley County shall pay to the officers of said City Court and the Justice Court, if any, their costs in the particular case: said cost to be due and payable upon the receipt of said convict by said authority of said county. Costs in criminal cases, payment of. Sec. 36. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That said City Court shall be held at the court house of Bleckley County in the City of Cochran, and the Commissioner of Roads and Revenues of Bleckley County shall provide necessary supplies and books for keeping the docket, minutes and records of said City Court. Record books. Sec. 37. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That there shall be a stenographer of said City Court of Bleckley County, appointed by the judge thereof, and all civil cases in said City Court shall be reported at the request of the plaintiff or defendant or when ordered by the judge in his discretion, and the fee for reporting such cases to be the same as allowed for similar service in the Superior Courts, to be paid by the plaintiff and defendant equally, and in final disposition of the case to be taxed as provided by law in Superior Court. And the said stenographer shall have the right to enforce his fees as in the Superior Courts; said stenographer shall report and transcribe all criminal cases tried in said court, to be paid five dollars for each day's work, out of the Commissioner of Roads and Revenues on the order of the judge of said court. In case of acquittal of the defendant and in case

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no motion is made for a new trial or bill of sued out to the Supreme Court or Court of Appeals, said stenographer shall not be required to transcribe the notes and he shall not receive compensation for transcribing the same. Stenographer. Sec. 38. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That this Act shall not go into effect until ratified by a majority of the voters of Bleckley County who vote at the election provided for in this Act. Immediately upon the approval of this Act by the Governor, the Ordinary of Bleckley County shall call and order an election for the purpose of determining as to whether or not this Act shall go into effect, which election shall be held not less than thirty nor more than forty days after the approval of this Act by the Governor, throughout the entire County of Bleckley, under the same rules and regulations as elections for county officers in said county are held. All persons residing in said County of Bleckley who are qualified to vote for members of the General Assembly are qualified to vote under the provisions of this Act. At said election those who favor the City Court as provided in this Act shall have written or printed on their ballots, For City Court, and those who oppose the City Court as provided in this Act shall have written or printed on their ballots, Against City Court, and if the majority of the votes cast at said election shall be Against City Court the provisions of this Act shall be of no effect; but if a majority of the votes cast at said election shall be For City Court, thereupon the provisions of this Act shall go into full effect, and said City Court shall be established and the first Monday in the month following said election shall be the first term of said court. At said election there shall also be elected a judge and solicitor of said court, and if the court is established said officers shall be commissioned by the Governor and hold their offices until January 1, 1921, but their successors shall be elected at the general election for county officers in said county in the year 1920, to hold said offices for the term of two years, and likewise an election for said officers shall be held every two years thereafter. This Act to be submitted to vote of people. Election of judge and solicitor.

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Sec. 39. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That in the event the Ordinary of Bleckley County should be unable from sickness, or from any cause should fail or refuse to call said election or do any act or thing required of him by this bill, then, and in that event the clerk of the Superior Court of Bleckley County shall call said election or do any other act or thing required by this Act to be done by said Ordinary. Ordinary's failure to call election. Sec. 40. 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. CAIRO CITY COURT; AMENDING ACT. No. 276. An Act to amend an Act establishing the City Court of Cairo in and for the County of Grady, approved August 8, 1906, so as to limit the jurisdiction of the City Court of Cairo, fixing the time of the election of the judge and solicitor, increasing the salary of the judge, fixing the fees of clerk and sheriff, changing terms of court, increasing the number of jurors, authorizing the judge to appoint a stenographer for said court, and for other purposes. Section 1. Be it hereby enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, That the Act approved August 8, 1906, page 191, be and the same is from and after the passage of this Act amended by striking all of Section 2 of said Act and inserting in lieu thereof the following: Act of 1900 amended. Sec. 2 Be it further enacted, That said City Court of Cairo shall have jurisdiction in and over the territory aforesaid, to try and to dispose of all civil cases of what-soever nature, except those cases of which the Constitution of this State has given the Superior Court the exclusive

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jurisdiction, provided said City Court shall not have jurisdiction to try and dispose of any civil cases involving fifty ($50.00) dollars or less of which a Justice Court has jurisdiction. Substitute for Sec. 2. Jurisdiction. Sec. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the Act described above be and the same is hereby amended by striking all of Section 4 of said Act and all of Section 7 of said Act down to and including the word Court in line ten of Section 7 of said Act, and inserting in lieu thereof the following: Sec. 4. Be it further enacted, That the present judge and solicitor of the City Court of Cairo shall hold office during the term for which they were elected, and that their successors shall be elected by the qualified voters of the County of Grady at the next general election for Representatives of the Lower House of the Legislature, to be held in 1922 and every four years thereafter, as is now provided by law or the law may hereafter provide for the election of such Representatives. Said judge and solicitor so elected shall go into office on the 1st day of April of the succeeding year after their election. If a vacancy should occur in either of the offices of judge or solicitor by death resignation, or otherwise, the Governor shall appoint someone qualified to fill said vacancy, to held office until the 1st day of April next succeeding a general election for Representative, at which general election some qualified person shall be elected for the unexpired term if any. Substituted section. Election of judge and solicitor. Sec. 3. Be it further enacted, by the authority aforesaid, That the Act described above be and the same is hereby amended by striking all of Section 5 of said Act, and inserting in lieu thereof the following: That the judge of the City Court of Cairo shall receive a salary of eighteen hundred ($1,800.00) dollars per annum, and shall be paid monthly out of the Treasury of the County of Grady by the person or persons charged by law with paying out of the mone of Grady County, and this shall be of force immediately upon its passage by the General Assembly of Georgia and approval by the Governor. Substitute for Sec. 5. Salary of judge.

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Sec. 4. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the Act described above be and the same is hereby amended by striking all of Section 11 of said Act after the word Court in line four of said Act. Sec. 11 amended. Sec. 5. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the said Act be and is hereby amended by striking all of Section 13 of said Act and inserting in lieu thereof the following: Sec. 13. Be it further enacted, That the terms of the City Court of Cairo shall be held quarterly on the second Mondays in January, April, July and October. The judge of said City Court shall have the power to hold said court in session from day to day for a period not longer than two weeks from the beginning of each term, and he may adjourn the same to any day designated by him under the same rules as are provided by law for the adjournment of Superior Court. Said judge shall also have the power to call special terms of said court at any time for the disposal of criminal or civil business by an order entered upon the minutes of said court, and said judge is hereby authorized to draw juries to serve at such special term. Said court shall be open at any time for the trial of criminal cases when jury trial is waived. Substitute for Sec. 13. Terms of court. Sec. 6. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the foregoing Act be and is hereby amended by striking all of Section 24 of said Act and inserting in lieu thereof the following: Sec. 24. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That traverse jurors in the City Court of Cairo shall be procured in the following manner: The clerk of said City Court shall provide a box similar to the traverse jury box of the Superior Court and shall write upon separate pieces of paper the name of each person on the grand and traverse jury lists of the county subject to service in the Superior Court of said county, and shall place all names in the jury box of said City Court, from which shall be drawn thirty-six jurors to serve in said court at each

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quarterly term. All laws in reference to the drawing, summoning and impanelling traverse juries in the Superior Court shall apply to the City Court of Cairo, and said judge of the City Court of Cairo shall have the same power to summons tales jurers for said City Court as is given by law to the judge of the Superior Court; jurors serving in the City Court of Cairo shall receive the same pay and in the same manner and under the same rules and regulations as jurors in the Superior Court. In all civil cases the plaintiff and defendant shall each be entitled to six strikes and in criminal cases the State shall have five and the defendant seven strikes each from twenty-four qualified jurors. Substitute for Sec. 24. Juries. Sec. 7. Be it further enacted, That from and after the passage of this Act that the above and foregoing described Act be and is hereby amended by adding thereto the following: That the judge of said City Court shall, when, in his discretion, he determines same is expedient, appoint a reporter or stenographer for said City Court, and all civil cases in said court may be reported at the request of either the plaintiff or defendant when the amount involved is five hundred dollars or more, and at the request of both the plaintiff and defendant, when the amount involved is less than five hundred dollars. The fees for reporting such cases shall be at the rate of seven and onehalf cents per hundred words for taking, to be paid by the plaintiff and defendant equally, and he shall receive seven and one-half cents per hundred words for [Illegible Text]. It shall be the duty of said stenographer to take down the testimony and the charge of the court in all criminal cases, when instructed so to do by the judge of said court, and for this service he shall be paid the sum of ten dollars per day while so engaged, this sum to be paid from the County Treasury on warrant or order signed by the judge of said court. On request of any defendant or his attorney in any criminal cases which have been so reported, said stenographer shall furnish a typewritten transcript of the testimony and charge of the court at the rate of seven and one-half cents per hundred words to be paid by the defendant.

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Said stenographer shall have the same right to enforce the payment of his fees in civil cases as is provided by law for the enforcement of the Superior Court stenographers. Stenographer. 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 19, 1919. CLAXTON CITY COURT ESTABLISHED. No. 106. An Act to establish the City Court of Claxton, in the City of Claxton, in the County of Evans; to define its jurisdiction and powers; to provide for a judge, a solicitor, and other officers thereof, and fix their compensation; to regulate proceedings, pleading, practice, and new trials therein; to provide for direct bills of exception and writs of error thereupon; to provide that no person prosecuted in said City Court shall have the right to demand an indictment by the grand jury of said county; to provide for the transfer of misdemeanor cases, not disposed of at the term of the court at which indictments are found, from the Superior Court of said county to said City Court, and for other purposes. Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same, That from and after the passage of this Act, the City Court of Claxton, by that name, is hereby created and established, to be organized, located and held in the city of Claxton, in Evans County, Georgia, with jurisdiction, civil and criminal, over the entire County of Evans. Court established and located. Sec. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid That said City Court shall have jurisdiction to try and dispose of all cases of whatever nature, except those

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cases over which exclusive jurisdiction is vested in other courts by the Constitution of Georgia; provided that in all cases of justice court jurisdiction brought in said City Court, the defendant shall not be liable to pay more than justice court costs, and the plaintiff upon filing his suit in cases of justice court jurisdiction shall deposit with the sheriff one dollar for each defendant to be served. Jurisdiction. Costs. Sec. 3. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That said City Court shall have jurisdiction to try and dispose of all criminal cases for offenses below the grade of felony committed in Evans County, and no person prosecuted in said City Court shall have the right to demand an indictment by the grand jury of said county. Criminal cases. Sec. 4. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That there shall be a judge of said City Court of Claxton, who shall be elected by the qualified voters of Evans County, at the general election every four years, under the rules and regulations that govern the election of members of the General Assembly, and who shall hold office for the term of four years and until his successor is elected and qualified. The first election for said judge for the full term of four years shall be held at the general election in November, 1920, and the judge elected on said date shall go into office on the first day of January, 1921; and the first judge of said City Court, who shall hold office from the date of his election until the first day of January, 1921, shall be elected by the qualified voters of Evans County at a special election to be held within thirty days from the date of approval of this Act, and the Ordinary of Evans County shall within ten days from the date of approval of this Act issue his order fixing the exact date of said special election, which shall be held under the rules and regulations governing the election of members of the General Assembly. A vacancy in the office of judge of said City Court shall be filled by appointment by the Governor for the unexpired term. The judge of said City Court shall not practice law in his own court, but may practice in other courts. Judge. Election. Term. Vacancy. Judge may practice law.

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Sec. 5. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That any person who shall be elected or appointed judge of said City Court must, at the date of his election or appointment, be at least twenty-five years of age, must have been a practicing attorney at least three years, and must have resided in Evans County at least one year immediately prior thereto, and he shall, before entering upon the discharge of his duties, take and subscribe the following oath: I swear that I will administer justice without respect to persons, and do equal rights to the poor and rich, and that I will faithfully and impartially discharge and perform all the duties incumbent on me as judge of the City Court of Claxton, according to the best of my ability and understanding, and agreeably to the laws and Constitution of this State and the Constitution of the United States, so help me God, which oath shall be forwarded promptly to the Governor and filed in the Executive Department. The judge of said City Court shall receive a salary of ten hundred ($1,000.00) dollars a year, which shall be paid monthly out of the treasury or depository of Evans County, as other current expenses are paid, by the Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues (or the Ordinary, if he is charged with the administration of county affairs) of said county, and such county authority shall annually make provision by levying taxes for this purpose. Eligibility. Oath. Salary of judge. Sec. 6. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That there shall be a solicitor of said City Court, who shall be elected at the same time, in the same manner, and for the same term as the judge of said court, who shall have been a practitioner of law for one year. A vacancy in the office of solicitor of said City Court shall be filled in the same manner as a vacancy in the office of judge thereof is filled. The duties of the said solicitor shall be to prosecute all offenses cognizable before said City Court. The said solicitor shall receive the same fees for each written accusation as are allowed a Solicitor-General for corresponding indictments in the Superior Court, and his fees for all other services shall be the same, and paid in the same manner, as are allowed the Solicitor-General for

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like services in the Superior Court, the Supreme Court and the Court of Appeals. In the absence or disqualification of the solicitor of said City Court, the judge thereof shall appoint a solicitor pro tem, who shall discharge the same duties and receive the same fees as are allowed the solicitor of said court. Solicitor. Election. Vacancy. Fees. Solicitor pro tem. Sec. 7. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the clerk of the Superior Court of Evans County shall be ex-officio clerk of said City Court, and in his official connection as such known as clerk of the City Court of Claxton, and he shall before entering upon the discharge of his duties take and subscribe the following oath: I do swear that I will truly and faithfully enter and record all the orders, judgments and other proceedings of said City Court of Claxton, and all other matters and things which ought by me to be recorded, and that I will faithfully and impartially discharge and perform all the duties required of me, to the best of my understanding, so help me, God, which oath shall be promptly entered on the minutes of said City Court. He shall also before entering upon the discharge of his duties, execute a bond with good security in the sum of one thousand dollars for the faithful discharge of the duties of his office. He shall have authority to appoint a deputy, as provided in the Code of Georgia for the appointment of a deputy clerk of the Superior Court. Clerk. Oath. Bond. Deputy. Sec. 8. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the sheriff of Evans County shall be ex-officio sheriff of said City Court, and in his official connection as such known as sheriff of the City Court of Claxton. Before entering upon the discharge of his duties he shall take and subscribe the following oath: I do swear that I will faithfully execute all writs, warrants, precepts and processes directed to me as the sheriff of the City Court of Claxton. I can lawfully execute, and true returns make, and in all things, well and truly, without malico or partiality, perform the duties of the office of sheriff of the City Court of Claxton, during my continuance therein, and to take

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only my lawful fees, so help me God, which oath shall be promptly entered on the minutes of said City Court. He shall also before entering upon the discharge of his duties execute a bond with good security in the sum of five thousand dollars for the faithful performance of the duties of his office. He shall have authority to appoint a deputy, as provided in the Code of Georgia for the appointment of a deputy sheriff of the Superior Court. Sheriff. Oath. Bond. Deputy. Sec. 9. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all the duties and liabilities attached to the office of clerk of the Superior Court and the office of sheriff of Evans County, so far as the same are not inconsistent with this Act, shall be attached to the office of clerk of said City Court and to the office of sheriff of said City Court, respectively, and the judge of said City Court is empowered to enforce the same authority over the clerks and the sheriff of said City Court as judges of the Superior Courts are empowered to exercise over clerks of the Superior courts and sheriffs of the Counties of Georgia. Duties of clerk and sheriff. Judge's authority over them. Sec. 10. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the clerk and sheriff of said City Court shall receive the same fees for their services in said City Court as are allowed by law for like services in the Superior Courts, except as otherwise provided in this Act; and they shall be amenable to the same processes and penalties as they are amenable to as officers of the Superior Court, and they shall be entitled to the same remedies to enforce the collection of their fees and costs in said City Court as they are entitled to in the Superior Court. Fees of clerk and sheriff. Sec. 11. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the terms of said City Court shall be monthly and quarterly, the monthly terms to be held beginning on the second Monday in each and every month of the year, and the quarterly terms to be coincident with the monthly terms in February, May, August, and November. Said City Court shall be held in the court house of Evans County, at Claxton, and, when necessary, juries shall be drawn for and serve at the quarterly terms, as hereinafter

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provided and all of the terms of said court shall continue until the business of the court is disposed of, unless adjourned for good cause. The judge of said City Court is hereby authorized to try any criminal case coming within the jurisdiction of his court, upon the law and the facts of the case, when a jury is not required under this Act, on any day, except Sunday, and this shall be especially done to relieve the jail of prisoners, consistent with the interests of the State and the accused and the judge may, in his discretion, for the trial of criminal cases in which juries are required, hold adjourned quarterly terms or special jury terms of said court, for which he may require the attendance of the regular adjourned term juries or draw new juries; provided, that juries specially drawn shall have at least ten days notice of the same. Terms. Criminal cases. Sec. 12. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the judge of said City Court shall have power to issue writs of habeas corpus and to hear and dispose of the same, in the same manner and with the same powers as judges of the Superior Court may exercise. Habens corpus. Sec. 13. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That suits in said City Court shall in all respects conform to the mode of proceeding in the Superior Courts, so far as applicable under this Act; the proceeds of writs shall be annexed by the clerk of said City Court, be attested in the name of the judge thereof, and be directed to and served by the sheriff of said City Court, and in all matters of pleading and practice, the laws applicable in the Superior Courts, where not inconsistent with this Act, shall be applicable in said City Court. Suits. Sec. 14. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the judge of said City Court shall have power and authority to hear and determine without a jury all civil and criminal cases of which said City Court has jurisdiction and to give judgment and execution therein; provided, if either party in a civil case or the defendant in a criminal case is entitled to a trial by jury under the Constitution and laws of this State, he shall be entitled

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to a trial by jury in said City Court by entering a demand in writing therefor by himself or his attorney on or before the call of the docket at the appearance term of the court in civil cases, and on or before the call of the case for trial in criminal cases; however, any case not tried before the judge with a jury shall be tried in said City Court by a jury of six, unless a jury of twelve has been demanded [Illegible Text] hereinbefore set out. Hearing and judgment. Jury trial. Sec. 15. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all judgments obtained in said City Court shall be liens on all property of the defendant throughout the State, in the same manner as judgments of the Superior Courts are, but property exempt from levy and sale under the laws of the State shall be exempt from levy and sale under process from said City Court, and all executions issuing from said City Court shall be attested in the name of the judge thereof and signed by the clerk and directed to the sheriff of said City Court or his deputies and to all and singular the sheriffs and their deputies of the State of Georgia. Lien of judgment. Executions. Sec. 16. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That said City Court shall have jurisdiction of all claim cases where personal property is levied on under execution or other process from said City Court, and such claims shall be tried in the same manner as such claims in the Superior Court are tried. Claims to personalty. Sec. 17. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That claims to real estate levied on under execution or other process from said City Court shall be returned to the Superior Court, as now provided by law, and tried in the same manner as such claims in the Superior Court are tried. Claims to realty. Sec. 18. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all laws upon the subject of attachments and garnishments, as they apply in the Superior Courts of this State, shall apply in said City Court, as if named with the Superior Courts, so far as the nature of said City Court

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will admit. Attachments in and returnable to said City Court shall be directed to the sheriff and his deputies of said City Court and to all and singular the sheriffs and constables of this State, and the judge of said City Court and justice of the peace and notaries public, ex-officio justice of the peace, may issue attachments and distress warrants to said City Court under the same laws that govern the issuing of attachments and distress warrants returnable to the Superior Court, and all garnishment and attachment proceedings on distress warrants in said City Court shall be conformable to the laws of this State on these subjects in the Superior Courts. Attachment and garnishment. Distress warrants. Sec. 19. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That scire facias to make parties to any cause or revive judgments in said City Court shall be had as in the Superior Courts, and such scire facias shall run throughout the State, and may be served by any sheriff or his deputy. [Illegible Text] facias. Sec. 20. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the judge of said City Court shall have power to cause testimony to be taken de bene case, and for the purpose of perpetuating the same, within his jurisdiction, in all cases according to the general laws of the State; and the judge and all other officers of said City Court shall have power to administer oaths pertaining to their offices, respectively, as the judge and other officers of the Superior Courts may in like cases do; and the judge of said City Court shall have power to issue warrants, attest deeds and other papers, and administer affidavits in all cases in which by-law warrants may be issued, deeds and papers may be attested, and affidavits administered by judges of the Superior Courts; and the judge of said City Court shall have power to enforce his orders and judgments, to preserve order, and punish for contempt, the same as is vested in judges of the Superior Courts of this State. Powers of judge. Sec. 21. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That said City Court shall be a court of records, and shall have a seal, and the minutes, records, orders, other

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books and files required by laws and rules to be kept in and for said City Court and in the same manner, except that the clerk shall not be required to enter on the writ record the pleadings in cases of justice court jurisdiction, but he shall preserve them in his files, and all the laws applicable to the duties of clerk and sheriff in the Superior Courts as to minutes, records, orders, other books and files shall apply to the clerk and the sheriff of said City Court, so far as the same are not inconsistent with this Act. Records, seal, etc. Sec. 22. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That it shall be the duty of the clerk of said City Court to prepare and file in his office a complete copy of the traverse jury list of the Superior Court of Evans County, as provided from time to time for the Superior Court, and from said copy so made traverse juries in said City Court shall be drawn in the following manner: The clerk of said City Court shall write upon separate tickets the name of said traverse jurors, and together with the judge shall place the same in a box to be prepared for that purpose, from which shall be drawn twenty-four traverse jurors, in the same manner and under the same rules as are applicable in the Superior Courts, disregarding for this purpose any reference to the monthly terms of said City Court; and all laws with reference to summoning jurors in the Superior Court shall apply in said City Court, and the sheriff shall be paid ten dollars for summoning jurors for each quarterly term of the court. All exemptions from jury duty of force in the Superior Courts shall apply in said City Court, and all laws as to the qualification, relationships, impanelling, challenging and fining jurors of force in the Superior Courts shall apply and be observed in said City Court, when not inconsistent with this Act. If by reason of disqualification or otherwise, said panel of twenty-four jurors is not full, the judge shall direct the same to be filled by tales jurors, in the same manner as in the Superior Courts. When a jury of six is required under this Act, twelve shall constitute a panel, from which in civil cases each shall strike three, and in criminal

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cases the defendant shall strike four and the State two. When a jury of twelve is required under this Act, twenty-four shall constitute a panel, from which in civil cases each shall strike six, and in criminal cases the defendant shall strike seven and the State five. Each juror shall be paid for his service two dollars a day while acting as a juror in said City Court. Jurles. Sec. 23. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the sheriff of said City Court shall have authority to appoint such court bailiffs as he may need during court, not to exceed two, and such bailiffs shall each be paid two dollars a day for the days they actually serve. Bailiffs. Per diem. Sec. 24. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the defendant in criminal cases in said City Court shall be tried on a written accusation, setting forth plainly the offense charged founded upon the affidavit of the prosecutor and signed by the solicitor of said City Court, and the offense shall be charged with the same particularity, both as to matter of form and of substance, as is required by the laws and rules of criminal pleadings in such cases in the Superior Courts of this State, and the defendant shall sign by himself or his attorney on the back of the accusation whether he pleads quilty or not, and if he pleads guilty whether he demands a jury or not, as hereinbefore provided in this Act. All proceedings after accusation shall conform to the rules governing like cases in the Superior Courts, except as otherwise provided in this Act. Accusation. Sec. 25. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the judge of the Superior Court of Evans County may send down from his court to said City Court for trial and final disposition all presentments and indictments for misdemeanor, which may be undisposed of at the close of each term of his court, and the order transmitting such cases shall be entered on the minutes of both of said courts; provided that in all cases so transferred the Solicitor-General of the Atlantic Judicial Circuit shall be entitled

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to his accrued costs, to be paid only from fines and forfeitures received in each particular case so transferred. Transfer of cases from Superior Court. Sec. 26. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the justices of the peace and notaries public, exofficio justices of the peace, of Evans County may bind over to said City Court in the same manner as commitments are made to the Superior Court, all persons charged with offenses over which said City Court has jurisdiction, there to answer for said offenses; provided that such persons be not discharged by the committing court. Commitments. Sec. 27. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That a writ of error shall lie from said City Court of Claxton to the Supreme Court or the Court of Appeals upon a bill of exceptions filed under the same rules and regulations as govern and control in the granting of writs of error and filing of bills of exception in the Superior Courts of the State. Writ of error. Sec. 28. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the judge of said City Court shall have power to grant new trials in cases, civil or criminal, in his court upon the same terms and conditions and under the same laws and regulations as govern the granting of new trials in the Superior Courts. All rules of procedure, pleading and practice, governing motions, rules nisi, and other proceedings in new trials in the Superior Courts shall apply to and govern the same in said City Court. When a criminal case is heard and determined out of term time and the defendant desires to move for a new trial, such motion shall be made at once, and the same shall be passed upon rendition of the judgment complained of, and not afterwards, unless for good cause further time may be by order granted, in the discretion of the judge. In other respects such motions shall be governed by the ordinary rules aforesaid. New trials. Sec. 27. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all suits against obligors, joint promisors, co-partners or joint trespassers, in which one or more reside

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in Evans County, may be brought in said City Court under the same rules and regulations governing such cases in the Superior Courts, mutatis mutandis, as to copies, second originals, returns and other matters connected with the suit. Suits against joint obligors, etc. Sec. 30. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the general laws of this State, as they obtain in and apply to the Superior Courts, shall obtain in and apply to said City Courts, with reference to the commencement of suits, defenses, set-offs, counter claims, procedure, pleadings, practice, trials, continuances, affidavits, illegalities, interrogatories, arbitration of parties, witnesses, motions, waivers, pleas, and other matters of a judicial nature, except as otherwise provided in this Act. General laws applicable. Sec. 31. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the first term of said City Court to which a civil case is brought shall be the appearance term; the second shall be the trial term, and all laws, rules and practices in said City Court with reference to appearance and trial terms shall be the same as in the Superior Courts, except as otherwise provided in this Act. Appearance terms. Sec. 32. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That whenever the judge of said City Court is from any cause disqualified from presiding in any case, and the judge of the Superior Court can not preside, as provided in the Constitution, then, upon the consert of the parties, or upon the failure or refusal to agree, said case shall be tried by a judge pro hac vice, selected in the same manner as provided for in the Superior Courts or by any other City Court judge in said State. Judge pro hac vice. Sec. 33. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That in case of the absence of the judge of said City Court at any term thereof, the sheriff or the clerk of said court may adjourn court to such term as the judge may in writing direct, or if no direction be given, the court shall stand adjourned to the next regular term thereof. Adjournment in absence of judge. Sec. 34. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid,

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That moneys arising from fines and forfeitures in said City Court shall be paid over to the clerk of said court, and upon order of the judge thereof said money shall be divided among the solicitor, the clerk and the sheriff as follows: one-half of such money to be paid to the solicitor, one-fourth to the clerk, and one-fourth to the sheriff, to the extent that the insolvent cost bills of said officers shall be paid in full, and should there be a balance left on hand at any term of the Court after paying the insolvent cost bills, said balance shall be turned over to the county authorities of Evans County, to be by them applied on building roads in said county. When any party is sentenced to the chaingang of Evans County by the judge of said City Court for a period of four months or more, and actually serves four months of his sentence the officers of said court shall be paid their actual costs in the case, by the county authorities of said county out of any funds in their hands. Fines and forfeitures. Insolvent costs. Sec. 35. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the Commissioners of Roads and Revenues or the Ordinary, if he is charged with the administration of county affairs) of Evans County shall provide a suitable place in the county court house for the holding of said City Court, and they shall procure and provide for the preservation of the necessary books, dockets, minutes, and records, for said City Court, and they shall provide the necessary expenses of conducting said City Court, agreeably to the terms of this Act. Record books, etc. Sec. 36. 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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COFFEE COUNTY CITY COURT ABOLISHED. No. 296. An Act to abolish the City Court of Coffee County, to provide that all cases pending therein, and all unfinished business, books, papers and records thereof be transferred to the City Court of Douglas, and for other purposes. Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That the City Court of Coffee County, established by recommendation of the grand jury at the February term 1918, of the Superior Court of Coffee County, Georgia, under the provisions of laws found in Section 4270-4309, inclusive, of the Civil Code of Georgia of 1895, be and the same is hereby abolished. Court abolished. Sec. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all cases pending in said City Court of Coffee County shall be transferred to the Superior Court of Coffee County, to be disposed of as other cases therein. Transfer of pending cases. Sec. 3. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all mesne and final processes from the City Court of Coffee County which have not been executed, shall be returnable to the Superior Court of Coffee County, and all claims and executions and all other issues arising from the execution of such processes shall be returnable as though such processes had issued from the Superior Court of Coffee County. Unexecuted process. Sec. 4. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all mesne and final processes from the City Court of Coffee County not executed when this Act goes into effect may be executed by the officers having the authority to execute similar papers from the Superior Court of Coffee County. Sec. 5. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all dockets, minutes, records, books and papers

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of the City Court of Coffee County shall be turned over to the clerk of the Superior Court of Coffee County. Records. Sec. 6. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That this Act shall go into effect and become operative on September 1, 1919. Effective Sept. 1, 1919. Sec. 7. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be and the same are hereby repealed. Approved August 19, 1919. COLUMBUS CITY COURT; SALARIES. No. 124. An Act to fix the salaries of the judge and solicitor of the City Court of Columbus and to provide for salaries to be paid to the clerk of the Superior Court and the sheriff of Muscogee County who are ex-officio clerk and sheriff of said City Court of Columbus 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 salary of the judge of the City Court of Columbus shall be the sum of two thousand one hundred ($2,100.00) dollars; the salary of the solicitor of the City Court of Columbus shall be the sum of one thousand nine hundred and twenty ($1,920.00) dollars; the salary of the clerk of the Superior Court of Muscogee County as ex-officio clerk of the City Court of Columbus shall be the sum of one thousand seven hundred ($1,700.00) dollars; and the salary of the sheriff of Muscogee County as ex-officio sheriff of the City Court of Columbus shall be the sum of one thousand three hundred and eighty ($1,380.00) dollars. Salaries: Judge. Solicitor. Clerk. Sheriff. Sec. 2. Be it further enacted, That the salaries aforesaid shall be paid to said officers in lieu of the salaries now

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paid said officers and shall be paid from the same source, upon the same terms and at the same times as now provided by law. How paid. 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. DAWSON CITY COURT; SALARY OF SOLICITOR. No. 132. An Act to amend an Act, approved August 17, 1917, providing for the payment of the salary of the solicitor of the City Court of Dawson, so as to make the time and manner of payment of his salary more certain, and for other purposes. Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That the Act approved August 17, 1917, Act of the General Assembly, 1917, pages 235-236, be and the same is amended by striking out all of the words after the word aforesaid in line 19 of Section 1 of said Act, and substituting the following: Act of 1917 amended. All fees coming to the solicitor of the City Court of Dawson, for services rendered in said court shall be by the sheriff, under proper orders of the judge of said court, paid into the treasury of said county, and kept as a distinct and separate fund, from which fund only the solicitor of said court shall be paid a salary of twelve hundred ($1200.00) dollars per year, payable monthly, provided the fees of said solicitor aggregate the sum of twelve hundred ($1200.00) dollars for each fiscal year, beginning September 1, and ending August 31. No salary or money shall be paid the solicitor except from said fund and whenever the amount of fees so paid into the county treasury shall amount to twelve hundred ($1200.00) dollars for the fiscal

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year beginning September 1 and ending August 31, the balance shall then be paid into and become a part of the general funds of Terrell County. To be read. Salary of solicitor. 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. DOUGLAS CITY COURT ABOLISHED. No. 290. An Act to repeal an Act approved August 12, 1918, entitled An Act to create the City Court of Douglas, in the City of Douglas, in Coffee County, to define its jurisdiction and powers; to provide for the appointment and election of a judge and other officers thereof, and to define their powers and duties; to provide for the granting of new trials and writs of error [Illegible Text] and for other purposes. Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That an Act approved August 12, 1918, entitled An Act to establish the City Court of Douglas, in the City of Douglas, in Coffee County, to define its jurisdiction and powers; to provide for the appointment and election of a judge and other officers thereof, and to define their powers and duties; to provide for the granting of new trials and writs of error therefrom, and for other purposes, be and the same is hereby repealed and the City Court of Douglas is hereby abolished. Court abolished. Sec. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all civil suits now pending in the City Court of Douglas, where the principal sum involved is one hundred dollars or more be and the same are hereby transferred to the Superior Court of Coffee County, Georgia, and all civil suits where the principal sum involved is less than one hundred dollars be and the same are hereby transferred

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to the Justice Court of Coffee County, Georgia, having jurisdiction of the defendant in said suit, and all judgments and executions rendered in and by said City Court of Douglas are hereby kept alive and of full force and vigor and that all such executions and all measures and final processes of the said City Court of Douglas which have not been executed shall be returnable to the Superior Court of Coffee County, and all claims, illegalities and other issues arising from the effect of such process and fi. fas., shall be returnable and determinable as though the same had issued from the Superior Court of Coffee County, Georgia. Transfer of pending suits, etc. Sec. 3. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all criminal cases found on accusation pending therein shall be turned over to the Solicitor-General of the Waycross Judicial Circuit (the Superior Court of Coffee County being one of the courts of said circuit), and by him properly brought before the grand jury of Coffee Superior Court, that bills of indictments may be preferred in said cases and until the said grand jury meets and indictments are preferred, the bonds of all defendants are hereby made good and binding until said cases are passed upon by the grand jury aforesaid. Transfer of criminal cases. Sec. 4. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all motions for new trials pending in the City Court of Douglas shall be heard and determined by the judge of the Superior Court of the Waycross Judicial Circuit and when judgment is rendered in the Court of Appeals of Georgia, in any case pending therein from the City Court of Douglas the clerk of said court shall transmit the [Illegible Text] in such case to the clerk of the Superior Court of Coffee County, where it shall be made the judgment of said court as having jurisdiction therein. Pending motions for new trial. Sec. 5. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all documents, [Illegible Text] records, books and papers pertaining to the business of the City Court of Douglas shall be turned over to the clerk of the Superior Court

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of Coffee County, Georgia, to be preserved by him as part of the records of said court. Records. Sec. 6. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all suits brought in the City Court of Douglas, Coffee County, and pending therein, where service has been regularly perfected, when the same would be ready for disposition at the August term, 1919, of said City Court, be and the same are hereby declared for trial at the September term, 1919, of the Superior Court of Coffee County, Georgia, as well as all other cases pending in said City Court of which the Superior Court has jurisdiction. Trial of pending cases. Sec. 7. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the provisions of this Act shall become operative September 1, 1919. Effective Sept. 1, 1919. Sec. 8. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be and the same are hereby repealed. Approved August 19, 1919. DOUGLAS CITY COURT ESTABLISHED. No. 374. An Act to establish the City Court of Douglas, in the City of Douglas, in Coffee County, Georgia, to define its jurisdiction and powers, to provide for the election of a judge and other officers thereof, and to define their powers and duties; to provide for the granting of new trials and writs of errors therefrom, and for other purposes. Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That from and after the passage of this Act, the City Court of Douglas, by that name, is hereby established and created, to be organized, located and held in the City of Douglas, in Coffee County, Georgia,

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with jurisdiction, civil and criminal, as hereinafter provided. Court established and located. Sec. 2. Be it further enacted, That the jurisdictional limits of the City Court of Douglas shall embrace the whole County of Coffee, and this court shall within those limits, have jurisdiction concurrent with the Superior Court of the County of Coffee of all civil cases of whatever nature, except those in which jurisdiction is exclusively given to the Superior Court by the Constitution and laws of the State; provided that in all cases brought in said court, where the principal amount claimed is under $50, the plaintiff shall pay all costs in excess of justice court in similar cases, and the said jurisdiction herein conferred shall include not only ordinary suits by petition and process, but also all other kinds of suits and proceedings which are now or may hereafter be in use in the Superior Courts, either under the common law or by statutes, including, among others, attachments and garnishment proceedings, illegalities, counter affidavits to any proceeding from said court, statutory awards, proceedings against intruders and tenants holding over, partition of personalty, issues upon distress warrants, forclosure of liens upon chattel mortgages. Jurisdiction. Sec. 3. Be it further enacted, That said City Court of Douglas shall have criminal jurisdiction to try and dispose of all offenses committed in the County of Coffee, and which do not subject the offenders to loss of life or confinement in the penitentiary. Criminal cases. Sec. 4. Be it further enacted, That there shall be a judge of said court who shall be elected by the qualified voters of Coffee County, Georgia, at a special election hereinafter provided for, who shall hold office from the date of his qualification until January 1, 1921, or until his successor is elected and qualified. All vacancies in the office of judgeship shall be filled by appointment by the Governor for the residue of the unexpired term, such appointment being subject to the approval of the Senate, which may be then in session, or if the Senate be not in

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session at the time of such appointment, then subject to the approval of the Senate at its next session thereafter. The judge of said City Court of Douglas shall receive a salary of fifteen hundred ($1,500.00) dollars per annum, which shall be paid monthly out of the treasury or depository of the County of Coffee, by the person or persons charged by law with paying out the money of the County of Coffee. Judge. Election. Vacancies. Salary. Sec. 5. Be it further enacted, That any person who shall be appointed or elected judge of the City Court of Douglas must at the time of his election be at least thirty years of age and must have resided in Coffee County at least three years immediately preceding his appointment or election, and he must also have been a practicing attorney at least five years before his election, and he shall before entering upon the discharge of the duties of his office take and subscribe the following oath: I do solemnly swear I will administer justice without respect to persons, and do equal right to the poor and the rich, and that I will faithfully and impartially discharge and perform all the duties which may be required of me as judge of the City Court of Douglas, of this State, according to the best of my ability and understanding, agreeably to the laws and Constitution of the United States, so help me God, and said oath shall immediately thereafter be forwarded to the Governor and filed in the executive department. Said judge shall have authority to issue criminal warrants, to dispossess tenants holding over, intruders, to issue distress warrants and generally do all acts which the judge of the county courts of this State are authorized to do, unless otherwise provided. Eligibility. Oath. Issuance of warrants. Sec. 6. Be it further enacted, That the judge of said court shall have power to cause testimony to be taken de bene esse, and for the purpose of perpetuating testimony within his jurisdiction in all cases, according to the general laws of this State; and the judge and other officers of said City Court shall have power, respectively, to administer all oaths pertaining to their respective offices as the

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judge and other officers of the Superior Court may in like cases do, and said judge shall also have power to attest deeds and other papers and administer oaths in all cases anywhere in the State, in which by existing laws such papers may be attested and oaths administered by a justice of peace of this State, and the judge of said City Court shall have all power and authority throughout his jurisdiction of judges of the Superior Court, except when by law exclusive power and authority is vested in the Superior Courts, and all laws relating thereto and governing the judges of the Superior Courts shall apply to the judge of said City Court so far as the same may be applicable, except as herein provided. Powers. Sec. 7. Be it further enacted, That the judge of said City Court shall have power and authority to hear and determine all civil cases of which the said court has jurisdiction, and to give judgment and award execution thereon; provided, always, that either party in any case shall be entitled to a trial by a jury in said court, upon entering a demand therefor by himself or his attorney in writing, on or before the call of the docket of said court at the term to which the same is returnable, in all cases where such party is entitled to a trial by a jury under the Constitution and laws of this State. Hearing and judgment. Jury [Illegible Text]. Sec. 8. Be it further enacted, That the judge of said City Court may practice law in any of the courts of this State or United States, except in said City Court and the Court of Appeals and the Supreme Court in writs of error from the City Court. The judge of the Superior Court and the judge of the City Court may preside in the courts of each other in said county in cases where the judge of either court is, for any cause, disqualified to preside, provided, also, that whenever the judge of said City Court is from any cause disqualified from presiding in any case, and the judge of the Superior Court on account of absence or other cause shall fail to preside in said court, as above provided, then upon consent of the parties, or upon their failure or refusal to agree, said case may be tried

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by a judge pro [Illegible Text] vice selected in the same manner as now provided for in the Superior Courts. Practice of law by judge. Disqualification. Sec. 9. Be it further enacted, That the judge of said City Court shall have power to issue writs of habeas corpus, and to hear and dispose of the same in the same way and with the same power as judge of the Superior Court. Habeas corpus. Sec. 10. Be it further enacted, That there shall be a solicitor of the City Court of Douglas, who shall be elected by the qualified voters of said county, at a special election hereinafter provided for, and shall hold his office from his qualification until the first day of January, 1921, or until his successor is elected and qualified, and all vacancies shall be filled in the same manner as vacancies in the office of judge of said court. The solicitor of said City Court of Douglas shall receive the fee of ten ($10) dollars for each case handled by him to final termination whether upon accusation, indictment, or presentment, which shall be paid out of the fines and forfeitures arising in said City Court, of Douglas. The fees hereinafter provided for shall be in full compensation for the services rendered by said solicitor, except such fees as he may be entitled to under the law of this State in appellate proceedings, which shall be the same as is now allowed by law to the Solicitors-General of this State for cases of like character. Said solicitor shall prosecute all offenses cognizable before said City Court of Douglas for the fees hereinbefore stipulated and said solicitor shall also represent the State in all cases carried to the Superior Court or the Court of Appeals from said City Court. No person shall be appointed or elected solicitor of said court unless at the time of said election he shall have arrived at the age of twenty-five years, and shall be a resident of said County of Coffee for three years prior thereto, and shall have been a practicing attorney-at-law for at least five years. He shall also, in addition to the oath required of all civil officers take and subscribe an oath to faithfully and impartially discharge his duties as the solicitor of said court. If for any reason said solicitor shall fail or be disqualified to act in any case,

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the court shall have power to appoint a solicitor pro tem, and he shall be paid for such services the same fees as is provided herein for said solicitor of said City Court. Solicitor. Fees. Eligibility. Solicitor pro tem. Sec. 11. Be it further enacted, That the clerk of the Superior Court of Coffee County shall be clerk of the City Court of Douglas, and he shall perform the same duties that are by law required of him as an officer of the Superior Court, so far as the same do not conflict with the provisions of this Act, and for his services he shall receive the same compensation that he is entitled to receive for similar services in the Superior Court; the clerk shall execute a bond for the sum of one thousand dollars, payable to the Governor, conditioned for the faithful discharge of his duties as clerk of said City Court, which bond shall be approved by the judge of the said City Court, and entered on the minutes thereof, and which said bond may be sued on by any person interested. In the event the clerk of the Superior Court shall fail to qualify, or to execute said bond, the judge of said City Court is hereby authorized to appoint a clerk for said court. Clerk. Fees. Bond. Vacancy. Sec. 12. Be it further enacted, That the sheriff of Coffee County shall be sheriff of said City Court. Before entering upon the discharge of the duties of his office, he shall execute a bond with good security in the sum of five thousand dollars, payable to the Governor, conditioned for the faithful discharge of the duties of his office, which bond shall be approved by the judge of said City Court, and entered on the minutes thereof, and which said bond may be sued on by any person interested. In the event the sheriff of Coffee County shall fail to qualify as sheriff of said City Court, the judge of said City Court shall appoint a sheriff for said court. The sheriff of said court shall have power to appoint deputies as the business of the court may require, who shall give such bonds as are required by deputy sheriffs; said sheriffs shall receive such fees as the sheriffs of Coffee County are now or hereafter may be allowed for similar services and shall perform the same duties required of sheriffs of the Superior Courts, applicable under the Act and not in conflict herewith. Sheriff. Bond. Deputies.

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Sec. 13. Be it further enacted, That there shall be a special election held in Coffee County, under the same rules and regulations as are now provided for election for members of the General Assembly, on the 4th day of October, 1919, for the purpose of electing a judge and a solicitor of said City Court of Douglas, for the first terms hereinbefore provided for; that on Monday following said election the managers holding said election shall meet at the county site of said County of Coffee and consolidate the votes cast in said election, and declare the result thereof and certify same to the Governor of this State, and the persons thus elected as judge and as solicitor respectively of said court shall be commissioned by the Governor for the terms as aforesaid. That after the expiration of the terms of office herein provided for, the judge and solicitor of said City Court of Douglas, the terms for said judge and solicitor shall be four years and they shall be elected by the qualified voters of said county, and their terms of office shall begin on the first day in January, 1921, and they shall be elected at the regular election provided for the other county officers of said county at the general election held the year 1920, and every four years thereafter, such officers to be commissioned by the Governor. Election of judge and solicitor. Terms of office. Sec. 14. Be it further enacted, That in said City Court the same rules of procedure, service, pleading and practice shall govern as for the time being obtain in the Superior Courts, except as otherwise provided in this Act, and except that at each term of said City Court actually held, it shall be the duty of the presiding judge to call the appearance docket, at which time, in all cases founded upon unconditional contracts in writing, where there has been legal service on the defendant, and no issuable defense is filed thereto in writing, or if filed is adjudged to be insufficient in law, either in form or substance, and is stricken, then judgment shall be entered by the court at such appearance term without the intervention of a jury. In all cases where suit is brought for a liquidated demand or an account, and there has been legal service on the defendant, and no defense is filed thereto, or if such defense

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as is filed is stricken or adjudged to be insufficient in law, either in form or substance, it shall be the duty of the court at such term to give judgment thereon without the intervention of a jury. All exceptions to declaration and pleas, motions to dismiss and dilatory pleas and demurrers shall be passed upon at such appearance term of the court, unless the same shall be by consent of the parties or by the court continued, and when all such preliminary questions and dilatory pleas and motions are disposed of, if the case is otherwise ripe for trial and there is no issue offered or left among the pleadings, then in like manner the court shall give judgment at such appearance term without the intervention of a jury. All other cases shall be governed as to the trial term thereof by the rules of procedure and practice prevailing in the Superior Courts of this State at the time of trial, and whenever, and in all cases when the rules of the Superior Court can not be made applicable on account of the difference of the Constitution of said court, then the judge of said court may make and promulgate rules to cover said cases. Procedure, service, etc. Judgment by default. Sec. 15. Be it further enacted, That the general laws of this State with regard to the commencement of suits in the Superior Courts, defenses, set-offs, affidavits of illegality, arbitration, examination of parties to suits or witnesses by interrogatories or under subpoena, attendance of witnesses, continuances, or other matters of a judicial nature, within the jurisdiction of said City Court, shall be applicable to said court, unless otherwise provided in this Act. General laws applicable. Sec. 16. Be it further enacted, That the regular jury terms of said court shall be held on the third Mondays in February, May, August and November. In addition to the above sessions, there shall be terms for which no jury shall be drawn, on the third Mondays in January, March, April, June, July, September, October and December. Any and all cases within the jurisdiction of the City Court of Douglas may be made returnable either to the monthly or quarterly terms under the same conditions and requirements

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as to filing, service, pleas, demurrers and defaults as provided in this Act. Upon the call of any case upon the issue docket either at a monthly or quarterly term, either party shall have the right to demand a trial by jury, when this demand is made at a monthly term, the judge shall make an entry of same open his docket, and the case shall stand continued to the next term thereafter for which a jury has been drawn. At any term the judge may hear and dispose of all demurrers and special pleas, make entries of In Default and render final judgment on defaults; try and dispose of all cases, civil and criminal, ripe for trial, where a jury has not been demanded, as hereinbefore provided, and perform any and all judicial acts not inconsistent with the provisions of this Act. The judge of said court shall have power to held said sessions and adjourn from time to time, provided that said court shall not remain continuously in session at any time until nearer than within five days of the next succeeding term, and the judge of said court may set cases for trial at convenient times, and the said cases may then be tried, whether court has been held from day to day until said time or not. Terms of court. Sec. 17. Be it further enacted, That all judgments obtained in said City Court shall be a lien on all property belonging to the defendant or defendants throughout the State, in the same manner as are judgments of the Superior Courts, and all executions issuing from said City Court shall bear test in the name of the judge and be signed by the clerk thereof, and directed to the sheriff and his deputies of the City Court of Douglas, and to all and singular the sheriffs and their deputies of the State of Georgia. Lien of judgment. Executions. Sec. 18. Be it further enacted, That suits in said City Court shall in all respects be conformable to the mode of proceedings in the Superior Court, except as otherwise provided in this Act, but the process to writs shall be annexed and signed by the clerk of said City Court and bear test in the name of the judge thereof; and be directed to and be served by the sheriff and his deputies of the City Court of Douglas. Suits.

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Sec. 19. Be it further enacted, That all laws upon the subject of gernishment and attachments as to any matter whatsoever in the jurisdiction of Superior Courts of this State shall apply to said City Court, as if named with the Superior Court, so far as the nature of the City Court admits, attachments in said court or returned to said court, shall be directed to the sheriff and his deputies of the City Court of Douglas, and to all and singular the sheriffs and constables of this State, and any justice of the peace or notary public may issue attachments returnable to said City Court under the same laws that govern the issuing of attachments returnable to the Superior Courts. Attachment and garnishment. Sec. 20. Be it further enacted, That scire facias to make parties and revive judgments may be had as in the Superior Courts, and such scire facias shall run throughout the State and may be served by any sheriff or his deputy thereof. Scire facias. Sec. 21. Be it further enacted, That any writ or process of said City Court to be served in any other county than Coffee shall be served by the same officers of the county of service as may serve Superior Court process, and parties out of the State may be served as in the Superior Courts. Service of process in another county. Sec. 22. Be it further enacted, That all suits against joint obligors, joint promisors, co-partners, or joint trespassers, in which any one or more resides in the County of Coffee, may be brought in said court within its jurisdiction under the same rules and regulations governing such cases in the Superior Courts, mutatis mutandis, as to copies, second originals, returns, and other matters connected with the suit. Suits against joint obligors, etc. Sec. 23. Be it further enacted, That said City Court shall be a court of record, with a seal, and the minutes, records, dockets and files that are required to be kept in the Superior Court in so far as applicable to said City [Illegible Text] shall be kept in and for said City Court, and in the

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same manner, and shall be provided in the same manner as for the Superior Court. Record, seal, etc. Sec. 24. Be it further enacted, That all laws regulating the enforcing of judgments of the Superior Courts, whether civil or criminal, shall apply to said City Court, and the executions shall issue and be levied, and sales be had thereunder, under the same rules and laws regulating the same in the Superior Courts. Enforcement of judgments. Sec. 25. Be it further enacted, That from and after the passage of this Act, judgments may be taken at the appearance term in all suits based on promissory notes, stipulating for attorney fees, when the statutory notice has been given, for principal, interest and attorney's fees, unless there is a defense filed in said suit. Judgment at appearance term. Sec. 26. Be it further enacted, That the judge of said City Court shall have the same power to enforce his orders, to preserve order, punish for contempt and to enforce all his judgments, as vested by law in the judges of the Superior Courts. Contempts. Sec. 27. Be it further enacted, That all persons liable to serve as grand and petit jurors in Superior Court of Coffee County, shall be liable to serve as petit jurors in said City Court, and the clerk of said City Court shall copy into a book the lists of all names liable to serve as grand and petit jurors in said Superior Court, to be taken from the lists of said Superior Court, under the supervision of the judge of said City Court, and to make a new list as often as said Superior Court jury lists are revised, to conform to said revision, which said book containing the lists of persons liable to serve as jurors in said City Court as above prescribed, shall be alphabetically arranged, and shall be kept in the office of the clerk of said City Court. The clerk shall also make out tickets equal in number to the number of persons on said lists, and write upon each the name of one of said persons on said lists, and deposit the same in a box to be provided at public expense, and numbered one, until there shall be a ticket in said box bearing the name of each person on said lists. Juries.

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Sec. 28. Be it further enacted, That during the session of said City Court at each quarterly term in open court, the judge of said court, or the judge of the Superior Court, when presiding in said court, shall draw from said box number one thirty six names of persons to serve as jurors at the next jury term thereafter of said City Court, and shall cause the clerk to record the names so drawn, and then deposit the tickets in another box or compartment, number two. These boxes shall be so constructed as to be kept under one seal and lock, and shall be kept sealed, and shall not be opened by any person except the judge of said City Court, or the judge of the Superior Court when presiding in his place, for the purpose of drawing juries in open court, except in cases when, from failure to draw a jury in term time or from other cause, it may be necessary to draw a jury from said City Court in vacation time. If, from any cause, it should become necessary to draw a jury from said court in vacation time, either the judge of said City Court or the Superior Court judge may at any time, fifteen days before the next jury term of said City Court, in the presence of the clerk and sheriff of said court, proceed to draw juries in the manner above prescribed. The clerk of said court shall keep said jury boxes, and the sheriff of said court shall keep the key, and it shall be the duty of the clerk of said City Court, as soon as practicable after the qualification of the judge of said court, to prepare said jury lists in boxes hereinbefore provided, and after said boxes are prepared the jury to serve at the first term of said court shall be drawn, as above provided, for drawing juries in vacation time. Jurors. Sec. 29. Be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the clerk of said court to issue and deliver to the sheriff or his deputy of said court a precept containing the names of the persons drawn as jurors in said court, and upon receipt of said precept said sheriff or his deputy shall cause the persons whose names are thereon written to be served personally or by leaving the summons at their most notorious place of adobe, at least five days prior to the term of the court the juries were drawn to attend. Service of summons on juror.

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Sec. 30. Be it further enacted, That twenty-four jurors drawn and summoned as above provided shall be impanelled, in all cases, both civil and criminal, unless trial by jury is waived, and the same rules and regulations as to strikes and the selection of a jury of twelve from said panel in each case shall prevail in said City Court as now obtains in the Superior Courts of said State in the selection of juries in similar cases. The jurors, those drawn on the regular panel, and likewise the talesmen, the judge of said court being empowered to have talesmen summoned instanter at any term of said court, whenever necessary to complete a panel, shall each receive the same pay per day while serving as jurors in said court as Superior Court jurors, same to be paid under the rules governing the payment of Superior Court jurors and the City Court jury script shall stand on the same footing in every respect as Superior Court jury script. Jury. Sec. 31. Be it further enacted, That the incidental expenses of the said City Court shall be paid in the same manner as such expenses in the Superior Court are paid. Expenses of court. Sec. 32. Be it further enacted, That witnesses in civil and criminal cases in said City Court shall receive the same pay, from the same source and in the same manner, as witnesses in the Superior Court. Pay of witnesses. Sec. 33. Be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of all justices of the peace, notaries public and all other officers having like authority, to commit or bind over to said City Court all persons charged with offenses for which they may be bound over or committed, within the limits of Coffee County, over which said City Court has jurisdiction, to answer for said offense in said City Court. Commitment for trial. Sec. 34. Be it further enacted, That at any session or term of said City Court the judge thereof may hear and determine the case or cases of any person charged with the commission of any criminal offense within the jurisdiction of said court, on accusation, indictment or presentment, without a jury; provided, the person accused shall

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in open court waive a trial by jury in said court; and provided further, that in no event shall the defendant be allowed to demand an indictment by the grand jury of said county. Should the accused waive trial by a jury in said court, the judge of said court shall have authority to try and dispose of said case at any time so soon as the State and the accused may get ready for trial, without waiting for a regular term of said court. When on investigation of a case on accusation the offense appears to be a felony, the trial shall be suspended and the defendant committed or bound over to the next term of the Superior Court of Coffee County, as in preliminary examinations. Criminal cases. Sec. 35. Be it further enacted, That all criminal cases tried in said City Court, whether at a regular or special session, shall be upon written accusation, unless upon indictment or presentment; such accusation shall set forth plainly the offense charged, and shall conform as to matter and substance with the rules of criminal pleadings which prevail in the Superior Courts, provided, however, that said accusations shall be amenable at any stage of the trial, until said accusation shall be legally sufficient, and same shall not be dismissed or quashed upon a mere technicality, said accusation shall be based upon an affidavit made before the judge of said court or before some other compotent judicial officer of this State, and same shall be signed by the solicitor of said court, or other attorney representing the State, and have indorsed thereon the [Illegible Text] of the prosecutor, if any. Accusation. Sec. 36. Be it further enacted, That the judge of the Superior Court of Coffee County shall by order transmit to said City Court for trial and final disposition all presentments and bills of indictments found by the grand jury for offenses within the jurisdiction of said City Court, which may remain undisposed of at the end of each term, of the said Superior Court of Coffee County, the order so transmitting such cases to be entered on the minutes of both courts. All bounds returnable to the Superior Court shall follow the case to the City Court when so transferred,

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and the defendant shall in such case be bound to appear in said City Court at its first session after such indictment or presentment shall have been transferred, and after he shall have notice of such transfer. In like manner the judge of the Superior Court of Coffee County may by order transmit to said City Court all civil cases upon the docket of the Superior Court which are within the jurisdiction of said City Court, provided, that the parties to said cases shall agree that same be transmitted to said City Court. Transfer of cases from Superior Court. Sec. 37. Be it further enacted, That the judge of said City Court of Douglas shall have power to grant a new trial in any case, civil or criminal, in his court, upon the same terms and conditions and under the same laws and regulations in every respect governng the granting of new trials in the Superior Courts. All rules of pleading, practice and procedure governing motions, rules nisi, and other proceedings in new trials in the Superior Courts shall apply to and govern the same in said City Court. Upon the new trial of a case, either party in a civil case, or the defendant in a criminal case, shall have the right to demand a jury trial without regard to whether or not the preceding trial or trials were with or without a jury. New trials. Demand for jury on new trial. Sec. 38. Be it further enacted, That a writ of error shall be direct from the City Court of Douglas to the Court of Appeals of the State of Georgia upon a bill of exceptions filed under the same rules and regulations as govern and control the issuing of writs of error and filing of bills of exceptions in the Superior Courts of this State. Writ of error. Sec. 39. Be it further enacted, That in the absence of the judge of said City Court, from indisposition or otherwise, from any term of said court, it shall be the duty of the clerk or sheriff of said court to open and adjourn said court to such day as the judge in writing directs. Adjournment in absence of judge. Sec. 40. Be it further enacted, That the judge of said City Court shall have jurisdiction of all claim cases where personal property is levied on under execution or other process from said court. Claim cases.

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Sec. 41. Be it further enacted, That the judge of said City Court of Douglas shall have power to appoint an official reporter or stenographer for said City Court, who for services rendered in reporting civil cases and furnishing briefs of evidence therein shall be allowed the same fees as is allowed for similar services in the Superior Courts, same to be paid by the parties under rules governing such matters in Superior Courts. Criminal cases may likewise be reported when defendants desire this done, and will pay for the services of said reporter. Stenographer. Sec. 42. Be it further enacted, That the sessions of said court shall be held in the court house of Coffee County, in said City of Douglas. Court-house. Sec. 43. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be and the same are hereby repealed. Approved August 19, 1919. FLOYD CITY COURT; SALARY OF JUDGE. No. 163. An Act to amend an Act approved August 10, 1915, fixing the salary of the judge of the City Court of Floyd County at two thousand dollars per annum, so as to make the salary of the judge of said court twenty-five hundred dollars 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 from and after the passage of this Act that an Act approved August 10, 1915, fixing the salary of the judge of the City Court of Floyd County at two thousand dollars per annum, be and the same is hereby amended so as to change the salary of the judge of said court from two thousand dollars per annum to twenty-five hundred dollars per annum. Act of 1915 amended. Judge's salary.

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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 18, 1919. HINESVILLE CITY COURT; FEES OF OFFICERS. No. 121. An Act to amend an Act establishing the City Court of Hinesville, in the City of Hinesville, Liberty County, Georgia, approved August 9, 1916, by providing for the payment of fees in certain cases in said court, and for other purposes. Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same, That from and after the passage of this Act, Section 37 of the Acts approved August 9, 1916, creating and establishing the City Court of Hinesville be and the same is hereby amended by striking therefrom all of said Section after the word said, in the fourth line of said Section and inserting in lieu thereof the following words: shall be only one-half the fees chargeable for other cases and for similar services in said court, except that the provision of this Section shall not apply to action for recovery of personal property, so that said Section shall read as follows when so amended: Ga. L. 1916, p. 243; amendment. Sec. 37. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That in all civil cases, when the amount involved is less than one hundred dollars in said court, the fees of the officers of said court shall be only one-half the fees chargeable for other cases and for similar services in said court, except that the provisions of this Section shall not apply to action for recovery of personal property. Fees. Sec. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be and the same are hereby repealed. Approved August 18, 1919.

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LA GRANGE CITY COURT; SALARIES. No. 227. An Act to amend an Act entitled An Act to establish the City Court of La Grange, in Troup County; to define its jurisdictional powers; to provide for the appointment of a judge and other officers thereof, and to define their powers and duties; to provide for pleading and practicing and new trials therein, and for carrying cases direct from the said City Court to the Supreme Court by bill of exceptions or writ of error, approved December 19, 1899, and all other amendatory Acts thereof, so as to provide for the abolition of the fee system in said court as it affects the solicitor of said court, and to provide for the abolition of the fee system in said court as it affects the sheriff of said court in criminal business; to provide for the payment of a salary to said solicitor and said sheriff, to provide that all costs, fines and forfeitures arising from the City Court of La Grange which would under the present fee system go to the solicitor and which would in criminal business go to the sheriff shall be paid into the county treasury of Troup County and become a part of the general funds of said county; to provide for an increase of the salary of the judge of said court, and to prohibit said judge from practicing law in any of the courts of Troup County; to provide for the number of jurors that may be drawn for said City Court of La Grange, 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 fee system, so far as it relates to the solicitor of the City Court of La Grange, now existing in said City Court of La Grange, be and the same is hereby abolished, and the solicitor of said City Court shall hereafter be paid a salary as hereinafter provided instead of fees as under the present system. Solicitor to receive salary in lieu of fees.

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Sec. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the fee system, so far as it relates to the sheriff of the City Court of La Grange in criminal business, which said fee system is now existing in said City Court of La Grange, be and the same is hereby abolished, and the sheriff of said City Court shall hereafter be paid a salary as hereinafter provided instead of the fees received by him in criminal business and cases under the present system. receive salary. Sec. 3. The salary of the solicitor of the City Court of La Grange shall be $2,000.00 per annum in lieu of all fees, fines and forfeitures now accruing to him as solicitor of said City Court from any source which said salary shall be paid monthly by the treasurer of Troup County out of the general funds of said county, and it shall be the duty of the Commissioners of said county to make provision annually in levying taxes for this purpose. Salary of solicitor. Sec. 4. The salary of the sheriff of the City Court of La Grange shall be $1,400.00 per annum in lieu of all fees, to cover all fees now collected by said sheriff for criminal cases as sheriff of the City Court of La Grange, this salary to take the place of all fees now received by the sheriff for any and all services rendered in criminal cases which are disposed of or committed to the said City Court, and is to cover all fees now collected by said sheriff for criminal cases handled and disposed of by the City Court of La Grange, and all fees now collected by said sheriff in criminal cases committed to the City Court of La Grange by any of the committing courts of the said county, for making arrests or any and all other services in said committing courts, but this salary is intended to cover nothing except the fees collected by said sheriff of said court in criminal cases, and in cases bound over to said City Court by the committing courts, and also cases that are tried and acquitted in committing courts, this salary being intended to replace only the fees from fines and forfeitures collected by said sheriff in said criminal business, and is not intended to prohibit said sheriff from collecting his per diem for attending

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court, and all other compensation to which he is now cutitled, except fees from fines and forfeitures in criminal business which includes any fees or costs accruing to him in any committing court in criminal cases heard in said committing courts whether the defendants therein are bound over to the City Court or not, provided the crime charged is a misdemeanor, as well as his fees from business disposed of in said City Court, which said salary shall be paid monthly by the treasurer of Troup County out of the general funds of said county, and it shall be the duty of the Commissioners of Troup County to make provision annually in levying taxes for this purpose. Salary of sheriff. Sec. 5. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the salary of the judge of the said City Court of La Grange shall be $2,500.00 per annum, which said salary shall be paid monthly by the treasurer of Troup County out of the general funds of said county, and it shall be the duty of the Commissioners of Troup County to make provision annually in levying taxes for this purpose. Said judge of said City Court of La Grange shall be and is hereby prohibited from practicing law in any of the courts of Troup County. Salary of judge. Practice of law by judge [Illegible Text]. Sec. 6. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all costs and fees arising from the criminal business in said City Court from fines and forfeitures or otherwise, including costs accruing in the committing courts of the county, accruing to said solicitor and to said sheriff under the fee system now in force, shall be collected by the clerk of said court and paid into the county treasury of Troup County. It shall be the duty of the clerk of said City Court to keep an account of all insolvent costs due said solicitor and said sheriff and to collect the same and pay it into the county treasury. Said clerk shall furnish to the Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues of Troup County, quarterly, an itemized statement of all fines and forfeitures arising from criminal business in said court, showing from what source said amounts came and the amount each officer is entitled to under the present fee

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system. Said statement shall be accompanied by a remittance for the amount due said county from fees and costs due said solicitor and said sheriff as provided for in this Act under the present fee system. Collection and accounting for fees and costs. Sec. 7. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That there may be drawn, in the manner now provided by law a sufficient number of jurors to serve in said court to secure the attendance of thirty-six traverse jurors. Jurors. Sec. 8. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the provisions of this Act shall not become effective until the 1st day of October, 1919. When effective. Sec. 9. 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. McRAE CITY COURT, ELECTION TO ABOLISH. No. 191. An Act to abolish the City Court of McRae, Georgia, to provide for the disposition of the cases therein pending, for the proper disposition of all records and other matters pertaining to said court, to provide for an election to submit to the qualified voters of Telfair County the ratification 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 authority of the same, That on and after the first day of January, 1920, the City Court of McRae, established by an Act of the General Assembly and approved August 3, 1905, shall be abolished. Repeal of Act of 1905. Sec. 2. Be it further enacted, That all cases pending in the said City Court of McRae at the time that this Act

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shall be of effect, shall at once be automatically transferred to the Superior Court of Telfair County to be disposed of under its jurisdiction, and that all judgments and executions theretofore rendered by the said City Court of McRae are to be kept alive and executed by the officers of the Superior Court, Telfair County, just as if rendered in such Superior Court. Transfer of business. Sec. 3. Be it further enacted, That all mesne and final processes from the said City Court of McRae which may not have been executed when this Act goes into effect, shall be returnable to the Superior Court of Telfair County and be executed by the officers of the said Superior Court, and that all claims, illegalities, and other issues arising from the execution of such processes shall be returnable as if such processes had primarily issued from the Superior Court of the said county. Sec. 4. Be it further enacted, That all criminal cases pending in the said City Court of McRae on January 1, 1920, together with all commitments and bonds to said Court shall at once automatically be transferred to the Superior Court of Telfair County for trial and disposition thereof, provided, however, that in all criminal cases pending on accusations in said City Court of McRae, the defendants shall have the right to demand an indictment before trial by the grand jury of said county. Criminal cases. Demand for indictment. Sec. 5. Be it further enacted, That all motions for new trials that may be pending in the City Court of McRae on the first day of January, 1920, shall be heard by the judge of the Superior Court of Telfair County, and that where a judgment may be rendered after this Act goes into effect by the Court of Appeals or the Supreme Courts of the State of Georgia in case pending thereon from the City Court of McRae the remittitur in such case shall be sent by the clerk of the higher court to the clerk of the Superior Court of Telfair County where it shall be made the judgment of such court as having jurisdiction therein, and in event of reversal said case shall stand for trial in said Superior Court. Motions for new trial. [Illegible Text]

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Sec. 6. Be it further enacted, That all dockets, minutes, records, books and papers of the City Court of McRae shall be held by the clerk of the Superior Court of Telfair County as part of the records of that court. Records. Sec. 7. Be it further enacted, That there shall be held in said County of Telfair on the 19th day of November, 1919, an election for the purpose of submitting to the qualified voters of said County of Telfair the ratification of this Act. Said election, except as otherwise herein provided, shall be held under the same rules and regulations as are now provided for by law for holding elections for members to the General Assembly of said State and all persons shall be entitled to vote in said election who are qualified to vote in Telfair County for members of the General Assembly of said State. Referred to popular vote. It shall be the duty of the Ordinary of said County of Telfair to give notice of such election by publication thereof in the newspaper in which the sheriff's advertisements of said County of Telfair are published, and it shall also be the duty of the Ordinary of said county to provide for the holding of such election and to furnish the election managers of each precinct with ballots, election blank returns, tally sheets and such other stationery as may be necessary for the purpose of holding such election and making returns thereof. The ballots used in such election shall have printed or written thereon the words Against City Court, and also the words, For City Court. If the voter desires to vote for the ratification of this Act, that is, for the abolishment of said City Court he shall strike the words For City Court on his ballot or if the voter desires to vote against the ratification of this Act, that is, against the abolishment of said City Court he shall strike the words, Against City Court on his ballot. If at such election the majority of all votes cast shall be Against City Court, the provisions of this Act shall become effective on the first day of January, 1920, and said court shall be abolished. On the other hand, if a majority of all votes cast at said election, or if half of said votes

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shall be For City Court, then the provision of this Act shall not be operative and said court shall not be abolished. Said election wherein not inconsistent with the provisions of this Act shall be held and the returns thereof shall be made and consolidated under the law and in the manner now prescribed by law for the holding of general elections in said State. The vote in said election shall be consolidated at the court house in said County of Telfair at noon on the day following the election, as is now provided by law for the consolidation of the vote of general elections, and it shall be the duty of the superintendents or a majority of same who consolidate the vote of said election to make return thereof and certify the same to the Ordinary of said county, which return shall show the number of votes cast in said election, the number Against City Court, and the number For City Court, and it shall be the duty of the Ordinary of said county on receipt of such return to examine same to decide any and all questions that may arise or grow out of the holding of such election and to declare in writing the result of said election, which writing, together with said return, shall be spread on the minutes of the Court of Ordinary of said county, and the Ordinary of said county shall certify same to the Secretary of State, which certificate shall be filed and kept on record by the Secretary of State of said State. 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. METTER CITY COURT, ESTABLISHMENT OF, BY ELECTION. No. 305. An Act to establish a City Court in the City of Metter, County of Candler, to define its jurisdiction and powers: to provide for a judge and solicitor and other officers

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thereof; to define their powers and duties, to provide for pleading and practice and new trials and writs of error thereform to the Court of Appeals, and for other purposes. Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same, That the City Court of Metter, to be located in the County of Candler, is hereby created and established with civil and criminal jurisdiction over the whole County of Candler, concurrent with the Superior Court, to try and dispose of all civil cases of whatsoever nature, except those of which the Constitution of the State of Georgia has given to the Superior Court exclusive jurisdiction; that the jurisdiction herein conferred shall include not only ordinary suits by petition and process, but also all other kinds of suits and proceedings which now or may hereafter be in use in the Superior Court, either under the common law, or by statute, including among others, attachments and garnishment proceedings, illegalities county affidavits to any proceedings of said court, statutory awards, proceedings against intruders and tenants holding over, petitions of personalty, issues upon distress warrants, foreclosures of all liens and mortgages; provided, that said court shall not have jurisdiction to try or dispose of any suits over which the laws of the State of Georgia now give the Justice Court jurisdiction. Jurisdiction in civil cases. Sec. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the said City Court of Metter shall have jurisdiction to try and dispose of all criminal cases when the offense charge is below the grade of a felony, and when permitted in the County of Candler. Criminal cases. Sec. 3. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That there shall be a judge and solicitor of the City Court of Metter to be elected as follows: Election of judge and solicitor. After the passage of this Act, the Ordinary of Candler County shall call an election for the purpose of electing a judge and solicitor of said court not earlier than the 1st

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day of September, nor later than the 15th day of September, 1919, which election shall be held as elections are now held, for the purpose of electing members to the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and the judge and solicitor who receives a majority of the votes cast in said election shall hold office from the 1st day of January, 1920, to the 31st day of December, 1920, and their successors shall be elected at the regular election, at which the members of the General Assembly of Georgia are elected in the year 1920, and the term of office of their successors shall be four (4) years, at all of said electious the names of the candidates for such offices shall be printed or written upon the ticket upon which the names of the candidates of the General Assembly of the State of Georgia are written except, however, the candidates who run in the said election to be called by the said Ordinary, to be held between the 1st day of September and the 15th day of September, 1920, as hereinbefore provided for. Such election for judge and solicitor of the City Court of Metter shall be held by the same managers and as a part of the election of the members of the General Assembly of Georgia, and that all laws now in force, or which hereafter become of force governing and regulating and prescribing for election of members of the General Assembly of Georgia, shall apply to to vote for the judge and solicitor of the City Court of Metter in so for as the same are applicable to the election of the judge and solicitor of the City Court of Metter; that all persons qualified to vote at such election for the members of the General Assembly shall likewise be qualified to vote for the judge and solicitor of the City Court of Metter, and the result of such election shall be determined and declared in the same manner and by the same authority as a result of the election of the members of the General Assembly; that the successors of the judge and solicitor of the City Court of Metter shall be elected at the same time as the members of the General Assembly of Georgia next preceding the expiration of their term of office, and that said election of such successors shall be governed by the conditions prescribed heretofore for the

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election of said judge and solicitor of the City Court of Metter to be held at the time of election of the General Assembly of Georgia, for the year 1920; provided, that all vacancies of the office of judge and solicitor of the City Court of Metter shall be filled by appointment by the Governor until the next general election for members of the General Assembly of the State of Georgia. Sec. 4. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the judge of the City Court of Metter shall receive a salary of $1,200.00 per annum. Salary of judge. Sec. 5. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That no one shall be eligible to the office of said judgeship unless he be at the time of his qualification at least twenty-five years of age, and must have been a resident of the County of Candler for two years immediately preceding his election, and he must have also been a practicing attorney four years, and he shall before entering upon the duties of his office, take and prescribe the following oath: I do solemnly swear that I will administer justice without respect of persons, and do equal right to the poor and rich and that I will faithfully and impartially perform all duties which may be required of me as judge of the City Court of Metter, of this State, according to the best of my ability and understanding, agreeable to the laws and Constitution of this State, and the United States, so help me, God, and said oath shall be forwarded to the Governor and filed in the executive department. Eligibility. Oath. Sec. 6. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the judge of the City Court of Metter shall have right to issue criminal warrants, to dispossess tenants holding over and intruders, to issue distress warrants, attachments and garnishments, to attest deeds, mortgages, take affidavits, to issue writs, warrants, processes, the power of which is not given exclusive to some other court judge or officer by the Constitution of this State. Said judge shall have the power to issue writs of habeas corpus, herein determine same, cause testimony to be taken and used de bene esse, and for the purpose of perpetuating testimony

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within his jurisdiction in all cases according to the general laws of this State, and generally do what the judges of the Superior Court and county court are authorized to do, and shall have authority and power as the judges of the Superior Court have, except, [Illegible Text] the Constitution of this State, exclusive power and authority is vested in the judges of the Superior Court, and the laws relating to and governing the judge of the Superior Court, shall apply to the judge of the said City Court in so far as the same may be applicable. Said judge shall also have the power to try all possessory warrants, preserve order, punish for contempt, and to enforce all judgements in the same manner as the judge of the Superior Court, and shall have the same jurisdiction in the matter of contempt as the judges of the Superior Courts of this State. Said judge shall have the same jurisdiction and authority within the limits of his jurisdiction as judge of the Superior Courts to hold court of inquiry, and commit the defendants, assess bails, etc. Powers of judge. Sec. 7. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That when the said judge of the City Court of Metter should for any cause be disqualified to preside in a case pending therein, any judge of the Superior Court or any judge of any court of this State shall preside therein, and in case no qualified judge is present then a judge pro hac vice may be selected to preside in such case or cases, under the rules prescribed in the Superior Court in this State. Judge pro hac vice. Sec. 8. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That any person to be eligible to the office of solicitor of the City Court of Metter must, at the time of his election, have been twenty-one (21) years of age, a resident of Candler County at least two (2) years immediately preceding his election, and [Illegible Text] must have been a practicing attorney at least two (2) years before his election. He shall take the oath of office required of the Solicitor-General of the Superior Courts of this State and shall prepare all accusations for the trial of offenses in said City Court, prosecute all offenses in said City Court and as far as applicable

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his duty in said court shall be the same as Solicitor-General in the Superior Court. He shall represent the State in each case carried to the Appellate Court. In the absence or disqualification of the solicitor, the judge of the said court shall appoint a solicitor pro tem of this court, who shall receive the same salary as the general solicitor of this court. Solicitor: eligibility. Duties. Solicitor pro tem. Sec. 9. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the solicitor of the City Court of Metter shall receive for his salary as such solicitor $900.00 per annum. Salary. Sec. 10. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the solicitor of the City Court of Metter shall receive for his services in the Court of Appeals the same fees as the Solicitor-General of the Superior Courts are paid for like services, the same to be paid out of the State treasury and in the same manner as Solicitor-General of the Superior Courts of this State are paid for like services rendered in the Court of Appeals. Services in courts of review. Sec. 11. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the clerk and his deputies of the Superior Court of Candler County, Georgia, shall be ex-officio clerks of the City Court of Metter, and in that official connection with said court shall be known as the clerk of the City Court of Metter, said clerk shall before entering upon the duties of his office, take oath as required of the Superior Court of the State of Georgia and said oath shall be entered upon the minutes of the said City Court. Said clerk, shall also before entering upon the duties of said office execute a bond in the sum of one thousand ($1,000.00) dollars for the faithful discharge of the duties upon him by virtue of said office. Clerk and deputies. Bond. Sec. 12. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the sheriff of Candler County, Georgia, shall be ex-officio sheriff of the City Court of Metter, and in his ex-officio connection with said court shall be known as the sheriff of the City Court of Metter. Before entering upon the duties of said office, the sheriff shall enter into a bond

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in the sum of $1,000.00 for the faithful performance of the duties imposed upon him by virtue of said office. He shall have the same authority to appoint deputies as he now has or may hereafter have by law as sheriff of Candler County. Sheriff. Bond. Deputies. Sec. 13. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all duties and liabilities attached to the office of the clerk of the Superior Court and of the office of the sheriff of Candler County shall be attached to the office of clerk of the City Court of Metter and the sheriff of the City Court of Metter, respectively; and the judge of the City Court of Metter is empowered to enforce the same over the clerk of the City Court of Metter and the sheriff of the City Court of Metter as the judges of the Superior Courts. Duties of clerk and sheriff. Sec. 14. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the clerk of the City Court of Metter shall receive in all civil business prosecuted in the said City Court the same fees as the clerk of the Superior Court of this State; his duties relating to the records of the said City Court shall be the same as in the Superior Court, and the said clerk is hereby entitled to the same remedies to enforce a collection of their fees in the said City Court as they are entitled to in the Superior Court of this State. Fees of clerk. Sec. 15. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the sheriff of the City Court of Metter shall receive in all civil business prosecuted in the City Court of Metter the same fees that are now paid to the sheriffs of the Superior Courts of this State. Fees of sheriff. Sec. 16. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all money paid into the City Court of Metter on account of criminal costs, except as hereinafter provided, shall be turned over to the Commissioners of Roads and Revenues of said county by the officer of said court collecting same, and for the purpose of this Act the sheriff of said court is hereby made the collecting officer of said court and shall collect all fines and moneys arising on the same. Collection of fines and costs.

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Sec. 17. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That in all criminal cases settled upon the payment of costs the costs shall be the same as in the Superior Court of this State in similar cases. Costs on settlement. Sec. 18. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the clerk of the City Court of Metter shall receive as full compensation for all services rendered in connection with the criminal business of the said City Court the sum of five hundred ($500.00) dollars per annum; that the sheriff of the said City Court of Metter shall receive as full compensation for all services rendered in connection with the criminal business of the City Court the sum of five hundred ($500.00) dollars per annum, except that the sheriff shall receive the same fees for making arrests in criminal cases as in the Superior Court. Pay of clerk and sheriff for services in criminal cases. Sec. 19. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That there may be a stenographer of the City Court of Metter appointed by the judge thereof, and all civil cases in said court shall be reported at the request of either side, the plaintiff or defendant, and the fees for reporting such cases, shall be one-half of the amount for reporting similar cases in the Superior Court, to be paid by the defendant and the plaintiff equally. Said stenographer shall have the right as in the Superior Court to enforce the payment of his or her fees. Said stenographer shall report all cases whenever the defendant's attorney or the State's attorney shall demand it, and whenever the judge, in his discretion, shall require any criminal case reported, whether either party demands it or not. Said stenographer shall receive for his or her services in reporting and transcribing the record in connection with the criminal business of the City Court one-half of the amount provided by law for the stenographer in the Superior Courts of the State for the same amount of work and who shall be paid out of the treasury of this county in the same manner that the Superior Court stenographers are paid. Stenographer. Sec. 20. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid,

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That the salaries of all officers of the said City Court of Metter, as herein provided, shall be paid to said officers in monthly installments beginning on the first day of February, 1920, to be paid out of the treasury of the County of Candler by the person or persons charged by law with the paying out of the money of said county, upon presentation of any order for same signed by the judge of said City Court. Salaries, how paid. Sec. 21. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all cases, whether defendants against whom warrants have been sworn out or committed, they may be bound over by the justice of the peace and notaries public who are ex-officio justice of the peace, and other committing officers, to the City Court of Metter, in all misdemeanor cases, and the cost of said justice of the peace and notaries public and the constables, in all such cases when the defendant is finally convicted are settled upon payment of cost, shall be paid, as now provided by law, by the party or parties having in charge the funds of said county to such justices of the peace upon the order of the judge of the said City Court. Commitments. Sec. 22. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That there shall be quarterly terms of the City Court of Metter to be held on the first Mondays in January, April, July and October of each year for the transacting of civil and criminal business by the said City Court and to continue until the business is disposed of or sooner adjourned. Terms of court. Sec. 23. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That for the purpose of receiving pleas of guilty in criminal cases and for the purpose of trying any criminal case in said City Court of Metter in which the defendant requires trial by the court without the intervention of a jury, and in cases where the defendant is confined in a county jail or jails, to make bond and where said defendant does not demand a jury trial, said court, shall, at all times be open and authorized to try and dispose of the same. Criminal cases. Sec. 24. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the practice and procedure in the said City

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Court of Metter shall be [Illegible Text] all respects as in the Superior Courts; the time of filing suits, pleas and answers, calling the appearance docket, entering judgments in default, rules of opening default judgments, times of hearing and disposing of demurrers, shall in all respects where not inconsistent with this Act be governed by the law fixing the practice and procedure in the Superior Court, except that judgments shall be rendered at the first term of said court in all cases by the judge thereof where there is service and where no issuable offense is filed by the defendant on the first day of court. Suits; pleading, etc. Sec. 25. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the judge of the City Court of Metter shall have the power and authority to hear and determine all contested civil cases and all criminal cases in which said City Court has jurisdiction and give judgment therein without the intervention of a jury, provided that either party in any civil or criminal case pending in said court upon demand shall be entitled to a trial by jury in all cases in which such parties would be entitled to a trial by jury under the Constitution and laws of this State, which demand may be made at any time before said case is called for trial, either orally or written, the entry of which shall be made upon the docket by the judge. Hearing and judgment. Demand for jury trial. Sec. 26. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all judgments obtained in the City Court of Metter shall be a lien on all of the property of the defendant throughout the State, in the same manner as judgments of the Superior Court, and shall be attested by the judge, signed by the clerk and directed to the sheriff or his deputies of the City Court of Metter, and to all and singular the sheriffs, or their deputies of the State of Georgia. Lien of judgments. Sec. 27. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all claims to real property or under executions from said City Court of Metter shall be returned to the Superior Court of the county where the property is situated

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and shall then proceed as other claims to real property on trial. Claim cases. Sec. 28. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the said City Court of Metter shall have jurisdiction over claim cases where personal property is levied on, and such claims shall be brought in the same manner as claims are brought in the Superior Courts of this State. Sec. 29. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all processes, attachments, garnishments and all orders or mandates of the court, which are required to be served upon either party shall be directed to the sheriff of the City Court of Metter, signed by the clerk and attested in the name of the judge, and served by the sheriff of the City Court or his deputies. Process. Sec. 30. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That seire facias to make parties in any cause in said City Court shall be had as in the Superior Court, but such scire facias shall run throughout the State and may be served by any sheriff or his deputies. Making parties. Sec. 31. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the general [Illegible Text] of this State in regard to practice and procedure in the Superior Court, commencement of suit, defense, set-offs, affidavits of illegality, arbitrations, examinations of parties to suits, or witnesses by interrogatories, or under subpoenas, witnesses and their attendants, continuance or other matters of judicial nature within the jurisdiction of the City Court of Metter shall be applicable to the City Court. General laws applicable. Sec. 32. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the judge and all other officers of said City Court shall have power, respectively, to administer oaths pertaining to their offices, as the judge and other officers of the Superior Courts of this State may in like cases do; and said judge shall also have the power to attest deeds and other papers, and administer affidavits in all cases anywhere in the State in which by existing laws, deeds and

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powers may be attested and affidavits administered by the justices of the peace. Powers of judge and other officers. Sec. 33. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That said City Court of Metter shall be a court of record, and shall have a seal and the minutes and records and orders, and dockets, and other books and files that are required by law and rules to be kept in and for the Superior Courts and in the same manner, unless inconsistent with this Act; and it shall be the duty of the County Commissioners of Candler County, or the Ordinary if there be no County Commissioner, to furnish the necessary books and documents for said court, and all the laws applicable in the Superior Court shall apply to the duties of the clerk of the City Court of Metter and to the sheriff of the City Court of Metter, except where they conflict with the provisions of this Act. Seal, etc. Record books. Sec. 34. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the foreclosures of mortgages, garnishment and attachment proceedings and distress warrants may be brought and tried in the City Court irrespective of the amount involved, and shall be governed by the same rules of procedure as are the Superior Courts of said State. Foreclosure, attachment, garnishment distraint. Sec. 35. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That traverse jurers in the City Court of Metter be procured as follows: The clerk of the City Court of Metter shall provide a jury box similar to the traverse jury box of the Superior Court and shall write on separate sheets of paper or cards the name of each person upon the traverse jury list of the Superior Court and shall place said names of all persons upon the said list in the jury box of the City Court, from which shall be drawn traverse jurors to serve in the City Court of Metter, all laws with reference to the drawing and summoning and the impanelling traverse jurors in the Superior Court shall apply to the City Court of Metter. All exemptions from jury duty in so far as the same are applicable to the City Court, now of force in the County of Candler, shall be of effect in the City Court, and that jurors be paid the sum of two ($2.00)

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dollars per day out of the county treasury as jurors in the Superior Court are paid, upon a warrant or script drawn by the clerk of the City Court in such manner as such warrant or script is drawn by the clerk of the Superior Court. Jurors. Sec. 36. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all laws with reference to the qualification, relationship, impanelling and finding, and challenging of jurors now in force in this State, or hereinafter enacted by the General Assembly, regulating the same in the Superior Court, shall apply to and be observed in the City Court, except where inconsistent with this Act. Sec. 37. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That twenty-four jurors shall be drawn and summoned as above provided and shall be impaneled in all cases, civil and criminal, and the trial by jury of twelve men shall be had in said court when so demanded, a jury shall be selected as follows: In civil cases each side shall have six strikes and in criminal cases the defendant to have seven strikes and the State five, and the judge of the City Court of Metter shall have the power to summon as many jurors instanter as he may deem expedient and necessary, during each quarterly term of said court the presiding judge shall in open court draw from the jury box the names of twenty-four jurors who shall compose the jury for the next quarterly term thereof; provided, if from any cause the jury shall not be drawn as aforesaid, the judge of the said City Court shall draw same in vacation time as is now the practice in the Superior Courts. Juries. Sec. 38. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the defendant in criminal cases in said City Court shall be tried on a written accusation setting forth plainly the offense charged, founded upon an affidavit of the prosecutor and signed by the solicitor of the said City Court. No defendant shall be allowed to demand an indictment before the grand jury. All proceedings as to accusations shall conform to rules governing like cases in the Superior Court, except there shall be no jury trials unless demanded by the accused as hereinbefore provided.

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In all cases the accusation shall set forth the offense charged with the same particularity, both as to the manner and form and substance as is required by the law and rules of criminal proceedings, to be observed after the manner of the bill of indictment in the Superior Court. Upon the accusation being filed, the judge of the City Court shall issue a bench warrant in the same manner and to the same effect as if done by the judge of the Superior Court upon an indictment being filed. All laws with reference to indictments in the Superior Court being hereby made applicable to accusations in this court. Accusation. Sec. 39. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the committing courts of Candler County may bind over to said City Court all persons committed or admitted to jail for misdemeanors, and all persons charged with such offense in Candler County may be brought directly before the judge of the City Court for trial without previous committing trial. When any person is committed to jail in said county for an offense within its jurisdiction, it shall be the duty of the jailer to communicate that fact to the judge of the City Court as soon as practicable, and it shall be the duty of the judge when he shall receive such information in any manner, to grant a speedy trial as circumstances will permit. Said City Court shall at all times be open for the trial of criminal cases. Commitments. Sec. 40. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the Superior Court of Candler County, may, by written order, transfer to said City Court for trial and final disposition and presentments and bills of indictment found by the grand jury for offenses within the jurisdiction of the said City Court. The order so transferring such cases to be entered of record in both courts, all bonds returnable to the Superior Court shall follow the case to the City Court when so transferred and the defendant will be bound to appear at said City Court at its first quarterly session sitting after such bill is transferred, and from term to term, and from day to day thereafter, until said indictment is disposed of. Transfer of cases from Superior Court.

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Sec. 41. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That in all cases in said City Court the same powers and rights of parties as to waive in pleading and procedure and all matters pertaining to the same, shall be allowed and upheld by the laws and rules governing parties in the Superior Court. Walvers. Sec. 42. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That said City Court shall have the power to grant a new trial in all cases upon all grounds and conditions, laws and regulations, governing and granting of new trials in the Superior Court. All rules of pleading, practice, and procedure governing motions for new trials, rules nisi, and other proceedings in regard to new trials in the Superior Court shall apply to and govern the same in the City Court. New trials. Sec. 43. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the judge of said City Court may practice law in any other court except the court created by this Act. Practice of law by judge. Sec. 44. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That this bill shall not become effective unless same shall receive a majority of those voting in an election to be held in Candler County not earlier than the first day of September, 1919, nor later than the 15th day of September, 1919. Those voting in said election to be the qualified voters of said county and the Ordinary of said county is authorized to call said election for said purposes between the said last mentioned dates. Referred to popular vote. Sec. 45. 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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MILLEN CITY COURT; AMENDING ACT. No. 347. An Act to amend an Act entitled An Act to establish the City Court of Millen, in the City of Millen, in and for the County of Jenkins, approved August 10, 1912, as will be found in Georgia Laws of 1912, pages 245 to 275, and all amendatory Acts thereto, as will be found in Georgia Laws of 1916, pages 267 to 269, so as to provide for an increase in salary for the judge and solicitor thereof, and for an increase in the fees for the sheriff and the clerk thereof, and for the appointment of a deputy clerk for said City Court of Millen; to provide for default judgments in said City Court; to enable the solicitor of said court to receive his legal fees for representing the State in the Appellate Courts of Georgia, and to provide for certain portions of this Act to be submitted to a vote of the qualified voters of Jenkins County at the general election to be held in November, 1920, and for other purposes. Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That an Act establishing the City Court of Millen, approved August 10, 1912, as amended by the Act approved August 19, 1916, be and the same is hereby amended by striking out Section 2 of said amending Act, and inserting in lieu thereof the following: Section 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That there shall be a judge of the City Court of Millen who shall be elected by the qualified voters of Jenkins County and commissioned by the Governor of this State as hereinafter provided. The judge of said City Court, when so elected, shall hold his office for the term of two years, and until his successor is elected and qualified; provided, however, that the first term of his office shall expire January 1, 1915; provided further, that all other terms thereafter shall be two years from said date. Should a

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vacancy occur in the office of judge, the Ordinary of Jenkins County shall call an election to be held in said county to fill such vacancy upon such rules and regulations as govern elections for the filling of vacancies in county offices, and while such vacancies may exist, any judge of the City Courts of this State may perform the duties of the judge of the City Court of Millen, when requested to do so by the clerk thereof. The judge of said City Court shall be furnished with an office in the court house by the county authorities and shall receive a salary of fifteen hundred dollars per annum, to be paid in equal monthly installments from the treasury of Jenkins County. The said judge shall receive no other compensation, but may practice law in any other court except his own. Ga. L. 1916, p. 268; amendment. Substitute for Sec. 2. Judge; election, term of office, etc. Vacancy. Salary increased. Sec. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the Act establishing the City Court of Millen, approved August 10, 1912, be and the same is hereby amended by striking out Section 8 of said Act and inserting in lieu thereof the following: Section 8. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That there shall be a solicitor of said City Court who shall be elected by the qualified voters of Jenkins County and commissioned by the Governor as hereinafter provided. Said solicitor shall hold his office for the term of two years and until his successor is elected and qualified; provided, however, that the first term of his office shall expire January 1, 1915; provided further, that all other terms thereafter shall be two years from said date. Should a vacancy occur in the office of solicitor, the Ordinary of Jenkins County shall call an election to be held in said county to fill such vacancy, upon such rules and regulations as govern the election for filling vacancies in county offices. The solicitor of said City Court shall be furnished with an office at the court house and shall receive a salary of twelve hundred dollars per annum, to be paid in equal monthly installments from the treasury of Jenkins County. Nothing herein shall be construed to prevent the solicitor of said City Court from receiving his legal fees for representing the State in the Appellate Courts of Georgia. Ga. L. 1912, p. 250; substitute for Sec. 8. Solicitor; election, term, etc. Salary increased.

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Sec. 3. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That Section 11 of the Act establishing the City Court of Millen, approved August 10, 1912, be and the same is hereby amended by adding the following paragraph to Section 11 of said Act: Any person, regardless of sex may be appointed and is hereby authorized to fill said office of deputy clerk, so that said Section when so amended shall read as follows: Section 11. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the clerk of the Superior Court of Jenkins County shall be ex-officio clerk of the City Court of Millen and in his official connection with said City Court shall be known as clerk of the City Court of Millen. Said clerk shall, before entering upon the duties of his office, take and subscribe an oath before the judge of said City Court to faithfully and impartially discharge his duties as clerk thereof, which oath shall be entered upon the minutes of said City Court. He shall, also, before entering upon the duties of his office, execute a bond with good security in the sum of two thousand dollars for the faithful discharge of his duties and to well and truly account for all moneys that may come into his hands under and by virtue of being clerk of said court, which bond shall be payable to the Governor of the State, and filed and approved by the Ordinary of Jenkins County. Said clerk may also appoint a deputy clerk under the same rules and regulations as govern the appointment of deputy clerks in the Superior Courts, which deputy shall be known in his official connection with said City Court as deputy clerk of the City Court of Millen. Any person, regardless of sex may be appointed and is hereby authorized to fill said office of deputy clerk. Sec. 11 amended. Female may be deputy clerk. To be read as amended. Sec. 4. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the Act establishing the City Court of Millen approved August 10, 1912, be and the same is hereby amended by striking out Section 44 of said Act and inserting in lieu thereof the following: Section 44. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the clerk of said City Court shall receive for his services in criminal cases the same fees as are prescribed for clerks of the Superior

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Courts in Section 1133 of the Code of 1910, with the exception that he shall not receive anything for entering a bill of indictment, presentment or an accusation on the minutes in a case of a nolle prosequi, and he shall receive the sum of five dollars for each criminal case tried on indictment or presentment handed down from the Superior Court, or an accusation arising from said City Court. In addition to the fees herein provided the clerk shall receive three per cent of all moneys to be collected by him as provided by this Act, and said per cent shall be paid to the clerk in the same manner as provided by Section 49 of this Act for the payment of other fees. Substitute for Sec. 44. Clerk's fees. Sec. 5. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That this Act establishing the City Court of Millen, approved August 10, 1912, be and the same is hereby amended by striking out Section 45 of said Act and inserting in lieu thereof the following: Section 45. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the sheriff of said City Court shall receive for his services in criminal cases the same fees as are allowed sheriffs of Superior Courts for like services, with the exception that said sheriff shall receive up turnkey fees except as hereinafter provided, and shall only be allowed the sum of two dollars per day for attending the regular monthly and quarterly terms of said court. If necessary for him to have a deputy or special bailiff, or bailiffs, in attendance before a quarterly term or monthly term of said court, he shall receive the sum of two dollars per day for services of such deputy or bailiffs. The riding bailiffs shall be paid as in Superior Courts. Substitute for Sec. 45. Sheriff's fees. Bailiff's pay. Sec. 6. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the Act establishing the City Court of Millen, approved August 10, 1912, be and the same is hereby amended by striking out Section 50 of said Act and inserting in lieu thereof the following: Section 50. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the provisions of the preceding Sections shall not include jail fees of the sheriff of said court, and the sheriff, when presenting

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his bills under the preceding Sections shall not include his jail fees, but in all cases the sheriff shall receive his jail fees, whether there is a conviction or not, upon the proper presentation of his bills to the Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for Jenkins County, who shall issue their warrant upon the county treasury for said fees; provided, in all cases where the defendant is convicted and a fine is imposed for service upon the county chaingang, said sheriff shall be entitled to charge and collect in his bill of costs, turnkey fees in said case. Substitute for Sec. 50. Jail fees. Sec. 7. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the Act establishing the City Court of Millen, approved August 10, 1912, be and the same is hereby amended by striking out Section 18 of said Act and inserting in lieu thereof the following: Section 18. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the terms of said City Court shall be monthly and quarterly for the trial and [Illegible Text] of both civil and criminal business. The monthly terms shall be held on the third Monday in each month of the year, and the quarterly terms on the third Mondays, in January, April, July and October of each year, and said terms shall continue from day to day unless adjourned over to some other day in the discretion of the judge until the business is disposed of. When the monthly and quarterly sessions fall upon the same day, the business of the monthly sessions and quarterly sessions may be disposed of in such order as the judge may see fit. Suits for, not exceeding one hundred dollars principal and all proceedings and issues when not over one hundred dollars in value is involved, shall be returned to the monthly session of said court and shall stand for trial at the first term unless a defense is filed in which event the second term shall be the trial term, unless a jury is demanded and it is necessary to continue the case to get a trial by jury. Ordinary suits brought to the monthly term shall be filed in the clerk's office of said court at least fifteen days before the term to which they are returnable, and the same shall be served at least ten days before said term. All other causes and proceedings must be brought to the quarterly

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term in like manner as suits are now brought in the Superior Court, and the first term of the said quarterly session shall be the appearance term; provided, that in all suits brought in said City Court final judgments may be had at the first term to which the cause is returnable and execution issue therein, unless a plea or defense is filed under the rules governing the filing of pleas or defenses in the Superior Court at the time of the calling of the appearance docket, in which event the second term shall be the trial term, except the trial may be had at the first term where the parties consent. In all cases where neither a judgment is taken nor a defense is filed at the appearance term of a civil suit, then and in that event, said case shall be considered in default, which default, the defendant, upon the payment of all accrued costs, may open at any time within thirty days from the call of the appearance docket. The judge shall call the appearance docket upon a date previously fixed, or on the last day of the term. Substitute for Sec. 18. Terms of court. Sec. 8. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the Act establishing the City Court of Millen, approved August 10, 1912, be and the same is hereby amended by striking out of said Section 55 of said Act and inserting in lieu thereof the following: Section 55. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the judge of said City Court shall, when in his discretion the same is expedient, have power to appoint a reporter or stenographer for any day or term of said court, whose duty it shall be to take down the testimony, charge of the court, etc., in any case tried during any day or term for which he may be employed when requested so to do by either party in a case. Said stenographer shall preserve said testimony and transcribe same, together with the charge of the court, in any case when requested so to do by either party to a cause. For such services said stenographer shall be allowed a sum not exceeding ten dollars a day during a session of said court, to be paid as provided in Section 49 of this Act, for the payment of other expenses. Before any stenographer appointed as aforesaid shall enter upon the discharge of his duties he shall

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take and subscribe an oath to faithfully and impartially perform and discharge his duties as stenographer of said court to the best of his understanding and ability, which oath shall be filed with the clerk and spread upon the minutes of said City Court. Substitute for Sec. 55. Stenographer. Oath. Sec. 9. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the provisions of this Act shall take effect immediately upon its passage and approval by the Governor. Sec. 10. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be and the same are hereby repealed. Approved August 19, 1919. MILLEN CITY COURT; REPEAL OF AMENDING ACT OF 1918. No. 119. An Act to repeal an Act entitled, An Act to amend an Act entitled `An Act to establish the City Court of Millen, in the City of Millen, in and for the County of Jenkins, approved August 10, 1912, pages 245 to 275, and all Acts amendatory thereto, as will be found in Georgia Laws of 1916, pages 267 to 269, so as to provide for an increase in salary for the judge and solicitor thereof and for an increase in the fees for the sheriff and clerk thereof, and for the appointment of a deputy clerk for said City Court of Millen, and for other purposes; to provide for submitting this Act to a vote of the qualified voters of Jenkins County for ratification, and for other purposes, approved August 10, 1918, and for other purposes. Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That from and after the passage of this Act, the Act entitled An Act to amend an Act entitled `An Act to establish the City Court of Millen, in the

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City of Millen, in and for the County of Jenkins,' approved August 10, 1912, as will be found in Georgia Laws of 1912, pages 245 to 275, and all Acts amendatory thereto, as will be found in Georgia Laws 1916, pages 267 to 269, so as to provide for an increase in salary for the judge and solicitor thereof and for an increase in the fees for the sheriff and clerk thereof, and for the appointment of a deputy clerk for said City Court of Millen, and for other purposes; to provide for submitting this Act to a vote of the qualified voters of Jenkins County for ratification, and for other purposes, approved August 10, 1918, as will be found in Georgia Laws of 1918, pages 331 to 337, be and the same is hereby repealed, all of said amending Act, Georgia Laws, 1918, being hereby repealed. Repeal of Act of 1918. 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. MILLER COUNTY CITY COURT; FEES OF SOLICITOR. No. 211. An Act to amend the Act creating the City Court of Miller County, approved August 8, 1908, and all other amendatory Acts thereof, so as to regulate the fees of the solicitor of said [Illegible Text] 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 first Section of an Act approved August 4, 1917, entitled An Act to amend an Act creating and establishing the City Court of Miller County, approved August 8, 1908, as amended by an Act approved August 6, 1909, and as further amended by an Act approved August 5, 1913, so as to provide the manner of payment of the solicitor of said court, and to change the right demand for an indictment

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by the grand jury, and for other purposes, which relates to the payment of the fees of the solicitor of the City Court of Miller County, be and the same is hereby repealed. Sec. 1 of Act of 1917, repealed. Solicitor's fees. Sec. 2. It is the intention of this Act hereby to restore into the Act creating the City Court of Miller County and into Section 1 of the Act approved August 5, 1913, entitled An Act to amend an Act creating and establishing the City Court of Miller County, approved August 6, 1909, and for other purposes, the proviso found in said Section 1 of said Act of August 5, 1913, in the following words: Provided, however, that said solicitor shall receive no fees at all where the case is nol prossed. No fee where case is [Illegible Text] prossed. 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, and that the Act creating the City Court of Miller County be and the same is hereby amended in accordance with the provisions of this Act above set forth. Approved August 18, 1919. POLK COUNTY CITY COURT; REPEAL OF AMENDING ACT OF 1918. No. 358. An Act to repeal an Act entitled An Act to repeal an Act entitled An Act to amend Section 4 of an Act entitled An Act to establish the City Court of Polk County, in the City of Cedartown, in and for the County of Polk; to define its jurisdiction and powers; to provide for the appointment of a judge and other officers thereof, and for other purposes, so as to repeal the amendment, approved June 27, 1906, and to amend the original Act creating said City Court of Polk County, approved November 10, 1901, so as to specify the courts in which the judge thereof shall not practice law, and for other purposes, so as to repeal the Act approved August

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17, 1918, and to fix the salary of the judge of said City 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 Sections 1, 2, 3 and 4 of An Act entitled an Act to repeal an Act, approved August 17, 1918, entitled An Act to amend Section 4 of an Act entitled an Act to establish the City Court of Polk County, in the City of Cedartown, in and for the County of Polk; to define its jurisdiction and powers; to provide for the appointment of a judge and other officers thereof, and for other purposes, so as to repeal the amendment approved July 27, 1906, and to amend the original Act, creating said City Court of Polk County, approved November 18, 1901, so as to specify the courts in which the judge thereof shall not practice law, and for other purposes, be and the same are hereby repealed, so as to repeal the Act approved August 17, 1918. Amending Act of 1918 repealed. Sec. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That upon the passage and approval of this Act the duties and salary of the judge of said City Court and the practice and proceedings under the original Act creating said City Court, and the amendments thereto, shall be in all respects the same as they were before the approval of the Act of August 17, 1918. Salary of Judge, etc. Sec. 3. Be it further enacted, That this Act shall go into effect on and after September 1, 1919. Effective Sept. 1, 1919. Sec. 4. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed. Approved August 19, 1919.

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POLK COUNTY CITY COURT; TERMS CHANGED. No. 289. An Act to amend an Act creating and establishing the City Court of Polk County, in the City of Cedartown, in and for Polk County; to define its jurisdiction and powers; to provide for the appointment of a judge and other officers thereof; to define the powers of the judge and other officers thereof, and for other purposes, so as to change the regular terms thereof from the second Monday in January, April, July and October of each year to the first Monday in each of said months, each year. Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same, That Section 10 of an Act establishing the City Court of Polk County, in and for the City of Cedartown, in and for the County of Polk; to define its jurisdiction and [Illegible Text] to provide for the appointment of a judge and other officers thereof: to define the powers of the judge and other officers thereof, and for other purposes, approved November 18, 1901, be and the same is hereby amended by striking the word second, in line 3 of said Section 10, and inserting in lieu thereof the word first, between the words the and Monday, so that when said Section is so amended it shall read as follows: Act of 1901 amended. Sec. 10. Be it further enacted, That the regular terms of the said City Court of Polk County shall be held quarterly, beginning on the first Monday in January, April, July, and October of each year. The judge of said City Court shall have power to hold said court in session so long as in his judgment the same may be necessary, and to adjourn the same from one day to another as he may see proper. Sec. 10 as amended. Terms of Court. 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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QUITMAN CITY COURT; SALARY OF JUDGE. No. 261. An Act to amend an Act to establish the City Court of Quitman; to define its duties and powers; to provide for the election of a judge and other officers thereof; to provide compensation for a clerk and prescribe duties and fees; to provide for pleading and practice, granting new trials, writs of error, and for other purposes, approved August 2, 1912, by striking out the word twelve in the 21st line of Section 4 of said Act, and inserting in lieu thereof the word eighteen, and to further amend said Act by striking from the same Section and same line the words Increased or diminished during his term of office. 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 4 of an Act of the General Assembly of Georgia, approved August 2, 1912, establishing the City Court of Quitman in and for the County of Brooks, be and the same is hereby amended by striking out the word twelve in the 21st line of said Section 4 and inserting in lieu thereof the word eighteen, and by further amending said Section 4 by striking the words increased or diminished during his term of office, so that said Section 4 when amended shall read as follows: Act of 1912 amended. Sec. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That there shall be a judge of the City Court of Quitman, who shall be appointed by the Governor for a term to expire on the 31st day of December of 1912, and who shall hold his office until his successor is elected and qualified. The judge of said City Court of Quitman shall be elected at the general election for State and county officers to be held in the year 1912 for a term of two years from the first day of January, 1913, and at the general election for State and county officers to be held each second year thereafter for each succeeding term of two years, and

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said judge shall hold office until his successor is elected and qualified; provided, that all vacancies in the office of judge which may occur by death, resignation, removal or otherwise, shall be filled by appointment of the Governor for the residue of the unexpired term, such appointments being subject to the approval of the Senate which may then be in session, or if the Senate be not in session at the time of such appointment, then subject to the approval of the Senate at its next session thereafter. The judge of the City Court of Quitman shall receive a salary of eighteen hundred dollars per annum, to commence on the first day of January, 1920, and shall be paid monthly out of the treasury of the County of Brooks by the person or persons charged by law with the paying out of the money of Brooks County. Sec. 4 as amended. Salary of judge increased. Sec. 3. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act shall be null and void. Approved August 19, 1919. RICHMOND COUNTY CITY COURT; SALARY OF SOLICITOR. No. 312. An Act to amend an Act entitled: An Act to establish the City Court in Richmond County; to provide for the appointment of a judge and solicitor thereof, and to define their power and duties, approved September 22, 1881, and Acts amendatory thereof, so as to abolish the fees at present accruing to the office of solicitor of the City Court of Richmond County, and provide in lieu thereof an annual salary for said office; to provide for the disposition of the fines, fees and forfeitures, including insolvent costs accruing to the office of solicitor of the City Court of Richmond County; to impose certain duties upon the sheriff of said City Court of Richmond County and upon the solicitor of said City

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Court of Richmond County in reference to the collection of, payment and disposition of all funds, moneys and emoluments accruing to the office of solicitor of the City Court of Richmond County and for other purposes. Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same, That an Act entitled An Act to establish a City Court in the County of Richmond; to provide for the appointment of a judge and solicitor thereof, and to define their powers and duties, approved September 22, 1881, and Acts amendatory thereof, be and the same said original Acts are hereby amended by striking from said original Act, from Section 4 of said Act, all of said Section beginning with the words he shall, down to and through the words the cost, at the end of said Section 4 of said original Act, to-wit: he shall, for his services in such cases, receive the same fees as are allowed the Solicitor-General for similar services before the Superior Courts and Supreme Court, his fees in the City Court shall be paid out of fines and forfeitures when there is a sufficiency of money arising from those sources for that purpose. But all bills for insolvent cost that may become due to said solicitor, when examined and approved by the judge of said court, shall, upon presentation, be paid by the treasurer of the county out of any funds which may be in the treasury. The fees of said solicitor for service rendered in the Supreme Court shall be paid by the State, on the warrant of the Governor, in all cases where the said solicitor shall present the certificate of the sheriff of the Supreme Court as to service, and of the sheriff of the said City Court to the effect that the defendant was acquitted or was unable to pay the cost, and insert in lieu thereof as follows, to-wit: That said solicitor of said City Court of Richmond shall, in lieu of all fees, fines, forfeitures and emoluments whatsoever now received by him, for all service rendered by him as solicitor of said court, except as hereinafter provided, receive an annual salary of five thousand ($5,000.00) dollars, payable monthly on the first day

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of each calendar month, and the fee system now existing in said City Court of Richmond County as applied to the office of solicitor of said City Court, and all fees now or heretofore or hereafter accruing to the office of solicitor of said City Court of Richmond, be and the same are hereby abolished in so far as the same constitute the compensation of said solicitor, but the same schedule of fees and costs prescribed under existing laws shall remain for the purpose of ascertaining the sum or sums to be paid into the general treasury of Richmond County, Georgia, as hereinafter provided. That said salary shall be paid out of the general treasury of Richmond County, Georgia, and it shall be and is hereby made the duty of the Board of County Commissioners of said county to cause said salary to be paid said solicitor monthly, as hereinbefore provided, in each year, out of the funds of said county upon regular county warrants issued therefor. That for service rendered by said solicitor in representing cases carried from said City Court of Richmond to the Supreme Court and Court of Appeals, shall be the same as are now or may hereafter be allowed by law for the Solicitors-General of this State for similar services. Acts amended. Solicitor to receive salary in lieu of fees. $5,000. Salary Fees in courts of review. Sec. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That in the distribution among the officers of said City Court of Richmond of all costs, both in particular cases or matters and all insolvent cost, and all fines, fees, and forfeitures paid into said City Court of Richmond or which may become due and payable therein, the County of Richmond shall be subrogated to the rights and claims of the said solicitor of the City Court of Richmond and any former solicitor of said court, and shall in his and their places and stead be entitled to all funds, moneys, and emoluments accruing to said office of solicitor of the City Court of Richmond, as under the present system, the insolvent fund, or other judgment or finding, are entered or approved in the name and behalf of the solicitor of the City Court of Richmond, as under the present system, the same shall be entered and approved in the name of the solicitor of said court of Richmond County for the use

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and benefit of Richmond County. All cost, both in particular cases or matters, and all insolvent costs, and all fines, fees and forfeitures, and all funds, moneys and emolument accruing to the office of solicitor of the City Court of Richmond County, shall be collected by the clerk of the said City Court of Richmond County and shall be paid by said clerk into the treasury of Richmond County, Georgia, all of which said sums shall be the property of said county, and said clerk shall make a written report, under oath, of the amounts so collected, and make remittance and payment thereof to the treasurer of the said County of Richmond, within thirty days after the adjournment of each term of said City Court of Richmond County. Said clerk of the City Court of Richmond County shall keep an accurate, detailed and exact record of all fees and emoluments, including insolvent costs earned by the said solicitor of the City Court of Richmond County, from any and all sources whatsoever arising out of the office of solicitor of said court, and likewise keep a record of all sums collected by him as clerk under the provisions of this Act, and paid by him into the treasury of Richmond County. And their books, records and vouchers relating thereto shall be open to the inspection of the public, as other public records, and shall be the subject of investigation and inquiry by the grand jury of said County of Richmond, and shall also be audited whenever the books and records of other county officials are audited. Costs, fees, fines, and forfeitures; collection and account. Sec. 3. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the solicitor of the said City Court of Richmond County is hereby made chargeable with the duty of justly and accurately accounting to said sheriff of the City Court of Richmond County for all fees and costs collected from any source whatever as solicitor of said court, and at the conclusion of each term of said City Court of Richmond County he shall review and verify the books, records, and vouchers of said sheriff as to all fees earned and costs collected, and it shall be his duty at all times to exercise supervision over the collection of all of said costs, fees, fines and forfeitures, and to see that all sums of money due

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thereunder are faithfully collected and accurately accounted for and paid into the treasury of Richmond County, Georgia, and it shall be his duty to furnish his own service, without charges, as attorney-at-law in the collection of such sums whenever it may become necessary. Account by solicitor. Sec. 4. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That this law shall not go into effect until the first day of January, 1920. Effective Jan. 1, 1919. 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. SAVANNAH CITY COURT; SALARIES OF DEPUTY SHERIFFS AND BAILIFFS. No. 67. An Act to alter, amend, and revise the several Acts creating and establishing the City Court of Savannah 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 deputy sheriffs, bailiffs and special bailiffs of the City Court of Savannah shall receive salaries of one hundred and twenty-five dollars per month. Salaries of deputy sheriffs and bailiffs. Sec. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That this Act shall go into effect immediately and continue in force until peace is declared between the United States of America and the constituted authorities of the German Empire, and for two years thereafter. To continue in force 2 years after peace is declared. 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 7, 1919.

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SOPERTON CITY COURT; ESTABLISHMENT OF, BY ELECTION. No. 147. An Act to establish the City Court of Soperton, in and for the County of Treutlen; to define its jurisdiction; to provide for a judge, solicitor and other officers thereof, and to define the powers and duties of such officers; to provide for pleading and practice in said court, and the granting of new trials therein, and for writs of error therefrom, and for other purposes. Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same, That the City Court of Soperton, in and for the County of Treutlen, and with both civil and criminal jurisdiction in and over the County of Treutlen is hereby established. Creation of court. Sec. 2. Be it further enacted, That said City Court of Soperton shall have jurisdiction to try and dispose of all civil cases of whatever nature arising in the County of [Illegible Text] except in those cases where exclusive jurisdiction is vested in the Superior Court, regardless of the sum or amount involved, and with jurisdiction to try and dispose of all criminal cases below the grade of a felony, committed in the County of Treutlen. That the jurisdiction herein conferred shall include not only the ordinary suits by petition and process, but all kinds of suits, actions, or proceedings which may now, or hereafter, be brought in the Superior Court, except in those cases where exclusive jurisdiction is vested in the Superior Courts by the Constitution and Laws of Georgia. Jurisdiction. Sec. 3. Be it further enacted, That there shall be a judge of said court, who shall be elected by the voters of Treutlen County at an election to be held on the 10th of September, 1919, and shall hold under such election until January 1, 1921, and until his successor is elected and qualified, and his term of office shall begin on the first day

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of October, 1919; and at the regular election to be held in November, 1920, and biennially thereafter, a judge shall be elected, whose term of office shall begin January 1, 1921, and the term shall be two years from January 1, 1921, and thereafter the term of office [Illegible Text] judge shall be two years. All vacancies in the office of judge shall be by appointment by the Governor and shall be for the unexpired term. The judge of said court shall be a resident of Treutlen County, shall be a practicing attorney of five years experience, and he shall receive a salary of $900.00, to be paid in monthly installments from the county treasury of Treutlen County on warrants drawn by the officer or officers having the management and control of the financial affairs of said Treutlen County. The judge of said court shall before entering upon the discharge of his duties as judge, take and subscribe the following [Illegible Text] to-wit: I do solemnly swear that I will administer justice without respect to persons and do equal justice to the rich and the poor, and that I will faithfully and impartially, and to the best of my ability and understanding, discharge all the duties devolving upon and required of me as judge, so help me God. Said oath shall be filed in the clerk's office of said court and entered upon the minutes of said court. Judge, election of. Term of office. Vacancies. Eligibility. Salary. Oath. Said judge shall not be deprived of his right to practice law in the courts of this State except the City Court of Soperton, except in such cases as may conflict with his duties as judge. Practice of law by judge. Sec. 4. In the absence or disqualification of the judge, any judge of any City Court in Georgia may preside in said court, or the judge of the Superior Court of Treutlen County may preside, or if no judge can be conveniently obtained as above provided, then the parties or their council may select a judge pro hac vice to preside in any disqualified case in which such case any practicing attorney who may be agreed upon may preside as judge pro hac vice. If the parties or attorneys in a case in which the judge is disqualified cannot agree upon a judge pro hac vice, then it shall be the duty of the clerk of this court to select a

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judge pro hac vice, and the judge pro hac vice thus selected shall have full power and authority to try such case, and the judge of City Court of Soperton, shall have authority to preside at Superior Court of Treutlen County, in the absence or disqualification of the judge of Superior Court. Judge's absence, etc. Judge pro hac vice. Sec. 5. There shall be a solicitor of said court, who shall be elected as the judge is elected, and whose term of office shall be the same as the judge. He shall prosecute all cases coming before said court in which the State is a party, and he shall represent the State in all matters appealed from said court to the Appeilate Courts of Georgia. Solicitor; election and duties. The solicitor shall receive a salary of $600.00 per year, which shall be paid monthly from the county treasury of Treutlen County on warrant drawn by the officer having charge of the financial affairs of Treutlen County. Salary. The solicitor shall receive no additional compensation except that he shall have and receive the fees paid by the State for all cases in which he may represent the State in the Appellate Courts of Georgia. Fees in courts of review Sec. 6. That the solicitor of said court shall be a resident of Treutlen County, and shall be a practicing attorney. If for any reason the solicitor is disqualified or is absent when his services as solicitor are required, the judge of said court shall appoint a solicitor pro tem, who shall, for the time or cases appointed, discharge the duties of solicitor. For services rendered as solicitor pro tem, the solicitor of said court shall pay from his salary, and in event the solicitor and solicitor pro tem cannot agree on the compensation for such services, it shall be the duty of the judge to fix same, and when so fixed the solicitor shall be liable therefor and shall pay same. Eligibility. Solicitor pro tem. Before entering upon the discharge of his duties, said solicitor shall take and subscribe the following oath, to-wit: I do solemnly swear that I will faithfully and without fear, favor or affection, and impartially, and to the best of my ability and understanding, discharge all the duties devolving upon and required of me as solicitor, so help me God. Said oath shall be filed in the clerk's office

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of said court and entered upon the minutes of said court. Oath. Sec. 7. Be it further enacted, That the clerk of Superior Court of Treutlen County shall be clerk of the City Court of Soperton, and as clerk of this court shall receive the same fees he receives as clerk of the Superior Court, except as hereinafter provided, and fees and costs shall be paid in the same manner as in Superior Court, except as hereinafter provided. Clerk. Fees. In all criminal cases tried and disposed of in said court in cases where there is a conviction, on plea of guilty, the clerk shall make out a bill of his costs and submit same to the judge, and when such bill shall be approved and ordered paid by the judge, same shall be paid from the county treasury of Treutlen County on warrant drawn by the officer having the financial affairs of said county in charge. The clerk shall be entitled to no costs or fees in criminal cases except in cases of conviction on plea of guilty. In civil cases where the principal sum involved does not exceed $100.00 the clerk shall receive one-half the fees allowed in Superior Courts to be assessed and collected as other costs are assessed and collected. Said clerk shall be subjected to same penalties as may be imposed upon clerk of Superior Court for failure to discharge his duties as clerk of this court. Penalties. Sec. 8. The sheriff of said Treutlen County shall be the sheriff of this court, and for his services as such sheriff he shall receive same fees and costs that he receives for like services in Superior Court, except as hereinafter provided. The sheriff of said court shall, before entering upon the discharge of his duties, execute a bond with security to be approved by the judge of said court, payable to the Governor of Georgia and his successors in office, in the sum of $2,500.00 and such bond shall be entered upon the minutes of said court, and shall be filed in office of clerk of this court, and conditioned to faithfully and impartially discharge the duties of his office and to account for all moneys coming into his hands as such sheriff. Sheriff. Bond.

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It shall be the duty of such sheriff to collect all fines assessed in said court and all forfeitures and immediately turn same over to the county treasurer of said county, taking his receipt thereof, and on the first day of each month it shall be the duty of the sheriff to present the judge of said court with a full, detailed statement of sums collected by him and the source from which collected, and when approved by the judge shall be filed with and entered by the clerk upon the minutes of said court. Duties. In all civil cases in said court the sheriff shall receive same fees, to be collected in same manner, as fees received by him in Superior Court, except that in civil cases where the principal sum involved does not exceed $100.00, he shall receive one-half fees allowed in Superior Court. Sheriff's fees. In all criminal cases where there is conviction on plea of guilty, the sheriff shall receive the same fees as allowed in Superior Court, but he shall receive no fees except in cases of conviction on plea of guilty. The sheriff shall present a bill of his costs and fees to the judge of said court, and when approved by the judge, same shall be paid from the county treasury of Treutlen County on warrant drawn by the officer having the financial affairs of said county in charge. Whenever, in the judgment of the sheriff, concurred in by the judge of said court, it is necessary to an orderly and proper dispatch of the business of said court, the sheriff may have assistance of bailiffs, it shall be the duty of the judge to appoint not more than two bailiffs for a specified time, and such bailiffs shall receive same pay and be paid in the same manner as Superior Court bailiffs are paid. Bailiffs. Sec. 9. Whenever, in the discretion of the judge of said court, it is necessary, the judge shall appoint a stenographer of said court and the expenses of reporting and making a transcript of the record shall be the same as is allowed stenographers in Superior Court, and shall be paid in the same manner. Stenographer. The parties to any cause in said court may request the

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services of stenographer, or the judge, in his discretion, may require any case or proceedings reported, and the expense of same shall be paid by the parties to such proceeding or case, provided, that in criminal cases where services of stenographer are required by defendant, the cost of same shall be paid by defendant. Sec. 10. Be it further enacted, That the judge of said court shall have power and authority to issue attachments, distress warrants, garnishment summons, possessory warrants, dispossessory warrants, criminal warrants, and to issue all processes or writs that can be issued by justices of the peace or justice courts, and to try and dispose of same as hereinafter provided. And said judge shall have the power to sit as a court of inquiry or committal court to the same extent that justices of the peace may in criminal cases. Powers of Judge. And said judge shall have power and authority to do any act that may be done by a justice of the peace, or judge of the Superior Court, except where exclusive power is vested in the judge of Superior Court. And said judge shall have power and authority, under the same rules and regulations governing judges of the Superior Court, to issue writs of habeas corpus and dispose of the same, and the judge of said court shall have the same power to punish for contempt as is vested in the Superior Court, or the judge thereof. Sec. 11. Be it further enacted, That in said City Court the same rules of procedure, practice and pleading, summons of witnesses to issue attachments for contempt, and service shall obtain as is now of force, or may hereafter be provided in Superior Courts, except as may be in conflict with this Act, or as otherwise in this Act provided. Procedure, pleading, etc. Sec. 12. That there shall be both monthly and quarterly terms of said court, the quarterly terms to be held on the first Mondays in October, January, April and July, and such terms shall continue in session for a length of time, in the discretion of the judge, as may be necessary

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to dispatch the business of said court. The monthly terms of said court shall be held on the third Monday in each month, and shall continue in session as long, in the discretion of the judge, as may be necessary to dispatch the business returnable to the monthly terms, as hereinafter provided. Terms of court. Sec. 13. Where the principal sum involved in any civil case is in excess of $100.00, same shall be brought to the quarterly term of said court, and all cases brought to the quarterly term shall be filed twenty days before the first day of such term and shall be served on defendant fifteen days before the first day of such term. And rules of practice obtaining in Superior Courts of this State shall obtain in the City Court of Soperton as to all suits or cases brought to the quarterly term of said court, and shall be tried and disposed of in the same manner as cases in the Superior Court, except as may be differently provided in this Act, and all rules as to continuances, motions, etc., that obtain in Superior Courts shall obtain in this court, except where differently provided in this Act. Suits brought to quarterly term. The first term after suit is filed and service had upon defendant shall be the appearance term, and where defendant in any case desires to file any pleadings of any character, same shall be filed on the first day of the term to which suit is brought and filed and service had upon defendant, and if no pleadings or defense is filed as herein provided, said case shall be marked in default and a judgment absolute shall issue therein at the first term to which suit is brought, provided, that the judge under same rules and regulations obtaining in Superior Courts may allow a default opened, but in all cases where no defense is filed by defendant, or such defense where filed is disposed of by demurrer thereto, at first term after suit is filed and service had, judgment shall be entered up at first term against defendant. Where defendant files issuable defense such case shall be tried at next term. Judgment on default. Sec. 14. All cases where the principal sum involved does not exceed $100.00, same shall be brought to the

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monthly term of said court, and in such cases service must be made and had upon defendant ten days before first day of monthly term and such cases shall be in order for trial at the first monthly term after service had upon defendant, except as hereinafter provided. All suits brought to the monthly terms of said court shall be by petition and defenses shall be made as in cases brought to the quarterly terms of this court, and all defenses to any suit brought to the monthly terms shall be filed on the first day of the term to which such suit is brought. Suits brought to monthly term. Sec. 15. That the judge of said court shall have power and authority to try all civil cases brought and pending in said court and to give judgment therein without intervention of a jury; provided, that in all cases brought in said court, either party in a civil, or defendant in a criminal case pending in said court may demand a trial by jury. In event plaintiff in civil cases demands a trial by jury such demand shall be made in writing at time of filing suit, and in event defendant demands a jury trial, such demand shall be made in writing at the time of filing a defense, provided, that the judge of said court may, in his diseretion, order a jury trial of any case whether same is demanded or not. Trial without jury. Demand for jury. In all cases brought to the monthly terms of said court and a trial is demanded, or a jury trial is ordered by the judge, such case shall stand in order for trial at the next quarterly term of said court. In all criminal cases where a jury trial is demanded, such case shall stand in order for trial at the next quarterly term after such demand is made. Sec. 16. Be it further enacted, That all judgments obtained in said court shall be a lien on all property of defendant or defendants in the same manner as judgments issued from Superior Courts. Lien of judgments. Sec. 17. That said City Court of Soperton shall be a court of record and shall have a seal, and minutes, records, orders and all other books and files as may be required to

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carry on the business of said court, and same shall be kept in the office, or the offices at the court house of Treutlen County where said court shall be held, and the duties required of clerks and sheriffs in Superior Courts, shall apply to such officers in the City Court of Soperton where applicable and not otherwise provided in this Act. Seal, records, etc. Court-house. Sec. 18. That all persons liable to serve on grand or petit juries shall be liable to serve as petit or traverse jurors in the City Court of Soperton, and it shall be the duty of the clerk to copy in a book a list of the names of all persons liable to serve as grand or petit jurors in the Superior Court of Treutlen County, and the persons whose names appear in such book shall constitute the jurors for said City Court and shall be liable to serve as jurors in said court. Jurors. The name of each person subject to jury duty in said court shall be written upon a slip of paper and each name placed in a jury box to be provided by the clerk, and from this box jurors shall be drawn and all names shall be drawn from this box before those first drawn shall be again drawn from, and the jurors thus drawn shall constitute the jury for said court. At each quarterly term of said court the judge of said court shall draw from the jury box twenty-four names and these shall be by the sheriff summons to appear at the quarterly term and shall constitute the panels of jurors for the term of court for which drawn. The judge of said court shall have the right, in his discretion, to excuse any juror from service under same rules and regulations obtaining in Superior Courts and shall have same power to punish defaulting jurors as obtains in Superior Courts. In case it is necessary to fill up the panels of jurors, the court shall have the same power to cause panels to be filled by tales jurors as obtains in Superior Courts. The twenty-four jurors shall be divided into panels of eight each, and a panel of eight shall constitute the trial jury and shall be obtained as follows, to-wit: Each side to a cause, either civil or criminal case, shall be furnished

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a list of sixteen jurors and each side shall have the right to strike therefrom four names each, and the eight not stricken shall constitute the jury to try the case. Juries. Jurors in said court shall receive the same pay as is paid jurors in Superior Court of Treutlen County, and paid in the same manner. The juries shall be impanelled and sworn as in Superior Courts, except wherein differently provided in this Act, and either party to any case pending in said court shall have the right to object to the venire or panel of jurors and make the same objections or challenges to individual jurors as obtains in Superior Courts unless otherwise in this Act provided. The jury box of said court shall be revised as often as, and when the jury box of the Superior Court is revised. Pay of jurors. Sec. 19. That defendants in criminal cases in said court shall be tried on written accusation setting forth plainly the offense charged, founded upon affidavit of prosecutor or the sheriff or some officer of said court and no defendant shall have the right to demand indictment by the grand jury of Treutlen County before trial, but shall be tried on accusation as above set forth. Accusation. Demand for indictment. When an accusation is filed in said court, it shall be the duty of the judge to issue a warrant in the same manner as warrants may be issued by judges of Superior Courts upon indictment. Warrant by judge. Sec. 20. That it shall be the duty of all committing magistrates of Treutlen County to bind over all misdemeanor cases to the City Court of Soperton for trial. Commitment. Sec. 21. That in all criminal cases where accusation is filed, the defendant shall not have the right to demand a committal trial. Demand for committal trial. Sec. 22. That said City Court of Soperton shall stand and be open at all times for the hearing and trial of criminal cases, and such cases may be tried and disposed of by the judge at any time unless a jury trial is demanded by defendant. Any defendant may at any time withdraw

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demand for jury trial and said case may then be tried by the judge. Trial of criminal cases. Sec. 23. Be it further enacted, That the judge of said Court shall have the right and power to grant new trials in any case tried in said court, either civil or criminal, and to sign bills of exception to the Court of Appeals of Georgia, or the Supreme Court and the same rules and regulations as to motions for new trials, the granting or overruling such motions, and the filing of bills of exception to the Court of Appeals or Supreme Court shall be the same as obtain in the Superior Courts, and the same rules of practice, procedure and pleadings, rules nisi, briefs of evidence, the charge of the court, and all rules and procedure that obtains in Superior Courts shall apply to new trials and bills of exception in the City Court of Soperton. New trials. Sec. 24. The rules obtaining in Superior Courts as to procuring the attendance of non-resident witnesses shall obtain in the City Court of Soperton, and such witnesses shall receive the same pay as is allowed in Superior Courts, same shall be paid on order of solicitor of said court. Non-resident witnesses. Sec. 25. That immediately after the adjournment of each term of the Superior Court of Treutlen County, the judge of the Superior Court shall transfer to said City Court every criminal case undisposed of where defendant is charged with misdemeanor, and the same shall be tried and disposed of in said City Court as cases originating in said court. Transfer of cases from Superior Court. Sec. 26. That the officer or officers of said county having in charge the financial affairs of said county, shall provide all books and stationery for the use of said court. Books and stationery. Sec. 27. That all fines and forfeitures in said court shall be collected by the sheriff of said court and shall be by him paid over to the county treasurer of said county, and same shall go into the general county funds of Treutlen County. Collection of [Illegible Text], etc. Sec. 28. Be it further enacted, That this Act shall become effective and the said court shall be operative, beginning

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October 1, 1919, provided, that a majority of the votes cast in an election to be held in Treutlen County on the 10th day of September, 1919, shall be in favor of the establishment of said court. Voters voting in favor of the establishment of said court shall have written or printed on their ballot For the City Court, and those voting against the establishment of said court shall have written or printed on their ballot, Against the City Court. The returns of said election shall be made to the Ordinary of Treutlen County, and the returns consolidated and result declared by the said Ordinary. Act referred to popular vote. Sec. 29. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be and same are hereby repealed. Approved August 18, 1919. SYLVANIA CITY COURT; SALARY OF JUDGE. No. 143. An Act to amend an Act to establish the City Court of Sylvania, in and for the County of Screven, approved August 18, 1913, as found in Georgia Laws for 1913, commencing on page 291, and ending on page 308. Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia, That an Act to establish the City Court of Sylvania, in and for the County of Screven, approved August 18, 1913, as found in Georgia Laws of 1913, commencing on page 291, and ending on page 308, be and is hereby amended by striking from said Act all of Section 5 thereof, and substituting in said Act, in lieu of said stricken section, the following: Act of 1913 amended. Section 5. That there shall be a judge and solicitor of said City Court of Sylvania whose terms of office shall each be four years, and said officers shall be elected by grand jury of Screven County in the following manner: The

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grand jury, last meeting before the expiration of the terms of office of said officers, shall make such elections, but should any such grand jury so meeting fail to make such elections, any succeeding grand jury, from term to term, may do so until said officers are elected, qualified and begin to serve. Should any vacancy occur at any time in either of said offices, any grand jury meeting thereafter may make election to fill the unexpired terms caused by such vacancy, and should any such vacancy occur at a time when no grand jury is in session, the clerk of the Superior Court and Ordinary of Screven County may by appointment fill such vacancy until a grand jury shall make election to fill the same. The Judge of said City Court of Sylvania shall receive a salary of eighteen hundred ($1,800.00) dollars per annum, which shall be paid monthly out of the Treasury of Screven County, and which salary shall not be increased nor diminished during the term of office of said judge. It shall be the duty of the officers of Screven County charged with the duty of levying taxes, to provide for the payment of said judge's salary. Substitute for Sec. 5. Increase of salary. Sec. 2. That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are hereby repealed. Approved August 18, 1919. WAYCROSS CITY COURT; AMENDING ACT. No. 146. An Act to amend An Act to establish the City Court of Waycross, in and for the County of Ware; to define its jurisdiction and power; to provide for the appointment of a judge and other officers thereof; to define their powers and duties, and for other purposes, approved December 11, 1897. Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same, that the above recited Act be and the same is

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hereby amended by striking from said Act, Section 41 thereof, substituting for said Section 41 of said original Act the following as Section 41 thereof: amended. That all civil cases shall be returnable for trial to the first regular quarterly term of said Court convening twenty days or more after the filing and docketing of the case, and fifteen days or more after the service of the process on the defendant. All defenses must be filed at the first term, and in any case where no defense is filed before or at the time the judge calls the appearance docket, said case shall be considered in default, and in all such undefended cases the said Court shall enter up judgment for the plaintiff against the defendant; if a demurrer is filed and overruled and no other defense is filed, then the judge shall render judgment as though no defense had been filed. If a defense is filed, other than as last above mentioned, then the case shall go to the next regular quarterly term as the trial term. Substitute for Sec. 41. Suits, defenses, default. 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. WAYCROSS CITY COURT; SALARY OF JUDGE. No. 209. An Act to amend an Act to establish the City Court of Waycross in and for the County of Ware, to define its jurisdiction and powers, and for other purposes, so that from and after the passage of this Act and until otherwise provided, the salary of the Judge of said Court shall be twenty-one hundred 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 from and after the passage of this Act, the Act approved August 22nd, 1907, on pages 244 and 245 of the

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Acts of the Georgia Legislature of 1907, be and the same are hereby amended as follows: Act of 1917 amended. Sec. 2. The second section of said Act is hereby amended so as to make the salary of the judge of said City Court of Waycross the sum of twenty-one hundred dollars per annum, so that when amended said section shall read as follows: Salary of judge. Be it enacted by the authority aforesaid, That from and after the passage of this Act and until otherwise provided, the salary of the Judge of the City Court of Waycross shall be twenty-one hundred dollars per annum, which shall be paid monthly out of the treasury of said County and out of the General County funds. Sec. 2 as amended. Sec. 3. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That so much of the Act creating the City Court of Waycross, approved December 11, 1897, and so much of the amendments thereof in the Act approved July 30, 1903, and so much of the Act approved August 23, 1905, and so much of the Act approved August 22, 1907, and so much of the Act approved August 19, 1918, as are in conflict with the provisions of this Act, and all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act, be and the same are hereby repealed. Conflicting provisions repealed. Approved August 18, 1919. ATLANTA MUNICIPAL COURT; SALARY OF MARSHAL. No. 171. An Act to amend an Act and carry into effect the provisions of amendments of paragraph 1, Section 7, of Article 6 of the Constitution of Georgia, ratified October 2, 1912, same being an Act approved August 20, 1913, and the various Acts amendatory thereof, so as to give authority

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to the Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues of Fulton County to increase the salary of the Marshal of the Municipal Court of Atlanta to the sum of two hundred and forty ($240.00) dollars per month. Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same, that on and after the approval of this Act that Section 24 of the Act approved August 20, 1913, and as amended August 19, 1916, and as further amended by the Act approved July 10, 1918, with reference to the salary of the Marshal of said Municipal Court, be, and the same is hereby amended by adding to Section 2 of said Act approved July 10, 1918, the following: Amended acts. The Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues of Fulton County, in their discretion, shall have authority to increase the salary of the Marshal of said Court to any sum not exceeding the sum of two hundred and forty ($240.00) dollars per month, anything in this Act to the contrary notwithstanding. Salary of marshal increased. Said Section 2 of the Act approved July 10, 1918, reading hereafter as follows: Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That on and after the passage of this Act, that the Commissioners of Roads and Revenues of Fulton County be and they are hereby authorized and empowered to increase from time to time the salaries of the clerk and deputy clerks, marshal and deputy marshals, and special marshals, to a sum not to exceed a total of twenty per cent., in addition to the amount now provided by law as salary or compensation of said officers. The Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues of Fulton County in their discretion shall have authority to increase the salary of the Marshal of said Court to any sum not exceeding the sum of two hundred and forty (240.00) dollars per month, anything in this Act to the contrary notwithstanding. Said increase to be paid in like manner as the salaries of the marshal and deputy marshals, clerk and deputy clerks and special marshals as now provided

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by law, and to continue of force only so long as the Commissioners may from time to time direct. Sec. 2 as amended. Approved August 18, 1919. COLUMBUS MUNICIPAL COURT; SALARIES AND FEES. No. 363. An Act to amend an Act entitled An Act to abolish justice courts and the office of justice of the peace and notary public ex-officio justice of the peace, and to establish and create in lieu thereof a Municipal Court in and for the City of Columbus and County of Muscogee, and to define its jurisdiction and powers; to provide for the election of a judge and of other officers thereof, to define their powers and duties, and to fix their compensation; to provide for rules of procedure and new trials in said court, and writs of error therefrom, and for other purposes, so as to provide for an additional cost bill in said court and an increase of the salary of the officers of said court; to require that the Judge and Clerk of said court shall keep the office of said court open for the transaction of business during certain hours of every day, Sundays and holidays excepted, and for other purposes. Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by authority of same, That the Act entitled An Act to abolish the justice courts and the office of justice of the peace and notary public ex-officio justice of the peace and to establish and create in lieu thereof a Municipal Court in and for the City of Columbus and County of Muscogee, and to define its jurisdiction and powers; to provide for the election of a judge and other officers thereof; to define their powers and duties, and to fix their compensation; to provide for rules of procedure and new trials in said court and writs of error therefrom, and for other purposes, approved August 12th, 1915, be and the same is hereby amended as follows: By

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striking from the third line of Section 10 of said original Act the words twenty-four; and inserting in lieu thereof the words twenty-seven; also by striking from the fourth line of said Section 10 the word fifteen and inserting in lieu thereof the word eighteen; also by striking from the sixth line of said Section 10 the word twelve and inserting in lieu thereof the word fifteen; also by striking from the tenth line of said Section 10 the figures $2.50 and inserting in lieu thereof the figures $4.00, so that Section 10 of said Act when so amended shall read as follows: Act of 1915 amended. Section 10. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the salary of the judge of the said Municipal Court shall be twenty-seven hundred dollars per annum. The salary of the clerk of said Municipal Court shall be eighteen hundred dollars per annum. The salary of the marshal of said Municipal Court shall be fifteen hundred dollars per annum. The judge of said court shall have the power to appoint a deputy or deputies and a bailiff or bailiffs as the business of said court may demand. The salary of said deputies or bailiffs shall not exceed four dollars per diem. The compensation of all officers of said Municipal Court shall be paid monthly out of the Treasury of Muscogee County, upon the warrant of the judge of said court by the officer or officers charged by law with paying out the moneys of the County of Muscogee. Sec. 10 as amended. Salaries of judge, clerk and marshal increased. Pay of deputies and bailiffs. Sec. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, and it is hereby enacted by authority of same, That on and after the passage of this Act the costs charged and collected by the clerk and marshal of said Municipal Court of Columbus shall be the same as now determined and fixed by said original Act and by law, except as follows: Costs of clerk and marshal. For settling cases, involving more than $100.00 before judgment, $0.50. For issuing each dispossessory warrant where monthly rental of premises does not exceed $15.00, clerk, $0.75. For services of each dispossessory warrant, where monthly rental of premises does not exceed $15.00,

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marshal, $0.75. For each bail trover case, involving not exceeding $100.00, whole cost, $3.00. Sec. 3. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That it shall be the duty of the judge of said court to so arrange with the clerk thereof that either the clerk or judge shall [Illegible Text] continuously at the office of said court from 8.30 a. m. to 5.30 p. m., Sundays and holidays excepted, and both the clerk and judge of said court shall, at any time, when called upon by any person desiring the same, issue warrants, attachments and garnishments, as now provided by law, and should either of said officers fail to comply with the provisions of this section, upon information thereof from any citizen of said county, the Governor shall cite the judge and clerk of said court to show cause, after five day's notice, why they should not be removed from office. If, upon investigation, the Governor shall be satisfied that said judge and clerk or either of them has failed to comply with the duties imposed by this section, he shall, in the exercise of his sound discretion, remove said officer or officers, and the vacancy thus created shall be filled as now provided by law. Office hours. Penalty for non-compliance. Sec. 4. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict herewith be and the same are hereby repealed. Approved August 19, 1919. MACON MUNICIPAL COURT; SALARY OF JUDGE. No. 315. An Act to amend an Act approved August 16, 1913, abolishing justice courts, the office of justice of the peace and notary public ex-officio justice of the peace and the office of constable in the City of Macon, and establishing and creating in lieu thereof a Municipal Court in and for the City of Macon, by increasing the salary of the judge thereof, and for other purposes.

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Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same, that Section 10 of said Act approved August 16, 1913, be amended by striking from line three thereof the words three thousand dollars per annum, and inserting in lieu thereof the words thirty-three hundred dollars per annum, so that the compensation of the judge of the said Municipal Court of the City of Macon is hereby fixed at the sum of thirty-three hundred dollars per annum. Act of 1913 amended. Salary of judge increased. Sec. 2. Be it further enacted by authority aforesaid that all laws and parts of laws in conflict herewith be and the same are hereby repealed. Approved August 18, 1919. SAVANNAH MUNICIPAL COURT; SALARIES OF JUDGES. No. 314. An Act to amend An Act to carry into effect in the City of Savannah the provisions of the amendment to paragraph 1, Section 7, of Article 6, of the Constitution of the State of Georgia ratified October 2, 1912, relating to the abolition of justice courts and the office of justice of the peace in certain cities, as further amended by an Act of the Legislature of Georgia, approved July 29, 1914, and ratified November 3, 1914, relating to the abolition of said courts and officers in the City of Savannah, and the establishment in lieu thereof of such court or courts, or system of courts, as the General Assembly may deem necessary, and in pursuance thereof to abolish all justice courts and the office of justice of the peace in Savannah, and to establish in lieu thereof the Municipal Court of Savannah in the City of Savannah; to define its jurisdiction and powers; to provide for the appointment, qualifications, powers, and compensations of the judges and

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other officers thereof; to provide for pleading, practice, rules of procedure and new trial therein; to abolish the office of constable in said city; to defino the jurisdiction of said court as to amount and subject-matter and the territorial jurisdiction of each section thereof, and for other purposes. Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same, That the Act entitled An Act to carry into effect in the City of Savannah the provisions of the amendment to paragraph 1, Section 7, of Article 6, of the Constitution of the State of Georgia, ratified October 2, 1912, relating to the abolition of Justice Courts and the office of justice of the peace in certain cities, as further amended by an act of the Legislature of Georgia, approved July 29, 1914, and ratified November 3, 1914, relating to the abolition of said courts and officers in the City of Savannah, and the establishment in lieu thereof of such court, or courts, or system of courts, as the General Assembly may deem necessary, and in pursuance thereof to abolish all justice courts and the office of justice of the peace in said City of Savannah, and to establish in lieu thereof the Municipal Court of Savannah in the City of Savannah, to define its jurisdiction and powers, to provide for the appointments, qualifications, duties, powers, and compensations of the judges and other officers thereof; to provide for pleading and practice and rules of procedure and new trials therein; to abolish the office of constable in said city; to define the jurisdiction of said court as to amount and subject-matter and the territorial jurisdiction of each section thereof, and for other purposes, approved August 13, 1915, be and the same are hereby amended as follows: Act of 1915 amended Sec. 2. Be it enacted by the authority aforesaid, That from and after the passage of this Act each of the Associate Judges of the Municipal Court of Savannah shall receive and be paid a salary of three thousand six hundred ($3,600.00) dollars per annum, payable semi-monthly by the Mayor and Aldermen of the City of Savannah. Salary of judge increased.

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Sec. 3. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be and the same are hereby repealed. Approved August 18, 1919.

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TITLE II. SOLICITORS-GENERAL SALARIES. ACTS. Atlantic Circuit; salary fixed. Augusta Circuit; salary fixed. Brunswick Circuit; amending Act as to salary. Brunswick Circuit; salary increased. Pataula Circuit; repeal of Act as to salary. Southern Circuit; repeal of Act as to salary. Southern Circuit; salary fixed. Southwestern Circuit; salary increased. Waycross Circuit; salary increased. ATLANTIC CIRCUIT; SALARY OF SOLICITOR-GENERAL. No. 249. An Act to abolish the fee system now existing in the Superior Courts of the Atlantic Judicial Circuit, as applied to the office of Solicitor-General, and all fees hereinafter accruing to the office of Solicitor-General, in said circuit, in so far as the same constitutes the compensation attached to said office; to provide for the payment of the salary to said Solicitor-General, in addition to the salary prescribed in paragraph 1, Section 13, of Article 6, of the Constitution of this State, to provide for the disposition of the fines, forfeitures and fees, including insolvent costs, accruing to the office of Solicitor-General in said judicial circuit; to impose certain duties upon the clerk of the Superior Courts of the counties composing said circuit and upon the Solicitor-General of said circuit in reference to the collection, payment and disposition of all funds, moneys and [Illegible Text] accruing to the office of Solicitor-General, to provide for the levy and collection of a tax by the county anthorities of the various counties composing said circuit, for the purpose of paying the salary of said Solicitor-General, and for other purposes.

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Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, as follows: Section 1. The fees as now provided by law for the compensation for services rendered by the Solicitor-General of the Atlantic Judicial Circuit in the Superior Courts of said circuit, and all fees accruing to the office of Solicitor-General for services rendered in said Superior Courts after January 1, 1920, be and the same are hereby abolished in so far as the same constitutes the compensation of said Solicitor-General; but the same schedule of fees and costs, prescribed under existing laws shall remain for the purpose of ascertaining the sum or sums to be paid into the Treasuries of the counties composing the said judicial circuit, as provided by Section 3 of this Act; and the Solicitor-General of said judicial circuit shall hereafter be paid a salary, as hereinafter provided, in lieu of fees as under the present system. Salary instead of fees. Sec. 2. The salary of the Solicitor-General of the said Atlantic Judicial Circuit shall be the sum of $2,250.00 per annum, in addition to the salary of $250.00 per annum, prescribed in paragraph 1, Section 13 of Article 6, of the Constitution of this State, which said salary (additional to the constitutional salary of $250.00 per annum) shall be paid pro rata out of the general Treasuries of the various counties composing said circuit in the following proportions, to-wit: Tatnall County shall pay the sum of $600.00, Evans County shall pay the sum of $400.00, Bryan County shall pay the sum of $375.00, Liberty County shall pay the sum of $375.00, Effingham County shall pay the sum of $250.00, and McIntosh County shall pay the sum of $250.00. It shall be and is hereby made the duty of the proper officer or officers having control of county matters in each of said counties, to cause the part or portion of said salary so assessed against each of said counties to be paid to said Solicitor-General quarterly out of the funds of said counties; that is to say, on the first days of January, April, July, and October, and upon regular county warrants issued therefor, and it is further made the duty of the Ordinaries,

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County Commissioners or other county authorities having control of county matters, to make provisions annually when levying taxes for expenses of courts, for the levying and taxing of sufficient taxes in their respective counties for the purpose of paying the portion of said salary chargeable against their respective counties, as hereinbefore set forth and the power to levy taxes for such purposes is hereby delegated to said counties. Said salary of $2,250.00 and the constitutional salary of $250.00 shall be in full payment for all services of said Solicitor-General in lien of fees as new provided by law, except as provided in Section 5 of this Act. Amount. How apportioned among counties. Time of payment. Tax to pay salary. Sec. 3. In the distribution among officers of court of all costs, both in particular cases or matters, and all insolvent costs and fines, forfeitures and fees, paid into the Superior Courts of the counties composing said Judicial Circuits or which may become due and payable therein, the said counties shall be subrogated to the rights of the Solicitor-General of said circuit, and any former Solicitor-General, and shall stand in their places and stead, and shall be entitled to all funds, moneys and emoluments accruing to said office in said Judicial Circuits, and hereafter when orders on the insolvent fund or other judgment or finding are entered or approved in behalf of other officers of court, instead of the same being entered and approved in the name of the Solicitor-General as under the present system, the same shall be entered and approved in the name of the Solicitor-General for the use and benefit of the respective counties of said circuit. All costs, both in particular cases or matters and all insolvent costs and all fines, forfeitures and fees and all funds, moneys and emoluments accruing to the office of Solicitor-General in said Judicial Circuit, under any laws heretofore or now existing, or which may hereafter be enacted, shall be collected by the clerks of the Superior Courts of the various counties composing said Judicial Circuit and shall be paid by said clerks into the treasuries of their respective counties, all of which said sums shall be the property of said county; that is to say, all sums collected from any and all cases or matters arising in that particular county shall be

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

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Court and Court of Appeals of this State and in proceedings to validate bonds. Fees allowed. Sec. 6. All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be and the same are hereby repealed. Approved August 18, 1919. AUGUSTA CIRCUIT; SALARY OF SOLICITOR-GENERAL. No. 310. An Act to abolish the fee system now existing in the Superior Courts of the Augusta Judicial Circuit, as applied to the office of Solicitor-General and all fees now, heretofore or hereafter accruing to the office of Solicitor-General, in said circuit, in so far as the same constitutes the compensation attached to said office; to provide for the payment of a salary to said Solicitor-General, in addition to the salary prescribed in paragraph 1, of Section 13 of Article 6, of the Constitution of this State. To provide for the disposition of the fines, forfeitures and fees, including insolvent cost, [Illegible Text] to the office of Solicitor-General in said Judicial Circuit; to impose certain duties upon the clerks of the Superior Courts of the counties composing said circuit, in reference to the collection, payment and disposition of all funds, moneys and emoluments accruing to the office of Solicitor-General; to provide for the levy and collection of a tax by the county authorities of the various counties composing said circuit, for the purpose of paying the salary of said Solicitor-General, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same, as follows: Section 1. The fee system now existing in the Superior Courts of the Augusta Judicial Circuit, as applied to the office of Solicitor-General, and all fees now or heretofore or hereafter accruing to the office of Solicitor-General in said

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Judicial Circuit be and the same are hereby abolished in so far as the same constitutes the compensation of said Solicitor-General; but the same schedule of fees and costs prescribed under existing laws shall remain for the purpose of ascertaining the sum or sums to be paid into the treasuries of the counties composing said Judicial Circuit as provided by Section 3 of this Act, and the Solicitor-General of said Judicial Circuit shall hereafter be paid a salary, as hereinafter provided, in lieu of fees, as under the present system. Salary in lieu of fees. Sec. 2. The salary of the Solicitor-General of the said Augusta Judicial Circuit shall be the sum of seven thousand, two hundred dollars, per annum in addition to the salary of $250.00 per annum prescribed in paragraph 1, Section 13, of Article 6, of the Constitution of this State, which said salary (additional to the Constitutional salary of $250.00 per annum) shall be paid pro rata out of the general treasuries of the various counties composing said circuit, in the following proportions, to-wit: McDuffie County shall pay the sum of $1,000.00, Jenkins County shall pay the sum of $700.00, Columbia County shall pay the sum of $500.00, Burke County shall pay the sum of $1,000.00, Richmond County shall pay the sum of $4,000.00 (four thousand dollars). It shall be and is hereby made the duty of the Ordinary, County Commissioners or other authority having control of county matters, in each of said counties, to cause the part or portion of said salary so assessed against each of said counties, to be paid to said Solicitor-General quarterly, in each year, out of the funds of said counties, that is to say, on the first days of January, April, July, and October, and upon regular county warrants issued therefor and it is further made the duty of said Ordinaries, County Commissioners or other county authorities having control of county matters, to make provisions annually when levying taxes for expenses of courts, for the levying and collection of sufficient taxes in their respective counties, for the purpose of paying the portion of said salary chargeable against their respective counties as hereinbefore set forth, and the power,

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to levy taxes for such purposes is hereby delegated to said counties. Said salary of $7,200.00 and the constitutional salary of $250.00 shall be in full payment for all of the services of said Solicitor-General for all the traveling and other expenses and for all sums paid out by said Solicitor-General for clerical aid and legal assistants engaged by him except as provided in Section 5 of this Act, and the Solicitor-General in the counties of Richmond, Burke, Jenkins, Columbia and McDuffie till the present term for which said Solicitor was elected, shall expire, provided Jenkins County shall be liable for the amount of seven hundred ($700.00) dollars per annum only until January 1, 1921, after which time said Jenkins County shall be liable no longer for any part of said salary, shall after January 1, 1921, be reduced to the amount herein provided for Jenkins County, so that after January 1, 1921, said Solicitor's salary shall be sixty-five hundred ($6,500.00) dollars per annum. Amount. How apportioned among counties. Sec. 3. In the distribution among officers of court of all cost, both in particular cases, or matters, and all insolvent costs, and all fines, forfeitures and fees paid into the Superior Courts of the counties composing said Judicial Circuit or which may become due and payable therein, and said counties shall be subrogated to the rights and claims of the Solicitor-General of said circuit, and any former Solicitor-General and shall stand in their places and stead and shall be entitled to all funds, moneys, and emoluments accruing to said office in said Judicial Circuit; and hereafter when orders on the insolvent fund or other judgment on findings are entered or approved in behalf of other officers of court, instead of same being entered and approved in the name of the Solicitor-General, as under the present system, the same shall be entered and approved in the name of the Solicitor-General for use and benefit of the respective counties of said circuit. All costs, both in particular cases or matters, and all insolvent costs and all fines, forfeitures and fees and all insolvent costs and all fines, forfeitures and fees and all moneys and emoluments accruing to the office of Solicitor-General in said Judicial Circuit, under any laws heretofore

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

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of said circuit, and to see that all sums of money due thereunder are faithfully collected and accurately accounted for and paid into the treasuries of said counties, and it shall be his duty to furnish his own services as attorney-at-law in the collection of all such sums, whenever it becomes necessary. Account by Solicitor-General. Sec. 5. Nothing in this Act shall be construed to affect fees now allowed by law to Solicitors-General of this State for appearance in criminal cases in Supreme Court and Court of Appeals of this State. Fees in courts of review. Sec. 6. This Act shall go into effect upon its passage. Sec. 7. All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be and the same are hereby repealed. Approved August 18, 1919. BRUNSWICK CIRCUIT; SALARY OF SOLICITOR-GENERAL. No. 94. An Act to provide that the salary of the Solicitor-General of the Brunswick Judicial Circuit payable by the counties thereof shall hereafter be paid monthly instead of quarterly as at present provided, to designate the date and amount of each monthly payment, to provide for the payment and conditions thereof, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same as follows: Section 1. The portion of the salary payable by each of the counties composing the Brunswick Judicial Circuit to the Solicitor-General thereof in compensation for services as said Solicitor-General shall hereafter be paid monthly instead of quarterly as at present provided. Said salary payable by the said counties, which shall be $3,600.00 per annum, shall be paid in monthly installments, of three hundred dollars each which shall become due and payable on

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the first day of each month, the proportion of said amount to be paid by each of the several counties composing said circuit to be ascertained by the manner and method heretofore provided by law. Provided, however, that the Solicitor-General of said circuit shall not during his term of office in any of the courts of said circuit engage in the practice of law, except such as pertains to his official duties. Salary. (See Act approved August 15, 1919, increasing this salary, post.) Sec. 2. All laws relating to the abolition of the fee system in said circuit and placing of the Solicitor-General thereof on a salary in lieu of fees, are continued in full force and effect, except as they may be modified or amended by the provisions of this Act. Practice of law limited. Sec. 3. This Act shall go into effect on October 1, 1919. Effective Oct. 1, 1919. Sec. 4. All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be and the same are hereby repealed. Approved August 7, 1919. BRUNSWICK CIRCUIT; SALARY OF SOLICITOR-GENERAL INCREASED. No. 178. An Act to provide that the salary of the Solicitor-General of the Brunswick Judicial Circuit, payable by the counties thereof, shall hereafter be paid monthly instead of quarterly as at present provided, to designate the date and amount of each monthly payment, to provide for the payment of such salary, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same, as follows: Section 1. The portion of the salary payable by each of the counties composing, or which may hereafter compose, the Brunswick Judicial Circuit to the Solicitor-General thereof in compensation for services as such Solicitor-General shall hereafter be paid monthly instead of quarterly as at present provided, said salary payable by the said

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counties as a whole, which shall be four thousand ($4,000.00) dollars per annum, shall be paid in twelve equal monthly installments and shall become due and payable on the first day of each month. The proportion of said amount which is to be paid by each of the said counties shall be ascertained by the manner and method heretofore provided by law. The Solicitor-General of said circuit shall not, during his term of office, in any of the courts of said circuit, engage in the practice of law, except such as pertains to his official duties. Salary increased. How payable. Practice of law limited. Sec. 2. All laws relating to the abolition of the fee system in said circuit and the placing of the Solicitor-General thereof on a salary in lieu of fees, are continued of full force and effect except as they may be affected by the provisions of this Act. Former laws. Sec. 3. This Act shall go into effect on January 1st next. Effective [Illegible Text]. 1, 1920. Sec. 4. All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed. Approved August 15, 1919. PATAULA CIRCUIT; REPEAL OF ACT AS TO SALARY OF SOLICITOR-GENERAL. No. 100. An Act to repeal the Act approved August 20, 1917, entitled An Act to establish the fee system now existing in the Superior Courts of the Pataula Judicial Circuit, as applied to the office of Solicitor-General, and all fees, now, heretofore or hereafter accruing to the office of Solicitor-General in said circuit, in so far as the same constitutes the compensation attached to said office; to provide for the payment of a salary to said Solicitor-General, in addition to the salary prescribed in paragraph 1, Section 13 of Article 6 of the Constitution of this State; to provide for the disposition of fines, forfeitures and fees, including insolvent costs accruing to the office of Solicitor-General

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in said Judicial Circuit; to impose certain duties upon the clerks of the Superior Courts of counties composing said circuit and upon the Solicitor-General of said circuit, in reference to the collection, payment and disposition of all funds, moneys, and emoluments accruing to the office of Solicitor-General; to provide for the levy and collection of a tax by the county authorities of the various counties composing said circuit, for the purpose of paying the salary for the said Solicitor-General, and for other purposes. Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same, That an Act entitled an Act to establish the fee system now existing in the Superior Courts of the Pataula Judicial Circuit, as applied to the office of Solicitor-General, and all fees now, heretofore or hereafter accruing to the office of Solicitor-General, in said circuit, in so far as the same constitutes the compensation attached to said office; to provide for the payment of a salary to said Solicitor-General, in addition to the salary prescribed in paragraph 1, Section 12 of Article 6 of the Constitution of this State; to provide for the disposition of fines, forfeitures and fees, including insolvent costs accruing to the office of Solicitor-General in said Judicial Circuit; to impose certain duties upon the clerks of the Superior Courts of counties composing said circuit and upon the Solicitor-General of said circuit, in reference to the collection, payment and disposition of all funds, moneys and emoluments accruing to the office of Solicitor-General; to provide for the levy and collection of a tax by the county authorities of the various counties composing said circuit, for the purpose of paying the salary for the said Solicitor-General, and for other purposes, approved August 20, 1917 (Acts 1917, pages 287, 288, 289, 290 and 291), be and the same is hereby repealed. Repeal of salary law. Sec. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be and the same are hereby repealed. Approved August 7, 1919.

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SOUTHERN CIRCUIT; REPEAL OF ACT AS TO SALARY OF SOLICITOR-GENERAL. No. 169. An Act to repeal the Act approved August 18, 1917, abolishing the fee system theretofore existing in the Southern Judicial Circuit, as applied to the office of Solicitor-General, and for other purposes. Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same, That the above-mentioned Act be, and the same is hereby repealed. In lieu thereof the general laws of this State touching the same subject-matter or re-enacted in and for the said circuit. Repeal of salary law. Sec. 2. Be it further enacted that all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are hereby repealed. Approved August 15, 1919. SOUTHERN CIRCUIT; SALARY OF SOLICITOR-GENERAL. No. 240. An Act to abolish the fees accruing to the office of Solicitor-General in criminal cases in the Southern Judicial Circuit as the same exists under the general laws of this State, and in lieu thereof, to prescribe a statutory salary for such office, in addition to the salary prescribed by the Constitution of this State; to provide for the payment of such statutory salary and for the disposition of the fines and fees which, under the general law, would accrue to the office of Solicitor-General in said circuit; to impose certain duties upon the clerks of the Superior Courts of the counties comprising said circuit, and upon the committing magistrates, the sheriff and other arresting officers of the

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said counties, and upon the Solicitor-General of said circuit, with reference to the record, collection, payment and disposition of all funds, moneys and emoluments heretofore accruing to the said office of Solicitor-General under the general laws of this State; to provide for the levy and collection of a tax by the county authorities of the various counties comprising said circuit with which to pay the salary of the said Solicitor-General, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same, as follows: Section 1. The fee system existing in the Superior Courts of the Southern Judicial Circuit, as applied to the office of Solicitor-General, and all fees now or hereafter accruing to the office of Solicitor-General, in the said circuit under the general laws of this State, are hereby abolished, in so far as the same constitutes the compensation of the said Solicitor-General in criminal cases, except as herein provided. The same schedule of fees and costs prescribed under the existing general laws shall, however, remain of force where not inconsistent with this Act, for the purpose of ascertaining the sum or sums to be paid into the treasuries of the counties composing said Judicial Circuit, as provided by this Act, and for other consistent purposes; and the Solicitor-General of said circuit shall hereafter be paid a salary, as in this Act provided, in lieu of such fees as are paid into the treasuries of the said counties under the system hereby created and established for the said circuit. Salary in lieu of fees. Sec. 2. The statutory salary of the Solicitor-General of the said circuit shall be the sum of thirty-five hundred ($3,500.00) dollars per annum, which shall be in addition to the salary of two hundred and fifty ($250.00) dollars per annum prescribed by paragraph one (1), section thirteen (13), of article six (6), of the Constitution of this State, and the said statutory salary shall be paid pro rata out of the general treasuries of the various counties composing said circuit, upon the basis of population; that is to say, each of

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the counties now or hereafter composing the said circuit shall pay such part or proportion of said salary as its population bears to the total population of all the counties in the circuit at the time of such payment, according to the official federal census of 1910, until the completion and promulgation of the next official federal census, and then in like manner according to such succeeding federal census and so on according to each succeeding official federal census. Until the next official federal census is so completed and promulgated, Cook County shall be deemed to have two-fifths and Berrien County three-fifths of the population accredited to Berrien by the same census of 1910. Amount. Apportionment among counties. It shall be and is hereby made the duty of the Ordinary, County Commissioners, or other authorities having control of county matters, in each of the said counties, to cause the part or portion of said statutory salary so assessed against each of the said counties to be paid to the said Solicitor-General quarterly, in each year, out of the funds of said counties; that is to say, on the first days of April, July, October and January, and upon regular county warrants issued therefor. It is further made the duty of the said Ordinary, County Commissioners, or other county authorities having control of county matters, to make provision annually, when levying taxes for expenses of the courts, for the levying and collection of sufficient taxes in their respective counties with which to pay the portion of said salary, etc., chargeable against their respective counties, as herein set forth; and the power to levy such taxes for such purposes is hereby delegated to said counties. When payable. The said statutory salary shall be in full payment for all of the services of the said Solicitor-General in criminal cases, except as to services in the Supreme Court and the Court of Appeals of Georgia, which latter services shall be compensated as now provided by the general laws of this State. Whenever other services of any character are required of him for which no compensation is provided by the general law, the judge shall fix the amount of his compensation and cause the same to be paid out of the insolvent fund herein provided. Fees in courts of review. Other fees.

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Sec. 3. In the distribution among the officers of the court of all costs, both in particular cases or matters, and of all insolvent costs and all fines, forfeitures and fees paid into or accruing to the insolvent fund of the Superior Courts of the counties composing said Judicial Circuit, or which may become due and payable therein, the said counties shall, in criminal cases be subrogated to the right and claims of the Solicitor-General of said circuit, and shall stand in his place and stead, and shall be entitled to all funds, moneys and emoluments accruing to the said officer in criminal cases in the said judicial circuit; and hereafter when orders on the insolvent fund or other judgment or findings are entered or approved in behalf of other officers of the court, or whenever such costs are paid or such insolvent fund is distributed by the clerk without any order of the court, instead of the same being entered and approved in the name of the Solicitor-General in criminal cases, as under the present general system, the same shall, as to criminal cases, be entered and approved in the name of the respective counties, and shall be paid to such counties on account of the services of the Solicitor-General in such cases. Costs, fines, and forfeitures; collection and account. Sec. 4. Whenever the appointment of a Solicitor-General pro tem, under the provisions of Section 805 of the Penal Code of 1910, shall become necessary or proper, and one is appointed, the presiding judge may, upon application therefor by such solicitor pro tem, in term time or in vacation, fix the compensation for the services rendered in the trial court; and the compensation so fixed shall be paid by the county on the order of the court, directed to the county treasurer or to the officer performing the duties of such treasurer for the county in which the service is rendered, or the judge may, in his discretion, order the clerk to pay the same out of the insolvent fund. If the services of such solicitor pro tem extend to the Supreme Court or to the Court of Appeals, such further services shall be compensated as provided by the general laws of this State. Solicitor-General pro tem., compensation of. Whenever, in the discretion of the presiding judge, it becomes necessary or proper to engage in the trial of criminal

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cases while the grand jury is in session, thereby necessitating the presence of the Solicitor-General in two places at the same time, or whenever a similar necessity arises from other causes, the presiding judge may, in his discretion, appoint a competent attorney of the said circuit, nominated by the Solicitor-General, to act in his place and stead, either in the trial of cases before the court or in the investigation of cases before the grand jury, as the Solicitor-General shall determine. The compensation of such assistant solicitor shall be fixed and paid in the same manner as a solicitor pro tem. Assistant, when appointed: compensation. Sec. 5. It shall be the duty of the sheriffs and all arresting officers of said circuit to make upon the warrants executed by them, at the time of executing such warrants, an entry of their acts and doings; and it shall be the duty of all committing magistrates in such circuit to enter upon the warrant, at the time of the commitment, an itemized statement of the costs charged and to whom payable. It shall be the duty of every sheriff, arresting officer and committing magistrate in said circuit, where such warrant is returnable to the Superior Court, to present or cause the same to be presented to the clerk of the court to which it is returnable, as promptly as practicable after the arrest has been made, for entry upon the grand jury docket, and also after a commitment trial has been had thereunder or waived, for the notation of that fact upon such docket. A delay of more than one week in so presenting such warrant to the clerk shall, in every case (except only when the delay is the result of providential cause), be deemed and held to be inexcusable neglect of duty on the part of the officer so with-holding such warrant, subjecting him to [Illegible Text] and punishment for contempt of court, as well as to a forfeiture of all costs that [Illegible Text] otherwise accrue to him in such case. Warrants; entries as to costs, etc. It shall be the duty of the clerk of every Superior Court of said circuit to keep a Grand Jury Docket, composed of ruled and printed forms, in a bound book, wherein appropriate blanks are left for inserting: (1) The number of

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the case; (2) the name of the accused; (3) the name of the alleged offense; (4) the date of the alleged offense; (5) the name of the prosecutor; (6) the date of the warrant and the name of the magistrate by whom it was issued; (7) the date of the arrest and the name of the officer making it; (3) the date and amount of the appearance bond, if any, together with the names of the sureties; (9) the total amount of costs due to each officer as shown by the warrant; (10) a list of the witnesses for the State; and (11) the disposition of the case by the committing magistrate and the grand jury. Whenever a warrant is presented to the clerk in [Illegible Text], as herein provided, it shall be his duty forthwith to docket the said case for presentation to the grand jury, unless the same has then already been so docketed; and, in every such case, to insert the suggested matter in every blank pertaining to that case, in so far as the necessary information is derivable from the warrant or from the entires thereon, or as otherwise made known to him. Upon the case being so docketed, the warrant may be returned to the sheriff or other arresting officer. All warrants shall be so docketed in the order of their presentation to the clerk, and the cases shall be numbered consecutively, beginning with No. 1, for each term to which they are returnable. Grand jury docket. Twenty days or more before each term of court, and regardless of any disposition that may have been made of any case outside of the Superior Court, the clerk shall issue and deliver to the sheriff, and the sheriff shall at once proceed to serve a subpoena, in the usual form, for every prosecutor and witness whose name appears upon said docket in connection with cases returnable to said term, and likewise in all cases in which no bills were returned at the last preceding term, requiring the attendance of such witnesses and prosecutors before the next grand jury; and where cases are docketed less than twenty days before the next regular term of court, such subpoena shall be immediately issued and delivered to the sheriff for service, as aforesaid. Subp[oelig]nas. For all cases so docketed by the clerk, he shall be entitled

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to a [Illegible Text] of two-dollars, and the sheriff or other officer presenting the warrant to be so docketed shall be entitled to a fee of one dollar, both of which fees shall be taxed as other costs in the said case. Fees of clerk, sheriff, etc. Other cases may be entered upon said docket by the Solicitor-General, or any member of the grand jury, or at their instance and direction, as well as by the clerk, always omitting to file in such blanks as are inappropriate to the particular case. The [Illegible Text] purpose of such docket being for the convenience of the grand jury and of the Solicitor-General, for expediting the business before that body, and for better keeping the record of the costs due in criminal cases, no entry or irregularity therein, nor even the total absence of such a docket, shall ever, in any case, afford the accused any ground of objection in any manner. It shall be the duty of the county authorities to supply and pay for the said docket as other blank books for public records are supplied and paid for. Sec. 6. All costs, fines and forfeitures paid into the Superior Courts of the said circuit shall be paid to and received by the respective clerks of said courts, who are hereby charged with the duty of keeping a clear, accurate, complete and permanent record of all sums so received or paid out by them. Each of such clerks shall deposit in a bank of unquestioned solvency, to be selected or changed by him at his pleasure, all money so received by him, which account shall be carried in his name as clerk of the Superior Court of his county: and no disbursement or payment of any part of such fund shall be made except by check, which shall bear a distinguishing number and shall be his [Illegible Text] for the payment thereby made. All such checks and the stubs thereof, properly filled out, shall be preserved as a part of the permanent record. Such bank account shall follow the office; that is to say, the successor in office of such clerk shall succeed to such bank account by virtue of his office and for the purpose of disbursing the said fund, as in this act provided. Account by clerk.

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Each of said clerks shall keep a well bound book to be known as the Criminal Cost Record, which book shall consist of ruled and printed pages with blanks for the insertion, on one horizontal line to each case, of matter respecting every criminal case returned by the grand jury into his court, including returns of no bill, as follows: (1) the docket number of the case, including (a) the grand jury docket number and (b) the trial docket number; (2) the return term thereof; (3) the name of the accused; (4) the name of the offense; (5) the disposition of the case, whether (a) no bill, acquitted or convicted etc., and (b) the date thereof; (6) the sentence imposed, including (a) the fine and (b) the term of service; (7) [Illegible Text] accrued to the county as Solicitor-General's fees, including (a) amount, (b) when paid, (c) from what fund paid (fine or insolvent), and (d) number of voucher by which paid; (8) costs accrued to clerk (with same detailed statement as for the county); (9) cost acerued to sheriff (with same detailed statement as for the county); (10) costs accrued to the committing magistrate, if any, with (a) his name, (b) the amount, (c) when paid, (d) from what fund paid (either fine or insolvent as the case may be), and (e) number of the voucher by which the payment was made; (11) cost accrued to the lawful constable, if any (with same details as for the committing magistrate; (12) costs of appeal, if any, including (a) amount accruing to the Solicitor-General, (b) when paid, (c) how paid, and (d) voucher number, if paid by check; (e) amount accruing to the clerk, (f) when paid, (g) how paid, and (h) voucher number; (i) amount accruing to sheriff (with same details as for the clerk), and (13) a reasonable space for [Illegible Text] remarks. Each of the said clerks shall also keep, either in the same or in a separate book, a complete and detailed record of all additions to and disbursements from the insolvent fund. This record shall show: (1) the trial docket number of the case from which the fund was received; (2) the return term thereof; (3) the [Illegible Text] of the accused; (4) the

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amount added to the insolvent fund from such case; and (5) the dates and amounts of each and every receipt and disbursement of said fund, together with the voucher number by which the same was paid. Quarterly, on the first days of January, April, July and October of each year, or oftener if he sees fit to do, the clerk shall pay to the county, to himself, and to each officer to whom cost is due, the amounts accrued in the disposed of criminal cases in which collections have been made during the preceding quarter or since the last preceding settlement. The amount remaining in the hands of the clerk from any particular criminal case after the payment of all costs in that case shall at once be credited to the insolvent fund; and the said clerk shall also make quarterly distributions of said insolvent fund, applying the same, first, to special orders of the court passed within one year from the date of distribution; then (2), generally, either with or without any order of the court, to the payment of insolvent costs in criminal cases docketed and disposed of during the current year; and (3) to the criminal cases docketed and disposed of during the preceding year, and so on back through the fourth year, until all of such accrued costs are paid or said fund is reduced to an amount insufficient to pay the costs in full in the next case in order for such satisfaction. Whenever all accrued costs are paid back through the fourth year, the balance of such fund then in hand, if any, shall be paid into the county treasury. For keeping the said records as in this section provided the clerk shall be entitled to a fee of three dollars in each case, to be taxed as other costs in the said case. Sec. 7. It shall be the duty of the Solicitor-General, at each term of court, to review and verify the books, records and vouchers of said clerk as to all fees earned, fines collected and disbursements made at and after the preceding term; and it shall be his duty, at all times to exercise supervision over the collection and disbursement of all of said funds and costs in all of the counties of said circuit, and to see that all sums of money due [Illegible Text] are faithfully

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collected and accurately accounted for, and that the portions thereof going to the several counties are paid into the treasuries of the said counties; and it shall also be his duty to furnish his own services as attorney-at-law in the collection of such sums as accrue to said counties whenever it becomes necessary, his compensation for such services to be fixed by the court as in this Act provided. Review of account. Sec. 8. Nothing in this Act shall be construed to affect the fees now or heretofore allowed by the general law to the Solicitor-Generals of this State for appearance in criminal cases in the Supreme Court, or in the Court of Appeals of this State, in any matters other than criminal cases proceeding by bill of indictment in the Superior Courts of said circuit. Fees in courts of review. Sec. 9. All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed. Approved August 18, [Illegible Text]. SOUTHWESTERN CIRCUIT; SALARY OF SOLICITOR-GENERAL. No. 158. An Act to amend an Act approved August 18, 1917, entitled An Act to abolish fee system now existing in the Superior Courts of the Southwestern Judicial Circuit, as applied to the office of Solicitor-General, and for other purposes, so as to increase the salary of the Solicitor-General of said circuit to four thousand ($4,000.00) dollars per annum in addition to the salary of two hundred and fifty ($250.00) dollars prescribed in paragraph 1, Section 13, of Article 6, of the Constitution of the State, and for other purposes. Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same, That Section 2 of an Act approved August 18,

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1917, entitled An Act to abolish the fee system now existing in the Superior Courts of the Southwestern Judicial Circuit, as applied to the office of Solicitor-General, and for other purposes, be amended by striking the words and figures three thousand ($3,000.00) dollars whenever and wherever the same appears in said section, and inserting in lieu thereof the words and figures four thousand ($4,000.00) dollars. Salary increased. Sec. 2. This Act shall not go into effect until the first day of January, 1920. Effective Jan. 1, 1920. Sec. 3. All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be and the same are hereby repealed. Approved August 18, 1919. WAYCRSS CIRCUIT; SALARY OF SOLICITOR-GENERAL. No. 274. An Act to amend an Act to abolish the fee system now existing in the Superior Courts of the Waycross Judicial Circuit as applied to the office of the Solicitor-General and all fees now, heretofore or hereafter accruing to the office of Solicitor-General in said circuit, in so far as the same constitutes the compensation attached to said office; to provide for the payment of a salary to said Solicitor-General, in addition to the salary prescribed in paragraph 1, Section 13, of Article 6 of the Constitution of this State, to provide for the disposition of the fines and forfeitures and fees including insolvent cost accruing to the office of Solicitor-General in said Judicial Circuit; to impose certain duties upon the clerks of the Superior Courts of the counties composing said circuit, and upon the Solicitor-General of said circuit in reference to the collection, payment and disposition of all funds, moneys and emoluments accruing to the office of Solicitor-General; to provide for the levy and collection

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of a tax by the county authorities of the various counties composing said circuit for the purpose of paying the salary of said Solicitor-General and for other purposes; by striking from the second and thirty-third line of Section 2 of said Act the sum of $3,000, and inserting in lieu thereof the sum of $4,000. 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 2 of the Act approved August 20, 1917, on pages 300-301 of Georgia Laws of 1917, be and the same is hereby amended as follows: By striking the sum of $3,000.00 in the second line of said section and inserting in lieu thereof the sum of $4,000.00, and by striking the sum of $3,000.00, in the thirty-third line of said second section of said Act, and inserting in lieu thereof the sum of $4,000.00, so as to make the salary of the Solicitor-General of the Waycross Judicial Circuit the sum of four thousand ($4,000.00) dollars per annum, in addition to the Constitutional salary of two hundred and fifty ($250.00) dollars, as designated in said Act, and the compensation provided in Section five (5) of said Act. Salary increased. Sec. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed. Approved August 19, 1919.

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TITLE III. COUNTY MATTERS. ACTS. Appling Board of Commissioners; amending act; road districts and road work. Atkinson Board of Commissioners Created. Atkinson Treasurer's Office Abolished; depository to be selected. Bacon Board of Commissioners Created. Bacon Board Commission Abolished. Ben Hill Depository Act Repealed. Ben Hill Depository Created. Ben Hill Primary Election; repeal of Act as to date of. Berrien Board of Commissioners; amending Act. Berrien Bond Commission Created. Berrien Depositories; amending Act. Brooks; bulls and boars at large. Bryan Depositories; amending Act. [Illegible Text] bulls and boars at large. Carroll Bond Commission Created. Carroll Commissioner and Clerk, salaries of, increased. Chatham; bonds for schools authorized; disbursement of proceeds; taxation to pay bonds. Chatham Commissioners and ex-officio Judges; police power; ordinances; taxation; expenses, etc. Cherokee; per diem of jurors in Justice's Courts. Clinch Board of Commissioners, election to abolish. Coffee Board of Commissioners Abolished. Coffee Board of Commissioners Created. Columbia Board of Commissioners Created. Cook and Lowndes County Line Defined. Cook Board of Commissioners Created. Crawford Treasurer's Salary and Bond. [Illegible Text] Commissioner and Clerk, salaries of, increased. Dooly Board of Commissioners; amending Act. Elbert Board of Commissioners; bond committee. Elbert; closed season for Fox. Emanuel Board of Commissioners Abolished. Emanuel Board of Commissioners Created. Forsyth Board of Commissioners Created. Grady Treasurer's Salary and Bond. Gwinnett Board of Commissioners; amending Act. Gwinnett Superintendent of Roads; amending Act. Hall: per diem for jurors in Justice's Courts. Hall Treasurer's Office Abolished; depositories provided for. Harris Treasurer's Office Abolished; depositories provided for. Hart Board of Commissioners Created. Jeff Davis: repeal of Act as to [Illegible Text] and boars at large. Jones Commissioner's Salary [Illegible Text] Laurens Bond Commission Created. Laurens Treasurer's Office Abolished; depository provided for. Lumpkin Board of Commissioners Created. Madison; closed season for [Illegible Text] hunting, etc. McDuffie Treasurer's Office Abolished; depository to be selected. Mitchell Board of Commissioners; election of. Mitchell Primary Elections, hours of. Montgomery Board of Commissioners Abolished. Montgomery Board of Commissioners Created. Murray Board of Supervisors put in charge of county funds; depositories to be selected. Newton Commissioners; amending act; repeal of Act as to commutation-tax collection. Newton Treasurer's Salary Increased. Oconee Board of Commissioners; members and salary of chairman increased. Oconee Treasurer's Office Abolished; depositories provided for.

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Oglethorpe; closed season for fox hunting, etc. Oglethorpe Commissioner's Salary increased; ordinary made ex-officio member and clerk of board; advisory board. Polk Board of Commissioners Abolished. Polk Board of Commissioners Created. Pulaski Bond Commission Created. Pulaski Commissioner; office created. Putnam Board of Commissioners; election to abolish board and create new [Illegible Text] Quitman Board of Commissioners; amending Act. Sereven Board of Commissioners; terms of office; clerk's salary increased. Tallaferro Ordinary's Compensation as Clerk of Commissioners. Tattnall Board of Commissioners; amending Act. Taylor Treasurer's Office Abolished; depositories provided for. Telfair Commissioner; mode of electing. Talfair; payment of costs in certain misdemeanor cases, by Board of Commissioners. Toombs Board of Commissioners; amending Act. Towns Board of Commissioners Abolished. Towns Treasurer's Office Abolished; depositories provided for. Towns Ordinaries, Orders and Acts of, confirmed. Ware Bond Commission Created. Ware Commissioners; amending Act as to salaries, statements, etc. Warren Board of Commissioners Abolished. Warren Commissioner; office created. Wayne Commissioners from Road Districts; amending Act. Wilcox Commissioners; compensation increased. Wilkes; closed season for fox hunting, etc. Wilkinson Treasurer's Office Abolished; depository designated. APPLING BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS; AMENDING ACT; ROAD DISTRICTS AND ROAD WORK. No. 80. An Act to amend the Act approved July 29, 1915, creating a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues of Appling County, so as to divide Appling County into three road working districts, and to require the Commissioners of Roads and Revenues to work the public roads in each district for a period of four months in each year, and for other purposes. Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That from and after the passage of this Act, that the the Act passed by the General Assembly of Georgia, and approved July 29, 1915, creating a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for the County of Appling, in said State, be and the same is hereby amended so far as to divide said County of Appling into three road working districts, and to require the Commissioners of Roads and

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Revenues to work the public roads in each district for a period of four months in each year. Act of 1915 amended. Sec. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the Militia Districts commonly known as the Baxley, Graham and Johnson shall compose and be known as road district number one, that the militia districts commonly known as [Illegible Text] Williams and [Illegible Text] shall compose and be known as road district number two, and that the militia districts commonly known as the [Illegible Text] Tillman, Wilson, and Melton Districts shall compose and be known as road district number three. Road districts, working Sec. 3. Be it further enacted as aforesaid, That the Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues of said County after the completion of the public road on which they are now engaged, for a distance of five miles from the county site, shall at once commence work on the public roads lying within road district number one, and shall continue to work the said public roads in district number one for a continuous period of four months and at the expiration of said term of four months said Board shall at once commence working the public roads lying within road district number two, and at the expiration of four months they shall commence and work the public roads in what is known as district number three, Thereafter the public roads in each road district shall be worked in [Illegible Text] each continuously for a period of four months, except as hereinafter provided. Time of work to different districts. Sec. 4. Be it further enacted, That the said Board of Commissioners shall always have the right and power to drag and make temporary repairs of roads and bridges, or to make any bridge or road safe for the traveling public at any time, regardless of the district in which said road may be located, but in all cases where the greater portion of the convict force shall be sent back to the road district, before the regular time for regular work in said district as provided by this Act, for the purpose of making repairs of roads or bridges or building bridges or making roads and bridges safe for the traveling public and shall be kept

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there for a period of more than two days, then such time shall be charged up to the district in which repairs are made and credited to the districts in which said convicts were working at the time, and the time of removal of the convicts from said district shall be extended for a like period. Work not in regular time. Sec. 5. Be it further enacted, by authority aforesaid, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict herewith be, and the same are hereby repealed. Approved August 7, 1919. ATKINSON BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS CREATED. No. 44. An Act to create a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for the County of Atkinson; to provide for the appointment and election of members thereof; to provide for appointment of a clerk; to define their duties and powers, and prescribe their qualifications, and for other purposes. Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same, That a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for the County of Atkinson consisting of one Commissioner for each Road District of said county, is hereby created. Said commissioners shall be qualified voters of said county, and shall be elected by the qualified voters of the entire county, but one of said commissioners shall be a resident of, and be elected or selected from each of said Road Districts; each Road District being thus represented on said board by a resident, respectively. Board created. Sec. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That for the purpose of this Act, said County of Atkinson shall be divided into three road districts, to be constituted as follows: road district number one shall comprise and constitute the 1026 militia district, or [Illegible Text] District; road district number two shall comprise

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and constitute the 1130 militia district, or the Pearson District; road district number three shall comprise and constitute the 1353 militia district, or the Axson District. Road districts. Sec. 3. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the following named persons are hereby appointed, constituted, and made Commissioners of Roads and Revenues of said County of Atkinson under this Act, to-wit: J. M. Roberts, for district number one, or the Willacoochee District; Jeff Kirkland for district number two, or the Pearson District; David Weathers for district number three, or Axson District. That the terms of office of the above named commissioners shall begin on the second Monday in August, 1919, and shall continue until the first Monday in January, 1921, or until their sucsessors are elected and qualified. Members named. Terms of office. Sec. 4. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That Jeff Kirkland is hereby appointed, constituted and made chairman of the Commissioners of Roads and [Illegible Text] of said county and be shall hold the chairmanship of said commissioners [Illegible Text] the first Monday in January, 1931, or until his successor is elected and qualified, and shall have and exercise all authorities and powers conterred by this Act upon the chairman of said Board of [Illegible Text]. Chairman. Sec. 5. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That at the regular election of State House Officers to be held in the year 1920, said Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues shall be elected for two years, whose term of office shall begin on the first Monday in January, 1921, and who shall serve for a term of two years and until their successors are elected and qualified. Election and terms of successors. Sec. 6. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That should a vacancy occur in the Board of Commissioners by death or otherwise. the chairman or acting chairman shall notify the Ordinary of said county of such vacancy in writing, and said Ordinary is hereby anthorized and [Illegible Text] to call an election to fill the vacancy in the

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same manner, as is provided for election to fill vacancies in other county offices. The Ordinary shall report such elections to the Governor who shall issue a commission to the successful candidate for the unexpired term. Vacancies. Sec. 7. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the Board of Commissioners as herein provided shall be commissioned by the Governor for the term of office for which they are elected or appointed, and before entering upon the discharge of their duties shall subscribe to the oath before the Ordinary of said county required by law for the other county officers and shall give good and solvent bond to be approved by the Ordinary of said county in the sum of two thousand ($2,000.00) dollars, and payable to the Ordinary of said county, for the faithful performance of any and all duties of said office. Said bond when approved by the Ordinary shall be by him recorded in the record of official bonds kept by him in his office. Commission from Governor. Sec. 8. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the chairman of the Commissioners of Roads and Revenues, as provided for in this Act, shall preside at all meetings, sign the minutes of all proceedings, sign his name as chairman to all orders, warrants, summons, subpoenas, or other processes issued by said board, or by the authority of said board. Chairman's duties. Sec. 9. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the Board of Commissioners shall at their first meeting in August, 1919, elect one of their body as vice-chairman, who shall in the absence of the chairman, preside over the meeting of said board and discharge all of the other duties required of the chairman; provided, however, the said vice-chairman shall have no authority to countersign vouchers, or make any contract binding on the county, which are by the provisions of this Act required to be made by said chairman. Vice-chairman. Sec. 10. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That said Board of Commissioners at their first meeting

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shall elect a clerk at such pay as the board may allow, not to exceed three hundred ($300.00) dollars per year. Said clerk shall give a good and solvent bond in the sum of two thousand (2,000.00) dollars, payable to the Ordinary of Atkinson County, and to be approved by the Ordinary of said county. Said bond shall be conditioned for the faithful performance of all duties of said clerk to the Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues of the said County of Atkinson. Said Board of Commissioners shall have power to remove said clerk at their pleasure by a majority vote of said board. It shall be the duty of said clerk to attend all meetings of the Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues, and keep a full record of all its proceedings, and to keep on file and preserve all papers relating to its business, to keep in a special book a statement of all taxes levied, and for what purposes, minutely specified and designed; also an inventory of all county property including all road machinery, live stock, chaingang outfit, and road working tools; to keep in his record, separate from other financial affairs of the county, an accurate and itemized account of all expenditures of said commissioners. He shall also keep a separate book, in which shall be kept an account of the commutation tax collected by the commissioners of said county. He shall also keep an itemized statement of all accounts paid by the Board of Commissioners and shall show what fund is liable for the payment of said account. He shall also keep a book to be known as his Record of County Vouchers, in which shall be kept a complete record of warrants or vouchers drawn upon the fund of said county, which record shall show by proper entry the fund from which same is payable, the person to whom payable, the date of record, and the amount of such voucher or warrant. It shall be his duty to sign all vouchers and warrants as clerk, but he shall in no instance issue any warrant or voucher until same shall have been countersigned by the chairman of the Board of Commissioners. All records provided for in this section shall be kept in the commissioner's office of said county. The clerk of the Superior Court of Atkinson county or any qualified voter of

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said county over twenty-five (25) years of age, who is of good moral character, may be selected by said Board of Commissioners to act as clerk for said Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues of Atkinson County. Clerk. Salary. Bond. Duties. Eligibility. Sec. 11. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That said Board of Commissioners shall hold their first meeting on the second Monday in August, 1919, but shall hold a regular court for the transaction of business pertaining to county matters on the first Monday of each month of the year, the same to be held in the office of the Ordinary of Atkinson County at this time, and as soon as the court house is built in said Atkinson County, they shall hold their meetings in the office set apart for the use of said Board of Commissioners. Said commissioners may hold special sessions at any time that the business of the county shall demand. Meetings. A majority of the Board of Commissioners, including the chairman of said Board, shall constitute a quorum and it shall require a majority of said commissioners, including the chairman, to pass any order or to transact business; provided, however, that the concurrence of any two members of said board, shall be controlled to pass any order or transact any business within the jurisdiction of said Board of Commissioners and all business attempted to be transacted contrary to the regulations here set forth shall be null and void. The chairman or vice-chairman in the absence of the chairman, shall at any meeting of the commissioners be authorized to administer oaths, and said board may hear testimony as to matters to which said board has jurisdiction, and when sitting as a court shall have power to punish for contempt under the same rules and regulations as are provided by law for other courts. Quorum. Powers as court. Sec. 12. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the said commission shall have exclusive jurisdiction and control over the following matters, to-wit: In controlling and directing all property of said county as they may deem expedient according to law; in levying taxes according to law; in establishing or abolishing

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bridges and roads according to law; in establishing or abolishing or changing election precincts or militia distriets; in supervising the tax collector's and tax receiver's books; in allowing insolvent list of said county; in settling claims and accounts of officers having the care and management and disbursement of funds belonging to or appropriated for the use and benefit of said county, and bring them to settlement; in providing for the [Illegible Text] of the county, and for the promotion of health as granted by law, and not inconsistent with law; in examining the tax digest of said county for the correction of errors; in regulating and fixing license fees as may be provided by law; in establishing and maintaining a county chaingang; in working said gang on public roads of said county as provided by law; in electing or appointing all minor officers and employees of said county whose election is not otherwise provided by law, as such superintendent or warden, guards of convicts on chaingang, janitor of court house and jail, and superintendent of the county farm. In making such rules and regulations as they may deem best for the interest of the county, governing all minor officers and employees appointed by them and fixing reasonable compensation for them as said Board of Commissioners may deem best for the interest of the county, and providing for the collection of the commutation road tax, fixing the amount to be paid in number of day's work on the roads of said county in lieu thereof, according to law; in trying all road defaulters in accordance with law, and generally to have and exercise all powers heretofore vested in the Ordinary of said county when sitting for county purposes, and to exercise all such other powers as are granted by law or as may be indespensable to their jurisdiction over county matters or county finances; said Board of Commissioners also have power and authority to levy a tax to buy bonds for court house and jail site, and to build and erect a court house and jail; provided, however, that in the event the majority of said commissioners vote to erect a court house and jail for said county, there is hereby, constituted a Building Committee whose duty it shall be to select by parchase, gift or otherwise,

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a suitable site for court house and jail, and erect thereon a court house and jail for the county of Atkinson. Said Building Committee shall be appointed and selected in the following manner, namely: The chairman of said Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues shall act as chairman of said Building Committee, and shall appoint one other of the said Commissioners of Roads and Revenues, and one freeholder of said county.k These said three members shall comprise and constitute said Building Committee. Jurisdiction. Sec. 13. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That each of said commissioners except the chairman of said board shall receive for his services the sum of three ($3.00) dollars per day for each day of actual service rendered by him, not to exceed fifty (50) days in any calendar year. That the chairman of said board shall give and devote as much of his time and attention to the duties of said office as in the judgment of the majority of the board, the duties of said office may require, for which services he shall receive three ($3.00) dollars per day. Said freeholder a member of the Building Committee shall receive three ($3.00) dollars per day while actually serving on said committee. Pay of commissioners. Sec. 14. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the Board of Commissioners shall prepare and submit to the grand jury at each spring term of the Superior court of said county, a full and complete statement of the finances of the county, which statement shall be sworn to and subscribed by the chairman of said board; said statement and report to the grand jury shall show an account of all receipts and disbursements, the source from whence received and the purpose for which expended; said statement shall also show the number of persons who have paid the commutation tax and the amount thereof and the number of persons subject to read duty, who have neither worked their time on the public road nor paid the commutation tax. Said Board of Commissioners shall publish in some newspaper having a general circulation in said

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county the statement so prepared and submitted to the grand jury. Reports to grand jury. Sec. 15. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the said chairman of the Board of Commissioners shall be the purchasing agent for said county for all things needed by the different departments of said county, and especially for all supplies for convicts, and feed for mules and horses owned by said county, and for all machinery used for said county, and in fact, everything purchased by said county. And said chairman of Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues shall secure as far as possible, competitive bids for such supplies, and this shall apply to all supplies for county officers. Chairman to be purchasing agent. Sec. 16. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That from and after the passage of this Act, that all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be and the same are hereby repealed. Approved August 8, 1919. ATKINSON TREASURER'S OFFICE ABOLISHED; DEPOSITORY TO BE SELECTED. No. 25. An Act to abolish the office of County Treasurer of Atkinson County; to provide for the disposition of the books, papers, records, and other property and business of said office, and for other purposes; to provide for the handling of the county funds by the County Commissioners and for other purposes, and further to provide that this Act shall not go into effect until January 1, 1921. Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same. That the office of the County Treasurer of Atkinson County be, and the same is hereby abolished. Office abolished. Sec. 2. Be it further enacted, That all books, papers, records, and other property and business of the said office

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of County Treasurer of Atkinson County shall be delivered to and disposed of by the County Commissioners of said Atkinson County, as soon as this law becomes effective. Records. Sec. 3. Be it enacted by authority aforesaid, That the County Commissioners of Atkinson County shall, on their first regular meeting in January of each and every year after this Act goes into effect, or as soon thereafter as practicable, select some chartered bank or trust company located in Atkinson County to act as a county depository for the purpose of handling and [Illegible Text] out and otherwise disposing of all county funds and for the performance of the duties now performed by the County Treasurer of Atkinson County, as shall be required of them by said commissioners. Said bank or trust company shall be required to give bond in the sum of not less than $20,000.00 and not more than $30,000.00 for the faithful performance of their duty, and where bond is given in some regular bonding company the premium thereon shall be paid by the County Commissioners out of any county funds available therefor, but no other compensation shall be allowed to said bank or trust company. Such county depository shall be chosen annually as herein provided or more often upon a failure or refusal to perform the duties of said position by any one so chosen. All county warrants and disbursements shall be drawn on and paid out by such county depository instead of the county treasurer as is now done. Selection of depository. Bond. Sec. 4. This Act shall not become effective and operative until on and after January 1, 1921. Effective. Jan. 1, 1921. 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 5, 1919.

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BACON BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS CREATED. No. 366. An Act to create a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for the County of Bacon, and to provide for the appointment and election of members thereof, to define their duties and powers, and describe their qualifications, and for other purposes. Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same, that from and after January 1, 1920, a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for the County of Bacon, consisting of one commissioner from each of the three road districts of said county, is hereby created. Said commissioners shall be qualified voters of said county; shall reside in the road district from which they are elected, which said road districts are to be defined later in this Act. Board created. Sec. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the Ordinary of Bacon County shall be ex-officio a member and chairman of said Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues. Chairman. Sec. 3. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That for the purpose of this Act said County of Bacon shall be divided into three road districts, to be constituted as follows: Road districts. Road District No. 1 shall comprise and constitute the 1732d militia district and the 1390th militia district; Road District No. 2 shall comprise and constitute the 1728th militia district, the 1729th militia district, and the 1731st militia district; Road District No. 3 shall comprise and constitute the 1528th militia district and the 1730th militia district. Sec. 4. Be it further enacted by authority aforesaid that the following named persons are hereby appointed, constituted and made Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for

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the said county under this Act, to-wit: J. F. Taylor, for District No. 1; J. R. Smith, for District No. 2, and E. B. Rimes, for District No. 3; that the terms of office of the above named commissioners shall begin on the first day of January, 1920, and shall continue until the first day of January, 1921, or until their successors are elected and qualified, it being the purpose of this Act that it shall become effective on the first day of January, 1920. Members named. Terms of office. Sec. 5. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid that at the regular election of the State house officers to be held in the year 1920, said Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues shall be elected as follows: One commissioner for a term of two years, one commissioner for a term of four years, and one commissioner for a term of six years, each of whose terms of office shall begin on the first day of January, 1921, and who shall serve for a term of two, four and six years respectively, and until their successors are elected and qualified. Election and terms of successors. The successors of said board shall be elected by the qualified voters of the entire county of Bacon, under the same laws, rules and regulations as govern the election of State and county officers. Sec. 6. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid that the ticket to be used in said election provided for in this Act shall have printed thereon the name of the candidate, and the term for which he is running; that thereafter at the regular election held every two years there shall be one commissioner elected to hold the office of the commissioner whose term of office has expired. Ballots Sec. 7. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid that all persons eligible to hold other county offices shall be eligible to hold the office of Commissioner of Roads and Revenues for said county. Eligibility. Sec. 8. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid that should a vacancy occur in said Board of Commissioners by death, resignation or otherwise, said vacancy

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shall be filled in the same manner as provided by law for the filling of vacancies of county officers. Vacancies. Sec. 9. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid that the Board of Commissioners shall be commissioned by the Governor for the term of office for which they are elected or appointed, and before entering upon the discharge of their duties shall subscribe to the oath before the Ordinary of said county required by law for other county officers, and shall give good and solvent bond to be approved by the Ordinary of said county, payable to the Governor of the State and his successors in office, in the sum of $1,000.00 each, conditioned for the faithful performance of their duties as such commissioners, which bond when approved by the Ordinary shall be recorded in the record of official bonds kept by him in his office. Commission from Governor. Oath and bond. Sec. 10. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid that the Ordinary of Bacon County, as ex-officio member and chairman of said Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues as provided for in this Act, shall preside at all meetings, sign the minutes at all proceedings, sign his name as chairman to all orders, warrants, summons, subpoenas, or other processes issued by the said board or by authority of said board. Chairman's duties. Sec. 11. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid that the Board of Commissioners shall at their first meeting in January, 1920, elect one of their body as vice-chairman, who shall in the absence of the chairman, preside over the meetings of said board and discharge other duties required of the chairman. Vice-chairman. Sec. 12. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid that said Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues shall at their first meeting elect a clerk, with such compensation as the board may allow; said clerk before entering upon the duties of his office shall give a good and solvent bond in the sum of $1,000, payable to the Ordinary of said county, said bond shall be conditioned for the faithful performance of the duties of said clerk to the

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Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues in and for the County of Bacon, said Board of Commissioners shall have power to remove said clerk at pleasure by a majority vote of said board. It shall be the duty of said clerk to attend all meetings and keep a full record of all its proceedings, and to keep on file and preserve all papers relating to its business, to keep in a special book a statement of all taxes levied and for what purposes, minutely specified and designated, also an inventory of all county property, including all road machinery, live stock, chaingang outfit, and road working tools, to keep in his record, separate from other financial affairs of the county, an accurate and itemized account of all expenditures applied to the working of convicts, and for all supplies, and pay to the superintendent, overseers and guards necessary for the operation of the chaingang of said county. He shall also keep a separate book in which shall be kept an account of the commutation tax collected by the commissioners of said county. He shall also keep an itemized statement of all accounts paid by the Board of Commissioners and shall show what fund is liable for the payment of such account. He shall also keep a book to be known as his Record of County Vouchers, in which shall be kept a complete record of warrants or vouchers drawn on the funds of said county, which record shall show by proper entry the fund from which same is payable, the person to whom payable, the date of record and the amount of said voucher or warrant. It shall be his duty to sign all warrants and vouchers as clerk but he shall, in no instance, issue any warrant or voucher until same shall be countersigned by the chairman of said Board of Commissioners. All records provided for in this section shall be kept in the commissioners' office in the said court house of said county, and shall be subject to inspection by any taxpayer of Bacon County. The clerk of the Superior Court of Bacon County, or the clerk of the City Court of Alma, if there shall be such court and clerk, may be selected by said Board of Commissioners to act as clerk of the Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues. Clerk. Bond. Duties. Clerk of court eligible as clerk of board.

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Sec. 13. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid that said Board of Commissioners shall hold a regular court for the transaction of business pertaining to county matters on the first Tuesday in each month of each year, same to be held in the court house of said county in the office set apart for the use of said Board of Commissioners, and may hold special sessions at any time the business of the county shall demand. A majority of the Board of Commissioners shall constitute a quorum, and it shall require a majority of said commissioners to pass any order to transact business. The chairman, or vice-chairman, in the absence of the chairman, shall at any meeting of the commissioners be authorized to administer oaths, and said board may hear testimony as to matters to which said board has jurisdiction, and when sitting as a court, shall have power to punish for contempt under the same laws and regulations as are provided by law for other courts. Meetings. Quorum. Powers as court. Sec. 14. Be it further enacted by authority aforesaid, that the said commissioners shall have exclusive jurisdiction and control over the following matters, to-wit: In controlling and directing of property of said county as they may deom expedient according to law; in levying and collecting taxes according to law; in establishing or abolishing roads and bridges according to law; in establishing of or abolishing or changing election precincts for militia districts; in supervising the tax collector's and tax receiver's books; in allowing the insolvent list of said county; in settling claims and accounts of officers having the care and management or disbursement of funds belonging to or appropriated for the use and benefit of said county and bring them to settlement; in providing for the paupers of the county, and for the promotion of health as granted by law and not inconsistent with law; in examining the tax digest of said county for the correction of errors; in regulating and fixing license fees as provided by law; in establishing and maintaining a county chaingang and working said gang on public roads of said county as provided by law; in electing or appointing all minor officers or employees of said county

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whose election is not otherwise provided for by law, such as superintendent or warden, guards of convicts and chaingang, janitor of court house and jail. In making such rules and regulations as they deem best for the interest of the county, governing all minor officers and employees appointed by them and in fixing reasonable compensation for them as said Board of Commissioners may deem best for the interest of the county, and providing for the collection of the commutation road tax, fixing the amount to be paid in number of days' work on the roads of said county in lieu thereof, according to law; in trying all road defaulters in accordance with the law, and generally to have and exercise all powers heretofore vested in the Ordinary of said county when sitting for county purposes, and to exercise such other powers as are granted by law, or as may be indispensable to their jurisdiction over county matters or county finances. Jurisdiction. Sec. 15. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid that said Board of Commissioners shall have authority to use all the convict labor on the public roads of the county, distributing such labor as to them may seem to the best interest of the county, and said Board of Commissioners may in their discretion cease to operate the chaingang in the working of said roads and return to the State such convicts as may be in the possession of said chaingang. Convict labor. Sec. 16. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid that the Board of Commissioners shall prepare and submit to the grand jury at each Spring term of the Superior Court of said county a full and complete statement of the finances of the county, which statement shall be sworn to and subscribed by the chairman of said board; said statement and report to the grand jury shall show an account of all receipts and disbursements, the scure from whence received, and the purpose for which expended. Said statement shall also show the number of persons who have paid the commutation tax and the amount thereof, and the number of persons subject to road duty who have neither

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worked their time on the public roads nor paid their commutation tax. Reports to grand jury. Sec. 17. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid that each of said commissioners, except the chairman of said board shall receive for his services the sum of $3.00 per day for each day of actual service rendered by him. Pay of commissioners. Sec. 18. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid that the chairman of said board shall give and devote so much of his time and attention to the duties of said office as, in the judgment of the majority of the board, the duties of said office may require, for which service he shall receive such compensation as the majority of said commissioners may fix, not less than the sum of $3.00 per day. Chairman's pay. Sec. 19. 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. BACON BOND COMMISSION ABOLISHED. No. 287. An Act to repeal an Act entitled An Act to create a bond commission for the County of Bacon, which said bond commission shall have power to expend, control, and use the proceeds derived from any issue of bonds voted by said County of Bacon for the purpose of public improvements in said county; to authorize employment of a general superintendent, engineers, and other laborers to carry out the same, and to do any and all other things necessary for the carrying out of the purpose and intention of this Act, and to provide that the said commission shall have power and authority to select a depository or depositories in the County of Bacon, or if to the best interest of said county, any bank or banks outside of the County of Bacon which they may select for the purpose of depositing said funds, and for other purposes, approved

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August 19, 1916; and to provide for the transfer of all books, records and funds to the Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues of said county. Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, that from and after the first day of January, 1920, an Act entitled An Act to create a bond commission for the County of Bacon, which said bond commission shall have the power to expend, control and use the proceeds derived from any issue of bonds voted by said County of Bacon for the purpose of public improvements in said county; to authorize employment of a general superintendent, engineers, and other laborers to carry out the same, and to do any and all other things necessary for the carrying out of the purpose and intention of this Act, and to provide that the said commission shall have power and authority to select a depository or depositories in the County of Bacon, or, if to the best interest of said county, any bank or banks outside of the County of Bacon, which they may select for the purpose of depositing said funds, and for other purposes, approved August 19, 1916 (Acts 1916, page 337), shall be abolished and said office of bond commissioners shall from and after that date cease to exist; it being the intention of this Act to repeal said bond commission, effective January 1, 1920. Act of 1916 repealed. Bond commission abolished. Sec. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid that the members of said bond commission shall on January 1, 1920, turn over and deliver to said Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for said county, as may be created by this General Assembly, all papers, files, dockets, and records belonging to, or appertaining to the business of said bond commission hereby abolished, together with all moneys in their custody or control belonging to said county. Records. Sec. 3. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid that all laws or parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and they are hereby repealed. Approved August 18, 1919.

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BEN HILL DEPOSITORY ACT REPEALED. No. 272. An Act to repeal an Act entitled An Act creating a county depository in and for Ben Hill County, to provide for the receiving and disbursing of county funds, and for the keeping of records as heretofore kept by the county treasurers of this State, and defining the duties of County Commissioners relative thereto, and for other purposes, said Act approved August 8, 1916. 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 creating a county depository in and for Ben Hill County, and to provide for the receiving and disbursing of county funds, and for the keeping of records as heretofore kept by the county treasurers of this State, and defining the duties of County Commissioners relative thereto, and for other purposes. Said Act approved August 8, 1916 (Acts of 1916, pages 356-359), be and the same is hereby repealed. Act of 1916 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, 1918. BEN HILL DEPOSITORY CREATED. No. 332. An Act creating a county depository in and for Ben Hill County, and to provide for the receiving and disbursing of county funds, and for the keeping of records, relative thereto, and defining the duties of County Commissioners, relative thereto, and for other purposes. Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia and it is hereby enacted by authority of

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the same, That from and after the passage of this Act, that certain banks known as the First National Bank of Fitzgerald, Georgia, and the Exchange National Bank of Fitzgerald, Georgia, be and the same are hereby created county depositories in and for Ben Hill County, for the purpose of receiving and disbursing of county funds as [Illegible Text] received and disbursed by its treasurer. All of the funds received by the said county to be equally divided between the two above named banks; to-wit: First National Bank of Fitzgerald, Exchange National Bank of Fitzgerald. Depositories named. Sec. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, that the said banks before entering upon their duties as said depositories shall deliver to the Commissioners of Roads and Revenues of Ben Hill County, a good and solvent bond to the county, with some surety bonding company doing business in this State, as surety, or signed by the directors of each of said banks, at the option of the Commissioners of Roads and Revenues of said county, at their first regular meeting after the passage of this Act, and conditioned for the faithful performance of all duties devolving upon said depositories under this Act. Bond. Sec. 3. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid that the Commissioners of Roads and Revenues of said county shall furnish said depositories with record books such as will be necessary for the keeping of a complete record of all business done by said depositories. Said book or books must be labeled in the following manner: If cash book, the label must read Cash Book, Ben Hill County Depositories. All other books must be labeled in the same manner. Record books. Sec. 4. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, that the Commissioners of Roads and Revenues shall have printed and ready for use as soon after the passage of this Act as practicable, [Illegible Text] county warrants in the following from: County warrants.

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Fitzgerald, Ga.,..... 19..... $..... County Warrant No..... Ben Hill County Commissioners of [Illegible Text] and Revenues orders the First National Bank of Fitzgerald, Exchange National Bank of Fitzgerald, joint County Depositories, to pay to the order of..... Dollars out of..... fund. ..... Chairman. ..... Clerk. For..... and all warrants issued after the passage of this Act must be issued according to the above form and must be signed by the chairman of the County Commissioners and the clerk of said board before they are authorized to be paid by the county [Illegible Text]. Sec. 5. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, that the county [Illegible Text] as described and created in Section 1 of this Act, be and are hereby authorized to receive and disburse all county funds as heretofore received and disbursed by its county depository. Said depositories are further authorized to pay out of any funds on hand in the name of the county upon presentation of the county warrant properly issued and signed upon the regular form as set out in Section 4 of this Act. Said depositories shall pay out all county funds only upon a regular county warrant, except in such [Illegible Text] where the judge of the Superior Courts of the county has jurisdiction and issues an order, upon the county depositories, and in that event said depositories must secure a county warrant for their record. Disbursements. Sec. 6. Be it further [Illegible Text] by the authority aforesaid that said depositories shall keep in a well bound book or books to be furnished by the county, as set out in Section 3 of this Act, a complete record of all moneys received

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(from whom received and from what account received, whether ad-valorem, or shows, or special, or automobile taxes, or from other sources not herein mentioned), and all disbursements, and how disbursed and on what fund. Said depositories shall on the first day of each month return to the Board of County Commissioners all paid and cancelled county warrants held by them up to the time of said returns, and to do any other duties heretofore required of the county depository of this county, or county treasurer of this State. Accounts. Sec. 7. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, that it shall be unlawful for the said First National Bank and Exchange National Bank depositories or either of them to discount any county warrants drawn upon them or either of them. There shall be nothing herein construed to deprive said banks as a corporation from receiving county warrants as collateral against loans made by said banks as a corporation. Discounting county warrants unlawful. Sec. 8. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, that the term of office for county depositories as set out and created in this Act, shall be during the life of said Act; provided said banks or either of them should fail or cease to exist, then and in that event the Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues shall immediately choose another depository who shall perform the duties of said office until regulated by law. Term of office. Sec. 9. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, that the depositories as designated in Section 1 of this Act, shall receive no compensation for acting as such, but said commissioners shall, if possible, get such depositories to pay said county interest on any balance they may have with said depositories, for the privilege of acting as such depositories. No pay for depository. Interest on deposits. Sec. 10. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, that all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be and the same are hereby repealed. Approved August 19, 1919.

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BEN HILL PRIMARY ELECTIONS; REPEAL OF ACT AS TO DATE OF. No. 129. An Act to repeal an Act entitled, An Act to cause a permanent date for county primary elections in Ben Hill County, said date to be on the same date as State primary, approved August 12, 1915. Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same, that from and after the passage of this Act, an Act entitled, An Act to cause a permanent date for county primary elections in Ben Hill County, said date to be on the same date as State primary, approved August 12, 1915, be and the same is hereby repealed. Act of 1915 repealed. Sec. 2. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be and the same are hereby repealed. Approved August 18, 1919. BERRIEN BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS; AMENDING ACT. No. 355. An Act to amend an Act creating the Board of Commissioners of Berrien County, together with Acts amendatory thereof, so as to provide that the Ordinary of Berrien County shall be clerk thereof; to provide for increased pay for the members of said board, and their said clerk; to provide that said Board of County Commissioners shall for a certain period be required to employ an experienced road engineer to manage the work upon the roads in said county, and for other purposes.

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Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia, That the Ordinary of Berrien County shall be clerk of the Board of Commissioners of said county. Ordinary to be clerk of board. Sec. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the members of the Board of Commissioners of Berrien County shall receive for services rendered by them for said county the sum of five ($5.00) dollars per day for time actually spent by them, to the county's business. The Ordinary of Berrien County, the clerk of siad board, shall keep all minutes, and do all clerical work for said Board of Commissioners of Berrien County, and shall receive as compensation for such services the sum of four ($4.00) dollars per day, for time actually given by him to such clerical duties. Pay of commissioners and clerk. Sec. 3. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That said Board of Commissioners shall be required to employ a skilled and competent engineer to manage road construction in said county, should money be raised either by bonds or otherwise for the building and construction of roads in said county, the salary of such engineer to be fixed and agreed upon by said Board of County Commissioners, likewise his term of employment, such employment to terminate as soon as such funds have been exhausted in such road construction; provided, however, that should a road engineer in the employ, and under the State Highway Commission of Georgia, be available for such road construction in said county, and whose services could be procured, then, in that event, said Board of Commissioners of Berrien County are hereby authorized to procure the services of such engineer, partially or in whole for such road construction. Employment of engineer. 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.

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BERRIEN BOND COMMISSION CREATED. No. 189. An Act to provide for the naming by the grand jury of a bond commission for said county, to consist of six representative citizens of each militia district in said county, whose duty it shall be to measure all the public roads in their respective districts in said county, after which they shall meet with such commissioners from all the districts in said county, at the court house in said county, when and where they shall make report of all such road mileage in each and all said districts, at which time they shall determine how much of said road mileage shall be paved with funds derived or to be derived from the sale of bonds for road construction in Berrien County, select such roads or road in each militia district to be paved or built as shall be recommended by the six members of such local districts, same to be done in such manner as shall insure the equal distribution as nearly as can be done, of the said funds to be so expended, according to road mileage throughout the county, and for other purposes. Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same, that from and after the passage of this Act there shall be created for the County of Berrien a commission to be known as a bond commission, for said county, same to be composed of six representative citizens and taxpayers, to be residents of, and for each militia district in said county, to be named by the grand jury of said county at the first term of the Superior Court thereof, or later, after the passage of this Act. Bond commission. Sec. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, that it shall be the duty of the said Bond Commissioners for each district to measure their public roads in and for their respective districts, as soon as practicable after their election by the grand

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jury, after which they shall meet at the county site of said county, assemble with the other boards from the other districts in said county, and elect a chairman and secretary of said commission, whose duty it shall be to make and keep a record in a proper book for that purpose, of the mileage of each public road in Berrien County, and prepare and file in said book, a proper map showing the location of each and every public road in all the districts of said county. Duties. Sec. 3. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, that it shall be the duty of said bond commission, which commission shall be composed of all committeemen of all the various districts of said county, or a majority thereof in meeting assembled, determine how much of said road mileage in said county shall be paved with funds derived or to be derived from the sale of bonds for road construction in said county, and select such road or roads in each militia district to be paved, built or constructed, as shall be recommended by the six members, or a majority of them, of such militia districts, same to be done in such manner as shall insure, as nearly as possible, equal distribution of the whole fund to be so expended for roads, according to road mileage throughout the county; provided, however, that the authorities having control of the funds of said county for road construction shall be bound to expend funds only upon the roads so recommended by said commission to be built and constructed in the various districts of said county, and said bond commission shall confer from time to time, with the authorities for the Georgia Highway Commission, and with authorities from the Federal Government, as far as practical, and recommend the building of such roads as shall be connected in a way to get the aid of the State Highway Commission of Georgia, and the aid of the Federal Government, if in their judgment this can be done, in fairness to the people of the whole County of Berrien. Selection of roads to be built, etc. Sec. 4. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, that said bond commission shall act without pay. No pay for commissioners.

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Sec. 5. Be it further enacted that all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be and the same are hereby repealed. Approved August 18, 1919. BERRIEN DEPOSITORIES; AMENDING ACT. No. 252. An Act to amend an Act approved August 2, 1916, abolishing the office of treasurer of Berrien County, providing in lieu thereof for the naming of certain bank or banks as depositories and disbursing agents for said county, so as to provide for an increase in the rate of interest to be paid by said depositories, and disbursing agents to said county, and provide that in order to qualify as such depositories, and disbursing agent, a bank shall give the required bond, and be required to have undivided profits and surplus equal to 10 per cent of the capital stock of the bank, actually paid in, or such bank be a designated State depository; to further provide that the funds belonging to the County of Berrien be so divided among the banks located at Milltown, Ray City, Nashville, and Alapaha, not to exceed four in number, as shall qualify under the requirements of said Act as amended and shall at all times make the balances kept by said county in said depository banks as nearly equal as possible, 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, approved August 2, 1916, abolishing the treasurer's office of Berrien County, be amended in the following manner: By adding at the end of Section 2 the following: One of said banks to be located at Milltown, Ray City, Nashville, and Alapaha, not to exceed four in number, as shall qualify under the requirements of said Act as amended, so that said section when so amended shall read as follows: Act of 1916 amended.

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Sec. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, that the County Commissioners of Berrien County shall select some duly incorporated bank or banks, State or National, in said county, to act as depository, or depositories and disbursing agent or agents of and for the public funds of the county, one of said banks to be located at Milltown, Ray City, Nashville and Alapaha, not to exceed four in number, as shall qualify under the requirements of said Act as amended. Sec. 2 as amended. Depositories. Sec. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, that Section 3 of said Act be amended by striking therefrom all of said section, beginning with the word if, after the, word shall in the fifth line of said section, down to and including the word cent, before the word on in the eighth line of said section, and inserting in lieu thereof, the following: secure the best possible rate of interest from such banks to said county for the use of the funds and privilege of acting as such depositories and disbursing agents, as it is possible for the Commissioners of Roads and Revenues of said county handling such funds to secure, so that when so amended said section shall read as follows: Sec. 3. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, that such bank or banks as shall be so designated as such depository or depositories, disbursing agent or agents, shall receive no compensation for acting as such, but said County Commissioners shall secure the best possible rate of interest from such banks to said county for the use of the funds and privilege of acting as such depositories and disbursing agents, as it is possible for the Commissioners of Roads and Revenues of said county handling such funds to secure on daily balances of such county's funds in their hands from time to time which amount shall be paid quarterly. Sec. 3 as amended. No compensation. Sec. 3. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, that Section 4 of said Act be amended by striking therefrom all of said section, beginning with the word fifty after the word least in the fifth line of said

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section, down to and including the word in and before the word and in the sixth line thereof, and inserting in lien thereof the following: ten per cent of its capital stock paid in, or such bank be a designated State depository, so that said section when so amended shall read as follows: Section 4, Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, that no bank shall be allowed to contract with the Commissioners of Berrien County as depository or disbursing agent unless its financial statement shows that its undivided profits and surplus is equal to at least ten per cent of its capital stock paid in, or such bank be a designated State depository, and that no such bank shall be allowed to act as such depository and disbursing agent until it shall have given a bond, payable to said County Commissioners of Berrien County, and their successors in office, with securities to be approved by them, and conditioned for the faithful performance of all the duties pertaining to said appointment, and in a sum which, in the [Illegible Text] of said Board of County Commissioners, will be double the amount of said county funds that will prebably be deposited with such bank for the ensuing twelve months from the date of the bond. The property of such bank as well as the security or securities on such bond shall be bound from the time of the execution thereof, for the payment of any and all liability arising from the breach of said bond, and the bond to be conditioned further upon the faithful accounting to said County Commissioners for all funds of said county so intrusted to said bank. It shall be within the power of said County Commissioners to call upon said bank to strengthen said bond or to give a new bond, at any time, and in default of same being done, to revoke the appointment of such bank as depository and disbursing agent. Sec. 4 as amended. What required of banks. Sec. 4. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, that the Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues of Berrien County shall keep the funds belonging to said county as rearly equally divided on deposit among the several depository banks as herein provided, or as can possibly

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be done, and shall draw their [Illegible Text] or warrants from time to time, looking to that end. Division of deposits. Sec. 5. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, that all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be and the same are hereby repealed. Approved August 19, 1919. BROOKS; BULLS AND BOARS AT LARGE. No. 85. An Act to encourage and protect raising of fine and improved cattle and hogs in Brooks County, by prohibiting the running at large in said county, and beyond the limits of the lands of the owner or manager, of any bull or boar over four months old, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by the authority aforesaid: Section 1. From and after sixty days after the passage of this Act no bull or boar over four months old shall be permitted to run at large in Brooks County, Georgia, beyond the limits of the lands of the owner or manager. Animals not to run at large. Sec. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, that such bulls or boars running at large in said county shall be subjected to the provisions of Sections 2033 to 2035 inclusive, Volume 1, of Code 1910. Penalty. Sec. 3. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, that all laws and parts of laws in conflict herewith be and the same are hereby repealed. Approved August 25, 1919.

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BRYAN DEPOSITORIES; AMENDING ACT. No. 237. An Act to amend An Act to abolish the office of County Treasurer for the County of Bryan, State of Georgia; to provide for the selection and qualification of county depository or depositories for the funds of said county; to provide for the receiving, holding and disbursing of the funds of said county, and for other purposes, approved August 1, 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 the Act entitled An Act to abolish the office of County Treasurer for the County of Bryan, State of Georgia; to provide for the selection and qualification of county depository or depositories for the funds of said county; to provide for the receiving, holding and disbursing of the funds of said county, approved August 1, 1918, be, and the same is hereby amended by striking from the fourth line of the first section of said Act the figures 1921 and substituting in lieu thereof the figures 1920, so that said Section 1, when so amended, shall read as follows: Ga. L. 1918, p. 408; 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 on and after the 1st day of January, 1920, the office of County Treasurer for the County of Bryan, State of Georgia, shall be and the same is hereby abolished. 1920 substituted for 1921. Sec. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid that Section 4 of said Act be, and the same is hereby amended by striking from the fourth line of said Section 4 of said Act the figures 1921 and substituting in lieu thereof the figures 1920 so that when so amended said Section 4 of said Act shall read as follows: Section 4. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, that the Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues, or other

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county authorities, for Bryan County, shall at their first meeting in January, 1920, or as soon thereafter as practicable, select by a majority vote of said commissioners, as a depository or depositories for the funds of the County of Bryan, any bank or banks or trust company, state or national, authorized to do business in this State, such selected to be for the term of one year and until the selection and qualification of such depository's or depositories' successor or successors. The selection of such depository or depositories shall be made by majority vote of the commissioners, or other county authorities, at the first regular meeting in each year. Should any bank in Bryan County fail to qualify as such depository, said commissioners or other authorities are hereby authorized to select some bank or banks in an adjoining county; provided, however, the banks of Bryan County shall first be given an opportunity to qualify. Sec. 4 as amended. Selection of depository. Sec. 3. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, that all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act he and the same are hereby repealed. Approved August 19, 1919. BULLOCH; BULLS AND BOARS AT LARGE. No. 159. An Act to encourage the raising of live stock in Bulloch County, Georgia, by prohibiting the running at large in said county, beyond the limits of the lands of its owner or manager, any bull or uncastrated male cow, or any boar or uncastrated male hog over four months old, and for other purposes. Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same as follows: That from and after sixty days from the passage of this Act, no bull or uncastrated male cow and no boar or uncastrated male hog over four months old

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shall be permitted to run at large in Bulloch County, Georgia, beyond the limits of the lands of its owner or manager. Animals not to run at large. Sec. 2. Such bull or boars so running at large in said county shall be subject to the provisions of Sections 2033 to 2035 inclusive, Volume 1, of Code of 1910, Section 3. Penalty. Sec. 3. All laws and parts of laws in conflict herewith be and the same are hereby repealed. Approved August 18, 1919. CARROLL BOND COMMISSION CREATED. No. 92. An Act to create a Bond Commission in and for the County of Carroll, to name the members of said commission; to fix their terms of office, and to provide for filling vacancies that may be caused by death or otherwise, to define the powers and duties of said commission and to fix their compensation, and for other purposes. Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same, that from and after the passage of this Act there shall be created and established in the County of Carroll a Bond Commission consisting of the Commissioner of Roads and Revenues of said county, who shall be chairman of such commission and four other citizens of said Carroll County, to-wit: W. T. Freel, J. Henry Pope, A. J. Baskin, and T. S. Lumsden. Bond commission; members designated. Said Bond Commission is created for the purpose of advising, aiding and assisting in the construction and building of certain roads that may be named in any call for an election for bonds for public roads in said county during the years 1919 and 1920, and said commissioners shall hold office until said roads so named are completed or until said fund arising from the sale of such bonds shall have been exhausted; provided that in the event of a vacancy on said

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commission, caused either by death or otherwise, the remaining members of such commission shall fill such vacancy until the next term of Carroll Superior Court, at which time the grand jury shall name a successor, who shall be appointed by the judge of the Superior Court of said county; provided that no militia district shall have more than one of such commissioners except the 714th G. M., in which one chairman and one other member may reside. Duties. Term of office. Vacancies. Sec. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, that before entering upon the discharge of his duties, each of said bond commissioners shall take and subscribe the oath required of all civil officers and also the following oath: I do swear that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties of Bond Commissioners for Carroll County during my continuance in office, according to law and to the best of my knowledge and ability, without favor or affection to any party, so help me God. Oath. Sec. 3. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, that the duties and powers of said Bond Commission shall be as follows, to-wit: (1) To determine the order in point of time in which such reads as heretofore designated in Section 1 shall be constructed; (2) to employ a competent engineer or engineers to lay out and superintend the construction of such roads, to fix his compensation and to prescribe his duties; (3) to award contracts after due and proper advertisement by the Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for the construction of said roads; (4) to determine the character of such roads as may be built; (5) To accept and approve or reject such work as may be done by the contractors before payment therefor. It shall be the duty of the Commissioners of Roads and Revenues of said county to abide by the actions of said Bond Commission in the aforesaid matters, which shall be recorded by the clerk of said Commissioners of Roads and Revenues on his minutes. Powers and duties. Sec. 4. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, that it shall be the duty of said commission to act in conjunction

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with the Commissioners of Roads and Revenues of said county in procuring any Federal or State aid for public highways that is now or may hereafter be made available, and in the expenditure of such fund said commission shall perform such duties and powers as set out in the preceding section. Federal or State aid. Sec. 5. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid that said commission shall meet at such times and places as may be designated when such meeting is called by the chairman and said meetings may be called as often as necessary in the discretion of the chairman, or upon application of any two members of said commission. Each member of said commission, except the chairman, shall be paid five dollars per day for each day's service, out of the general funds of said county. Meetings. Compensation. 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 12, 1919. CARROLL COMMISSIONER AND CLERK; SALARIES INCREASED. No. 131. An Act to amend the Act creating the office of Commissioner of Roads and Revenues for the County of Carroll, etc., approved August 17, 1908, and all Acts amendatory thereof, so as to provide an increase of salary for said commissioner and to provide additional funds for clerk hire, and for other purposes. Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same, that from and after the passage of this Act, Section 8 of the original Act, approved August 17, 1908, creating the office of Commissioner of Roads and Revenues for the County of Carroll, as amended by the Act of August 10, 1910, and the

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Act of August 7, 1915, and further amended by the Act of August 7, 1917, be, and the same is hereby amended by striking said Section 8, and substituting in lieu thereof the following, to-wit: Acts amended. Sec. 8. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, that said Commissioner shall receive for his services as such, a salary of eighteen hundred dollars per annum, to be paid monthly out of the treasury of said county. He shall also be authorized to employ a clerk at a salary not exceeding nine hundred dollars per annum, to be paid monthly out of said treasury. Said commissioner shall receive no fees. Substitute for Sec. 8. Salaries. 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. CHATHAM; BONDS FOR SCHOOLS AUTHORIZED; DISBURSEMENT OF PROCEEDS; TAXATION TO PAY BONDS. No. 38. An Act to authorize the County of Chatham to incur a bonded indebtedness of not exceeding five hundred thousand ($500,000.00) dollars for the purpose of building and equipping new school houses and the appurtenances therefor in said county, and acquiring the land therefor, and to provide for the assessment and collection of an annual tax sufficient in amount to pay the principal and interest of said debt within thirty (30) years from the date of incurring said indebtedness; to provide for the sale of said bonds and the disbursement of the proceeds thereof; to provide for the equipment and construction of said school houses and the purchase of the land therefor by The Board of Public Education for the City of Savannah and the County of Chatham, and

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for the vesting of the title thereof in said Board of Public Education, 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 County of Chatham is hereby authorized, upon compliance with Article 7, Section 7, paragraphs 1 and 2 of the Constitution of this State, and the Statutes enacted in pursuance thereof, to incur a bonded indebtedness of not exceeding five hundred thousand ($500,000.00) dollars for the purpose of building and equipping new school houses and the appurtenances therefor in said county and acquiring the land therefor, and is also hereby authorized, at or before the time of incurring said bonded indebtedness, to provide for the assessment and collection of an annual tax sufficient in amount to pay the principal and interest of said debt within thirty (30) years from the date of incurring said indebtedness, which tax shall be levied by the Commissioners of Chatham County and ex-officio Judges upon all the property of the county, and shall be a tax separate from and in addition to the local tax for public schools which is levied by said commissioners upon the recommendation of The Board of Public Education for the City of Savannah and the County of Chatham. Bonds for schools. Tax to pay bonds. Sec. 2. Be it further enacted, That if the issue of said bonds shall be duly authorized, the said school houses and the appurtenances therefor shall be built and equipped and the land purchased therefor by and in the name of The Board of Public Education for the City of Savannah and the County of Chatham, and all the details with respect to the building and equipping said school houses and appurtenances therefor and the purchase of land therefor, shall be determined by said Board of Public Education, and the title to such buildings, equipment and appurtenances therefor, and land shall be and it is hereby vested in said Board of Public Education. Board of Education to buy land, build, etc. Sec. 3. Be it further enacted that the bonds authorized to be issued in pursuance of this Act shall be negotiated and sold by the Commissioners of Chatham County and

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ex-officio Judges in such amounts, at such times and when and as requested by said Board of Public Education, and the proceeds thereof shall be kept separate and apart from the other county funds, and shall be paid out upon the order of the said County Commissioners from time to time as the building of such schools and the appurtenances therefor progress or equipment or land therefor is purchased, to the said Board of Public Education in such amounts and whenever the said Board of Public Education, by resolutions duly passed, shall certify that it has expended moneys for or incurred money obligations in the building or equipping of such schools and the appurtenances therefor in the purchase of land therefor, and shall also certify the amounts thereof and the names of the persons to whom such moneys have been paid or such money obligations have been incurred. Sale of bonds. Disbursements. Sec. 4. Be it further enacted, that said school houses may be built on land now owned by the said Board of Public Education or purchased hereafter by it out of public funds subject to its control. School houses. Sec. 5. Be it further enacted, that all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act shall be and the same are hereby repealed. Approved August 8, 1919. CHATHAM COMMISSIONERS AND EX-OFFICIO JUDGES; POLICE POWER, ORDINANCES, TAXATION, EXPENSES, ETC. No. 280. An Act to alter, amend, and revise the several laws creating and establishing the Commissioners of Chatham County and ex-officio Judges, 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 Commissioners of Chatham County and

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ex-officio Judges shall have power and authority from time to time to make, ordain and establish such by-laws, ordinances, rules and regulations as shall appear to them requisite and necessary for the security, welfare and convenience of Chatham County and its inhabitants, and for preserving the health, peace, good government within the limits of the same, but not to operate within the limits of any municipal corporation, or include the police jurisdiction given by law to any municipality beyond its limits. Said commissioners may provide and enforce a penalty for the breach of such ordinances, rules, and regulations not to exceed a fine of $100.00 or thirty days at work upon any farm operated by said commissioners, either or both. Any judge of Municipal Court of Savannah may hear and determine a case against and acquit or sentence any person charged with a violation of any such by-laws, ordinances or regulations. Powers of commissioners. Ordinances. Penalties. Trials. Sec. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, that the Commissioners of Chatham County and ex-officio Judges shall have the power and authority to lay off taxing districts in any portion of said county outside the corporate limits of any municipality, and may, in addition to the general county taxes imposed by them, impose special taxes not exceeding five mills per hundred dollars upon the property, personal and real, located within said taxing districts, the money raised by such special taxes to be used by the said authorities for the benefit of the inhabitants within said districts and for the purpose of carrying out the powers contained in Section 1 of this Act. Taxation. Sec. 3. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, that said Commissioners of Chatham County and ex-officio Judges shall have the authority to appropriate from time to time such moneys as may be necessary to establish and maintain a law library for the use of the judges and other officers of the courts of Chatham County, and pay the expenses of maintaining the same, said sums of money to be charged and paid as other court expenses are charged and paid. Money for law library.

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Sec. 4. Be it further enacted that said Commissioners of Chatham County and ex-officio Judges shall have the authority to contract for the indexing of the deed and mortgage records of Chatham County from the beginning of said records until the present time, and to contract for continuing the indexing of the same, and to appropriate sufficient funds to pay the cost of such indexing, and such sums as may be necessary for re-binding and preserving the records of the city and Superior Courts of Chatham County, and said Chatham County Records. Indexing records. Sec. 5. Be it further enacted that the Commissioners of Chatham County and ex-officio Judges may, in addition to the regular meetings of the Board, hold recess, called, adjourned and special meetings, and at such meetings may transact any and all business which could be transacted at regular meetings. Meetings. Sec. 6. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, that the Commissioners of Chatham County and ex-officio Judges shall have authority to appoint a deputy clerk for said commissioners, who in the event of the absence or disability of the clerk of said commissioners, may perform any duties which the clerk could perform if present. Deputy clerk. Sec. 7. Be it further enacted that the employment by the said commissioners heretofore made of the deputy sheriffs, bailiffs and special bailiffs of the City Court of Savannah be and it is hereby ratified and confirmed. Deputy sheriffs, etc. Sec. 8. Be it further enacted that all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be and the same are hereby repealed. Approved August 18, 1919.

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CHEROKEE, PER DIEM OF JURORS IN JUSTICE COURTS. No. 120. An Act to provide compensation for jurors in justice courts of Cherokee County, Georgia, in addition to the compensation now allowed by law; to provide for the payment of same, and for other purposes. Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, that from and after the passage of this Act the jurors in the justice courts of Cherokee County, in addition to the compensation now allowed by law, shall be entitled to the sum of one dollar per day each, and the same for each fractional part of a day, while in attendance upon a justice court in said county in obedience to a summons issued and served upon them for that purpose, or while serving as a talesman therein. Pay of jurors. Sec. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, that when any person entitled to pay as a juror under the provisions of this Act, he shall make affidavits on the back of his summons of the number of days that he has attended upon said summons, said affidavits giving the dates of the service and the court in which said service was rendered, and the justice or notary who presided therefor, and when this is done the said summons shall be and order or warrant on the county treasurer of said county, and shall be by said county treasurer paid upon presentation out of the county funds for jurors in the Superior Courts are paid. Collection. 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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CLINCH BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS; ELECTION TO ABOLISH. No. 260. An Act to repeal an Act entitled An Act to create a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for the County of Clinch, to define their powers and duties, and for other purposes pertaining thereto, approved August 2, 1915, and published in the Acts of 1915, page 190. Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same, that from and immediately after January 1, 1922, an Act entitled An Act to create a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for the County of Clinch, to define their powers and duties, and for other purposes pertaining thereto, approved August 2, 1915, and contained in the Acts of 1915, page 190, be and the same is hereby repealed. This Act shall become effective only when it has been submitted to vote of the qualified electors of Clinch County at the next general election at which those in favor of the bill shall put upon their ballots For abolishing the County Commissioners, and those opposed to the bill shall put upon their ballots, Against the abolishment of the County Commissioners. If the majority of the electors vote to abolish, the bill shall go into effect January 1, 1922. If a majority of the voters vote against the abolishment of the County Commissioners, the bill shall be null and void. Repeal of Act of 1915. Referred to popular vote. Effective Jan. 1, 1922. Sec. 2. Be it further enacted by authority aforesaid, that all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be and the same are hereby repealed. Approved August 19, 1919.

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COFFEE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS ABOLISHED. No. 206. An Act to repeal An Act to create a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for the County of Coffee; to provide for the appointment and election of members thereof; to define their duties and powers; to prescribe their qualifications, and for other purposes, approved July 26, 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 an Act entitled An Act to create a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for the County of Coffee; to provide for the appointment and election of members thereof; to define their duties and powers, and prescribe their qualifications, and for other purposes, approved July 26, 1918, Acts of 1918, pages 413-423, be and the same is hereby repealed, and said Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues is hereby abolished. Act of 1918 repealed. Board abolished. Sec. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, that this Act shall go into effect and become operative on the 1st day of January, 1920. 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. COFFEE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS CREATED. No. 350. An Act to create a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for the County of Coffee, State of Georgia, to provide for the election of members thereof, to prescribe

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their powers, duties, compensation, and for other purposes. Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, that a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for the County of Coffee, in said State, is hereby created, to consist of three members, who shall be qualified voters of said county. Board created. Sec. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That for the purpose of this Act, the County of Coffee shall be divided into three road districts, as follows: the Douglas Militia District and the portions of the McDonald Militia District and the Mora Militia District and the Willacoochee Militia District, which were left in Coffee County after the creation of Atkinson County, shall constitute district number one; the Wooten Militia District and the Phillips Mill Militia District together shall constitute district number two; the Tanner Militia District and the Pickren Militia District shall constitute district number three, and one commissioner shall be elected for each road district from the territory embraced in such road district. Road districts; member from each. Sec. 3. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the first commissioners to be elected under this Act shall be elected by the qualified voters of said county, on the fourth (4th) day of October, 1919, at a special election to be called therefor by the Ordinary of said county, under the terms of this bill, said election to be held under the same laws controlling elections for members of General Assembly of Georgia. One member shall be elected from each of the three road districts and no member shall be elected from any road district unless he is a bona fide resident of the same, but each member shall be elected by the voters of the entire county, and not by the voters of his district alone. Said commissioners, elected at such special election shall qualify and assume their duties as such commissioners on the first Monday in January, 1920, and shall

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hold office until the first Monday in January, 1921, or until their successors shall be elected and qualified. Election. Term of office. Sec. 4. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the terms of office of said commissioners after January, 1921, shall be for two years, beginning with January 1, 1921 and as these terms expire their successors shall be elected for full terms of two years each at the same time and under the same laws controlling elections for county officers and any member may become his own successor in office, if elected. Terms of successors. Sec. 5. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That should a vacancy from death, resignation, removal from county or district, or otherwise, occur on said Board of Commissioners, the same shall be filled by appointment of the Judge of the Superior Court of said County of Coffee, until the first day of January after the general election held next after the expiration of thirty days from the time such vacancy occurs, at which election a successor for the unexpired term shall be elected and said successor either by appointment or election shall be from the road district from which the vacancy occurs. In the election to be held under the provision of this Act on the fourth (4th) day of October, 1919, and for the purpose of this election all voters residing in the portions of the Willacoochee, Mora and McDonald districts of said county, who are left in Coffee County after the organization of Atkinson County and in which no voting [Illegible Text] is provided in said portions of districts, said voters if otherwise qualified shall be authorized to vote in said election in the Douglas voting [Illegible Text] and the registrars of said county in making up the voters lists are hereby authorized to place the names of said voters on the list prepared for the Douglas voting [Illegible Text]. Vacancies. Voters in 1919 election. Sec. 6. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That each commissioner before entering upon his duties shall give bonds in the sum of one thousand dollars each, payable to the Ordinary of said county, and his successors in office, and shall take and subscribe to an oath before the

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Ordinary of said county to well and faithfully perform his duties as such commissioner of this Act and said bond shall be filed with the Ordinary and recorded upon his minutes. Said bond shall be for the faithful performance of the duties of the office and may be sued on by the Ordinary on his own motion or by direction of the grand jury and any commissioner and his sureties shall be liable for any breach thereof by way of malfeasance in office or for any neglect of duty. Bond. Sec. 7. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That said Board of Commissioners shall hold a regular meeting in each month on the first Monday thereof; the first meeting to be held on the first Monday in January, 1920, at ten o'clock A. M. when the present commissioner of Roads and Revenues for said county shall turn over to them their office, all records, books and official papers therein, together with all county property, with a full inventory of the same and a full and complete statement showing the financial condition of the county. At this meeting, or as soon thereafter as practical, the Board of Commissioners shall organize by electing one of the members as a chairman, one as a vice-chairman and every two years thereafter on the first Monday in January a chairman and vice-chairman shall be elected, but any chairman or vice-chairman shall hold his office until his successor is elected, and nothing herein shall prevent the re-election of any chairman or vice-chairman. The vice-chairman shall, in the absence or disqualification of the chairman or during the vacancy in the office of chairman, perform and discharge all of the duties of the chairman and in the event of a vacancy in the office of chairman, or vice-chairman the same shall be filled by the board at its next regular meeting. The chairman shall be the chief executive of the board. He shall see that all orders, resolutions and rules of said board are faithfully filled and impartially executed and enforced and that all the officers, employees, and agents of said board faithfully and impartially discharge the duties required of them. He shall have the general supervision of the affairs of the county, acting under

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orders of the board and shall preside at all meetings of the board. He shall have the power to convene the board in extra session upon his own inotion or upon the written request of the other two members of the board and shall do so whenever the other two members make such request. Meetings. Chairman and vice-chairman. Sec. 8. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the salaries to be received by the commissioners shall be $5.00 per day each, but no commissioner shall receive pay for more than sixty days in any one year, and his pay shall be for actual services rendered. At the first regular meeting in each month each commissioner shall furnish the clerk a statement of his services for the previous month, and upon approval of the board he shall be paid therefor from the county treasury in the same manner as other expenses of the county are paid. Pay of members. Sec. 9. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That said Board of Commissioners shall at their first regular meeting on the first Monday in January, 1920, or as soon thereafter as practical, and every two years thereafter on the first Monday in January, elect a clerk who shall be a competent bookkeeper at a salary to be fixed by the commissioners, and before entering upon his duties as such clerk, shall give bond to be approved by the Board of Commissioners payable to the Ordinary of said county and his successors in office, in the sum of two thousand dollars, conditioned for the faithful performance of his duties as such clerk and to account for any and all funds, property or effects which may come into his hands as such clerk, which bond shall be filed with the Ordinary of said county and recorded on his minutes and may be sued on in like manner as the bond of said commissioners. The Board of Commissioners shall cause the clerk to keep proper and accurate books of minutes wherein shall appear all acts, orders and proceedings of the board and shall also cause him to keep full and accurate books of accounts wherein shall appear in detail all orders, warrants and other proceedings drawn by the Board of Commissioners on the county treasury or despository for what purpose and on

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what fund, and all such orders and warrants shall be so drawn as to specify the purpose and on what fund drawn. Said books and records shall be so kept as to show at all times the financial conditions of the county and shall be open to inspection by any citizen or tax payer of the county or of any other person interested in the same. The clerk shall also keep a book of inventory of all county property, including road machinery, live stock, chaingang outfits, road working tools and every other kind and class of property belonging to said county, together with a fair valuation of the same, where located, in whose custody, and in what condition, which inventory shall be carefully revised each year, and the clerk shall keep such other books and records as may be necessary, or as the board may order and shall perform generally all and singular the acts and duties necessary to be performed by him, as such clerk, and such other duties as said Board of Commissioners may require. Said board may discharge said clerk at any time and elect a successor. Clerk. Salary. Bond. Duties of clerk. Sec. 10. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the clerk of the Board of Commissioners shall be purchasing agent of the board and shall upon orders of the board purchase all equipment, material and supplies of said county, of such kind and quality and in such quantities as he is directed by said Board of Commissioners, and whereever practical purchases of all equipment, material, and supplies shall be by competitive bids, which bids shall be kept on file in the office of the commissioner and subject to inspection by the grand jury, or other interested citizens. Said clerk and the chaingang warden shall together on or before the 25th of each month, prepare and file with said board a requisition for all supplies, material, equipment, etc., as near as the same can be ascertained, which will be required for the succeeding month, and after said requisition is filed with the board, the clerk of said board shall call upon those having said material for sale to make bids, or to submit bids, for the sale of such material or such portions thereof as such person or firm might sell. All purchases made by the clerk shall be upon written orders

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and duplicate copies of said orders shall be kept on file in the office of the commissioners and subject to inspection of the grand jury, and other interested parties, nothing herein shall prevent the purchases being made by the Board of Commissioners, or by committees of said board appointed for such purposes, but written orders therefor shall be given by the clerk. All purchases made shall be charged to Coffee County and before bills therefor are submitted to the board for approval, they shall be audited and payment thereof recommended by the clerk, if purchased by him, and if approved by the Board of Commissioners at a regular meeting thereof, said approval shall be endorsed upon said bills by the chairman and a list thereof entered upon the minutes of the board and when this is done warrants therefor shall be regularly drawn, which warrants shall be signed by the clerk and chairman as all other warrants drawn on the treasury of the county shall be signed before payment thereof is made, except that in the absence of the chairman and while the vice-chairman is acting as chairman said vice-chairman shall be authorized to sign warrants on the county treasury or depository. Purchases by clerk. Sec. 11. Be it further enacted by authority aforesaid, That said Board of Commissioners may at their discretion and when they deem necessary, elect a superintendent of roads and bridges to be selected on account of his efficiency and knowledge and skill in practical road building, preference to be given to a civil engineer, when he fully measures up to the other requirements. The superintendent may also be convict warden, but aside from his duties as warden, if elected to that position, he shall not engage in any other business, trade or calling during his term of service. This officer shall have charge of laying out, building, preparing, improving and maintaining the public roads and bridges of the county under orders of the Board of Commissioners. He shall receive such salary as may be fixed by the Board of Commissioners and his term of office shall be such as may be fixed by the board, with authority vested in the board, to [Illegible Text] him at any time and elect

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or employ a successor. The superintendent or warden shall give his receipt in writing to the clerk of the board for all supplies and materials furnished to him by the board, which receipt shall be kept filed in the office of the Board of Commissioners. Superintendent of roads, etc. Sec. 12. Be it further enacted by authority aforesaid, That the Board of Commissioners shall have the books and accounts of the tax collector, tax receiver, treasurer, sheriff, superintendent of schools, and Commissioners of Roads and Revenues audited by a Certified Public Accountant, of this State, immediately after they take charge of the affairs of the county to cover such period as they may think advisable and each year thereafter they must have the books and accounts of said officers examined for the year previous, full reports of such audits, including statements of assets and liabilities, of revenues and expenses and such schedules as may be necessary for a clear understanding of the affairs of the county, as of January first of each year shall be made and such audits shall be completed and furnished to the next succeeding term of the grand jury of the county, an intelligent statement of each audit showing the financial condition of the county, its receipts and disbursements shall be published by the commissioners, in the official organ of the county, if satisfactory prices therefor can be made for such publication, if not then in some newspaper having a general circulation in the county, that the citizens and taxpayers may fully understand the financial condition of the county. Said board shall publish each month in such newspaper an itemized statement of receipts and disbursements. Audit of accounts. Sec. 13. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, that said Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues shall have, and they are hereby vested with exclusive jurisdiction and control over the following matters, to-wit: In directing, controlling, and caring for all the property of the county according to law; in levying taxes according to law; in establishing, altering, or abolishing public roads, private ways, bridges and ferries, according to law, in

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establishing, abolishing, or changing election precinets and militia districts, according to law; in supervising the tax collector's and tax receiver's books and in allowing the insolvent list for said county, according to law; in scttling all claims against the county; examining and auditing all claims and accounts of officers having the care, management, keeping, collecting, or disbursement, of money belonging to the county, or appropriating for its use or benefit and bringing them to settlement, and especially are they charged with frequently examining and auditing and checking the books of the county treasury or county depository; the tax collector, the tax receiver, the sheriff, the superintendent of public schools, or other officers of said county through whose hands county funds may pass and this may be done by the commissioners themselves through their clerk or auditor, and they may require from all such officers, subject to examination, such reports as may be necessary to keep such Board of Commissioners fully informed at all times of the financial condition of the county; in controlling, caring for and managing the convicts of the county, according to law; in making rules, regulations and provisions for the support of the poor of the county, according to law; in promoting and preserving the public health of the county, with authority to quarantine against contagious diseases and epidemics, according to law; in regulating and fixing license fees as may be provided by law; in providing for the levying and collecting of the commutation road taxes, fixing the amount to be paid in money or the number of days work to be performed in lieu thereof; in trying all road defaulters, in accordance with law, and generally to have and exercise all powers heretofore vested in the Ordinary of said county when sitting for county purposes and to exercise such other powers as are granted by law, or as may be indespensable to the jurisdiction over county matters, or county finances; in selecting and appointing all minor officials of the county whose election or appointment is not otherwise appointed by law, such as superinterdent and guards of convicts and chaingang, janitor of the court house, superintendent of

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pauper farms, should one be established, county physician and health officer, tax assessors, county policemen, and other officers and guards as needed and authorized by law and such board shall have authority to employ a competent attorney-at-law as county attorney to advise the board and represent the county in such matters as the Board of Commissioners may direct, who shall be paid such salary as the Board of Commissioners may fix, monthly out of the regular county funds of the county and such county attorney shall not hold any other office in the county, pertaining to legal duties during his term of office, with authority of the said Board of Commissioners to fix his term of office or to discharge him at any time; in regulating peddling license, according to law. Said board shall have entire control and management of the convicts of said county sentenced to work upon the roads or works of said county and all convicts of this State assigned to this county by the proper authorities of the State and shall so employ them according to law, and under such plans of working, building, repairing, and maintaining the public roads, bridges and works of said county as may now or hereafter be adopted, or enforced by law in said county. Jurisdiction. Sec. 14. Be it further, enacted by authority aforesaid, That said Board of Commissioners may receive contributions for the improvement of the public roads of the county from persons who own property along the same or from any other persons, or from the State Government or the United States Government, who may be interested in the improvement of the roads and such contributions when received shall be used for the improvement of the road designated by the contributor and it shall be the duty of the clerk to receive such contributions and to disburse the same as directed by the commissioners and he shall keep a book of accounts, which shall correctly show all such contributions, from whom received and a correct disbursement of the same, to whom paid and shall take and file receipts for all such disbursements and for any misappropriation of any such funds, he and his sureties on his bond shall be liable therefor. Contributions for roads.

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Sec. 15. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That it shall be unlawful for said commissioners to employ any person related within the third degree, either by blood or marriage, to any member of the board, or to contract with such person, or persons, for any equipment, material or supplies or for any work to be done upon the public roads, bridges, or other public works of the county and it likewise will be unlawful for any member of said board or their clerk, to have any financial interest in the sale or purchase of any articles to or from the county, or to receive any rebate, expense account, transportation, or other valuable consideration in connection with or through the purchase of any equipment or supplies for the county or the awarding of any contract for said county, and if any commissioner or the clerk, shall knowingly and wilfully violate any provision of this Section, he shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be punished as prescribed by Section 1065 of Penal Code of Georgia of 1910, and shall forfeit his office or be discharged from employment. Employment of relatives of members prohibited. Unlawful interest in contract, etc. Penalty. Sec. 16. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the chairman and one other member of said board, or in the absence of the chairman, the vice-chairman and one other member of the Board of Commissioners shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of any business of the board and all votes of the board making appropriations, authorizing the expenditure of county funds or fixing the salaries of officers, agents, or employees, shall be ayes and nays, duly recorded on the minutes and on any question or matter before the board any member may demand an aye and nay vote, and on such demand the vote shall be taken and recorded on the minutes. Quorum. Record of votes. Sec. 17. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the Ordinary of said county, shall call an election in said county, to be held on the fourth day of October, 1919, under the same rules and regulations as elections are held for the election of regular county officers and members of the general assembly, for the purpose of electing the

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Commissioners of Roads and Revenues of said county under this Act, and when said election shall be held the names of those elected shall be certified by the proper county authorities to the Governor of Georgia and such members shall be commissioned by the Governor of Georgia, upon their qualification as provided in this Act and in all future elections the members elected upon this board shall be likewise commissioned by the Governor of Georgia. Elections. Commission from governor. Sec. 18. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be and the same are hereby repealed. Approved August 18, 1919. COLUMBIA BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS CREATED. No. 110. An Act to create a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for the County of Columbia, to define their powers and duties and prescribe their qualifications; to provide for their selection, terms for which they shall be selected, their compensation, and for other purposes pertaining to county matters. 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 and created in Columbia County a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for said county, consisting of three members. Two of said members shall constitute a quorum and be capable and duly authorized to transact all business pertaining to their offices. Board created. Sec. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, that said commissioners shall be elected by the grand jury at the September term or Fall term of the Superior Court of Columbia County, to be held in the year 1920, and one of said commissioners shall be elected for a term of six (6)

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years, one for a term of four (4) years, and one for a term of two (2) years, and each of said terms shall begin on January 1, 1921, and their successors shall be elected by the grand jury at the Fall term of the Superior Court of said county, next preceding the expiration of said terms, to-wit: The successor to the one of said commissioners whose term is for two years, shall be elected by the grand jury at the Fall term of the Superior Court to be held in said county in 1922, and the successor to the one of said commissioners whose term is for four years, shall be elected by the grand jury at the Fall term of the Superior Court of said county to be held in 1924, and the regular election for the successor to the term of said commissioner whose term is for six years, shall be held at the Fall term of the Superior Court of said county, to be held in 1926, and in the same manner thereafter. Election of members. Sec. 3. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, that in the event any vacancy shall occur in the terms of the office of either of said commissioners, from death, resignation, disability or other cause, said vacancy or vacancies shall be filled immediately by appointment by the judge of the Superior Court of said county, and such appointee shall hold office until the next term of the Superior Court to be held in and for said county, at which time the grand jury shall, by election, fill said vacancy for the balance of the unexpired term of such commissioner. Vacancies. Sec. 4. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, that said Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues shall meet at the court house in said county, on the first Tuesday in each month, and on such other days as the business of the county may require, or when called in session by the chairman of the board, or as said board may determine. Meetings. Sec. 5. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, that [Illegible Text] person shall be eligible to be elected a member of said Board of Commissioners unless he be a freeholder, a qualified voter of said county, and shall have resided

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in said County of Columbia for two (2) years previous to the time of his election. Eligibility. Sec. 6. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, that the first meeting of said Board shall be held at the court house in said county on the first Tuesday in January, 1921, at which meeting said board shall organize by electing one of the members of said board chairman, and such chairman shall be the executive officer of said board and shall hold his office as such chairman for a period of two (2) years and until another regular full term member of said board shall have been elected. Said organization meetings for the purpose of electing a successor to the chairman of said board, shall be held every two (2) years at the regular January meeting of said board, the second organization meeting for the election of chairman shall be held on the first Tuesday in January, 1923, and similarly every two years thereafter. Chairman. Sec. 7. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, that should any vacancy occur in the office of chairman of said board, through death, resignation or other cause, as soon as the vacancy on said board is filled, either by the appointment of the judge of the Superior Court or by election of the next succeeding grand jury, said board shall at its first meeting thereafter hold an organization meeting at which one of their number shall be selected by the board as chairman and the executive officer of the board, and such chairman shall hold his office until the next regular organization meeting thereafter, and until his successor is duly elected as herein provided. Vacancy in office of chairman. Sec. 8. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, that the compensation of said commissioners shall be as follows: For chairman and executive officer of said board, the sum of one thousand ($1,000.00) dollars per annum and for each of the other two members of said board, the sum of one hundred ($100.00) dollars per annum, the same to be paid monthly out of the county treasury upon the warrants of said board. Pay of chairman and members.

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Sec. 9. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, that said Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues shall have exclusive and original jurisdiction over the following subject matters, to-wit: Jurisdiction. 1st. In directing and controlling all the property of the county, as they may deem expedient according to law. 2nd. In levying a general tax for general, and a specific tax for specific county purposes, according to the provisions of law. 3rd. In establishing, altering or abolishing roads, ferries and bridges in confermity with law. 4th. In constructing, building, maintaining and working all of the public roads and highways of the county. 5th. In controlling, operating and managing the chaingang of said county. 6th. In establishing and changing election precincts, and militia districts. 7th. In supplying by appointment, all vacancies in county offices, heretofore devolving by law upon the Ordinary of said county, and ordering elections to fill such vacancies. 8th. In examining and auditing all accounts and legal claims against said county and authorizing the payment of the same. 9th. In examining and auditing the accounts of all officers having the care, management, keeping, collection or disbursement of money belonging to the county or appropriated for its use and benefits and bringing them to a settlement. 10th. In regulating and managing the paupers, and disbursing of the pauper funds of the county: 11th. In regulating peddling in the county and fixing the cost of license, if any be granted. 12th. That said commissioners shall have the same jurisdiction of all county matters to the exclusion of the Ordinary, as is now exercised by said Ordinary under the law when sitting for county purposes.

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Sec. 10. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, that said board shall have full authority to employ such overseers, agents, guards and other employees as they may find necessary for properly carrying on the public works of the county, and shall fix and pay the salaries of such overseers, agents, guards or other employees and pay the same by proper warrants upon the county treasury. Employees. Sec. 11. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, that said board shall have full authority and power to assess, levy and collect such per capita taxes for purposes of maintaining the roads and highways of said county as are now provided by law. Taxes for roads. Sec. 12. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, that said Board of Commissioners shall have authority to enter into contracts for any public works of the county which may be authorized by law and which, in their judgment, may be for the best interest of the county. Contracts. Sec. 13. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, that the chairman of said board shall give personal supervision and attention to the construction, working and maintaining of the public roads and highways of the county and other public works authorized by said board. It shall also be the duty of said chairman as the executive officer of the board, to keep or have kept, correct minutes of all the meetings of the board in a book provided for that purpose, which shall be open to inspection at all times. Duties of chairman. Sec. 14. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, that said board shall not enter into any contracts with themselves or with any firm or corporation in which either member of said board may be interested. Prohibited contracts. Sec. 15. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, that each member of said board, before entering upon the discharge of his duties as such, shall take and subscribe before the Ordinary of said county, the following oath, to-wit: I do solemnly swear that I will faithfully discharge

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the duties of Commissioner of Roads and Revenues of said county, and that I will so act as in my judgment will be most conducive to the welfare and prosperity of the county, so help me God. Which said oath shall be placed upon the minutes of the Ordinary's court and the original filed in his office. Oath of members. Sec. 16. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, that the chairman of said board before entering upon the discharge of the duties of his office, shall give bond in the sum of one thousand ($1,000.00) dollars, with good and sufficient security, to be approved by and made payable to the Ordinary of said county, and his successors in office, conditioned for the faithful performance of the duties required of him as the chairman of said Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues and for the faithful accounting for all funds belonging to the county which may come into his control or possession. Bond of chairman. Sec. 17. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, that all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be and the same are hereby repealed. Approved August 14, 1919. COOK AND LOWNDES COUNTY LINE DEFINED. No. 245. An Act to amend an Act entitled An Act to amend paragraph two (2), Section one (1), Article eleven (11), of the Constitution of this State, approved July 30, 1918, 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 whereas the Act submitting to the qualified electors of this State an amendment to paragraph 2, Section 1, Article 11, of the Constitution of said State, as contained on pages 102 to 107, inclusive, of the Acts of 1918, provides in Section 4 of said Acts as follows: That the Legislature

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is hereby authorized to correct any mistake or mistakes, or inaccuracies that may occur, or may have occurred, in reference to the line or lines of said proposed new county, and whereas inaccuracies did occur in the southern boundary line thereof, therefore, Ga. L. 1918, p. 103; amendment. Be it enacted, that the same is hereby amended as follows, to-wit: By striking all of lines 13, 14, 15, 16 and 17 in the second paragraph of Section 1 of said Act, and inserting in lieu thereof the following: The line between the counties of Lowndes and Berrien, thence due east along the original lines on the south side of lots of land Numbers 517, 516 and 515 in the 9th land district of originally Irwin County to the southwest corner of lot of land Number 514 in the 9th land district of originally Irwin County, thence due east along the line between the counties of Berrien and Lowndes to where the same crosses the run of said Willacoochee River, that being the starting point; so that said paragraph when amended, shall read as follows; Starting at a point where the Willacoochee River crosses the county line between the counties of Berrien and Lowndes, thence running a northerly direction along the run of said Willacoochee River to where said river in tersects with New River, thence taking a northwesterly direction up and along the run of said New River to where said New River crosses the county line between the counties of Berrien and Tift, thence westward along what is now the county line between said counties of Berrien and Tift to where said line crosses the run of Little River; thence a southerly direction and southeasterly direction down and along the run of said Little River to where the same reaches the line between the counties of Lowndes and Berrien, thence due east along the original lines on the south side of lots of land Numbers 517, 516 and 515, in the 9th land district of originally Irwin County, to the southwest corner of lot of land Number 514 in the 9th land district of originally Irwin County; thence due east along the line between the counties of Berrien and Lowndes to where the same crosses the run of said Willacoochee River, that being the starting point. To be read as amended. County line.

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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 18, 1919. COOK BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS CREATED. No. 87. An Act to create a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues in and for the County of Cook, consisting of three (3) members; to define their qualifications, powers and duties, and to proyide for their compensation; to prescribe their terms of office, the manner of their election, and the manner in which vacancies shall be filled; to prescribe the manner in which the public roads in said county shall be graded and worked; to provide for a superintendent of roads and bridges in said county; to define his qualifications, powers and duties and provide for his compensation; to provide for a repair gang to repair the public roads of said county; to provide for competitive bids in the purchase of supplies for said county and in making contracts for work and to provide a penalty for failure to comply therewith; to provide for a clerk for said board, prescribe his powers and duties and provide for his compensation; to provide when this Act shall become effective, and for other purposes. Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, that a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues in and for the County of Cook, be and the same is hereby created, consisting of three (3) members whe shall be freeholders and qualified voters of said county and men of good practical business experience. Board created. Sec. 2. Be it further enacted, that the Ordinary of the County of Cook shall call and advertise a special election

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in said county to be held on the 17th day of September, 1919, as special elections are now called and advertised under the laws of this State, for the purpose of electing the first members of the Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues created by this Act; said election to be held as special elections are now held under the laws of this State, in all voting precincts of said county. All voters of said County of Cook qualified to vote for members of the General Assembly shall be qualified to vote in said election. Said Ordinary shall consolidate the returns of said election and declare the results as herein provided and the persons elected shall take office the Monday following the declaration of such result and shall hold office until the first day of January, 1921, and until their successors are elected and qualified. Election. Term of office. Sec. 3. Be it further enacted, that the successors of the members of the Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues to be elected at the special election provided for in Section 2 of this Act shall be elected at the General election for State House officers in November, 1920; that the term of office of the three commissioners elected in November, 1920, shall not be of even length, but they shall be elected as follows, to-wit; two for a term of two years and one for a term of four years, to begin on the first day of January, 1921, and the one receiving the highest number of votes cast in said election shall be commissioner for a term of four years and the other two for a term of two years, respectively, and until their successors are elected and qualified; that in the event all of said commissioners so elected should receive the same number of votes in said election then they shall draw for their terms; that as the terms of said commissioners expire, a successor or successors, shall be elected, as the case may be, as other county officers are elected, whose term of office shall be for four years, and until their successors are elected and qualified. Election of successors. Terms. Sec. 4. Be it further enacted, that all vacancies in membership of said Board of Commissioners of Roads and

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Revenues occurring in less than six months of the expiration of such term of office shall be filled by appointment of a duly qualified person by the Ordinary of said county and such appointee shall be commissioned and hold office until the expiration of the un-expired term and until his successor is elected and qualified; that all vacancies occurring in the membership of such board more than six months before the expiration of the term of office, shall be filled by special election in said county, called by the Ordinary of said county in the same manner as in the case to fill vacancies in other county offices, and the person so elected shall be commissioned and hold office until the expiration of the unexpired term and until his successor is elected and qualified. Vacancies. Sec. 5. Be it further enacted, that the returns of all the elections, both general and special, held under this Act shall be made to the Ordinary of said County of Cook at noon on the day following the election, at the court house of said county. Said Ordinary shall thereupon consolidate the returns of said election and declare the three persons receiving the highest number of votes in said county the duly elected members of said Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues in and for the County of Cook, and shall certify the results of said election to the Governor of this State, giving the names of the person or persons so elected and stating the term for which each of said commissioners has been elected. Election returns, etc. Sec. 6. Be it further enacted, that said commissioners shall be each commissioned by the Governor for the term of office for which he shall be elected or appointed, and each shall, before entering upon the duties of his office, take and subscribe, in addition to the oath provided for all civil officers of this State, the following oath, to-wit: I do solemnly swear that I will well and truly discharge the duties of Commissioner of Roads and Revenues of Cook County, and in all matters which require my official actions, to the best of my knowledge and skill, and I will so act as in my judgment will be most conducive to the welfare

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and best interests of the entire county, so help me God. Oath. Sec. 7. Be it further enacted, that the Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues of Cook County, hereby created shall have exclusive jurisdiction and control of all county matters, such as public roads, bridges, the work of convicts, county finances, the levying and collection of taxes for county purposes, the management, control over and disbursement of county funds, the erection and maintenance of public buildings, the supervision over and control of and exclusive jurisdiction over and in all matters wherein jurisdiction is now vested in the Ordinaries of this State in counties where there exist no Boards of Roads and Revenues. That said Board of Commissioners shall be vested with all the rights, powers and authority formerly vested in the inferior courts of this State when sitting for county purposes prior to the Constitution of 1868, and shall constitute a court for the trial of road defaulters and of any and all matters formerly vested in the inferior courts of this State, or now vested in the Ordinaries of this State in counties where there exists no Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues when sitting for county purposes as aforesaid, and shall have the right and power to summon parties or witnesses before them and shall have the power to punish for contempt by fine or imprisonment in the same manner as the courts of Ordinary of this State; that the sheriff of said county, or his deputy, may be required to attend upon the meetings of said board, and shall serve all writs, subpoenas, or other processes of said court, and said sheriff shall receive for such service the same compensation as is provided by law for like services in the Superior Court. Jurisdiction. Sec. 8. Be it further enacted, that said Board of Commissioners shall hold their regular sessions on the first Monday in each month in the court house of said county, and may adjourn from day to day until their business is finished; an extra session may be held at any time on call of the chairman or any two members of the board when in

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the judgment of the board the interests of the county demand it; that at the first meeting of said board after the special election provided for after the creation of this board, and at the first meeting in January following the general election at which a new member or members shall have been elected, said board shall organize by electing one of their members chairman. Said board may make such rules and regulations as it may deem advisable for its own government and the government of its secretary and other employees not inconsistent with this Act or the laws of this State. Said board shall keep correct minutes of its official acts and doings in a minute book kept for such purpose, a book of receipts and disbursements, a general ledger and a warrant book, such as are now kept in such offices, a book containing a complete list of all the county property, real and personal, and shall make a record of all sales or other disposition of the same, also a road register in which shall be kept a record of all the public roads of said county, particularly describing said roads, and shall make a record of all new roads which shall be hereafter granted in accordance with law. Said board shall also keep on file all paid warrants and vouchers and other papers necessary to show a complete record of all the transactions of said county. Meetings. Chairman. Records. Sec. 9. Be it further enacted, that except in cases of emergency, where the expenditure does not exceed the sum of twenty-five dollars, no purchase of supplies or material, nor contracts for work for said county shall be made by said board until after due advertisements for bids therefor at either public outery or by sealed bids, by keeping such advertisements on file at least one week on regular files provided therefor for the inspection of the public in the office of said board and also in the office of Ordinary of said county and by such other advertisement as said board may deem advisable in any particular case. All sealed bids shall be addressed to the clerk of said board and shall be kept by said clerk in the office of said board until the time specified in said advertisement when they shall be opened in open court and the contract shall be let to the lowest bidder, quality and material being considered. In all public advertisements

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for lowest bids for supplies or contract work, said commissioners shall reserve the right to reject any and all bids made when it should appear that the best interests of the county require such rejection. Purchases Sec. 10. Be it further enacted, that no member of said Board of Commissioners, or any one employed or elected by them, shall receive directly or indirectly any commission, gift or any other thing of value in connection with the sale or purchase of any article sold to or bought from the County of Cook, or receive any rebate, expense account, transportation or other valuable consideration in connection with such purchase or sale, or in the awarding of any contract for said county, or in the employment of any one whose salary is to be paid from the funds of said county; and no member of said board, or any one elected or employed by them, or any firm of which he may be a member, or any corporation in which he may own stock, shall sell anything to said county, either directly or indirectly, unless such supplies or material to be furnished shall be let at public outery or by sealed bids to the lowest bidder, after due advertisement as hereinbefore provided. Any violation of any of the above provisions of this Act shall be punished as for a misdemeanor under the Penal Code of the State of Georgia, and a person so convicted shall be dismissed from office. Unlawful contracts and employment. Fenalty. Sec. 11. Be it further enacted, that said board shall elect a clerk for said board for a term of one year and fix his salary. Said clerk shall keep the books of said board and make a record of all the acts and doings of said board in a minute book kept for such purpose, and also all other records and accounts of said board, and perform such other acts and duties as may be required by said board, not inconsistent with the provisions of this Act or the laws of this State. Said board may, if it deems advisable, require said clerk to give a bond with good security in such sum as said board may deem proper, which said bond shall be payable to the chairman of said board and his successors in office, and shall be duly recorded on the minutes of said board. Clerk. Bond of clerk. Sec. 12. Be it further enacted, that after a chaingang is

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established [Illegible Text] said county and employed in working the roads thereof, the said convicts shall be kept in one camp, and worked in such [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] to reduce the cost of guarding [Illegible Text] to the [Illegible Text] which will [Illegible Text] the greatest [Illegible Text] of work with the least cost to the county. Chain-gang. Sec. 13. Be it further enacted, that said Board of Commissioners shall at their first meeting, or as soon thereafter as practicable, elect a superintendent of roads and bridges for said County of Cook (who shall also be the [Illegible Text] warden of said county, in the event a chaingang is established), who shall have charge and supervision of such chaingang and of the construction and maintenance of all roads and bridges of said county (except such work as said board may have done by special contract) under the general supervision of said board. He shall also be subject to [Illegible Text] by said Board of Commissioners for incompetency, inefficiency, neglect of duty or immorality. He shall be a practical road builder, skilled in the building of sand [Illegible Text] roads and in doing any and all work necessary in the construction of [Illegible Text] and in grading and repairing roads under conditions existing in said county. He shall prescribe the manner in which the convicts, or free labor, as the case may be, and road machinery, shall be employed and how the work shall be done in building, grading and repairing roads, which he shall do in accordance with the general plans, specifications and requirements prescribed by said board. He shall devote his entire time to the duties of his office, and shall not engage actively in any other business which will interfere with the duties of his office. Said superintendent shall not be permitted to buy supplies or material for said county, but shall make requisition upon said board for all supplies and material needed for the maintenance of the chaingang (when one is established) and for the road work of said county, at least ten days before the regular monthly meeting of said board; provided, however, said superintendent may purchase [Illegible Text] and other [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] of said county when needed, as may be authorized by said board

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He shall receive a salary fixed by said board of commissioners. Superintendent of [Illegible Text] etc. Sec. 14. Be it further enacted, that after a chaingang is established by said commissioners, and employed on the roads in said county, said board may establish a repair gang composed of free labor, and equipped with proper road machinery for dragging and repairing roads and repairing bridges and consisting of as many men as in the opinion of said board may be needed to keep the public roads of said county in a good state of repair. Said board may appoint a superintendent for said repair gang, who is experienced in such work, or they may have same placed under the direction and control of the superintendent of roads and bridges of said county, and in that event he shall have the right to appoint and employ the superintendent of said repair gang and to dismiss him from office upon proper cause. Employment of labor. Sec. 15. Be it further enacted, that all warrants drawn on said county shall be signed by the chairman of said Board of Commissioners and countersigned by one of the other commissioners before being paid by the treasurer or depository of said county, and all said warrants shall be duly numbered and shall show for what purpose and on what fund drawn. The chairman of said Board of Commissioners shall give a bond in the sum of five thousand dollars in a good and solvent fidelity and guaranty company, payable to the Ordinary of said county and his successors in office, conditioned for the faithful discharge of the duties of his office, which shall be duly filed and recorded in the office of said Ordinary as are the bonds of other county officers. The premium on said bond shall be paid out of the general funds of said county. Warrants. Bond of chairman. Sec. 16. Be it further enacted, that the Board of Commissioners of said county shall have the right and authority to employ a county attorney whose compensation shall be fixed by the board and paid out of the general funds of said county. County attorney. Sec. 17. Be it further enacted, that the members of said

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Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues shall each receive the sum of three ($3.00) dollars per day for each day's services actually rendered said county as such commissioners, and in addition thereto, actual expenses incurred by such member or members, when authorized by the whole board, and in a matter which is necessary for the business of said county. It shall be the duty of each member of said board to file an itemized statement at each monthly session of said board, showing the number of day's services rendered by him since the last regular meeting and actual expenses [Illegible Text] which shall be filed and recorded by the clerk of said board as other bills are recorded. Said amounts shall be paid from the county treasury monthly, and warrants drawn on the treasurer or county depository therefor as other warrants are drawn on said county, and shall be paid out of the road and bridge fund of said county. Pay of members. Sec. 18. Be it further enacted, that said board shall make a full and complete written statement of the financial condition of the county to the grand jury of the county at each term of the Superior Court of said county, a copy of which report shall be kept on file in the office of said board. In the event the grand jury does not include said report in its general presentments, then the clerk of said board shall cause same to be published in the next issue of the official organ of said county following the one in which said general presentments are published. Reports to grand jury. Sec. 19. Be it further enacted, that a majority of the members of said board shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of all business, and that a majority of the board must concur in order to pass an order, or to let any contract, or to grant or allow any claim against the county; and their acts on all such matters shall be duly entered on the minutes of said board. Quorum. Minutes. Sec. 20. Be it further enacted, that no person shall be eligible to be a member of said Board of Commissioners unless such person was a bona fide resident of said county on the first day of January, 1919, or shall have resided in said county for two years immediately proceding the date of his

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election, and meets the other requirements heretofore specified. No member of said board shall be eligible to hold any other county office while a member of such board. Eligibility. Sec. 21. Be it further enacted, that the provisions of this Act, except those portions thereof providing for a special election to elect the first Board of Commissioners as herein provided, shall not be operative and effective until from and after the 18th day of September, 1919. When effective. Sec. 22. 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. CRAWFORD TREASURER'S SALARY AND BOND. No. 14. An Act to prescribe and limit the compensation of the Treasurer of Crawford County for receiving and disbursing the county money, and to fix the salary for his services, 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, 1921, the Treasurer of Crawford County shall receive as his compensation for receiving and disbursing the county money, and for discharging all the duties of treasurer as prescribed by law, the sum of three hundred dollars annually, to be paid out of the county treasury for Crawford County on the first day of January each year for services rendered the preceding year. Salary. Sec. 2. Be it further enacted that the county Treasurer shall enter into bond as now prescribed by law with security for some bonding company to be approved by the Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues in and for the County of Crawford, and that upon such bond being approved

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by said County Board the County Commissioners shall draw a warrant upon the county Treasurer to pay the bond fees out of the expense funds of the county. Bond. Sec. 3. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid that all laws and parts of laws in conflict herewith be and the same are hereby repealed. Approved July 29, 1919. DeKALB COMMISSIONER AND CLERK; SALARIES OF, INCREASED. No. 81. An Act to amend an Act entitled An Act to authorize the election of a Commissioner of Roads and Revenues for the County of DeKalb; to prescribe his powers, duties and compensation; to repeal the Acts approved December 18, 1902, creating a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for said county, and for other purposes, approved August 21, 1906, [Illegible Text] as to increase the salary of said Commissioner of Roads and Revenues by striking from the second and third lines of Section 2 of said Act the words and figures one thousand and eight hundred ($1,800.00) dollars per annum, and inserting in lieu thereof, the words and figures, twenty-four hundred ($2,400.00) dollars per annum, and so as to increase the salary of the clerk for said commissioner by striking from the eighth line of Section 2 of said Act the words and figures, nine hundred ($900.00) dollars per annum, and insert in lieu thereof the words and figures, fifteen hundred ($1,500.00) dollars per annum, and for other purposes. Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, that an Act entitled An Act to authorize the election of a Commissioner of Roads and Revenues for the County of DeKalb; to prescribe his powers, duties and compensation;

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to repeal the Act approved December 18, 1902, creating a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for said county, and for other purposes, approved August 21, 1906, be, and the same is hereby amended by striking from the second and third lines of Section 2 of said Act the words and figures, one thousand and eight hundred ($1,800.00) dollars per annum, and inserting in lieu thereof the words and figures, twenty-four hundred ($2,400.00) dollars per annum, and by striking from the eighth line of Section 2 of said Act the words and figures, nine hundred ($900.00) dollars per annum, and inserting in lieu thereof the words and figures, fifteen hundred ($1,500.00) dollars per annum, so that said section when thus amended shall read as follows: Act of 1906 amended. Sec. 2. Said commissioner shall receive as his entire compensation the sum of twenty-four hundred ($2,400.00) dollars per annum, to be paid monthly out of the county treasury upon warrants drawn upon the county treasury as other warrants are drawn, but said commissioner shall be allowed also to employ a clerk as hereinafter provided, and pay for the services of said clerk out of the county funds such sum as he may determine and agree on, not to exceed fifteen hundred ($1,500.00) dollars per annum. Before entering upon the discharge of his duties said commissioner shall take and sign an oath before the Ordinary of said county for the true and faithful performance of his duties as commissioner under this Act, which oath shall be recorded on the Ordinary's minutes, and shall give a satisfactory surety bond, to be judged of by the Ordinary of the county, the same to be payable to the Ordinary or his successor in office, and filed in the office of Ordinary and entered on his minutes, which bond shall be in the sum of ten thousand ($10,000.00) dollars, conditioned for the faithful performance of the duties of the office, and for any violations of the conditions thereof, said bond may be sued upon in the name of the county by the Ordinary, either of his own motion or by direction of any grand jury of said county, and the commissioner and his sureties shall be liable on said bond for any breach thereof by way of malfeasance or malfeasance

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in office, or any tort or wrong committed under cover of his office as well as for neglect or nonfeasance. Sec. 2 as amended. Salaries of commissioner and clerk. Oath and bond of commissioner. Sec. 2. Be it further enacted by authority aforesaid, that all laws and parts of laws in conflict herewith be, and the same are hereby [Illegible Text]. Approved August 12, 1919. DOOLY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS; AMENDING ACT. No. 263. An Act to amend an Act to create a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for the County of Dooly; to provide for the appointment of members thereof by the judge of the Superior Court of said county upon recommendation of the grand jury of said county, to define their duties and powers and prescribe their qualifications, and for other purposes pertaining to county and county matters for the County of Dooly, approved August 18, 1913. 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 2 of an Act to create a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for the County of Dooly, to provide for the appointment of members thereof by the judge of the Superior Court of said county upon the recommendation of the grand jury of said county, to define their duties and powers and prescribe their qualifications and for other purposes pertaining to county and county matters for the County of Dooly, approved August 18, 1913, [Illegible Text] amended by beginning after the word the, in line 5 of said section, and striking the remainder of said section, and substituting therefor, the following: North one-third of said County of Dooly, beginning at the southeast corner of lot of land number 250, in the 3rd land district of said county and running west on a land line to Flint River for its south line.

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Road District Number Two shall comprise and Constitute and contain the middle one-third of said County of Dooly having for its north line the south line of District Number One, and for its south line, beginning at the southeast corner of lot of land Number 245, in the 6th land district of said county and running west on a land line to Flint River. Road District Number Three shall comprise, constitute and contain all of the south one-third of said County of Dooly, and having for its north line the south line of District Number Two, so that said section when amended shall read as follows: Act of 1913 amended. Sec. 2. Be it enacted by the authority aforesaid, that for the purpose of this Act said County of Dooly shall be divided into three Road Districts to be constituted as follows: `Road District Number One shall comprise, constitute, and contain north one-third of said County of Dooly, beginning at the southeast corner of lot of land Number 250 in the 3rd land district of said county, and running west on a land line to Flint River, for its south line, Road District Number Two shall comprise and contain the middle one-third of said County of Dooly, having for its north line the south line of District Number One, and for its south line [Illegible Text] line beginning at the southeast corner of a lot of land Number 245 in the 6th land district of the said county, and running west on a land line to Flint River, and Road District Number Three shall comprise, constitute and contain all of the south one-third of said County of Dooly, and having for its north line, the south line of District Number Two.' Sec. 2 as amended. Road districts. Sec. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, that Section 9 of said Act shall be amended by striking the words beginning at the word the in line 2 of said section and ending with the figures $400.00, and substituting therefor the following words: Said Board of Commissioners shall employ a competent clerk and require his full working time, and fix his salary, to be paid monthly from the county treasury as other bills are paid, so that said section when amended shall read as follows: Sec. 9. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid,

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that said Board of Commissioners shall employ a competent clerk, and require his full time and fix his salary to be paid monthly from the county treasury as other bills are paid. He shall make solvent guarantee bond in the sum of twenty-five hundred ($2,500.00) dollars for the faithful performance of his duties, said bond payable to the commissioners; he shall keep a complete record of the actings and doings of said board, said records to be open to the inspection of any citizen or citizens of said county at all times; provided the same does not interfere with the meetings of said board. Said clerk shall perform such other duties as said board may require of him, and shall be subject to removal by said board for inefficiency or neglect of duties. Sec. 9 as amended. Clerk; compensation, etc. Sec. 3. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, that Section 17 of said Act be amended by beginning at the word at in line 13 of said section, and striking all of the following words of said section, and substituting therefor the following words: On the first Tuesday in November of each year, the Ordinary of said County of Dooly shall order an election to be held in said County of Dooly and in each and every precinct in said County of Dooly, for the purpose of electing a successor to each of said Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for the County of Dooly as their terms shall expire under this Act, and whose terms of office shall be for three years, and all voters who are qualified to vote for members of the General Assembly of said county shall be qualified to vote in said election, provided that no person shall be elected as Commissioner of Roads and Revenues of said county who is not a freeholder and who resides outside of the road district for which he is elected, so that said section when amended shall read as follows: Sec. 17. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, that at the November, 1913, term of Dooly Superior Court, the judge of said court shall, upon recommendation of the grand jury of said county, appoint three Commissioners of Roads and Revenues from each respective road district, whose term of office shall begin on the first Tuesday in January following, and continue in office as follows:

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Commissioner for Road District Number One shall be for one year, dating from the first Tuesday in January, 1914; Commissioner for Road District Number Two shall be for two years dating from the first Tuesday in January, 1914, and Commissioner for Road District Number Three shall be for three years dating from the first Tuesday in January, 1914. On the first Tuesday in November of each year the Ordinary of said County of Dooly shall order an election to be held in each and every precinct in said County of Dooly to have elected a successor to each Commissioner of Roads and Revenues for the County of Dooly as their term shall expire under this Act, and whose terms of office shall be for three years, and all voters who are qualified to vote for members of the General Assembly in said county shall be qualified to vote in said election, provided that no person shall be elected as Commissioner of Roads and Revenues of said County of Dooly who is not a freeholder and who resides outside of the road district for which he is elected. Sec. 17 as amended. Election of commissioners. Sec. 4. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, that Section 22 of said Act be amended by striking the words beginning with the word the in line 3 of said section and all the remaining words in said section and substituting in lieu thereof the following words: The Ordinary of said County of Dooly shall appoint a member of said Board of Commissioners from the district in which there is a vacancy and said member appointed shall hold his office until the first Tuesday in November following his appointment, when his successor shall be elected as herein provided for the unexpired term or for a full term, as the case may be, so that said section when so amended shall read as follows: Sec. 22. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, that in case of a vacancy in said board by death, resignation or otherwise, the Ordinary of said County of Dooly shall appoint a member of said Board of Commissioners from the district in which there is a vacancy and said member appointed shall hold his office until the first Tuesday in November following his appointment when his successor

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shall be elected as herein provided for the unexpired term or for a full term, as the case may be. Sec. 22 as amended. Vacancies. 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. ELBERT BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS; BOND COMMITTEE. No. 103. An Act to amend an Act, approved August 11, 1913, creating the office of Commissioner of Roads and Revenues for the County of Elbert, and prescribing his term, qualifications and duties, so as to provide for four additional commissioners, to be known as the Bond Committee of said commissioners, to prescribe the method of their selection, term of office and duties, and for other purposes. Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same, That an Act entitled an Act to create the office of Commissioner of Roads and Revenues for the County of Elbert, approved August 11, 1913, be and the same is hereby amended as follows; By adding a new section to be known as Section 1-A, immediately following Section 1 of said Act of 1913, to read as follows: Act of 1913 amended. Sec. 1-A. There shall also be four additional Commissioners of Roads and Revenues of said county, to be known as the Bond Committee of said Board of Commissioners, whose qualifications shall be the same as the commissioners mentioned in said Act, and who shall take the same oath, and who shall be appointed by the Governor for a term of four years, to begin from date of approval of this Act. Said Bond Committee shall have exclusive

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control and sole direction of the sale or disposal of all county bonds issued for the purpose of road-building or road-improvement or for any other public construction in said county as fully as said authority has heretofore vested in said County Commissioner of Roads and Revenues. They shall also have sole control and direction of the expenditure of all moneys arising from such sales of bonds and the location and construction of such roads and public works on which said money is expended as fully as such authority has heretofore been vested in the County Commissioner of Roads and Revenues of said county. They shall also represent the county in all dealings with the State Highway Commission relative to State aid roads or matters concerning State aid or Federal aid for county roads with the same authority as has heretofore been vested in said County Commissioner of Roads and Revenues. All of the authority which has heretofore been vested in said County Commissioner of Roads and Revenues for the purposes above set forth are hereby transferred from said official to said Bond Committee. Any action of said committee to be legal must be taken at a meeting held at the court house of said county, notice of which meeting has been served on all members of the Bond Committee, either personally or by two consecutive advertisements in the newspaper which carries the county advertisements; any member of said committee having the right to call such meeting. Three members in attendance shall constitute a quorum for legal action, but any action must be supported by at least three members voting in the affirmative. The minutes and records of said committee shall be kept as a part of the records of the office of the County Commissioners of Roads and Revenues. The said committee shall receive as remuneration for their services $3.00 per day for days engaged, and that they shall be allowed a clerk at the same salary; provided, that no member of said committee shall receive more than $60.00 per annum as such salary. They shall also have sole and exclusive control and direction of the expenditure of all moneys received from the State or Federal Government for

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such road building or road improvement or repair. All other authority relative to the control of county matters heretofore vested in said County Commissioner of Roads and Revenues mentioned in said Act of 1913 shall remain in such commission, and said Bond Committee shall have no power or authority in respect thereto whatever. Each member of said Bond Commission to give bond with good security in the sum of ten thousand ($10,000.00) dollars to be approved by the Ordinary, and conditioned upon the faithful performance of duty and accounting of all funds handled. Four additional commissioners, to be Bond Committee. Sale of bonds; use of proceeds. Powers. Meetings. Pay of members. Bond. Sec. 2. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be and the same are hereby repealed. Approved August 14, 1919. ELBERT; CLOSED SEASON FOR FOX HUNTING, ETC. No. 233. An Act to prohibit the hunting, following hounds in pursuit of, trapping, killing or destroying in any manner, fox in the County of Elbert, State of Georgia, except during certain seasons of the year, and to provide a penalty for violation thereof, and for other purposes. Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same, That from and after the passage of this Act it shall be unlawful for any person to hunt or follow hounds or other dogs in pursuit of, or to kill or in any manner destroy any fox in the County of Elbert, State of Georgia, between the dates of February first and September first, inclusive. Unlawful hunting, etc. Sec. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That it shall be unlawful for any person to kill or catch or maim by trapping any fox in the County of Elbert in said State at any time. Trapping foxes.

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Sec. 3. 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 on conviction thereof, shall be punished as for a misdemeanor. Punishment. 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. EMANUEL BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS ABOLISHED. No. 257. An Act to repeal an Act entitled An Act to provide a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues of the County of Emanuel; to define their powers and duties, and for other purposes, approved December 12, 1901, and all Acts amendatory thereof, and for other purposes. Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia, That an Act entitled An Act to provide a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues of the County of Emanuel, to define their powers and duties, and for other purposes, approved December 12, 1901, and all Acts amendatory thereof, be, and the same are hereby repealed. Repeal of Act of 1901, 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 19, 1919. EMANUEL BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS CREATED. No. 153. An Act to create a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues in and for the County of Emanuel, to prescribe the duties and powers thereof, and for other purposes.

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Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That from and after the passage of this Act there shall be established in and for the County of Emanuel a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues, to consist of the following named persons, to-wit: J. A. Coleman, C. W. Perkins and H. R. Smith, whose term of office shall be three years, beginning January 1, 1920, and ending January 1, 1923, before the expiration of their term of office they, or their successors, shall be elected by the vote of the people of Emanuel county for a term of two years. Board created. Members named. Terms. Sec. 2. Be it further enacted, That on the first Monday of January, 1920, on which date or as soon thereafter as practicable, said board shall organize, with full power to act as Board of Commissioners of said county, exercising jurisdiction over all county matters set forth by general enactment, as well as all matters specially mentioned in this Act. Organization. Sec. 3. Be it further enacted, That each of the persons herein appointed, or any other persons who may hereafter be elected as commissioners, shall before entering upon the performance of their duties, take and subscribe before the judge of the Superior Court of said county, or the Ordinary of said county, an oath to faithfully perform the duties of a Commissioner of Roads and Revenues under this Act and the laws of this State. Oath. Sec. 4. Be it further enacted, That said Board of Commissioners shall hold their regular meetings on the first Monday in each month at the court house, or some other convenient place in the city of Swainsboro, said board meetings beginning on the first Monday in January, 1920, provided that the regular time of meeting may be changed to some other day of the month by order on their minutes, of which due notice shall be given by publication in the official newspaper of said county; and provided, further, said commissioners may hold special sessions at any time

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they may see fit and proper, or may be called together by the chairman of said board for county purposes. Meetings. Sec. 5. Be it further enacted, that a majority of said commissioners shall constitute a quorum to transact business or exercise any powers herein delegated pertaining to the duties of said commissioners. Quorum. Sec. 6. Be it further enacted, that said commissioners at their first meeting, shall elect one of their number as chairman, whose duty it shall be to preside at all meetings and to sign as such chairman all orders and processes of said commissioners; and such chairman shall have the right to make or second motions just as any other member of the board. Chairman. Sec. 7. Be it further enacted, that said Board of Commissioners shall have exclusive jurisdiction when sitting for county purposes, over the following subject-matter, to-wit: Jurisdiction. 1st. In building, maintaining and controlling all property of the county as they may deem expedient according to the law. 2nd. In levying a general tax for general purposes, and special taxes for particular or special purposes, according to the provisions of the Code and special enactments of the General Assembly. 3rd. In establishing, altering, building and abolishing all public roads, bridges, and ferries in the County of Emanuel, in conformity to the law. 4th. In establishing and changing election precincts and lines of militia districts. 5th. In examining, settling and allowing all claims against the County of Emanuel. 6th. In examining and auditing the accounts of all county officers who receive or pay out moneys of the county of state, and concurrent jurisdiction in examining or reviewing, either by themselves or their appointees, all records of all county officers as required to be kept by law. 7th. In making such rules and regulations for the support

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and maintenance of the poor of the County of Emanuel, and for the promotion of health, as are permitted by law and to them may seem right and proper. 8th. And to regulate peddling and fix the cost of license therefor, not in conflict with law. Sec. 8. Be it further enacted that said commissioners shall furthermore have power to exercise exclusive and original jurisdiction and control in Emanuel County over all county matters that are now vested by law in the ordinaries of the various counties of the State, so far as relating to public roads, bridges, public buildings, property, misdemeanor convicts, management of the county jail and its fees, the control and maintenance of its paupers, assessing and collecting taxes, disbursing public money for county purposes and the execution of all laws in reference thereto. Sec. 9. Be it further enacted, that the treasurer of said county shall not disburse or pay out any of the funds from the county treasurer or any order, unless the same shall have been signed by the chairman of said board and the clerk; provided this shall not apply to jury script, and such orders drawn by the judge of the Superior Court, in which he has exclusive jurisdiction. Orders on treasurer. Sec. 10. Be it further enacted, that the Board of Commissioners may elect their own clerk, superintendent of roads and bridges, and attorney, with such compensation as the board may allow, and it shall be the duty of said clerk to attend all meetings of the commissioners, and keep in a well-bound book, to be provided at the expense of the county, full and accurate records and minutes of all their transactions, to file in order of their dates, all original orders, vouchers and other papers, and to arrange and keep in order of their filing all petitions and applications and other papers addressed to said commissioners, and to record all orders given or approved by said commissioners for the payment of money by the county treasurer, and all books, files and records by this Act required to be used or kept, shall always be open at the county site for the inspection of any taxpayer of the county on demand. Clerk, superintendent of roads, and attorney. Duties of clerk.

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Sec. 11. Be it further enacted that said Board of Commissioners shall at their first regular meeting in January, 1920, or as soon thereafter as practicable, and every two years thereafter, elect a superintendent of roads and bridges to be selected on account of his efficiency, knowledge and skill in practicable road building, preference to be given to a civil engineer when he fully measures up to the other requirements. The superintendent may also be convict warden, but aside from his duties as warden, if elected to that position by said board, he shall not engage in any other business, trade or calling during his term of service. The superintendent shall have charge of laying out, building, repairing, improving and maintaining the public roads and bridges of Emanuel County under orders of Board of Commissioners. Said superintendent shall make request upon the clerk of said commissioners for all supplies needed in his department, said request to be in writing and filed with the clerk of said board on or before the regular meeting of the board in any month, and for all supplies and material received by the superintendent from the clerk, he shall give his receipt therefor. Election, term, and duties of superintendent. Sec. 12. Be it further enacted, that said Board of Commissioners shall require said clerk, before entering upon the discharge of his duties, to take the same oath taken by them, and enter into bond with good security, payable to said commissioners and their successors in office, conditioned to well and truly do and perform the duties of said office, such bond to be in the sum of two thousand dollars, and to be approved by said board. Oath and bond of clerk. Sec. 13. Be it further enacted, that it shall be the duty of the sheriff of said county to attend all meetings of said board, and to serve all processes, orders, writs of notices issued by said board, for which service said sheriff shall receive such compensation as may be agreed upon by him and such board; provided, however, that if such board and the sheriff cannot agree as to the compensation he is to receive in said court, then said board shall have the right to appoint

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a special bailiff to serve them, paying him such compensation as they may deem just and right. Sheriff to attend meetings, etc. Bailiff. Sec. 14. Be it further enacted, that said commissioners shall receive not more than $5.00 per day each while occupied and engaged at regular and special sessions in transacting business for county purposes, to be paid by the treasurer of the county on an order drawn by the order of the board and signed by the chairman and clerk; and said commissioners shall be exempt from road, jury and military duty, and shall be subject to prosecution for malpractice in office in the same manner as justice of the peace. Pay of commissioners. Exemptions. Sec. 15. Be it further enacted, that before the term of office of said Board of Commissioners expires January 1, 1923, then the Board of Commissioners consisting of three members shall be elected by the qualified voters of Emanuel County at the same time and place as members of the General Assembly are elected. Election. Sec. 16. Be it further enacted, that all vacancies in said board shall be filled by said board during their term of office. Vacancies. Sec. 17. Be it further enacted, that said commissioners shall be commissioned in the same manner as the justice of the peace. Commission. Sec. 18. Be it further enacted that all the acts and doings of said board shall at all times be open for the inspection of the public, and they shall cause each county officer who handles the funds of the county, to make an itemized showing to the grand jury twice each year, showing the money received and from what source, and all money paid out and for what purpose. Accounts. Sec. 19. Be it further enacted, that it shall be the duty of said Board of Commissioners to publish once every three months in the official organ of Emanuel County, a full, complete, itemized statement of their acts and doings, showing all money taken in by them, its source and disbursements, to

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whom paid and for what purpose; the cost of publishing such statement shall be paid out of the county treasury. Quarterly reports. Sec. 20. Be it further enacted, that whenever the chairman of said board may be absent one of the other members of said board shall act as chairman pro tem, and have all powers and rights of the regular chairman of said board. Chairman pro tem. Sec. 21. Be it further enacted, that all road districts as laid out in the Act approved August 16, 1912, is hereby abolished. Road districts. Sec. 22. Be it further enacted, that none of the provisions of this Act shall go into force and effect until the first day of January, 1920. Effective Jan. 1, 1920. Sec. 23. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, that all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be and the same are hereby repealed. Approved August 18, 1919. FORSYTH BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS CREATED. No. 215. A bill to create a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for County of Forsyth; provide for election and creation of road board; provide for the election of their successors; provide for the terms of office; provide for a clerk of said board; provide for the appointment of a road supervisor or road engineer, for his compensation; provide for the election of an attorney for said board and for his compensation, and how paid; provide for the filling of vacancies on said board, and for other purposes. Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, that from and after the passage of this Act there shall be a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for the County of Forsyth in said State of Georgia, to consist of three members, one of whom shall be the Ordinary

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of said county, who shall be ex-officio member and chairman of said board, the other two members to be freeholders and citizens of Forsyth County. The county shall be divided into two road districts, one to be known as District No. 1. the other District No. 2. District No. 1 shall embrace all the territory in said county from the east side of the following boundary line: Beginning at Silver City on the Dawson County line and following the Dawsonville and Cumming road in a southerly course through the town of Cumming; thence on in a southwesterly course by Big Creek Court House, to the Milton County line, at or near Cross Plains Baptist church. Road District No. 2 shall embrace all territory in said county on the west side of said line. A special election shall be called by the Ordinary of said county within thirty (30) days after the passage and approval of this Act to elect two commissioners, one from each district, whose term of office shall begin as soon after they are elected as they shall make the bond and take the oath required as hereinafter set out in this Act and shall serve as commissioners until the 31st day of December, 1921. Board created. Road districts. Election of commissioners. The Ordinary shall remain permanently the chairman of the board ex-officio. The commissioners so elected shall reside in their respective districts and their successors shall be elected at the same time and for the same term as other county officers, who shall reside in the districts respectively, but shall be elected by all the voters of the county. Ordinary ex-officio chairman. Sec. 2. Be it further enacted, that the Ordinary of said Forsyth County by virtue of his office shall be a member of said board, with as full and complete power to act as the other members, and that the chairman of said board receive as compensation for his services, the sum of eight hundred ($800.00) dollars per annum for the year 1919, and each year thereafter and by virtue of his office, he shall be clerk of said board and that his term of office as such shall begin when this Act goes into effect. Duties and pay of chairman. Sec. 3. Be it further enacted, that a quorum of said board shall consist of not less than two members of said board, save only where as many as two of said members are out of

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the county or disabled or disqualified, then, in that event, the one commissioner who is at the time in said county and is not disqualified, may perform the duties of said board, in case of emergencies only so long as said conditions shall exist, but no longer. Quorum. Sec. 4. Be it further enacted, that when a vacancy caused by death, resignation or otherwise shall occur on said board, except in case of the Ordinary, that a special election shall be called by the Ordinary of Forsyth County to fill the unexpired term of office caused by the death, resignation or otherwise of any member of said board. In case of a vacancy caused by the death, resignation or otherwise of the Ordinary, the clerk of the Superior Court of Forsyth County shall act as Road Commissioner and chairman of said Board of Commissioners of Forsyth County until an Ordinary is elected and qualified for said county. Vacancies. Sec. 5. Be it further enacted, that the compensation of said commissioners shall be three ($3.00) dollars per day for each day of services, and that said commissioners shall not be engaged more than fifty (50) days in any one calendar year in the discharge of their duties as such commissioners. Pay of commissioners. Sec. 6. Be it further enacted, that when the Ordinary is unable to attend board meetings on account of sickness or other causes, the board members present may elect a competent person who shall act as clerk of said board, whose compensation shall be paid by the chairman of said board for his services for acting as clerk for said chairman. Clerk. Sec. 7. Be it further enacted, that said board shall have power and it shall be their duty to employ a suitable and competent road supervisor whose duty it shall be to look after the public roads of the county and such duty as the said board may require of him, and the said board may employ a civil engineer to lay out such roads and to change roads when they deem it proper so to do and when the interest of the county demands, said supervisor and engineer

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to be paid such compensation as may be agreed upon by said commissioners out of the road funds of the county. Road supervisor; engineer. Sec. 8. Be it further enacted, that said Board of Commissioners shall have under the laws of this Act exclusive jurisdiction in Forsyth County over the following matters: Jurisdiction. 1. In managing and controlling the county property of whatever kind and description. 2. In levying a general tax and a specific tax or special tax for county purposes and all road tax and all taxes that may and can constitutionally be levied. 3. In establishing, changing and abolishing roads and bridges, ferries and opening private ways and removing obstructions from private ways as provided by law and establishing or changing election precincts. 4. In examining, auditing and allowing and settling all claims against the county. 5. In examining and auditing all accounts of officers having the care, collection or disbursements of any money of the county, and bring them to a settlement with the county and to this end they are clothed with powers to issue execution in favor of the county against any such officer who fails, refuses or neglects to settle with the said county. 6. In providing for the support of the poor of the county and in the promotion of health and its preservation. 7. In regulating peddling in the county and fixing the license therefor. 8. In establishing a chaingang in said county, in leasing or otherwise disposing of the county chaingang or misdemeanor convicts, and to provide for the management of such chaingang where employed by said county in a just and humane manner, and to make such other disposition of such misdemeanor or felony convicts of the county as may be conferred upon by said board by law. 9. In directing the sale and collection of proceeds of any bond issue by said County of Forsyth, the expenditure of said fund and any funds which may be appropriated by the State or Federal Government for the construction and maintenance of roads.

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Sec. 9. Be it further enacted, that any member of said board shall have power to administer and attest oaths in any matter appertaining to county business. Power to administer oaths. Sec. 10. Be it further enacted, that the commissioners shall also be authorized to purchase real and personal property to be used for county purposes, or when sold for taxes or other debts in which the county may be interested, and they may sell and convey property so purchased when, in their judgment, the interest of the county demands it. Purchases and sales. Sec. 11. Be it further enacted, that the board shall hold monthly meetings on the first Wednesday in each month at the court house, and a majority of the members shall attend said meeting save for unavoidable cause, provided, call meetings may be held when necessary. Meetings. Sec. 12. Be it further enacted, that no money shall be paid out or used, except by authority of said Board of Commissioners. Disbursements. Sec. 13. Be it further enacted, that it shall be the duty of the clerk of said board and he is hereby required to keep a record of all the proceedings of said board in a well-bound book, which shall be submitted to the grand jury at each term of the Superior Court and shall be open always to the inspection of the citizens of the county or the public generally. Records. Sec. 14. Be it further enacted, that said board shall be known and styled the Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues and may have and use a seal of office. Name and seal. Sec. 15. Be it further enacted, that each member of said board shall be required to give bond, with a good security payable to the Governor of the State and his successors in office, in the sum of one thousand dollars each, said bond to be attested by and approved by the clerk of the Superior Court of Forsyth County, conditioned upon faithful discharge of their duties as such board member. Said bond to be filed and kept in the office of the clerk of the Superior Court of said county. Bond.

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Sec. 16. Be it further enacted, that said board is hereby authorized and it shall be their duty to employ an attorney-at-law of said county to be known as county attorney and it shall be his duty to represent the county in all matters of controversy in which the county is interested and to be the legal adviser of said board, and he shall receive such compensation for his services as may be agreed upon by and between him and said board. Attorney. Sec. 17. Be it further enacted, that said Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues, and their successors in office, shall, before entering upon their duties, take an oath before the clerk of the Superior Court of Forsyth County for the faithful performance of their duties, which oath and their bond shall be recorded by the clerk of the Superior Court of Forsyth County and shall remain in his custody. Oath. Sec. 18. Be it further enacted, that before any debt or claim against the county for machinery, mules, horses, supplies for the officers of the board and county, and all lumber, piping and bridge material shall be paid by said board, the person, firm or corporation presenting the same shall itemize said account, showing each sum charged for same. Claims. Sec. 19. Be it further enacted, that all disbursements of funds of the county shall be by warrant and said warrant shall be signed by the chairman and the clerk, or secretary, of the Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues. No warrant shall be drawn until the claim or debt shall be approved by the majority of said board, and in accordance with the preceding section. Warrants. Sec. 20. Be it further enacted, that no member of said board shall hire, employ, or contract with himself for work to be done or supplies to be furnished said county, nor shall any member of said board be interested in any way, directly or indirectly, in any contract for lumber, material or machinery, stock or supplies made by said board, nor shall said board make any such contract with any firm or corporation in which any member of said board is a member or stockholder. Unlawful contracts.

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Sec. 21. Be it further enacted, that said board shall have the authority to issue subpoenas in the trial of all road tax defaulters and issue all summons or notice necessary to bring to trial all offenders of the public road law, over which the Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues have jurisdiction, and all said subpoenas, summons and notices shall be signed by the chairman and the clerk of said Board of Commissioners, and said board shall have authority to administer oaths and punish for contempt of court. Trial of road-tax defaulters. Contempts. Sec. 22. Be it further enacted, that this Act shall go into effect in the said County of Forsyth after having been passed by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia and signed by the Governor of said State. When effective. Sec. 23. Be it further enacted that all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be and the same are hereby repealed. Approved August 18, 1919. GRADY TREASURER'S SALARY AND BOND. No. 277. An Act to fix the salary of the Treasurer of Grady County, Ga., at the sum of twelve hundred ($1,200.00) dollars per annum; to fix bond for same, and to provide for the payment of said bond; to provide who shall be security on said bond, 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 Treasurer of Grady County, Georgia, shall be twelve hundred ($1,200.00) dollars per annum, and shall be paid to said County Treasurer in monthly installments or in quarterly installments as may be agreed upon by the Board of Commissioners of said County and said Treasurer. Salary. Sec. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, that from and after the passage of this Act the bond of the

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Treasurer of Grady County, Georgia, shall be fixed at seventy-five thousand ($75,000.00) dollars. Bond. Sec. 3. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, that from and after the passage of this Act, the premium on the bond of the Treasurer of Grady County shall be paid by the County Commissioners of Grady County out of the common funds of Grady County. Premium on bond. Sec. 4. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, that from and after the passage of this Act, that no individual or firm, other than a firm or corporation engaged in a regular bonding business, lawfully in this State, shall be accepted as security on the bond of the Treasurer of Grady County, Georgia. [Illegible Text]. Sec. 5. Be it further enacted by authority aforesaid, that all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be and the same are hereby repealed. Approved August 19, 1919. GWINNETT BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS; AMENDING ACT. No. 188. An Act to amend an Act of the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, approved August 16, 1915, creating a Board of County Commissioners for Gwinnett County, and to prescribe and define the powers and duties thereof; so as to fix and define the powers and duties of said commissioners, and to provide that said commissioners shall govern and control all property of the county; have jurisdiction over all roads and bridges; hire the road superintendent and fix his salary, and discharge him for cause; to fix the salary of the clerk of said board, and for other purposes. Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by the authority

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of the same, that Section 4 of said Act be and the same is hereby repealed and in lieu thereof the following be enacted as Section 4 of said Act, to-wit: Act of 1915 amended. Sec. 4. Be it further enacted, that it shall require two of said commissioners to constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, and they must concur to pass any order or decree to bind the county, but any one of said commissioners may make contracts for the purchase of supplies provided previous authority to do so has been given by a majority of said commissioners. Substitute for Sec. 4. Quorum. Contracts. Sec. 2. Be it further enacted that Sub-Division 1 of Section 5 of said Act be amended by striking therefrom the words except that used in working the public roads appearing in the second line of said sub-division of said section, so that said Sub-Division 1 of Section 5 shall, when amended, read as follows: Amendments of Sec. 5. 1. Governing and controlling all the property of the county as they may deem expedient according to law. Be it further enacted that Section 5 of said Act be further amended by adding thereto the following additional sub-division sections to be numbered nine, ton, eleven and twelve, to-wit: Jurisdiction of board. 9. All roads and bridges of the county. 10. Said commissioners shall designate the public roads on which the convicts shall be worked and shall at their meetings pass orders in advance laying out and designating the roads and order in which they shall be worked by the convicts by the road superintendent. 11. That said commissioners shall have such jurisdiction over the laying out, working and maintaining of the public roads of the county as will give them full power and authority to do whatever may be necessary to co-operate with the Federal Government or the proper State authorities in receiving Federal aid for the public roads of the county. 12. That said commission shall have the right to hire the road superintendent for said county, and to fix his salary, and to discharge him for cause. Sec. 3. Be it further enacted that Section 7 of said Act

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be amended by striking therefrom the words a salary of four hundred dollars per annum in the 7th and 8th lines of said section and substituting in lieu thereof the words such salary as may be fixed by the Board of County Commissioners. Also by striking the words attend all the meetings of said board, for which service he shall receive two dollars and fifty cents per day, to be paid by the county, and he shall also in the tenth, eleventh, twelfth and thirteenth lines of said section, so that said section, when amended, shall read as follows: Sec. 7. Be it further enacted that said board may elect one of the members thereof secretary, and in the event no one of them is willing to serve in that capacity, a majority thereof may choose any other fit and proper person for that position, who shall keep a minute of the proceedings thereof, in a well-bound book, to be provided at the expense of the county, and shall receive for such services such salary as may be fixed by the Board of County Commissioners, to be paid by the county in equal monthly installments, and it shall be the duty of the sheriff of said county or his deputy to serve such papers as required of him by said board, for which he shall receive the same compensation allowed him by law for such services. Sec. 7 as amended. Secretary's salary. Sec. 4. Be it further enacted by authority aforesaid, that the County Commissioners of said county shall keep a record of the road tax collected under the operation of the alternative road law, showing the amount collected from each militia district separately, and the funds collected from each such district shall be expended in improving and repairing the public roads of the district from which it is collected and said commissioners shall also, as near as practicable, use the funds of each individual tax payer upon the road or roads upon which the taxpayer resides, or is nearest his residence. Record of road tax collected. Use of fund. Sec. 6. 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.

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GWINNETT SUPERINTENDENT OF ROADS; AMENDING ACT. No. 372. An Act to amend an Act of the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, approved August 16, 1915, creating the office of Superintendent of Public Roads for the County of Gwinnett, State of Georgia, to define his duties and to prescribe his powers and for other purposes, as amended by an Act approved August 19, 1916, so as to repeal said amendment of August 19, 1916, and to fix and define the powers and duties of said Superintendent; providing for his appointment and removal and the fixing of his salary by the County Commissioners, and for other purposes. Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same, that the amendment of said Act approved August 19, 1916, be and the same is hereby repealed. Act of 1916 repealed. Sec. 2. Be it further enacted that Sections 3, 4, 6 and 7 of said Act, approved August 16, 1915, be and the same are hereby repealed. Parts of Act of 1915 repealed. Sec. 3. Be it further enacted that Section 5 of said Act be amended by striking therefrom the words and approved by the Prison Commission of the State appearing in the third and fourth lines of said section, and that said section be further amended by adding thereto the following words, to-wit: the County Commissioners of said county shall fix the salary of said Superintendent and may discharge him at any time for cause. Said Superintendent may act as warden upon the approval of the Prison Commission, so that said section, when amended, shall read as follows: Section 5. Be it further enacted by authority aforesaid, that said Superintendent shall be selected by the County Commissioners of said county, and all vacancies whether by death, resignation or otherwise, shall be filled in the same manner. The County Commissioners of said county shall fix the salary of said Superintendent and may discharge him at any

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time for cause. Said Superintendent may act as warden upon the approval of the Prison Commission. Sec. 5 of Act of 1915 as amended. Superintendent; salary, etc. Sec. 4. Be it further enacted that Section 9 of said Act be and the same is hereby repealed and in lieu thereof the following be adopted as Section 9, to-wit: Section 9. Be it further enacted that said Superintendent shall have jurisdiction over building, working, and repairing the public roads of said county, altering the routes of same when it may be necessary for the public interest when such work has been ordered by the County Commissioners; he shall have full control of the convicts (where he is selected as warden) working the public roads in said county, and the County Commissioners shall furnish all necessary guards, physician and medicine for the convicts. It shall be the duty of said Superintendent to care for the mules, tools, machinery and all other property belonging to the county in his charge and he shall make requisition on the County Commissioners for food and clothing for the convicts and also for stock, material and all other supplies necessary for the successful carrying on of the work committed to him. Substitute for Sec. 9. Powers and duties. Sec. 5. Be it further enacted that all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be and the same are hereby repealed. Approved August 19, 1919. HALL; PER DIEM FOR JURORS IN JUSTICE'S COURTS. No. 238. An Act to provide compensation for jurors in Justice's Courts of Hall County, Georgia, in addition to the compensation now allowed by law; to provide for the payment of same, and for other purposes. Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same, that from and after the passage of this Act the jurors in

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Justice's Courts of Hall County, Georgia, in addition to the compensation now allowed by law, shall be entitled to the sum of seventy-five cents per day or the fractional part of a day each, while in attendance upon a Justice Court in said county in obedience to a summons issued and served upon them for that purpose, or while serving as a talesman therein, and it shall not be necessary for said jurors to be sworn to draw said compensation. Pay of Jurors. Sec. 2. Be it further enacted that when any person entitled to pay as a juror hereunder, he shall make affidavit on the back of his summons as to the number of days he has attended on said summons, and if a talesman, he shall make affidavits of the number of days attended in which shall be stated he was a talesman, and the Justice of the Peace or Notary shall certify to the truth of the facts stated therein and when this is done said summons and affidavit with said certificate shall be an order or warrant on the county treasurer, and said county treasurer or the like officer shall pay each juror seventy-five cents for each day proven, out of the county funds. Collection. 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. HALL TREASURER'S OFFICE ABOLISHED; DEPOSITORIES PROVIDED FOR. No. 86. An Act to abolish the office of County Treasurer of Hall County, Georgia, and provide the manner of handling the county funds of said county, and to provide for the appointment of some bank or banks, to receive and disburse the funds of said county, and to prescribe the duties of said bank or banks, in receiving and disbursing county funds, and for other purposes.

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Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same, that the office of County Treasurer of the County of Hall, said State, be and the same is hereby abolished, to take effect on and after the first day of January, 1921. Office abolished. Sec. 2. It shall be the duty of the Commissioners of Roads and Revenues in and for said county, as a board, at the regular meeting on the second Monday in December, 1920, and annually thereafter, to designate some bank or banks in said County of Hall to act as a depository or depositories and disbursing agent or agents of and for the public funds of said county, to receive and disburse all county funds that are generally received and disbursed by county treasurers as now provided by law, provided said Board of County Commissioners shall designate only such bank or banks as will comply with all the provisions of this Act, and after competitive bids, and to that bank or banks that will pay the highest rate of interest for the county funds so deposited, which interest shall be computed on the average daily balances, and said bank or banks to be eligible shall give a good and sufficient bond in such sum as may be fixed by said Board of County Commissioners, in some approved indemnity company, and the premium or premiums on such bond or bonds shall be paid from the funds of said county. Said bank or banks designated as a depository shall not receive any commission or compensation for receiving or disbursing the funds of said county, and shall keep all checks, vouchers and warrants on file subject to the inspection of the grand jury, or its authorized agents, and the Board of Commissioners of said county. Selection of depository. Bond. No compensation. Sec. 3. It shall be the duty of each such bank or banks acting as a county depository under the provisions of this Act, to: Duties. 1. Pay without delay, when it has sufficient funds belonging to said county, any check or warrant properly drawn on the county funds held by it, and all jury script issued by the clerk of the Superior Court of said county, as they are presented by the proper holders thereof. Payments.

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2. To keep a well-bound book in which shall be entered all receipts of money, from whom it was received and on what account, and all moneys paid out, and the number of the checks on warrant paid, and to whom it was payable. Receipts. Sec. 4. All books and stationery required to comply with the provisions of this Act shall be furnished at the expense of the county, and when full shall be filed in the office of the Ordinary of said county, to become a part of the public records. Books, etc. Sec. 5. If for providential or other reason the meeting of said Board of County Commissioners should not be held in December of any year, then it shall be the duty of the chairman of said board to call a meeting of said board at as early a date as practicable, and to give notice in some gazette published in the City of Gainesville, of the date of said meeting, the same to be for the purpose of designating some bank or banks to act as depository as herein provided upon competitive bids. Meeting to select depository. Sec. 6. When this Act goes into effect it shall be the duty of the County Treasurer of the County of Hall to pay over all funds held by him to the depository or depositories designated under the provisions hereof, and in the proportion as may be designated by the Commissioners of Roads and Revenues, and it shall be the duty of all persons holding funds belonging to the said County of Hall to pay the same over to one of said banks, in the same manner that they would now be required by law to pay the same to the county treasurer and a receipt from a properly [Illegible Text] depository as herein provided shall relieve all persons holding funds of said county from any further liability on account thereof. Treasurer's duty. Sec. 7. Should the time ever come when there is no bid by any bank for the funds of said county, then the Commissioners of Roads and Revenues, or other officers having charge of county matters, shall have the right to designate some good and solvent bank to act as depository without interest, subject to the provisions of this Act. Selection of bank not bidding.

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Sec. 8. Be it further enacted that should the time ever come when there is no bid for the funds of said county, under the provisions of this Act, and there is no bank willing to accept the funds of said county and act as a depository as provided in Section 7 of this Act, then the Commissioners of Roads and Revenues of said county shall be and they are hereby authorized to appoint some suitable person to act as County Treasurer in receiving and disbursing the funds of said county at a salary not to exceed $300.00 upon his giving bond and good and sufficient security as is now provided by law for the bonding of a County Treasurer. When treasurer. may be appointed. Salary. Sec. 9. Be it further enacted that Commissioners of Roads and Revenues at their regular meeting in December, when designating a county depository under the provisions of this Act, shall record on their minutes the full details of each bid made by any bank in said county for the funds thereof and the conditions upon which any bank sub-mitting a bid is willing to assume the obligations of a depository under the provisions hereof. Record of bids, etc. Sec. 10. All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed. Approved August 7, 1919. HARRIS TREASURER'S OFFICE ABOLISHED; DEPOSITORIES PROVIDED FOR. No. 258. An Act to abolish the office of County Treasurer for the County of Harris, State of Georgia; to provide for the election and qualification of county depository or depositories for the funds of said county; to provide for the receiving, holding and disbursing of the funds of said county, and for other purposes. Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of same, that on and after the first day of January, 1921,

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the office of County Treasurer for the County of Harris, State of Georgia, shall be and the same is hereby abolished. Office abolished. Sec. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, that it shall be the duty of the Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues or other county authorities, for the County of Harris, State of Georgia, as soon as this Act becomes effective, to demand from the county treasurer all books and papers belonging to said county and pertaining to said office of County Treasurer, and to examine the accounts of such retiring treasurer or his representative, and to have with such treasurer or his representative, a full and complete accounting and final settlement, and to issue to said treasurer, or his representative, and to his bondsmen, upon such settlement, a full and complete release of all liability as such treasurer. It is hereby made the duty of said treasurer to surrender and to deliver to said Board of Commissioners, or other county authorities, the books and papers referred to. Account by treasurer. Sec. 3. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, that as a part of the settlement referred to in Section 2 of this Act, the retiring Treasurer of Harris County shall deliver and turn over to the county depository or depositories selected as provided by this Act, all funds, property, moneys and effects except the books and papers to be delivered to the Board of Commissioners or other county authorities, in the hands of said county treasurer as such treasurer and shall be receipted therefor by the said Board of Commissioners or other county authorities; and until such final receipt is given, the County Treasurer shall remain subject as now provided by law, to a strict accounting as a holder of public money. Delivery by treasurer. Sec. 4. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, that the Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues or other county authorities, for Harris County, shall at their first meeting in January, 1921, or as soon thereafter as practicable, select by a majority vote of said commissioners as a depository or depositories for the funds of the County of Harris, any bank or banks or trust company, State or National,

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authorized to do business in this State, such selected to be for the term of one year and until the selection and qualification of such depository or depositories, successor or successors. The selection of such depository or depositories shall be made by a majority vote of the commissioners or other county authorities, at the first regular meeting in each year. Should any bank in Harris County fail to qualify as such depository, said commissioners or other authorities are hereby authorized to select some bank or banks in an adjoining county; provided, however, the banks of Harris County shall first be given an opportunity to qualify. Selection of depository. Depository in adjoining county. Sec. 5. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, that before any bank or banks or trust company so designated as county depository shall receive any of the funds of Harris County, such depository, through its proper officers shall execute and deliver to the Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues or other county authorities for Harris County or their successors, a good and sufficient bond, in an amount to be fixed by said board, and not less than fifty thousand ($50,000.00) dollars, payable to the Commissioners of Roads and Revenues of Harris County, their successors in office, conditioned for the safe keeping, accounting for, and paying over upon demand of proper authorities, all moneys and funds which may come to the keeping of such bank or banks or trust company by virtue of its or their selection as county depository or depositories, and that such depository or depositories shall faithfully and according to law perform whatever duties may be required thereof by this Act. Said bonds shall be approved by a majority of the Board of Commissioners or other county authorities, shall be in a good and solvent surety company doing business in this State, and the premium or premiums shall be paid out of the fund of Harris County; provided, however, that said Board of Commissioners, or other county authorities, may in lieu of said bond, insure the county deposits in a good and solvent company, the loss, if any, payable to Harris County and upon such insurance no bonds

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shall be necessary. The premium of such insurance shall be paid out of the funds of Harris County. Bond. Insurance of deposits. Sec. 6. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, that upon the selection and qualification of such county depository or depositories it shall be the duty of the retiring Treasurer of Harris County to pay over to such depository or depositories all moneys and funds in his hands as treasurer belonging to Harris County, such depository or depositories shall receive all moneys and funds from officers and other sources now received and held by the county treasurer, and all persons holding, or who may hereafter hold or come into possession of county moneys or funds, shall pay same, when this Act becomes effective, to such depository or depositories, as they now pay over to the county treasurer. Such depository or depositories shall hold said moneys and disburse same upon warrant of the proper authority, shall pay when in funds, all orders and warrants issued by the Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues or other county authorities for Harris County, as hereinafter specified, shall take a receipt of each order when paid and carefully file it away, shall keep a well-bound book in which shall be entered all receipts, stating when and from whom received, and on what account, and all amounts paid out, stating when paid, to whom and on what account; shall keep a well-bound book in which shall be entered a full description of all county orders or other forms of indebtedness as they are presented; shall record copies of orders of county authorities levying county taxes; shall render reports to, and appear before the Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues, or other county authorities of Harris County, whenever notified, and before the grand jury on request, to render an account of its doings as such depository, shall exhibit its books at such request of any depository upon request of any grand jury, and monthly to said Board of Commissioners or other county authorities, at their monthly meetings. Such depository or depositories shall be both criminally and civilly liable as county treasurers are now liable, and subject to like punishment, for malfeasance or nonfeasance of duty. Said depository or depositories

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shall be bound as to the bank property and the property of stockholders, as well as their bonds for the true accounting of county deposits, as in case of other depositories. The accounts in favor of Harris County shall come within the purview of the general examination made by the State or National Bank Examiners, and also within the purview of the examination of the state auditor, should such office be created. Duties. Liability. Audit of accounts. Sec. 7. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, that no depository shall receive any compensation as such depository other than that all books shall be furnished by Harris County out of the county funds, and premiums on all bonds paid by Harris County out of the county funds. No compensation. Sec. 8. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, that all checks or warrants against the county funds in any depository shall be drawn by the clerk of the Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues, or other county authorities for Harris County and countersigned by the chairman of said board, which checks shall be numbered and stubbed, shall show for what purpose drawn, the amount for which drawn, and party to whom drawn. No check shall be honored by any county depository unless in accordance with these provisions. Checks or warrants, how drawn. Sec. 9. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, that all other duties now performed by the treasurer for Harris County, especially such as are now specified in Section 576 (1) (2) Code of 1910, shall be performed by the Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues, or other county authorities of Harris County. Other duties. Sec. 10. Be it enacted by the authority aforesaid, that all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act shall be and the same are hereby repealed. Approved August 19, 1919.

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HART BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS CREATED. No. 271. An Act creating the Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues, Hart County; to provide for the election of the members thereof by the grand jury of said county; to define their duties and powers, fix their salaries, term of office; to provide for filling vacancies, and to divide the county into four road districts, and for other purposes. Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of same, that Section 10 of the Act approved August 2, 1918, creating the Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues, shall be amended by striking from said section lines 3 and 4 the words three dollars and the figures $3.00 and insert in lieu thereof the words four dollars and the figures $4.00, so that said section, when amended, shall read as follows: Section 10. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, that for each day's services rendered by the members of said Board, at monthly meetings, they shall receive four ($4.00) dollars. Ga. L. 1918, p. 446; amendment. Sec. 10 as amended. Pay. Sec. 2. Be it further enacted, that the words every six months in Section 13, line 2, shall be stricken and in lieu thereof the words annually during the month of July shall be inserted so that said section, when amended, shall read as follows: Section 13. That it shall be the duty of said commissioners to publish annually during the month of July, in the official organ of Hart County, a full, complete, itemized statement of their acts and doings, showing all moneys taken in by them, its source and disbursement, to whom paid, and for what purpose; the cost of publishing such statement to be paid out of the county treasury. Sec. [Illegible Text] as amended. Annual statements. Sec. 3. Be it further enacted, that the words two dollars and the figures $2.00 in line 8 of Section 15 shall be stricken, and in lieu thereof shall be inserted the words four dollars and the figures $4.00 and the lines 9 and

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10 of said paragraph shall be stricken entirely, so that when amended said section shall read as follows: Section 15. Said board shall hold at least one session in each month at the county site and in the court house of said county, where they shall have an office. The chairman of said board may in his discretion, call extra sessions of said board to transact any business that may arise after the regular meeting of the said board and for the services in attending these extra sessions the members of the said board shall receive four ($4.00) dollars per day compensation therefor. Sec. 15 as amended. Sessions. Pay for extra sessions. Sec. 4. Be it further enacted, that Section 29 shall be amended by striking the words A similar statement in line 17, and in lieu thereof insert the words A copy of said statement. When so amended Section 29 shall read as follows: Section 29. Be it further enacted, that on the first Monday in February each year said board shall make a sworn financial statement to the Ordinary of said county, showing the amount of money received as commutation tax, amount received from the tax collector of Hart County, and all moneys received from any other source; they shall also show the disbursements made by said board, to whom paid and when paid; also submit a statement of unpaid county warrants, showing to whom payable and amounts of each and when payable. They shall likewise submit an itemized statement of the indebtedness of the county, for which no warrant has been executed. The purpose of this section being to show the taxpayers the financial condition of the county. The Ordinary of Hart County shall record this report and for this service shall receive out of the county treasury the sum of five ($5.00) dollars. It shall be the duty of said board to submit a copy of said statement to the grand jury at each Spring term of Hart Superior Court. Sec. 29 as amended. Financial statements. Sec. 5. Be it further enacted, that the words twenty-five dollars and the figures $25.00 in Section 31, line 15, shall be stricken, and in lieu thereof the words one hundred dollars and the figures $100.00 shall be inserted, so that when amended it shall read as follows: Section 31. Be it further enacted, that before any debt or claim against the

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county for machinery, mules, horses, supplies for camps, clothing and supplies for convicts, and all necessary supplies for the officers of the courts and county, and all lumber, piping and bridge material, shall be paid by said board, the person, firm or corporation presenting the same shall itemize said account and show the amount of profit made on each item or bill of goods sold said board, and on failure to comply with this section by either party to the sale and purchase of any of the above named articles or personal property, and shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be punished as prescribed in Section 1065 of Park's Code of Georgia, 1914, Volume 6. This section shall not apply to any purchase of the value of one hundred ($100.00) dollars or less. Sec. 31 as amended. Itemized statement of accounts and profits. Penalty. Applies to amounts above $100. Sec. 6. Be it further enacted, that the chairman of said Board of Commissioners, after the passage of this Act, shall be general supervisor of all roads and bridges in the county, and shall personally inspect all proposed changes in roadways, inspect all new bridge sites, convict camp, or camps, and his decision, together with the concurring opinion of two other commissioners, shall be final touching any question that may arise, as to changes in roads, bridge sites, and the building and repairing of bridges and roads. The chairman may have any roads worked, or any bridge or bridges built or repaired at any place in the county, and at any time, provided there are at least two other commissioners concurring. The said chairman shall devote not less than four, and not more than six days of each month to the aforesaid work, for which he shall be paid the sum of five ($5.00) dollars per day for the inspecting and looking after the roads and bridges of the county. Chairman's duties. Pay. Sec. 7. Be it further enacted, that the said commissioners shall have the authority to use the surplus of any county funds, if there be a surplus, for any purpose for which they are now authorized to use county funds. Surplus. funds. Sec. 8. Be it further enacted, that after the passage of this Act, the Ordinary shall be authorized to draw his warrant

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at any time he deems it necessary for the payment of any debt he may have contracted in the performance of his duties as custodian of the public buildings and grounds, and as general manager of the county farm, and upon presentation to the chairman, they shall be paid without having to be passed on by the said board, as provided for in Section 30. Ordinary's warrants. Sec. 9. Be it further enacted, that the provisions of this Act shall take effect immediately upon its passage. Sec. 10. Be it further enacted, that all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be and the same are hereby repealed. Approved August 19, 1919. JEFF DAVIS; REPEAL OF ACT AS TO BULLS AND BOARS AT LARGE. No. 102. An Act to repeal an Act approved July 31, 1918, entitled An Act to prohibit the running at large in Jeff Davis County, Georgia, of any bull or boar hog, over the age of four months; to provide and prescribe the penalty for the violation thereof, and for other purposes. Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same, that the Act approved July 31, 1918, entitled An Act to prohibit the running at large in Jeff Davis County, Georgia, of any bull or boar [Illegible Text] over the age of four months, to prescribe and provide the penalty for the violation thereof, and for other purposes, be and the same is hereby repealed. Act of 1918 repealed. Sec. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, that all laws and parts of laws in conflict with the provisions of this Act be, and the same are hereby repealed. Approved August 12, 1919.

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JONES COMMISSIONER'S SALARY INCREASED. No. 301. An Act to amend an Act entitled An Act to amend an Act to create the office of County Commissioner of Jones County; to provide for his compensation; to provide for the appointment of a clerk for said commissioner; to provide for his compensation; to define the duties and powers of said commissioner, and for other purposes, approved August 12, 1914, so as to increase the compensation of said commissioner from one thousand dollars per annum to fifteen hundred dollars per annum, and for other purposes. Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, that Section 1 of an Act approved August 12, 1914, fixing the salary of the County Commissioner of Jones County, be amended by striking from the eighth line of said Act the words one thousand and substituting therefor the words fifteen hundred, so that said section, when amended, shall read as follows:' Said County Commissioner shall receive for his services fifteen hundred dollars per annum, to be paid monthly out of the county treasury of Jones County, on his warrant drawn for that purpose. Nor shall said County Commissioner receive any other compensation. Act of 1914 amended. Salary increased. Sec. 2. Be it further enacted that this Act shall become effective upon its approval by the Governor. 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.

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LAURENS BOND COMMISSION CREATED. No. 313. An Act to create a Bond Commission for Laurens County, Georgia; to define its duties, and for other purposes. Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same, That from and after the passage of this Act, there is created in and for the County of Laurens a Bond Commission to be composed of three members, to-wit: J. M. Finn, F. M. Daniel and J. L. Keen, whose term of office shall be four years, and until their successors are appointed or elected as hereinafter provided. Any vacancies occurring in the Commission shall be filled by the remaining members of the Commission, until said vacancy can be filled by selection of the grand jury of Laurens County with the approval of the judge of the Superior Court. Said Bond Commission are hereby made ex-officio Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for L a u r e n s County, with the exclusive power in performing the duties of said Bond Commission as hereinafter provided. Bond commission; members named. Term of office. Vacancies. Ex-officio commissioners of roads, etc. Sec. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That it shall be the duty of the Bond Commission to supervise, direct, and control the expenditures of moneys raised by the issue of bonds of Laurens County for the construction of bridges, roads and other purposes. Duties. Sec. 3. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That in the construction and permanent improvement of bridges and roads, the Bond Commission shall make all contracts and expend all funds as in their discretion shall be necessary or proper. They shall employ a competent engineer or engineers, and such other help as may be necessary and fix their compensation. Engineer, etc. Sec. 4. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That said Bond Commission is authorized and empowered to take charge of and be responsible for all funds raised from the sale of bonds for the purpose of building

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and constructing bridges and roads in Laurens County, Georgia, and to expend the same for the best interest of the county; provided, however, that before letting any contract for work, material or supplies, the Bond Commission shall advertise for bids and shall let the contract to the lowest responsible bidder, and they may, in their discretion reject any or all bids. Powers. Bids and contracts. Sec. 5. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That each member of said Bond Commission shall receive as full compensation for his services twenty-five ($25.00) dollars per month, and shall be required to devote so much of his time and attention to the carrying out of the purpose of this Act as is necessary. Compensation. Sec. 6. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That at the expiration of the term of office for which these Commissioners have been appointed, should the proceeds arising from the sale of said bonds have been fully expended in the construction of bridges and roads the office hereby created shall cease; that should they not have fully completed the purposes for which this Commission is created, said Bond Commission shall be continued, and the successors to the Commissioners herein named shall be chosen as herein provided. Office ceases when. Sec. 7. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That each member of said Commission shall give a bond in the sum of ten thousand ($10,000.00) dollars each, made payable to the Ordinary of said county and his successors in office, conditioned upon the faithful performance of his duties and the faithful accounting of any moneys that may come into his hands or control. Said bond to be executed by a surety company authorized to do business in the State of Georgia, the premiums of said bonds to be paid out of the treasury of said county. Bond. Sec. 8. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That said Bond Commission shall submit to the grand jury of Laurens County, at such times as they shall be thereunto required, a full report of their transactions,

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including an itemized statement of all moneys received and disbursed, such report to be investigated and examined by the grand jury in the same manner that all other public records are investigated and examined. Reports to grand jury. Sec. 9. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That said Bond Commission shall have full and ample power and authority to take possession of and expend the proceeds of the sale of bonds authorized by the County of Laurens for any purpose whatsoever, especially including an issue of bonds for the purpose of building bridges on the public highways of said county. Expenditures. Sec. 10. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That this Act shall become effective immediately upon its passage and approval by the Governor and that all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be and the same are hereby repealed. Approved August 19, 1919. LAURENS TREASURERS OFFICE ABOLISHED; DEPOSITORY PROVIDED FOR. No. 8. An Act to abolish the office of county treasurer in and for the County of Laurens, and to make provisions for the handling and disbursement of all the county funds, 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, 1921, the office of county treasurer of Laurens County shall be and the same is hereby abolished. Office abolished from Jan. 1, 1921. Sec. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the Dublin and Laurens Bank, located in the City of Dublin, Laurens County, Georgia, be and the same is hereby designated and appointed to receive and disburse

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the public funds of said Laurens County, for and during a term of two years, beginning January 1, 1921, and ending on January 1, 1923, and until its successor is appointed and qualified, as hereinafter provided, and it shall be the duty of said bank to receive and disburse all county funds during said time which it is the duty of the county treasurer to now receive and disburse, and said bank shall receive and disburse said funds without expense to the county, and shall pay to the county authorities the sum of two and one-half per cent interest on the average monthly balance of said funds. Said appointee shall, before entering upon the discharge of its duties herein set out, make a good and solvent bond, which bond shall be signed by some surety company, now authorized to do business in the State of Georgia, and in an amount that shall fully protect the funds of said county at all times. Depository designated. Term. Duties. Interest on deposits. Bond. Sec. 3. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That it is hereby made the duty of the Board of County Commissioners, of said county, the Ordinary, or such other person or persons having the financial affairs of said county in charge, on the first Tuesday in December, 1922, and on the first Tuesday in December bi-annually thereafter, to appoint some bank or trust company then doing business in said county, and located therein to receive and disburse the county funds which it is now the duty of the county treasurer to receive and disburse, for two years, beginning January 1st, after appointment. Appointment of successors. Sec. 4. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That in making said appointment it shall be the duty of the Board of County Commissioners, the Ordinary, or other such person or persons making said appointment, to appoint the bank or trust company which shall agree to pay the highest rate of interest on the average monthly balance of said funds; and it shall be the further duty of the county authorities making said appointment to require said appointee to make a good and solvent bond, which bond shall be signed by some surety company, then authorized to do business in the State of Georgia, and in an

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amount that shall fully protect the funds of said county at all times. And all bidders for such appointment shall deposit with the county authorities making said appointment and the time of making their bids a cashier's check in the sum of three hundred ($300.00) dollars as an evidence of good faith. And in the event that the appointee shall not fully qualify under the terms of this Act, this sum shall be forfeited to the county, or the county authorities making the appointment may in his or their discretion pay the premium on the appointee's bond with said funds. Bids for appointment. Bond. Deposit by bidder. Sec. 5. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That it shall be the duty of any such designated or appointed depository to keep the same books and records, showing the same kind of receipts and disbursements, and to make the same reports to the grand jury and Ordinary or county authorities as is now required by law of the county treasurer. Accounts and reports. Sec. 6. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That it shall be the duty of all officers of said county now required by law to deposit money with the county treasurer, to deposit all of said funds, with the aforesaid depository, and all parties now authorized to draw warrants or vouchers upon the county treasurer, to draw said warrants or vouchers against the funds in said depository. And it is hereby made the duty of all officers controlling, or handling any of the county funds, to deposit the same in said depository. Duty to deposit funds with depository. Warrants. Sec. 7. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the county treasurer of said county is hereby required to make a report to the Board of County Commissioners of said county on the first day of January, 1921, showing his receipts and disbursements and the balance of funds on hand, and to deposit said balance, including all interest and sinking funds, in the depository aforesaid, and named in this Act, and take a receipt therefor; and the county treasurer is further required to turn all his records

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over to the Ordinary of said county, to be kept in the Ordinary's office. Treasurer's duty to account, etc. Sec. 8. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be and the same are hereby repealed. Approved July 29, 1919. LUMPKIN BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS CREATED. No. 46. An Act to create a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for the County of Lumpkin; to define the powers and duties of said Board; to fix the qualifications, terms of office and compensation of members of said Board; to provide for the selection of successors, and for other purposes. Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same, That a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for the County of Lumpkin, to consist of three persons, hereinafter named, is hereby created. That all persons eligible to hold other county offices shall be eligible to hold the office of Commissioner of Roads and Revenues in said county. Should a vacancy occur in said board by death, resignation, or otherwise, the same shall be filled by the judge of the Superior Court of Lumpkin County. Board created. Eligibility. Vacancies. Sec. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the following named persons are hereby appointed, constituted and made Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for the county, under this Act, to-wit: W. L. Ash, R. C. Meaders, and J. H. Moore; and that the term of office of each of the above appointed Commissioners of Roads and Revenues shall be four years and that said term of office shall begin on the fifth day of August, 1919, and that all and each of said Commissioners shall hold office

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until their successors are elected and qualified as hereinafter provided. Members named. Term of office. Sec. 3. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That at the regular election for county officers to be held in November, 1924, and at each election for county officers thereafter, Commissioners of Roads and Revenues shall be elected for a term of four years, whose term of service shall begin on the first day of January, 1925, after election, and who shall serve for a term of four years and until their successors are elected and qualified and they shall be elected in the same manner and at the same time as is provided for the election of county officers. Election of successors. Sec. 4. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the Commissioners of Roads and Revenues as hereinbefore provided for shall be commissioned by the Governor for the term of office for which they have been selected, appointed, or elected and before entering upon the discharge of their duties they shall give a good and solvent bond to be approved by the Ordinary of said county, payable to the Governor of the State, or his successors in office in the sum of $5,000.00 each, conditioned for the faithful performance of their duties as such Commissioners, which bond, when approved by the Ordinary, shall be by him recorded in the record of official bonds, the same to be filed and kept by said Ordinary in his office. And that said Commissioners of Roads and Revenues before entering upon the discharge of their duties, shall take and subscribe before the Ordinary of Lumpkin County the following oath: I do solemnly swear that I will faithfully discharge the duties of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for the County of Lumpkin, and that I will so act as in my judgment will be most conductive to the welfare and prosperity of said county, so help me God, and said bond and oath shall be recorded by the Ordinary of said county, and the same to be filed and kept in the office of Ordinary of said county, and in the custody and control of said Ordinary. Commission by Governor. Bond. Oath. Sec. 5. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid,

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That said Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues shall after giving bond and taking the required oath, as hereinbefore set out, meet at the court house in Lumpkin County and organize by electing a chairman and clerk on the day their term of office begins. Chairman. Sec. 6. Be it further enacted by authority aforesaid, That the Commissioners of Roads and Revenues of said county, shall have the right and power to employ a physician for the purpose of giving medical aid and attention to the jail prisoners, paupers of the county, convicts of the county and any other matters requiring his services as a physician, and that said Commissioners of Roads and Revenues shall have the right and authority to fix his compensation. Physician. Compensation. Sec. 7. Be it further enacted by authority aforesaid, That said Commissioners of Roads and Revenues are authorized by this Act to employ counsel for legal advice, for drawing contracts for the county, or for the drawing of any contracts or documents or otherwise when said Commissioners of Roads and Revenues shall deem it necessary, and for legal advice, or for the drawing of contracts or documents for said county, or otherwise, said Commissioners of Roads and Revenues shall have the right and authority to pay an attorney a reasonable compensation for whatever services he may render. Attorney. Compensation. Sec. 8. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That said Commissioners of Roads and Revenues shall meet at the court house in said county and hold regular monthly sessions at such times as may be agreed upon by said Commissioners of Roads and Revenues. Sessions. Sec. 9. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That for each day's services rendered by the members of said Commissioners of Roads and Revenues at and for their monthly meetings they shall receive the sum of three ($3.00) dollars each per day, the same to be paid out of the general funds of said county, and also if it be necessary for said Commissioners of Roads and Revenues

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to travel, or otherwise incur other personal expenses, they shall also be paid out of the county funds for such expense. Said Commissioners of Roads and Revenues are not confined to their regular monthly meetings, but on the contrary are authorized to put in not to exceed fifty days in any one calendar year, and shall be paid a like sum, of three ($3.00) dollars per day, except the chairman of said board and he as such chairmen is authorized to put in as many days in any one calendar year as the whole board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues may see fit and proper to approve of, and for like services as such chairman he shall likewise be paid the sum of three ($3.00) dollars per day for whatever extra days he may render to said county, and that said board shall be paid by rendering a proper voucher, and an order drawn by the chairman and countersigned by the clerk of said board, said order being drawn on the general funds of said county. Pay of members. Sec. 10. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That said Commissioners of Roads and Revenues may elect a clerk, who may or may not be a member of the board, whose duty it shall be to keep a record of all the actnigs and doings of said board at the court house in said county; said records to be open for inspection of any citizen or citizens of said county at all times, if the same does not conflict with the meetings of said board, and said clerk shall keep all books and records in a neat, and first-class condition at all times. Said clerk shall receive for his services as such clerk a reasonable compensation, said compensation not to exceed the sum of three ($3.00) dollars per day, and not to exceed the sum of twenty-five ($25.00) dollars per month. If said clerk elected by said Commissioners is not a member of said board, he shall take the same oath as herein designated for said board and shall also make a good and solvent bond to be approved by said board, payable to the Commissioners of Roads and Revenues and their successors in office in the sum of one thousand ($1,000.00) dollars, conditioned for the faithful performance of his duty as such clerk, which bond shall be

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recorded in the record of official bonds kept by the Ordinary of said county. Clerk. Duties. Compensation. Bond. Sec. 11. The clerk of the Superior Court of Lumpkin County may be selected by said Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues, if said board sees fit and proper to make such selection to act as clerk of the Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues of said county. Clerk of Superior Court may be clerk of Board. Sec. 12. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That said Board of Commissioners when in their discretion they deem it necessary, may elect a superintendent of all roads and bridges, and to superintend all county matters of Lumpkin County that may be delegated to such superintendent by said Board of Commissioners of said county, and that said board shall elect such superintendent on account of his efficiency and knowledge and skill in practical road and bridge building. Said superintendent shall have charge of laying out, building, repairing, improving and maintaining the public roads and bridges of the County of Lumpkin and all other county matters that may be delegated to him by said Board of Commissioners, and that as such superintendent he shall be under orders at all times of said Board of Commissioners. And as such superintendent he shall receive a reasonable compensation, said compensation to be fixed by said Board of Commissioners, not to exceed the sum of fifteen hundred ($1,500.00) dollars per annum and his term of office as such superintendent shall also be fixed by said Board of Commissioners, not to exceed one year. Superintendent of roads, etc. Duties. Compensation. Sec. 13. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That said Commissioners of Roads and Revenues, shall have the right and authority to retire from office or from appointment, the county attorney, county physician, clerk of the board or superintendent of roads, bridges, and other county matters, when in their judgment the interests of the county is not being properly cared for by such appointees or officers. Discharge of appointees. Sec. 14. Be it further enacted by authority aforesaid,

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That the said Commissioners of Roads and Revenues shall have jurisdiction and full control over all of the following county matters, to-wit: In controlling and directing all property of said county as they may deem expedient according to law, in levying taxes according to law; in establishing or abolishing or changing election precincts of militia districts, or in changing the lines of militia districts; in allowing the insolvent list of said county; in settling claims and accounts of officers having the care and management or disbursement of the funds belonging to said county, in making such rules and regulations as they may deem best for the interest of said county governing all minor officers and employees appointed by them; in fixing the number of days work for each subject to road duty, or in lieu thereof, a reasonable compensation in keeping with the alternative road law as now made and provided by statute; in levying a general tax for general purposes, and a special tax for special purposes, according to the provisions of the general law and special enactments of the General Assembly; in establishing, altering, building, repairing, and abolishing all roads, bridges and ferries in said county in conformity to law; in examining, auditing and allowing all claims for or against the County of Lumpkin; in examining and auditing the accounts of all county officers who receive pay out of any money of the county or State; in collecting and disbursing all funds belonging to the county or appropriated for its use or benefit, and in bringing all debtors of the county to a speedy settlement; in making such rules and regulations for the support and maintenance of the poor of said county, and for the promotion of health as permitted by law. Jurisdiction. Sec. 15. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That said board shall hold at least one session in each month at the county site and in the court house of said county, where they shall have and maintain an office, and said board shall have all records pertaining or belonging to the Commissioners of Roads and Revenues of said county kept in the office of said Commissioners. Sessions at court house.

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Sec. 16. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the chairman of said board, in his discretion, shall call an extra session of said board to transact any business that may arise after the regular meeting of said board. Extra sessions. Sec. 17. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That said Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues as herein provided, shall have the full power and authority in establishing and maintaining county chaingangs, and in working public roads or other public works of the county with the same. Chaingang. Sec. 18. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the Ordinary of Lumpkin County, shall turn over to said Commissioners of Roads and Revenues, all books, papers or other documents, pertaining to county matters that may be required of him by said board. That said board is hereby authorized, if they deem it necessary and proper, to discard all old records and equip in lieu thereof the office of said board with new records. Records. Sec. 19. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That said Commissioners of Roads and Revenues, of said County of Lumpkin, shall have all the power and shall have the full right to exercise all the rights and powers heretofore vested under the general law in the Ordinaries of the several counties of the State of Georgia, when sitting for county purposes, and to exercise such other powers as are granted by law, or as are indispensable to their jurisdiction over county matters and the finances thereof. Powers. Sec. 20. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That this Act shall become effective upon the fifth day of August, 1919. Effective, when. Sec. 21. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be and the same are hereby repealed. Approved August 11, 1919.

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MADISON; CLOSED SEASON FOR FOX HUNTING, ETC. No. 269. An Act to prohibit the hunting, following hounds in pursuit of, trapping, killing or destroying in any manner any fox in the County of Madison, State of Georgia, except during certain seasons of the year, and to provide a penalty 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 authority of the same, That from and after the passage of this Act, it shall be unlawful for any person to hunt or follow hounds, or other dogs, in pursuit of, or to kill or in any manner destroy any fox in the county of Madison, in the State of Georgia, between the dates of February 1st, and September 1st, inclusive. Unlawful hunting or killing of fox. Sec. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That it shall be unlawful for any person to kill or catch or maim by trapping, any fox in the County of Madison in said State at any time. Trapping. Sec. 3. 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 on conviction thereof, shall be punished as for a misdemeanor. Penalty. 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. McDUFFIE TREASURER'S OFFICE ABOLISHED; DEPOSITORY TO BE SELECTED. No. 222. An Act to abolish the office of county treasurer for the County of McDuffie: to provide a depository for the

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funds of said county, and how said funds shall be disbursed; to prescribe the regulations governing the handling of county funds by such despository, 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 aforesaid, That from and after the first day of January, 1920, the office of county treasurer in, and for the County of McDuffie, shall be abolished. Office abolished from Jan. 1, 1920. Sec. 2. Be it further enacted, and it is hereby enacted by the authority aforesaid, That on some date prior to said January, 1920, the Ordinary of said county shall select some duly chartered bank of said county to act as depository of and for all county funds heretofore handled by the county treasurer. Selection of depository. Sec. 3. Be it further enacted, and it is hereby enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the cashier of the bank thus selected shall discharge all the duties heretofore discharged by the county treasurer, without compensation from said county. Duties. No compensation. Sec. 4. Be it further enacted, and it is hereby enacted by the authority aforesaid, That said cashier, before handling any funds of said county, shall enter into bond with good security to be approved by said Ordinary, conditioned for the faithful discharge of the duties aforesaid, in a sum equal to that now required of the county treasurer. Bond. Sec. 5. Be it further enacted, and it is hereby 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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MITCHELL BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS, ELECTION OF. No. 308. An Act to amend an Act approved August 16, 1915, which Act was passed for the purpose of amending an Act approved August 18, 1913, which said last Act was passed for the purpose of amending an Act approved August 13, 1907, and which said last Act was passed for the purpose of amending an Act approved February 20, 1873, so as to provide how the Commissioners of said county of Mitchell shall be elected and to provide compensation for their services, and for other purposes. Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, That Section one (1) of said amendatory Act approved August 16, 1915, be and the same is hereby stricken, and the following, to be known as Section one (1) of said amendatory Act of August 16, 1915, be as follows, to-wit: That Section two (2) of the said amendatory Act approved August 18, 1913, be and the same is hereby stricken, and the following be inserted in lieu of Section two (2), and to become Section two (2) of said Act, as follows, to-wit: Section 2. Said county is hereby divided into six districts as follows: The 1173rd militia district shall compose one district; the 1194th militia district shall compose one district; the1548th and 1603rd militia districts shall compose one district; the 791st and 1699th militia districts shall compose one district; the 625th and 1611th militia districts shall compose one district, and the 1033rd and 1299th militia districts shall compose one district, and there shall be elected one Commissioner from each of said districts, making six Commissioners in all for said county; said election for said Commissioners shall be held at the regular time for both nominating and electing an Ordinary for said county, and whose term of office shall be equal with the Ordinary's of said county, except as otherwise specified and no person shall be eligible to vote for any Commissioner in any primary or general election,

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except he be qualified to vote for the Ordinary of said county in regular election for the nomination or election of Ordinary; and none but qualified voters residing within their respective road districts shall be allowed to vote for the Commissioners of each of said road districts and in no event shall anyone be allowed to vote in any election for any candidate for Commissioner who resides without the road district of the voter's residence; it being the intention of this portion of this Section to have the voters within a specified road district to vote only for a Commissioner from their road district in order that the Commissioner shall not be voted upon and elected from the county at large but that each road district shall elect its own Commissioner of Roads and Revenues. Acts amended. To be read as amended. Districts. Election of commissioner from each district. Sec. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That Section two (2) of said amendatory Act approved August 16, 1915, be and the same is hereby stricken and the following substituted in lieu thereof: That said Act approved August 18, 1913, be amended by adding to Section five (5) of said Act as follows, to-wit: That the Commissioners of Roads and Revenues shall elect one of its members as chairman; it being the intention of this portion of this Section to repeal the provision which provides that the chairman of said board shall reside within the 1173rd district. The chairman may be a resident of the 1173rd district or any other district if he receives a majority vote of said Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for the place. Each Commissioner of Roads and Revenues of said county shall receive for his services three ($3.00) dollars per day for each day of actual service rendered to the county. Chairman. Pay of commissioners. 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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MITCHELL PRIMARY ELECTIONS, HOURS OF. No. 65. An Act to regulate the holding of primary elections in the County of Mitchell, and to designate the hours the polls shall be held open at the precincts during said elections, 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, at all primary elections held in and for the County of Mitchell, the hours for keeping open the polls for the reception of ballots at all precincts located in militia districts in which the total number of registered voters is over five hundred shall be the same as the hours for keeping open the polls at the precinct at the county site in said county, and the committee, or other authority prescribing the regulations for such elections shall provide that the polls in such precincts shall be kept open during said hours. Hours of Primary elections. 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. MONTGOMERY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS ABOLISHED. No. 90. An Act to repeal an Act entitled An Act to create a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for the County of Montgomery, consisting of three members; to prescribe their duties and fix their compensation; to prescribe their qualifications; to divide the said County of Montgomery into three road districts and provide for the election of one Commissioner from each

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of said districts; to provide for the holding of primary elections in the district from which a Commissioner is to be elected; to provide for a clerk of said board and fix his compensation; to provide for an attorney of said board and fix his compensation; to provide for the publication of quarterly reports of the actings and doings of said board, and for other purposes, approved August 17, 1914, which said Act was amended by an Act approved August 13, 1915. 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 by the Governor of this Act, an Act entitled An Act to create a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for the County of Montgomery, consisting of three members; to prescribe their duties and fix their compensation; to prescribe their qualifications; to divide the said county of Montgomery into three road districts, and provide for the election of one Commissioner from each of said districts; to provide for the holding of primary elections in the district from which a Commissioner is to be elected or chosen; to provide for a clerk of said board and fix his compensation; to provide for an attorney for said board and fix his compensation; to provide for the publication of quarterly reports of the actings and doings of said board, and for other purposes, approved August 17, 1914, and which was amended by an Act approved August 13, 1915, be and the same is hereby repealed. Board abolished. Sec. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be and the same are hereby repealed. Approved August 12, 1919.

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MONTGOMERY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS CREATED. No. 97. An Act to create a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for the County of Montgomery, consisting of three members; to prescribe their duties and fix their compensation; to prescribe their qualifications; to divide the said County of Montgomery into three road districts and provide for the election of one Commissioner from each of said districts by the grand jury of the said County of Montgomery; to provide for the publication of quarterly reports of all the actings and doings of said Board of Commissioners; to provide for a clerk of said board; and to provide for an attorney for said board and fix his compensation, and for other purposes. Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same, That from and after the passage of this Act, there shall be a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for the County of Montgomery, consisting of three members. Said Commissioners shall be residents of said County of Montgomery at least two years next preceding the date of their election, and shall be free holders of said County of Montgomery, and qualified to vote for members of the General Assembly of the State of Georgia. Board created. Eligibility. Sec. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That for the purposes of this Act the said County of Montgomery shall be divided into three road districts, as follows, to-wit: District No. 1 to be composed of Mount Vernon, Ailey and Higgston militia districts; district No. 2 to be composed of Long Pond militia district; and district No. 3. to be composed of Tarrytown and Kibbee-Tiger militia district. Road districts. Sec. 3. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the following named Commissioners (who are

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members of the present Board of Commissioners of said County of Montgomery), shall be, and are, hereby, appointed Commissioners as follows, to-wit: For district No. 1 A. B. Hutcheson shall be appointed to serve until the expiration of his present term, or until January 1, 1920, and he shall be commissioned hereunder to hold office until the said first day of January, 1920, but at the last regular session of the Superior Court to be held in and for the said County of Montgomery during the year 1919 and every three years thereafter, the grand jury of the said County of Montgomery shall elect a Commissioner to succeed the said A. B. Hutcheson; for district No. 2, J. H. Dees shall be appointed to serve until January 1, 1921, and he shall be commissioned hereunder to hold office until the said first day of January, 1921, but at the last regular term of the Superior Court to be held in and for the said County of Montgomery during the fall of the year 1920, and every three years thereafter, the grand jury of the said County of Montgomery shall elect a Commissioner to succeed the said J. H. Dees; and for district No. 3, C. H. Calhoun shall be appointed to serve until January 1, 1922, and he shall be commissioned hereunder to hold office until the said first day of January, 1922, but at the last regular term of the Superior Court to be held in and for the said County of Montgomery during the fall of 1921, and every three years thereafter, the grand jury of the said County of Montgomery shall elect a Commissioner to succeed the said C. H. Calhoun; and that from and after the passage of this Act all Commissioners, after the terms hereinbefore stated, shall be elected by a majority of the grand jury for the County of Montgomery at the last term of the Superior Court held in and for said county next preceding the expiration of the term of such Commissioner, each Commissioner (except those hereinbefore appointed) to serve for a term of three years beginning January 1st, next after his election, it being the purpose and intention of this Act that one Commissioner shall be elected each year for a term of three years, and that each Commissioner so elected shall be a citizen or resident of the road district

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for which he is elected. That if any Commissioner after his election, shall remove from the road district from which he was chosen, even if he remains a resident of the said County of Montgomery, the office of such Commissioner shall be declared vacant and shall be filled as is hereinafter provided in case of a vacancy. Members named. Terms of office. Election of successors. Terms. Disqualification. Sec. 4. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the members of said Board of Commissioners provided for under this Act shall always, before entering upon the discharge of the duties of their office, take and subscribe the following oath, which is to be recorded in the book of minutes kept by said Board of Commissioners, to-wit: I do solemnly swear that I will faithfully discharge the duties of Roads and Revenues of Montgomery County and will, to the ulmost of my knowledge, skill and ability, endeavor to promote the welfare and prosperity of the entire County of Montgomery, and will do so without fear, favor or affection. And each Commissioner shall furthermore, before entering upon the discharge of the duties of his office give bond and good security, to be approved by the Ordinary of said County of Montgomery, in the sum of one thousand dollars, payable to the said Ordinary of Montgomery County and his successors in office, for the faithful performance of his duties as such Commissioner of Roads and Revenues of said County of Montgomery, and the Governor of this State shall, upon the election or appointment of a Commissioner under the provisions of this Act, issue to him a commission for the term of office for which he shall be elected or appointed, as in the case of other County officers. Oath. Bond. Commission from Governor. Sec. 5. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That said Commissioners of Roads and Revenues shall be amenable to the grand jury of Montgomery County, and whenever practicable shall carry out the wishes of the people of Montgomery County as expressed in the recommendations of said grand jury, and said grand jury of Montgomery County is hereby given power and authority, upon a vote of two-thirds of said grand jury to remove

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from office or reprimand any Commissioner of said county for inefficiency, misconduct or malfeasance in office, neglect of duty, or for other conduct which in the opinion of such grand jury warrants such action; provided, however, that before any Commissioner is removed from office by the grand jury he shall be given an opportunity to be heard by the same in his own behalf. Commissioners amenable to grand jury. Removal or reprimand. Sec. 6. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That in case of a vacancy upon said Board of Commissioners by death, removal from the road district, resignation or otherwise, it shall be the duty of the Ordinary of said County of Montgomery to appoint some person with the qualifications herein required for Commissioner and from the road district thus without representation to fill such vacancy until the meeting of the next regular session of the Superior Court to be held in and for said county in the fall of the year next following such vacancy, at which time the grand jury of said County of Montgomery shall elect a Commissioner for such unexpired term; and all Commissioners shall hold office until their successors are elected and qualified; provided, however, that if a vacancy occurs within six months or less time of the expiration of the full term, then and in that event the appointed of the Ordinary shall hold office until the end of the said unexpired term. Vacancies. Sec. 7. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the said Commissioners during their terms of office, shall be exempt from militia, road and jury duty. Exemptions. Sec. 8. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That each of the Commissioners serving under this Act shall receive as compensation for his services the sum of one hundred ($100.00) dollars per annum, payable monthly or quarterly as the board may direct, and no Commissioner serving hereunder shall receive in addition to the compensation above specified for more than two days' extra service in each month at the rate of three ($3.00) dollars per day. Pay of commissioners.

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Sec. 9. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That said Board of Commissioners shall have power and authority to employ a secretary or clerk (which said secretary or clerk may be a member of said board if said board sees fit to employ one of its members as such), and whose duties shall be such as are prescribed by said Board of Commissioners and who shall receive such salary as may be fixed by said Board of Commissioners, but in no event shall said Board of Commissioners have authority to pay said secretary or clerk more than five hundred ($500.00) dollars per annum. Secretary or clerk. Salary. Sec. 10. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That said Board of Commissioners shall meet at the court house of said county on the first Tuesday in each and every month for the transaction of public business; and said Board of Commissioners shall elect one of its members as chairman of said board, and it shall have power and authority to make such rules and regulations, not inconsistent with the provisions of this Act, nor contrary to the laws of said State, for its own government as it may deem best. Meetings. Chairman. Sec. 11. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That said Board of Commissioners shall not hire or employ any member of said Board of Commissioners (except that they may employ one of their members as secretary or clerk), or any one related to any member of said board within the second degree of affinity or consanguinity, for work to be done upon the roads or bridges of said county, except such work to be done shall be let at public outcry before the court house door of said county to the lowest bidder, or by sealed competitive bids to the lowest and best bidder, after advertising for such bids for four consecutive weeks in the newspaper in which the sheriff's advertisements for said county are published. Unlawful contracts or employment. Sec. 12. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That said Board of Commissioners is hereby given power and authority to employ and retain a competent attorney-at-law, who shall be a resident of the said County

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of Montgomery, and whose compensation shall not exceed one hundred and fifty ($150.00) dollars per annum, to be paid quarterly out of the county treasury of said County of Montgomery, to advise said board concerning all such county matters as may come before them pertaining to the duties of such Board of Commissioners, and to represent said Board of Commissioners in any and all litigation in which the County of Montgomery is or may be an interested party. In addition to the compensation herein provided for, such Board of Commissioners are authorized and empowered to reinburse said attorney so employed by them for any expenses incurred by him should he be required by said board to go beyond the limits of said county in attending to any legal matters for said Board of Commissioners. Attorney. Compensation. Sec. 13. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That said Board of Commissioners shall be required to publish quarterly reports of all receipts of money or other thing coming into their hands for the use and benefit of said county, as well as all expenditures and disbursements made by them, and such reports shall not be more ledger balances, but shall be plain statements of what money or other thing of value has been received and from what sources, and how expended or disbursed, and shall be so expressed that any person of average experience and intelligence can understand what is meant thereby and what has been done with the county's money or other thing of value; and at the same time said Board of Commissioners shall publish a full and complete statement of how much money the county owes, if any, and to whom the same is due. Said Board of Commissioners are hereby directed and commanded to publish said statements in the county paper in which sheriff's advertisements for said county are published, and they are authorized and empowered to pay therefor out of any funds in the county treasury a reasonable compensation for such publication, which, in no event, shall exceed the sum allowed for legal advertisements. Quarterly reports.

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Sec. 14. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That said Board of Commissioners shall have exclusive jurisdiction and control of the following matters, to-wit: In directing and controlling all of the property of said county as they may deem expedient and to the best interest of the people of the county, and in accordance with the laws of this State; in levying taxes in accordance with the laws of this State; in establishing, altering, changing or abolishing public roads, bridges and ferries according to the laws of said State; in establishing, abolishing or changing election precincts and militia districts in said county; in supervising the tax collector's and tax receiver's books, and in allowing the insolvent tax list of said County of Montgomery; in settling all claims, charges or demands against the said County of Montgomery; in examining and auditing all claims and accounts of officers having the care, keeping, collecting or disbursing any money belonging to the County of Montgomery or appropriated for its use or benefit, and in bringing all such officers to a settlement with the said County of Montgomery; in making rules and regulations for the support and maintenance of the poor of said county; in making and prescribing rules and regulations for the public health of said county and in accordance with the general laws in force in this State; in electing or appointing all minor officials of said county where an election or appointment is not otherwise provided for by law or the provisions of this Act; in regulating peddling in said county; and to have and exercise control and management over the convicts of said county according to the laws of this State, and to have and exercise all the powers and authority that would be vested by law in the Ordinary of said county when sitting for county purposes in the absence of this Act; and to exercise such other powers as are granted by law or as are indispensable to the jurisdiction over county matters and county finances, not in conflict with the general laws of this State. Jurisdiction. Sec. 15. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That said Board of Commissioners shall have authority to elect a superintendent of roads and bridges for said

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county, which said superintendent of roads and bridges shall also be convict warden for the convicts worked upon the public roads of said County of Montgomery. Said superintendent shall be a man with experience in road building and shall receive such compensation as shall be fixed by said Board of Commissioners, but in no event to exceed the sum prescribed by the general laws of this State as compensation for convict wardens. Said superintendent shall devote his entire time to the performance of his duties as such superintendent and shall not, neither directly nor indirectly, engage in any other business, trade or profession while acting as such superintendent and convict warden. For inefficiency, subordination or neglect of duty, he shall be subject to removal from office in the discretion of said Board of Commissioners. Before entering upon the performance of his duties he shall give bond with good security, to be approved by the said Board of Commissioners, and payable to the Ordinary of said County of Montgomery, and his successors in office, in the sum of one thousand ($1,000.00) dollars, conditioned for the faithful performance of his duties as such superintendent and convict warden; and he shall also take and subscribe to an oath before the said Board of Commissioners, and he shall faithfully discharge all the duties devolving upon him and required of him, as such superintendent and convict warden; and his duties shall be such as are prescribed by said Board of Commissioners and as are not inconsistent with the general laws of this State. Superintendent of roads, etc. Duties. Removal from office. Bond. Sec. 16. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That it shall be a misdemeanor and punishable by the courts as such, for any Commissioner, the secretary or clerk of said Board of Commissioners, the superintendent of roads and bridges, or convict warden, any convict guard in the employment of the County of Montgomery, or any other person or persons employed either directly or indirectly, by said Board of Commissioners to perform any service of any kind or character or labor for said County of Montgomery, to have any financial interest in any purchase of goods, wares or merchandise made for the

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County of Montgomery; or to receive any bonus, percentage, gift or any other thing of value for the purchase of any article sold to said County of Montgomery, or bought from said County of Montgomery, by any person, firm or corporation, or to keep and feed at the convict camp of said county any horse, cow, hog or other domestic animal other than those used exclusively in the service of said county; or to accept any free trips, or free transportation or any other thing of pleasure or value from any person, firm or corporation who contemplates selling any article to the County of Montgomery, or purchase any article from the said County of Montgomery. Any Commissioner, superintendent, convict warden or other employees of theirs so offending may be removed therefor by the grand jury of said County of Montgomery, but such removal shall not be a bar to a prosecution for such offense, and any person so offending shall, upon conviction, be punished as for a misdemeanor. Unlawful benefits from purchases, etc. Penalty. Sec. 17. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That said Board of Commissioners, within twelve months after assuming the duties of their office, shall have the books and accounts of the tax collector, tax receiver, treasurer, sheriff, superintendent of public schools and the Board of Commissioners hereby created audited by some certified public accountant of this State; provided, said audit of said books shall be recommended by the grand jury of said County of Montgomery; and a like audit of said books of said officers of said county shall be had at least once every two years thereafter; provided, said audit of said books shall be recommended by the grand jury of said county; and said Board of Commissioners is hereby authorized and empowered to make such contracts as may be necessary in order to carry out the purpose of this Section of this Act, whenever such audit is so recommended by the grand jury of said county. Audit of accounts. Sec. 18. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That said Board of Commissioners shall have the right and power to lease, hire or use convicts from other

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counties of said State whenever said Board of Commissioners may deem it necessary, and to the best interest of the said County of Montgomery; said Board of Commissioners shall have the right to employ free labor for the purpose of working the public roads and building and repairing the bridges of said county whenever they deem it to the best interest of the county so to do; said Board of Commissioners shall have the power and authority to let out by contract to the lowest and best bidder any part of the construction or repair work on the public roads and bridges of said county after publication of a sufficient notice of said work by inserting said notice in at least four consecutive issues of the official organ of said county before the letting of said contract, in which advertisement the time and place of the letting of said contract shall be given, as well as a sufficient description of the road or bridge and work to be done thereon to put bidders on notice of what would be expected, of them, and when necessary make out detailed plans and specifications for the benefit of the bidder or bidders, as well as the county; and in any contract for work to be done which amounts to more than fifty dollars the successful bidder shall be required to give bond with good security, payable to said Board of Commissioners and their successors in office and to be approved by them, for the faithful performance of said contract and which said bond shall be recorded on the minutes kept by said Board of Commissioners, and thereby become a permanent record in the office of the same. Hire of convicts. Contracts for road work. Advertisement, for bids. Bond of contractor. Sec. 19. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the said Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for the said County of Montgomery, hereby created, shall, as far as practicable, work out an equitable system of rotating the work of the convict gang among the roads of the several road districts hereby created until the public roads in all of said road districts shall have received their proportionate part of the work of such convict gang. Rotation of road work. Sec. 20. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the said Board of Commissioners of said county

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shall cause the convict gang of said county to work all of the public streets of the various incorporated towns or municipalities of said County of Montgomery, which are continuations of the public roads of said county, leading into or through the said various incorporated towns or municipalities aforesaid. Work in towns. Sec. 21. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That said Board of Commissioners shall have full power and authority in providing for the collection of a commutation tax, fixing the amount of money to be paid or the number of days to be worked on the public roads of said county in lieu of commutation tax, which said commutation tax so collected shall be paid into the county treasury of said County of Montgomery as other taxes; provided, that said commutation tax shall not exceed the maximum amount now fixed by the general laws of this State or work on the public roads of said county not to exceed the maximum number of days now or hereafter prescribed by the general law in lieu thereof; and in trying and punishing all road defaulters in accordance with the general laws of this State. Commutation tax. Sec. 22. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That at the first meeting of the Board of Commissioners hereby created shall be held at the court house of said County of Montgomery on the first Tuesday in September, 1919, at which time said Board of Commissioners shall organize by electing a secretary or clerk of said board and by electing one of their number as chairman of said board; and they shall also at said meeting elect a superintendent of roads and bridges and convict warden, and if they deem it necessary, an attorney-at-law, to advise said board, as is hereinbefore provided. Election of officers, etc. Sec. 23. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the terms of office of the present Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues of Montgomery County, consisting of five members, shall not expire until the Board

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of Commissioners hereby created have been elected or appointed and qualified as is herein provided. Sec. 24. 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 12, 1919. MURRAY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS PUT IN CHARGE OF COUNTY FUNDS; DEPOSITORY TO BE SELECTED. No. 354. An Act to put Murray treasury in charge of the Board of Supervisors of Roads and Revenues, an Act to authorize the Board of Supervisors of Roads and Revenues of Murray County to take charge of the treasurer's books and all moneys belonging to the said County of Murray, to transact the business of the county through some solvent bank, 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 Board of Supervisors of Roads and Revenues shall take charge of the treasurer's books of said county and all moneys belonging to said County of Murray, and shall deposit the same in the safety vaults of some solvent bank in said county that will pay the highest rate of interest on the daily balance. Board to take charge of county funds and books. Depository. Sec. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That said Board of Supervisors shall require the bank selected as the depository for the books and funds of the county, to give a good and sufficient bond to indemnify the county against loss. Bond. Sec. 3. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the said bank selected as a depository shall keep

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the accounts of the county, receive and pay out the moneys of the county on proper vouchers approved by the Board of Supervisors of Roads and Revenues of said county, without charge or expense to the county; provided further, that said bank shall render to the Board of Supervisors of the county monthly, itemized statements of all money received or paid out. Accounts by depository. 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. NEWTON COMMISSIONERS; AMENDING ACT; REPEAL OF ACT AS TO COMMUTATION-TAX COLLECTION. No. 270. An Act to repeal an Act entitled An Act to provide for the collection and expenditure of commutation taxes by militia districts of Newton County, approved August 18, 1917; to amend an Act entitled An Act to create the office of Commissioner of Roads and Revenues for the County of Newton, and for other purposes, approved August 16, 1913, so as to provide for the appointment by the grand jury of said County of Commissioners to divide said county into five districts, one of which shall be the Covington district; to provide for the selection of a Commissioner of Roads and Revenues from each of said five districts; to prescribe their terms of office and compensation, and for other purposes. Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same, That an Act entitled An Act to provide for the collection and expenditure of commutation taxes by militia districts of Newton County, and for other purposes,

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approved August 18, 1917, be and the same is hereby repealed. Repeal of Act of 1917. Sec. 2. Be it further enacted, That at the meeting of the first regular grand jury of said county after the passage of this Act, the said grand jury shall select and appoint a commission, to consist of five reputable citizens of said county, whose duty it shall be to divide said county into five districts, one of which shall be the Covington militia district, and to report such division to the Ordinary of said county. Districts. See Sec. 6. Sec. 3. At the regular election next preceding the expiration of the term of office of the present Commissioner of Roads and Bevenues of said County the people of said county shall elect the five Commissioners of said county, one from each of said districts, and no person shall be qualified to fill any of said office unless a bona fide resident of the district from which selected. In the event of a vacancy in the office of the present Commissioner of Roads and Revenues, the next regular grand jury of said county shall select five Commissioners, one from each of said districts. Any vacancy on said board shall be filled by selection by the grand jury of said county. Election of commissioners. Sec. 4. At the first meeting of said board, two of said Commissioners so elected by the people to be selected by lot among themselves, shall hold their office for four years and the other three shall hold their offices for two years. At the expiration of the term of office of any such Commissioners so elected by the people their successors shall be elected for a term of four years and until their successors are elected and qualified. Terms of office. Sec. 5. Be it further enacted, That said Commissioners shall receive, as their compensation, five dollars per day for each day of actual service performed by them in the discharge of their duty as such Commissioners. Pay. Sec. 6. Be it further enacted, That the Commissioners to divide the county into districts, mentioned above, in such division shall group the four remaining districts, excepting

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the Covington district, into four divisions as nearly equal in population as practical, all of which districts shall be numbered from one to five inclusive. When said subdivision is made the Ordinary of said county shall publish the same, naming the militia districts included in each division, once a week for four consecutive weeks in the newspaper in which sheriff's sales for said county are advertised. Publication of subdivisions. 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. NEWTON TREASURER'S SALARY INCREASED. No. 72. An Act to amend an Act of Georgia Laws, 1915, page 320, No. 166, and to amend an Act amendatory thereto, of Georgia Laws, 1917, pages 383, 384, No. 240, by striking out of the amended Act, on page 384 of the Acts of Georgia Laws of 1917, Section 1, the letters and figures six hundred dollars, in the 11th and 12th lines of said amended Act, and substituting therefor the words eight hundred dollars, so that said amended Act when so amended shall read as follows, to-wit: Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same, That said amended Act of Georgia Laws of 1917, page 384, in the 11th and 12th lines thereof, be amended as follows: by striking out the 11th and 12th lines on page 384 of said Act the words and figures where they may occur, to-wit, six hundred, and substituting therefor the words eight hundred dollars, so that said amended Act when so amended shall read as follows: That from and after the first day of January, 1919, unless a vacancy occurs by death or otherwise, the treasurer of

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the County of Newton of said State, shall be paid a salary of eight hundred ($800.00) dollars per annum for his services as such treasurer, and he shall not receive any fees, commissions, or other perquisites from said office, except the Commissioner of Roads and Revenues of said county shall, and is hereby authorized, to pay the premiums on the bond required by law to be given by said treasurer out of the general county funds, which together with the salary above provided shall be in full for all services rendered by him as such treasurer. Act of 1917 amended. Increase of salary. Sec. 2. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict herewith be and the same are hereby repealed. Approved. OCONEE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS; MEMBERS AND SALARY OF CHAIRMAN INCREASED. No. 253. An Act to amend an Act to create a Board of County Commissioners of Roads and Revenues of the County of Oconee; to provide for the members thereof, for their removal from office; to provide for their compensation, and for other purposes, approved August 18, 1917. 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 entitled an Act to create a Board of County Commissioners of Roads and Revenues of the County of Oconee be amended by striking from said Section, line six of same, the word three, and substituting therefor the word five, and by adding to said Section the following words: Provided that the Ordinary of said county shall be ex-office a member of said Board of Commissioners and shall have equal authority with the other four members in all matters [Illegible Text] to the duties of said Board as hereinafter provided for

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provided that the number of Commissioners shall not be increased to five members until January 1, 1920. Act of 1917 amended. Board increased, Ordinary added, Jan. 1, 1920. Sec. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That Section 12 of said Act be amended by striking from line three, the words and figures, One thousand ($1,000.00) dollars and substituting therefor the words and figures one thousand five hundred ($1,500.00) dollars. Chairman's salary increased. Sec. 3. Be it further enacted, That a new Section be added to said Bill to be known as Section 13, which shall read as follows: Section 13. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That at the next election and for all elections held hereafter for members of the Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues that four members shall be voted for and elected, instead of three as provided in said Act. Sec. 13. Four instead of three to be elected. Sec. 4. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That Section 13 of said Act be and the same is hereby made Section 14, and that Section 14 be and the same is hereby made Section 15. Section number changed. Sec. 5. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be and the same are hereby repealed. Approved August 19, 1919. OCONEE TREASURER'S OFFICE ABOLISHED; DEPOSITORIES PROVIDED FOR. No. 213. An Act to abolish the office of county treasurer of Oconee County, Georgia, and provide for the deposit of the funds of said county, for the care and paying out of all county funds, 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 on and after the first day of January, 1921, the office of the county treasurer of Oconee County shall be and the same is hereby abolished, and sooner in case of a vacancy by death, resignation or otherwise, that in the event of the death or resignation of the present incumbent, then and in that event the said office is hereby abolished. Office abolished. Sec. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the county officers having charge of the funds of said county shall deposit the same in such bank or banks as may seem to the best interest of the county, in their judgment, and such bank or banks are hereby required to pay into the county funds, to be used for county purposes, the sum of fifty dollars per annum for the privilege of being the county depository or depositories, and if any bank in said county should refuse to pay such sum then and in that event the county authorities having charge of the finances of the county shall have and they are hereby given the privilege of offering the funds of said county to any other bank in the County of Oconee. Depository. Sec. 3. County funds mentioned in Section 2 of this Act is meant to include all funds raised by taxation or otherwise and all road tax of all kinds and all moneys coming into the county funds from all sources whatever to be used for road or county purposes and all special tax levied for special purposes, etc. County funds defined. Sec. 4. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the county authorities may, if they deem it necessary for the protection of the county, require a bond from said bank or banks, payable to said county authorities, conditioned to answer for all funds turned over to them, may be reasonable and just and will protect the county against loss. Bond of depository. Sec. 5. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all moneys drawn from such depositories (such banks as the authorities having charge of the county funds may designate) shall be by check or county order signed

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by the authorities having charge of the finances of the county. Said check [Illegible Text] county order shall be entered upon the records of the authorities drawing the same, showing the amount of check, the person in whose favor drawn and for what purpose. Such record shall at all times be open to inspection by such person or persons whose duty it is to inspect the records kept by the various county officers, and open to inspection by the grand jury of said county, as a body or through its committees, provided that the clerk of the Superior Court of said county or the clerk of any other court of said county may and he is hereby authorized to draw on the proper funds his scripts for jury services to jurors of said county, and said county depositories are hereby authorized to inspect said scripts and to pay the same, this provision to apply only to payment of jurors who are paid out of county funds as is now provided by law. Checks and orders, how drawn. Records. Sec. 6. All claims in favor of the clerk, sheriff, and court bailiff of said county for their services and per diem for waiting on the court or courts shall be approved by the judge thereof and presented to the county authorities having charge of the finances of the county, and if approved by said authorities, they shall draw their check or warrant on said county depositories in favor of such sheriff, clerk and bailiff for the amount of said claims or any part thereof, which, when presented to said depositories shall be paid and become a receipt for said amount directed to be paid. Claims of officers of court; approval. Sec. 7. Said depositories shall report to the county authorities having charge of the finances of the county as often as once every six months, or oftener, if required by said authorities, showing the amount of funds on hand and return all cancelled checks or orders. Reports. Sec. 8. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That from and after the said county depositories have taken charge of the said funds and records as set out in the [Illegible Text] Section of this Act, and so long as they remain in such depositories the tax collector of said county,

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and all other persons or officers collecting money due said county shall turn the same over to said depositories. In the event that any depository shall cease to be a depository of the county funds, then and in that event all funds belonging to the county, together with all records, shall be turned over to the authorities having charge of the funds of the said county, and turned over by them to any other bank which they may select as a county depository under the provisions of this Act. Funds to be turned over to depository. Sec. 9. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all officers collecting money of any description and turning same over to the county depositories selected by said authorities, shall take receipts from such depositories in duplicate, keeping one and turning the other over to the authorities having charge of the county funds. Receipts in duplicate. Sec. 10. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all said depositories and disbursing agents shall be liable, both civilly and criminally, just as county treasurers are liable, for any nonfeasance or malfeasance of duty, and that said county authorities shall have the right to proceed against said depository or depositories and disbursing agents and the securities on their bonds as said treasurer may now be proceeded against in case of non-feasance or malfeasance in the conduct of their office. Sec. 11. 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. OGLETHORPE; CLOSED SEASON FOR FOX HUNTING, ETC. No. 235. An Act to prohibit the hunting, following hounds in pursuit of, trapping, killing or destroying in any manner any fox in the County of Oglethorpe, said State, except

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during certain seasons of the year, and to provide a penalty 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 authority of the same, That from and after the passage of this Act it shall be unlawful for any person to hunt or follow hounds, or other dogs, in pursuit of, or to kill or in any manner destroy any fox in the County of Oglethorpe in the State of Georgia, between the dates of February the first and September the first, inclusive. Unlawful hunting, etc. Sec. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That it shall be unlawful for any person to kill or catch, or maim by trapping, any fox in the County of Oglethorpe in said State at any time. Trapping. Sec. 3. 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 on conviction thereof, shall be punished as for a misdemeanor. Penalty. 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. OGLETHORPE COMMISSIONER'S SALARY INCREASED; ORDINARY MADE EX-OFFICIO MEMBER AND CLERK OF BOARD; ADVISORY BOARD. No. 231. An Act to amend an Act creating the office of Roads and Revenues in and for the County of Oglethorpe, approved August 15, 1904, by making the Ordinary of Oglethorpe County [Illegible Text] a member of the Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for said county; to prescribe his duties and powers, to fix his compensation

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and term of office; to fix the compensation of the Commissioner of Roads and Revenues, and for other purposes. Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same, That an Act approved August 15, 1904, creating the office of Commissioner of Roads and Revenues in and for Oglethorpe County, be amended as follows: Act of 1904 amended. (a) By striking all of Section 5 of said Act down to and including the word treasury in the twelfth line of said Section, and inserting in said Section, in lieu thereof, the following: That said Commissioner shall receive for his compensation, to be paid out of the county treasury, a salary of one hundred and twenty-five dollars per month, to be paid at the end of each month. (b) Said Section 5 is further amended by striking from said Section, in the 12th line thereof, the word is and inserting in said 12th line, between the words he and authorized, the following words: And the Commissioners hereinafter named are authorized, so that said Section when so amended shall read as follows: Sec. 5. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That said Commissioner shall receive for his compensation, to be paid out of the county treasury, a salary of one hundred and twenty-five dollars per month, to be paid at the end of each month. He and the commissioners hereinafter provided for in Section 10 are authorized to employ a superintendent of roads, bridges, and labor, who understands drainage and road building and such overseers and other employees as may be necessary for the best interest of the county for the purpose of maintaining and working the roads and public property of the county, and shall fix compensation for such persons at such reasonable sum as they may think proper, except as otherwise prescribed by law. Sec. 5 as amended. Salary increased. Sec. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the word Commissioner wherever it appears

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in said Act is changed so as to read Commissioners and wherever the word is appears in said Act referring to said Commissioner, be and the same is hereby stricken and the word are substituted therefor. Commissioners, instead of Commissioner. Sec. 3. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the number Section 10 of said Act shall be so changed as to read Section 11. Sec. 10 to be Sec. 11. Sec. 4. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That a new Section be added to said Act, to be known as Section 10 and to read as follows, to-wit: Sec. 10. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That from and after the passage of this Act the Ordinary of Oglethorpe County shall by virture of his office as Ordinary be ex-officio a Commissioner of Roads and Revenues for Oglethorpe County and shall act in conjunction with the Commissioners provided for in said Act and shall be vested with all the powers and authority vested in the Commissioner provided for in said Act, and shall be clerk of the Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for Oglethorpe County and shall receive for his entire services as Commissioner and clerk a salary of thirty-three and a third dollars per month to be paid at the end of each month out of the county treasury and whose term of office as Commissioner and clerk shall run concurrently with that of his term of office as Ordinary, and who shall immediately assume his duties of said office as Commissioner when this Act becomes a law, and as clerk on January 1, 1920, and for his services as Commissioner until January 1, 1920, he shall receive one hundred dollars, and whose oath of office shall be the same as that prescribed for the Commissioner named in this Act. New Sec. 10. Ordinary to be ex-officio commissioner and clerk. Salary. And be it further enacted, That the Advisory Board created by an Act approved August 1, 1911, shall be vested with all the powers and authority vested in the Commissioner of Roads and Revenues and in the Ordinary of said County of Oglethorpe as ex-officio Commissioner of Roads and Revenues for Oglethorpe County, and who shall receive

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four dollars per day for their services, but shall not receive more than one hundred dollars per annum, and who shall not be residents of the militia district in which the county court house is situated. That Section 1 of said Act be amended by striking the word two and inserting the word three so that said Advisory Board shall consist of three members hereafter, and that the member herein provided for to be added to said board shall be elected at the next general State election to be held in 1920. All vacancies shall be filled by appointment by the judge of the Superior Court the appointee to hold office until the next general election, provided, that the Commissioner of Roads and Revenues shall retain the authority to direct and control all labor while actually engaged in the building and construction of roads and bridges. Advisory board; powers and pay. Sec. 1 amended; 3 instead of 2 members. Election. Vacancies. Reserved power. 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. POLK BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS ABOLISHED. No. 157. An Act to repeal an Act to create a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for the County of Polk and to prescribe its powers and duties, approved September 28, 1881, and all Acts amendatory thereof, and for other purposes. Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same, That an Act entitled An Act to create a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for the County of Polk and to prescribe its powers and duties approved September 28, 1881, and all amendments thereto, be and the same is hereby repealed; provided, this Act shall not become operative until House Bill No. 373, being

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an Act entitled An Act to create a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues in and for the County of Polk; to name the members thereof until their successors are elected and qualified; to provide for the election of the members of said Board; to prescribe their qualifications, jurisdiction, duties, powers, compensation and term of office; to authorize said board to create and fill such offices and positions as may be needed for said county and to define the duties, fix the compensation and provide for the election and removal of such agents and employees by said board as the board may deem proper, and for other purposes, shall be adopted and approved, but when said House Bill No. 373 shall have been adopted and approved, then this Act shall become ineffective otherwise, said Act approved September 28, 1881, and the amendments thereto shall remain of full force and effect. Board abolished on adoption of Act No. 224, post. Sec. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed. Approved August 18, 1919. POLK BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS CREATED. No. 224. An Act to create a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues in and for the County of Polk; to name members thereof until their successors are elected and qualified; to provide for the election of members of said board; to prescribe their qualifications, jurisdiction, duties, powers, compensation and term of office; to authorize said board to create and fill such offices and positions as may be needed in said county and to define the duties, fix the compensation and provide for the election and removal of such agents and employees by said board as the board may deem proper, and for other purposes. Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia and it is hereby enacted by authority

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of the same, That a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for the County of Polk is hereby created, to consist of three members who shall be free holders and qualified voters of said county. Board created. Sec. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That for the purpose of this Act, the County of Polk shall be divided into three road districts as follows: District number one shall be composed of Cedartown, Hampton and Lake Creek militia districts; district number two shall be composed of Fish, Antioch, Youngs, Blooming Grove and Esom Hill militia districts; district number three shall be composed of Rockmart, Brownings, Aragon and Buncombe militia districts. Road districts. Sec. 3. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the following named persons are hereby appointed, constituted and made Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for said County of Polk under this Act as follows: D. A. Hicks from the first district; W. K. Russell from the second district, and John L. Moore from the third district, and they shall hold office until January 1, 1921, and until their successors are elected and qualified as hereinafter provided. Members named. Terms of office. Sec. 4. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the term of office of said named Commissioners shall expire on the first day of January, 1921, and their successors shall be elected in the general election for State and county officers to be held in and for said County of Polk in the year 1920. The Commissioners of Roads and Revenues so elected in the general election for State and county officers of 1920 shall qualify and assume the duties of office on the first day of January, 1921. They shall each hold office for four years and until their successors are elected and qualified. The term of office for Commissioners of Roads and Revenues to be elected as herein provided, is fixed at four years and said Commissioners shall be elected in the general State and county election every four years, and all persons qualified to vote therein for members of the General Assembly shall be qualified electors

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at such election. One member of said Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues shall be elected from each of the three road districts, and no member shall be elected from any road district unless he is a bona fide resident of the same, but cach member shall be elected by the voters of the entire county and not by the voters of his district alone. The candidate in each of the three districts receiving the largest number of votes in the county shall be declared elected. Election and terms of successors. Sec. 5. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That should a vacancy from death, resignation, removal from the county district or otherwise occur on said Board of Commissioners, the same shall be filled by appointment by the Ordinary of said County of Polk until the first day of January after the general election held next after the expiration of thirty days from the time such vacancy occurs, at which election a successor for the unexpired term shall be elected and said successor, either by appointment or election, shall be from the road district from which the vacancy occurs. Vacancies. Sec. 6. Be it further enacted, That each Commissioners, before entering upon his duties, shall give bond with good security to be approved by the Ordinary in the sum of two thousand five hundred ($2,500.00) dollars payable to the Ordinary of said county and his successors in office, and shall take and subscribe an oath before the Ordinary of said county to well and faithfully perform his duties as such Commissioner under this Act, which bond and oath shall be filed with the Ordinary and recorded upon his minutes. Said bond shall be for the faithful performance of the duties of the office of Commissioner and may be sued upon by the Ordinary on his motion, or by direction or request of the grand jury, and any Commissioner and his sureties shall be liable for any breach thereof by way of malfeasance in office, or for any neglect of duty. Bond and oath. Sec. 7. Be it further enacted, That W. K. Russell, the Commissioner named in this Act from the second road district, shall be and he is hereby appointed and constituted

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chairman of said board for the term of his appointment as Commissioner or until his successor is elected and qualified. A chairman shall be elected at the first meeting of the board on or after January 1, 1921, and he shall be elected for four years and until his successor is elected and qualified. It shall be the duty of the chairman to preside at all meetings of the board and approve and sign the minutes of each meeting, and to sign, as chairman, all warrants on the county treasurer and all orders and processes of said Commissioners. The board shall elect a vice-chairman to act in the absence, or in the event of a disqualification of the chairman. The vice-chairman shall exercise all the powers of the chairman when presiding. The chairman shall have the right to vote on all questions and perform any and all duties imposed upon a member of the Board of Commissioners, and usually incident to and connected with the office of chairman of such board. Chairman named. Election of successor. Duties. Vice-Chairman. Voting. Sec. 8. Be it further enacted, That the chairman of said board shall receive an annual salary of one hundred ($100.00) dollars and each of the other Commissioners a salary of seventy-five ($75.00) dollars per annum, to cover all services in connection with the regular and special meetings of said board. In addition thereto, each Commissioner shall receive compensation at the rate of four ($4.00) dollars per day for actual services rendered in the inspection, supervision, and direction of work on the roads and bridges and in discharging the duties in regard thereto imposed by law and absolutely necessary to obtain the very best results for the county. At the regular meeting in each month, each Commissioner shall furnish the clerk of said board an itemized statement showing the date and the amount of services rendered by him for the previous month, which statement shall be certified by the oath of such Commissioner and upon approval by the board he shall be paid therefor from the county treasury in the same manner as other expenses of the county are paid. Pay of chairman and members. Statement. Sec. 9. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That said Commissioners shall meet in regular session

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at the county site once a month for the transaction of county business, but may meet in extraordinary session whenever, in their judgment, public necessity may require, or at any time upon special call by the chairman; and they shall, at their first meeting after their organization under this Act, appoint some suitable person to serve as clerk, whose term of office shall be the same as the terms of the Commissioners, unless removed by the Commissioners for incompetency or malpractice in office and whose compensation shall be fixed by said Commissioners at their first meeting in each year. The clerk shall file with the chairman of the board, subject to his approval, bond with good security in the sum of two thousand five hundred dollars, payable to the Commissioners of Roads and Revenues of Polk County. Said bond shall be for the faithful performance of his duties as clerk, and to account for all funds, property or effects coming into his hands as such clerk, and may be enforced by the Commissioners by suit whenever any malfeasance in office or neglect of duty occurs. It shall be the duty of the clerk to attend all meetings of the Commissioners and to keep in well bound books to be provided by the Commissioners at the expense of the county, full and accurate records and minutes of all their transactions; to file in the order of their date all the original orders and other papers; to arrange and keep in the order of their filing all petitions, applications and other papers addressed to said Commissioners and belonging to the board, and to sign, as clerk, all orders and warrants issued at the instance of said board and to record in a separate book all orders made or approved by said Commissioners for the payment of money by the county treasurer, and all books, fees and records by this Act required to be used or kept, shall be open at the county site for the inspection of all tax payers of the county. Sessions. Clerk. Compensation. Bond. Duties. Sec. 10. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the Board of Commissioners may, in their discretion, and when they deem one necessary, elect a superintendent of roads and bridges to be selected on account

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of his efficiency, knowledge and skill in practical road building, preference to be given to a civil engineer, when he fully measures up to the other requirements. The superintendent shall not engage in any other business, trade or calling during his term of service. Such superintendent shall have charge of laying out, building, repairing; improving and maintaining the public roads and bridges of the county under the orders of the Board of Commissioners. He shall be subject to the orders of the board and may be removed from office for inefficiency or neglect of duty in the judgment of the Board of Commissioners. In case of a bond issue in and for said county, for the purpose of building permanent roads in said county, it shall be the duty of the Commissioners to employ such road superintendent during the main construction of such roads in said county. Such superintendent shall, before entering upon his duties, give bond with good security, to be approved by the Commissioners, in the sum of three thousand dollars, payable to the Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for Polk County, conditioned for the faithful performance of his duties as such superintendent, which bond may be enforced by suit in favor of the Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues of said county, on their own motion or by request or direction of the grand jury of said county. He shall receive such salary as may be fixed by the Board of Commissioners, not to exceed two thousand dollars, but his term of office or service shall be such as may be fixed by the board at the time of his employment or election, but in no event shall his term of office or service extend beyond the expiration of the term of office of the board employing him. His salary shall be paid pro rata monthly. Superintendent of roads, etc. Duties. Bond. Salary. Term of office. Sec. 11. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That said board shall have authority to employ such other servants, agents and employees and to contract for such material, implements and road equipment as may be necessary to successfully carry on road construction and road repairs in said county, and not contrary to law. Employees and contracts.

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Sec. 12. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That said board shall have exclusive jurisdiction when sitting for county purposes, over all matters concerning county property, county taxes, general and special; in establishing and changing militia districts and election [Illegible Text] in examining, auditing and settling accounts of all officers having the care, management, collection, keeping and distribution of moneys belonging to the county or appropriated for its use and benefit; in making rules and regulations for the support of the poor of the county; in establishing, altering and abolishing roads, bridges and ferries, in carrying out any and all of its details and enforcement of the road law; and they are vested with the jurisdiction and powers that the old inferior courts had and which were formerly vested in the Ordinary of said county, and the Ordinaries of said State, when sitting for county purposes, and generally to have and exercise all the powers granted by law or as may be indespensable to complete and have proper jurisdiction over county finances and county matters. The Commissioners, when sitting as a court in regular or extra session for the transaction of county business, shall have such power to [Illegible Text] fines and impose penalties upon all persons subject to its jurisdiction for disobedience to its orders, precepts and processes as the judge of the Superior Court now has over said delinquents in such cases. Proceedings against delinquents shall be in the manner and to the extent as now provided by law in such cases. The clerk of the Commissioners court shall act instead of the clerk of the Superior Court and a quorum of Commissioners instead of a judge of the Superior Court. Jurisdiction. Sec. 13. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That said board shall cause its secretary to publish once each month in the newspaper in said county in which the sheriff's advertisements are published, a complete itemized statement of all transactions at its regular monthly meeting, and such publication shall include all transactions at any and all special meetings of the board. Publication of transactions.

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Sec. 14. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the Commissioners shall, at their first meeting, elect an attorney, who shall be known as the county attorney, and whose term shall be the same as the Commissioners and whose salary shall be fixed at the first meeting of the Commissioners annually. The amount of the compensation to be paid such attorney as retainer and the amount paid for services shall be in the discretion of the Commissioners, based upon the amount and value of the services rendered. Attorney. Compensation. Sec. 15. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That a majority of the Commissioners shall constitute a [Illegible Text] for the transaction of any and all business. Quorum. Sec. 16. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That requisition shall be made by all county employees, agents and officers for supplies, equipment and materials on the Commissioners, and before such supplies, equipment and material shall be bought authority must be obtained from the Commissioners to order and to buy the same. Purchases to be authorized by board. Sec. 17. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all obligations of the county created under the provisions of this Act shall be paid by the county warrant and as herein provided, unless otherwise provided by law, to the party to whom such obligation may be due. The Commissioners shall require, at their regular monthly meeting, a list of all the employees to be filed showing the names of the employees, the dates and amounts due them for services rendered during the preceding month. Payments. Pay-roll. Sec. 18. Be it further enacted, That said Commissioners shall prepare and submit to the grand jury at the first regular session of the Polk Superior Court in 1920, and annually thereafter, a complete itemized statement, in writing, showing the financial condition of the county, by showing receipts and disbursements, from what sources received and for what purposes expended; and such further information and report as the grand jury may call for from time to time and term to term. Report to grand jury.

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Sec. 19. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, that all laws and parts of laws in conflict herewith be and the same are hereby repealed. Approved August 19, 1919. PULASKI BOND COMMISSION CREATED. No. 306. An Act to create a Bond Commission for Pulaski County, Georgia, to define its duties, and for other purposes. Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, That from and after the passage of this Act there is created in and for the County of Pulaski a Bond Commission, to be composed of three members, to-wit: E. J. Henry, N. A. Jelks and Z. V. Peacock, whose term of office shall be four years, and until their successors are appointed as hereinafter provided. Any vacancies occurring in the Commission shall be filled by vote of the remaining members of the Commission, until said vacancies can be filled by selection by the grand jury of Pulaski County, with the approval of the judge of the Superior Court of said county. Said Bond Commission are hereby made Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for said County of Pulaski, with the exclusive power in performing the duties of said Bond Commission, as hereinafter provided. Bond commission; members named. Term of office. Vacancies. Powers. Sec. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That it shall be the duty of the Bond Commission to supervise, direct and control the expenditures of moneys raised by the issue of bonds of Pulaski County for the construction of bridges, roads and other purposes. Duties. Sec. 3. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That in the construction and permanent improvement of bridges and roads, the Bond Commission shall make all contracts and expend all funds as in their discretion shall be necessary and [Illegible Text] They shall employ a competent

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engineer or engineers, and such other help as may be necessary, and fix their compensation. Contracts, etc. Engineer. Sec. 3-a. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That said Bond Commission is authorized and empowered to take charge of and be responsible for all funds raised from the sale of bonds for the purpose of building and constructing bridges and roads in Pulaski County, Georgia, and to expend the same for the best interests of the county; provided, however, that before letting any contract for work, material or supplies, the Bond Commission shall advertise for bids and shall let the contract to the lowest responsible bidder; and they may in their discretion reject any or all bids. Expenditures. See Sec. 8. Bids for work, etc. Sec. 4. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That each member of said Bond Commission shall receive as full compensation for his services, twenty-five ($25.00) dollars per month, and shall be required to devote so much of his time and attention to the carrying out of the purpose of this Act as is necessary. Pay of members. Sec. 5. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That at the expiration of the term of office for which these Commissioners have been appointed, should the proceeds arising from the sale of said bonds have been fully expended in the construction of bridges and roads, the office hereby created shall cease; that should they not have fully completed the purposes for which this Commission is created, said Bond Commission shall be continued, and the successors to the Commissioners herein named shall be chosen as herein provided. Office ceases when. Sec. 6. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That each member of said Commission shall give a bond in the sum of ten thousand ($10,000.00) dollars each, made payable to the Ordinary of said county and his successors in office, conditioned upon the faithful performance of his duties and the faithful accounting of any moneys that may come into his hands or control. Said bond to be executed by a surety company authorized to do business in the

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State of Georgia, the premiums of said bonds to be paid out of the treasury of said county. Bond. Sec. 7. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That said Bond Commission shall submit to the grand jury of Pulaski County, at such times as they shall be thereunto required, a full report of their transactions, including an itemized statement of all money received and disbursed, such report to be investigated and examined by the grand jury, in the same manner that all other public records are investigated and examined. Reports to grand jury. Sec. 8. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That said Bond Commission shall have full and ample power and authority to take possession of and expend the proceeds of the sale of bonds authorized by the County of Pulaski for any purpose whatsoever, especially including an issue of bonds for the purpose of building bridges on the public highways of said county. Proceeds of bonds. See Sec. 3-a. Sec. 9. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That this Act shall become effective immediately upon its passage and approval by the Governor and that all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be and the same are hereby repealed. Approved August 19, 1919. PULASKI COMMISSIONER; OFFICE CREATED. No. 351. An Act to create the office of Commissioner of Roads and Revenues in and for the County of Pulaski, State of Georgia; to provide the method of the election of such officer; prescribe his duties and powers; fix his salary and term of office; provide for the management of the affairs of said county and for other purposes. Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia and it is hereby enacted by authority

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of the same, That the office of Commissioner of Roads and Revenues in and for Pulaski County, said State, is hereby created. Said Commissioner shall be elected at an election to be held on the third Wednesday in September, 1919. Said election to be ordered by the Ordinary of said county and shall be conducted in the same manner as elections for other county officers are held, and shall hold his office until his successor is elected and qualified, thereafter said Commissioner shall be elected at the regular election for other county officers. Should a vacancy occur in said office, the same shall be filled by special election, called and held in the same manner, and be governed by the same rules, regulations and qualifications as apply to other county officers. Office created. Election. Sec. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the Commissioner herein provided for shall be commissioned by the Governor of said State for the term of office for which he is elected and before entering upon the discharge of the duties of said office shall take and subscribe the oath now required by law of county officers and shall give a solvent bond in a solvent surety company, to be approved by the Ordinary of said county, payable to the Governor of Georgia and his successors in office, in the sum of ten thousand ($10,000.00) dollars, conditioned for the faithful performance of his duties as such Commissioner. Commission from Governor. Oath and bond. Sec. 3. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That said Commissioner shall be vested with all the powers and duties conferred by the laws of Georgia upon Ordinaries of said State when sitting for county purposes, and such as are conferred generally upon county authorities. Powers. Sec. 4. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That said Commissioner shall hold a regular court for the transaction of the public business of the county connected with the affairs of the county in the court house of said county on the first Tuesday in each month or at such other time as he may fix and determine by proper order

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passed and entered upon his minutes. He shall keep or have kept accurate minutes of all county matters transacted by him and shall keep or have kept proper and correct books of accounts of all public moneys received and expended by him or under his direction, showing sources from which all such moneys are received and for what purposes expended. Such books shall be at all times subject to inspection by the public as other public books and records. He shall publish monthly in the official gazette of said county an itemized statement of all moneys received and expended by him or under his direction during the month just preceding publication, the cost of such publication to be paid out of the county treasury. He shall have power to administer oaths and hear testimony as to matters over which he has jurisdiction, and when sitting as a court shall have power to punish for contempt under the same rules and regulations as apply to other courts of the State. Duties. Powers as court. Sec. 5. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That said Commissioner shall receive a salary of two thousand ($2,000.00) dollars per annum to be paid out of the county treasury monthly at the end of each month's service. Said Commissioner shall be required to give his undivided attention and his time to the duties of said office. Salary. Sec. 6. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid. That said Commissioner shall have authority and power to employ competent engineers experienced in road and bridge work as he may deem to the best interest of the county and shall have power and authority to employ such other competent labor as in his judgment is necessary for the building and maintenance of the public roads and bridges of said county. Engineers; labor. Sec. 7. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That said Commissioner shall be allowed the sum of five hundred ($500.00) dollars for clerical work, said sum to be paid monthly out of the treasury of said county. $500 for clerical work.

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Sec. 8. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That said Commissioner shall have all the books of the office audited annually by a certified public accountant, and shall preserve the report of said audit among the files of his office for the inspection of the public, the cost of the same to be paid out of the treasury of said county. Audit of accounts. Sec. 9. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That when the Commissioner of Roads and Revenues for said county as herein created shall have been elected and qualified, then the Act creating the Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for the County of Pulaski, approved August 12, 1914, shall be repealed and the existing Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for said County of Pulaski shall be abolished. Repeal of Act of 1914; board abolished. Sec. 10. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be and the same are hereby repealed. Approved August 18, 1919. PUTNAM BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS; ELECTION TO ABOLISH BOARD AND CREATE NEW BOARD. No. 266. An Act to repeal an Act, approved August 10, 1910, amending an Act to create a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for the County of Putnam, approved September 1879, providing that the Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for the County of Putnam shall consist of five members, to be elected by popular vote, for filling of vacancies, compensation of the chairman, for the division of the county into road districts, and for other purposes; and to create in lieu of said Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues, a new Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for the County of Putnam to consist of three members; to

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provide that each Commissioner of said board shall be an upright and discreet citizen and a qualified voter of the County of Putnam; to fix and define their term of office, the organization of said Board, and the filling of vacancies; to provide for their election by the qualified voters of the County of Putnam; to provide for the submission of this Act for ratification by the qualified voters of the County of Putnam, and for other purposes. Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same, That from and after the passage of this Act, An Act approved August 10, 1910, amending an Act to create a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for the County of Putnam, approved September, 1879, providing that the Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for the County of Putnam shall consist of five members to be elected by popular vote, for the filling of vacancies, compensation of the chairman, and for other purposes, be and the same is hereby repealed. Repeal of Act of 1910. See Sec. 5, post. Sec. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That in lieu of the Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for the County of Putnam, as provided in the above recited Act, approved August 10, 1910, there is hereby created a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for the County of Putnam to consist of three members, and that each Commissioner of said Board shall be an upright and discreet citizen and a qualified voter of the County of Putnam. New board; 3 members. Sec. 3. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues herein provided for shall be selected as follows: On the first Tuesday in the following month after the ratification of this Act, if this Act be ratified, a special election shall be held in Putnam County at the usual places for holding elections for the purpose of electing three Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for the County of Putnam, by the qualified voters of said county, and said election shall be held in like manner as other elections are

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held. The three persons receiving the highest vote at said election, shall, after qualifying as provided by this Act, serve as Commissioners of Roads and Revenues of Putnam County until the first day of January, 1921, and until their successors are elected and qualified. At the general election for county officers in the year 1920, and every four years thereafter there shall be elected three Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for the County of Putnam to take office on the next succeeding first day of January. The term of office of said Commissioners after the first election as herein provided shall be four years. All terms shall extend till successors are elected and qualified. All vacancies in said board shall be filled by the remaining Commissioners, until the next general election for county officers, and should the remaining Commissioners fail, refuse or neglect to fill a vacancy on said board for the period of thirty days, then in that event the judge of the Superior Court of said county is hereby authorized and empowered to fill said vacancies by appointment until the next regular election for county officers of said county. Election. Term of office. Election and terms of successors. Sec. 4. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues to be elected at a special election as provided in Section 3 of this Act, shall after their election meet at the court house of said county, in the office of the Commissioners of Roads and Revenues, and after qualifying by taking the oath prescribed for civil officers of this State, shall organize said board by electing one of its members the president of such board, and shall elect a clerk for said board as provided by Section 7 of An Act to create a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for the County of Putnam, approved September 8, 1879. That the meeting of said Commissioners, and the organizing of said board in the office of the Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues in the court house in said county, shall be on the next regular meeting day of said Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues as now fixed, after the election of said Commissioners, or as soon thereafter as they shall find it practicable to do so, and after said Commissioners

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shall have qualified it shall be clothed with all the powers and authority of the present board, and the present board shall have no power to exercise any of the powers of said Commissioners; provided, that the present Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues of said county are hereby authorized and empowered to continue as Commissioners of Roads and Revenues of said county until the new Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues as provided by this Act are elected and qualified, and all acts of such Commissioners as such, are hereby declared to be as legal and binding as if this law had not been created. Organization. Clerk. Sec. 5. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That this Act is not intended to repeal, and does not repeal any of the existing laws governing and controlling the Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues of Putnam County, except as herein provided in this Act, and all laws governing said Board are to remain of full force and effect except as herein provided. Laws not repealed. Sec. 6. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That this Act shall become effective if and when it shall be ratified in the following manner, to-wit: An election shall be held by the registered voters of the County of Putnam at the usual places for holding regular elections on the first Wednesday in the following month after the passage and approval of this Act, said election to be held in like manner as other elections in said county are usually held. Those desiring to vote for the ratification of this Act shall have written or printed on their ballots the words, For ratification of an Act creating a Board of three Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for Putnam County; and those desiring to vote against ratification of this Act shall have written or printed on their ballots the words; Against ratification of an Act creating a Board of three Commissioners of Boads and Revenues for Putnam County; [Illegible Text] if a majority vote in said election for retification, this Act shall take effect and not otherwise. Referred to popular vote.

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Sec. 7. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That it is hereby made the duty of the Ordinary of said County of Putnam to appoint the managers of all elections to be held under this Act, and if any manager or managers at any voting place fail or refuse to serve after appointment, then any three freeholders of said county and who are qualified to vote in said election at such voting place are hereby authorized to hold and superintend such elections. Returns of all such elections, both to ratify this Act as well as to elect Commissioners at the special election provided for in this Act, after the managers of such elections have consolidated same, shall be made to the Ordinary of said county who shall declare the result of such election, and it is hereby made the duty of said managers, one from each voting place, to meet in the court house at noon of the following day after said elections and consolidate such elections and make returns of the result to the Ordinary and the ballots and tally sheets of all such elections after said managers have consolidated said returns, shall be filed with the clerk of the Superior Court of said county as provided by law in other elections. Election returns, etc. Sec. 8. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be and the same are hereby repealed. Approved August 19, 1919. QUITMAN BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS; AMENDING ACT. No. 115. An Act to amend an Act entitled An Act to create a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for the County of Quitman, and Acts amendatory thereof, said Act approved February 22, 1873, to provide for the compensation, term of office and election of said Commissioners by the qualified voters of the county; to provide a

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clerk for said board, his compensation and duties, and for other purposes. Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same, That the Act entitled An Act to create a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for the County of Quitman, and to define the powers and duties thereof, approved February 22, 1873, and the Acts amendatory thereof be and the same are hereby amended as follows: Acts amended. Sec. 2. That Section 1 of said Act be amended by striking the word four in the fourth line of said Act and substituting therefor the word three; by striking the word selected in the fourth line of said Section; by striking all the words in the fifth and sixth lines and the words year thereafter in the seventh line of said Section, and substituting therefor the following words: elected by the qualified voters of said County of Quitman at a special election to be held on the first day of March, 1920, which election shall be called by the Ordinary of said county after giving 15 days' notice of same by posting at five or more public places in the county, and the three persons receiving the highest number of votes shall be declared elected Commissioners by the Ordinary of Quitman County, and shall qualify and assume the duties of office on March 8, 1920, and hold office until the 1st day of January, 1921, and each and all subsequent elections held to elect their successors in office shall be when the general election is held for county offices in Georgia. The three persons receiving the highest number of votes in any general election shall be declared elected as Commissioners by the managers who consolidated the election returns of Quitman County, and the Commissioners thus elected shall take the oath of office before the Ordinary before assuming the duties of office. The term of office of said Commissioners shall be for four years, and said Act shall be further amended by inserting the words elected or in the eighth line of said Section 1 and striking the

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words Ordinary of said county in the ninth line and substituting therefor the words remaining member or members. Ga. L. 1873, p. 286; Sec. 1 amended. Four instead of three members. Election. Term of office. Election and terms of successors. Sec. 3. That Section 5 of said Act be amended by adding to said Section, after the word necessary in the last line, the words, but they shall not receive pay for more than two days in each calendar month. Sec. 5 amended. Pay. Sec. 4. That Section 6 of said Act be amended by striking the words such other compensation as the grand jury, in the third line, and striking all the words in the fourth and fifth lines of said Section, and substituting therefor the words the sum of four dollars per day. Sec. 6 amended. Per diem. Sec. 5. That the words in Sections 9 and 10 of said Act be stricken, and the following Sections be added to said Act: Sections 9, 10, 11, 12 and 13, so that the Act when amended shall read as follows: Secs. 9 and 10 stricken; new sections. Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, That from and after the passage of this Act, there shall be established a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for the County of Quitman, consisting of three members elected by the qualified voters of said County of Quitman at a special election to be held on the first day of March, 1920, which election shall be called by the Ordinary of said county after giving 15 days' notice of same by posting at five or more public places in the county, and the three persons receiving the highest number of votes shall be declared elected Commissioners by the Ordinary of Quitman County, and shall qualify and assume the duties of office on March 8, 1920, and hold office until the 1st day of January 1921, and each and all subsequent elections held to elect their successors in office shall be when the general election is held for county officers in Georgia. The three persons receiving the highest number of votes in any general election shall be declared elected as Commissioners by the managers who consolidated the election returns of Quitman County, and the Commissioners thus elected shall take the

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oath of office before the Ordinary before assuming the duties of office. The term of office of said Commissioners shall be for four years; provided, that should any member of said board so elected or appointed refuse to accept, or should a vacancy occur therein from any cause, it shall be the duty of the remaining member or members to fill such vacancy by appointment. Sec. 1 as amended. Sec. 2. That no person shall be eligible to the office of Commissioner until he shall have attained the age of twenty-one, and has been a resident of the county for twelve months. Eligibility. Sec. 3. That it shall require a majority of said Commissioners to form a quorum for the transaction of business, and they shall, when sitting for county purposes, have exclusive jurisdiction over the following subject matters, to-wit: First, in governing and controlling all property of the county, as they may deem expedient according to law; second, in levying a general tax for general and a special tax for particular county purposes, according to the laws of this State; third, in establishing and changing election precincts and militia districts; fourth, in examining, auditing, settling and allowing all claims against the county; fifth, in examining and auditing the accounts of all officers having the care, management, keeping, collecting and disbursement of money belonging to the county or appropriated for its use and benefit, and bringing them to a settlement; sixth, in making such rules and regulations for the support of the poor of the county and promotion of health as are granted by law, or not inconsistent therewith; seventh, in altering, establishing, and abolishing roads, bridges and crossings, according to law. Jurisdiction. Sec. 4. That said Board of Commissioners shall have the same power in appointing Road Commissioners and enforcing the road laws as justices of the Superior Court and by the code of this State prior to the ratification of the late State Constitution and they shall have no jurisdiction

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save and except such as appertains to county matters. Powers. Sec. 5. That they shall hold a session on the first Tuesday in each month at the court house, and may convene an extraordinary session whenever it may, in their judgment, be necessary, but they shall not receive pay for more than two days-in each calendar month. Sec. 5 as amended. 2 days' pay monthly. Sec. 6. That said Commissioners shall, during their continuance in office be exempt from road and jury duty, and shall receive for their services the sum of four dollars per day. $4 a day. Sec. 7. That said Commissioners shall have authority to administer oaths in all matters appertaining to the duties of their office. Oaths. Sec. 8. That the said Board of Commissioners be required to render to the grand jury of said county at each regular term of the Superior Court a detailed statement of the financial affairs of the county, and a general report of their acts since their last report. Reports to grand jury. Sec. 9. Be it further enacted, That the Commissioners before entering upon their duties shall each give bond with solvent securities for five hundred dollars, payable to the treasurer of Quitman County for the faithful performance of their duties and to secure the county for moneys ordered paid out and actually paid out not in strict compliance with the law; the premium on bonds of the Commissioners shall be paid out of the county treasury whenever the Commissioners elect to make bonds in any surety company. Substitute for Sec. 9. Bond of Commissioner. Sec. 10. Be it further enacted, That the Commissioners thus elected shall elect one of their number chairman who shall serve as such for the time he was chosen Commissioner, and the chairman shall sign all warrants drawn on the county funds for the payment of any debts contracted by the county. Chairman.

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Sec. 11. Be it further enacted, That the Commissioners shall elect an efficient and competent clerk from among the citizens of the county, who shall not be one of the Commissioners and who shall receive $4.00 per day for his services. It shall be his duty to keep accurate and detailed minutes of such meeting of the Commissioners; to record the vote of the Commissioners on all important orders passed; to countersign all warrants for payment of debts contracted by the county; to keep a cash book separate from the minute book; and shall keep a separate account in said cash book of the various funds for which taxes were levied and collected; and make entries thereon of all receipts and disbursements, showing for what purposes disbursed and to whom paid. The clerk shall serve for a term of four years, but may be discharged before that time by the Commissioners for neglect of duty, for inefficiency or for immoral conduct not becoming an officer. He shall take the oath of office before the Ordinary before entering upon his duties. Clerk Compensation. Duties. Term of office. Sec. 12. Be it further enacted, That the Commissioners now in office shall remain in office until their successors are elected and qualified. Commissioners now in office. Sec. 13. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be and the same are hereby repealed. Approved August 18, 1919. SCREVEN BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS; TERMS OF OFFICE; CLERK'S SALARY INCREASED. No. 99. An Act to amend an Act entitled An Act to amend an Act entitled `An Act to create the office of County Commissioners of Screven County,' and for other purposes, approved August 16, 1915, as found in Georgia Laws of 1915, commencing on page 345 and [Illegible Text] on page 354; and for other purposes.

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Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same, that Section 2 of the above entitled Act shall be amended by adding at the end of said Section the following: The term of office of said Commissioners shall be four years, so that said Section, when amended, shall read as follows: Section 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That at the general election to be held for county officers on Tuesday, after the first Monday in November, 1916, there shall be elected by all the qualified voters of Screven County, Georgia, one Commissioner of Roads and Revenues from each of the above named five (5) Commission districts, who shall compose the Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for said county, and no person shall be eligible for election as such Commissioner unless he is a bona fide resident of said Commission district from which he is elected. The term of office of said Commissioners shall be four years. Act of 1915 amended. Sec. 2 as amended. Term of office [Illegible Text] years. Sec. 2. Be it further enacted, That from and after the passage of this Act, Section 7 of the above entitled Act shall be amended by striking out all of said Section and inserting in lieu thereof a new Section 7, to read as follows: Section 7. Be it further enacted by authority aforesaid, That at the first meeting of said board in January, 1917, said Board of Commissioners shall elect a clerk of said board, who shall also be elected for a term of four years, unless [Illegible Text] removed by a majority vote of said board for neglect of duty, incompetency or other causes, who shall, before entering upon his duties, take an oath before the Ordinary of said county, which shall be duly filed and recorded by the Ordinary of said county, to faithfully perform all the duties required of him, as clerk of said board, and to account for all money or moneys received by him as such clerk. It shall be the duty of said clerk to attend all meetings of said board, to file and record in the office of the County Commissioners of said county all records and other things necessary to be filed and recorded in said county, and preserve the same; to countersign officially all warrants, orders and contracts, and to keep a

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complete and accurate minute of said board, including all assessments of taxes. He shall also keep a separate and detailed account, in a well-bound book, of all orders drawn on the county treasury. He shall keep a cash book, which shall show all cash received by him, and from what sources, also the amounts paid over by him, and to whom paid, for what paid and by what authority, and all such other books as may be necessary in connection with said office; and he shall perform any and all other duties required of him by said Commissioners. It shall be his duty, by and with the assistance of the Commissioners, to make up in a well-bound book, alphabetically arranged, the names of all road hands or parties, liable to road duties in said county. It shall be his duty to collect all commutation or road taxes. He shall promptly open the books for the payment of road taxes on the first day of August of each year, which shall be kept open, at the Commissioners' office of said county, until the first day of October, when same shall be closed. Immediately upon the closing of said books for the payment of road taxes, it shall be the duty of said clerk on the fourth Tuesday in October to have prepared a list of the names of all persons in each district from whom he has received road tax, and submit same to said Board of Commissioners at their regular october meeting, when they shall appoint a collector, or collectors, in each district to collect from defaulters, who shall be dealt with as the law directs. Said clerk shall give a bond payable to the Commissioners of said county, for the use of said county, in a sum of not less than five thousand dollars, which shall be approved by said Commissioners, and duly filed and recorded in the office of the Ordinary of said county. The salary of said clerk shall be not less than $75.00 a month and not more than $100.00 a month, as shall be fixed by said Commissioners, and shall be paid monthly by said Commissioners out of the general fund. Sec. 7 as amended. Clerk's salary increased. Sec. 3. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be and the same are hereby repealed. Approved August 12, 1919.

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TALIAFERRO ORDINARY'S COMPENSATION AS CLERK OF COMMISSIONERS. No. 172. An Act to amend An Act to create a Board of Commissioners of roads, public buildings and public property, and finances, for the counties of Warren and Taliaferro, and for other purposes, approved February 12, 1877, so as to provide compensation of the clerk of the Board of Commissioners, and the manner of paying same in Taliaferro County. Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same, That from and after the passage of this Act, the Ordinary of Taliaferro County, for services rendered by him as clerk of the Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues of said county, may receive such compensation as said Board of Commissioners may consider proper, provided, the sum so allowed to said clerk as compensation for the duties performed by him as clerk of said Board shall in no case be less than one hundred ($100.00) dollars per annum. Compensation. Sec. 2. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be and the same are hereby repealed. Approved August 14, 1919. TATTNALL BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS; AMENDING ACT. No. 167. An Act to amend an Act creating a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for the County of [Illegible Text] to be found in the Acts of the General Assembly of the State of Georgia for 1915, on page 365, and approved

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July 31, 1915, so as to strike from said Act, Section 2 and insert in lieu of same a new Section, and to strike from said Act, Section 5 and insert in lieu of the same a new Section; to provide for five Commissioners instead of three; to provide for the election of said Commissioners by the voters of the road districts instead of the whole county, and for other purposes. Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same, That from and after the passage of this Act Section 2 of the Act of the General Assembly, beginning on page 365 of Acts of 1915, creating a Board of Commissioners of Reads and Revenues for the County of Tattnall is hereby repealed and a new Section is hereby enacted in lieu of the same, which new Section shall read as follows: Act of 1915 amended. Be it enacted by the authority aforesaid, That for the purpose of this Act the said County of Tattnall shall be divided into five road districts, to be constituted as follows: The first road district shall be composed of the 351st and 1761st militia districts, the second road district shall be composed of the 1376th and the 1601st militia districts, the third road district shall be composed of the 41st and 1645th militia districts, the fourth road district shall be composed of the 40th and the 1700th militia districts and the fifth road dstrict shall be composed of the 1432nd and the 1710th militia districts; and each road district shall have one Commissioner who shall reside in said road district. Substitute for Sec. 2. Road districts. Sec. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That from and after the passage of this Act, Section 5 of the Act of the General Assembly beginning on page 365 of Acts of 1915 creating a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for the County of Tattnall is hereby repealed and a new Section is hereby enacted in lieu of the same, which said new Section shall read as follows: Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the election of said Commissioners, one for each road district, is hereby prescribed. They shall each be elected by the

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qualified voters of the road district for which he is to serve. Substitute for Sec. 5. [Illegible Text] by district. Sec. 3. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the first election under this Act shall be in the general election in said county in the year 1920 and for a term of four years, to begin on the first day of January, 1921, and that every election under this Act shall be for a term of four years. Election and term. Sec. 4. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the Commissioner now serving for the second road district, B. P. Lynn, shall serve out the remainder of his term which is until the first day of January, 1921, and the Commissioner for the fourth road district, J. L. Stanfield, shall serve out the remainder of his term, which is until the first day of January, 1921, and the Commissioner for the fifth road district, W. B. Surrency, shall serve out the remainder of his term, which is until the first day of January, 1921. The Governor of this State, as soon as this Act is approved by him, shall appoint a Commissioner for the first road district and a Commissioner for the third road district to serve until the first day of January, 1921. Commissioners to serve remainder of terms. Appointments by Governor. Sec. 5. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That as soon as the Governor appoints the two new Commissioners for said county, the entire board shall meet in Reidsville and organize for the remainder of this year and for next year, and elect such officers of said board as is required by law, to be found in the Act creating said board in the Acts of the General Assembly for 1915, beginning on page 365. Organization of new board. Sec. 6. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That this Act shall in no way disturb the road work as now laid out for the year 1919. Road work for 1919. Sec. 7. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all laws in conflict with this Act be and the same are hereby repealed. Approved August 18, 1919.

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TAYLOR TREASURER'S OFFICE ABOLISHED; DEPOSITORS PROVIDED FOR. No. 344. An Act to abolish the office of county treasurer of Taylor County, Georgia, and to provide in what manner the funds of said county shall be deposited and disbursed, and for other purposes. Section 1. Be it and it is hereby enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, that from and after September 1, 1919, the office of county treasurer of Taylor County, Georgia, shall be abolished, and such office shall from and after that date cease to exist. Office abolished. Sec. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the Commissioners of Roads and Revenues of said Taylor County shall, by a majority vote taken among themselves, select some duly incorporated bank or banks in said county to act as depository and disbursing agent or agents of and for the public funds of said county. Selection of depository. Sec. 3. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That such bank or banks as shall be so designated as such depository or depositories, and disbursing agent or agents, shall receive no compensation for acting as such, but said Commissioners shall, if possible, get such bank or banks to pay said county for the privilege of acting as such depository and disbursing agent. No compensation. Sec. 4. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That no such bank shall be allowed to act as such depository or disbursing agent until it shall have given a bond payable to said Commissioners with security to be by them approved, conditioned for the faithful performance of all the duties pertaining to said appointment, and in the sum which in the judgment of said Commissioners will be double the amount of the county funds that will probably be deposited with such bank for the ensuing twelve (12) months from the date of the bond. The property of

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such bank, as well as the security or securities on such bond, shall be bound from the time of the execution thereof, for the payment of any and all liability arising from the date of said bond. It shall be within the power of said Commissioners to call upon said bank to strengthen said bond, or to give a new bond at any time, and in default of the same being done, to revoke the appointment of such bank as depository and disbursing agent. Bond. Sec. 5. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That it shall be the duty of each bank acting as such depository and disbursing agent: Duties. First: To pay without delay, when in funds, all orders issued by said Commissioners, or by their authority, according to date of such orders. Second: To take a receipt on each order when paid, and carefully file it away. Third: To keep a well bound book, in which shall be entered all receipts taken, when received, from whom and on what account, and all amounts paid out, stating when paid, to whom and on what account. Fourth: To keep a well bound book, in which shall be entered a full description of all county orders, or other forms of indebtedness, as are presented, and to record a copy of the orders of the county authorities levying taxes; provided, however, that all the books and stationery which said depository may require in the transaction of its business as such depository shall be furnished by the county and when such books of such depository are full, they, together with the vouchers or other files relating thereto, or connected therewith, must be deposited in the office of the Commissioners of Roads and Revenues of said county to remain a part of the permanent records. Fifth: To render reports to, and appeal before said Commissioners whenever notified and to appear before any grand jury on request; to render an account of its actions and doings as such depository and disbursing agent and to exhibit its books and vouchers as such depository and disbursing agent whenever notified.

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Sec. 6. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That said Commissioners shall have the power and authority from time to time to prescribe other reasonable duties and regulations for the government of said depository and disbursing agents and said depositories and disbursing agents shall be just as much bound to observe the same as they are bound to observe those provided by this Act. Sec. 7. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That said Commissioners shall appoint such depository and disbursing agent or depositories and disbursing agents and such bond or bonds shall be given on or before the day this Act goes into effect and the county treasurer of said county then in office shall, on the day this Act goes into effect, deliver to such depository or depositories as he may be directed by such Commissioners, all county funds then in his hands and he shall at the same time deliver to said Commissioners all records, books and papers that he may have pertaining to said office. Transfer of funds, records, etc. by treasurer. Sec. 8. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That said Commissioners may determine in each case at the time of making the appointment the length during which said bank or banks shall act as such depository and disbursing agent or agents, provided no Commissioner shall make a contract with any bank or banks as depository to extend beyond the term of office of said Commissioner. Term of depository. Sec. 9. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That such depository or depositories shall not, directly or indirectly, purchase any county orders or claims for less than their full par value. Purchase of county orders, etc. Sec. 10. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all said depositories and disbursing agents shall be liable, both civilly and criminally just as the county treasurers are liable, for any nonfeasance or malpractice of duty. That said Commissioner shall have the right to proceed against said depositories and disbursing agents

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and securities on their bonds, as may now be proceeded against in case of nonfeasance or malpractice on the part of a county treasurer. Liability. Sec. 11. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That such depository shall, upon the expiration of its term, resignation or removal, make a full and fair statement of all its accounts and liabilities as such depositories and deliver all the money, books and papers and property of the county to its successor, which successor must report the same at once to the Commissioners of Roads and Revenues of said county, and when said depository has complied with these provisions and exoneration of itself and security and the details as such settlement must be entered on the books of the Commissioners of Roads and Revenues of said county and be final except for fraud. The books and accounts of such depositories covering said county funds shall at all times be subject to examination and audit by the Commissioners of Roads and Revenues of said county and by the grand jury thereof. Accounting. Sec. 12. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be and the same are hereby repealed. Approved August 19, 1919. TELFAIR COMMISSIONER; MODE OF ELECTING. No. 265. An Act to amend an Act entitled An Act to create the office of Commissioner of Roads and Revenues for Telfair County; to provide for an appointment until the April term of the Superior Court of said county, 1920; to provide that at that session of said court and quadrennially thereafter, the grand jury shall recommend a successor to prescribe the duties, qualifications and powers of such office; to fix his salary, to provide for a clerk, and for other purposes, approved August 8,

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1916, so as to provide for the election of said Commissioner of Roads and Revenues of Telfair County by the people of said county, and to provide for the submission of the ratification of this amendment to the people of said county, and that the same shall not become effective until so ratified, 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 2 of an Act entitled An Act to create the office of Commissioner of Roads and Revenues for Telfair County; to provide for an appointment until the April term of the Superior Court of said county, 1920; to provide that at that session of said court and quadrennially thereafter, the grand jury shall recommend a successor, to prescribe the duties, qualifications and powers of such office; to fix his salary; to provide for a clerk, and for other purposes, approved August 8, 1916, be amended by striking therefrom the following clauses, to-wit: And that the grand jury at said term of court and quadrennially thereafter shall recommend a successor, who shall be commissioned by the Governor, and inserting in lieu thereof the following: And until his successor is appointed and commissioned; and his successor shall on recommendation of the grand jury of said county be appointed by the judge of the Superior Court of said county and commissioned by the Governor of said State and shall hold said office of Commissioner of Roads and Revenues of said county until the first day of January, 1921, and until his successor is elected and commissioned; and that thereafter the office of Commissioner of Roads and Revenues of said county shall be held and filled by a Commissioner elected by the qualified voters of said county whose term of office shall begin on the first day of January, 1921, and shall expire on the first day of January, four years next thereafter, and when his successor is elected and commissioned; all succeeding terms of said Commissioner shall be filled by a person elected by the qualified voters of said county and shall begin on the first day of January and shall expire on the first day of January four years next thereafter; and the election of such

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Commissioner shall be at the same time and place and under the same laws and regulations and in the same manner as county officers of said county are elected, and the person so elected shall be commissioned by the Governor and shall hold his office until his successor is elected and commissioned. The first election for such Commissioner shall be held in said county on Tuesday after the first Monday in November, 1920, and there shall be an election for such purpose in said county every four years thereafter at the time and place for the election of county officers and in the manner aforesaid, so that said Section 2 of said Act as amended shall read as follows, to-wit: Act of 1916 amended. Sec. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That W. D. Horton, a citizen of said county, be and he is hereby appointed as Commissioner of Roads and Revenues in and for said county, his terms to begin on the passage of this Act, and to continue in office until the April term of the Superior Court of said county, 1920, and until his successor is appointed and commissioned; and his successor shall on recommendation of the grand jury of said county be appointed by the judge of the Superior Court of said county and commissioned by the Governor of said State, and shall hold said office of Commissioner of Roads and Revenues of said county until the first day of January, 1921, and until his successor is elected and commissioned; and that thereafter the office of Commissioner of Roads and Revenues of said county shall be held and filled by a Commissioner elected by the qualified voters of said county whose term of office shall begin on the first day of January, 1921, and shall expire on the first day of January, four years next thereafter and when his successor is elected and commissioned; all succeeding terms of said Commissioner shall be filled by an election by the qualified voters of said county and shall begin on the first day of January and shall expire on the first day of January four years next thereafter, and the election of such Commissioner shall be at the same time and place and under the same laws and regulations and in the same manner as county officers of said county are elected, and the person

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so elected shall be commissioned by the Governor and shall hold his office until his successor is elected and commissioned; the first election for such Commissioner shall be held in said county on Tuesday after the first Monday in November, 1920, and there shall be an election for such purpose in said county every four years thereafter at the same time and place for the election of county officers and in the manner aforesaid; also that Commissioner shall be subject to recall by the grand jury when found guilty of malfeasance and flagrant acts in his administration of the affairs of the county; provided, that in case of a recall of said Commissioner by the grand jury, the grand jury shall make specific charges against said Commissioner, and his recall shall be judicially declared by the judge of the Superior Court of the Oconee Judicial Circuit. Sec. 2 as amended. Appointment by judge until Jan. 1, 1921. Election of successor. Term of office. Recall by grand jury. Sec. 2. Be it further enacted, That there shall be held in said County of Telfair, on the 19th day of November, 1919, an election for the purpose of submitting to the qualified voters of said County of Telfair, the ratification of this Act. Said election (except as otherwise herein provided, shall be held under the same rules and regulations as is now provided for by law for holding elections for members to the General Assembly of said State and all persons shall be entitled to vote in said election who are qualified to vote in Telfair County for members of the General Assembly of said State. This act referred to popular vote. It shall be the duty of the Ordinary of said County of Telfair to give notice of such election by publication thereof in the newspaper in which the sheriff's advertisements of said County of Telfair are published, and it shall also be the duty of the Ordinary of said county to provide for the holding of such election and to furnish the election managers of each precinct with ballots, election blank returns, talley sheets, and such other stationery as may be necessary for the purpose of holding such election and making returns thereof. The ballots used in such election shall have printed or written thereon the words For election of County Commissioner, and also the words Against

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election of County Commissioners. If the voter desires to vote for the ratification of this Act, that is, for the election of such Commissioner by the qualified voters of said county, he shall strike the words against election of County Commissioner on his ballot, or if the voter desires to vote against the ratification of this Act, that is, against the election of such Commissioner by the qualified voters of said county, he shall strike the words, For the election of County Commissioner, on his ballot. If at such election the majority of all votes cast therein shall be For the election of County Commissioner, the provisions of this Act shall become effective, and be ratified, on the other hand if a majority of all votes cast at said election, or if half of the votes shall be Against the election of County Commissioner, then the provisions of this Act shall not be operative, and this Act shall not be ratified. Said election wherein not inconsistent with the provisions of this Act shall be held and the returns shall be made and consolidated under the law and in the manner now prescribed by law for the holding of general elections in said State. The vote in said election shall be consolidated at the court house in said County of Telfair at noon on the day following the election as is now provided by law for the consolidation of the vote of general elections and it shall be the duty of the Superintendent or a majority of same who consolidate the vote of said election to make return thereof and certify the same to the Ordinary of said county, which return shall show the number of votes cast in said election, the number For election of County Commissioner, and the number Against election of County Commissioner, and it shall be the duty of the Ordinary of said county on receipt of such return to examine same, to decide any and all questions that may arise or grow out of the holding of such election and to declare in writing the result of said election, which writing, together with said return, shall be spread on the minutes of the Court of Ordinary of said county, and the Ordinary of said county, shall certify same to the Secretary of

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State, which certificate shall be filed and kept on record by the Secretary of State of said State. Election returns, 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. TELFAIR; PAYMENT OF COSTS IN CERTAIN MISDEMEANOR CASES, BY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS. No. 108. An Act to authorize the Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues of Terrell County to pay the officers of the City Court of Dawson and the officers of the Superior Court of Terrell County all their costs in certain misdemeanor cases, and for other purposes. Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same that the Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for Terrell County shall pay to the clerk, the sheriff, the committing magistrate and arresting officers their costs in all cases of conviction where the defendant is sentenced to work upon the public roads of Terrell County in the chaingang of said county, at the time he begins serving his sentence thereon. Costs to be paid by board when. Sec. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That in all cases where the fine of a convict is paid after he begins serving his sentence that all money paid to officers as costs shall be by them refunded to the Commissioners of Roads and Revenues of Terrell County. To be refunded when. 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.

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TOOMBS BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS; AMENDING ACT. No. 356. An Act to amend an Act approved August 17, 1912, creating Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues in and for the County of Toombs, by striking the word three from line 5 of Section 1, and adding in lieu thereof the word five, and by striking all of Section 2, and adding in lieu thereof the following: Be it enacted by authority aforesaid, That for the purpose of this Act the said County of Toombs shall be divided in five Commissioners' districts, to be constituted as follows, to-wit: The first Commissioner's district shall be composed of Vidalia, the 51st militia district; the second Commissioner's district shall be composed of Lyons, the 1536th militia district; the third Commissioner's district shall be composed of Cedar Crossing, 43rd district, and McNabb, 1536th militia district, and the fourth Commissioner's district shall be composed of Normantown, 1715th militia district, and Blue Ridge, 1192nd militia district, and the fifth Commissioner's district shall be composed of Spring Head, 39th district, and High Point, 1403rd militia district. The Commissioners aforesaid shall have authority by a majority vote of said board to attach any new militia district that may be created to any one of the three districts. By striking all of Paragraph 3, beginning with the words George N. Mathews in line 3, and ending in the word qualified in line 10, and adding in lieu thereof the following: W. O. Donovan, of the first Commissioner's district; S. I. Hussey of the second Commissioner's district; C. B. O'Quinn of the third Commissioner's district; F. L. McCullough of the fourth Commissioner's district, and J. L. Sutton of the fifth Commissioner's district, whose terms of office shall expire as follows: W. O. Donovan on the first Tuesday in January, 1920; F. L. McCullough on the first Tuesday

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in January, 1920; S. I. Hussey and J. L. Sutton on first Tuesday in January, 1921, and C. B. O'Quinn on first Tuesday in January, 1922, or as soon thereafter as the successors in office are qualified, and their successors shall be elected for a term of three years. By amending Section 6 by striking the word two in line 12, inserting in lieu the word three, and by striking in Section 7 in the fourth line thereof the words twenty-five, and adding in lieu thereof the word fifty, 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 17, 1912, creating a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues in and for the County of Toombs be amended by striking the word three from line 5 of Section 1, and adding in lieu thereof the word five, and by striking all the Section 2, and adding in lieu the following: Be it enacted by authority aforesaid, That for the purpose of this Act the said County of Toombs shall be divided into five Commissioners' districts, to be constituted as follows, to-wit: The first Commissioner's district shall be composed of Vidalia, the 51st militia district; the second Commissioner's district shall be composed of Lyons, the 1536th militia district; the third Commissioner's district shall be composed of Cedar Crossing, 43rd district, and McNabb, 1536th militia district; the fourth Commissioner's district shall be composed of Normantown, the 1715th militia district, and Blue Ridge, the 1192nd militia district, and the fifth Commissioner's district shall be composed of Spring Head, 39th district, and High Point, the 1403rd militia district. The Commissioners aforesaid shall have authority, by a majority vote of said board, to attach any new militia district that may be created to any one of the three districts. By striking all of Paragraph 3 beginning with the words George N. Mathews in line 3, and ending in the word qualified, in line 10, and adding in lieu thereof the following: W. O. Denovan of the first Commissioner's district; S. I. Hussey of the second Commissioner's district; C. B.

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O'Quinn of the third Commissioner's district; F. L. McCullough of the fourth Commissioner's district, and J. L. Sutton of the fifth Commissioner's district, whose term of office shall expire as follows: W. O. Donovan the first Tuesday in January, 1920; F. L. McCullough on first Tuesday in January, 1920; S. I. Hussey and J. L. Sutton on first Tuesday in January, 1921, and C. B. O'Quinn on first Tuesday in January, 1922, or as soon thereafter as their successors in office are qualified, and their successors shall be elected for a term of three years. By amending Section 6 of said Act, by striking the word two in line 12, inserting in lieu thereof the word three and by striking in Section 7 in the fourth line the words twenty-five and adding in lieu thereof the word fifty, so that said Section when amended shall read as follows: Act of 1912 amended. Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same, That from and after the passage of this Act, a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues to consist of five persons is hereby created; said Commissioners shall be qualified voters of said county, and shall be bona fide residents of the Commissioner's district from which they are elected, which districts are defined in Section 2 of this Act. Sec. 1 as amended. Board of 5 instead of 3. Sec. 2. Be it enacted by the authority aforesaid, That for the purpose of this Act the County of Toombs, shall be divided into five Commissioners' districts, to be constituted as follows, to-wit: The first Commissioner's district shall be composed of Vidalia, the 51st militia district; the second Commissioner's district shall be composed of Lyons, the 1536th militia district; the third Commissioner's district shall be composed of Cedar Crossing the 43rd militia district, and McNabb, 1521st militia district; the fourth Commissioner's district shall be composed of Normantown, the 1715th militia district, and Blue Ridge, the 1192nd militia district, and the fifth Commissioner's district shall be composed of Spring Head, 39th militia district. The Commissioners aforesaid shall have authority, by a majority

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vote of said board, to attach to any new militia district that may be created to any one of the five districts. Substitute for Sec. 2. Commissioners' Districts. Sec. 3. Be it further enacted by authority aforesaid, That said Board of County Commissioners shall be composed of the following persons, to-wit: W. O. Donovan, of the first Commissioner's district; S. I. Hussey of the second Commissioner's district; C. B. O'Quinn of the third Commissioner's district; J. L. McCullough of the fourth Commissioner's district; J. L. Sutton of the fifth Commissioner's district, whose term of office shall expire as follows: W. O. Donovan and F. L. McCullough on first Tuesday of January, 1920; S. I. Hussey and J. L. Sutton on first Tuesday in January, 1921, and C. B. O'Quinn on first Tuesday in January, 1922, or as soon thereafter as their successors in office are qualified, and the successors shall be elected for a term of three years. They shall take and subscribe the following oath: I do swear that I will well, truly and faithfully discharge the duties of Commissioner of Roads and Revenues in and for the County of Toombs during my continuance in office according to law to the best of my knowledge and ability without favor or affection to any person, firm or corporation, so help me God. Sec. 3 as amended. Members named. Sec. 6. Be it further enacted by authority aforesaid, That said Commissioners shall be elected, qualified and commissioned as other county officers, and shall receive $100.00 each as [Illegible Text] for their said services as said Commissioners. Said amount to be paid monthly out of the said road funds of said County of Toombs. Said amounts when so paid shall be in full for every service rendered by them as said Commissioners, in and for said county, for and during the said terms of their office. The said amount shall also include all expenses of every kind and nature incurred by them while attending to the business of the said County of Toombs. Three of said Commissioners shall constitute a quorum and must concur to pass any order or let any contract, pledge the county credit, grant or allow any claim or charge against the county. Sec. 6 as amended. Quorum to be 3 instead of 2. Sec. 7. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid,

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That said board shall have the right to appoint a clerk to be paid monthly out of the road funds a salary not exceeding fifty ($50.00) dollars per month, at the discretion of the board. Said clerk shall give a good and solvent bond in the sum of one thousand dollars, payable to the Ordinary of said County of Toombs, and to be approved by the said Ordinary of said county. Said bond shall be conditioned for the faithful performance of the duties of the said clerk to the Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues in and for the said County of Toombs. Said board shall have the absolute power to remove said clerk at pleasure by a majority vote of the said board. It shall be the duty of said clerk to attend all meetings of said board and keep a full record of all its proceedings, and to keep on file and to preserve all papers relating to its business. To keep in a special book a statement of all taxes levied and for what purposes minutely specified and designated, also an inventory of all county property, including all road machinery, live stock, chaingang outfit and road working tools. To keep in a record separate from other financial affairs of the said county an accurate and itemized account of all expenditures applied to the working of convicts and for all supplies and pay of the superintendent, overseers and guards necessary for the management and operation of the said chaingang in said county. He shall also keep a separate book in which shall be kept an account with the overseers of the county for commutation tax collected and for tools furnished them. He shall also keep an itemized statement of all accounts paid by the Board of Commissioners, and shall show what fund is liable for the payment of said accounts. He shall also keep a book to be known as his record of county vouchers, in which shall be kept a complete record of warrants or vouchers drawn on the treasury of said county, which record shall show by proper entries the fund from which same is payable, the person to whom payable, the date of record and the amount of said voucher, or warrant. It shall be his duty to sign all warrants and vouchers but he shall in no instance issue any warrant or voucher until same shall

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have been countersigned by the chairman of the Board of said County Commissioners in and for said County of Toombs. The said clerk shall register each voucher on his record book of vouchers as above set out and shall certify on the face of each and every voucher the date and facts of its record. The treasurer of Toombs County shall not pay any warrant, voucher or charge against said County of Toombs, unless the same has been registered and certified in compliance with this Section, except such as bear date prior to the induction and qualification into office of said Board of County Commissioners of Toombs County. All records provided for in this Section shall be kept at the Commissioners' office in the court house of said county and shall be kept open for public inspection. He shall make up and publish semiannually in the official organ of Toombs County a condensed itemized statement showing the amount collected and expended on behalf of the county as provided for in Toombs County road law, Act of the General Assembly of Georgia, 1909, and shall preserve a copy of such report as a part of his record. Sec. 7 as amended. Salary of clerk increased. Duties. Sec. 2. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be and the same are hereby repealed. Approved August 19, 1919. TOWNS BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS ABOLISHED. No. 224. An Act to repeal an Act entitled An Act to provide for the creation of a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues in the County of Towns in this State, to prescribe their powers and duties, and to fix their compensation and the pay of the officers employed by them, approved September 15, 1891, and for other purposes. Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by authority

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of the same, That from and after the passage of this Act, an Act entitled An Act to provide for the creation of a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues in the County of Towns in this State, to prescribe their powers and duties, and to fix their compensation and the pay of the officers employed by them, approved September 15, 1891, be and the same is hereby repealed. Act of 1891 repealed. Board abolished. Sec. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be and the same are hereby repealed. Approved August 18, 1919. TOWNS TREASURER'S OFFICE ABOLISHED; DEPOSITORIES PROVIDED FOR. No. 284. An Act to abolish the office of county treasurer of Towns County, Georgia, and provide for the deposit of the funds of said county, for the care in paying out of all county funds, 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 first day of January, 1921, the office of the [Illegible Text] treasurer of Towns County, Georgia, shall be and the same is hereby abolished, and sooner in case of vacancy by death, resignation, or otherwise. That in the event of the death or resignation of the present incumbent, then and in that event the said office is hereby abolished. Office abolished, when. Sec. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the county officers having charge of the funds of said county shall deposit the same in such bank or banks as may seem to the best interest of the county in their judgment. Depositories.

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Sec. 3. County funds mentioned in Section 2 of this Act is meant to includo all funds raised by taxation or otherwise and all road tax of all kinds and all moneys coming into the county funds from all sources whatever, to be used for roads or county purposes and all special tax levied for special purposes, etc. County funds defined. Sec. 4. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the county authorities may, if they deem it necessary for the protection of the county, require a bond from said bank or banks, payable to said county authorities, conditioned to answer for all funds turned over to them that may be just and reasonable and will protect the county against loss. Bond. Sec. 5. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all moneys drawn from such depositories (such bank or banks as the authorities having charge of the county funds may designate) shall be by check or county order signed by the authorities having charge of the finances of the county. Said check or county order shall be entered upon the records of the authorities drawing the same, showing the amount of the check, the person in whose favor drawn, and for what purpose. Such records shall at all times be open to inspection by such person or persons whose duty it is to inspect the records kept by the various county officers, and open to inspection by the grand jury of said county, as a body or through its committees, provided that the clerk of the Superior Court of said county or the clerk of any other court of said county may, and he is hereby authorized to draw on the proper funds his scripts for jury service to jurors of said county, and said county depositories are hereby authorized to respect said scripts and to pay the same; this proviso to apply only to payment of jurors who are paid out of county funds as is now provided by law. Checks or orders, how drawn, etc. Records. Sec. 6. All claims in favor of the clerk, sheriff, and court bailiff of said county for their services and per diem for waiting on the court or courts shall be approved by the judge thereof and presented to the county authorities

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having charge of the finances of the county, and if approved by said authorities, they shall draw their check or warrant on said county depositories in favor of such sheriff, clerk and bailiff for the amount of said claims or any part thereof, which, when presented to said depositories, shall be paid and become a receipt for said amount directed to be paid. Approval of claims, of officers of court. Sec. 7. Said depositories shall report to the county authorities having charge of the finances of the county as often as once every six months, or oftener, if required by said authorities, showing the amount of funds on hand and return all canceled checks or orders. Reports. Sec. 8. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That from and after the said county depositories have taken charge of the said funds and records as set out in the preceding Sections of this Act, and so long as they remain in such depositories, the tax collector of said county, and all other persons or officers collecting money due the said county shall turn the same over to said depositories. In the event that any depository shall cease to be a depository of the county funds, then and in that event all funds belonging to the county, together with all records, shall be turned over to the authorities having charge of the funds of said county and turned over by them to any other bank which they may select as a county depository under the provisions of this Act. Payment of funds to depositories. Sec. 9. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all officers collecting money of any description and turning same over to the county depositories selected by said authorities, shall take receipts for such deposits in duplicate, keeping one and turning the other over to the authorities having charge of the county funds. Receipts in duplicate. Sec. 10. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all said depositories and disbursing agents shall be liable both civilly and criminally, just as county treasurers are liable, for any nonfeasance or malfeasance of duty, and that said county authorities shall have the right

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to proceed against said depository or depositories and disbursing agents and the securities on their bond, as said treasurer may now be proceeded against in case of nonfeasance or malfeasance in the conduct of their office. Liability. Sec. 11. 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. TOWNS ORDINARIES, ORDERS AND ACTS OF, CONFIRMED. No. 352. An Act to ratify and confirm all the orders, acts and doings of the Ordinaries of Towns County, including the present Ordinary, when sitting for county purposes, since September 15, 1891, and for other purposes. Whereas, the General Assembly of Georgia, did pass an Act entitled An Act to provide for the creation of a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues in the County of Towns in this State, to prescribe their powers and duties, and to fix their compensation and the pay of the officers employed by them, which Act was approved September 15, 1891, and Preamble. Whereas, it was provided in said Act that the grand jury of the County of Towns at the September term, 1891, of the Superior Court for said county should recommend three upright and intelligent citizens of Towns County to constitute the Board of County Commissioners of Towns County, and who should be appointed and commissioned as notaries public ex-officio justice of the peace are now appointed and commissioned by the laws of this State, and who should hold their offices for a term of two (2) years, and that their successors should be appointed and commissioned in the same manner, as their terms expire, or when a vacancy is to be filled, and

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Whereas, the grand jury of the County of Towns at the September term, 1891, of the Superior Court for said county, did not recommend any persons to constitute said Board of County Commissioners, and the Superior Court for said County of Towns did not appoint and commission any persons to constitute said Board of County Commissioners, and no grand jury of said County of Towns since the September term, 1891, has recommended any person or persons to constitute said Board of County Commissioners, and the Superior Court of said County of Towns has never appointed and commissioned any persons to constitute said Board of County Commissioners and no such Board of County Commissioners for the County of Towns has ever existed, and no such Board of County Commissioners is now in existence, and Whereas, the former Ordinaries and the present Ordinary of Towns County have since the passage of said Act been in charge of and conducted the county affairs of said County of Towns, and the present Ordinary is now in charge of and is conducting the county affairs of said county; 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 all the orders, acts and doings of the Ordinaries of the County of Towns, since September 15, 1891, when sitting for county purposes, including those of the present Ordinary, and especially the Act of the present Ordinary in calling an election which was held in said county on June 9, 1919, for the purpose of submitting to the qualified voters of said county for their determination whether bonds should be issued in the aggregate sum of forty thousand ($40,000.00) dollars for the purpose of raising funds to be applied to the grading and paving of roads in said county and all of his orders, acts and doings in connection with said election and with the issue of said forty thousand ($40,000.00) dollars of bonds, be and the same are hereby fully ratified and confirmed. Orders and acts confirmed. Bond election of June 9, 1919. Sec. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid,

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That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be and the same are hereby repealed. Approved August 19, 1919. WARE BOND COMMISSION CREATED. No. 20. An Act to create a Bond Commission for Ware County, Georgia, to define its duties and for other purposes. Section 1. There is hereby created a Commission for Ware County, Georgia, to be known as the Ware County Bond Commission. Bond commission created. Sec. 2. Said Bond Commission shall be composed of nine members, who are qualified electors of Ware County, including the Commissioner of Roads and Revenues, who shall be ex-officio a member of said Commission. The other eight members of said Bond Commission are hereby made Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for said County of Ware, to act in conjunction with the Commissioners of Roads and Revenues aforesaid, in performing the duties of said Bond Commission. The other eight members of said Commission shall be elected in the same manner that county officers are elected and shall hold their office for four years or until their successors are elected and qualified. The Ordinary of Ware County, and the clerk of Ware Superior Court shall also be ex-officio members of said Bond Commission to act in conjunction with the Commissioners of Roads and Revenues aforesaid in carrying out the provisions of this Act. Within ten days after the approval of this Act, the Ordinary of Ware County shall call a special election of the voters of Ware County, for the election of the members of said Commission, and such election shall be held not more than twenty days from the date of said call. Four members of the Commission shall at all times be residents of the City of Waycross and four members shall be residents of Ware County outside the

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city of Waycross. The terms of the members first elected shall begin on the date of their election and shall end on June 30, 1923, or as soon as their successors are elected and qualified. Any vacancies occuring in the Commission shall be filled for the unexpired term by vote of the remaining members of the Commission. The members of the Bond Commission shall serve without compensation, but they shall receive their actual expenses. Members. To be commissioners of roads, etc. Election and term. Vacancies. No pay but expenses. Sec. 3. It shall be the duty of the Bond Commission to supervise, direct and control the expenditure of all moneys raised by the issue of bonds for Ware County, for the construction of roads, schools and other purposes. Duties. Sec. 4. In the construction and permanent improvement of roads the Bond Commission shall make all contracts and expend all funds, as in their discretion shall be necessary or proper. They shall employ a competent engineer or engineers, and such other help as may be necessary, and fix their compensation. No money raised by the sale of bonds shall be expended except for permanent road construction and improvement. The Bond Commission shall first construct and permanently improve main highways of Ware County along the lines approximately as follows, to-wit: From the court house in Waycross via Hebardville and the Waltertown road, along the most practicable route, via the Iron Bridge, and on through land lot No. 296, to intersect with the Alma road, and thence on to the Bacon County line; from the court house in Waycross, via Waresboro and Fairfax, to Millwood, and thence on to the Atkinson County line, with a road leading from said highway between Waresboro and Fairfax, via Telmore to Bickley, and thence on to the Coffee County line; from the court house in Waycross, via Ruskin and Glenmore, to Manor, and thence on to the Clinch County line; from the court house in Waycross along the Blackshear road, to the Pierce County line at the Satilla river bridge; from the court house in Waycross south to the Pierce County line, to form part of an intercounty highway to Folkston, in Charlton County; from the court house in Waycross towards

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wards Brunswick in an easterly direction, to the Pierce County line. After the above highways are improved so far as available funds will permit, the Commission shall construct and permanently improve other public highways of said county. All projects adopted by the Commission for road construction and improvement, on which State or federal funds are to be used, shall be approved by the road authorities of the State of Georgia or the United States, before contracts are let or work begun. Construction and permanent improvement of highways may be done by the Bond Commission either by contract or by day labor, as may seem to them best. Before any work of construction or improvement is commenced, the Bond Commission shall divide all the highways in the county to be constructed and improved into sections of suitable size and length, and shall have prepared by a competent engineer or engineers, detailed plans and specifications of all the work to be done in each section. Before letting any contract for work, material or supplies, the Bond Commission shall advertise for bids, and shall let the contract to the lowest responsible bidder, and they may in their discretion reject any or all bids. The Bond Commission shall not undertake the work of construction and permanent improvement of any section of highway by day labor until they shall first have obtained bids for the work by contract, after public advertisement, as herein provided for. Contracts, etc. Engineers. Use of funds. Roads designated, to be constructed or improved. Approval of plans. Plans to be prepared. Bids for work, etc. Sec. 5. All expenditures of funds raised from the sale of bonds for the construction, improvement and equipment of rural school houses shall be by contract. Before incurring any expense for the construction or improvement of school houses, the County Board of Education shall have detailed plans and specifications prepared therefor, and before letting any contract they shall by public advertisement call for bids therefor, and all contracts shall be let to the lowest responsible bidder, or the County Board of Education may in their discretion reject any and all bids. Provided, however, that all contracts made by the County Board of Education for the construction, improvement or equipment of school buildings, for material, labor

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or both, shall be subject to approval by the Bond Commission herein provided for. All expenditures made for the construction, improvement and equipment of school buildings shall be by warrant of the Bond Commission upon proper order or by resolutions of the County Board of Education. It is not the intention of this Act to impair the right of the County Board of Education to make contracts and purchase material, apparatus and equipment of any kind, but all contracts for the construction and improvement of school buildings, and for the purchase of material, apparatus or equipment of any kind, shall be subject to approval by the Bond Commission. Schoolhouses, contracts to build, etc. Bids. Expenditures for schools. Sec. 6. The Bond Commission shall choose their own chairman and secretary and shall have power and authority to make such rules and regulations as they may deem necessary for the proper performance of their duties. They shall hold such meetings from time to time as may in their judgment be necessary. Chairman and secretary. Meetings. Sec. 7. The Bond Commission shall keep detailed and itemized books of accounts showing all moneys expended by them and under their direction, supervision and control, and their books and records shall be subject to audit and examination as are all other public books and records of Ware County. All warrants drawn by them for the expenditure of money by them or under their direction shall be signed by the chairman and secretary of the Commission, and shall be paid by the county treasurer of Ware County in the same manner that all other warrants are paid by him. Accounts. Sec. 8. The Bond Commission shall submit to the grand jury of Ware County at each regular term of the Superior Court a full report of their transactions during the preceding six months, including an itemized statement of all moneys received and disbursed, such report to be investigated and examined by the grand jury in the same manner that all other public records are investigated and examined. Reports to grand jury.

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Sec. 9. All funds raised by the sale of bonds in Ware County shall be deposited to the credit of the county treasurer in the accredited banks of Ware County in proportion to their total resources and balances so maintained as nearly as possible, and such banks shall furnish security therefor satisfactory to the Bond Commission. Deposit of [Illegible Text] Sec. 10. The Bond Commission shall, so far as practicable, in the expenditure of funds under their direction, supervision and control, employ persons who are actual residents of Ware County, and in contracts let by them for work under their direction, it shall be provided that, so far as practicable, the contractor shall employ actual residents of said county. Residents prepared for employment. Sec. 11. This Act shall become effective immediately upon its passage and approval by the Governor. All laws and parts of laws in conflict herewith are hereby repealed. Approved August 4, 1919. WARE COMMISSIONER; AMENDING ACT AS TO SALARIES, STATEMENT, ETC. No. 368. An Act to amend an Act to create the office of Commissioner of Roads and Revenues of the County of Ware, and for other purposes, approved August 16, 1915, in so far as the same relates to the salary of said commissioner, and to that of the ordinary and clerk of Ware Superior Court, acting in conjunction with said Commissioner; and to that of the Solicitor acting as county attorney, the making of monthly and quarterly statements of his transactions in office, showing all receipts and expenditures, and the making of an annual audit and the publication of same. Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia, That an act to create the office of Commissioner of Roads and Revenues of the County of Ware and for other purposes, approved August 16, 1915, be and the

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same is hereby amended in so far as relates to the salary of said Commissioner, Section 5 of said Act relative thereto being hereby repealed, and in lieu thereof it is enacted that the salary of said Commissioner shall from and after the first of the month succeeding the passage of this Act be two thousand ($2,000.00) dollars per annum, to be paid in monthly installments out of the treasury of said county; also by striking from the latter part of Section 5 of said Act, relating to the pay of the Clerk, the sum to fix the pay of said clerk at said sum of $1,200.00; and of $900.00, and inserting in lieu thereof $1,200.00, so as also by striking from Section 22 of said Act relating to the pay of the Ordinary the sum of $300.00, and inserting in lieu thereof $600.00 so as to fix the pay of said Ordinary at said sum of $600.00; and also by striking from Section 21 of said Act relating to the pay of the Solicitor acting as attorney for the Commissioner and for all other county officials, the sum of $100.00 and inserting in lieu thereof $300.00, so as to fix his pay for said services at said sum of $300.00 per year. Act of 1915 amended. Increases in pay. Commissioner. Clerk. Ordinary. Attorney. Sec. 2. Be it further enacted, That Section 11 of said Act requiring the making and publication of a monthly statement of all expenditures for which warrants have been issued, be and the same is hereby repealed. Sec. 11 repealed. Monthly statement. Sec. 3. Be it further enacted, That Section 12 of said Act, requiring the Commissioner to make and publish an itemized quarterly statement of all moneys received and expended, and Section 17 thereof requiring the report of the findings of the annual audits provided for in said Section to be published in the official organ of the county, be and the same are hereby amended so as to authorize said Commissioner to have the same published upon such terms as may be agreed on, provided the cost thereof shall in no event exceed the legal rate allowed for such publications. Secs. 12 and 17 amended. Publication of receipts and expenses. Sec. 4. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be and the same are hereby repealed. Approved August 19, 1919.

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WARREN BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS ABOLISHED. No. 200. An Act to repeal an Act entitled An Act to create a Board of Commissioners of Roads, Public Buildings and Public Property and Finances, for the counties of Warren and Taliaferro, and for other purposes, approved February 12, 1877. Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same, That the above recited Act be, and the same is hereby repealed, so far as the same relates to the County of Warren. Board abolished. Sec. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That said commissioners are hereby required to turn over all books, papers and other documents pertaining to their office and duties to the Commissioner of Roads and Revenues for Warren County immediately upon the passage and approval of this Act. Transfer of records, etc. Sec. 3. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict herewith be and the same are hereby repealed. Approved August, 18, 1919. WARREN COMMISSIONER; OFFICE CREATED. No. 295. An Act to create a Commissioner of Roads and Revenues in and for the County of Warren; to provide for the election of said Commissioner; who shall be said Commissioner until his successor shall be elected and qualified; to prescribe his term of office, his duties, fix his salary, and for other purposes.

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Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same, That from and after the passage of this Act, there shall be created a Commissioner of Roads and Revenues for said County of Warren, to be known as the Commissioner of Roads and Revenues of Warren county, Georgia; that the Commissioner of Roads and Revenues until January 1, 1921, or until his successor is elected and qualified, is to be C. R. Fitzpatrick, now of Warrenton, Warren County, Georgia, and that the said C. R. Fitzpatrick, upon the passage of and approval of this Act, is hereby appointed the sole Commissioner of Roads and Revenues of Warren county. Office created. Commissioner named. Sec. 2. Be it further enacted by authority aforesaid, That at the next general election for county officers there shall be elected a successor to C. R. Fitzpatrick, who shall hold his term as Commissioner of Roads and Revenues for the period of four years, and that the term of office of all Commissioners of Roads and Revenues elected under the authority of this Act shall be for a term of four years or until their successor is elected and qualified, and in case of death of the commissioner before his term of office expires, or from resignation, or from any other cause, it shall be the duty of the Ordinary of Warren county to call and publish a special election to be held by the voters of said county, qualified to vote for members of the General Assembly, to determine who the County Commissioner of Roads and Revenues shall be to fill the unexpired term; said election shall be called within sixty days after the vacancy occurs. The Ordinary of Warren county to declare the result of the election. Be it further enacted, that the said regular and special elections of the Commissioner of Roads and Revenues of Warren county shall be held at the same place, under the same rules and regulations and by the same election managers as all county officers are elected. Election of successor. Term of office. Sec. 3. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the Commissioner of Roads and Revenues of

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Warren county provided for under this Act shall always before entering upon his duties as such take and subscribe an oath before the Ordinary of Warren county for the faithful performance of his duties as said Commissioner of Roads and Revenues of Warren county. Oath. Sec. 4. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That said Commissioner of Roads and Revenues during his term of office shall be exempt from militia, road and jury duty. Exemptions. Sec. 5. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the commissioner serving under this Act shall receive as compensation for his services the sum of twelve hundred ($1,200.00) dollars per annum and actual expenses of maintenance and travel when away from his home on the business of his office, said salary to be paid monthly by vouchers drawn by the Commissioner of Roads and Revenues of Warren county on the treasurer of said county for $100.00, and the Commissioner of Roads and Revenues of Warren county shall give a bond in the sum of five thousand ($5,000.00) dollars, payable to the Ordinary of said county and his successors in office, conditioned for the faithful performance of his duties as such commissionor, which bond shall be approved by the Ordinary of said county. Pay. Bond. Sec. 6. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the Commissioner of Roads and Revenues of Warren county shall have the power and authority to employ a secretary, whose duties shall be such as are prescribed by the commissioner then in office and appointing him. The said secretary to receive as compensation for his services the sum of four hundred ($400.00) dollars a year to be paid by monthly vouchers drawn by the Commissioner of Roads and Revenues of said county. Secretary. Compensation. Sec. 7. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the Commissioner of Roads and Revenues of Warren county shall have general supervision and management of all property and funds of the county, and that the

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said commissioner shall have all authority over determining road matters of said county that were previously granted to and vested in the Ordinary of said county or in the Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues of said county. Powers. Sec. 8. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the Commissioner of Roads and Revenues of said county shall have power and authority to let out sections of the public roads or bridges or building of said county to be built and worked by contract; said contract to be let to the lowest bidder on the work as prescribed and designated by said commissioners; all other things being equal, preference is given a resident of Warren County in the letting of the county. Contracts. Bids for work, etc. Sec. 9. Be it further enacted by authority aforesaid, That the Commissioner of Roads and Revenues of Warren County shall have authority to equip and maintain a chaingang in and for said County of Warren according to the law of said State for the purpose of working on and building roads and bridges for said county. Chain-gang. Sec. 10. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the Commissioner of Roads and Revenues of Warren County shall make a report of all his actions and doings as Commissioner of Roads and Revenues of Warren County and the financial standing of the county every four months in the official publication of said county, said statement to cover all moneys received and all moneys expended by him as such officer, and for what purposes. Quarterly reports. Sec. 11. Be it further enacted by authority aforesaid, That said Commissioner of Roads and Revenues shall have exclusive jurisdiction and control over the following matters: [Illegible Text] directing and controlling all the property of the county as he may deem expedient, according to law; in levying taxes, both road and ad valorem taxes, according to law; in establishing, altering, changing or abolishing roads, bridges and ferries according to law; establishing, abolishing or changing election precincts and militia districts;

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in supervising tax collector's and tax receiver's books and allowing the insolvent list of said county; in settling all claims against the county; examining and auditing all claims or accounts of officers having the care of, management, keeping, collecting or disbursing of any money belonging to the county or appropriated for its use or benefit, and bringing them to settlement; in making rules and regulations for the support of the poor of said county; in making of rules and regulations for the promotion of health and electing and appointing all minor officials of said county where it is not otherwise provided by law, or the provisions of this Act; in regulating, peddling, and to have and exercise control and management over the convicts of said county according to law; and to have and exercise all the powers and authority as would be vested by law in the Ordinary of said county when sitting for county purposes in the absence of this Act; and to exercise such other powers as are granted by law or as are indispensable to his jurisdiction over county matters and county finances; shall hold a public meeting on the first Monday in each month to give all parties interested in county matters a hearing, and this first Monday in each month shall be the regular terms of Commissioner of Roads and Revenues Court. Jurisdiction. Sittings. Sec. 12. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That said Commissioner of Roads and Revenues shall have the authority to elect a superintendent of roads and bridges for said county; said superintendent shall be a regular civil engineer or a man with experience in road building and shall receive such compensation as shall be fixed by said commissioner, not to exceed the sum of eighteen hundred ($1,800.00) dollars per annum; said superintendent shall devote his entire time to the performance of his duties as such superintendent and shall not engage in any other business, trade or profession while acting as such superintendent of roads and bridges for the County of Warren; for inefficiency or neglect of duty he shall be subject to removal in the discretion of said commissioner; before entering upon the performance of his duties he

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shall give bond with good security to be approved by said commissioner in the sum of four thousand ($4,000.00) dollars, conditioned for the faithful performance of his duties as such superintendent, said bond to be payable to said commissioner and his successors in office; he shall also take oath before the Ordinary of said county that he will faithfully discharge all duties devolving upon him or required of him by said commissioner. Superintendent of roads, etc. Salary. Bond. Sec. 13. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That said commissioner within twelve months after assuming the duties of his office shall have all books and accounts of the tax collector, treasurer, sheriff and the commissioner herein created audited by some certified public accountant, and a like audit shall be had at least once every four years thereafter, and said commissioner is hereby authorized and empowered to make such contracts as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this section. Audit of accounts. Sec. 14. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That said commissioner shall have full authority in providing for the collection of a commutation of road tax, fixing the amount to be paid or the number of days' work on the roads of said county in lieu thereof; provided, however, that said commutation tax shall not exceed twelve dollars or ten days' work on the roads of said county in lieu thereof, and in trying all road defaulters in accordance with law. Said commissioner shall expend each year in each district an amount equal to or proportionate to that collected as a commutation tax for such year in said district. Commutation tax. Expenditure in district where paid. Sec. 15. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the superintendent of roads and bridges shall have entire charge and supervision of all road work done in said County of Warren, whether said work be done by contract as herein provided by convict labor or otherwise. Superintendent's authority. Sec. 16. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That said Commissioner of Roads and Revenues may have

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an office in the court house of said county for the transacting of his business, or in lieu thereof rent his office in the court house and apply said rent on an office elsewhere in the town of Warrenton as may suit his [Illegible Text] best. Office. Sec. 17. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict herewith be and the same are hereby repealed. Approved August 19, 1919. WAYNE COMMISSIONERS FROM ROAD DISTRICTS; AMENDING ACT. No. 319. An Act to amend an Act approved August 16, 1915, entitled An Act to provide for the establishment of road districts in the County of Wayne, and for other purposes, by repealing the sections of said Act providing that all moneys derived from taxation for road purposes shall be expended on the roads in such districts; by striking that part of the section providing that commissioners shall be nominated by voters of the road districts only; by providing that the term of office of a part of said commissioners shall expire periodically at the end of each two years, and for other purposes. Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby cnacted by authority of the same, That an Act approved August 16, 1915, entitled An Act to provide for the establishment and laying off of five road districts in the County of Wayne, and for other purposes, be and the same is hereby amended by striking from said Act, Sections 8, 9, thereof, the provisions of said sections being hereby expressly repealed. Act of 1915 amended. Sections 8 and 9 repealed. Sec. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That Section 7 of said Act be and the same is hereby amended by striking the words But each road district shall have

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the right, by a majority vote of the qualified voters thereof, to nominate a resident of said districts to be voted for by the voters of said county in the election of commissioners as aforesaid, and inserting in lieu thereof the words, One commissioner to be a resident of each road district hereinbefore provided for, so that said section when so amended shall read as follows: Sec. 7. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That said County Commissioners of Roads and Revenues shall be elected by the qualified voters of the County of Wayne, one commissioner to be a resident of each road district hereinbefore provided for. Sec. 7 as amended. One commissioner from district. Sec. 3. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That Section 6 of said Act be, and the same is hereby amended by adding at the end of said section the following proviso, to-wit: Provided that at the election to be held in 1920 the two candidates receiving the highest number of votes shall be elected and qualified for a term of four years; the three candidates receiving the next highest number of votes shall be elected and qualified for a term of two years; their successors to be elected in 1922 at the time that a member of the General Assembly is elected; thereafter all commissioners to be similarly elected for a full term of four years. Sec. 6 as amended. Terms of commissioners. 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. WILCOX COMMISSIONERS; COMPENSATION INCREASED. No. 109. A bill to amend an Act entitled an Act to create a Board of County Commissioners of Roads and Revenues in the

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County of Wilcox, to define the duties and powers thereof, and for other purposes, approved February 22, 1873, and Acts amendatory thereof, so as to provide for the compensation of such commissioners, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same, That from and after the passage of this Act, the above-recited Act and the Act amendatory thereof, approved December 28, 1886, and the Act amendatory thereof, approved December 16, 1895, be and the same are hereby amended as follows: Acts amended. Section 1. By striking from the original Act approved February 22, 1873, all of Section 9, by striking from the amendatory Act approved December 28, 1886, all of Section 9, and by striking from the amendatory Act approved December 16, 1895, all of Section 8 and inserting in lieu of said sections the following: The chairman of said Board of County Commissioners shall receive as compensation for his services so rendered the sum of six dollars per day for each and every day of actual service so rendered by him, and the other members of said board shall receive as compensation for their services so rendered the sum of four dollars per day each, for each and every day of actual services rendered by them, so that when so amended said section shall read as follows: The chairman of said Board of County Commissioners shall receive as compensation for his services so rendered the sum of six dollars per day for each and every day of actual services so rendered by him, and the other members of said board shall receive as compensation for their services so rendered the sum of four dollars per day each, for each and every day of actual services rendered by them. Substituted section. Pay of chairman and members. Sec. 2. Be it further enacted by authority aforesaid, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be and the same are hereby repealed. Approved August 18, 1919.

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WILKES; CLOSED SEASON FOR FOX HUNTING, ETC. No. 247. An Act to prohibit the hunting, following hounds in pursuit of, trapping, killing or destroying in any manner, any fox in the County of Wilkes, said State, except during certain seasons of the year, and to provide a penalty therefor, and for other purposes. Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That from and after the passage of this Act it shall be unlawful for any person to hunt or follow hounds or other dogs in pursuit of, or to kill or in any manner destroy any fox in the County of Wilkes, in the State of Georgia, between the dates of February the first and September the first, inclusive. Unlawful hunting, etc Sec. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That it shall be unlawful for any person to kill or catch or maim by trapping any fox in the County of Wilkes, in said State at any time. Trapping. Sec. 3. 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 on conviction thereof, shall be punished as for a misdemeanor. Penalty. 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. WILKINSON TREASURER'S OFFICE ABOLISHED; DEPOSITORY DESIGNATED. No. 203. An Act to abolish the office of county treasurer in and for the County of Wilkinson, and to make provision for the handling and disbursement of all county funds, and for other purposes.

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Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of same, That from and after the first day of January, 1921, the office of county treasurer of Wilkinson County shall be and the same is hereby abolished. Office abolished. Sec. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That Irwinton Bank, located in the town of Irwinton, Wilkinson County, Georgia, be, and the same is hereby designated and appointed to receive and disburse the public funds of said Wilkinson County, until its successor is appointed and qualified. Said bank to receive and disburse all funds which is now the duty of the county treasurer to receive and disburse, said service of said bank to be without expense to the county. Said bank before entering upon its duties, shall give a good and solvent bond and security to be approved by the County Commissioners of said county, or by the Ordinary, if there are no commissioners. Depository designated. Bond. Sec. 3. Be it further enacted that all laws in conflict with this Act be and the same are hereby repealed. Approved August 13, 1919.